back (:

Been back since Monday and slowly adjusting back. :D Except I already had things to do. More on the vacation later!

Wednesday morning was. . .just bleh, for the lack of words to describe it. Doctor decided it was time for another blood test and to be honest, I haven't taken one for a couple of years. I hate anything involving medical needles, and when I was younger I use to cry right before the test. Anyhow I don't cry anymore but I hate the pain.

So we go to lab and we wait for about 30 minutes before it's my turn. I sit down and all that fine stuff waiting for the person to pull out all the vials he needed. Then he had to find the vein to draw the blood. And he takes a long time trying to find it and when he finally thought he got it, he sticks the needle in. All right that's fine. BUT NO BLOOD COMES OUT. D: The person then starts to jab the needle, which is in my arm, in all these directions. I thought I was going to throw up or something, because he kept doing it for about five minutes. Then I go "ummm maybe you should try the other arm because I usually get blood there." I'm desperately trying to get him to stop moving the needle in my arm arm in opposite directions. Finally, he takes the needle out and I have to go over the whole procedure on my left arm before he finds blood. D:

After I left the lab, my mom was like "geez you look like you died." ): Not funnnn.

Today though, was my orientation at UCSD. It was just one day, instead of the typical two day orientation where you stay overnight, the reason being my dad would be too tired to drive four hours total from the LA area down to SD for two days straight. In short it was all about the courses I'll have to take next year and a more in-depth introduction to my college at UCSD (which is split into 6 sub-colleges). There was stuff about housing, student activities, and peer counseling, etc etc.

Best part of the orientation was that I found myself a roommate. It was kind of unexpected too because I wasn't planning on making any new friends. I'm actually kind of quiet when I meet people the first time around. But this girl and I just clicked really well, primarily because we had so many similarities: we're both Cantonese, both live in the LA area, both took German as the high school foreign language, and wheee we both like Japanese music/dramas. I don't think she's a huge JE fan, but she definitely knows them. Her most definite favorite is Utada Hikaru. :D And she's really relaxed about everything, so that's perfect for me. We just kept talking and talking and eventually we were both like "oh hey maybe we should room together!" So we both threw in our roommate requests as soon as we got home. :D Hopefully everything will work out!

Thank you!

To my friends: thank you so much for making the whole Monday a wonderful wonderful 18th birthday party, and there's still some time before I'm actually 18. I find it kind of hard to put it out, but in simple terms, I was really happy the whole day and even happier with all the cards and the thoughts that came with it. Every one of the cards, from Steph's double cards to Sandra's pop-up card and Connie's pink-and-green card, I read more than once before sleeping. And of course, the fabulous new external hard drive and the body pillow! And so much more lovely gifts.

I'm really grateful I met each one of you. (:

For today

Some serious things and fun things today.

I was surprised to hear this when I got home today, but the earthquake in the Szechuan Province in China has affected so many people. It was bad enough that almost all regions in China could feel it, as well as Hong Kong and Taiwan. I hope that the people there will be able to pick up and quickly and also that they will be safe soon. I hope my relatives and friends there are alright too.

The earthquake also affected my family here, but in a much less tragic way, thankfully. We had been planning to go to Szechuan in June for a while now, but after this, my parents decided to change our trip to Hokkaido, with a stop in Hong Kong and Macau for five days before and another stop in Tokyo for 2 or 3 days afterwards. I can say I'm really happy and grateful that my parents gave me a trip I've been thinking about for a while. Not necessarily Hokkaido (still excited though of course), but I had always wanted to go to Hong Kong and Tokyo in one vacation, and even if the total amount of days in those two places equals up to a week, I'm glad. The "issue" now is that my parents are leaving the Tokyo planning to me, because "I'm the only one who wants to go there." The only thing that I know for sure in my mind is that I have to visit the Johnny's Shop in Harajuku. (:

I fail badly at this.

Everything's been okay I guess? I fail at updating though. ): Sunday was great, meeting Matsumoto Jun and watching his new movie. Definitely something I'll never forget! He looks so awesome in real life and he was really nice, I was seriously impressed.

On the other hand, I've been having weird dreams and sleeping . . .issues? Actually the dreams aren't weird, most of the time it's just me running around all over some huge, extremely dark place, while everything around me keeps moving. What happens when I wake up is that I'm extremely dizzy and I can't get out of bed unless I really force myself. Sandra and I had also talked about feeling there's pressure moving up our limbs either right before we fall asleep (Sandra's case) or right after we wake up (my case).

