Yes!

This week was pretty busy.
However, an amazing thing happened to me on this Tuesday. I got an A for my report on "Madame Bovary" in European Culture class!  When I received it, I could not believe my eyes. At first, I thought I was seeing some sort of illusion! I am so happy!

Let me talk about exams I had in this week.  I had two exams which are  English Grammar and Intensive Reading.  I managed to do well on my English Grammar exam, so I literally risked half of my life  in order to do well on the later exams.(I don't even know what I mean, but many teenagers in Japan say something like this before or after they achieve something great.  However, it does not make sense at all when I translated it into English!)
Right now, I am using rest of my energy to study for up coming exam! The last exam is on next Monday which is day after tomorrow.  It is for English History class.
I am sure I will do well on the exam!!!!!

I stopped cubing two weeks ago to prepare for my exams.  This is very hard for me, because I used to cube everyday! Because I used to cube everyday, recently I am (especially my fingers are) having a withdrawal symptoms.  This sounds a little bit creepy, but my fingers twitch sometimes!  I am sure when I start cubing again this will stop. My finger twitching problem happens when I stop cubing for more than a week.  This symptom appeared when I was studying for the entrance examination.
Anyway, my fingers are starving to touch my Rubik's Cube!

This week, I finally managed to submit my report.  I actually finished typing it a week ago, because I had to write another report on Madame Bovary in European Culture.  The report should be 2000 words in length.  Before I finish typing my report for Speaking Class, I have never write 1000 words in English (and Japanese either)!  But once I started, it was not harder than I expected.  I am sure I can finish my report on Madame Bovary.

Poem

Kyoji is a ctrange creature.
His fingers twitch occasionally,
because he wants to solve his Rubik's cube so badlly.
He eats a lot, but never becomes fat.
Perhaps he someday becomes fat like a rat.
He likes green just because his birthstone is emerald.
someday he'll conquer the world.
Kyoji is a strange creature.

It was really difficult for me to include rhymes in the sentences.  I hope you enjoy!

Thank you, Dr. Cheetham!

There was no Speaking Class today because Dr. Cheetham was sick.  Shingo and I were little bit disappointed.  I had a quiz in French class, so I went to the library to prepare for the quiz.  Thanks to Dr. Cheetham, I managed to fill all the blanks on my answer sheet!  It was not happy for him, however I cannot help thanking Dr. Cheetham!  I hope he will recover by Thursday!

Today, I introduced how fun speed cubing is to one of my friend in my dormitory.  When I showed my rubik's cube and showed a solve, I could see his eyes started shining!  He said he wants to be able to speed solve a rubik's cube, so I told him more about it.  And surprisingly, he said he is going to get a rubik's cube TOMORROW!  I am proud of myself!  I introduced about speed cubing well to my friend, so he became inerested in it.  I think I will have a first speed cubing friend really soon!
I have been wanting to get a speed cubing friend ever since I started speed cubing, so I am really excited!


Picture: Those are some cool patterns you can make on rubik's cubes. Starting from the right; cube in a mini cube, cube in a cube, cube in a cube in a cube and the one with white body is in a checkerboard pattern!

Rule of Three

My glasses are light, flexible and durable!  Does this work?

Finally, it started to become like rainy season!

This week, we learned about how to make a good speech.  Also, each of us made a speech about something we like and presented in class.  It was quite fan!  I choose to talk about speed cubing, because that is something I like.  I tried to use memo and not to use a script.  I was slightly nervous when I started to my speech, but over all, it worked!  However, because I improvised 85% of my speech, I didn't really used the "rule of three."  I think I need more practice!

My personal best, 19.50 seconds!

I tried to upload one of the  video of me solving a rubik's cube,but I couldn't.  Sorry!