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october 30, 2008! eerie quiet [nia]
4:33 pm, warm yet cold ..sleepy and tired...need more hot tea
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.It gave me time to [surprise!] drink more hot green tea,
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:Falling from the branch
The little cherry blossom
Tumbles to the ground.
Those sakura blossoms are really brilliant. So bright and frightening, but beautiful at the same time.
Halloween = TOMORROW! Am I still going to Chris's house I wonder? If I feel up to it. I honestly just feel like staying home and watching cheesy Halloween movies all night. My body can't handle running around, wreaking havoc on his neighborhood, and stuffing myself with choco-chip cookies...a slice of pumpkin pie with a puff of whipped cream and some hot cider sound fine to me...
♥NI-NI
pixels courtesy of sushi and harriet
october 29, 2008! slacker [nia]
6:47 pm, bug-bitten...need a shower...and some green tea
I don't think I'll be doing much singing though tomorrow what with my condition and all...So I think I'll take that time to take my Statistics test that I missed. I kind of WANT to just so I can get it over with...? Ahhh weekend please come soon.
Okay, so I have decided that the #1 instrument that I ABSOLUTELY want and need to play...is the Chinese PIPA. I always thought it was called a mandolin...but I guess not. It is played with a plucking technique and the music is beautiful and a part of my culture. Playing it would make my mother proud.
I also would love to play the cello...but this instrument would be easier to carry around. Now I must go get ready for school. If only every week consisted of 5-day weekends and 2-day schooldays.
Halloween in 2 days....
chuchuchuchu...
♥NI-NI
HALLOWEEN GRAPHICS COURTESY OF teahouse mb
october 28, 2008! i lied [nia]
8:40 pm, feeling better...dreading school...want to sleeeep
].
and I got my wish...stayed home with Mr. Sock Monkey all day
. It's a weird obsession, I swear....Mommy made amazing rice soup with ginger and chicken and onions and pepper...warmed me all the day through...although the weather outside did a fine job of doing that too. The heat seeped through the windows [which were closed]. I had a fan running.
And okay, nerdo me
finished off season 1 of AVT and started on the next when Eri got home.
^^^ My companions for the entire day....alone in the house. Wish they were these people:
My baby loves, Hannie and Eri. Ahh well...tomorrow let's see if I feel good. I was really surprised when Daddy said for me to stay home...this is the first time in like, EVER, that I've missed school like this. I'm usually the dweeb in class who gets those congratulatory pink slips after every semester. Those mean that I am entered into a raffle to win something cool like an iPod....but of course I luck out. My hard work drops under the radar yet again...
♥NI-NI
pixels courtesy of bunny-box and hushstar
october 27, 2008! laryngitis [nia]
12:11 pm, sicker than I really want to be
Cough Cough Cough Cough. That is all I'm doing right now !
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.
And I guess it's my turn to dump upon this page my daiso purchases. I always get soo excited when I go here !!
One of the Pocky's is for Vance. They had "men's" Pocky...but I just thought that was weird....
BENTO goodies! ^^
Dropped by Mitsuwa for some Soba and miso and a bimonthly magazine purchase.
Speaking of things to read...I am awaiting the release of Melissa De La Cruz's novel, REVELATIONS...the third installation of her Blue Bloods novels...a bit like Gossip Girl with a twist of Vampires...
Other items on my to-get-list are the ingredients of these outfits. The hunt is on:
Mainly sweater onesies. AKA sweater dresses/sweatshirt dresses/knit materials/beanies/thick bold scarves. These model scans ^^ are courtesy of NUTS, SCAWAII, and VIVI magazine from Japan ♥
So I just got off the phone with Erica, who's at school...and she is without me..because I'm so sick sick sick BLECHH. But I like staying home on Mondays
...I think I'll go and finish the first season of AVT now because I am so tired !! chuchuchuchu...
♥NI-NI
pixels courtesy of bunny-box and auberginer
october 26, 2008! mini update [hannah]
7:21pm, taking a break from studying
here is a picture of the Totoro plushie i got for victor's car!
kawaii, desu ne? ^____^
kawaii, desu ne? ^____^
october 25, 2008! daiso time! [hannah]
9:28am, happy/super content after yeseterday!
mmmmm, i love my fridays 金曜日!!
yesterday was super fun. it started off a little stressful because i had a
japanese 日本語 test. but
luckily that's my only class for the day! the test was medium...all of sensei 先生's
tests seem easy enough, but there's always the little things that catch you. >.<
but! after class i got to see my favorite person ever <3 and we had dim sum! it was his first time and so i got to do all the ordering. ^___^ i love dim sum! i hadn't had it in sooo long so it was a nice suprise that he wanted to try it. <3 so after dimsum, we headed to Marukai !!!! Marukai まる会 was SO FUN! we headed over to the Daiso だいそ first...and it was our first time going! FINALLY i got to see it! EVERYTHING is $1.50 !! a daiso is similar to a 99 cent store, but in Japan they're known as 100yen shops![ click the underlined daiso above to learn more about it ! ] so of couuuuuurse i got SUPER とても excited and put alot of stuff in the cart, but at the end, victor helped me narrow things down so i wouldn't have to spend so much. We basically spent an hour 一時間in that place. they had everything from beauty supplies to school supplies to houseware....gahh! so happy たのしい ^__^ poor college students 大学can survive from there :D
after the daiso, we looked in the other Marukai Home Living store. They were way more expensive ( たかいtakai) but it was cute looking at everything. :D and then finally we went into the actual marketplace/grocery store and bought some drinks 飲み物. we ended up buying arizona green tea and a vitamin water....how funny buying american drinks from a japanese supermarket, ne ね??
