Or at least it's happening a lot now. 

I took a break from studying...or more like I was taking a break before studying, went to omona, and wasted a lot of time. It had been a long long long time though..I missed it♥

I found this happy video too~! Oh Clazzi, you make me happy.  And you make me feel all kinds of good about my break.  I took it because I needed it!  I have to be true to myself and indulge once in a while when fandom calls!






Also, I don't think I posted this but it keeps making me all kinds of happy.  I need to keep it there so I can look at it easily when I am feeling like shit and I am away from home. (that is totally an excuse, but eh, a journal is there for me to post whatever I want, and I want SJM...and Clazziquai...and Epik High...and..../ends ramblings)


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I want a super man.  A smart rich Asian one with a compatible personality and good looks.  Please appear in my life sometimes.  Send me a sign~

I am getting ridiculous.  I am totally closing the Omona tab right now and start studying!!! XD

I am currently exploring a few med students/medicine blogs right now to get some inspiration,  but I came across this little bit:


I was on trauma call on Friday night and going through my usual routine. Which means I was in the cafeteria at 10 at night, justifying to myself that I should get the ham and cheese sandwich and fries instead of the halibut and grilled veggies because "You deserve it. You're on call." Before I could contribute to my future coronary artery disease, the trauma pager goes off and I hand the delicious ham and cheese sandwich back to the cook and shrug, mumbling "Sorry. Trauma." I do my best doctor walk (you know, the walk where you don't look like you're running but you're tearing down the hallway on pace for a 4.0 40) down to the ER and work my way over to Trauma Bay 3.


OMG, doctor walk! I laughed out loud, reassured my mom that I really was doing my work, and continued giggling.  Tell me, is it really funny, or is it because I am a nerd, or most likely, I am brain dead that I find this incredibly amusing.  Sucks he didn't get to eat the sandwich though...and that the excerpt is about finding your friend as your patient in the ER. O_o

He's got a really nice entry about finding your calling in medicine....though I don't think anyone else besides Ruth would care....

...procrastinating abilities: I have two tests next week, 3 more secondary med school applications and one full application to the public health certification program to finish by Monday, the start of a 2-3 week long running of participants for my research next week, and what do I do? I bake. Yes. ( And I have pictures to prove it~! )

In case you're wondering, those are crumble top pumpkin muffins. And they are amazing. I will make more when 1) I see porclet and kae-bear (?) 2) when I see Sarah, because I know she would enjoy anything that remotely tastes like pumpkin pie.

So now I will dutifully continue my essays, with a happy belly.♥

...I will post.♥  I'm also planning on getting [e]~! As soon as I have some time, I will go get it.  I feel kind of bad since I had followed Epik High pretty closely when they were coming out with Map the Soul, but I kind of missed all the hype from [e]. ;(  I will have to go haunt mapthesoul.com also...

but yes, this is so much love!  Just leave it to Epik High to have such a dorkable MV to go with a serious message. ♥

I just love MYK and Mithra in this.  They're totally in the background, but they are worth watching the MV twice to lol at their antics (because the first time, you have to pay attention what the hell Tablo and Tukutz are doing. They mean serious business. ♥) Do note the Star Wars fanboyisms.

I wonder if they would sell a stuffed animal of the monster? I would totally buy it.  I would!

Woo, so Ruth came over today to remind me that I do have friends I can see once in a while.  I had been crushed by my research schedule before, but this weekend is the first "free" weekend I have.  No running any participant until next week~! :cheer: Not that the actual running of participant was bad, but the time!  At 3 hours a person, in between classes and until late at night, 6 days a week tends to take its toll on a girl.

