Man, I haven’t written in a long while! Sorries, I meant to keep writing, but after that bed and breakfast place, we went to a place with limited net access with one shared lappy between all 20 of us with camps in between so we couldn’t use it, especially with the campers around. Anywho, that last place I was at? Well, the place was great! But the campers were another thing. There were six campers for each of us ACs (american counselors) and the students totaled about 130, more or less.
I’ve got to say, this was probably my worst group yet and I strongly disliked my batch of kids this time around. There are four groups whom we work with: the first group is our Program Orientation Group where we introduce ourselves to the kids and help them make name tags, a group name and whom we talk with for Group Discussion, the second is our One Minute Drill Group whom we help memorize english sentences and then we time them to see how many sentences they can remember and say in one minute, the third is our My Story Group whom we help them write in english about themselves and a topic of their choice and last but not least, the fourth group, our Camp Skit Group, who we help in writing a skit for the group to do all in english.
Unfortunately, this time around, I really didn’t like the kids I worked with. We had cramp classrooms, loud noises from the many students and many distractions, once again to the many students. My students wouldn’t talk to me and though I tried, they kept to themselves and I had to intervene each time to check their grammar and spelling and I must say, it sucked ass! I have never been so frustrated in my whole life when working with kids. Granted, they spoke little english and were more comfortable speaking japanese, but come on! This is English Summer Camp!!! I wanted to wring their necks!...
Anywho, evil thoughts aside, they weren’t my best group. To top it off, they were our first group who were allowed to use their english dictionaries, be they electronic or good old fashion paperback, they used them like there was no tomorrow and it interfered greatly with my correcting their english. I’ve never seen so much wrong grammar and wrong word usage. They tried to get away with it, but I had to correct them each time and explained to them why certain words didn’t work or what the hell they were talking about!
Anywho, despite all the anger and frustration I bore towards them, I felt really bad when at the end, all 130 (more or less) students ending up singing a song in gratitude of us helping them on their english. It was really... good. Good enough to make me cry, and hell did I cry! I bawled like a baby, well, not as loud, but the waterworks was there. I recorded a little snippet of them singing, but I wished I would have kept recording cause if I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have ending up crying like an idiot.
Ok, tears aside, that camp went and finished and we went to another part in Nagano and ended up there for the next four-ish or five camps, so we were there for almost three weeks. I think we pissed off the owner because we requested a lot of her and did a lot of stupid things. Aside from that, all the other ACs were using the lappy like mad fiends and we were only allowed 10 minutes on it at a time and it gave me little to no time in writing in the blog. Anyway, these next camps did well. I liked them a lot. The last couple of camps, I danced my ass off. Yes, we have dance parties for the students and campfires too. I have never danced so much in my whole life and sweated like a pig. Mmm... Sounds sexy doesn’t it? Lol.
When we finished the last camp, we went to our next homestay and will be here for ten days. I can’t even remember or count the days. I have to keep asking my host family. They’re a little weird and despite my host mom being an english teacher, her english kinda sucks. Lol. Well, at least she knows english, some, but she’s really nice and her family’s pretty cool. Hell, they’re as cool as cool can be, cause they went out and bought Lauren and me yukatas! (Lauren is one of the ACs and is in the homestay with me) Yukatas are summer kimonos and are lighter than actual kimonos. They’re on sale now, but are still friggin expensive! They’re close to $100 in american dollars! We both felt really bad about it, but they said it was their present to us cause we gave them our presents that we brought with us from america.
Blah, anywho, since our homestay here, we’ve been going out and about with our other teammate Ma Lee, who’s staying with a host family who is good friends with ours. We’ve gone to the beach, gone shopping at a premium outlet mall (and the clothes are still f-in expensive!) with two of our JCs who are done with us and are heading back to school, gone shopping at a mall for a short period of time, gone shopping at a 100 yen store (in which many of you who may be reading this will be getting your presents from me from, but they have some pretty good stuff there, better than american one dollar stores!), gone to a japanese cemetary to honor our host family’s ancestors, gone to Atsuta Temple, took pictures with Lauren and Ma Lee at cool japanese pictures-taking machines in which we can add cute stuff to, gone to the Nagoya Aquarium (which has a killer dolphin show! Too bad we couldn’t stay for the whale show and the place is f-in crowded!) And will be going to see Inuyama Castle tomorrow. It may seem like we’ve done a lot, but I don’t feel like we’ve done much.
Now in terms of going places and doing stuff, I forgot to mention that during one of our prep days for camps (free day to get ready for camp) we went to Matsumoto City and hung out there: shopping, visiting Matsumoto Castle and karaoke-ing. It was a lot of fun! Also, the day before that, we went to a festival that celebrated the victory of a shogun in the past who lived in that area and warded off another shogun from invading the land there by putting torches on his cattle at night, making it seem like he had more soldiers that the other shogun anticipated and therefore, saved the area from being attacked. It was a small festival, but was cool. We even danced too! Well, that was cause this one guy gave us free stuff, but only if we would dance too and it was pretty cool. We made one full round and then stopped, but it was good. They sang and it was kinda pretty... even though it was old men who sang it.
