hellllllo! i am in the process of taking out the trashbins, but i decided to
blog. hahah i'm procastinating in rolling those darn smelly things down the
driveway, but i can only procastinate so much because the trash guy comes soon
:( at least there isn't a lot today. thaaank goodness. i feel like the blog was
feeling neglected so i decided to post! which im sure nia is going to post right
after me tonight.....
ぷぷぷぷぷ which is one huuge pet
peeve of mine. i know, sounds a little bratty, but i can't help it.
gah!~ my midterms/tests are almost over. this week has been quite the busy one.
my work scheduled me to work way more than i usually do, but i've managed to
balance it out for the most part. i got A's on all my tests, which made me
suuuuuuuper
happy! i studied so hard and i'm sure vikachu wasn't too happy
about that because it took time away from him.
i want these. they're only $9.99 at
urban outfitters!!
i just want to wear them around the house. and maybe take them to japan. :D :D
ALSO, i got a really good
deal on a cardigan the other day. I guess the "in" color right now is dark
purple, which is my
FAVORITE COLOR so you can imagine how crazy i get when i
see dark purple!! the cardigan is $79....and it's lame because it's not good for
a girl who lives
paycheck to paycheck.
but i got a damage discount on one because there was a hole in the seam and i
got it all the way down to $16! wooo, that worked for me :D too bad it wasn't my
size, i needed one size smaller and in Petites too because i'm so short, but
since the cardigan is styled like a grandpa sweater, one size bigger doesn't
matter ^__^
i almost forgot to post pictures of me and
sarah-chan and our bento's!!
this is our foood!! so colorful!
sarah-chan...kawaii desu ne!?
mee!
okay, i have some things to do before school so i'll blog later. <33
hey look, it's our uncle,
JACKIE CHAN!
october 19, 2008! break time! [hannah]
9:05pm, taking a break after studying for 4 hours
hello! I have been super busy lately, which takes away my precious blogging time
:( But honestly, I've been kind of lazy too. :3 This week went by super fast!
October 14 marked a special 3 months...and i received a
RAM4
for my nintendo DS! yaay! It's super illegal, but super accessible! Thank you,
cooking papa! I got a good amount of games, here is a
list:
my favorites are
Zookeeper,
WarioWare Touch and
Bust a Move!
Cooking Mama 2 is kind of weird, i
like the first one better.
here's a picture of my
DS:
so I really want to add more to my bedroom. Right now I have these
ugly palm tree curtain things that
i just want to
GET RID of! They don't match my room
at all and I am not proud to say that I actually picked those things out. wow,
no taste at all
ぷぷぷぷ I want some new
ones, preferably from
Urban Outfitters.
Gah, I made a list of things I want in my planner, and hopefully I will be able
to buy them. I just need to be patient and not want to buy it all at once.
So i found these victorian wall decals at
World Market. I attempted to put them up over the summer, but they kept
coming off the wall. Gah. >.< I bought two packs, each with 4. So about a half
an hour ago, I decided to finally use the second pack. I could not decide where
to put them! So I finally just found one place for one wall decal. here is the
end result:
i put it above my light switches, near my door. That's the only place i could
think of :( I wanted to put some up in my bathroom, but I don't think there's
any room and the moisture in the air will make them unstick.
These are what they look like! I think I bought them for $14.99
Last night was Nia and Erica's
homecoming! Erica didn't go to her high school's
homecoming. She went to a different school because that's where
her best friends are. Nia did her hair and here is the end product:
look how cute she is! Her hair was a catastrophe earlier in the morning...she
put in curlers and it turned out like Shirley Temple. But she washed her hair
and Nia straightened and curled it for her, just in time. I'm wearing my new
black dress i got for $5! I was getting ready for work.
Nia didn't end up going to her homecoming, which I'm sure she'll blog about in
full detail later. But after work I took her and her friend Sarah to our
favorite sushi restaurant! We know the sushi chef, Nakamora-san. We got to eat
at the sushi bar! mmm. Everything was so good and we ended with mochi. I got
azuki
あずき (red bean), nia got green tea and sarah got
strawberry!
