Tea Ceremony




Calligraphy!

Oh god, they also included these other ones I wrote!



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Meep, I'll promise to go back and comment back on others' comments from before. I'm sorry. X3;
Also~
potetofurai , are you going to Otakon? I can give you your goodies there~
iceblueaya , when are you leaving~ I wanna meet, hang, or karaoke before you go bai bai~
kira_shadow , i'm sorry I wasn't able to hang with you guys! are you gonna still be there same time next year? X3;;

Oh god, it's so bad but...

The first I wanted to do was go to Asahiya to pick up my magazines and cds. XD

But what I also really wanna do...

HEY YOU GUYZ~~~~
LET'S GO KARAOKE LYEK NAOZ~~~

Because I obviously haven't had enough of it while I was in JAPAN. XD;

I'll put pictures laterz but after I unpack and install the AC in my room. D<

EDIT:
oh god, the Yatterman movie leaked already. XD
Well, it's fine, I think. I want to flail with other people finally after they've seen it so they stop getting mad at me for spoiling it for them. XP

My common phrases I've been saying in Japanese lately is "Onaka ga tsuita" and "Onaka ga ippai."

I need to stop saying "Onaka ga OPPAI"

Sorry, I was unable to make a proper GOODBYE post, well, as far as posting in the US goes. XD; I'm confident in the internet accessibility in Japan. XD;

Look at what Monica and John (her boyfriend) wrote me~

Those two are silly~


I'm also bringing Limpy whom I renamed Otoya cause Limpy is strange. XD And jubeichan  got me a super cute thingie from AnimeBoston! I named him Fujimaru. Yes, Blood Monday took over my brain.

OH, Important. From now on, I will be posting in alkoiaugust_baby27

Just a few pics before i do a real before-i-leave post~


I picked it up at from school for my host family~ I don't know what they can do with it, but I thought it was cute~! I hope I'll love them x3; Maybe I should give this to them AFTER? >.>


The laptop to the left has been with me for two years. The netbook to the right has been with me for two hours. XD It's the Acer Aspire number-something. I named him Jacer since he's an Acer and I'm going to Japan!


I leave to go to the basement to get clothes for me to bring, come back up to pack the clothes, and found Junno had already packed himself!

I haven't updated in ever me thinks! The last thing I fully wrote about was a FAKE entry about an excursion to an Asian strip club. XD;

Many things have gone on and happened~ I've been between being lazy and being busy!

Last week was my week long intense session for my study abroad trip to Japan, of which is THIS FRIDAY!!!! It was really nice getting to know more the other students in the group and I feel like we're all gonna get along pretty well~!

Haha, I'm in there somewhere but my sensei blocked me. X3
It was nice when a bunch of us were able to pull tables together and eat as a group during lunch~

The intense session ended on Saturday, and then the next day, Sunday, was already the JE-meetup I tried to pull together. Silly me for arranging it in such a way!
(ありがとう, seijoutai !)
Ahahah, I was so relieved when people actually came. X3; There were more and others but some of them came at different times and intervals. I hope people enjoyed themselves. X3; The girls were so much fun~ and some were nuts. XD I didn't think they'd actually do the oppai exploding! But as Arashi said, it looked painful but super fun. XD We were causing quite the ruckus. X3;
Ah~ there was much going on and I felt a little all over the place. X3; Several different people I knew were coming by!
We should do it again later in the summer!


Right after Japan Day, went right away downtown to the Ninja restaurant for Sarah's birthday! I don't have pics while in the restaurant cause it was too dark. XD It was really fun and amusing! However, I'll admit, that I was hoping for a little more from it but just go in having fun~! It was Ladies' Night or something so we got complementary champagne despite the fact that we're underaged. I guess they didn't know that. XD We even had a Ninja Magician come by! Haha, he did some magic tricks for us! But I do have pics on the ride back uptown to get home. The ride was gonna take a while so we started fooling around with the game props I brought~


OH! I did manage to get a picture of the dessert that we ordered! This was like the Rose Mist or something and and and and the Aiba in me got stupidly excited at the liquid nitrogen or is it dry ice...! Whichever, it got me excited. XD

Today, I felt a little more productive. I made my appointment with the school's physician on the 4th, I made an appointment with the hair salon tomorrow, I faxed the phone company for my phone in Japan, did laundry for clothes I'm bringing to Japan, and I paid for my SEMINAR ticket. *_*

Tomorrow I need to call my bank to tell them that I'm leaving the country for a month, I think I called my phone company already, pack more, send some packages I still owe people, get the omiyage I need, photo of house and family to show host family, and whatever else I can think of.

My tummy aches for food. Bai.

