Friday 30 May 2008

FUNKY MONKEY BABYS

Facebook is going to kill this blog.. ive been writing on there and neglecting writing here.. although i can't really write much there coz theres a lot of people who could read it who i really don't want to be reading my posts..

I've been working hard on my captsone project, its almost done now, just some formatting, and fixing our bibliography.. The first draft is due on Sunday, and the 2nd/last on the 5th.. I've also been working on my management class' final report.. I think by tomorrow i should be almost done with everything.. only a little tweaking to do..

My mum's friend A & her kids came over yesterday. After playing with them for a few hours, i wanted to get rid of them (except my adopted baby ofcourse) so i gave them face paint and sent them in a room to play. I thought, the worst case they'd have their faces black or something, and we could just wash their faces.. little did i know what was about to happen.. half an hour later all three of them came out looking like clowns, they had painted their faces, arms to their shoulders, hands, legs (from their heels to above their knees) and ofcourse there was paint on their clothes, on my sister's bed, floor.. lol it was everywhere.. then my baby took colours to match my clothes (by chnce ofcourse) and stated painting on my hands.. Overall, it was a nice visit (as usual lol) but my baby had to leave our house dressed in her swimming costume lol coz she got wet 3 times and they ran out of clothes.. i even had her in my sister's tshirt which was like a huge dress on her, but she looked so cute..

Theres this song i heard a couple of times in Japan in different stores. I really liked it, i was so desperate to know who sings it that i asked a salesman at one of the shops if he knew.. he was like, i knew who but i forgot! So anyways, the lyrics are really catchy.. i just remembered it now for some reason and plugged the only words i could remember into yahoo and found the song!

Its Lovin' Life by Funky Monkey Babys, a Japanese hip-hop band.. kiite kudasai.. its good.. and if you look up the translation, the words are really cool..

I think i'll get some more work done..

Tuesday 27 May 2008

Compliments, Japan

Compliments, when you know they're real, really do make a difference. My mum told me something that my bro had told her about me which kept me on a HIGH the whole day ^_^ just because, i know for a fact thats its what he really thinks.. anyways..

I'm uploading some of my Japan pix on facebook so you can check them out if you want, but they're probably the same ones i uploaded here while i was in Japan anyways.. oh and btw, if any of you are on facebook please don't mention my blog there, coz i have so many people on there who i don't really want reading my blog..

Uploading japan pix has made me want to go to japan even more, i've been watching some of the vids i took too and now hontou ni nihon ni ikitaaaaaaaai!

What else.. i hearedfrom Reemy-chan that our professor liked our graduation project and she was like, maybe we can submit somewhere (conference or something).. im really flattered, so i guess our project is not as bad as i thought.. i told mum that, then she gave me a whole lecture *with me rolling my eyes* about how not to put yourself down all the time, you're a good student.. and all that lol.. thats when she told me what my bro said, doesn't have to do with being a student but she meant, you don't believe in yourself and see yourself differently than others do, see what your bro said..

anyways, im tired and i have uni tomorrow so oyasumi..

BASH: miss you -_- where are you?

Sunday 25 May 2008

Am i content? and facebook

Waaah.. somehow.. somehow.. i don't know how.. i sent an email meant for Cami to half my friends list.. lol.. so glad i didn't mention Pi in it.. thats the most important thing ^^
I sent an email to those people straight afterwards saying just ignore it, but human curiosity will get the best of them, im sure lol so i don't expect anyone NOT to read it lol.. if you got that stray email, don't feel guilty about reading it, i give you permission XD

Of course nothing new today, just uni work as usual.. i decided to get a facebook account just to see whose on there, practically all our family & long lost relatives XD hmm revealed some unexpected things about some people.. but im glad i did it, it was an eye opener..

Ryo's solos rock! every single one of them!

I watched Zettai Kareshi's latest ep.. i like the drama its nice and light, nothing like the seriousness in Last Friends..

I need new songs to listen to.. any recommendations? fefe-chan?

My dad asked me today what i want to do for my graduation.. i didnt know what to say.. i really don't want a party coz i know noone of my friends will come, at most 5 would.. the others can't, just like i wouldn't be able to go to theirs.. and a family party doesnt sound too exciting.. my dad is like we'll kill sheep and stuff lol im like, ok but send it to my uncle's house (since all the family hangs out there) and you guys enjoy.. hes like, you dont want? T_T i've never liked meat anways but thats not the point XD hes like, well would you like just our family to go to a fancy resturanut for dinner or something?! well, isnt that what we always do! theres nothing special about it! but i really dont know what i want.. hes like think about it and let me know.. im tired of thinking,, maybe i just dont want anything.. God, im so indecisive ne!

Even about presents, i thought about it, and there really is nothing i want! besides going to japan (which i dont want till winter lol).. i thought about it.. and i dont know, am i so contempt with my life and what i have?!! Theres nothing i want so badly, not even close.. oh well, why am i frustrated about that, lol, i should be happy that im so satisfied but somehow im not.. i WANT to WANT something! God help me lol

Going back to some oldies.. as they say, oldies but goldies.. Sawarenai is really good ne..

As i waited for sleep to dawn on me last night XD i thought of something, telling someone off! Fefe-chan! why didn't you warn me that theres a turtle in boku dake no madonna.. i was shocked when i saw it.. i wish you'd told me about it.. coz ive been dreaming of turtles since i saw that.. then i read somewhere about pi and shige going to eat turtle something and i almost threw up! Eeew! that put me off my dinner and i didn't finish eating..

God its so weird knowing all the words for hundreds of songs but having no idea what they mean.. yeah i know words here and there but most of the songs have words i dont know coz you'd never use..

I saw a cute yellow phone in akihabara when we were in Japan, i want it! yellow is so cool isnt it??

Time for me to go ogle at some unmentionable people.. no need to guess, im sure you know who..

Jya minna, oyasumi!