The other day, my friend Chou had me look up a singer and I've been hooked on him since. Khalil Fong. That dude has suck a nice voice! (Anson Hu still rocks, but I'll give this time some time, maybe he can do me in. lol) I also hope I lost some weight, though I highly doubt it. I might have gained some cause they keep grilling everytime we eat and they keep feeding us like they're trying to fatten us up for a barbeque or something. I don't usually eat three meals a day and like I said, they feed us till we're about to burst! but the food is really good! and HEALTHY!!!! (I think I wanna make yakisoba when I get back home... though I'm craving for hmong food really badly!!!!)
Man, it’s kinda sucks. I’m really enjoying Japan, but the days grow shorter and before you know it, I’ll be heading back to denver (ARGH!) And then back home to buy my school books and back to school and in need of another job... DAMN!!!!!!
Oh yeah, I also heard about the bridge on 35W collaspsing. It's pretty sad stuff. I was really scared that my brother was on it, but he was at Phalen Park so he was ok, but I feel sad for the people who died on it. My heart goes out to the familes who lost their loved ones...
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Hi hi!!!!
おはようございますみんなさん！みんなは元気ですか？天気はいい？おさかはひどいよ！たくさん雨がふりましたよ！
Anywho, yeah, morning from Osaka, er, rather from Nagano everyone! As many of you may have heard, there was an earthquake, typhoons and hurricanes all throughout Japan, but we missed all of them or they missed us. I was in Osaka and I'm ok. It rains quite a bit here, that's because it's the freakin rainy season. I got my shoes wet and had to cleaned them and leave them out to dry.
Well, after that last blog, we had our first camp at the hostel and it was rather busy and stressed me out a bit, but that goes for everyone in the camp. There were around 80 girls from a private christian school that attended and we all had an average of 5 to 6 girls. They were quite the handful and they were supposedly advanced in english, but my girls weren't that great at all. They spoke very little and knew their alpahbet and it was hard to work with, but they were all so goddamn cute and as stressful as it was, it was fun. I've learned a lot from my first camp and it was sad to see them leave on the last day. They cried, MANY of them cried and I almost did too. But it was good.
After that, we went to the train station to be picked up by our host families. My host mother came and picked me up and she reminded me sooooooooo much of grandma! (damn I miss her!!!!) she dressed the same way grandma would (minus the skirt) and she was wearing a backpack. She had a lot of spunk and yet, she had that maternal feel to her, like grandma does. We went to a cafe and talked and drank tea. I showed her pictures of the family and hmong people. She lives along with her cat Chibi. She has two sons and the oldest runs a small tempura restaurant where she took me later.
The food was oishii!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so good!!!!!!! It was fresh and delicious! After that, we went to her apartment and I saw her cat. He's gi-normous!!!!!!!!! The next day I went to work with her and she works as the laundry lady at the Osaka University Hospital, which is the largest hospital in the osakan area. I went strolling for a bit and then wrote in the journal that Natah gave to me. I wrote quite a bit for the next five-ish hours. Then at noon, we ate and then went sightseeing. We went to a 100 yen shop and there were quite a few things I wanted to buy, but it's just like the dollar store, only with japanese writing (almost) everywhere. We went to a Museum of Ethnology? later. It was cool. There were outfits, instrument and tools that people used from all over the world there. When we got back to her place, she had me try flower arranging and it was fun (kinda boring) and she took pictures. I made a pretty flower arrangement! Teehee!!! Lol
the next day, we went window shopping and then she took me to a korean shop. She's an avid korean drama and singer fan... Like, SUPER korean fan! Won Bin is her favoritest actor, next is Ryu Shi Won (singer) and then Baek Young Jun? from Winter Sonata. She spent almost over 100000 yen on stuff for her korean craze. (YEESH!) At the shop, there were four other old women there who were uber obsessed with korean actors and singers and were basically squealing and ranting about their favorite korean guy and they musta been in their 50s and 60s. It kinda scared me a bit. I love korean men, but not THAT much.
Anywho, we went back to her son's restaurant and ate there for lunch. Tempura again and it was still delicious! We went window shopping again later and after that, we went back to her place. We made yakisoba and pan-fried salmon. It was sooooooooo good!!!! And then she had me try on a kimono. It was so pretty and... pretty! I didn't look good in it and could barely breathe, but it was pretty!!!! That night, we stayed up late watching Spring Waltz and Ryu Shi Won singing.
