butter & batter - batter is a mixture of eggs, milk & flour herb - in BrE, it is pronounced same as Japanese. in AmE, people doesn't pronounce first "h".

went Goodwill in Seattle - got black pants, beige shirt-dress(again!) & bell-ring silver bracelet = $15. got unofficial Toefl's unofficial score - it was 583 ave. think about taking official Toefl CBT again someday. and GMAT...?

preview for IB/ chapter 16 - today's promotional techniques homework for ECI - read articles in newspaper which related to election (election is on Tuesday)