Friday 23 May 2008

The most boring post evaaa

As usual, i spent my day working on my capstone project.. I don't know what happened to me last night but at around 7 PM or so i suddenly felt so energetic and wanted to work till i finish everything (which is impossible since i have so much to do).. but i worked from then till 1 AM.. and i still wanted to go on but i thought i better sleep so i can get up tomorrow and get everything done.. Then i got up early today but didn't start studying till 10:30 or so.. and then i worked nonstop till 5:30 i think.. i didn't take any breaks except 15 minutes for lunch.. and i got so many things done.. YOKATTA~!! Then i realized the day was almost over and i hadn't stepped outside my room except once so i thought i'd take a break,, i watched the last 1.5 eps of boku dake no madonna which was really sweet.. (the ending before kyoichi said i lied was cute too ne fefechan, when they were in front of that house he built lol).. then i went back to working again.. but somehow i couldn't concentrate, i still can't but its not bothering me coz i really did finish HEAPS of stuff today.. so yeah..thats my day so far..lol.. so boring..

I need to read yamapi's nikki.. its only up to the 20th, and i miss knowing what hes up to..

EDIT: i wrote 3 paragraphs here but somehow something happened so anyways.. yeah not important.. about whether to have a graduation party or not.. and about not liking chocolate.. and about being into sour lollipops.. lol.. as i said.. not important..

My dad's been talking about traveling and stuff.. and they all want to go.. i want to go too but i want to work at the place i did my internship at, and Bash says that if i wait till the end of the summer they'll of probably hire someone else.. so i told my dad i think im gonna stay with my older bro here and you go.. but then hes like no we wont go then we'll all stay >_<>
no pix for a while, till im done with my project..

BTW how do you pronounce schedule?? I pronounce it shedule, the british way not skedule the American way, and i get funny looks from people, they probably think im saying it wrong lol.. anyways..

bai bia

Thursday 22 May 2008

Colours, JLPT


I love anything spotty-dotty.. my sisters' duvet covers are cute.. the colour doesn't come across as it is in reality but its such a baby pink it really looks fresh and cute..

All of yesterday and today ive been thinking "maybe i should update" but i have no idea what to write about..

All ive been doing is working on my capstone project and my other class' assignments /reports /game. The only thing i can think of that ive done in the last few days thats not uni-related is watching a new dorama called "boku dake no madonna" that fefe-chan recommended, starring Tackey from Tackey & Tsubasa. I have one and a half episodes left to finish which i'll watch later on today.. Its a really good dorama.. and Tackey is extremely cute..

I guess Marie-san is in Japan right now.. oh how i envy her T_T nihon ni ikitaaaaaaaaai

I remember doing a JLPT test thingy (thats the equivalent to TOFEL or IELTS but for Japanese) a few months ago online to see how i'd score on the lowest level (there are 4 exams with 4 being the easiest/lowest) and i got about 70% on it, but that was a long time ago, so i tried looking for it to see how well i'd score this time but couldn't find it >_< In the summer im going to start learning the level 4 Kanji, i think theres about 80.. this summer i really want to get crackin with my Japanese studies coz im planning to go to Japan in the winter again and i would love to be a bit better at Japanese..

I remeber when i was in 6th grade (i think) through to the end of 9th grade, i would only wear blue clothes.. i love blue and never wanted to wear any other colour.. ofcourse i wore other colours sometimes but 85% of the time i was wearing blue.. my mum, try as she may, could not convince me to wear different colours.. what a weird phase.. i hate blue now.. dark blue.. light blue is a bit better.. but blue is never going to be on my top list.. i just don't like it anymore..

Oh and i remember when i first met Bash and started going over to her house and she started coming over, i noticed her and her sis would only wear beige or brown.. remember bash?? and then she started going out shopping with us and we wouldnt let her buy anything brown.. its so long ago now.. now she wears all colours of the rainbow.. come to think of it i havnt seen her in brown in such a long time..

I better go do some work.. im off.. tara

Monday 19 May 2008

Yamapi's mother, mine & a complement

I'm at my wits end right now, i really am. I'm just inundated with the amount of work i have to do, and with having to deal with people expecting so much of me..

I received a pretty nice complement today from my classmate whose in the same group with me for this business game we're playing. I don't know what i was saying to Reemy-chan who was about to give up on it but i guess it struck a chord with her, she was like, i wish we had one of you in our house, every house needs someone like you. LOL i was genuinely surprised coz i had no idea why she said it, but she explained that everyone around her is pessimistic and i was optimistic and trying to make Reemy-chan look on the bright side. While i don't claim to be an optimist, hell no, im really more of a pessimist but it was really nice to hear and maybe one of the best complement i've ever received.. Ureshii!

I came out of my room and found a new bigger trampoline beside the other smaller one! LOL i was like, why do we need two?! turns out my dad wants the smaller one for one of his inventions (did i mention hes an inventors XD honestly!) so he went out and bought my mum another one.. YAY we've got a bigger one.. ofcourse i had to play on it for a bit..

As i read about Yamapi's relationship with his mum (i cant post the link sorry), i found myself agreeing with everything he said. It is the exact same relationship i have (and had) with my mum! and im not trying to be like him or anything, it just honestly seems like he is talking about me and my mum.. his rebellious period where he thought his mum was annoying and didn't have a good relationship with her, i had the same thing back in middle school. When he says that he realized it himself, how unreasonable he was being, that happened too.. then came a phase of awkwardness where you want to be a better kid but its hard to suddenly change, i had that too.. maybe its just normal, do you guys have the same relationship with your mums?
"My memories are vague about whether that was my first or second year of high school, but it's true that I gave her a present. I think she was really happy, probably. My mom is like me in that she is really stubborn, so she wouldn't have made a big deal out of things like that. After that, things have been very natural." Pi
I had that with my mum too. She is just as stubborn as me and wouldn't make a big deal out of something nice i'd done just so it wouldn't be awkward. I remember me and my sis A decided to get mum a present and it was really embarrassing, giving it to her, but i made myself do it so we could have a better relationship.
"My mom and I have really similar personalities. If someone else points that out, both of us will deny it." Pi
Thats exactly like me and mum. I think i mentioned an incident a few months ago when we were at the mall and we were on the escalator, my mum one step up, then her friend A, then me.. and her friend pointed out a shop, and me and my mum made the same remark without hearing each other and A was laughing at how alike we are, even if we hate to admit it..

