This is our last night in Canmore. Robyn and I will head home tomorrow morning as early as we could manage to get up. While I'm sad to go, this trip has been worth the long drive and more. I wish we had more time to explore Canmore and Banff, but what we did explore was beautiful. I have never been in a place panoramically surrounded by mountains, forests, rivers and lakes. Nature is everywhere you go, in every corner you turn, and I love it. Auntie Lynne's condo is in the heart of Canmore, where you can see the Rocky Mountains as soon as you step out of the door or look out of the window. It is also only 20 minutes to Banff and an hour to Calgary. Robyn and I actually had to drive all the way to Calgary to get the condo key, so we didn't get back to Canmore until late at night on Wednesday. When we woke up on Thursday, however, we were surprised by the view of the mountains around us since we couldn't see them in the night time. We then spent two days immersing ourselves in the mountainous beauty of the region, visiting the famous Lake Louis and hiking/riding a gondola up Sulphur Mountain in Banff. We couldn't do a lot of activities or visit too many places in two days, but we soaked in as much as we could the scenery and took tons of pictures. Despite the not so ideal weather condition and the time constraints, this trip has met every bit of my expectations. I even look forward to the drive back. It's supposed to be sunny tomorrow in the daytime, so we can enjoy the scenic journey back home.

Oh, I also got a call from the school I went to the interview for on Tuesday. They wanted me to come in for a second interview. We'll see how that turns out. Either way, I feel energized already and am ready to go back and face the drudgery of job hunting once again.

In short order:

*Our local Blockbuster's game selection FAILS. No Haunting Ground OR Rule of Rose to be found; instead, Kimmy bought a copy of Condemned: Criminal Origins for $15, which so far has indeed been delivering shiverfests.
*I have guard practice in the morning, which I do *not* want to attend. Blaaargh.
*Dinner tonight (steak fajita salad) was excellent.  :)
*I may have gone slightly overboard in buying snacks today.
*People are coming tomorrow!
*From Far Away is perhaps my new favorite manga title. It's like Fushigi Yugi, but it's actually good. I also started Ryo, which seems to be interesting as well. I think I may have a thing for time-travel manga...

So fail has been popping out of Korea lately when it comes to boy groups. Smash, r-eal, u-kiss... I was reluctant to try out JYP's newest group 2PM.

...

OSM

Granted that music isn't anything special but it's not anything bad either. But their new MV? ...I will let the following speak for itself.


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So, I randomly recalled posting a rant on Suzaku's KYness back in S1 13's discussion thread in Tsubasa 2005(which was the first time they started calling me D-sama), feeling nostalgic, I went back through the threads and found it.

....uh, so, one year ago, my Chinese was this good?

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Let's see...I know how to use 荒謬可笑(which I don't even know how to type right now), I know how to use 遷滅, and the persuasive tone back then even made me rethink my position right now. Maybe I should continue ranting about Suzaku. It helps my chinese and it gives me historical knowledge since Lelouch/Suzaku wanks always turn into China communism rants for some weird reason. Strangely I do recall saying something about Suzaku's KYness in Shirley's father's funeral(something along the lines of "lacing sadness with anger"?) while that point wasn't present in my post. OH NOES I GOT GEASS'D.

But seriously, now I have to think twice about posting a fluent chinese sentence, and back then I can actually...use persuasive speech? (Even if one of my points doesn't really stand in an objective view - I was unconsciously expecting omniscience on Suzaku's part, thus using right reasons in proving the wrong points)

Oh wow. I'm not sure how I should feel.

these are my sister's... she's been trying for the past few weeks to get them to hatch but they keep dying since she can't get enough unique views/clicks. Click these if you get a chance, please please? <3

Yay!!! The long awaited holiday (though it's only a week left T_T) has come! Nat-san asked me whether I would miss it yesterday. That question had made me pondered for a sec. Then swiftly I decide "No, it won't". Why? Because I would have the rest of my life working my ass off while my current campus life is just short-lived.

( Just a small internship analysis thought )

Early warning! Under cuts are pictures. The third cut is especially image heavy. ^-^

Well, my country's independence day is tomorrow (according to my time) and Mama got these lovely cakes and cupcakes from her workplace. My sis, Rai, also had a celebration of sorts at her kindergarten, and she brought back two chibi cakes back home. :3

( Piccie~ <3 )

And meme(s)! I promised others that they'll get tagged with another meme, so...*grins*

Tagged by...various people that I have now forgotten. ^^;

Handwriting meme
1. Your name/username.
2. Left-handed or right-handed?
3. Favourite letters to write?
4. Least favourite letters to write?
5. Write "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
6. Tag 6 people.
( Handwriting meme~ )
I'll be tagging:
# a_ashi 
# kuroi_akuryou 
# neko_mikyo 
# nodacanta 
# sillygoddess 
# yuki_onna 



NO. 2 Meme! Create your own band by using one member of groups to create your own. Then you name it!

