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Toru Jan 26, 2015Jan 06, 2024 2D world, 3D, account, Canada, central character, characters, concept, FEZ, gameplay video, Gomez, Polytron Corporation, power, sad, sale, Steam

FEZ

FEZ  2 days ago, I watched gameplay video of “FEZ,” which was developed by Polytron Corporation in Canada. I felt Read More
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Toru Jan 25, 2015Jan 06, 2024 Ameotoko, consecutive times, denigrate, joke, lottery winning probability, man, meteorite, one-third probability, precipitation days, probability, rain, raining, rare case, respected, thunderbolt probability, travel, trip

Rain Bringer

Rain Bringer In Japan, there is a word Ameotoko, which means a man whose presence bring on rain in events Read More
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Toru Jan 24, 2015Jan 06, 2024 heaven, kotatsu, kotatsumuri, lazy people, parasite, repair costs, traditional furniture

Satanic Kotatsu

Today, I got a kotatsu out from closet. A kotatsu, it’s a traditional furniture of Japan, also a satanic tool. Read More
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Toru Jan 23, 2015Jan 06, 2024 abbreviations, characters, coolness, exception, literally, pronounce, readability, unabbreviated form, understandability

How to Pronounce Abbreviations

Today, I learned laws of how to pronounce abbreviations. Firstly, if the abbreviation is composed of 2 characters, it should Read More
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Toru Jan 22, 2015Jan 06, 2024 embarrassing, English, fluent, helped, Japanese, nervous, overcame, prepare, presentation, question, question-and-answer session, statistics class

I performed a presentation of statistics class.

I performed a presentation of statistics class. Since I couldn’t enough prepare the presentation, I was little nervous. Then, it Read More
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Toru Jan 21, 2015Jan 06, 2024 catch, English, late at night, prepare, presentation, question-and-answer, scary, understand, work

English Presentation

I have to perform presentation in English tomorrow. It’s only 5 minute presentation, but I needed about a week to Read More
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Toru Jan 20, 2015Jan 06, 2024 American dramas, drama, Hulu, season 6, White Color

I watched a few episodes of “White Color” on Hulu.

I watched a few episodes of “White Color” on Hulu. It was interesting, so I’ll continue to watch it. However, Read More
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Toru Jan 19, 2015Jan 06, 2024 CT images, incident X-ray intensity distribution, null hypothesis, reconstruction images, results, standard deviation, statistics homework, t test, thrilling, X-ray CT simulation data

I’ve done my statistics homework since fer hours.

I’ve done my statistics homework since fer hours. It’s about t test, and I have to make some sort of Read More
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Toru Jan 18, 2015Jan 08, 2024 3D viewing, campaign, discount, downloadable titles, English, eyes, headache, high score, internet, learning site, New Nintendo 3DS, reward, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, university

Got a New Nintendo 3DS

Today, I studied English for 6 hours on the internet learning site of my university. I was happy to earn Read More
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