ANYWAY, the point was that Ruth came bearing gifts, i.e.: with a shinee new header (harhar) and the first 3 books of the Young Merlin series by TA Baron, which I had been yearning for for a while.  I had first read them in Middle School and I loved them, so I recently I was struck with the desire to read them again.  Well, here they are. ♥ I will devour them as soon as...err....well, as soon as I'm done reading that ERP book I need to read for research, and then finish Through the Looking Glass, and then finish the man who mistook his wife for a hat, and then...I think that's it!  XD Merlin, here I come~

On the header, it is beyond awesome, with Minho and sexy glasses and a gorgeous sunflower~! There is also a blue blue sky.♥  I love, but Ruth said that she might modify it.  It went with the current layout better that I had thought though!  It must be because I have a blue bias (can you even say that?), and so stuff tends to match. XD

English, where art thou?  I need you to come back~!  I had signed up for the school's English conversational partner program, and I got assigned to a Chinese and Turk (? My ignorance shames me...I should ask her when I meet her) student, and I will meet them this coming week.  I'm kind of surprised, but I'm totally looking forward to it! I just wonder how I will bear it all once I start running people again. D:  Talking to people that much has somehow reverted my brain into French.  Not sure why.  Must be because I run bilinguals, mostly.  ?

Do I make sense? Of course I don't.

I did get 2 new icons: I changed my old Geng one into one that is appropriately dorky for me, and will remind me of the goodness that is Super Girl. ♥♥♥  SJM just kills me in all the right ways.  I love the others, but, well, SJM has Shihan, and Kyumi, and Donghae, and Henry and Ryeowook, you know?  ♥  The second icon is a Minho one.  Because I kind of can't bear to look at the one I made anymore.  I will hone my photoshop skills....never.

I told a few people, but I decided to apply for the certificate program in Public Health.  I called the MD/MPH coordinator for the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, and she said that whether I got accepted into Med School and enter the MD/MPH Dual Degree program, or I end up going through the Masters degree only (for now, because I will become Dr. Tran no matter what!!! XD), I can transfer the credits I earn.  If I get accepted, I'll work on it in the Spring 2010 and maybe summer too.   Only problem is that since it's non-degree seeking, I'm not eligible for any financial aid.   What to do now?  Stafford loans, here I come~~~~~~~~~~~

Hm, so yes.  This is my life.  I will be in school for at least another 8 years. :D I am totally excited.  I am!  After all that schooling, I think I will deserve to be called a professional nerd.  (Though 'academic' would sound so much better!)

btw, pimping out this website: TED
High quality lectures with shiny lights and awesome subjects, YES! *.*

(Wow, Dir en grey, long time no see!♥)

I swear I wasn't doing anything else suspicious! I have my politics final tomorrow, so here I was, studying with some music on.  Of course that distracts me like hell, but that's besides the point.

I came across this song, and it is gorgeous.  The mellow melody, the singer's deep, soothing voice, and the emotional lyrics, all come together to make this beautiful song.  Please give it some love!

Lightning

作詩：ホリエアツシ 作曲：ホリエアツシ 君がいないそれだけ 他に何も変わらない 輝かない星だって 今夜ぐらい休みたいさ 棄てられた古いテレビの 割れた画面に似ていた 心に空いた穴は 何で塞ぐ？何で塞げばいい？ 生きていたい いつまでも消えない炎で 肉体を失ってもこの思いだけ 君がいてくれたら 他に何も望まない 音のしない時計だって 少しぐらい眠りたい 眠ればいい 息を吸え いつまでも解けない魔法で 実体のないあの空に手を伸ばして STRIKE ME WITH LIGHTNING THEN I COULD COME BACK TO YOUR WORLD thanks to http://music.goo.ne.jp

Just by you not being here Nothing else will change The stars don't shine Just for tonight, it's like a vacation It was like the cracked screen Of an old TV that was thrown away The hole that opened in my heart What will I fill it with? What should I fill it with? I want to live With flames that will never go out Even if I lose my flesh, I'll have these memories If you were here I wouldn't want anything else My watch is soundless I want to sleep a little I should sleep Take a breath With a magic that will never wear off Reach your hand into that substance less sky Strike me with lightning Then I could come back to your world This lyric was added by: krazysamurai12

Seriously, I think I forget that I don't eat/breathe/live Korean music.  I always listen to Japanese music, but I tend to focus on the Korean songs.  It's nice to have a reminder like this.

btw, straightener in general is just Oh so amazing. 

