I gained lots of weight this past week after going home to see my family T__T. So now I'm exercising, which isn't a bad thing, but I wish I wouldn't have gained anything at all T__T. *sigh* I feel like I'm back at square one again T__T.
On the bright side, I'm less stressed after my exercise session today. I have lots to do and not a whole lot of time, but at least I'm not too down about it 'cause I ran off some of these negative emotions. Anyway, my goal is to get down to a size 8 by January so I hope I can hit my target soon. Need to start eating less carbs and more fibrous foods. I won't give up my carbs though 'cause I love them lots ^_^
Monday, November 30, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
A Pleasant Surprise
So... I looked into my bank account this morning and saw a very beautiful sight. My job direct deposited my pay in *__* Technically it's supposed to be officially there on Monday, but I got paid more than I thought I would. My heart nearly stopped. I think I'll be able to pay off all my debt and survive the winter months ahead after all.
My AMEX balance was finalized yesterday so I saw a glaring $1,959.30 staring at me today when I went to go check it. But it's ok, I got paid a lot so I can pay both rent and AMEX. Technically I can pay AMEX really soon, but the more money I have in my checking, the more interest I make so I've deferred my payment till after the 11th -- which is when the bank pays me interest. So, I'm just going to have to lie low and not look at AMEX for a while 'cause that glaring huge number is really ugly to me. Soon after I pay AMEX, I should be getting paid again and then the bank will do an automatic transfer of $75 from my checking to savings -- as to waive the monthly fee -- and after a couple days, the balance on my bank's VISA should also be finalized for the period and I'll just wait to see which date it has to be paid on. If I have enough for rent, I'll pay off the balance right away, and if I'm kind of bordeline doomsday, then I'll wait. I now have another VISA with over $500 to pay off too =_=;;; Yeah... in just three days, I managed to accumulate over $500 again. This is so not funny. I still have at least another $750 to spend before Christmas -- I'll get reimbursed for $450 of it since it's for CPE, but just thinking about having to pay such high balances really makes me wish I can be more conservative with my spending.
On a bittersweet note, my new computer should arrive in Oregon sometime by the end of this upcoming week and then a week and half later, I'll be able to play on it *__* Oh life is good~ I'd better put all my software stuff from my current computer into a flash drive and bring it with me here. I should also bring at least one of my hard drives here so I can burn off some stuff. I ended up going to Office Depot yesterday and I bought a 1TB external hard drive so I need to really throw some stuff on it. I also bought an external DVD/CD burner for my REALLY old computer. I have no idea why I did it, but I figure my old computer is pretty trusty, it's been with me all these years and hasn't failed me yet so if I can use it to burn stuff, I'll use it. I'm crazy, yes.
I went to Target yesterday after all the chaos early in the morning. I elected sleep over doorbuster sales -- as I'm too poor really to participate anymore -- but then I ended up going to one of the malls over here and bought some cosmetics plus $3.99 movies. I've recently started using eye makeup 'cause I figure I should be a bit girlier so I got some mascara and swabs for eye shadow yesterday. I need to get makeup remover when I get back to Cali. I don't think they'll let me fly back if I carry anything liquid with me so yeah... I have to leave behind quite a bit of stuff until next time I am able to drive back -- which would not be for until April T_T. I think I'll take a week long break in April.
I am not looking forward to going back. I have so much to take care of. First I have CPE, I need to sign up for a couple sections of the CPA exam, I need to present a plan of my career path to my boss -- please don't ask why -- and all of this needs to be done before I fly back to Oregon @_@. *sigh* Always so last minute =_=; I wonder if I'll ever be able to break this habit. Anyway, I need to go finish packing T__T. I can't wait till another 2 1/2 weeks pass so I can come back home again.
My AMEX balance was finalized yesterday so I saw a glaring $1,959.30 staring at me today when I went to go check it. But it's ok, I got paid a lot so I can pay both rent and AMEX. Technically I can pay AMEX really soon, but the more money I have in my checking, the more interest I make so I've deferred my payment till after the 11th -- which is when the bank pays me interest. So, I'm just going to have to lie low and not look at AMEX for a while 'cause that glaring huge number is really ugly to me. Soon after I pay AMEX, I should be getting paid again and then the bank will do an automatic transfer of $75 from my checking to savings -- as to waive the monthly fee -- and after a couple days, the balance on my bank's VISA should also be finalized for the period and I'll just wait to see which date it has to be paid on. If I have enough for rent, I'll pay off the balance right away, and if I'm kind of bordeline doomsday, then I'll wait. I now have another VISA with over $500 to pay off too =_=;;; Yeah... in just three days, I managed to accumulate over $500 again. This is so not funny. I still have at least another $750 to spend before Christmas -- I'll get reimbursed for $450 of it since it's for CPE, but just thinking about having to pay such high balances really makes me wish I can be more conservative with my spending.
On a bittersweet note, my new computer should arrive in Oregon sometime by the end of this upcoming week and then a week and half later, I'll be able to play on it *__* Oh life is good~ I'd better put all my software stuff from my current computer into a flash drive and bring it with me here. I should also bring at least one of my hard drives here so I can burn off some stuff. I ended up going to Office Depot yesterday and I bought a 1TB external hard drive so I need to really throw some stuff on it. I also bought an external DVD/CD burner for my REALLY old computer. I have no idea why I did it, but I figure my old computer is pretty trusty, it's been with me all these years and hasn't failed me yet so if I can use it to burn stuff, I'll use it. I'm crazy, yes.
I went to Target yesterday after all the chaos early in the morning. I elected sleep over doorbuster sales -- as I'm too poor really to participate anymore -- but then I ended up going to one of the malls over here and bought some cosmetics plus $3.99 movies. I've recently started using eye makeup 'cause I figure I should be a bit girlier so I got some mascara and swabs for eye shadow yesterday. I need to get makeup remover when I get back to Cali. I don't think they'll let me fly back if I carry anything liquid with me so yeah... I have to leave behind quite a bit of stuff until next time I am able to drive back -- which would not be for until April T_T. I think I'll take a week long break in April.
I am not looking forward to going back. I have so much to take care of. First I have CPE, I need to sign up for a couple sections of the CPA exam, I need to present a plan of my career path to my boss -- please don't ask why -- and all of this needs to be done before I fly back to Oregon @_@. *sigh* Always so last minute =_=; I wonder if I'll ever be able to break this habit. Anyway, I need to go finish packing T__T. I can't wait till another 2 1/2 weeks pass so I can come back home again.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (大奥)
I have discovered a great josei manga by one of my all-time favorite mangaka/storytellers, Yoshinaga Fumi. I love just about everything created by Yoshinaga-sensei and Ooku is no different from all my other faves by her. She always has such depth in her stories and her style when drawing people aging is really amazing.
