Poor Japanese.

I would like to use this space to congratulate Shiori (a Japanese person) for getting an offer to SOKA uni in US. BUT, they gave her a conditional offer for 2010. Because they didn't trust her proficiency in the English language. The girl got 81% or something in her Eng4u in ICPU (a Canadian Pre-U course). Americans... What can you say... And she has to take an unnecessary extra year in US to 'brush up her English'. Duddeee.. I bet she can spell better than alot of Americans (no offence intended). She's Japanese. They take education seeeeerioussllyy. She asked me what to do. I said write to them and gracefully state why she thinks her english is up to par. Include the following:

''If it isn't bad enough that I come from a country called MALAYSIA, where we sound like we live on trees. I'm not even rich in this country called MALAYSIA. Imagine how insignificant my financial status would be in AMERICA. So here I am, applying for a scholarship. And there you go, asking me to do an EXTRA year (extra costs) to learn a language I can already deconstruct, analyze or write critical essays in."

But nah. Shiori shouldn't really include that.

On an unrelated note, the moon looks brilliant tonight. It has a reddish/orange hue to it and it's sititng like an amazingly defined sharp circle (or ellipsis) in the sky. It stands out like the red circle against white of the Jap flag (just made this connection to tie it to the above topic. I didn't really think that when I saw the moon). Amazing. Wish my camera had batteries.

Sofia