before we even went to marukai, we were at Mitsuwa, another japanese supermarket! There we ran into one of victor's (and my) friends, Ken-san けんーさん! he was shopping with his mom, but he looked bored. we also saw kouki-kun こうきーくん, and he gave us a sort of pocky? type snack. I also got a little winnie the pooh keychain thingie, which i willl show later. and then i bought a little toy for victor to put up in his car! It hangs from his rearview mirror and it's a Totoro ととろ character! sooo cute! i didn't get to take a picture :(
OKAY here are my pictures しゃしん!
i needed a fork for my lunches. i hate always going to the cafeteria at my school and getting plastic forks. such a drag! i wanted a little fork/spoon/chopsticks set but they didn't have any ! >.<
SUPER cutesy stickers...sarah-chan サラーちゃん already has these, but i couldn't resist.
i really needed cutesy stationary so i could write to my penpal rowena-chan! so now i have some :D :D
little notebooks that couldn't resist buying... i'm planning to keep a journal with sarah-chan and lavinna-chan!
OOK! i really needed a bento lunch bag! i hated putting my bento boxes in my school bag and feared that things would spill and stuff, but now i have a little bag. i got a good deal on this! only .98 cents!
it can be insulated..
and tied at the top!!
OK I love these styles of erasers and gave my first one to a japanese international student a couple months ago and i've been coping with big fatty square erasers and a zip eraser victor so kindly got for me :D but this style of eraser is my ultimate favorite!!
coffee cup! sooo cute. now i can drink my chai tea in bliss. <3
cutesy little pooh bear thingie. i attached it to my DS.
ok! this is the end. ~hannah-chan!
but! after class i got to see my favorite person ever <3 and we had dim sum! it was his first time and so i got to do all the ordering. ^___^ i love dim sum! i hadn't had it in sooo long so it was a nice suprise that he wanted to try it. <3 so after dimsum, we headed to Marukai !!!! Marukai まる会 was SO FUN! we headed over to the Daiso だいそ first...and it was our first time going! FINALLY i got to see it! EVERYTHING is $1.50 !! a daiso is similar to a 99 cent store, but in Japan they're known as 100yen shops![ click the underlined daiso above to learn more about it ! ] so of couuuuuurse i got SUPER とても excited and put alot of stuff in the cart, but at the end, victor helped me narrow things down so i wouldn't have to spend so much. We basically spent an hour 一時間in that place. they had everything from beauty supplies to school supplies to houseware....gahh! so happy たのしい ^__^ poor college students 大学can survive from there :D
after the daiso, we looked in the other Marukai Home Living store. They were way more expensive ( たかいtakai) but it was cute looking at everything. :D and then finally we went into the actual marketplace/grocery store and bought some drinks 飲み物. we ended up buying arizona green tea and a vitamin water....how funny buying american drinks from a japanese supermarket, ne ね??
before we even went to marukai, we were at Mitsuwa, another japanese supermarket! There we ran into one of victor's (and my) friends, Ken-san けんーさん! he was shopping with his mom, but he looked bored. we also saw kouki-kun こうきーくん, and he gave us a sort of pocky? type snack. I also got a little winnie the pooh keychain thingie, which i willl show later. and then i bought a little toy for victor to put up in his car! It hangs from his rearview mirror and it's a Totoro ととろ character! sooo cute! i didn't get to take a picture :(
OKAY here are my pictures しゃしん!
i needed a fork for my lunches. i hate always going to the cafeteria at my school and getting plastic forks. such a drag! i wanted a little fork/spoon/chopsticks set but they didn't have any ! >.<
SUPER cutesy stickers...sarah-chan サラーちゃん already has these, but i couldn't resist.
i really needed cutesy stationary so i could write to my penpal rowena-chan! so now i have some :D :D
little notebooks that couldn't resist buying... i'm planning to keep a journal with sarah-chan and lavinna-chan!
OOK! i really needed a bento lunch bag! i hated putting my bento boxes in my school bag and feared that things would spill and stuff, but now i have a little bag. i got a good deal on this! only .98 cents!
it can be insulated..
and tied at the top!!
OK I love these styles of erasers and gave my first one to a japanese international student a couple months ago and i've been coping with big fatty square erasers and a zip eraser victor so kindly got for me :D but this style of eraser is my ultimate favorite!!
coffee cup! sooo cute. now i can drink my chai tea in bliss. <3
cutesy little pooh bear thingie. i attached it to my DS.
ok! this is the end. ~hannah-chan!
october 23, 2008! ohayoo! [hannah]
7:30am, morning!g!
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 16, 2008! in me prime [nia]
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
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!
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
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
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.
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
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...
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!
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
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[
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
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!
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
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...