I first fell in love with her when I read Antique Bakery (西洋骨董洋菓子店), and then I read Gerard to Jacques, which really solidified my love towards her work. She is absolutely brilliant and I have read every -- if not own every -- thing she's created (manga-wise) so far in either English or Japanese (or both). Right now I'm in the midst of reading and collecting Ooku. I bought one volume in English and I must say that the publishing is pretty amazing to me. Back in the day, they would have bound the thing cheaply, but now the companies are showing such care in trying to maintain everything as close to the original that it's pretty impressive to me. I can't say that I agree with all the translations, but I'm not too adverse to Viz as I used to be. I really wish it could stay a little truer in translation at times. But anyway, now that I've got a taste of Ooku, I suspect that I'm going to be buying the whole thing in Japanese from now on while waiting for the English versions to come out. It is worth owning in both languages.
I've always been a sucker for period drama or historical manga, and this alternate history-type of manga is really creative and interesting. For those who don't know what the Ooku is, it is basically the innermost chamber of the shogun's (top leading general) women during the Edo period in Japan. The shogun's wife, his concubines, his mother or the previous shogun's wife -- depending on whether the shogun is selected through hereditary means or through adoption -- and the servants for the women all live in the Ooku together, and it is locked so that no one can go in to touch the shogun's women or the women can't go out. There are tons of different strict customs for the women living the Ooku, and it is a place where olden day "office politics" among women happen ^_^;
In Yoshinaga Fumi's version of "Ooku," it is basically a retelling of history in which the truth of times is hidden. All the shogun in history have been male, but what if the truth is that they were actually all female whom took on male names in order to make it seem as though only men ruled Japan? That or one can assume this to be an alternate history, which seems to be what they're calling it. Anyway...
The story begins with a child in a village who gets mauled by a bear and is brought back into his village to die. With his death, a red pox epidemic arrives and kills mainly men, which then caused a shortage of men compared to women. Women would solicit men for sex in order to bear children, and only the most beautiful men are taken into the palace to be grooms for the shogun. All the shogun have been women whom assumed male names upon succession and the series is centered on these women.
This is probably by the far the most brilliant work I've read by her yet. I'm pretty floored by how beautiful the artwork is and how astounding her story direction is. I cannot say enough to describe how amazing this story is. For those who love Yoshinaga-sensei, this is a must-read. One should not miss out on it, it's really one of her best works to date. Highly recommended.
I first fell in love with her when I read Antique Bakery (西洋骨董洋菓子店), and then I read Gerard to Jacques, which really solidified my love towards her work. She is absolutely brilliant and I have read every -- if not own every -- thing she's created (manga-wise) so far in either English or Japanese (or both). Right now I'm in the midst of reading and collecting Ooku. I bought one volume in English and I must say that the publishing is pretty amazing to me. Back in the day, they would have bound the thing cheaply, but now the companies are showing such care in trying to maintain everything as close to the original that it's pretty impressive to me. I can't say that I agree with all the translations, but I'm not too adverse to Viz as I used to be. I really wish it could stay a little truer in translation at times. But anyway, now that I've got a taste of Ooku, I suspect that I'm going to be buying the whole thing in Japanese from now on while waiting for the English versions to come out. It is worth owning in both languages.
I've always been a sucker for period drama or historical manga, and this alternate history-type of manga is really creative and interesting. For those who don't know what the Ooku is, it is basically the innermost chamber of the shogun's (top leading general) women during the Edo period in Japan. The shogun's wife, his concubines, his mother or the previous shogun's wife -- depending on whether the shogun is selected through hereditary means or through adoption -- and the servants for the women all live in the Ooku together, and it is locked so that no one can go in to touch the shogun's women or the women can't go out. There are tons of different strict customs for the women living the Ooku, and it is a place where olden day "office politics" among women happen ^_^;
In Yoshinaga Fumi's version of "Ooku," it is basically a retelling of history in which the truth of times is hidden. All the shogun in history have been male, but what if the truth is that they were actually all female whom took on male names in order to make it seem as though only men ruled Japan? That or one can assume this to be an alternate history, which seems to be what they're calling it. Anyway...
The story begins with a child in a village who gets mauled by a bear and is brought back into his village to die. With his death, a red pox epidemic arrives and kills mainly men, which then caused a shortage of men compared to women. Women would solicit men for sex in order to bear children, and only the most beautiful men are taken into the palace to be grooms for the shogun. All the shogun have been women whom assumed male names upon succession and the series is centered on these women.
This is probably by the far the most brilliant work I've read by her yet. I'm pretty floored by how beautiful the artwork is and how astounding her story direction is. I cannot say enough to describe how amazing this story is. For those who love Yoshinaga-sensei, this is a must-read. One should not miss out on it, it's really one of her best works to date. Highly recommended.
Double Eyelid Products
So I was born with single eyelid and it's never really bugged me until these past few months. I guess I must be getting quite vain so I did some research and found some products that people can use without having to undergo surgery.
I'm thinking about buying two to try out. It's just that lately I've started learning how to use make-up and all so I'm kind of going all out. I guess it's a little weird considering how non-girly I am when it comes to my facial appearance, but for some reason I just want to be girlier recently =_=; Anyway, just thought I'd point that website out.
I'm thinking about buying two to try out. It's just that lately I've started learning how to use make-up and all so I'm kind of going all out. I guess it's a little weird considering how non-girly I am when it comes to my facial appearance, but for some reason I just want to be girlier recently =_=; Anyway, just thought I'd point that website out.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Holidays Seemed More Fun When You're A Kid
My family and I drove up to Portland today and schmoozed with all the relatives. It seems like an annual ordeal now that I'm older. I like seeing my relatives, but I get so tired afterward too. The day passed by quite typically. We first dropped off our dog at my eldest aunt's, then drove over the care center to see my maternal grandparents.
Since my grandfather is unable to leave the home, we brought food out and fed him first, then we only brought my grandmother out with us to my aunt's younger sister's new restaurant to have lunch and I saw my two little cousins for the first time in a year. After lunch, we drove up back to my eldest aunt's place to pick up my aunt and our dog, and then we drove up to Vancouver to see the rest of my relatives on my paternal side.
My paternal grandmother fractured two of her ribs after falling down a few days ago so she moved quite gingerly around the house. We played mahjong with her for a few hours to pass the time until dinner today, but it's not like we were playing by any official rules so it was a mess the entire time. My grandmother's the type that refuses to learn anything new when it comes to mahjong 'cause she can't win at the official rules otherwise. I keep playing it as properly as I can, but it's kind of bad 'cause when no one is following any rules, you're only setting yourself up for failure, so naturally I kept losing lol.
After mahjong, the rest of my relatives came and I saw my niece... ... ... She's very energetic and much more well-behaved than a year ago, but still very rowdy and both my dog and I are reminded of why we're not fans of children. Still, she's my niece so family is family. I hope she loses some of that energy when she's older, that or control it better. She was like a kid on a sugar high lol.
Anyway, we had a buffet style dinner -- as usual per our big family gatherings -- and like every year, no turkey. I swear no one in my family likes turkey except for my immediate family. One year we had only seafood, another year we did hot pot, last year we had home-made pizza, and this year we had crossiant sandwiches + deli rolls among other things. I made a cream steam that somehow turned into potato soup =_= and I brought it out for my grandmother to try. Too bad I put too much pepper in it though 'cause she couldn't eat too much of it T__T. Oh well.