I think Pi has a very similar relationship with his mum to what me and my mum have. and its really comforting because most of my friends have totally different relationships with their mothers.. ive often felt like its all my fault, that i am too stubborn that im ruining our relationship.. but now i realize its ok, we don't have to be best friends, thats not what mums are for, or total enemies either.. secretly, i kinda like being like my mum, but i would never admit that to her..lol..

Pi mentioned that his mum had him at a young age, 21, that probably the biggest difference between us. My mum had me (although im the eldest daughter) at quite a late age.. its really not a big deal, its just her culture is like that, but coz of our culture, we usually think why did mum have us so late.. we asked her once and she said, she was too busy enjoying her life lol and she didn't need kids to cramp her style lol.. i don't blame her, i would live my life to the fullest if i could before settling down.. shes lucky she could..

Fefe-chan, much to your displeasure, Pi is starting to regain his status in my heart LOL im starting to like him like i used to.. reading about his life and thoughts is really fun and inspiring ne? i read a couple of the articles but i don't want to finish them all lol so im keeping some to read later on..

Ah i realized something about my dream about Pi the other day.. i'm going to hunt down his high school name and go and look for him for real next time im in Japan ;P hope you can join me in my stalking-related activities fefe-chan XD

Last night was just as bad as the night before it.. i barely slept for an hour and a half or so.. it was so frustrating.. what is wrong wiht me?? although im nackered i decided not to take a nap earlier incase thats why i havnt been able to sleep.. please wish me a ZZZ-filled night..

Jya ne

Sunday 18 May 2008

Visiting Yamapi and restless nights


My mum made a lemon cheesecake today, its the first time she makes it, she didn't think we'd like it but it was soooo yummy.. im bored of strawberry cheescake which is all the make.. lemon is yummy..

Last night was terrible! I usually have the odd night where i can't sleep but most of the time i sleep ok and don't get up till the morning once ive slept.. However, yesterday was a totally different story.. i went to bed at 12.. tucked in my bed all comfy in a freezing room just as i like it..
  • 1 hour passed: couldnt shut my eyes..
  • 30 mins passed: trying all the possible ways a person can sleep, on my right hand side, left hand side, on my back, on my stomach.. everything! nothing worked.
  • fast forward an hour: im kicking off my duvet, getting too cold then covering myself again.
  • fast forward another hour: i get out of bed, walk around the room, open my curtain, stare outside, get back into bed..fall asleep for 15 minutes (checked my mobile)..
  • fast forward yet another hour: still wide awake with knotted eyebrows.. i was getting more annoyed by the second!
  • fast forward (yes you guessed it) another hour: yawning nonstop, falling asleep for exactly 9 minutes (i checked my mobile), waking up and can't go to sleep again..
  • fast forward one more hour: its 6:30 and my alarm goes off telling me its time to get the **** up and go to uni! I almost cried when i realized it was time to get up and i hadn't even slept for more than 30 mins..
It was really a terrible night, it would've been OK if i didn't have uni and could've gone online or something but coz i had uni i kept forcing myself to sleep but to no avail.. I took a 1 hour nap at lunchtime since i was exhausted but it didn't do much.. im still so tired.. hope i can sleep today..

Ah im so boring, but this is whats on my mind at the moment..

Fefe-chan mentioned this in her blog and now i feel like talking about it LOL.. Yamapi's jweb (translations) really make my day! With my classes at 8 i don't get a chance to read them till 10:30 or so but when i was doing my internship, as soon as i sat at my desk i would go read his jweb. Having something to look forward to everyday is really nice.. Obviously he knows that people read his jweb but does he realize just how many people do? coz you can only get his jweb if you live in Japan, so he proably doesnt know that his jweb is translated into so many languages and posted everyday all over the internet.. not just him but the others with jwebs too..

In the few minutes that i slept yesterday i had a really bad dream about work.. so im not going to mention it as they say it will come true.. it was really weird.. and in those few minutes i dreamt about yamapi, i dont know how coz it wasn't enough time but all i know is i woke up noticed i'd slept for 9 minutes lol and remembered what i dreamt about.. the dream was that i went looking for Pi when i was in Japan and since i know the name of his high school that he was in i went to that neighborhood till i found an old shopkeeper who said she knows where he lives and was so touched by my story lol about me coming all the way to Japan just to meet him so she took me to his house but he wasnt home, his mum let me and the woman in and i sat and talked to her for hours lol and then Pi finally came and then i was handing him a present when i woke up.. LOL what a dream.. my dreams have really become more vivid these days..

Ofcourse today was spend working on Capstone and my stupid Strat. Mgt. class. We've just collected questionnaires that we'd given out and lol some of the answers were funny.. We had a question where we asked if they (the ones answering) used any ratios when looking at a company's financial statements before investing in it, and what those ratio are. They should've written yes, efficiency ratios or profitability ratios, or they could've been more specific and said Profit Margin Ratio for example but we got answers like 10% and 5%. LOL we were like WTH is that! They just want to appear as if they know what they're talking about but end up looking like fools.. we kinda ignored those answers lol but we got a good laugh out of them hhh

Its SEAMO again, but i really like this song >< I know you guys don't care what i like but i put them to look back on them someday and listen to them again..

Did i mention that last Wednesday instead of driving to the Japanese class i drove to uni -_- suddenly i found myself at the traffic light by the uni and i was like, how the heck did i get here! im so used to driving straight there that i forgot..

A few days ago i was saying something and my bro thought i was saying i want to go to Japan this summer and he was like, i dont mind going if someone else is going, if my cousin is there or his friend whose married to a Japanese woman so he goes there regularly.. so i guess it wasn't that bad of an experience for him then, was it?

Jya oyasumi!