The next day, she dropped me off at the Osaka Train Station and we all went back to Nose... Yay... Not really. Back to damp beds and bugs everywhere. The day after was the first day of camp and the first camp of six camps back to back. Blagh... It would be our smallest number of campers. It was fun. The campers ranged from elementary school to high school age. I dealt with the elementary school kids and they were hard to handle at first and they wre very quiet, but after a while, they loosened up and opened up more. Two little girls cried because they were homesick, but they got better. This camp was was more laid back, compared to the first one. When they left, a few girls cried, but it was good. The goal is to have the kids cry at the end (in a good way) and we've accomplished it so far.
Right now, we are in Nagano getting ready for our next camp with over 100 students which will be in about a few hours. This place is wonderful! It's like a bed and breakfast place and I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here, for some reason, I really miss my family and friends. I've been really busy and haven't given them much thought, but we've had time to kick back and relax for a bit so I've been thinking about them quite a bit.
I am so tired and so... tired... I've gotten up early every morning and gone to sleep late everynight cause of meetings. My host mother got up early every morning and therefore I had to, and we stayed up late watching korean dramas so I haven't had much time to really rest... blagh... tired...
Anywho, this place has wi-fi and so today, I checked my email and found out that one of my classes got cancelled!!!!!!!!!!! AGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! shit! So I had to go find another class and add it in so I'd have 15 credits. pissed me off... also found out yesterday that a co-worker from walmart passed away recently. It's sad, she was so nice to me. I really liked her... *sighs* many things happening and I miss many things. I wanna hear gigi soooooooooo bad.... Oh well, I need to find a phone card soon!!!!!
Ok, I have a meeting in 5 minutes so laters!!! じゃね！
Anywho, yeah, morning from Osaka, er, rather from Nagano everyone! As many of you may have heard, there was an earthquake, typhoons and hurricanes all throughout Japan, but we missed all of them or they missed us. I was in Osaka and I'm ok. It rains quite a bit here, that's because it's the freakin rainy season. I got my shoes wet and had to cleaned them and leave them out to dry.
Well, after that last blog, we had our first camp at the hostel and it was rather busy and stressed me out a bit, but that goes for everyone in the camp. There were around 80 girls from a private christian school that attended and we all had an average of 5 to 6 girls. They were quite the handful and they were supposedly advanced in english, but my girls weren't that great at all. They spoke very little and knew their alpahbet and it was hard to work with, but they were all so goddamn cute and as stressful as it was, it was fun. I've learned a lot from my first camp and it was sad to see them leave on the last day. They cried, MANY of them cried and I almost did too. But it was good.
After that, we went to the train station to be picked up by our host families. My host mother came and picked me up and she reminded me sooooooooo much of grandma! (damn I miss her!!!!) she dressed the same way grandma would (minus the skirt) and she was wearing a backpack. She had a lot of spunk and yet, she had that maternal feel to her, like grandma does. We went to a cafe and talked and drank tea. I showed her pictures of the family and hmong people. She lives along with her cat Chibi. She has two sons and the oldest runs a small tempura restaurant where she took me later.
The food was oishii!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so good!!!!!!! It was fresh and delicious! After that, we went to her apartment and I saw her cat. He's gi-normous!!!!!!!!! The next day I went to work with her and she works as the laundry lady at the Osaka University Hospital, which is the largest hospital in the osakan area. I went strolling for a bit and then wrote in the journal that Natah gave to me. I wrote quite a bit for the next five-ish hours. Then at noon, we ate and then went sightseeing. We went to a 100 yen shop and there were quite a few things I wanted to buy, but it's just like the dollar store, only with japanese writing (almost) everywhere. We went to a Museum of Ethnology? later. It was cool. There were outfits, instrument and tools that people used from all over the world there. When we got back to her place, she had me try flower arranging and it was fun (kinda boring) and she took pictures. I made a pretty flower arrangement! Teehee!!! Lol
the next day, we went window shopping and then she took me to a korean shop. She's an avid korean drama and singer fan... Like, SUPER korean fan! Won Bin is her favoritest actor, next is Ryu Shi Won (singer) and then Baek Young Jun? from Winter Sonata. She spent almost over 100000 yen on stuff for her korean craze. (YEESH!) At the shop, there were four other old women there who were uber obsessed with korean actors and singers and were basically squealing and ranting about their favorite korean guy and they musta been in their 50s and 60s. It kinda scared me a bit. I love korean men, but not THAT much.
Anywho, we went back to her son's restaurant and ate there for lunch. Tempura again and it was still delicious! We went window shopping again later and after that, we went back to her place. We made yakisoba and pan-fried salmon. It was sooooooooo good!!!! And then she had me try on a kimono. It was so pretty and... pretty! I didn't look good in it and could barely breathe, but it was pretty!!!! That night, we stayed up late watching Spring Waltz and Ryu Shi Won singing.