On
Wednesday 水曜日I
went on a small picnic with Cooking Papa to
Coronado Island! we had so much fun. I made us yummy sandwiches,
chicken wings, brownies and chips! We basically played my DS the whole time and
i think the bypassers thought we were extremely weird because we were saying
gibberish words.
shashin
しゃしん:
yeah, we're silllllly!
OKAY, last but not least! On Friday we did
purikura
プリクラ for the second time! And this time I didn't freak out and not know
what to do! We were literally there for almost an hour editing our pictures.
haha! Afterwards we went to Tapioca Express and got boba!
Passionfruit Snow Bubble boba. mmm, oishikatta desu
おいしいかったです! After that, we met up with his friends in Downtown and shopped
a bit! I saw so many things at Urban Outfitters, I had to stop looking because I
don't have money :(
Oh yeah, i
almost forgot! So he wanted to eat
chicken gizzards
[I don't know why. He said he wanted to try them...] So he went on the internet
and hunted down a place that made chicken gizzards and actually
FOUND a place! HAHA We went to a
dangerous part of San Diego and actually found them! Turns out, they disgusted
him, but I actually liked them. [ gross, huh? ] and I ordered friend oysters,
which made me want to gag, yet he liked them. haha! We are never going back to
that place again. But it was a nice little adventure.
purikura
プリクラ：
yes, we had so much fun.
okay! enough! dame
だめ! I've been blogging for an hour.
the end!
october 16, 2008! in me prime [nia]
9:53pm, in a zombie-like-state from that mondo power
nap
Well, I haven't actually made it to my "prime" yet...I'm kind of just waiting to
grow up a little. And I seriously don't know where I'll be in a couple of years.
That's truly kind of weird, because I've always been the type to know exactly
who I am, how I am, and forever being convinced I'd always be so sure of myself.
But then I got to thinking how frighteningly different I've become from the
headstrong little tiger of a girl I used to be when I first set foot in this
town. I know I've toned it down at least a little since then, but I'm still
wondering where that stubborn me went.
I suffer from a bad case of
believe-mysef-to-be-independent-and-hate-when-people-tell-me-how-to-be Syndrome.
Or the other syndrome: I-don't-need-a-man-to-make-me-feel-secure. I can get
along just fine, perfectly fine, and I'll survive. To me, having a boyfriend is
like having a delicious ice cream sundae and then you get all pissed because the
waitress put that distasteful maraschino cherry on the top. A boyfriend = that
maraschino cherry that you cough up because it just tastes too sweet.
I've always thought like this. But the more I think about it, the more I realize
that yes, SOMEDAY, stubborn 'ol me is going to have one. And it actually might
be good for me. It's just that now I'm having trouble letting others take care
of me like that. I don't WANT to be taken care of. I like being the go-getter.
But at the same time, I don't want to be alone forever....that's just sad. I'm
only seventeen, and for now I'm content with dabbling in the world of feminist
rights, hoping to get a revival of the Equal Rights Act that was so rudely shot
down..TWICE.., and just having fun and being free and trying not to be weak.
♥NI-NI
october 15, 2008! content [nia]
5:20pm, absolutely steaming in the Santa Ana
winds...craving water
So I took the two tests today. Not quite sure how I did...but I was excited to
find that the FRQ on the
GOV test was about voter
turnout...now I wish all free response questions were about a subject so fun to
describe....
The STATS test was pretty fun to
do...I knew the questions! I was so worried I wouldn't have...and I'm really
hoping I did A-okay... tests and quizzes are 60% of your grade...[eeeeek!]...but
I am happy and thankful to say that I got 12 out of 12 on the Ch. 3 quiz this
week...
I am also happy to say that I found my little pea! Gyaaaaa so kawaiiiiii he
is ^_^ I'm surprised I haven't given him a name yet?
