Well, this has been a somewhat bizarre week. Firstly, I get to discover that the Monday episode of Fairy Tail just so happens to be the last episode of season 1! Man, what a bummer. I mean, right at the beginning of the week! >:( And you know what was even more irritating? The fact that the preview for the next episode WAS THERE! Imagine that! I have to wait God-knows how long for the second season, but I already have a picture of what the first episode is gonna be. Talk about leaving you hanging over a cliff...

The cover for the 1st volume of Air Gear

But oh well, I guess I can wait. In the meantime, I just have to satisfy myself by doing other things, such as reading Air Gear online! Now, I am a huge fan of books, and normally I go against the idea of reading comics online (for the simple reason that I don't get that same feeling as when I'm holding a book open in the palm of my hands), but since I don't actually read Air Gear on comic format, I started reading it on Mangafox. One word: epic. Truly a comic for the typical teenage boy and more. Sure, there might be some odd physics theories whose authenticity I doubt, and that in my opinion it contains way too much ecchi, but overall everything about Air Gear is just superb! Spectacular! A great masterpiece by Oh! great (Real name: Ogure Ito) about the ideas of dreams, freedom, flying in the sky and more. I think this manga can easily claim the No. 2 spot on my list of favorite mangas, if I had bothered to make such a list ^^

Oh yeah, that reminds me. Actually, I'm not supposed to be reading too much manga right now, since the end-of-the-semester tests are over and remedial week (yup, it's a week for improving your scores through remedial tests) is in. And boy, did I get quite a lot of remedials! :| See, I'm supposed to be studying now for them, but personally, I just don't see the point. I mean, I already know what I'm going to do with my life and it has little to nothing to do with high school-level Physics and Chemistry. And Mathematics at that. It's not like I'm failing at the subjects which I consider important or interesting for my chosen future profession. So really, with all due respect to my teachers: I don't give a damn about the tests. I crave knowledge, not scores. If I need the knowledge later on, I'll study for them. But that doesn't mean I have to take examinations.

December Rocks 2010 by Bakrie University

Lastly, I participated in a high school English debating competition again, after quite a while. And boy, was I ever rusty! :( I hadn't had the chance to polish myself after some time, and that was evident in my performance these last couple of days. And not to sound like a sore loser, but it was my first time in British Parliamentary system (I have the Bakrie University to thank for that), so I think that played a part in creating difficulties as well. But it wasn't all that bad. My school's team made it to the semifinals, so I could say that I learned a few useful things in this competition. In other news, one of my juniors (Muhammad Arifian Adin) topped another branch of the competition, the diplomatic simulation. He was representing the country of Brazil in a meeting concerning green economy. Congrats to you, Rif! :D


Well, I suppose that's all for this week. I wonder if there's anything significant that happened that I'm forgetting to write about here...Hmm. I don't think so. There's only one other thing that comes to my mind and I'm keeping that to myself! Ha! So that's it for now and, umm...see ya!