After dinner, we chatted and then we all started to leave. On the way back home, we passed by Woodburn and there were tons of cars in the parking lot already getting ready for Black Friday. It's kind of amazing what people would do for a morning of madness. I swear on our way to my relatives' place in Vancouver, there were already people camping out at a Best Buy and it was only 3PM Thanksgiving day. Sad. Oh well.
Don't think I'll be participating in Black Friday tomorrow. I already spent more money than I should and so... I need to put the limiters back on for my spending =_=
Since my grandfather is unable to leave the home, we brought food out and fed him first, then we only brought my grandmother out with us to my aunt's younger sister's new restaurant to have lunch and I saw my two little cousins for the first time in a year. After lunch, we drove up back to my eldest aunt's place to pick up my aunt and our dog, and then we drove up to Vancouver to see the rest of my relatives on my paternal side.
My paternal grandmother fractured two of her ribs after falling down a few days ago so she moved quite gingerly around the house. We played mahjong with her for a few hours to pass the time until dinner today, but it's not like we were playing by any official rules so it was a mess the entire time. My grandmother's the type that refuses to learn anything new when it comes to mahjong 'cause she can't win at the official rules otherwise. I keep playing it as properly as I can, but it's kind of bad 'cause when no one is following any rules, you're only setting yourself up for failure, so naturally I kept losing lol.
After mahjong, the rest of my relatives came and I saw my niece... ... ... She's very energetic and much more well-behaved than a year ago, but still very rowdy and both my dog and I are reminded of why we're not fans of children. Still, she's my niece so family is family. I hope she loses some of that energy when she's older, that or control it better. She was like a kid on a sugar high lol.
Anyway, we had a buffet style dinner -- as usual per our big family gatherings -- and like every year, no turkey. I swear no one in my family likes turkey except for my immediate family. One year we had only seafood, another year we did hot pot, last year we had home-made pizza, and this year we had crossiant sandwiches + deli rolls among other things. I made a cream steam that somehow turned into potato soup =_= and I brought it out for my grandmother to try. Too bad I put too much pepper in it though 'cause she couldn't eat too much of it T__T. Oh well.
After dinner, we chatted and then we all started to leave. On the way back home, we passed by Woodburn and there were tons of cars in the parking lot already getting ready for Black Friday. It's kind of amazing what people would do for a morning of madness. I swear on our way to my relatives' place in Vancouver, there were already people camping out at a Best Buy and it was only 3PM Thanksgiving day. Sad. Oh well.
Don't think I'll be participating in Black Friday tomorrow. I already spent more money than I should and so... I need to put the limiters back on for my spending =_=
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Payment Plan In Order
Ok, so here is my game plan:
1. Pay December Rent + Utilities ($975)
2. Get Paid on 12/1/09
3. Pay AMEX ($1,958)
4. Automatic Transfer of $75 from Checking to Savings
5. Get Paid on 12/15/09
6. Pay VISA #1 ($623)
7. Pay January Rent + Utilities ($975)
8. Get Paid on 1/2/09
9. Pay VISA #2 (???)
Yes... This is probably the best method to the madness. I feel like someone doing a side quest or something with a walkthrough at the moment. Unless you do this step, you fail, etc. *sigh* I hope to never have to go through this again, my spending has reached new heights and my checking account has dropped to new lows. Very scary.
1. Pay December Rent + Utilities ($975)
2. Get Paid on 12/1/09
3. Pay AMEX ($1,958)
4. Automatic Transfer of $75 from Checking to Savings
5. Get Paid on 12/15/09
6. Pay VISA #1 ($623)
7. Pay January Rent + Utilities ($975)
8. Get Paid on 1/2/09
9. Pay VISA #2 (???)
Yes... This is probably the best method to the madness. I feel like someone doing a side quest or something with a walkthrough at the moment. Unless you do this step, you fail, etc. *sigh* I hope to never have to go through this again, my spending has reached new heights and my checking account has dropped to new lows. Very scary.
Doomed =_= Over-spending Is Hell To Pay Back
Yeah... my VAIO computer shipped today... That is VERY bad. It means, I now have an extra $1,375 on my AMEX to pay off. It means, I have to coordinate my bill-paying very well otherwise I'm going to have to extract money out of my savings account. It means there is a very good chance that I'm going to be paying a lot of interest in the next few months. It means ... I need to learn how to control my spending better from now on in order to avoid this nerve-wracking guilt trip. Oh dear... And yeah, I have no one to blame other than myself.
I still have to buy two weeks of groceries, a DS for my brother, and $450 worth of CPE -- which I'll get reimbursed eventually, but it's not good. It's a lot of money =_=; And I mean... a lot of money. *sigh* God, why am I so insane? Well, regardless, I know I can pay it all off, I just need to dig into my savings =_= *sigh* Good job me.
I still have to buy two weeks of groceries, a DS for my brother, and $450 worth of CPE -- which I'll get reimbursed eventually, but it's not good. It's a lot of money =_=; And I mean... a lot of money. *sigh* God, why am I so insane? Well, regardless, I know I can pay it all off, I just need to dig into my savings =_= *sigh* Good job me.
Total Spending For October - November
... I really should take a look at this so here goes:
VISA
$3,135 + 2,665 = $5,800 +$200 (to be paid) = $6,000
AMEX (to be paid)
$2,000
...
Um... yeah... roughly $8,000 in the course of 2 months not including rent. This is just roughly my discretionary spending.
............................. I think I need to go shoot myself now.
$1,375 for my new computer has not shown up on one of my CC's yet 'cause it's still in production right now so I hope it doesn't show up until the December statement. That way I can defer my need to pay off all $1,375 till January. I'll just have to not use this CC at all once November ends. I think I may opt to use one of my other CC's during December so I don't have to charge huge balances on my other ones including my other big VISA.
Still missing my Banana Republic card. No idea where it is or where it went. It's very troubling =_= considering that I shop all the time at that store. *sigh*
I really have no one other than myself to blame for having practically no money left over. This kind of sucks =_=
VISA
$3,135 + 2,665 = $5,800 +$200 (to be paid) = $6,000
AMEX (to be paid)
$2,000
...
Um... yeah... roughly $8,000 in the course of 2 months not including rent. This is just roughly my discretionary spending.
............................. I think I need to go shoot myself now.
$1,375 for my new computer has not shown up on one of my CC's yet 'cause it's still in production right now so I hope it doesn't show up until the December statement. That way I can defer my need to pay off all $1,375 till January. I'll just have to not use this CC at all once November ends. I think I may opt to use one of my other CC's during December so I don't have to charge huge balances on my other ones including my other big VISA.
Still missing my Banana Republic card. No idea where it is or where it went. It's very troubling =_= considering that I shop all the time at that store. *sigh*
I really have no one other than myself to blame for having practically no money left over. This kind of sucks =_=
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Lately, It Seems "Love" Just Sucks
I used to be a sucker for romantic stories, but lately, they have done nothing but aggravate me. I swear there was a time were children were precious and love was wonderful, and then during my angry teenage-angst days, they were like little devils roaming the earth. Well, my current mindset is no different than my senior high days at the moment.
