Oh look! A wee bit of Japanese in the corner ==>

よし、決めたぜ！目標を向かって頑張る！具体的な目的は第一！
Alright, I've decided. I'm going to work hard towards achieving my goals.
The first step is having a concrete purpose in mind, a specific goal as it were.

As you can see in the top right, there's a little box with the title 目標 or purpose. These are a couple of things I'm working towards and aim to do my very best on. The first being 期末試験 or the dreaded 'End of semester Exams'. They'll be held in February, so I've only got another two weeks to study my ass off and then study some more. :O

My next destination is the 日本語弁論大会. That's right!!! It's another speech contest, but this isn't your everyday run of the mill uni student contest. This is the 2012 53rd International Speech Contest... IN JAPANESE!!! SHOCK HORROR! Whether I even qualify is another matter entirely, but I'll work towards writing a ripper speech, giving it my all and hopefully delivering a cracker performance on the day.

Last, but definitely not least, is the 日本語能力試験. Probably the most important of all, the Japanese language proficiency test or JLPT, is held twice a year in order to certify what level of Japanese ability foreigners hold. This isn't for grades, credit or prizes, this is for certification. In order to test myself. To test my mind. AND TEST YOUR MIGHT! Whoops, got a bit Mortal Kombat there for a second.

Anyway, I'm a habitual procrastinator who constantly says, I can do this tomorrow or I'll work really hard on this without having a set goal in mind. So by actual having something concrete, something specific, something tangible with a deadline, (HOPEFULLY), I'll be forced into action.

真剣勝負はこれからだ。The real challenge begins now.