PS: lol at Kyuhyun's face as my emoticon. ♥

I should put this out into the world: I will work hard for fresh pineapple.  Perhaps even harder than for navel oranges or watermelon. ♥.♥

What is going on in Mai's life:

1. Medical School Application in progress: got my autobiography done for my Health Professions Office committee meeting, sent out my requests for recommendation letters, and I already got one!  Happy surprise!!!  The second MCAT scores haven't come in just yet, but I want to have high hopes, I really do.  My life would be that much more easier.  But eh, shou ga nai. Gotta susume~That personal statement is glaring at me in the face though. :(

2. Volunteering at University Hospital.  Right now, in the obstetrics ward, seeing tons of babies and pregnant women.  It's surprisingly fun, and I get a pretty good look at how the hospital work.  Babies are kind of cute........Anyway, I'm also trying to help out in an other type of women's health ward, but it seems like it'll be hard given the privacy issues and the lack of certification.  I just want to observe, I swear!

3. Got summer school: Politics and Stats "online" classes.  Got a test this coming Wednesday in Politics. Good times.

4. Starting to come regularly in the lab to figure out how to spend my grant before the end of this month.  Sucks that I can't find any participants. Intermediate Mandarin learners are all of Chinese descent! T_T

5. 2PM pretty much owns my life right now.  New boy bands are dangerous.  I am such a sucker for dorky Asian men. <--why do I sound like a teenager?  But anyway, I think pretty much anyone can agree that One Day (2AM and 2PM) is one of the more...unique boybands out there. Hm. Well, they never fail to make me laugh, so it's all good for keeping Mai-sanity around.

6. Been on the hunt for some awesome Korean rock, and in the way, discovered a couple of really neat Japanese rock bands.  Grapevine and Toe (which is a post-rock instrumental band.  They're awesome to listen to while studying).  As for Korean rock, so far I'm really liking Sugar Donuts.  I also found this band called 3rd line butterfly, but they're a bit too...slow and dark for me.  But I want to give them a longer chance. :)  On a side note...I really can't get away from the fact that I am a rock-loving girl. ♥

I've been thinking more and more often about what I'll do when once I graduate and I have that "free" semester until I hopefully go to Med School.  I've often come home finding myself a bit a lost at what to do...I mean, I have reading and applications to fill out, things to study, but for that initial 30 seconds, I almost feel as if I have a lot of free time.  Sucks that reality sinks in fairly quickly after that, but still. It made me wonder what will happen to me once my constant academic schedule becomes non-existent. O_o More boyband-love time? Yay~? My social life re-kindled? ...maybe I've turned into a geeky hermit beyond help.

So I'm going to get ahead of my studying now.  I'm doing a great job at ignoring the fact that I have to apply to med school (it has the worse way to show you you're really not all that T_T)

...I started this entry feeling kind of accomplished....

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I did acquire Map the Soul and Remapping of the Human Soul Epik High albums.  My first package from Korea. ♥ They're both so wonderful.  There's also word that there's going to be an amazing remixed version of Map the Soul coming out, as well as a new "official" album coming out sometime in............September?  But apparently, Tablo wanted to do something more different than usual: Instead of a message-driven album, this coming album will be an upbeat/dance/club styled album.  I can't wait! I love fresh Epik High. ♥.♥

Not that I needed to be convinced nor reminded, but this is pure hilarity and full of Tablo win.  I must share:



And this just proves that he's just that amazing.  He's drunk and he's able to do this without a blink.  How does he do it?