Children = spawn
Romance = society-imposed delusion
Dating = a means to reveal how bleak the future is when all the potential partners out there are nothing, but creeps
Love = nonexistent
True Love = a figment of our imaginations
Yeah, sad, but what-ev.
Anyway, that's not my point. Well, it's part of my point. I'm just pretty adverse to anything "romance"-related lately and this does not exclude the Twilight series. It truly is a teenager's book 'cause nothing about that series appeals to me. One has to love mawkishness and sap to really enjoy it. I mean, most of the book is about the notion of a "true love" that transcends time, space, and form. I really wish I could like the story, but I can't.
Usually, a character like Bella is not bad at all. Especially if you are a teenager like I was whom grew up with little self-esteem and can't believe it whenever something really great happens. If you are like that, you can totally see it from Bella's point of view and grow to think from her perspective too... except... I can't help, but think that teenagers are pretty stupid when it comes to love =_=;
I keep telling myself that Bella's only a teenager, of course she's going to act irrationally at times and be really dumb when the love of her life leaves her, but it doesn't soften the irritation I have towards her character throughout all of New Moon. Towards the end of Twilight, it was still somewhat understandable given that she thought her mother was in danger, but then for her to become all suicidal once Edward left her was a little too much for me.
Yeah, when we were teenagers and the guy or girl we really liked left us, we pretty much felt that dying was a good way to go, but now that I'm older, it's hard for me to sympathize with her anymore. And on top of that, I just find her very stupid. I really want to like Bella, but I can't stand her. I usually really like main girl characters in stories. For instance, where lots of people hate Rinoa Heartilly from Final Fantasy VIII, I don't find anything wrong with her. Honda Tohru from Fruits Baskets is another one that I like even if a lot of angry teenagers hate her. An undying trend of girl fans towards certain series around me tend to really hate the main girl(s), but I've never really disliked any of them until now. I've finally found a series where I just cannot stand the main girl at all. I like her in the movie when Kristen Stewart played her, but when I was reading her in the novel, I, for some reason just can't stand her =_=
The way she thinks, the way she acts, the way she treats her friends is appalling to me at times. When she gets all depressed, and then tries to use Jessica to get her dad to get off her back, and then trying to approach some inappropriate people, it's too much. Even if the love of your life leaves you, it's no excuse to mistreat your friends. I so don't blame Jessica for getting all anti-Bella in the book. Lauren, I can say that I don't like 'cause she's the typical girl that gets all psyched out and shows her claws early 'cause she can't handle a little competition. Jessica isn't really my favorite character either 'cause she's kind of insensitive and self-centered at times, but I don't blame her for not wanting to be Bella's friend later 'cause Bella was just really acting stupid.
And why in the world do these women always go back to the original man!? I guess it wouldn't mean anything if she ended up with Jacob, but I just wish there's a series where the heroine could just choose the second leading man rather than the first. I'm so tired of this overdone formula. In life, the number one rule is: Don't go back to a man who left you regardless of the reason. And if you're going to return back to him anyway, don't lead someone else on =_= (O-M-G). Yeah, I really don't care that Jacob ends up with her daughter later, I just wish things would work out in a more interesting fashion is all. *sigh* Then again, it wouldn't be fun without a little drama and little triangle here and there.
Anyway, I just wanted to rant about how much I dislike Twilight. Maybe it's because I lack any love or romance in my life, but I can't really empathize or sympathize with Bella for New Moon. That book literally made it really difficult for me to even pick up Eclipse. The storyline's not exactly all that well-written so I really don't understand the hype to it.
I mean in Twilight, Bella meets Edward, and they fall in love and she gets to know him better. Then suddenly these three bad vampires show up and one starts hunting Bella. It felt so out there and random... I didn't even feel like I had time to wrap it all around my head. The movie seemed to have done this part much better, at least you knew that there was danger coming and so there was some anticipation. Sure, there was a preface in the book and all, but seriously? It was like "Oh yay, life is going well somewhat. BAM!!! Here are some bad guys! Let's try and make this climax interesting so I can move on!" That's what the plot looked like to me in a nutshell. Very boring.
Then in New Moon, all I could remember was Edward leaving, Bella getting all depressed and suicidal, leading young Jacob on, and then when Edward thought that Bella died, he tried to get himself killed, and at the end they got engaged. Most of the book seemed to be of Bella trying to kill herself, and yes after reading multiple unsuccesful suicide attempts, you really wish she could just succeed once to end both of your miseries ... sad to say.
Despite how much I loathe reading the series, it doesn't change that I'm somewhat interested in the movie. There are times when an adaptation is better than the original. While I can't say that the Twilight movie was all that great -- it was really and painfully slow at some parts -- there were some things I preferred over what I read in the book. So I'm curious as to how the movie will be.
Still haven't read Eclipse yet. It's been a challenge trying to even pick it up after how much I hated New Moon =_= The whole Victoria thing just didn't seem all too urgent or interesting to me so I can't seem to make it any further than maybe fifteen pages. The only reason why I'm even reading it is because my friend told me that it gets better and I'm a fairly patient person so I'm interested to see exactly how it will get "better." I'll eventually pick it up again, but for now... I'm feeling very adverse to the series.
Children = spawn
Romance = society-imposed delusion
Dating = a means to reveal how bleak the future is when all the potential partners out there are nothing, but creeps
Love = nonexistent
True Love = a figment of our imaginations
Yeah, sad, but what-ev.
Anyway, that's not my point. Well, it's part of my point. I'm just pretty adverse to anything "romance"-related lately and this does not exclude the Twilight series. It truly is a teenager's book 'cause nothing about that series appeals to me. One has to love mawkishness and sap to really enjoy it. I mean, most of the book is about the notion of a "true love" that transcends time, space, and form. I really wish I could like the story, but I can't.
Usually, a character like Bella is not bad at all. Especially if you are a teenager like I was whom grew up with little self-esteem and can't believe it whenever something really great happens. If you are like that, you can totally see it from Bella's point of view and grow to think from her perspective too... except... I can't help, but think that teenagers are pretty stupid when it comes to love =_=;
I keep telling myself that Bella's only a teenager, of course she's going to act irrationally at times and be really dumb when the love of her life leaves her, but it doesn't soften the irritation I have towards her character throughout all of New Moon. Towards the end of Twilight, it was still somewhat understandable given that she thought her mother was in danger, but then for her to become all suicidal once Edward left her was a little too much for me.
Yeah, when we were teenagers and the guy or girl we really liked left us, we pretty much felt that dying was a good way to go, but now that I'm older, it's hard for me to sympathize with her anymore. And on top of that, I just find her very stupid. I really want to like Bella, but I can't stand her. I usually really like main girl characters in stories. For instance, where lots of people hate Rinoa Heartilly from Final Fantasy VIII, I don't find anything wrong with her. Honda Tohru from Fruits Baskets is another one that I like even if a lot of angry teenagers hate her. An undying trend of girl fans towards certain series around me tend to really hate the main girl(s), but I've never really disliked any of them until now. I've finally found a series where I just cannot stand the main girl at all. I like her in the movie when Kristen Stewart played her, but when I was reading her in the novel, I, for some reason just can't stand her =_=
The way she thinks, the way she acts, the way she treats her friends is appalling to me at times. When she gets all depressed, and then tries to use Jessica to get her dad to get off her back, and then trying to approach some inappropriate people, it's too much. Even if the love of your life leaves you, it's no excuse to mistreat your friends. I so don't blame Jessica for getting all anti-Bella in the book. Lauren, I can say that I don't like 'cause she's the typical girl that gets all psyched out and shows her claws early 'cause she can't handle a little competition. Jessica isn't really my favorite character either 'cause she's kind of insensitive and self-centered at times, but I don't blame her for not wanting to be Bella's friend later 'cause Bella was just really acting stupid.