LJ Friends Meme by coolerq

• You must tell 6 people about this game.
• Shige is the one that you love.
• Ohkura is one you like but can't work out.
• You care most about Julie.
• Monica is the one who knows you very well.
• Erica is your lucky star.
• DREAMS is the song that matches with Shige.
• Sakura Sake is the song for Ohkura.
• care is the song that tells you most about YOUR mind.
• and Puzzle is the song telling you how you feel about life
Take this quiz

I stole from jadeyeap ~

I'm tired.

Our little quartet was separated with elf_1half  and jubeichan  in Boston for the weekend so that left me and shigures_hsgirl  to find our own ways to amuse ourselves.

My dad was kind enough to bring my car to the auto shop for an oil change and a check-up. Turns out one of my tires had a nail in it so that got completely changed too. When we brought the car home, he and my little brother even washed my car for me because the whole semester I hadn't washed my car! Now it's all shiny and nice!

It drove really nicely too with the oil change. So, around 7pm, I picked up shigures_hsgirl  from her house.

We drove into Flushing where my boss from work brought the crew to before to a really awesome Asian themed bar and strip club specifically aimed for female customers. So, I really wanted to take Theo there cause tonight was some kind of Memorial Day special or whatever. Also, they never card or ID there so it was easy getting in since all they care about is taking our money. It wasn't as full as I thought it would be so the both of us had a really good table. Not too close though. We just came to watch, not contribute really.
The first guy who came out to perform that we were able to see from the start was like some weird mad scientist or something. I didn't catch his name cause the music was too loud but I think it was Chinese. The guy wasn't that cute but the glasses he was wearing really did help. He had a freaky leather fabric labcoat that was uber tight around him with the latex gloves, goggles around his neck, and everything. He reminded me of my foreign Chinese TA from chemistry lab that I took over the summer. X3; It was weird. I bet if this stripper guy spoke he looked like he'd have the same bad accent. X3
But the second stripper than came out was super hot yo! His theme was male cheerleader! Well, his face was hot but he gave off this uber cute vibe that you would expect from a cheerleader in general. Haha, the girls in front really seemed to enjoy him. XD Oh yeah, his name was Jun so I thought it was Japanese but this guy looked really Korean. Jun can always be a Korean name too so I figure that he was Korean? But yeah... he was REALLY good. *_* There was one part where he did a really slow-motion like backflip and like yeah.... we could see EVERYTHING. Almost.
After him, we got thirsty so we went to the bar area and just got whatever to drink. I couldn't get anything strong cause I still had to drive back home. We chose to sit at the bar instead by the time the next guy came on stage.
He was super weird! What the hell kind of these is like temple-priest-ish kind of thing?! It had a really dark-type tone setting as opposed to Jun's bright and colorful show. I'm pretty sure this guy was Japanese though. I couldn't hear the name, but from afar, the priest-ish clothes looked like those typical shrine-like ones. It reminded be of Tactics if anyone's seen that anime or manga. The guy had dyed brownish hair too. The music was eerie too though. It felt like this guy was ready to banish ghosts and sprirts or something. But, when he took off the main parts of his clothing, even from my distance... he looked big. *_*

All I could think of was the possibility of one of the guys coming out that resembled Sho's calendar shoot! I would die for that. GUH...

It was a little past 11pm that we had to leave cause curfew for us is around midnight. Just as we were leaving, I think from one of the side doors, I'm pretty sure I saw the mad scientist guy come out! He looked normal. XD; Then I was thinking on hoping to wait to see if Jun, the cheerleader, was gonna come out too. X3; But no, I had to get back home in time.
Luckily, nothing bad happened cause I always get worried when I drive into Flushing and at night no less.

Ahh... I'm tired. But, the minute I got home, my brother asked me to put new JE songs into his iPod. I just gave him the latest of Arashi. NEWS, and KAT-TUN albums for him to try out.

I still need to work on the board game! Crap. I planned to watch the old G no Arashi tonight, but the club was a lot more fun yo. WELL.
Okay no. ARASHI can beat out naked non-Arashi members ANYDAY. Except T no Arashi. Sorry, Sho. No more bus stops for you. Unless you're grinding against it. But that would be painful.

Okay, I'm tired.

Tomorrow, I should work on fixing my tags. I haven't been using them lately.

I really should be asleep.

By the way... yeah, the trip to the city was a no-go. I really wanted to just sleep in~ Haa, and it felt good~ It was super nice outside today, ne?

I felt so good. I prettied myself up in a tank and skirt with matching Chucks and bag. Then, I took Ryo and Junno out for a walk.