Saturday 17 May 2008

SEAMO, RYO & my adopted baby ^_^


Ryo looking pleased with himself as he flirts with the woman..

I just watched a clip of News being interview and the woman was asking Ryo questions and he interrupted her and waslike, your pretty! lol she was embarrassed ofcourse and taken off guard .. lucky woman! but he could've at least suppressed himself and waited til she finished her sentence.. i guess she was too pretty he couldn't help it.. do you sense any jealousy here lol im not trying to be, honestly! ^__^'

I went to see my adopted baby today, she hugged me till i was breathless.. God i love her so much.. I had so much fun there.. it was a hilarious visit..LOL

Today i worked on uni stuff again.. tsumaranai! -_-

Reemy-chan, when exactly do we finish uni? you once said we have to come even after the exams or something?? I would like to know so i can count the days lol

I guess marie-san will be going to Japan in a couple of days. Ki wo tsukete marie-san! Hope you have a nice trip!

Weird question but, when you clean your ears, does it feel good? LOL I thought it felt good for everyone, i was talking to my sis and i was like, you know how it feels all tickly and nice when you clean your ear? and she was like WTH, it doesn't feel like anything.. My mum agreed to.. i've yet to ask the others but i was shocked.. maybe its coz im ticklish anyways.. but i don't think so.. im pretty sure a lot of people feel the same way.. at least i know RYO does from a vid i saw about him having his ears cleaned lol.. but seriously, do you guys know what im talking about? poor people don't know what they're missing LOL

I just watched a clip of News being interview and the woman was asking Ryo questions and he interrupted her and hes like, your pretty! lol she was shy ofcourse.. lucky! but he could've at least suppressed himself and waited til she finished her sentence.. i guess she was too pretty he couldn't help it.. do you sense any jealousy here lol im not trying to be, honestly! ^__^'

Fefechan, im not sure if i told you about SEAMO before or not. If i haven't, well his songs are good.. i guess there like hip hop or something.. i don't really know any music categories but his song are definitely not song, more like rap/hip-hop. .ive been into his songs since the summer i guess.. oh and his name is pronounce shiimo not like its written.. i guess CRY BABY is one of my favourite songs but ive listened to it too much and after almost 9 months of listening to it, im sick of it..

I guess thats it for now.. don't have anything else to say..
Jya oysumi mina-san!

Friday 16 May 2008

Yesterday i bought a melon and cut it in half


Just remembered that Bash probably doesn't even know what ryo looks like coz ive never posted his pic unlike yamapi.. so heres one for you.. (just an excuse to post his pic XD)
If your wondering what kind of title that is lol i dont have a justification for it.. that comes later on..

I feel like im going to break! i can't take it! My capstone project combined with this business simulation game plus the case study analysis we have to do are really too much.. I haven't been out of the house since like 2 weeks ago when we went to the beach, except for going to classes -uni and Japanese. Thats why yesterday i watched a whole drama-all 10 episodes, i was working in the day so i stayed up till the morning just to watch it..

Today i sat in the same place from around 2 to 9.. i only took four 5-minute breaks and thats it.. i finished a lot of things thank god.. but i still have more to do.. I felt like going out tomorrow coz i havn't been out in such a long time.. but if i go out i know i'll come back and wont want to do any work... dont know what to do.. dou shiyou?

My mum bought a trampoline.. a small one for exercising.. but ever since i was a kid i've dreamt of having a trampoline, so as soon as she got it i was the first on it.. we put in the living room and me and my younger bro S and my youngest sis Sh started running and jumping on it and landing (Crashing actually) on the sofa..we almost broke a couple of things but its so much fun..

I watched Ganbatte Ikimasshoi yesterday as i said, i only watched it coz ryo nishikido stars in it.. it didnt look too good but i really enjoyed it and even cried in some episodes lol marie-san, what how is ikimasshoi different than ikimashou? i wonder..

ive been listening to ryo's Ai Igai no Nande mo Nai and tegomass's miso soup all the time lately, they're not new but they're really good..

In our Japanese class, our sensei was like, say "he likes to eat chinese food" instead someone said "he likes to eat Chinese people" LOL it was funny.. i feel bad about laughing but im not laughing at the girl, im laughing at the statement lol..

Our sensei was teaching us how to put sentences together and his choice of sentence was
kinou suika wo katte, hanbun ni kitte, mariam-san ni hanbun wo agete, fatima-san ni hanbun wo agemashita.
which means "yesterday i bought a watermelon, i cut it in half, i gave half to mariam-san, and i gave half to fatima-san"
what a weird sentence to learn.. i hate watermelons.. but in another class we had to say what fruit we liked from a picture with fruit on it, guess what i said i like.. yeah, watermelon..

I feel that something major happened and im forgetting to write about it.. did something happen.. i dont remember..

Have you seen how many people have been killed by the earthquake in china? how many died in Myanmar? Now i know why i stopped reading the newspaper, its too depressing..

I want to watch NEWS' Never Ending Wonderful Story DVD again.. once again arigatou fefechan for it ;) i love it.. ofcourse that goes without saying.. but before when i wacthed i concentrated on yamapi only, now im going to be concentrating on someone else.. guess who? LOL as if anyone wouldn't know..

My dad cooked us dinner today =) it was yummy and a nice change, my dad really is a good cook..

I miss my adopted baby.. havnt seen her in ages, 2 whole weeks.. i really feel like crying when i think about her LOL i just love her too much..

My fingers are killing me from typing all day long, so thats it for now.
TC everyone

Tuesday 13 May 2008

Randomness

Konbanwa! What has Ima been up to today.. XD i found face-paint crayons and decided to play around on my mirror..

山ピ(Yamapi), RYO, and the obligatory (ne?) hearts!

Then i saw on a blog about showing whats in your bag and letting people interpret what it means, how its related to your personality, that kind of thing.. so i thought it'd be cool to try out and see what you can figure out about me from my uni-bag.. play along yeah?