Did I mention that an album and a book (bilingual) is baking in the Epik oven?  Another one.  I cannot wait.♥

How could I forget to mention that: OMG It's raining~~~~~~~~~ Finally! ♥♥

On a side note, I just noticed that I posted more this semester than ever! It must be because I'm so busy and I'm trying to avoid it all. D8

...an otaku immigrant that was supported by the Honors College scholarship and that will become a doctor. Check out the story here.

Hm well, that wasn't what I mostly talked about when I was phone-interviewed by her yesterday, but whatever, sounds good.  The picture I sent her didn't get a chance to be posted with the article, but maybe that's a good thing?  Bleached hair isn't necessarily professional.

She said that she might call back about a story featuring student immigrants.  That's good, yea?  I mean, we need more exposure and love.  After all, most of us work hard to receive as much help as possible and try to use any opportunity to fund our schooling...most of the time.  O_o Laziness much?  But anyway, it wouldn't hurt to be a bit more supported by the government....we're willing to pay income taxes! y/y?

Hm well, so here I am at home trying to read for a history quiz.  On the plate today: do the history quiz, do at least the first section of physics MCAT assignment, work on introduction/methods of thesis............maybe work on those Biochemistry calculations?? Hm...but..fanfic calls! T_T  School kills yo.

I cannot wait for the Spring Break to come!  A bit of guilt-free, free time will do me good.  Planning to go out with my lovelies Kae, Porc, and Ruth to go see Coraline.  I have high hopes to stay over too.♥  But besides that, I think it'll be MCAT catch up time. >_< Boo!

On a lighter note, got a 24 (out of 45, with a 30 being competitive) on the practice MCAT this Saturday.  I'm really hapy since I got a 14 (I know right, it's pretty sad) the first time I took it.  It's only a little bit more than half-way through the MCAT class, so that means I still have plenty of room for improvement.  Is it too much that I feel a small glimmer of hope?  Med school, HERE I COME~  I luff you~♥

..being side tracked everywhich way.  So it really shouldn't be a day off since I have to read a N1 review (for my thesis), or at least read some MCAT stuff for wednesday, considering I haven't been able to finish several chapters from the previous classes O_o  BUT! I took my tests, they're done.  I met with Dr. Robin and it went well (he gave me a bit more hope about getting in med school) ♥ I wrote my scholarship letter and Dr. Eisenberg said it was the best they've received so far. SO! I am giving myself a pat on the back, and taking a well-deserved, but guilt speckled break. I just can't shake off the feeling of being a slacker. :(

On a lighter note, I changed my LJ layout yet again by using minty_peach 's coding and the very nice header Ruth (coffee_moon ) made me a while ago, in honor of my Minho love.  I admit I didn't look too far for a ideal layout (maybe darker would've been better?), but this is great. ♥ I tweaked it a bit.  OH, and behold my lack of things to say.  Usually people put interesting, meaningful quotes or blubs, but here I go being un-original and use a shinee lyric. D8 I dedicate it to my devotion to fandom What? You didn't read anything.  Maybe I should've found something a bit sunnier, since I'd like to think I'm a generally happy person, but eh. My night off is timed, so I want to move on to other things (Like maybe read a bit of that review...and watch high kick!! I MISS YOU!! T_T)

Hm. Also updated my music collection to include Meg's new single FREAK, Humming Urban Stereo's Monochrome single and "a very very nice and short cake" album.  Also came across Kanon Wakeshima's album.  She's a cello player produce by Mana.  I haven't been into that kind of music lately (or should I say have I ever been into that kind of music?) but a lot of people are saything she's something.  She's cute, yes, and her "still doll" video was...well, it wasn't interesting, but she sang okay, I think? Anyway, all of this to say that I will give her a chance.  I've encountered a lot of people that say they like all kinds of music, and I feel like a closed-minded prick for being somewhat picky.  I've already pretty much limited myself to Asia, so I should try to expand as much as possible, no? ...well, anyway, we'll see.

happens to be Korean Indie Music, as I am being killed by school.  I don't think I've ever studied so much!! @_@ Fandom, where did you go???  But anyway, yes, Korean indie music. I guess I've liked it for a while but didn't know what it was called.  I found a little treasure here.  It's a multinational collection by Pastel Music, one of the more renown K-Indie labels.  It has bands like Humming Urban Stereo and Oldfish signed under it.