And why in the world do these women always go back to the original man!? I guess it wouldn't mean anything if she ended up with Jacob, but I just wish there's a series where the heroine could just choose the second leading man rather than the first. I'm so tired of this overdone formula. In life, the number one rule is: Don't go back to a man who left you regardless of the reason. And if you're going to return back to him anyway, don't lead someone else on =_= (O-M-G). Yeah, I really don't care that Jacob ends up with her daughter later, I just wish things would work out in a more interesting fashion is all. *sigh* Then again, it wouldn't be fun without a little drama and little triangle here and there.
Anyway, I just wanted to rant about how much I dislike Twilight. Maybe it's because I lack any love or romance in my life, but I can't really empathize or sympathize with Bella for New Moon. That book literally made it really difficult for me to even pick up Eclipse. The storyline's not exactly all that well-written so I really don't understand the hype to it.
I mean in Twilight, Bella meets Edward, and they fall in love and she gets to know him better. Then suddenly these three bad vampires show up and one starts hunting Bella. It felt so out there and random... I didn't even feel like I had time to wrap it all around my head. The movie seemed to have done this part much better, at least you knew that there was danger coming and so there was some anticipation. Sure, there was a preface in the book and all, but seriously? It was like "Oh yay, life is going well somewhat. BAM!!! Here are some bad guys! Let's try and make this climax interesting so I can move on!" That's what the plot looked like to me in a nutshell. Very boring.
Then in New Moon, all I could remember was Edward leaving, Bella getting all depressed and suicidal, leading young Jacob on, and then when Edward thought that Bella died, he tried to get himself killed, and at the end they got engaged. Most of the book seemed to be of Bella trying to kill herself, and yes after reading multiple unsuccesful suicide attempts, you really wish she could just succeed once to end both of your miseries ... sad to say.
Despite how much I loathe reading the series, it doesn't change that I'm somewhat interested in the movie. There are times when an adaptation is better than the original. While I can't say that the Twilight movie was all that great -- it was really and painfully slow at some parts -- there were some things I preferred over what I read in the book. So I'm curious as to how the movie will be.
Still haven't read Eclipse yet. It's been a challenge trying to even pick it up after how much I hated New Moon =_= The whole Victoria thing just didn't seem all too urgent or interesting to me so I can't seem to make it any further than maybe fifteen pages. The only reason why I'm even reading it is because my friend told me that it gets better and I'm a fairly patient person so I'm interested to see exactly how it will get "better." I'll eventually pick it up again, but for now... I'm feeling very adverse to the series.
Dreams About The Mob
I have no idea what it was, but a week ago, I had two really odd dreams and I kept telling myself to write them down so that I could remember them, and now I can only remember one which is the first one.
The first one was that I was a woman with two children racing through a snowy forest and we were wearing thick parkas like ones you would see of Japanese people living in the mountains or something. Now mind this, I have not been watching any dramas or movies with Japanese people during olden days in a snowy environment so I have no idea what this was all about. Anyway...
My two children and I were running and then I tell them to hide behind a rock so I could go and distract the people chasing us. Just when I was running away, I got shot multiple times and I fell down from the shock. Here I was bleeding and the people who attacked me were part of the yakuza or something, and they demanded to know where this one girl was and I said that I didn't know what they were talking about.
Apparently the mob was chasing after some girl other than me and my kids and just as I was answering that I didn't know where this mystery girl was, she appeared, strolling behind all of us and the men all yelled that I was lying and go to kill me, but then the girl and a friend came and swept me away and we ran.
Next thing I knew, they had brought me into this feudal looking village -- more like England in the Dark Ages or something -- and there was this cottage to the right side of the town closest to the castle. They made me crawl through this hole into the basement area where I waited as the mob burst through the area above us and demand to know where the girl and I were. When they couldn't find us, they left.
The women took me up after the mob left and I went into the bathroom and stood in the tub, undressing myself so we could take a look at all the bullet wounds. Well, just as I was undressing, this one girl that I wasn't all too fond of during junior high showed up with another friend and she was wearing a wedding dress. She was trying to figure out whether having her hair be frizzy or not would look good with her dress -- Uh, yeah, I have no idea why either -- and then she looked over at me, held my hands and asked which looked better. I said it was better if she straightened it and then she said that I was perfect for the maid of honor so I should be her maid of honor.
Now, I haven't seen this girl for at least 10 years now in real life so I have no idea why I dreamed of her. But she made me into her maid of honor -- more like she forced me into the role -- and then pushed me out in a new dress. Miraculously enough, I wasn't bleeding any longer, but... I had to entertain and entire church full of people 'cause the wedding wasn't supposed to start for a while. There was a piano so I thought I'd go play, but then I saw the mob situated not too far away and as they came over to me, I woke up =_= So yeah, this was my first dream and the only one I can remember =_=;
The first one was that I was a woman with two children racing through a snowy forest and we were wearing thick parkas like ones you would see of Japanese people living in the mountains or something. Now mind this, I have not been watching any dramas or movies with Japanese people during olden days in a snowy environment so I have no idea what this was all about. Anyway...
My two children and I were running and then I tell them to hide behind a rock so I could go and distract the people chasing us. Just when I was running away, I got shot multiple times and I fell down from the shock. Here I was bleeding and the people who attacked me were part of the yakuza or something, and they demanded to know where this one girl was and I said that I didn't know what they were talking about.
Apparently the mob was chasing after some girl other than me and my kids and just as I was answering that I didn't know where this mystery girl was, she appeared, strolling behind all of us and the men all yelled that I was lying and go to kill me, but then the girl and a friend came and swept me away and we ran.
Next thing I knew, they had brought me into this feudal looking village -- more like England in the Dark Ages or something -- and there was this cottage to the right side of the town closest to the castle. They made me crawl through this hole into the basement area where I waited as the mob burst through the area above us and demand to know where the girl and I were. When they couldn't find us, they left.
The women took me up after the mob left and I went into the bathroom and stood in the tub, undressing myself so we could take a look at all the bullet wounds. Well, just as I was undressing, this one girl that I wasn't all too fond of during junior high showed up with another friend and she was wearing a wedding dress. She was trying to figure out whether having her hair be frizzy or not would look good with her dress -- Uh, yeah, I have no idea why either -- and then she looked over at me, held my hands and asked which looked better. I said it was better if she straightened it and then she said that I was perfect for the maid of honor so I should be her maid of honor.