Wallet, E-ma (just one left but i can't bring myself to eat it lol coz its the last), KAT-TUN CD (was supposed to listen to it in the car for a change but once i got in there, im like screw it, im listening to NEWS again today)

My cinnamoroll vanilla lip balm (for smelling purposes XD i dont like to use this lip balm but the vanilla smell is heavenly so i take it around with me just to smell it XD), and a notebook..

Receipt from the cafe at uni, pen, my favourite perfume at the moment, and NEWS CD (a must!)


Chewing gum, a stray iron pill (WTH?! How did it get in there?), and a rusty coin thats probably been there since the beginning of the semester, and a tissue..

Ok so i hope you try to interpret this and tell me what you think it says about me, im curious ^_^
Today i spent most of my time..

Drinking one cup of tea after the other,


Working on my capstone,


and studying the list of verbs for Wednesday..

Then i sat there staring at my wall thinking, why the hell is my room so BLUE when i dont even like blue.. its making me blue.. sad/depressed i mean not colour-wise..


Oh and lastly, in the capstone game, we (the team) have gone from 95 (can't remember 90 something) to number 14!! from 5000 and something teams from all around the world! So happy!

Thats all for today.. still have some uni work to tweek.. bai bai

Saturday 10 May 2008

Ima's Cupcakes

I decided to make cupcakes, even though im not really into cakes or sweet things. The result of my labour was not very satisfying, they all looked disapointing.. next time i'll make them better.. IF there is a next time XD

PS i thought i had red food colouring but it turned out orangey-peachy, and i used lots of hundreds and thousands (100s & 1000s) which we used to like playing with as kids, and some chocolate buttons.. Here you go:




Riples in chocolate..


Hazelnut cupcake..






The lighting is awful on this pic.. i swear they looked better, but those are all i did..only 8 out of 35 got decorated XD

I guess that all for now.. i have stuff to do.. If anyone wants me to make them some of my SUPER-DELICIOUS AWESOME-LOOKING CUPCAKES for any special occasion they have, feel free to contact me, price range from US $50-70 per cupcake! XD
Jya ne!

Thank you for being YOU


Thank you! Have a cupcake! (no i didn't make them, its from deviantart.. but i'll make some cute ones when ive got time and post a pic ;) )

Mother's day is tomorrow. I don't believe in Mother's day. I don't believe in thanking your mother on a specified date once a year. So the reason im writing this today is not coz its Mother's Dy tomorrow, its because I've been watching mother's day videos and just feel like writing about my mum. I try to thank my mum as often as i can, but i know i fall way short of doing her justice. and although there are days when i wish i could take a trip down to the "Mummy Market", i do love her and appreciate all that shes done for me over the years (The mummy market is an old movie we watched as kids and fell madly in love with, follow the link and read the plot if your interested).

THANK YOU MUM

  • For staying up all night when im sick just to hold my hair back when im throwing up.
  • For trying to please everyone and make each person's favourite meal once in a while.
  • For supporting me in my endeavors, throughout university, studying Japanese..etc
  • For raising us to be well-behaved kids (i'd like to think so) even though we never wanted to be but now seeing other people, we're thankful.
  • For sacrificing your time to take us out and do things (bowling, ice-skating,...etc)
  • For thinking about us first and buying us the best things while forgetting about yourself.
  • For encouraging me to read books from such a young age, it was the best thing that happened to me.
  • For getting me a subscription to NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC even though they don't send the magazines to our country, and you had to go through so much trouble making them send it to England and then here.
  • For not nagging too much.
  • For accepting me the way i am, although i know i can be a handful sometimes.
  • For protecting us from the cruel world, and caring who we're friends with, and not letting us just be friends with anyone.
  • For remembering to buy me my favourite Sweet Chilli flavoured crisps while you at the store even though you have a hundred things on your mind.
  • For trying -and failing- to make everyone in this house to read the newspaper and be as knowledgeable as they can.
  • For teaching me how to spell correctly at a young age, although it failed with my brothers & sisters. LOL, not to mentiondmy dad..
  • For listening to me when i talk about things you have no interest in, and trying to be as interested as possible *ahem* JAPAN *ahem*
  • For caring about our waistlines LOL and making us switch to low-fat version of everything, milk, yogurt, desserts,..etc
  • For not being like any other mother in the world.. for being YOU!
Thank you dad ..
For trying not to say anything to upset me coz you know i cry so easily.
For not saying anything when i had an accident in your car.
For caring about my education, and my career.
For giving me the best gift ever-going to japan.
For trying to be interested in all the japan-related stuff i keep blabbering about.
For standing up for me when you see that everyone is against me.
For being a unique father like no other.. for being YOU!

Thank you F (my older bro)..
For being such a sweet bro (except when we were in Japan), for always buying me gifts XD, for trying to be understanding, and for simply being my older bro!
Thank you A (my younger sis)..
For being such a quiet sis (it was so easy to share a room with you ;D), for listening to me during my high school years when i wouldn't stop talking, for introducing me to many great series, for respecting me more than the others do (at least i think you do XD), for not upsetting me too much, and for being cute & giggly!

Thank you H (my other younger sis)..
For trying to get along with me even though we are total opposites, for being funny and talking non-stop (i take that back, please stop! XD), for trying to be helpful even though it doesn't always work out..

Thank you S (my younger bro)..
For TRYING to be funny, amusing me when your not even trying since your such a goof, for agreeing to go and study in Japan just so i can go LOL although it will never happen, for being somewhat quiet and not hanging around too much and letting us girls dominate the household!

Thank you Sh (my youngest sis)..
For being so easy to talk to, for playing around when i feel like having a pillow fight, or helping out out when i decide i want to make cupcakes.. for listening to MOST of what i tell you, and sticking with me when we're out shopping and everyones doing their own thing, and most of all.. for feeling like you can talk to me about anything-most of the time-.. and being less of a brat than some of the other girls your age!

Thank you Bash..
For sticking around for so long, for being a total opposite from me so i can make fun of you, for hanging out even when there nothing to do or say, for going ice-skating with me many weekends when you didn't want to, and simply for being my friend!