Anyway, today is the day where I've had more or less enough and decided to partially slack off; Today I have done these following things:
1.  Woke up later than usual: 9 o'clock~! I spent an hour enjoying the bed and amusing myself with fandom thoughts. (shihan Y/Y?)
2.  Studied the MCAT Verbal section assigned for Wednesday
3.  Got my mom to cut my bangs: hello world~
4. Went to the lab and learned more about running a participant and hooking up the electrode cap, etc
5. Attempted to read and outline an N1 Review.  I typed out the title = win.
6. Did my scholarship application
7. Decided that I hate my signature and will degenerate to a 12 year old and "design" a better signature.  One is currently in progress.
8. Extract the audio from the following video, because this one is Japanese-Korean and the album has Korean-English.  It has been stuck in my head for the past 3 days and I must give it more love (his accented japanese is endearing.  I can't say as much for his English skills, but his voice is nice? D:)

9. Watched a random Big Bang video, and found out that Se7en's digital single is finally coming out on Feb 14th (FINALLY)

I'm planning on studying history and finish the verbal section of the MCAT.  Maybe then I'll have a chance to either watch High Kick and knit or read The Alienist?? :is hopeful:

I don't want to think about tomorrow's workload though..::kicks::

More Oldfish, because I can't stop the love~!  I want that cute robot! I wonder if it'd be possible to make it...that scene with the soju bottle is total love~ I just want to squish it and it's robot-love. ♥♥♥  But seriously, tough life robot-sshi!  Falling off the bed like that...looks like something Ruth or I would do when we'll hit a really acute bump in our lives (ie: Med school crushes! ..if we get in. T_T)


On a side note, I want to see Coraline.  It seems like it'd be really interesting to watch, but at the same time, I know I'll get scared. But seeing it on the big screen would be amazing!!  When do I have time? :kills calendar:

Ah, whatever, I'm happy nonetheless.  Life is tough but I just gotta live through it no?  And anyway, I just need to watch a video featuring gorgeous Korean men to be momentarily happy.  Dependent much? I don't care, at least I can be rejuvenated easily.♥

Oh, My life!  Oh, Your life must suck too.  Journals are a good outlet.  mmmm tea is ready and homework is calling~

		I will marry Minho.
		After a wild honeymoon, We will settle down in Seoul in our fabulous Shack.
		We will have 4 kid(s) together.
		Our family will zoom around in a Blue Civic.
		I will spend my days as a singer, and live happily ever after.

So I just realized today the goodness of automatic glass doors~! They're the reason why I haven't run into a door while distracted/looking away recently yet at school.

Porclet is coming home soon~! That means watching marathon sometime in the future, but not that soon because I have a test next wednesday and 2 the week after that (ded).  At least they're not all in  a row like Ruth. This weekend is going to suck so bad for her.  I send her my sympathies, and maybe I'll call her in an attempt to raise her dopamine levels.  I think her levels yesterday was at a record high when she called late at night.  Why?  My Korean secret agent name is now Park Boobae, and she is my valient side kick Shin Chungcha.  WTF life?!

Had pumpkin pie and cheesecake today at the lab meeting~! So good! T_T I'm glad I'm alive....and I had flavored coffee for the first time in a loooooooooooooooooooooong time. It's good, but I wished it was stronger.  Anyway, it inspired me to make a coffee icon eventually.  I'm thinking of starting as soon as I'm done writing this, while waiting for my dad to pick me up.

