i just finished miyuki miyabe's all she was worth. the ending was stunning. literally. just like that. it is really inconclusive. its up to u to determine how that confrontation will turn out. did kyoko shinjo really kill shoko sekine, as honma had deduced? but it was still a nice book to read, though i like seicho matsumoto's inspector yamanishi inspects many many times more. that was a very clever book. nevertheless, all she was worth does provide some insights into the mess that is our world. one particular passage stood out. its abt honda's wife ikumi insisting on him helping honda with the investigation, because she didnt want it to drag. you see, honda probably loves shoko all his life. ikumi is competing with a memory. she rather it be buried, concluded once and for all. and theres another thing abt this: honda and shoko prob never got together because they were too close, too good friends.

so i am now reading haruki murakami's norwegian wood. theres this line that just sticks to me. the thought fills me with an almost unbearable sorrow. Because Naoko never loved me.

this is bad, because norwegian wood is turnin out to be a compelling book, and i dun have much time left, and i dun want to bring it in, and i wun be out next weekend.

btw ogasawara scored a magnificent goal against finland. and they said ono and ogasawara in centre mid was a superb combination. and seiichiro maki and shinji murai did very well. hopefully zico will let more of the younger players play, because some of his veterans are clearly not producing the goods.