" Hi, I'm Keitaro. Welcome to Kentaro's corner of the web. Don't forget the 'N' because it stands for Noble. My 'I' stands for insane, imbecile, or ignorant. He's more manly than me! And I'm dumb. He's the man! Kentaro! "

put your brain on percolate

For days, I've been wondering what Mutsumi-san told me, 'make time to do nothing'. I have been scrubbing dishes, writing notes, reading books, commuting, and watching the TV with her advise running around my mind. So I planned to do nothing today. I went to tell Mutsumi-san about it.


"I've been thinking what you said, Mutsumi-san. And I've decided not to do anything today, nor tomorrow. How is that?!"

"Good work, Kentaro-kun. Would you like a cup of--" Mutsumi-san shook and wobbled on the front door. It looked like she almost lost her balance. Upon closer look, I noticed that Mutsumi-san looked sick; she caught a fever. Her eyes were red, she had a bed head, she was teary, pale and she also had a somewhat runny nose. She looked awfully under the weather.

"Mu-Mutsumi-san!" I felt her forehead. "Yikes! You're burning up!"

"Really?" It turned out that it's a good thing that I visited. And speaking of weather, it's probably the change of the temperature, that's why Mutsumi-san is sick.


I went ahead and said that I'd stay and look after her for today. I just want to make sure she's okay. I've had an experience where I had a fever and threw up without anyone at home. It was a miserable feeling. And I couldn't leave her on that state. I mean, I'd really feel bad.


"You should go to bed. I'll keep you company just in case something happens."

"Eh? I thought you wouldn't do anything today."

"Yes yes, I'm not going to do anything today. Staying over until your fever subsides is nothing. So please lie down and I'll make some porridge." I made sure she was lying down.

"Okay. But I thought you--" argh! Mou!

"Yes, like I said, I'm not doing anything. Cooking nothing means not doing anything. But cooking porridge is nothing. So I'd rather cook porridge and it's doing nothing with a benefit! Plus I want to have porridge as well."


I've been doing kitchen work for a long time and it's practically not a big deal for me to prepare food. And I was also in the mood for porridge.

I used my touch phone to browse web 'how to make the best porridge for a fever'. Then when Mutsumi-san sneezed, I searched again for 'how to make the best porridge for a cold'.

As promised, I did nothing. I did nothing today. I just waited for a couple of hours. I was alone in my thought. And the apartment was quiet. I had some of my porridge; it came out well. And I bookmarked the website.

Mutsumi-san slept almost immediately with a smile on her face after having porridge. I told her to sit up for a couple of minutes, but there's no stopping a sick person to fall asleep. So I waited and let these thoughts cook as well. Yes! Put your brain on percolate! I think I know what to do now. I left past 7pm, when Mutsumi-san woke up. She looked better than this morning. I told her that I'd stop by tomorrow too. This doing nothing business is really handy.

- 9:07 PM
signed by: kentaro

one after another

The exam's over. Whew. I can breathe again. I have to admit that I wasn't able to finish it, but I'm sure that I didn't fail. I'm just so happy! You know, it's funny. Before the exam, I did nothing but contemplate whether to study or not. I did a lot of stuff before actually reading my notes, like watching TV, playing videogames, and surfing the Internet; I've been dying to finish the exam. Now that the exam's over, I don't know what I want to do. What a fail.

I can finally feel the Christmas season! There's a lot of gadgets waiting for me. I wonder if father is willing to lend me some money. Ever since he discovered that I'm working as a waiter on some dinky teahouse, he hasn't called. He never returned my calls either. Great, I just solved my midterm crisis and now another problem comes barging in.


"It's 2:53AM, huh?"

- 2:53 AM
signed by: kentaro

the mess of me

I have this term test coming up on Microeconomics and I missed 3 lectures already. Including the last lecture leading up to the term test. It's tomorrow and, man, I don't know why but I'm not feeling any pressure. Microeconomics is simple but the stupid graphs are the only things that make it complicated. Take for example when a tax is introduced to the buyers, how much would the supply and demand curve shift. So confusing. Sigh. I'm way past the withdrawal date without academic penalty. But It'll be painful after I fail the term test-- that is if I fail it. I don't know. I'm wondering why I don't have a sense of reality or sense of urgency about these things. I have my book next to me but I'm not reading it. How come?

Maybe it's because I'm burned out from school. Life has become monotonous again that I've become numb to feel any urgency or reality. My priorities in life are skewed. I don't know what to do except wake up, take a bath, eat, go to school, go to work, eat, sleep. Over and over and over... I'm so tired. I just seriously want to pass this exam. I don't care. I just want to pass. And I know this grade would be recorded. If my future boss sees this grade, I'll just tell him that I became bored. Sigh. What am I doing?

- 1:49 AM
signed by: kentaro