I ran into my sister on her way from school (but in reality, she cut class. XD) We dropped by her boyfriend's house and played a little with his doggie. It was the first time I've seen John's dog, Shadow, a Chow-Chow mix. OMG, he's beautiful~ His fur is totally black and awesome orange-yellow eyes. X3; I want a dog like that~~~

Anyway, the three of us, with Ryo and Junno, walked to a local flavored ice shoppe to cool off a bit. Then, we had a sudden craving for Japanese food. XD; So, we dropped the dogs back home but had to wait until 5pm for the restuarants to open for dinner time. Between, we watched The Quiz Show. Then, off we went to get dinner at Kisso. I had a simple entree of tempura udon. John offerred to pay for all 3 of us so I got something moderately priced. X3
After I got home, I can't quite remember what I did. I vaguely remember watching Atashichin no Danshi then driving out somewhere. Before I knew it, I was in my room making a homemade die with Johnny boys for the AIbaka board game.

Wanna see...? X3; It's stupid but i'm proud of it. X3;( いちにのさんしでジャジャジャン！ )

Uwah.... うれしい～

AAS 250 - Languages & Cultures of Asian Americans : B+
AAS 102 - Eastern Religions : A-
JPN 111 - Elementary Japanese : A

Kyaa~ I'm so happy~

BUT...
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There is still....

BIOLOGY...

and...

CHEMISTRY...

-cry-

I am expecting the WORST from those classes. They might totally cancel out all the decent jobs I did on my other classes. -worries-

ANYWAY

It feels a little good to be home. But, only in a few days will I have to go back anyway. XD

There is intensive course for the study abroad to go to.

Tomorrow, I think I'll be accompanying my dad to the city tomorrow. He wants me to go to the DMV there to clear up my driver's license little name problem.  Then, later, I think I'll go get a hair cut! Maybe. I kinda wanna go clothes shopping! With the money I got back from selling back my books... I want to get some nice clothes to bring to Japan.

I actually went clothes shopping today and used a gift card I got for my birthday. (Thanks elf_1half !)
I found a super cute green/brown dress~
Tomorrow I think I should pick up my cds and magazines though~

I don't know. XD

My day is up in the air~

Hm... I kinda wanna go to karaoke again before I leave!

Had a girls' night out with rukida , mwshii , and yukitomoon (Fanny, Mei, and Sarah; despite the fact that I think they barely use their LJ for blogging XD).

Fanny and I found each other outside on campus and I followed her to work at the Asian Studies Department where I attempted to study for my BIO 203 final. MUCH failure. Then, I took the final, met with Fanny and Sarah, and then kidnapped Mei from her dorm. We went to Best Buy and violated almost every camera we saw there. XD Fanny was looking to buy a digicam. Ya know why?!

Because Fanny is going to Japan with me!!!!!!!!!

She got into my school's study abroad program to Mishima that I got into and she never told me!!!! Kyaa~!!! That's why I could barely study when I chilled with her while she worked at the AAS department. We were comparing host family applications and plotting craziness to do in Japan. XD SOOO uber excited now.

Anyway, yeah, we went to Best Buy and checked out the cameras there. So much chaos. XD Sarah and Mei got their hands on the digital camcorder that was connected the big TV for people to see. XD SO BAD. We had to go back around to all the cameras we used and delete the evidence of our stupid. The guy working there was like... 'Can I help you, girls... -twitch-' But I think I aided in helping find Fanny a camera to look into getting cause the employee approved too, yo.

Then, we went to Chili's for a late dinner around 9:30pm. XD We saw lots of other students there~ Gah, but I was gonna smack Mei cause she was sooo indecisive and picky while I was fucking starving cause I hadn't eaten since 11am. The waitress had to come back about 3 times, needing to give Mei time to decide what she wanted. I get really grumpy and pissy when I'm super hungry! But it was all crazy stupid fun. We were being fairly loud and making lots of strange, dirty things for the restaurant to hear. XD Oh, these girls~

When it came time for me to bring them back to their dorm... we just kept circling around campus on the main Circle Road as they call it because it is literally a circle that goes around most of the campus. We were blasting my JE music to awesomes like Venus, Ho! Summer, Daite Senorita, and stuff. OMG, but Sarah was really digging LOVEJUICE. I think we played it about 3 times. XD So yeah... I wasted a lot of gas driving around almsot every road on campus! Like, who wants to go on the Outer Loop route?! And, who wants to see where I park my car everyday?! I was so worried I was gonna cause an accident. XD

Haha, got home around midnight, yo~

Poll #1402114 After finals movie!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

What should I watch?

I iz a loser and polled for myself... I thought about seeing The Soloist from when I saw the preview but now I'm not sure~ It might depend on my mood tomorrow what I wanna see.

-cough- I haven't flaily fangirled in a LONG time so.....

KYAAAAA~~~~!!!!!

I seriously had my hands over my mouth and forced myself on my chair to keep me from flailing out of my chair.

For the few seconds that it was.... OMG it is sooooooo HOT....

uwah uwah uwah uwah.....
@_@

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I can't sleep.