Maybe when Erica & I get new cellphones in December I'll give him a name so that
I can attach him to whichever one I get! I really just want a simple one...I
don't even care if it's a
Nokia Thick Brick...I just want
something easy to handle and I won't be afraid of breaking it. You know, it's
really strange how much someone's opinions can change in so short a time...a
couple of years ago all I wanted was an ultra cool phone that wasn't a BRICK.
But now I just want something that works. It's kind of like me and cars...so
long as it runs, I'll take it.
I'm really surprised to find that it's already mid-October.
Halloween is coming! Ahhh, it seems that this year I
haven't given it much thought... which is such a bummer because I seriously
LOVE Halloween...school seems to be my life now and concentrating on
getting into a good college.
I better think fast though because deadlines = November 30. All that I know is
that I would absolutely do anything to go to an
Ivy League School. ANYTHING. How
beautiful are their campuses??? Ahhhh so beautiful. I would honestly be content
going anywhere on the east coast or the New England area. I'm going to add that
to my long list of to-do's that I already have building up...
If all else fails, I think I'll just do the whole transfer thing. I'd be happy
just with that. I'm thinking
SDSU for two years and then to
whatever school I want.
And now I really must go study the Propositions
because we have a debate meeting tomorrow...!!
♥NI-NI
PS. And I absolutely adore my mom
for taking my monster scholarship packet to the post office today and making
sure it was postmarked with today's date on it...when I called her at lunch she
was so ecstatic and told me she had it express mailed to Washington D.C. ^_^
Made me smile so much and I couldn't help saying
thankyou thankyou and
thankyou over and over again!
october 14, 2008! photo log [nia]
7:32pm, about to study for AP GOV and AP STATS[
Today was BUM DAY and we had fun ^_^ I made a dress out of a trashbag....? I
don't know haha. But I had fun. Very very tired all day long...lack of sleep,
lack of food, always working.
What cuties ^_^
Beautiful Taylor
My musical soulmate and bestfriend KyleK.
Natalie's amazing shopping cart.
I am debating eating dinner...I don't feel hungry, yet I think I should eat
something? Ally Mazetti came over today and I guzzled down apple juice like
crazy...it's this crazy weather we're having...and the fires are starting
again........frightening.
♥NI-NI
october 13, 2008! piled under a burden [nia]
9:06pm, Hannie's painting her nails, I'm drowning in a
Halloween blankie
So I just finished watching the new GossipGirl
episode, which was solely based on Ivy League colleges. And you know, it got me
thinking. I really, really need to spend my time dedicated to college preparing,
because I know that if I don't do anything, I won't get anywhere. And I really
mean JUST ME. My parents aren't helping at all...they're all too caught up with
their work and all that kind of stuff. So what do I have to work with? My
determination.
I think it's time to set a strict regimen of filling out
AT LEAST THREE scholarship applications A DAY. I mean,
that way I'm bound to get at least one or two, right? Ahhh. I mean, I know I can
get into at least UC Irvine, a school I REALLY want to go to... that is in my
possibility range. My issue here is financial plans. My family is pretty stable,
but what do you have to work with when you have three daughters, a really really
crappy insurance switch, no college funds saved, a huge medical bill that had to
be payed for a special surgery a year and a half ago, etc.? Basically, if I want
to go anywhere even remotely interesting, I'm going to have to work my butt off
on getting scholarships. I'm really frightened because you can only get so much
free money. And with mediocre test scores like mine, the ability to only pull
off a 3.9 average GPA
[well, I
might be able to pull off a 4.2 by the end of this year],
I don't exactly have a high-ranking chance.
I'm working on this one Journalism scholarship at the moment
[due Oct. 15]
and it's for a 50,000 Journalism scholarship grant. I had to work way into the
night polishing two essays [some of my best work]...to make sure they were
perfect for the application. Then I ran around today getting a last-minute
letter of reccomendation, having my counselor peer-edit my essays
[which to my
dismay she found that I had spelled the word "jostling" wrong...I spelled it
"justling". What the heck? I must have been REALLY tired last night.],
having my transcript printed out....and now I realize that I also need a 4x6
headshot picture of myself. And the entire packet must be postmarked by Oct. 15.