So my fangirlisms of the day is the pimpage of 3 bands: Full of Harmony, Tsubakiya shijuusou (I actually had to look that one up, couldn't remember the name for the life of me and the album on my mp3 player is in kanji), and lostage.  All Japanese bands, suprisingly.  Japan, I haven't forgotten about you~!

Anyway, Full of Harmony is a nice R&B group, they've released a few things, but I've only listened to the "energy" album.  It's really pleasant to listen to.  They're like a not-as-poppy EXILE.  Did I mention the vocals are totally awesome? and smooth...They sound just like an American R&B group, really.  Trying to find a nice video is hard though~! O_o the song I actually really like (aroma) is not a video but here is my best? And I think one of the singers has lips just like Puff Daddy. O_o 




I discovered Tsubakiya shijuusou a while ago, but I didn't actually unzipped the albums I had downloaded until yesterday.  They're a rock band, they sound similar to Art-School and The back horn mixed together....9mm parabellum bullet?  Anyway, they're great.  I love that kind of sound.


and I like this song, but the video is D: ??? But the singer is a hottie



Incidentally, I was looking for the password for one of the tsubakiya albums on kyo music city, and I came across the discography of lostage randomly.  Looked up a video on youtube, and fell in love. So yay~!

Looking for some pvs to embed in here, but i gotta go~! I'll edit this later, me thinks..no coffee icon boo :(

Edit Nov.07, 2008

So back with an edit. You should be proud, even I didn't even think I would actually go back and add, but I will do my best to do so~!

So I guess when the weather forecast says 20% chance of precipitation, they do mean that it is possible that it might rain.  Just in time too, since when I checked the weather forecast earlier today, I saw just "happy happy joy joy, but a bit of wind" for this week.  It made me sad.  I had been wanting a bit of rain, and I felt bad for the poor thirsty looking vegetation for the lack of any type of drink for the past 2-3 weeks!  But it seems like my disappointments were righted.....even though it sounds like the rain is decreasing little by little as I type this.  So much for at least 10 minutes of rain!   But I guess I should be happy I got to hear pitti-patter....oh, and I think I hear Yuki crying to be let in~!  This is my cue...

Updating because I did a bit of an overhaul in terms of design of my LJ...I updated to Plus because I couldn't bear to pick and choose my icons anymore....Changed the layout and some of my profile, but geh, I'm just not ready to figure out all that coding!!

I figured that I might as well make use of this thing and update it, since it's been used for communities mostly and therefore looks like I'm dead.  Which I don't want to be.  At least for real. O_o I need to show my journal some love, because it is lame. Oh well.

Icon hunting can be such a pain, and it kills me when I see awesome graphics.  I wish I could do it too, but I'm too lazy. I am thinking of making a JongYu icon (because they are love and SHINee is, well, shiny!) because the ones that I found weren't quite what I was looking for.  Hopefully, I will make a decent attempt and succeed.  Just gotta install photoshop on Park (the lappie). hmm..perhaps I should rename my compie, as it is the same as my HD...O_o

So what's an update without some fangirlisms?  ♥

Saw some suju-M stuff, and oh, I love.  I quite enjoy seeing and hearing much more of Hankyung, who is the leader (what??).  He's quite mischievious and it's adorable.  Shiwon makes the awesomest faces too.  I think he's very proud that he can actually understand Mandarin, more or less.  The other three koreans are just lost, though Donghae makes an obvious effort. Kyuhyun is unbearably mischievious too, as well as rebellious!  I never expected it from him, always thought he was shy and quiet and cute and nice.  He's turning out to be quite a Heechul (influence much?!)  But suju-M is good.  I do like the other 2 "chinese" members.  I'm surprised to learn that Henry is actually not fluent in Mandarin (I'd say just a little bit more than Shiwon), and I have no idea if he can speak Korean.  Oh, and Zhoumi can speak Korean~! As to what extent, no idea, but my guess is that it's better than Kyuhyun's, Ryeowook's, and Donghae's Mandarin.  Anyway, will attempt to watch more of them, though I am found yet again in the situation where a language is really...taxing? uncomfortable? to listen to.  What I mean is that, when they showed a part from a Korean video during the Chinese show, I thought, "ah, finally something that I can attempt to understand and fail"  Oh well, I'm down for getting used to Mandarin.  I like Cantonese, but Mandarin was always a little bit unpleasant to hear.  

