my beautiful metallic rose-colored DS ^_^

the color is sooo much prettier in person ^_^

i finally did it. i joined the rest of them and bought a DS in osaka today. before japan, i didn't really understand what it was, let alone understand the craze. but it seems like everyone in akp has one! i've never been a big gamer, but the kanji dictionary "game" is reason enough to buy one. electronic dictionaries can run upward of $300, whereas a used DS and the [extremely user-friendly] kanji dictionary game card can be bought for as little as $180.

as tempting as that sounds, i already have an electronic dictionary [with english, japanese and chinese] that i'm pretty happy with. so why buy one, right? well, there are many reasons, but here are several: 

• pokemon platinum! it was released exactly two weeks ago in japan ^_^ [fond memories from childhood playing pokemon blue on the old school gameboy LOL]
  
• assuming i will buy the kanji dictionary at some point, i will save a lot of time on doing hw [the electronic dictionary is handy, but is best for advanced students... i'm not quite there yet]
• "everyone has one" ~ this has more to do with being able to better connect with friends-- i know almost nothing about gaming [yes, my ps2 is "wasted" on me because i use it for playing dvds and not video games]
• i found a "used" one in practically new condition ~ and got it for $60 less :)  [and it's in a beautiful pink color!]
• elliot was VERY persuasive. [haha!] but no, really, he made some pretty good points XD