The next day, she dropped me off at the Osaka Train Station and we all went back to Nose... Yay... Not really. Back to damp beds and bugs everywhere. The day after was the first day of camp and the first camp of six camps back to back. Blagh... It would be our smallest number of campers. It was fun. The campers ranged from elementary school to high school age. I dealt with the elementary school kids and they were hard to handle at first and they wre very quiet, but after a while, they loosened up and opened up more. Two little girls cried because they were homesick, but they got better. This camp was was more laid back, compared to the first one. When they left, a few girls cried, but it was good. The goal is to have the kids cry at the end (in a good way) and we've accomplished it so far.
Right now, we are in Nagano getting ready for our next camp with over 100 students which will be in about a few hours. This place is wonderful! It's like a bed and breakfast place and I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here, for some reason, I really miss my family and friends. I've been really busy and haven't given them much thought, but we've had time to kick back and relax for a bit so I've been thinking about them quite a bit.
I am so tired and so... tired... I've gotten up early every morning and gone to sleep late everynight cause of meetings. My host mother got up early every morning and therefore I had to, and we stayed up late watching korean dramas so I haven't had much time to really rest... blagh... tired...
Anywho, this place has wi-fi and so today, I checked my email and found out that one of my classes got cancelled!!!!!!!!!!! AGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! shit! So I had to go find another class and add it in so I'd have 15 credits. pissed me off... also found out yesterday that a co-worker from walmart passed away recently. It's sad, she was so nice to me. I really liked her... *sighs* many things happening and I miss many things. I wanna hear gigi soooooooooo bad.... Oh well, I need to find a phone card soon!!!!!
Ok, I have a meeting in 5 minutes so laters!!! じゃね！
Monday, July 16, 2007
Continuation of the Denver Disaster...
So anyway, our bags were missingand so, we had to leave without them after getting some help. The airport people said that they would send it to us. We waited for the plane ride to Osaka and right before we were to leave,they came!!!!! YAY!!!! We were sooooooo happy!!!!!....
And then on the plane ride, we got delayed for an hour.... Blah... I hate plane delays.... SO MUCH!!!!! But we were all sleepy and tired from everything that happened so we napped for most of the time there. After about an hour of just driving around the airport, the pilot finally took off. We hit some turbulance but it was ok. We got to Osaka and met the some more people from our group, groupleaders and The great Guy Healy himself.
We went to sleep and the next morning, we left for Nose Camp in rural Osaka. We had to to go through Osaka city to get to our destination, but Osaka is HUGE!!!! The city is like Chicago, only that the roads are very elevated and there are a lot of buildings!!!! WAH!!!!! Takai tatemono yo!!!!!
Our orientation went on for a week and one day of our orientation had to be cut out cause we were a day late. We were all so sad, because it was our dance party day!!!!! Despite all that, we all bonded and got to know one another.
I interviewed people on the camcorder that I brought with me and wasted five disks already. I have five left and one is halfway done!!! I NEED MORE DVD-R's WANG!!!!!!!!!!! SEND ME SOME!!!!!!!
We prepared for roles for camp and now we are in Osaka at our first place. Tomorrow, we'll be working with our first group. They're sixth grade girls with advanced english. Wah. Imma feel a little swamped.
Anywho, a shout out to my parents. There's no info from me because the place I stayed at had NO phone or internet service!!!! So no way to contact. When we were stuck in Denver, the girl whose phone I used to call home was running out of minutes so I couldn't call and I had no phone card and couldn't find any. AH!!!!!! It's crazy not to have internet or phone with me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was very much outdoorsy where I was and my bed bunk was damp. Sorry mom, the suitcases are dirty and uh... very chipped. I had to bring them with me through rain and mud to get to our destination at the camp for orientation.
Anywho, last word to people because I have a meeting in a few minutes, leave me your addresses if you want a postcard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Btw, don't feel weirded out if I don't send anything to you or something. I might not be able to cause I'm really busy and can't contact cause some places we go to will not have the net or phone. Kay I have to go now so laters!!!!!!!!!!!!! JA NE!!!!!!!!!!!
And then on the plane ride, we got delayed for an hour.... Blah... I hate plane delays.... SO MUCH!!!!! But we were all sleepy and tired from everything that happened so we napped for most of the time there. After about an hour of just driving around the airport, the pilot finally took off. We hit some turbulance but it was ok. We got to Osaka and met the some more people from our group, groupleaders and The great Guy Healy himself.
We went to sleep and the next morning, we left for Nose Camp in rural Osaka. We had to to go through Osaka city to get to our destination, but Osaka is HUGE!!!! The city is like Chicago, only that the roads are very elevated and there are a lot of buildings!!!! WAH!!!!! Takai tatemono yo!!!!!