Thank you Fefe-chan..
For being there for me when im down, for seeming to understand everything i go through, for loving NEWS and especially YAMAPI as much as i do, for ignoring my imperfections, and for being such a great friend!

Thank you Reemy-chan..
For always being so easy to talk to, i feel i can tell you almost anything, for being funny and telling me so many hilarious stories, for becoming a closer friend that you were before!

Thank you Marie-san..
For opening my eyes to everything Japanese, for having cute kids that i can play with, for being an EXTREMELY nice person, for listening to my ramblings about Japan patiently -i know how annoying that can be-, for keeping secrets ;P and for being my friend..

Thank you A's Kids..
For pretending to be our little brother and sisters and coming over/going out with us so often.. i love you guys more than you can imagine.. and playing with you is the best! To their mum, thank you for having them, and for being more my friend than mums LOL and for simply being easy to talk to and being fun to be around..
Thank you Auntie Y & her kids, i love you so much i could write a book about you.. so i wont say anything..

Did i forget anyone..? im tired of typing..
I just want to say, i felt that i needed to thank everyone for being in my life, although theres ups and downs and no one is perfect, i tried to write about the positive things and ignore the bad things for now.. just because i wrote all nice things doesn't mean everyone is super nice to me and i have no complaints but writing about the bad things won't solve anything, will it?!

Ja minna, arigatou~, for being part of my life.. and please continue to take care of me.. yoroshiku ne!

PS some people were harder to write about than other, yo people you need to work harder so next time it can be easier for me to think of good things to thank you for you XD

Thursday 8 May 2008

plushies, fishies & paintings

Just finished reading Shige's wagahai.. they really are interesting..

I tried making a bunny plushie.. ended with a disaster.. maybe due to the fact that i have no experience whatsoever in sewing/stitching.. i have no artistic abilities.. and i wasn't even making a normal roundish bunny but instead a square abstract one.. Bash, you should thank god it didn't work coz i was going to give it to you if it had worked XD LOL

Hen na usagi ne.. XD

For some reason, i only listened to NewS's beautiful eyes once when fefe-chan told me about it.. then i kinda forgot that it existed.. and only remembered earlier today.. and i really like it, its been playing in a loop since 11 AM.. I'm sure you all know it by now, if its a NewS song then im going to rave about no matter how awful it is.. but this really is a nice song..

I just realized that almost every pic i post has a blue/turquoise background.. thats coz thats the colour of my room.. so today i went a bit green instead..

Hey did i ever mention that we have a fish? I think i did.. Bob -the little fishy- was a present to my sis.. here he is.. *the reason for white net thing?! Piper the cat keeps getting caught with his paw in the fish bowel* Maybe i mentioned this before.. lol anyways..



Two days ago as i drove to uni in the morning, the weather was weird. Although its late-spring here, that actually means summer started more than a month ago. So to see the weather all cloudy and stormy, then halfway to uni it started raining, first it was just spitting (thats little rain for anyone who doesn't get it) then it started raining normally. Everyone was so surprised. When i read the newspaper today it said that that was artificial rain! It was the first successful result of "cloud seeding" as they call it, where they drop salt into the clouds to produce rain. They say they will continue with their tests in the next three months so i guess we should expect a couple of cool days this summer. Thats really good news for such a hot & dry country. I'm excited! LOL


I got my sis this cap from Japan, i really like it so im posting a pic.. no other reason lol..



This post is so random lol.. my mum draws sometimes.. shes quite good for someone whose never taken classes and knows nothing about art.. here are two of her paintings..




BTW what do you guys think of the layout? Its very plain but i like it.. was going to put NewS as a banner but then decided against it..
anyways, thats it..
-OWARI-

Whacky dreams & Tokyo Disneyland



My youngest sis came to sleep over in my room yesterday since her roommate (my other sis) decided she wanted to study in the middle of the night.. i couldn't be bothered to go look for a bedside lamp since mine is broken so i decided to use our Christmas-like lights (i don't know who bought them or where from but they somehow ended up in my room).. my sis said they bothered her and she couldn't sleep.. i cant imagine why =P LOL we had a good laugh.. the lights don't stop changing and flickering, they're not even still.. ofcourse i ended up not using them but it was amusing nonetheless..

The layout is going through a growing up period at the moment. I need my sister's help. I don't even have Photoshop to make a banner or anything coz i never use it.. Anyways, it might be a few days till it finished "growing up" and i end up with something presentable.

Our sensei is giving us an exam in verbs next class since none of us seem to know all the verbs he mentions XD not our fault, he never mentions the verbs i know, always verbs i wouldn't even think of studying.. oh well, i better study.. I'm looking at the list he gave us and theres verbs like, つく (be lighted), やくに たつ (be useful), たりる (be enough), おりかえる (transfer) among others, that i dont think i would use.. at least not at this point in time when im struggling to make simple sentences.. but anyways i'll be a good student and study them..

KinKi Kids' garasu no shounen is such a good song, no matter how much i listen to it i still like it..

Marie-san is going to Japan in two weeks. Urayamashii desu yo! nihon ni ikita~i! I will definitely try to go back by the winter..

Fefe-chan, remember in Tokyo Disneyland when we were on that space roller-coaster-in-the-dark thingy and the guy behind was like yada yada yada.. dont know why i just thought of it but the ride wasn't scary lol such an uncool guy ne... i love scary rides, i want to go to a theme park right now!

Aaah ano hi wa totemo samukatta desu yo ne.. mada oboete imasu.. how cold it was..


Is that really the sun? I can't remember seeing it that day, God it was cold!

and remember the pizza we had there in that galactic pizza place? how each piece was in an individual triangle box and it looked weird to us.. i remember it being very yummy, maybe coz i was so hungry.. I don't know why im thinking of Japan.. but its nice to remember those things.. that day was the only day i rode the train without my bro.. It was exciting lol although it was the same as usual.. hhh i tried to be a nice responsible sister and went and bought my bro dinner on my way back to the hotel.. the queue in front of McDonald's was long and it was cold but i stood patiently in line.. When i got to the hotel the room looked like a bomb hit it! my bro had gone and bought spare parts for his petrol-run toy car (heck, i don't know what they call them) and he had spread everything all over the floor..