Now, I haven't seen this girl for at least 10 years now in real life so I have no idea why I dreamed of her. But she made me into her maid of honor -- more like she forced me into the role -- and then pushed me out in a new dress. Miraculously enough, I wasn't bleeding any longer, but... I had to entertain and entire church full of people 'cause the wedding wasn't supposed to start for a while. There was a piano so I thought I'd go play, but then I saw the mob situated not too far away and as they came over to me, I woke up =_= So yeah, this was my first dream and the only one I can remember =_=;
Monday, November 23, 2009
No Sales Tax @_@
I feel like I'm going through culture shock or something -- only it's not really culture shock. Since I've been in Cali for almost a year, it's weird to go back home to my family and then see all these Oregonian license plates around. It's really, really odd 'cause I'm so used to seeing lots of Californian license plates. Then the notion of there's no sales tax is REALLY weird for me too. I mean, I'd be standing there and staring at the $0.00 over by the tax line on the cash register screen with a @_@ expression. It's very nice, but I hope I don't get over-spoiled 'cause then that would suck when I have to face reality once I get back to Cali.
In these last few weeks since a little before my birthday, I've been doing so much shopping that I'm telling myself that I should be worried 'cause my bank account is not liking all this spending that much. And... I just bought a new laptop... so I REALLY should be worried @_@. My laptop's not cheap, and especially with my hours getting cut at work, it's really worrisome. I think I've spent at least $500 since reaching Oregon already so... it's kinda bad.
I also had my eye exam today and got prescription for both contacts and ordered glasses so that was around $300. I think I've almost spent $1000 actually @_@. I need to keep it low for the next couple weeks. Thank god I got all my Christmas shopping done... Well, not quite done 'cause I need to buy my brother a Nintendo DS =_=; Then I'll be really done. *sigh* Ugh, everything costs so much money.
In these last few weeks since a little before my birthday, I've been doing so much shopping that I'm telling myself that I should be worried 'cause my bank account is not liking all this spending that much. And... I just bought a new laptop... so I REALLY should be worried @_@. My laptop's not cheap, and especially with my hours getting cut at work, it's really worrisome. I think I've spent at least $500 since reaching Oregon already so... it's kinda bad.
I also had my eye exam today and got prescription for both contacts and ordered glasses so that was around $300. I think I've almost spent $1000 actually @_@. I need to keep it low for the next couple weeks. Thank god I got all my Christmas shopping done... Well, not quite done 'cause I need to buy my brother a Nintendo DS =_=; Then I'll be really done. *sigh* Ugh, everything costs so much money.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Cream Stew
So, after much contemplation I made cream stew today. I wanted to do it the way it looks like in the picture, but I really didn't want to go buy potatoes so I just used whatever vegetables I had on me. Now that I think of it, potatoes would have been good to use 'cause there's starch in there so the stew would have thickened easily without any rue. Oh well.
I decided not to use rue though, which is kind of a bold move on my part 'cause the vegetables I used have a tendency to shrink and release water so the stew's only going to get more watery from here on out ^_^;;;; Yeah, I used broccoli, zucchini and carrots. Broccoli and zucchini are full of water so ... my stew's going to be pretty runny later on lol ^_^; If I added some rue, I was afraid that I'd make it too thick. My stew has a tendency to become all gelatin-y the next day after I add in rue made from scratch so... I try not to add any in =_=; I guess cooking is still in the trial & error stages.
I'm not going to be here next week so that's why I wanted to use up all my vegetables and cook once so that I'll have food throughout the week before I fly back up to see my family for Thanksgiving. I didn't want my good ingredients to go to waste while I'm gone. Plus, I can freeze stew and thaw it out to eat when I get back ^_^
I can't believe I'm going home soon. It feels really surreal to me so I'm not really all that excited, but I'm going to be really happy when I get back. My friend whose picking me up at the airport is really excited to see me and I'm really excited to see her too. I really miss my friends back home. It seems like all my really good friends live really far away from me and only the ones that bog me down live close to me T__T. Why is that? Oh well ^_^ not going to think about it. I'm just glad that I'll be able to take a nice vacation away from here again.
I decided not to use rue though, which is kind of a bold move on my part 'cause the vegetables I used have a tendency to shrink and release water so the stew's only going to get more watery from here on out ^_^;;;; Yeah, I used broccoli, zucchini and carrots. Broccoli and zucchini are full of water so ... my stew's going to be pretty runny later on lol ^_^; If I added some rue, I was afraid that I'd make it too thick. My stew has a tendency to become all gelatin-y the next day after I add in rue made from scratch so... I try not to add any in =_=; I guess cooking is still in the trial & error stages.
I'm not going to be here next week so that's why I wanted to use up all my vegetables and cook once so that I'll have food throughout the week before I fly back up to see my family for Thanksgiving. I didn't want my good ingredients to go to waste while I'm gone. Plus, I can freeze stew and thaw it out to eat when I get back ^_^
I can't believe I'm going home soon. It feels really surreal to me so I'm not really all that excited, but I'm going to be really happy when I get back. My friend whose picking me up at the airport is really excited to see me and I'm really excited to see her too. I really miss my friends back home. It seems like all my really good friends live really far away from me and only the ones that bog me down live close to me T__T. Why is that? Oh well ^_^ not going to think about it. I'm just glad that I'll be able to take a nice vacation away from here again.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Skirmishes
So... unlike the girls before me, I'm not one to take blows thrown at me without fighting back and not without reason either. If I'm going to be harassed, put down, and bullied, there's no way I'm taking that all lying down. I just plain refused. Just because I'm young and inexperienced does not mean I'm an idiot.
The office manager and I are basically doing skirmishes throughout the day because she's doing all she can to bully me and I'm fighting back all the time to stop her from harassing me. She's unbelievable =_=
This all started two weeks ago and has been an ongoing feud ever since. I try to keep it as professional as possible, but she will stop at nothing to make a person feel bad. Rather than feel bad, I can feel myself simmering with all her insults and unreasonableness. According to the girls, I'm actually handling it all pretty well -- well no kidding, I worked as a waitress for six years, I can take just about anything thrown at me like this.
Anyway, she would give out weird instructions and then ask later whose stupid idea it was, when it was her idea to begin with. She would also make you dig through a mountain of folders to find one trust tax return in order to prove it to you that it was not finalized, but unluckily for her, I prepared the returns for the family related to that trust so I have a better understanding of what happened rather than her so I ended up proving her wrong instead.
There are times when I give her a binder and instructions, and then she would come back with a label or divider inserter and when you can't find the binder, she demands to know what you did with that binder, but then she will go and come back like "Oh, I have it." And mind you, this is after she makes you feel like you just lost the world's most precious diamond or something.