Oh oh, and I finally got Seo Taiji & Boys' album Come back home, that has the song pilseung (sure win) which was covered beautifully by big bang. I wish I could say that Bi had covered come back home just as well, but he didn't. sucks. During my research, learned a lot about Seo Taiji, got down to watch his new mv (omg, what happened??!) but I'm glad to say that his other song, t'ik t'ak, is actually very good.  Yay~!  I wish I could find a nice Krock artist/band, like Seo Taiji....The TRAX is the closest I've come, but they're...erm. inactive???


School tomorrow, 辛い/pain.  No hopes for some miraculous closing of the uni, nor any satisfyingly violent thunderstorms that I can watch from the safety of my house..:sighs:

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and I'm alive♥

It fails, why can't I make it work??  Ah well, sucks.

In case anyone wondered, I am alive and well in Japan~! XD

It's a little hard to update and what not, since I'm first of all pretty busy with socializing and learning about Japan, as well as trying to get some kind of foothold on living in Japan. And then there's the fact that I didn't get the internet til about a week into my staying here. I get a pretty temperamental internet in my room, so let's just say that even more than before, I'm less tempted to do anything. But more than that, I'm just so busy in general!! I go out much much more (ie: there's not a single day where I didn't eat out at least ONCE...XD) Anyway, I realize that it's been more than a month since I've got here, so I'm more than due to give you guys some kind of update. XD  BUT! As much as i want to tell you about my trip so far, the pics don't want to be uploaded right now...I've been trying to upload them on LJ and on Facebook, but it keeps dying... T_T Please wait until I can go out of my room and closer to the damned router!!!!  I'll try to do it sometime this week.  But yea, no use to tell you anything without visual aid, I say.

I can give you something to munch on though: I'm having tons of fun in Japan, and I know I'll miss it dearly already.  It's really hard to understand when you're all the way back in the US, but it's really amazing here.  It's different, but in a good way.  I feel like a totally different person, I do a whole bunch of new things, experience crazy awesomeness, and the people here are generally great. XD  I got to ride a bike today!!!  XD  I don't actually need one, because everything is in walking distance.  But a friend of mine has two, so I borrowed one today to go with 2 friends (Matt and Calvin, I'll let you guys know all about them in my next post) eat at this rotating sushi place (I don't actually eat sushi (cept the egg one, it's not too fishy; I eat this meat udon instead.  So CHEAP!!!).  All the plates (2 sushi each) are 100 yen.  Unfortunately for us, it was ass crowded (it was 5 o'clock and this weekend is a holiday), and the ramen shop close by was closed til 6.  So we decided to explore further ahead and found a McDonald's.  I'll show you the pics for that, but it's in general all the same...with a slightly different menu.  Not to mention that the variety is highly limited.  I ended up eating this beacon, lettuce, and cheese burger with some strange wasabi & pepper tasting mayo.  I wanted chicken nuggets (OMG I MISS!!) but I couldn't find any on the menu....they have them though, because I saw some lady with a box of them later. ::cries::  next time....

Anyways, school's a bitch, but it's all for the sake of learning.  I'll talk more about that later I think, but just know that this weekend, since it's a national holiday, they gave us a bitch load of homework.  We do a new chapter everyday, so I have a vocab quiz every single day.  So for this Tuesday, I have 6 or so print outs (We had a test on thursday, so I have Thurs and Fri's hmwk accumulated), then kanji class homework, as well as studying for the vocab quiz.  T_T  Needless to say, tomorrow's ENTIRE day will be dedicated to homework....I swear, one of the things I say the most in Japanese, aside from ごめん(sorry), is 日本語は本当にむずかしいよ！！！(Japanese is really hard) , and "I hate Japanese" <--as I do my homework.