I had weird dreams again yesterday but not nightmares thank god.. in one of my dreams i went into the kitchen to the feed the cat and suddenly i felt a hand on my back and jumped only to find its my mum and she said, i see you spending a lot of time in the kitchen these days.. lol.. it was like a horror movie.. or one of those suspense movies lol.. but what she meant was your eating too much.. lol then it finished..

another was about my internship, i went back to the company for some reason and this lady who supposedly was my supervisor there (not the actually one someone i made up) called me over and said, im glad you came because we were going to call the police so they'd make you come over, we've found records of you using the phone the whole time you were here, being on the phone the whole day.. lol .. i was shocked (in the dream) and told her that i didn't even have a phone on my desk and the only calls i made were from my mobile.. but she kept insisting and the made me look thought the record and the auditors(this time it was the real ones that i met there) came by and she was telling them about me and it was so embarrassing and i started crying.. then she felt bad and tried to stop me crying but she couldn't.. anyway, it ended up with her feeling bad.. she deserves it.. lol weird dream ne..

the third is hilarious, i was in this mall and there was a fast food having some sort of promotion, they had people dressed up as hot dogs and hamburgers walking around the mall, and they had buns in their hands or a burger without a bun or something and if the gave it to you then you could go back to their store and hand in the bun and get a whole hamburger in bun with fries and a drink.. LOOOOL i have no idea why i dreamt that but anyways, i was only given a lettuce by the man in the hamburger suit and when i went to hand it in the people there said that vegetables dont count and wouldn't give me a burger.. then i got mad coz people always say that vegetables are important.. lol.. maybe someone can interpret my dreams for me.. lol.. they're so whacky and weird i dont know what else to say..

I guess i wrote a lot whithout realizing, that should be it for now..
Ja bai bai

Tuesday 6 May 2008

Matsujun, tarantulas, and languages

I finally watched the HEY HEY HEY episode with NewS. It was entertaining-to say the least. But i don't like to hear the members talking about how they're not close outside of work coz in my imagination they hang out together all the time, don't want them ruining my make-believe world. One of the hosts smacked Ryo on the back of the head >< argh! poor Ryo.. (who by the way is looking better than ever, and pi not looking so good XD)

I also watched Last Friends ep 4 which was really good.. Ryo looks cool even when hes crying.. can't wait till next week. Its a vicious cycle ne..waiting and waiting only to start waiting again lol

Yesterday night i kept having nightmares, really scary ones and couldn't sleep much so i decided to have a nap in the afternoon, i dreamt about matsumoto jun.. i guess he was in my subconscious coz i saw a pic of him by chance yesterday.. it was a good dream.. can't remember it but i know matsujun was my hero lol.. yokatte ne.. hope i get to sleep tonight..

languages are weird.. lost my train of thought, i had something interesting to say but its gone.. let me think of something else.. I was telling someone once about how in Japanese socks are called kutsushita which actually is broken down into, Kutsu=shoe, shita=under, so its like under-shoes which is not how Japanese people think of it but thats what is literally is.. and i was saying how weird that is.. then i thought, well "underwear" is almost the same, under and wear (or clothes).. i thought of something else but i forgot it.. so Japanese doesn't seem so weird, its just that we're used to English so we don't notice things like that but maybe someone whose studying it would..
Actually, i think English is the weirdest and hardest(grammar wise) to learn, its got so many irregularities and things that don't make sense when you think about them.. so if you already speak English, consider yourself lucky! im so glad i never had to learn it coz surely i would've sucked at it..

In our Strategic Management class, in the business simulation game i wrote about, out of 5,136 teams from around the world (including students from very prestigious universities), me & Reemy-chan (plus 2 other girls with us), our team, ranked 95 out of all of those teams for the first round.. our professor was impressed.. we have 6 more rounds to go so hopefully we will be from the top 20 by the end of the game, i really hope so, that would be cool..

I want a tarantula! that would be cool.. my mum's like, you want tarantula but your afraid of turtles/tortoises?! I haven't been traumatized by a tarantula like what happened to me with turtles before so no, im not afraid of them, i want one.. tarantula ga hoshii desu yo! I actually don't like animals in general.. oh shoot, i wish i hadn't mentioned the T word, now im guaranteed to have a nightmare.. i guess i better distract myself by doing something else, listening to news for example (looking for an excuse XD)

(i actually wrote a much longer post but ive saved that in drafts for now, i dont know if im ready to talk about it yet..)

Monday 5 May 2008

Half my post go deleted, its Koichi-kun's fault ><

KONBANWA! *someones perky today*


I gave myself a time to finish doing all my uni work before i can come online so now that im done im feeling great! I'm not actually done with EVERYTHING! (Graduation project hanging over my head) but at least everything for tomorrow is out of the way..

The other day i added a site-traffic thingy to my blog, i was just curious, wanted to see how many people actually visit my blog everyday. It turned out to be way more than i thought.. Not many people know about my blog, i don't like to give it out to anyone.. talking of which, i mentioned to Reemy-chan something about my blog in class today and one of our classmates overheard and was like cool give me the link, i told her sorry but its too personal.. coz it really is.. if i knew other people were reading i wouldn't be able to write what i want to and what i feel, which is the whole point behind a blog.. anyways, turns out there people from the neighboring city, DXB, reading my blog. Now i know my sis is there and she reads it but i cant think of anyone else.. so i thought well maybe they came here by mistake but it was over 10 visits from different IP addresses, and then today, 8 of those checked my blog again... I'm rambling sorry.. anyways i was just surprised that there are people out there checking my blog sometimes a couple of times a day.. My conclusion, they were here by mistake, if not, if your someone who reads my blog regularly don't be shy to say hi, it would be interesting to know you LOL..

