if 6 was 9

i want to live in a magical kingdom where i can wear shirts like this and this, and not have people give me weird looks...

oh wait, such a mystical land already exists. it's called Asia.

i love some good bad grammar/nonsensical English on apparel.

wish list

am i so selfish that i'm already thinking of what i want for Christmas? >_< anywho, just thought i'd make a wish list now for my own personal reference. will update it randomly as interesting things show themselves. =)

i'm sure some of these things can be found on eBay. haha Ken likes using eBay (or at least looking things up on it). i say it's cheaper, plus it's exciting! 8D anywho, the actual list.

-五月天 CD's! their newest one! (i've also been trying to get their fifth album, but i currently want the most recent one more, haha!)
-the movie Batanes on DVD. (English subs please? ;_;) it's got two of my favourite things, Ken Chu and Filipino people! what more could i ask for? xD
-WongFu Productions shirts: [1] [2] [3]
-Jesse McCartney related things. >_> any of his albums (i don't own any!), an autograph, membership to his official fan club?! i dunno, anything. i'm so pathetic, i hate me. xD;;;
-Clazziquai CD- Instant Pig
-G Gundam! all of it. xD been wanting this for a while heh heh.
-Ken Chu's first album- On Ken's Time. he has a beautiful soul. and we are married in my head.
-Super Junior stuff? merch is awesome. i don't really know what (do they have a new calendar yet?), but i find this strange yet oddly alluring... [1]
-Miami Ink on DVD
-fashionable clothes? as frumpy as i am, i do appreciate a cute outfut. the fact that i'm taking interest in pretty/tasteful clothing is a pleasant surprise. i don't own any, though. ;_; also, a lot of these things would look weird on me, i just think they're pretty. u_u stuff like this in general... it's all pretty random/incohesive, but hopefully you get the gist. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
-world peace
-Izumi to come home! and again!
-whatever! :)

confusion

what would you do?

let's just create a hypothetical Person X and a hypothetical Person Y. the two met very briefly in person, and communicate entirely through the internet. and let's just say that last year, Person X and Person Y were tight pals on really great terms; good laughs, long conversations, etc. then one day, kinda out of the blue, Person X stops talking to Person Y. Person X no longer responds to Person Y's comments, emails etc. and communication just ceases. a month or so later, Person X kinda says sorry, they were busy. after that, all of Person X's replies to Person Y are considerably shorter than they used to be- from paragraphs to a few words each. Person Y loses hope, and doesn't contact Person X for a couple of months. then there is another attempt at interaction, and another failure. a few more months pass, and Person Y just wants to hear something, anything from Person X. Person Y just wants to know how Person X has been, and to let Person X know they still care. should Person Y even try, or will it just lead to another imminent disappointment?

this is absolutely no big deal, just feeling a little confused...

SVA, how i miss thee

i miss SVA so much. that's School of Visual Arts, for anyone who doesn't know. like everyone who keeps asking me about my "SVA proud parent" pin... >_>;

i met some of the best people at SVA this summer, i miss them all a lot. they are all so talented, and they are all such characters! there was never a boring moment with them, i think. =) (except maybe during Thursday figure drawing?) it's rare to have that many people with a common interest around you, so it was really a treat. it was also really nice to see everyone else's drawing styles and interests within cartooning as a whole! man, i miss that place. every time i pass by the SVA area (whether it be on the subway, passing 23rd street or in the car), i go, "SVAAAAA. TAKE ME BAAAAAAAACK." oh, and i also miss the Asian bakery like right next door to SVA. their cake was so yummy. ._.

anywho, i almost forgot to write the main point of my entry! last night (well actually it was more like this noontime) i had a dream that i was in my room with a bunch of my SVA friends from the Summer, and we were going to get bubble tea. like somehow we were going to have it delivered to my house. so i was asking everyone what kind they wanted, but they kept giving me really weird flavours. like "penguin" and "cat with a funny costume." ...i didn't really know what to do. and then my dad screamed at me and woke me up before i got to figure out what i would have done. this upsets me. D:

yum. cat with a funny costume bubble tea.

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herbal lemonade?

i just put a henna design on my arm, and decided to seal the henna with a lemon juice and sugar mixture so it'll last longer (equal parts lemon and sugar, for anyone who wants the recipe~). after applying the solution with a cotton ball, i then proceeded to add water to the condensed lemonade and drink it. after i'd dipped the cotton ball in it multiple times, wiped said cotton ball all over my henna and everything. :D

it's the simple pleasures in life that help us get by, no?