Our orientation went on for a week and one day of our orientation had to be cut out cause we were a day late. We were all so sad, because it was our dance party day!!!!! Despite all that, we all bonded and got to know one another.
I interviewed people on the camcorder that I brought with me and wasted five disks already. I have five left and one is halfway done!!! I NEED MORE DVD-R's WANG!!!!!!!!!!! SEND ME SOME!!!!!!!
We prepared for roles for camp and now we are in Osaka at our first place. Tomorrow, we'll be working with our first group. They're sixth grade girls with advanced english. Wah. Imma feel a little swamped.
Anywho, a shout out to my parents. There's no info from me because the place I stayed at had NO phone or internet service!!!! So no way to contact. When we were stuck in Denver, the girl whose phone I used to call home was running out of minutes so I couldn't call and I had no phone card and couldn't find any. AH!!!!!! It's crazy not to have internet or phone with me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was very much outdoorsy where I was and my bed bunk was damp. Sorry mom, the suitcases are dirty and uh... very chipped. I had to bring them with me through rain and mud to get to our destination at the camp for orientation.
Anywho, last word to people because I have a meeting in a few minutes, leave me your addresses if you want a postcard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Btw, don't feel weirded out if I don't send anything to you or something. I might not be able to cause I'm really busy and can't contact cause some places we go to will not have the net or phone. Kay I have to go now so laters!!!!!!!!!!!!! JA NE!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, July 12, 2007
おはようございました！みんなはげんきですか？
Morning from japan everyone! how is everyone?
Well, I suppose I should get started with how my trip has been so far. I met five of my other team members going on the same flight. Their names are Joanna, Drew, Ghee, Talia and Vanessa. We were supposed to fly from Minneapolis to Denver to San Francisco to the Nagoya airport in japan, BUT things did;t turn out how we wanted it to.
We flew to Denver just fine, but then our flight from Denver to San Fran got delayed due to mechanical problems. We waited and waited and the flight kept getting delayed until finally, it got canceled around noon. By that time, our flight from San Francisco to Nagoya had already left. We and a bunch of our unhappy passengers went to the customer service to get new flights over, but there was a LONG line and we had to wait there for two hours!!!! The customer service lady wasn;t helpful much and she gave us an alternative flight that we had to talk to Guy Healy about. She said she;d be ther another two hours and that we could come back and talk to her. We went off for an hour to figure things out and when we came back, SHE WAS GONE!!!! LIAR!!!! So for the next hour or so, we went around trying to get help not wanting to get back in line cause the line got lomger!!!! Finally we talked to a manager guy and he got us boarding passes for the next day that guy healy (the program) had bought for us through e-ticket.
unfortunately, we had to spend the night there and by then, everyone hated denver. WE HATE DENVER!!!!! The night was uneventful and uncomfortable. We woke up around 4-ish and got ready for our flight at 6am to los angeles and from there, we would fly to san fran then to nagoya... Of course, things got in the way again. we got to los angeles, BUT the flight got delayed as well because san fran had a freakin fog!!!! we were going to miss our flight... AGAIN! so we talked to someone and she really helped us out!!!! so we would fly to tokyp and from there, to nagoya. but we had to wait till noon, but it didn;t matter. just as long as it wasn;t denver, we were ok. we waited till noon, then there was another delay (yet another one!!!!???) but then we flew off in an hour. The flight was long, but I played my DS and listened to music and slept most of the time.
We got to Tokyo, but then, our bags were missing!!!!! There was a guy healy rep there to help us and three of us found our bags. _I got one of mine but the other was missing... dou shiyou ka_
Morning from japan everyone! how is everyone?
Well, I suppose I should get started with how my trip has been so far. I met five of my other team members going on the same flight. Their names are Joanna, Drew, Ghee, Talia and Vanessa. We were supposed to fly from Minneapolis to Denver to San Francisco to the Nagoya airport in japan, BUT things did;t turn out how we wanted it to.
We flew to Denver just fine, but then our flight from Denver to San Fran got delayed due to mechanical problems. We waited and waited and the flight kept getting delayed until finally, it got canceled around noon. By that time, our flight from San Francisco to Nagoya had already left. We and a bunch of our unhappy passengers went to the customer service to get new flights over, but there was a LONG line and we had to wait there for two hours!!!! The customer service lady wasn;t helpful much and she gave us an alternative flight that we had to talk to Guy Healy about. She said she;d be ther another two hours and that we could come back and talk to her. We went off for an hour to figure things out and when we came back, SHE WAS GONE!!!! LIAR!!!! So for the next hour or so, we went around trying to get help not wanting to get back in line cause the line got lomger!!!! Finally we talked to a manager guy and he got us boarding passes for the next day that guy healy (the program) had bought for us through e-ticket.