I am praying so flipping hard for this. For even the possibility. Ugh UGh UGH.
But it's actually rather thrilling to think about.
Free money. To go to school. And I
actually WANT to go to school.
I have this weird feeling in the pit of my stomach. I think it's the feeling of
eagerness. I seriously feel that the world will be better once I graduate. I
don't think I'm used to staying in any one place for longer than a year and a
half. This is my fourth year at my high school; an all time record for the time
I've spent at a school other than grades K-4. That was five. I've grown bored.
I think my lunch time and break time is going to be spent inside a building,
rather than lazing about in the quad. I need to feel productive that I'll be
DOING something. So stressful. But exhilarating.
And I know it's not time to be dramatic or anything, because who likes
that.....ever? I just have to clean up and get this DONE.
NOW.
♥NI-NI
october 12, 2008! thought-full [hannah]
6:02pm, listening to wakeshima kanon, and in a quiet,
serene mood
i'm feeling a little ill right now, and it's put me in a thought-full
bubble right now. as my boo would say,
"this week was poopy
" yet he used another, more stronger word for poopy. these past few days
have been a little rough on me, i woke up this morning feeling numb. no
feelings, just..nothing. words hurt so much, no matter what people say. that
whole "
sticks and stones " rhyme is
just a falsification of the truth. but...nevertheless i've thought about a lot
of things during church and the early part of the afternoon. things i won't
mention here, but i came to one big conclusion that should have been super
obvious from the start. my day began to brighten when i got the phone call i
really needed. all i can say is thank you. daisukidaiyo
大好きだいいよ, baby. i feel much better now.
しゃしん
pictures -- from friday
金曜日
me summed up in one word: fatty
victor-kun. little italy, san diego
amaaazing blueberry cheesecake. あまいい！ [sweet]
okay, i have so much homework to do before tomorrow..lovelovelove.
hanniee.
oh yeah, if you guys didn't know, i added a books
page! click HERE to go to it.
october 11, 2008! laze craze [nia]
5:14pm, using Erica's favorite blankie, finished some
Pocky!
Moshi Moshi! I am soooo
stuck in sleep mode
^_^ That is a good thing though...it's the first
time in a long time that I've stayed home on a Saturday and not gone anywhere at
all. Er & mam are at Michael's, Chai, the shop, etc. doing some errands and Eri
wanted me to go but I said no for once...surprise! I'm just content with sitting
near the open window...there's cool breeze blowing through.
Tomorrow Erica/Han/Me are playing bells ...gahhhh I'm not even sure which song
we're playing! I miss my sisters right now :[ ..Hannie's working, Eri's
gone...it's just me with Daddy [who
fell asleep just now watching football].
He is such a hardworker...he deserves to chill out for a moment. How the heck do
you manage a full-time job, run 5 miles every other day, work for HOURS in the
yard, and be a dad? That job just sounds really scary to me.
Well, I have some good news! Hannie picked me up some goods:
Some of my favorite things! The new POPTEEN
with
Tsubasa on the cover and
some
Pocky! Oiishiiii!
I really do have a problem when it comes to Japanese sweets...Pocky,
Gummy Chocos, pudding, mochi, azuki
manju, pastries.... it's really rather terrible !! It doesn't help that we get
reduced prices at
Marukai because of our membership
either....sheeeeesh.
I should stop thinking about it for now....
Anyway, the whole group is coming over tomorrow to watch the
Charger game ^_^ I'm excited...I
don't know how I can live an entire week without my darlings
[Julia, Katie, Bobby, Aaron, Greg, Chris,
Connor]. I mean, I see
Katie at school and she comes over for dinner all the time...and I see Julia,
but not very often at school...but the boys are totally M.I.A. on weekdays. It's
just sad :[
But I suppose that's what makes it totally worth it when I do see them...It's
like an entirely different world on Sundays than the one I know. Sundays make me
smile.