(it tasted good, by the way. and not like henna, though i'll admit i've always wanted to know what that tastes like. it just smells so herbal and nice! =D)

oh and also, i almost just sent an email to my English teacher addressing her as "Sher Bear" (an endearing and cuddly nickname for Sherri). i tried typing it into the "To:" portion of the compose email window and realized, "wait, i don't think that's in the directory..."

to Kenneth's fans

today he managed to accidentally drop my mother's key card to the gym down an elevator shaft (like into the tiny crack between the floor and the elevator)...

what a clever and talented little brother i have.

festival! henna cramps/right hand appreciation

on a lighter note, today was the Asian Awareness festival!! yaaaay. after all the work Megan, Melanie and i put into it, it was a huge relief (though kind of scary!) to have the event actually happen. Izumi, i think it'd please you to know that we projected a movie onto the screen in the Assembly Hall, and it was Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. :) i lent the DVD to Ms. Marcus, since she wanted to see it. xD

i'm a little sad about the festival on just a personal level, though. i worked at the henna booth for all three hours, not once taking a break. i didn't really mind, i wasn't that tired or bored. it's just that... i didn't see anyone. apparently a bunch of people i know came, and i never saw any of them. not even the Collegiate ACS heads, even though they apparently came with a group (come to think of it, i didn't see the group, either). i like didn't look up from the table once and nobody stopped by to say hi. i dunno; i wasn't bored running the table, just a little lonely.

i didn't see many of my friends during the festival itself, but i guess i did get something out of it. in the process of preparing four pounds of sago pearls for bubble tea, i got to hang out with the kitchen staff. i'm obsessed with them. but moreover, i got to hang out with the guy who always carves the turkey/ribs/porkloin/steak for us at lunch! I LOVE HIM. i want to be his best friend forever. and now i know, his name is Enrique. :D <3

anywho, the main point of my entry was supposed to be that doing henna for three hours straight me realize how thankful i am for my right hand. since i spent so long clenching the henna tube/cone with my fist to get the henna paste out, there were four or five instances between tattoos (i didn't stop the whole time o_0) when i'd pull the cone out of my right hand with my empty left hand, and was unable to open my right hand. all my fingers stayed closed against my will (it was exactly like the Friends episode where Chandler's hand gets stuck like a claw from playing too much Ms. Pacman)... a couple of times i asked my classmates (whoever was closest at the time) to open my hand for me, and homg it hurt! xD i was not expecting that kind of pain when i started doing the henna, hahaha (i was like, "this wasn't in my job description!"). i was jokingly expecting to get carpal tunnel or something, but it made me think (see, i think too much lately!). if by some twist of fate i lost my right hand someday, i wouldn't be able to do any of my hobbies. i mean, theoretically speaking i could train myself to draw/play badminton with my left hand, but it'd no doubt take a very long time and be very frustrating, as well as require a lot of patience/dedication that i don't have. if only i were still ambidextrous... too bad my father beat all the left-handedness out of me hahahaha.

i have since regained full control of my right hand, and this pleases me immensely.

how cool would it be if my hand were sore tomorrow? i think it sounds pretty awesome. it's a pretty sweet accomplishment to have a sore hand from doing henna. 8D

p.s. Lisa, regarding your comment on my earlier post. HE LIKES STEAMPUNK. don't you think it's fate? i've missed you a lot while you were gone, by the way.

respect

so i've just been thinking a lot lately. a lot more than usual, i don't know why.

on monday, my China and Japan history class went on the annual trip to Chinatown. we went to a gym where we did kung fu/tai chi (even though the walls were like all windows, so random people just stood outside and watched us @_@), went on a walking tour of the area, talked to a Buddhist monk and had dinner at Joe's Shanghai (HOMG 小笼包). i feel like visiting the monk wasn't really a part of the trip that other people liked much, but it really got my brain juices pumping. the monk we met is a really happy and friendly guy and for me, it was just a pleasure to be around him (i don't know, i think i absorbed his happy aura or something? anywho it just felt good and very calming). he mentioned that part of the reason he became a monk was that when he was visiting a temple with his friend, he saw the other monks and thought they looked so happy and knowledgeable, and wanted to be like them (also he liked movies involving fighting shaolin monks and the like xD). i feel this kind of admiration, too; they just seem so pure, kind and wise. i wish i could be like them, too. anywho, when someone in the class asked him what his biggest challenge in being a monk was, he said, "being lonely." he said that for training, he has to spend a lot of time alone meditating and distancing himself from others. hearing this from such a cheery guy was just heartbreaking for me. i don't know why, but it's been on my mind for a while now...

in other news, i am so lucky! i got to have bubble tea twice this week! yum yum, i love Quickly. <3 and i saw the same cute guy who works there again. :D

MARRY ME, PLEASE.

today, in Precalc, KP was randomly talking about new trends (that he thought it was too late for him to get in on, but that's not the point), and he said that he thought that steampunk was really cool/awesome. the rest of the class had a communal *blink blink* moment, followed by "wait, what the heck is steampunk?" as for me, as the only person i know about in the entire school who likes steampunk, KP's simple little remark made my heart leap like thirty feet. goodness gracious, i am soooo happy. my love for him knows no bounds.

my life is officially complete.