unfortunately, we had to spend the night there and by then, everyone hated denver. WE HATE DENVER!!!!! The night was uneventful and uncomfortable. We woke up around 4-ish and got ready for our flight at 6am to los angeles and from there, we would fly to san fran then to nagoya... Of course, things got in the way again. we got to los angeles, BUT the flight got delayed as well because san fran had a freakin fog!!!! we were going to miss our flight... AGAIN! so we talked to someone and she really helped us out!!!! so we would fly to tokyp and from there, to nagoya. but we had to wait till noon, but it didn;t matter. just as long as it wasn;t denver, we were ok. we waited till noon, then there was another delay (yet another one!!!!???) but then we flew off in an hour. The flight was long, but I played my DS and listened to music and slept most of the time.
We got to Tokyo, but then, our bags were missing!!!!! There was a guy healy rep there to help us and three of us found our bags. _I got one of mine but the other was missing... dou shiyou ka_
Thursday, June 14, 2007
No updates for a while now? What is up with me?
What is wrong with me not updating on moi? The super fantabulous maiself? lol Just kidding. Oh well, here be an update... well... kind of... I'll tell you a story for reading this!
Once upon a time, there lived a man...
And then he died...
The End!...
lol Yeah. I used to tell my younger sister La this extremely short story just to tease her when she wanted me to tell her a bedtime story, but that was ages ago... Well, what seemed to be ages anyway. Oh well, an update! A crappy update but an update nonetheless!!! Yay!!!! ;p
Once upon a time, there lived a man...
And then he died...
The End!...
lol Yeah. I used to tell my younger sister La this extremely short story just to tease her when she wanted me to tell her a bedtime story, but that was ages ago... Well, what seemed to be ages anyway. Oh well, an update! A crappy update but an update nonetheless!!! Yay!!!! ;p
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Longest Weekend Ever!
My weekend surprisingly started on Thursday. It was Natah's birthday and we went to the Korean Restaurant because that's where she wanted to go. We, being me, Natah and Maria. Pachie was supposed to come too, but her cousin was getting married during the weekend so she had to help prepare for the wedding and oversee stuff so she had no time. Anyway, we went and ordered Goon Mandu, Pork Bulgogi (I love their Pork Bulgogi! If anyone ever goes to a korean restaurant, you MUST order the Bulgogi!!!!) and Ja Jang Myeon because I hadn't tried it. We ate most of the food, but the Jang Ja Myeong had to be packed away for leftovers. It was good.
Afterwards, we went to Natah's house and sat around. She mixed up vodka with Fruit Punch for us and a separate vodka and Powerade concoction for herself. We tried it and it wasn't too bad. I hadn't had any alcoholic drinks since Maria's birthday party (and that was a LONG time ago!) and so I felt a little woozy, but I was ok. Maria drove me home afterwards and I was locked out of the house for a good three to five minutes before my brother finally came out of the bathroom and let me in. I went to sleep right away.
The next day, I went back in to work at Heller and worked till 5. It was long and boring and I messed around on the net most of the time because work was getting to me. Everyone had gone home around 5, leaving me to an empty office for the next couple hours. My mother was supposed to come pick me up, but she left me and went home saying that she would come back later to pick me up because my family were going to see my uncle and aunt's new baby that she just had on thursday. My sister kept calling me back and said that my mother was thinking of leaving me at the U. LEAVING ME!!!??? I was going to be stuck at the U all weekend with noone? I was HUNGRY too!!!
Luckily, my friend Jamie called me and I told her my situation and she said she could come pick me up. She had a hard time finding me and got lost around the U, but finally, she came. Adora and Cooley came with her because they were going to go see Pirates 3 and Jamie was nice enough to buy me a ticket too. We went to Wendy's to eat, but it was too expensive so I forewent it and around 9, we went to the new AMC theater at Rosedale. It was sooooooooo huge and pretty! I like it there! (but REALLY expensive!!!!) There was already a line for 10:00 showing of Pirates 3, but then again, it was the official first day of Pirates 3 so what can I say?
The movie seemed more comedic this time around and a little weird. There were weird moments (Will was making love to Elizabeth's leg. What the hell...!?) and things seemed a little innapropriate for little kiddies (once again, same scene), but all in all, I liked it a lot! Especially the ending! It wasn't all mushy mushy and happily ever after ending which was good! I kind of wanted it to be that way, (this is one of the few movies that I've actually wanted to end happy!) but the ending made me happy either way! We stayed till after the credits and saw something that was happy. It was nice. VERY GOOD MOVIE AND GOOD WAY TO END PIRATES!!! GO WATCH IT!!!! (if you can anyway...)