So I've found out what I'm going to wear for SPIRIT WEEK next week !!
[The week
before homecoming]
Monday is TOPSY-TURVEY
day...so I think I'll wear something really weird. Well, it actually
looks really cute so I don't know if it'll fit with the theme.
I think it looks like some weird cosplay outfit...and it kind of sucks because
I'm not sure if it's weird enough to wear for topsy-turvey...it looks almost
normal, but not normal enough to wear to school. Those are my
SKULLCANDY headphones around my
neck and a sparkly royal blue garter gahahahahah XD !!
Well, I'm in the mood to watch something cute and wait for my baby Er to get
home so goodbye for now!
♥NI-NI
october 10, 2008! weekend relaxation [nia]
7:15pm, desiring some cocoa, want to watch Corpse
Bride
So today was really very great. It seems like the days pass by so slowly yet so
so so incredibly fast...! Crazy, no? I mean, it's already FRIDAY for crying out
loud...but during class, it seems like it drags and drags on and all I can
really concentrate on is keeping my eyelids propped up. Sheesh, mannnn. The
truth is though, I actually like all of my AP classes. It's a very fun year ^_^
As promised, I will post pictures of the Homecoming Fash Show! It was fun and I
was a little embarrassed to walk down those rickety boards that served as a
rinky-dink runway...I was so glad that I didn't trip! I secretly patted myself
on the back afterwards.
My escort was Joey !! He is so funny and very nice. He said the purple on me
made me look really tan and him really white...sorry Joe
^_^
I pretty much missed 4th period [yearbook
class] to go get
ready...This lady did my hair very very nicely with a small barreled curling
iron... I have decided I need to go get one...! Or at least find the one I used
to use from my
Show Choir days back in the 7th & 8th
grade...
The curls just look so much more defined than the usual wider ones I do.....and
OMG. Guess what came in the mail !?!? A SPECIAL POSTER FROM
YEN+ PRESS! During
Comic Con, me & Erica signed up to get an adorable poster from
YEN+ PRESS and the
UPS guy came and dropped
it off today!! ^_^ It is so so adorable with Maka of
SOUL EATER
on it... ^_^ Sheesh the little asian dorkwad in me loves her otaku things!
So
anyway, before I left to go get ready for the show, I filmed Mr. Conrad playing
the guitar ^_^ I didn't know he was such a great singer/player! That guitar was
the exact same one I've got at home ^_^ The classics were popular I guess...
I can feel it. It might not be a storm, but it sure is strange how calm it feels outside, yet wild at the same time.
I just think it's quite strange how an unforseen change in the weather arrives
the day before Halloween. It reminds me of Ray Bradbury's novel,
Something Wicked This Way Comes. ♥ Rain Rain please pour down...I am so fatigued from this dry spell !! It makes me do weird things...like break yesterday's record. Today
is the FOURTH day [gasp!] I've
stayed home. I just felt so so so drained this morning.
work on Erica's dress, and write haikus. I haven't
written a haiku in so long and my fingers were just itching to use my new DAISO
pens. So I wrote one. Simple, sad, but a strong meaning:
].
. It's a weird obsession, I swear....
finished off season 1 of AVT and started on the next when Eri got home.
Phlegm is so ugly and distasteful and
I hate having laryngitis...I can't even sing. Well, I that's how I was diagnosed in the first place...
lots of high octave notes and harsh, dry weather. At least I can stay home and watch
Avatar: The Last Airbender
[DVDs borrowed from Gregory]
and sip hot green tea all day. It's my Asian Appreciation Day today I guess... 
My day consists of being curled up on the couch in my silk robe with Mr. Sock Monkey and a box of tissues. Remind me to
put Mr. Monkey in the washer machine tonight.
...I think I'll go and finish the first season of AVT now because I am so tired !! 