Nah uh. NONE

FUCK

FUCK!

-floats away-

edit: XD;;;;;;
This is one of the rare moments that I actually feel like I WANT a boyfriend.
DAMN YOU SHIGE.
Damn you and and and....
And your hot awkward sexy mess........

Sorry for yet another post but...

-shakes fist at swine flu and makes grabby hands for SEMINAR-

I park my car on the driveway, step out, and this little thing is staring at me.
Cats seem to really own this neighborhood.

(notice how well I'm using my time wisely to study for finals... and I kinda wish my cameraphone was a little more clear...)

Guh, I am so into the new icons I just got that it makes me wanna post just so I can use them. XD

But, meh, I think I went to sleep at about... 8am this morning then I woke up at 11am! Why?! I did have a weird dream though. XD;
In my dream, I was Massu and I entered a figure ice skating competition with the other Johnny's and Jin tried to sabotage my skates I think. He was striking the blades against each other to make a spark to light his cigarette! WTF?! Imagine... XD

Anyway, I sinned and went out for breakfast at Friendly's. Bah, I forget how full restaurants like that are always full on the weekends, especially of families. I was sitting beside a mom with her three kids, two of which were super rowdy and would through tantrums. One kid knocked his sippy cup to the floor when his mother told the waitress not to put chocolate fudge on his sundae. X3; She was yelling at her son to pick it up since she had her hands full with her crying infant so I picked it up for her. But, a part of me wanted to leave it there for the kid to learn to pick it up himself. But yeah, at least the kid didn't get his fudge. XP

Haa, but the Sunday drives are always nice. I don't have to rush to school at all for anything and the other Sunday drivers want to be just as relaxed as well~ Despite passing 3 car accidents on the way... it was a nice drive. Until, the gas light on my dashboard lit up! >P

I think that's it for now. I have to continue with my chemistry and a little bit of biology.

Oh man, you guys see what there was previewed of the SEMINAR butai goods? X3; Shige x Banana

Oh the pain that jubeichan  puts me through with this new paid LJ account and the increased number of icons I can has now. I spent... I don't know how many hours looking for icons. And, upon deciding to change ALL my icons (save for one), I changed my layout, FO banner, and profile layout too. I'm still iffy about the layout and FO banner cause I like them to match so those are temporary. I told myself to add more color (ignore the black and white layout....) and put in more of my favorite groups and boys so... I'll see. I also want to work on my alkoi  journal too. I have bunch of extra icons to use from my hunt.

Today it was the 2nd birthday of my cousin (the daughter of the son of the brother of my dad's grandfather). It was a little awkward cause it felt like they invited me out of courtesy (this was the first weekend I've stayed at the house) but I went anyway. I was in it for the FOOD. I felt like I hadn't had a full meal in a long time. XD; Mmm... MEAT. And there was cake~
There was the usual, "So, what are you doing in college?" and usually when I answer with Asian Studies they go, "So, what you going to do with that?" .... BE HAPPY. D<

I got super psyched when there was an update on subbed episodes of The Quiz Show II and Smile. (I had to resort to watching Atashinchi no Danshi, which isn't bad at all~)

When I heard about Jun's drama with Smile and the kind of character he'd be portraying, I didn't want to think much of it. I didn't want to be silly in the hype of some others where it was all "OMG, MatsuJun's playing a Filipino. I'm a Filipino!" But, watching it... maybe it's... I don't know. It's making me think things I usually do but more than it has.

I have a potential 20-page research paper due by the end of this summer for a class I'm taking while I'm in Japan. I told my sensei that I would try to concentrate it on a specific aspect of Japanese culture. Of course it's hard to focus on something like that until there is something concrete I can narrow down on but, sadly enough, a japanese primetime drama is making me think of something else.

I was thinking of working on racism in Japan.

( trying not to make it too troublesome for myself, fail )

After taking a few more Asian related courses and studies, I already feel like there is some information that feels a little outdated. I realized that the image of the Asian and Asian American has definitely changed compared to 10 years ago and it continues to rapidly change. It'd be interesting what the textbooks will say about the Asian people in another 10 to 50 to 100 years.

FUCK... if i haven't mentioned it before... I really dislike the womanly hormones that affect these damn things called feelings. Apparently I get overly sensitive when I'm on my period and it is not fun.

After my Japanese final, I drove randomly around town and found myself in a small shopping outlet. I went into a card store and thought that I might as well get some graduation cards for my sister and brother. I saw the section of Father's Day card and thought I should pick one up anyway for my dad.

There was one card I found for Father's Day. It has natural-looking colors over it with a manly feel. The words printed over and inside the card are nothing special and simple if anything. But those simple words were enough to make me start crying right in the middle of the store.

I need to find that book Hina was reading... what was it...? The Art of Insensitivity or something?