Then Saturday and Sunday, Wang, La and I had to babysit our baby sister, Gigi, and bring her with us to the mall. We went to Maplewod Mall the first day, then to Rosedale on Sunday. I just wasted money instead of buying what I really needed. I wasted too much rather, so I'll have to charge on my credit card now, which sucks too. Darn! Anywho, Cindy came along both days and we hung out. Gigi was being really bratty, but Cindy seemed to think she was pretty funny.
We were supposed to go shopping at MOA on monday together again, but my parents reconsidered letting me drive to the cities and made my sisters and me help them do landscaping. I wasn't too happy and needless to say, I will never buy a house now, or at least, a house with lots of land because landscaping is a bitch to do!
That was my weekend. I was very sore from going out since Thursday and doing landscaping on Monday. I'm sore and tired, but oh well. Aside from things happening to me, like I stated earlier, my uncle and aunt had a baby. Another aunt of mine went to the hospital from working too hard or something and then there was a death too. My father's "uncle's" wife committed suicide and so they're readying for a funeral for her. Man, so much to happen in one weekend. I just hope there's less to happen before I go to Japan.
Btw, my sister just happened to turn on the TV last night and Miss Universe was on. Boring shit and I hate watching it, but two of the finalists on there was Japan and Korea. That was pretty cool. The winner was sort of unexpected, but all good in the same way. Japan won. Yay, go Japan! Ok, then I told them to turn it off and looked on youtube for Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children and Ouran Host Club parodies. My sibs and I also watched a little bit of Madtv on youtube with Bobby Lee in the parodies of Memoirs of a Geisha, Korean dramas, and Grey's Anatomy. Not bad stuff. We were laughing the whole night.
Anyways, that's it for now. I'm just waiting on my friend to call me cause we're supposed to go to MOA until I have to be back at 5. Okie dokie. Me go now. Ja!
Afterwards, we went to Natah's house and sat around. She mixed up vodka with Fruit Punch for us and a separate vodka and Powerade concoction for herself. We tried it and it wasn't too bad. I hadn't had any alcoholic drinks since Maria's birthday party (and that was a LONG time ago!) and so I felt a little woozy, but I was ok. Maria drove me home afterwards and I was locked out of the house for a good three to five minutes before my brother finally came out of the bathroom and let me in. I went to sleep right away.
The next day, I went back in to work at Heller and worked till 5. It was long and boring and I messed around on the net most of the time because work was getting to me. Everyone had gone home around 5, leaving me to an empty office for the next couple hours. My mother was supposed to come pick me up, but she left me and went home saying that she would come back later to pick me up because my family were going to see my uncle and aunt's new baby that she just had on thursday. My sister kept calling me back and said that my mother was thinking of leaving me at the U. LEAVING ME!!!??? I was going to be stuck at the U all weekend with noone? I was HUNGRY too!!!
Luckily, my friend Jamie called me and I told her my situation and she said she could come pick me up. She had a hard time finding me and got lost around the U, but finally, she came. Adora and Cooley came with her because they were going to go see Pirates 3 and Jamie was nice enough to buy me a ticket too. We went to Wendy's to eat, but it was too expensive so I forewent it and around 9, we went to the new AMC theater at Rosedale. It was sooooooooo huge and pretty! I like it there! (but REALLY expensive!!!!) There was already a line for 10:00 showing of Pirates 3, but then again, it was the official first day of Pirates 3 so what can I say?
The movie seemed more comedic this time around and a little weird. There were weird moments (Will was making love to Elizabeth's leg. What the hell...!?) and things seemed a little innapropriate for little kiddies (once again, same scene), but all in all, I liked it a lot! Especially the ending! It wasn't all mushy mushy and happily ever after ending which was good! I kind of wanted it to be that way, (this is one of the few movies that I've actually wanted to end happy!) but the ending made me happy either way! We stayed till after the credits and saw something that was happy. It was nice. VERY GOOD MOVIE AND GOOD WAY TO END PIRATES!!! GO WATCH IT!!!! (if you can anyway...)
Then Saturday and Sunday, Wang, La and I had to babysit our baby sister, Gigi, and bring her with us to the mall. We went to Maplewod Mall the first day, then to Rosedale on Sunday. I just wasted money instead of buying what I really needed. I wasted too much rather, so I'll have to charge on my credit card now, which sucks too. Darn! Anywho, Cindy came along both days and we hung out. Gigi was being really bratty, but Cindy seemed to think she was pretty funny.
We were supposed to go shopping at MOA on monday together again, but my parents reconsidered letting me drive to the cities and made my sisters and me help them do landscaping. I wasn't too happy and needless to say, I will never buy a house now, or at least, a house with lots of land because landscaping is a bitch to do!