Wow, that was a .. .random post about sleep. x] I guess it's something interesting to discuss in the midst of the crazy balance of getting ready for prom, which I'm really excited for, and IB/AP testing.

7 x 7 Things

Been busy and lazy. And sleepy, but that's not anything new. Anyways, this was a meme I snagged from a LJ friend. Looked a bit interesting, so I thought why not do it?

SEVEN THINGS THAT SCARE YOU
1. Snails, slugs, anything of the like.
2. Academic tests/exams. Especially math and science related. Woes.
3. Horror movies. Cannot watch them. I'll keep my sleep, thank you very much.
4. Mr. Collins when he's being all rawr about history and demanding we do this and this, but it's not funny at all. D:
5. Domestic violence.
6. Over-the-top fangirls. Those extremely obsessive, nonsense ones.
7. Death, dying.

SEVEN THINGS YOU LIKE THE MOST

1. My family.
2. Friends! <3>

SEVEN RANDOM FACTS ABOUT YOU
1. I live on an island.
2. I’m first generation; my parents are from Japan.
3. I work at Hollister. Bahhh.
4. I am graduating high school in a couple of months. Which is great and all, but I don’t want to leave my friends. :(
5. Kodomo no Omocha (or Kodocha) is the first manga I’ve ever owned. But not the first I’ve read.
6. I’m so indecisive, it hurts.
7. I have a ridiculous amount of socks. People seem to think I need socks or something because I keep on receiving them.

SEVEN THINGS YOU PLAN TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE
1. Go on a road trip or something with my friends.
2. Skydive. Which is dumb since I'm not very fond of heights. I still want to do it anyway. 8|
3. Get married, haha.
4. Crash a wedding.
5. Own a mogura. A cute and small one. Why yes, this is stupid. Why yes, I am lame.
6. Visit Laos. At least twice.
7. Have a kid, I guess. >:

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SEVEN THINGS THAT ATTRACT YOU TO THE OPPOSITE SEX

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SEVEN THINGS YOU SAY THE MOST

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SEVEN CELEB CRUSHES
1. Arashi; I had to put the whole band because I was too lame to pick just one of them. DD:
2. NewS; haha, again, I couldn’t pick just one boy.
3. Kamakari Kenta; also extremely cute. D:
4. Chad Michael Murray; idc what you all say. He's damn hot.
5. Oguri Shun; as Hanazawa Rui from Hana Yori Dango. Shut up.
6. Jung Yunho; though I was tempted to put the whole band. alsdkjasd
7. Channing Tatum; stfu he’s not that lame.

alskdjasd I couldn’t think of American actors or singers for some reason. D8

SEVEN PEOPLE YOU WANT TO SEE TAKE THIS TEST
EVERYONE. REBEL AGAINST CHOOSING ONLY SEVEN PEOPLE. >:DD

I can fly to the sky!

After some poking and saying "GIMME", Eric Sagata finally shared with me all Fly To The Sky songs. I remember Stephanie introducing me to them with the songs 그대는 모르죠 (Good-bye) and Sea of Love in the freshman year. Sadly I lost all my FTTS music when my computer crashed about a year ago. But at the time I had actually bought their Best Album Eternity, which I thought (and still think) was a very worthwhile purchase.

Fly To The Sky sings a great deal of slower songs, which for the most part I really enjoy, and the R&B sound and Brian and Fany's vocals make a perfect combination. My two personal favorites that haven't change for the longest time are 별...(Like shining stars...) and 약속 (The Promise). I can also safely say that Fly To The Sky is my favorite Korean artist!

Today was also the final pep rally (unless we get a surprise one I think), I'm really happy with the result, especially after last time when the seniors were disqualified from the start. :) SPRING BREAK STARTS NOW!

hello all.

Spontaneous ramblings and postings will go here now too. (: Flailing and spazzing of the fangirling type also included!

There's not much going on right now, other than the fact I realized I've been having a migraine on and off for the last two weeks. Throbbing pain is extremely distracting.

Of course, Spring Break is just right around the corner. It'll be the busiest one ever, but I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun. Let's enjoy it!