Anyway, I know some of you must be amazingly disappointed by my measly update, but I promise I'll write more later, with PICTURES!!!!!  ::cheers::  AND!   I do have a phone, to which you can email me (10,000 characters max, so no essays pls).  I have to type everything out with the numeric pad, so don't expect a novel, but I'll do my best~!  The email address is: star_shineLLLLLLLLLLLLLL@LLLLLLLLezweb.ne.jp  (just remove the L's) I'm looking forward to your emails.  ^^

PS: I got a facebook (I know, finally! t(-_-t) ) because I was told that you can upload pics amazingly easily. I'll still post some of the pics I think are somewhat important here, but if you want more details, go there.  Oh, and add me please~!  ♥♥♥♥

Since the compie died, I haven't had a chance to really update or do any downloading. >_< Not quite ready to make a full comeback yet, but the new addition to Mai's HD family has arrived. Must baptize it soon..it unfortunately isn't a virgin anymore; it was barely out of the box when I initiated it. Hmm...deflowering before baptism, is that even legal? XD the E drive has been reformatted, so now I'll see if it'll survive.

Reason I came though, is because I saw this most awesome video and I must share.




I love Epik High, and K. Will is a great singer (got his performance a while ago). I love how spontaneous they are, with so much energy and eagerness for fun. The part where Tablo throws a paper ball at Mithras Jin cracked me up. Tablo is LOVE!!! Anyways, loved it enough to download the single, which was a compilation with SG Wannabe and my secret baby, Sung Shikyung. ♥♥♥ If anyone likes that song, I can upload it?

Also, got Suju's new single for their movie (Finally, a release!!), some K-rock band's album (giving krock another try), and Se7en's Digital single. Downloaded tons of crap (approximately 3 gigs worth), but nowhere near being caught up in anything. And I miss suju, so I want to download loads of nice shinies.

My mom. That's right!!!! She just got the Il Divo Live DVD yesterday, and she decided to take a peek at it before we head out to target. So I decided to look at it too, and OMG, I have never seen my mom like this before!!

They are such a boy band, they entered the stage from behind those shadow screens one by one. Before they even came out, my mom was giving me a weird excited look and rubbed her arms as if she had goosebumps. I quickly realized what she was doing, and told her "OMG, mom, you're getting excited????? O_o You are such a fangirl!!" To which she replied, with an embarrassed smile, "No, I"m just under the fan..." Uh huh, right. We all know you were shaking with anticipation. As each time one would come out, she would squee a little, and tell me what she thought of each. Her favorite are the two youngest, better looking one. Well, I can never resist an opportunity to fangirl, and they were cute, so heck, I joined in, for a little bit. They're great singers~!

But I just had to share, so I'm currently leaving my mom to fangirl by herself. Now she really can't say anything about my fangirling~! XD

Oh, and my HD is really going to die, so I'm currently using my dad's compie to update. He let me borrow his 160 gig external HD to back up whatever I need to right now, but I currently have no replacement. We're looking into it though....said maybe that'll be my b-day present. Sucks, cuz I was kind of hoping to buy more manga. But a new HD is good too! We're looking for an external one though, since those are apparently less likely to fail. Not to mention I can easily bring it with me to Japan! I could never leave my babies behind!!!

Unfortunately for me, no compie access = no downloading, whatso ever. >________< I think I'm starting to feel the symptoms of withdrawal, but I have to deal. Anyways, got 2 tests this coming week, so I need to study. But you know, it's even harder to quench the desire to watch/dld stuff when you can't. >_< Geek at heart. XP