Yesterday was the best yet. As I was walking down the hallway, she whips around the corner so I jump up in alarm 'cause she startled me. Then she comes to my office and demands to know why I jump up like that, was I afraid a lot as a child? (WTF!?) I just state that I get startled easily in general, it's no secret. She says that I need to work on it, and because I wanted her out of my office, I just agreed and hoped she would leave it be, but she keeps going on about it and how no one does it. I'm like "You came out from the corner so fast, it took me by surprise." She's like "Well, I walk fast, there's nothing I can do about it." *rolling my eyes at this point* She then tells me to go get Jeannie, who's in the file room, and she says that she's going to pop out from the corner to see if she will jump like me. I narrow my eyes to slits and gave her this "Are you serious?" expression. I stated in a cold voice, "No, I'm the only one like this so there's no need. This is not productive at all, I have more important things to be doing than going to grab Jeannie just so you can see if she jumps or not." Which is true, I'm working and she wants me to engage in this farce!? O-M-G. She's got nothing better to do.
We've just been clashing nonstop and I'm not going to let her punch holes in me without giving her a fight. She wants to put me down? Well, too bad, I'm not going to let her. God, she really has nothing better to do.
Everyone's been checking in with me to see if she's been picking on me and since it's my own problem, I just say that it's ok and I'm dealing with it. They tell me that I shouldn't have to deal with it 'cause it's very unprofessional for her to be doing this to me -- which is true -- but I feel that it will waste more time to dish it all out than just to fight back and then let it go. Well, at least people care about me so that's nice to know.
On a good note by the forces of karma, my boss told her to take tomorrow off. I think word about how she's been treating me reached his ears so he's punishing her. Thank god.
The office manager and I are basically doing skirmishes throughout the day because she's doing all she can to bully me and I'm fighting back all the time to stop her from harassing me. She's unbelievable =_=
This all started two weeks ago and has been an ongoing feud ever since. I try to keep it as professional as possible, but she will stop at nothing to make a person feel bad. Rather than feel bad, I can feel myself simmering with all her insults and unreasonableness. According to the girls, I'm actually handling it all pretty well -- well no kidding, I worked as a waitress for six years, I can take just about anything thrown at me like this.
Anyway, she would give out weird instructions and then ask later whose stupid idea it was, when it was her idea to begin with. She would also make you dig through a mountain of folders to find one trust tax return in order to prove it to you that it was not finalized, but unluckily for her, I prepared the returns for the family related to that trust so I have a better understanding of what happened rather than her so I ended up proving her wrong instead.
There are times when I give her a binder and instructions, and then she would come back with a label or divider inserter and when you can't find the binder, she demands to know what you did with that binder, but then she will go and come back like "Oh, I have it." And mind you, this is after she makes you feel like you just lost the world's most precious diamond or something.
Yesterday was the best yet. As I was walking down the hallway, she whips around the corner so I jump up in alarm 'cause she startled me. Then she comes to my office and demands to know why I jump up like that, was I afraid a lot as a child? (WTF!?) I just state that I get startled easily in general, it's no secret. She says that I need to work on it, and because I wanted her out of my office, I just agreed and hoped she would leave it be, but she keeps going on about it and how no one does it. I'm like "You came out from the corner so fast, it took me by surprise." She's like "Well, I walk fast, there's nothing I can do about it." *rolling my eyes at this point* She then tells me to go get Jeannie, who's in the file room, and she says that she's going to pop out from the corner to see if she will jump like me. I narrow my eyes to slits and gave her this "Are you serious?" expression. I stated in a cold voice, "No, I'm the only one like this so there's no need. This is not productive at all, I have more important things to be doing than going to grab Jeannie just so you can see if she jumps or not." Which is true, I'm working and she wants me to engage in this farce!? O-M-G. She's got nothing better to do.
We've just been clashing nonstop and I'm not going to let her punch holes in me without giving her a fight. She wants to put me down? Well, too bad, I'm not going to let her. God, she really has nothing better to do.
Everyone's been checking in with me to see if she's been picking on me and since it's my own problem, I just say that it's ok and I'm dealing with it. They tell me that I shouldn't have to deal with it 'cause it's very unprofessional for her to be doing this to me -- which is true -- but I feel that it will waste more time to dish it all out than just to fight back and then let it go. Well, at least people care about me so that's nice to know.
On a good note by the forces of karma, my boss told her to take tomorrow off. I think word about how she's been treating me reached his ears so he's punishing her. Thank god.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
There is Hot Water!!!
So after a week of surviving no hot water, the guy finally came and put in a new thingy and now there is hot water again *__* I am absolutely thrilled. My roommate also cleaned my entire bathroom to make it up to me and it is completely spotless. I mean, I almost don't want to shower now 'cause it's so bright and pretty O_O. Makes me want to cover the walls up with plastic or something. In times like these, it's nice to be inconvenienced for a while so others feel guilty and do things to keep you happy ^__^ and yes I know how sadistic that sounded, but I can't help feeling that it's a good thing. People kept telling me to ask for a rent reduction this week and I hate solving things through monetary means 'cause that's kind of petty, in my opinion, whereas if you make it so people owe you a favor, you can use that anytime. And sometimes even better things happen.
Now someone might wonder what's so good about someone cleaning the bathroom for you. In my case, it's much appreciated 'cause I have to share that bathroom with everyone else and I haven't really been all that diligent with cleaning lately so it's been really tough to scrub out everything. Now that it's spotlessly clean, I'm going to have to try really hard to keep it that way, but if I scrub it down every time after I use it, I won't have much problem later down the line when I decide to move out. It's even cleaner than when I first moved in, that's how clean it is. And I have a photographic memory for details so I remember what it looked like when I moved in 'cause I had to personally clean it myself before using it and now it's like white, almost brand-new house-looking, even the carpet's cleaned O_O. Looks almost like she got the carpet washed or something, it's really nice. Extremely impressive, much better than a rent reduction, I got my labor cut out for me ^__^
So see, solving things through my method has more value than saving an extra $20. Now I don't have to use time and energy to clean something 'cause my time is worth more than $20.
Now someone might wonder what's so good about someone cleaning the bathroom for you. In my case, it's much appreciated 'cause I have to share that bathroom with everyone else and I haven't really been all that diligent with cleaning lately so it's been really tough to scrub out everything. Now that it's spotlessly clean, I'm going to have to try really hard to keep it that way, but if I scrub it down every time after I use it, I won't have much problem later down the line when I decide to move out. It's even cleaner than when I first moved in, that's how clean it is. And I have a photographic memory for details so I remember what it looked like when I moved in 'cause I had to personally clean it myself before using it and now it's like white, almost brand-new house-looking, even the carpet's cleaned O_O. Looks almost like she got the carpet washed or something, it's really nice. Extremely impressive, much better than a rent reduction, I got my labor cut out for me ^__^
So see, solving things through my method has more value than saving an extra $20. Now I don't have to use time and energy to clean something 'cause my time is worth more than $20.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Learning Korean
So ... I got a little impulsive today. It kind of started out as one of those "I really want to, but I don't know..." sort of things, but then it became "Forget it, I'm going to the store," and then I grabbed just about every single Korean book I could see at Barnes & Nobles.... ^__^;;;; Haha...
I was supposed to go over to my friend's place today 'cause I bought some movies for us to watch and I was going to borrow her shower again tonight, but then she texted me that she was going to go hang out with this guy 'cause he wanted to hang out. Well, I guess she forgot about me lol. I figure it's alright, I can go to the gym, work out and forget about how much I'm not a fan of men at this point in my life, and then take a shower there. I mean, I did that yesterday and got back home in time for the game so it's fine. I just wanted to take a shower in a less exposed area is all lol ^_^;;;; Yeah...
