Tank da Lawd iz oba

Guess that's not an American paper huh?

Yes the first term of my Masters course is over. Whew. Not that it was excruciatingly hard or anything but I was in a bit of a mad scramble at the end to finish my final essay, quiz and postings. My final essay was a comparison of Canadian and Jamaican Englishes and my research was pretty exhausting.. Finally, the all-night reggae sessions with bong upon bong of Jamaica's finest export will now come to an end. I've got most of the results back for one of my classes and unless my Internet discussion postings just really sucked it looks like I will walk away with a High Distinction grade, which is the highest you can get in Australia. Good on ya mate!
Last weekend I, as per usual, headed off to Tokushima to be a weekend wedding warrior. A few things out of the ordinary happened this time though. Firstly, I saved a cat. The choir at my chapel told me there was a cat stuck on a high, raised platform on the building across the street and had been there since the day before. Telling me was as far as they were prepared to go to help it I suppose so it was up to me. During my lunch break I borrowed a ladder from the chapel (they use it to change lightbulbs in the ceiling) and rescued the poor kitty. It was a little weak and hungry and I wanted to give it some food when I brought it down but when I got back to Terra Firma it just leapt away and took off. I hope the little fella's ok now.
The other interesting thing is that there was a 2 day Tanuki (badger) festival in Tokushima. Actually it wasn't all that interesting but you readers are so damn demanding that I've got to write something. It was just an excuse to setup various stalls selling snacks, fried foods, toys, and various other promotional booths for local companies. I asked if there actually were any tanuki around Tokushima and no one I talked to could remember seeing one outside of a zoo. However the weather was nice and the kids seemed to be having a good time. So were many adults who were getting pretty plastered drinking 'tanuki beer' alongside the river. I did manage to snag one of the ultra-hip tanuki masks that were, mysteriously, only intended for children.

The Tanuki Princess working her magic in the kitchen.

Well I'd love to stay and blog, but I've got some Japanese to start studying now. I'll leave you with some reviews of movies I saw in the last few weeks.

Funny Blogspot spellchecker recommendations:

Jamaica's - kamikaze
lightbulbs - lustfully
blog - blows
Yukiko - yokes or huskies(?)
Saudis - sautes