OK on to something else, Koichi Domoto from Kinki Kids has this song which i listened to yesterday, its quite good ^^ hes voice is to die for.. OK scratch that out XD

Oh and fefe-chan met my sis H at a science fair thingy today.. she doesn't know how lucky she is.. my sis i mean.. ;P

I'm addicted to fruit-flavoured malt drinks ^^ they're the best!

Still no sign of LF's 4th ep. to my dismay..

My bro got my 2 sisters heart-shaped plushy pillows filled with Hershey kisses, can it get any better? XD and i got an over-sized bag with ANGEL on the front, how sweet.. going to use it next time i go to the beach..






My bro thinks im angel XD how sweeet ;P

I was listening to SUMMER TIME again today for the umpteenth time and found myself singing along, then i realized, hey i know what im singing, i actually understand the words.. well not all of them but some..

Oh and i saw a clip of Gackt with Julie Andrews when she was promoting Princess Diaries II in Japan and he was her escort and at the end she was like, "how would you like to go mattress-surfing with me sometime?" (if you've seen the movie you'll know what that is).
No offense to her fans but whys she hitting on him, i wanted to whack her, shes old enough to be his mum ><

Saturday 3 May 2008

Kids are fun!

We went to the beach today. Swimming really makes you hungry ne. We stuffed our faces, we were eating non-stop. Thats not good.. oh well.. we were hungry.. Marie-san didn't come this time, zannen desu, it would've been nice..

I spent a lot of time with my little adopted baby, my mum friend A's daughter. 18 months old is the best age, definitely, i always love kids when they're at this age. They're just engaging and fun to play with. I had so much fun playing with her. She was wearing a swimsuit with a round hole down the back, by the end of the day when they were changing her clothes she looked so funny..This bit was sooo dark compared to the rest of her body. I also played with her sisters and bro, we had fun.. kids really are fun XD they awaken the child in you.. We all got really tanned. I was in the water from 10 to 4.. 6 hours, hot sun, cold refreshing water.. the best combination!

I made myself work on uni stuff after we got back home, i decided im disconnecting the wireless and only connecting once im done.. it really motivated me and i didn't get as distracted as always.. I've been online for less than 40 minutes but now im so tired from getting up at 7 and all.. i really feel like sleeping.. nemui~~~i

Ep 4 of last friends has been out since Thursday, waiting for the subbed version.. i have no patience.. Also looking forward to Shige's Wagahai..

Was reading Ikuta Toma's nikki and he mentioned EREKASHI so i decided to check the band out.. I liked this song, except for some reason this guy keeps itching and messing up his hair and whetevr in all their PVs, i have no idea why.. can't be bothered to look around and see..maybe another time..

I'm really tired.. going to sleep now.. its still early but what the heck!
Good night, sleep tight, don't let the beddy bugs bite ;)

Friday 2 May 2008

Yoroshiku

Its amazing how fast one's mood can change ne.

Right now, im not feeling so good. Being criticized is not so easy to accept ne. Especially when it comes from people close to you.

I would like to say that it doesn't bother me what people think of me, or im not bothered by their criticism. The truth of the matter is, because they are important people to me, its hard to be so nonchalant about it. It definitely affects me, what others think, especially if they voice their thoughts in front of me. It definitely hurts.

I never try to hurt anyone on purpose, if i do (and im sure i do sometimes), it definitely is not on purpose. My motto in life is "do onto others what you want done onto yourself". I try to take people's feelings into consideration. I put myself in their shoes and wonder what it would be like to be hurt. I definitely get mad at people! no one doesn't! but when i do i try not to say something i will regret later on.

The kind of person i am, donna hito desu ka? Stubborn, but extremely sensitive. Thats part of the person i am. Do i hate being stubborn? Definitely not! I think everyone should stand up for what they believe in, thats why im stubborn. I do give in a lot, but its only if its for someone i love or if im unsure about something, other than that.. i think people should stand up for themselves.

Absolutely the most dreadful feeling ever is being ganged up on ne. If one person says something about you to your face its bearable coz you can brush it off or change the topic or something, but when its more than one and no one is standing up for you.. its an absolutely horrible feeling ne..

To be able to say "tsuyoku naritai" and "ganbarimasu" to myself through my tears is the only thing i can do in that kind of situation.

minna gomen ne if i ever hurt you and please kore kara mo yoroshiku ne
Oyasumi

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Summer is here!

The last couple of days have been so busy. Capstone + the Strategic Management class are taking over my life! Aaaah~ can't wait to finish!

Yesterday i watched Budou no ki, which is about foster kids and parents, it was interesting, but so sad. Ototoi i watched the sp for 1 liter of tears (ryo nishikido being in it doesn't have anything to do with why i watched it..honestly..) and ofcourse i cried a liter of tears if not more. Then when i watched budou no ki i cried even more LOL im so glad i have my own room to cry in without interruption ^_^

Later on i decided to go to Daiso since i was so bored, didn't find anything interesting but i got some senbei.. Oh and finally had McDonald's which i havn't had since i was in Japan.. So ofcourse i started reminiscing..

Somehow, i feel like ive read a book. LOL. but i don't remember reading one, maybe in my dreams. Lately i started having really vivid dreams where before i didn't even dream most nights..

I love listening to NewS's easy come easy go, its so fresh and upbeat!

Its summer time as NewS keep reminding us, esp yamapi in his nikki, everyday he says "summer is here".. so i guess its time for icecream again, not that i like icecream anyways, but i dont mind icecream sandwiches..


Fefe-chan, remember the うらしまたろう story we tried reading before, i guess in October or something, and we read the first 2 pages and it was too hard, we didn't understand the verbs.. I tried reading it backwards LOL started with the last page. It was so much easier, all words and verbs we know.. so yeah moral of the story, read stories starting with the end, they're easier ;P
Except, i know urashimatarou opened the box he wasn't supposed to open and turned into a white bearded old man but im not sure where the box came from, got to read the beginning i guess LOL

Thats all since i really have to finish working on my capstone and some other assignment i have. Jya ne.

PS Maybe i should stop reading yamapi's nikki. I had to rewrite this post almost 4 times coz its seemed all about food..