I keep telling myself that I need to get used to being blown off by my friends when they're boy-crazy, but it's still hard for me to swallow it down now even. I think I was more peeved at myself for having any expectations of my friend remembering that the hot water at my place isn't working and I'd like to be able to borrow her shower. Oh well ^_^;
Anyway, I bought a lot of Korean books to start learning on my own and it's actually not too horrible. They have kana for consonants and kana for vowels. If they use two kana, the end of the word is a vowel sound and if they use three kana then the word has a consonant sound -- at least that's what it looks like so far from my skimming the books. I think I'm going to practice writing and recognizing the kana first. It'll help me out a lot later ^__^ I'm so excited, it's going to be tough, but it's going to be fun too ^_^. I can't believe how impulsive I am, but I'm glad sometimes that I am ^__^.
I was supposed to go over to my friend's place today 'cause I bought some movies for us to watch and I was going to borrow her shower again tonight, but then she texted me that she was going to go hang out with this guy 'cause he wanted to hang out. Well, I guess she forgot about me lol. I figure it's alright, I can go to the gym, work out and forget about how much I'm not a fan of men at this point in my life, and then take a shower there. I mean, I did that yesterday and got back home in time for the game so it's fine. I just wanted to take a shower in a less exposed area is all lol ^_^;;;; Yeah...
I keep telling myself that I need to get used to being blown off by my friends when they're boy-crazy, but it's still hard for me to swallow it down now even. I think I was more peeved at myself for having any expectations of my friend remembering that the hot water at my place isn't working and I'd like to be able to borrow her shower. Oh well ^_^;
Anyway, I bought a lot of Korean books to start learning on my own and it's actually not too horrible. They have kana for consonants and kana for vowels. If they use two kana, the end of the word is a vowel sound and if they use three kana then the word has a consonant sound -- at least that's what it looks like so far from my skimming the books. I think I'm going to practice writing and recognizing the kana first. It'll help me out a lot later ^__^ I'm so excited, it's going to be tough, but it's going to be fun too ^_^. I can't believe how impulsive I am, but I'm glad sometimes that I am ^__^.
UO vs. USC (47-20)
Because of the hot water issue -- or lack of thereof -- at home, I went to the gym yesterday and exercised for about 20 minutes before I ran back downstairs and took a shower. There's only one corner where it's covered so I disappeared into that area and took a nice, but quick hot shower. When I got out, I quickly dressed and then quickly drove home in time for the Oregon vs. USC game.
I swear that first quarter really made me eat fast 'cause I was so anxious, but overall game was amazing. Both Oregon defense and offense were amazing. Chip Kelly is so awesome, I'm so glad Bellotti asked him to come over here. When the season first started, it was a mess. All our regular and more seasoned players were getting injured left and right, and some were gone all-together, and then there was that scandal at Boise State. We really thought it would be the end of the Ducks this year, but they came back pretty strong for the conference. I'm so proud of my Duckies ^__^
The entire game had me on the edge of my seat, and even when we got into a comfortable lead, I was so glad the Ducks still played seriously and didn't lax much at all. In the past, there have been times when they would get too comfortable and then mess up their rhythm when the opposing team suddenly does something wacky and scores. Anyway, last night's game was superb and I just wanted to share that ^__^
I swear that first quarter really made me eat fast 'cause I was so anxious, but overall game was amazing. Both Oregon defense and offense were amazing. Chip Kelly is so awesome, I'm so glad Bellotti asked him to come over here. When the season first started, it was a mess. All our regular and more seasoned players were getting injured left and right, and some were gone all-together, and then there was that scandal at Boise State. We really thought it would be the end of the Ducks this year, but they came back pretty strong for the conference. I'm so proud of my Duckies ^__^
The entire game had me on the edge of my seat, and even when we got into a comfortable lead, I was so glad the Ducks still played seriously and didn't lax much at all. In the past, there have been times when they would get too comfortable and then mess up their rhythm when the opposing team suddenly does something wacky and scores. Anyway, last night's game was superb and I just wanted to share that ^__^
Virgin Snow (첫눈)
So for my birthday this year, I took a couple days off of work and booked a room at Hotel Kabuki in Japantown and just basically had a blast most of the weekend long. I'm came home during the afternoon yesterday, which was probably a good thing 'cause I swear I spent like $1000 in shopping alone ^_^;;;; Yeah...
Anyway, I bought this movie with Lee Jun Ki and Miyazaki Aoi in it called Virgin Snow and it's a very sweet love story. I must admit, I bought it 'cause Lee Jun Ki was in it and I really do like him in terms of eye candy (and acting of course lol).
The movie is about this Korean boy, Kim Min, who goes to live in Kyoto with his father who is a pottery-maker and meets a kind Japanese girl, Nanae, and falls in love with her at first sight. After he accidentally ruins her paint set and buys her a new one with money he earned at a part-time job, their relationship blossoms. Despite the language barriers, the two fall deeply in love and make a promise that someday when Min is able to create a porcelain piece, Nanae will paint on it. Min studies hard at Japanese and pottery-making while Nanae studies Korean and painting so the two will meet halfway. They later make a second promise to have a date on the first snow fall, however, Nanae disappears soon after and none of her classmates know what happen to her. Brokenhearted, Min returns to Seoul, and then two years pass...
At first, I thought Nanae might die or something before I watched this movie 'cause all those little teaser blurbs made it sound like she was going to die from disease or something, but it turned out to be completely different after I watched it so I was pretty satisfied that it wasn't one of those typical tearjerkers where someone dies from sickness. Frankly, though I usually like those types of drama, they're really getting old and I'd like to not watch a drama where someone dies again. So yeah, no one dies, thank god.
Anyway, I bought this movie with Lee Jun Ki and Miyazaki Aoi in it called Virgin Snow and it's a very sweet love story. I must admit, I bought it 'cause Lee Jun Ki was in it and I really do like him in terms of eye candy (and acting of course lol).
The movie is about this Korean boy, Kim Min, who goes to live in Kyoto with his father who is a pottery-maker and meets a kind Japanese girl, Nanae, and falls in love with her at first sight. After he accidentally ruins her paint set and buys her a new one with money he earned at a part-time job, their relationship blossoms. Despite the language barriers, the two fall deeply in love and make a promise that someday when Min is able to create a porcelain piece, Nanae will paint on it. Min studies hard at Japanese and pottery-making while Nanae studies Korean and painting so the two will meet halfway. They later make a second promise to have a date on the first snow fall, however, Nanae disappears soon after and none of her classmates know what happen to her. Brokenhearted, Min returns to Seoul, and then two years pass...
At first, I thought Nanae might die or something before I watched this movie 'cause all those little teaser blurbs made it sound like she was going to die from disease or something, but it turned out to be completely different after I watched it so I was pretty satisfied that it wasn't one of those typical tearjerkers where someone dies from sickness. Frankly, though I usually like those types of drama, they're really getting old and I'd like to not watch a drama where someone dies again. So yeah, no one dies, thank god.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)