That was my weekend. I was very sore from going out since Thursday and doing landscaping on Monday. I'm sore and tired, but oh well. Aside from things happening to me, like I stated earlier, my uncle and aunt had a baby. Another aunt of mine went to the hospital from working too hard or something and then there was a death too. My father's "uncle's" wife committed suicide and so they're readying for a funeral for her. Man, so much to happen in one weekend. I just hope there's less to happen before I go to Japan.
Btw, my sister just happened to turn on the TV last night and Miss Universe was on. Boring shit and I hate watching it, but two of the finalists on there was Japan and Korea. That was pretty cool. The winner was sort of unexpected, but all good in the same way. Japan won. Yay, go Japan! Ok, then I told them to turn it off and looked on youtube for Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children and Ouran Host Club parodies. My sibs and I also watched a little bit of Madtv on youtube with Bobby Lee in the parodies of Memoirs of a Geisha, Korean dramas, and Grey's Anatomy. Not bad stuff. We were laughing the whole night.
Anyways, that's it for now. I'm just waiting on my friend to call me cause we're supposed to go to MOA until I have to be back at 5. Okie dokie. Me go now. Ja!
Thursday, May 24, 2007
First day of a random rambling blogger...
わあ！これはすごい！日本語の文を書かれている！すごい！
Anywho, back to eigo. Hmm... not bad for a blog. I've had three or so more before and they couldn't do japanese! I like this blog place already! 大好き！Hmm... I'm not really much of a blogger person, but since I'm going to Japan soon (hopefully my passport gets to me on time!) might as well have something to put up so that many people wouldn't have to ask me "what's up?" over and over again.
Blagh. I don't know what to write. Blah blah blah. lol
Donc, c'est tres bon n'est-ce pas? Ouais, c'est tres interessant!
Haha. That's about all I remember from French class from high school. Je parle un peu de francais! I miss it. It's been about four years since I last had french. I'm so tempted to buy a french book from the bookstore and bring it with me to Japan.
Hmm.. Which reminds me, do I have all my stuff to bring with me when I go to Japan? (I'm leaving on the 10th and won't be back till right before school starts! Agh! Jet-lag!) I think I have all my toiletries, two towels, a few books to bring with me (thinking about getting more), my Korean and Japanese textbooks, tiny japanese dictionary, my DS and the few games I have, my large, crappy, broken screen MP3 Player, money (mochiron!), Twister game, deck of cards (and maybe Uno?)...
Stuff to buy: NEED SUMMER CLOTHES!!! I'm too fat to fit into my summer clothes and winter was too long so I need clothes fit for the weather (hopefully I lose some weight over there... but then again, Osaka is famous for having good food so crap!!), rainjacket (I hate umbrellas), LOTS of CANDY, ALTOIDS AND GUM!!!! money (wait, I can't buy money!... or can I?... oh wait, I do, I need to buy Japanese money with my American money), more books to read over there, more DS games, first aid kit? (just in case), and more stuff that I can't remember.
All in all, I need to get more stuff. Ok, well, I really have to go to the loo so ta-ta! Yah, sure, you betcha! (^_~)
Anywho, back to eigo. Hmm... not bad for a blog. I've had three or so more before and they couldn't do japanese! I like this blog place already! 大好き！Hmm... I'm not really much of a blogger person, but since I'm going to Japan soon (hopefully my passport gets to me on time!) might as well have something to put up so that many people wouldn't have to ask me "what's up?" over and over again.
Blagh. I don't know what to write. Blah blah blah. lol
Donc, c'est tres bon n'est-ce pas? Ouais, c'est tres interessant!
Haha. That's about all I remember from French class from high school. Je parle un peu de francais! I miss it. It's been about four years since I last had french. I'm so tempted to buy a french book from the bookstore and bring it with me to Japan.
Hmm.. Which reminds me, do I have all my stuff to bring with me when I go to Japan? (I'm leaving on the 10th and won't be back till right before school starts! Agh! Jet-lag!) I think I have all my toiletries, two towels, a few books to bring with me (thinking about getting more), my Korean and Japanese textbooks, tiny japanese dictionary, my DS and the few games I have, my large, crappy, broken screen MP3 Player, money (mochiron!), Twister game, deck of cards (and maybe Uno?)...
Stuff to buy: NEED SUMMER CLOTHES!!! I'm too fat to fit into my summer clothes and winter was too long so I need clothes fit for the weather (hopefully I lose some weight over there... but then again, Osaka is famous for having good food so crap!!), rainjacket (I hate umbrellas), LOTS of CANDY, ALTOIDS AND GUM!!!! money (wait, I can't buy money!... or can I?... oh wait, I do, I need to buy Japanese money with my American money), more books to read over there, more DS games, first aid kit? (just in case), and more stuff that I can't remember.
All in all, I need to get more stuff. Ok, well, I really have to go to the loo so ta-ta! Yah, sure, you betcha! (^_~)
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