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Theres this unassuming shop in Liang Court that sells Ramen at a decent pricing on the 2nd floor called "Marutama Ramen". I had an opportunity to go and have dinner there last night.

The first thing that struck me was how traditionally Japanese the whole place looked. Wooden furnishings, wooden signs with food names painted on in Japanese, and of course the chef was Japanese as well.

I ordered the dish bearing the shop's name and I was initially disappointed by the lack of fancy ingredients and the presence of only a single slice of pork. That disappointment disappeared very quickly as not only was the flavoring of the soup fantastic and addictive, the single slice of pork mentioned above was the most heavenly slice I've ever eaten in any ramen joint. The noodles were great as well - they were of the fine sort and not the thicker kinds you see in most shops and they were neither too soggy nor hard.

What really impressed me was the presence of a freeflow of roast garlic available on your table. The roast garlic was of top quality and enhanced the otherwise repetitive taste of every mouthful of soup and noodle.

The noodles themselves were very decently priced as well - at $12 a bowl it beats the price of more pricey ramen joints like Tampopo and costs only slightly more than crappy shops such as Ajisen. The taste and simplicity of Marutama's ramen however far surpasses its price and makes we want to go back for more.

I now own a Nintendo Wii, after sraping together money for a year or so.

Super Smash Brothers Brawl is awesome. Even more so when you have a sibling to complete Subspace Emissary with.

That is all.

I am happy to announce that my papers have ended yesterday. The most difficult module (Europe of the Dictators) for me turned out to have had the easiest paper and the easiest module (Intro to Japanese studies) turned out to have had the most difficult paper. Life is full of lulz.

This would probably be one of those rarer holidays where I don't have any work. I turned down a job offer to return to a company I used to work at so that I could focus on studying for my JLPT, and also because I'm intending to get a Wii. I don't know if its a good or bad thing that I'm not working this holiday as I'm already feeling pretty restless. Perhaps some volunteer work or big drawing projects would cure that.

Well, I actually did intend to spend this holiday teaching one of my ex-students Japanese, but she had cca committments so thats out of the window. I'm still putting this offer up though, so if anyone reading this is interested or knows anyone who is interested in picking up some Japanese do contact me! My rates are insanely cheap (6-8 bucks an hour depending on circumstances). The rates are so cheap because a) I don't claim to be incredibly good in the language, and b) I'm not doing this for the money, but rather as a teaching experience and so that I would have something to do during the holidays instead of wake up, exercise, lulz, computer, go out, sleep, every single day.

Well, for anyone reading this, enoy your holidays!