So I just realized that today is Canada Day. I wish I could celebrate since it is Friday and all. Maybe I should go to the Pig and Whistle.

Got this over at HipHopDX.com, although I had read it a while ago:

“Nas has reportedly been in the lab working on his new album reportedly titled Nasdaq Dow Jones and is currently searching for production for what many say is one of his most important albums. While creating this album, Nas came across a beat so fantastic to him that he reportedly paid 2 million dollars for the track. And just who produced this track? The Neptunes.

It has been rumored that Nas had to ward off the deep pockets of Sean “P Diddy” Combs in a heated bidding war. Can the beat really be that good? Well word is that Busta Rhymes has been quoted stating…

“Ah shit, thats the craziest beat, I ever heard! Those drums man, Those drums are fire! If Nas is gonna rap to this beat, its going to be over. This will be the biggest hit in the history of hiphop!“

While that can be a bit of an overstatement, one has to wonder what this rumored beat sounds like.”

I can’t wait to hear that although I have never been a huge fan of beats by The Neptunes.

So, I have decided that I have had enough of Japan. I will be leaving at the end of July. I feel bad that I am quitting school but school has really disappointed me lately. First, they put me up to a higher level when I wasn’t really ready for it. Then, they put me in a horrible class with a ton of people that won’t shut up and teacher’s that don’t do anything to control the class. Then, when I complain and ask to change classes and give them good reasons they act all sympathetic and do nothing. So, at the moment I hate school. It’s not fun anymore. It’s stressful and annoying.

Anyway, I’ll be going back to Canada for a while, but I’m not sure when and I’m not sure for how long. Stay tuned as I will post more info as I know more…

It’s HOTTTTTTTTTTTT…

Osaka Weather

It’s 32 and over 50% humidity. At night it gets down to 24 if we are lucky but the humidity goes up to nearly 80%. And the smog… Oh, the lovely smog. I love seeing opaque grey skies every day. I want to leave this. I’ve had enough.

So, we were woke up at 7:30 by the phone ringing because SangHee’s sister had a severe stomach ache and needed us to take her to the hospital. So we went to her house and jumped in a cab, told the driver that we needed to go to a hospital that was open 24 hours. He took us one place, and I paid. Then we realized that it wasn’t even open and the cab driver had bolted. So, we hopped in another cab and found a hospital that was open. We went to the emergency ward and had to register with the grumpy maintence men and the fact that there was no staff on duty.
Lately, there has been a lot of bad press about the Canadian medical system but from my expierences, and I’ve had lots of them, I haven’t seen a better system.

So my bike started making this clicking noise a few days ago. It was like that sound when you put a playing card in your spokes. Anyway, so I tried to fix it that day but I couldnt find where the sound was coming from. I thought there was something in the chain guard but I coulnd’t see well enough. So, I finally got sick of it today after school and when to the bike shop where I have gone twice before. I said to the guy, “これ自転車が裏際ですよ。” or “This bike is noisy.” Then I spun the tire to show him. He looked at the back tire, reached down, and bent the rear reflector. Problem solved. I started laughing, said thanks to him and rode off. I felt really dumb for asking for something so stupid and even worse for bothering him and not paying but it only took 5 seconds maximum. Damn, do I feel dumb though…

Wow. Somehow I managed to move up to the D class. So, today I start Minna No Nihongo II and I have the teacher I hate the most.

Everyday it’s 29 or 30 degrees and at least 50% humidity. I hate it!

So today, I have a big test. Actually it starts in 25 minutes. Everyone thinks that they are moving up. We will see, but I think otherwise. Asian education focuses on memorizing instead of learning in a practical and useful way. It’s quite annoying that even though a person can speak a little better than me they will advance because they learned the characters as a kid in China. Basically, they are limiting my potential because I can’t write everything in Kanji. This is why “western” education is better.

I’m tired… Tired of going to a school that treats me like a child. Tired of waking up and not being able to see the beauty of the world. Tired of fighting everyday. Tired of trying and getting nowhere and no respect for trying. Tired of the horrible things that humanity does and will continue to do. Tired of people being blind to reality. Tired of knowing that I will never live in the world that I want to live in. Tired of seeing no good way out. Tired of being sick and tired.