Band name: Death Infusion. (because if there really is a band like this, I'd just die from over fangirling)

( Band Meme <3 )
I wanna tag, lemme tag!!!!
# stychan  (psst, try mixing your pop with rock xD)
# vmnoneko 
# xme_chanx 
# angie_valo 
# dreamunfettered 


Mwuahahaha. Ok I'm done. :3 Oh and p/s: I caught a cold. D:

i did it, whee~

airinojoo = trespass

*insert random dance*

edit// whoops. obvsly i fail in remembering dates DX

this isn't the most convenient cellphone...
http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/blog-english/index.php/kuma-phone-teddy-bear-from-willcom/

Oh what. Now Tsubasa2005 updated my icon.

...

Oh yeah, DGM 170 = wall of text? Info heavy? It didn't get me that excited though. I suppose the break does affect my interest a bit. And Code Geass coming to an end...if you think about it, OST2 is released just on the week of 25's airing. Not sure if I still have the desire to listen to Boku wa Tori ni Naru then, depending on how messed up this show can get.

Moar liek....are they really going to air 25 normally? I would prefer to not wait 4 months for an ending, even if it is Geass.

okay so i finally found out the guy from the swimming males USA team i like~ God it took me forever to find his name because there were all the other ugly ones and then phelps. D:


ricky berens (mmmm hmmm~ the one on the very left)
he looks goofy there but it's really hard to find a picture of him where he's not in the middle of swimming or that is current and he doesn't look goofy. D: i'll keep looking, but oh man~ i love swimmer and soccer bodies. so much <3

Holy shit, cats with wings.

No, really.

*flap flap flap*

New computer = BOUGHT.

I probably won't get it until mid September...oh well.

My sleep schedule is messed up, as usual.

Ahaha, I have nothing interesting to talk about today. I mean, RL is boring. And I've just been reading Kekkaishi (was reading Shinshi Doumei Cross, but I finished that yesterday) on the manga end and Of Demons and Gods (Naruto fanfic) on FF.net. And then, of course, stalking my friends page and Sekai. AND my email. But anyway.

Sometimes things make me wonder about other things. One remark by a teacher made me wonder if my actions and the repercussions are worth it. Whether what I do makes it fair on other people. Whether natural intelligence and talent can make up for being so utterly lazy and irresponsible (hell no, of course).

"God helps those who help themselves." That particular statement is...well, it both supports and contradicts what I think, because, naturally, if you don't even want to help yourself there is no way others can help you, be it emotionally or in your studies or in any other areas of your life. But then there are some people who are naturally gifted in certain ways, so much so that it comes naturally to them (especially when it comes to studies), that you never ever see them work hard and yet the results they get are such a far cry from yours. Would that be a case of  "God is unfair"? How can you say that no one can help you unless you help yourself when you're not even trying and still things always turn out alright?

But of course, I'm weird enough to think about things like that. I MEAN, NORMAL 16 YEAR OLD GIRLS HAVE THEIR HEADS FULL OF...well, guys, and school, and friends. Certainly not about weird-serious topics like this.

One of the shortcomings of having friends of the literary/philosophical type who are ALL older than you, I suppose.

I'm about to go to my last day of band camp at NFHS and I feel like my life is ending :(

Today sucked.

I call for a do over.

Or better yet. A skip over.

[/grumping]

someone posted this site that made me absolutely lol~

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/

the entry on japan made me laugh. a lot of them say stuff that i've heard and i was thinking in my head, "yeah, that's true"~ lol i definitely hear the sentiment in that entry, too. X3

i got my film book. it's really interesting, looking through it i saw so many pictures from movies i wanted to watch or have watched. i went through it while my mom and i were heading back home and she was like "ohhh~ i wanted to watch this" or "yeah, i've seen that one!" i want to rent Vertigo after looking at some of the pictures. and i still need to see The Piano. O: i didn't know about the ending, but my mom told me and i was kind of grossed out. D:

got home, we watched Gov. Palin give her speech becoming the running mate for McCain. i'm sorry to say, but i really think obama's got some serious competition. she seems pretty solid, even though she's got less time and is younger than Obama. yeah, i've been keeping up with the presidential election, kind of. it helps when that's all i hear when i go downstairs. my parents are constantly talking about it, it's on in the morning, and i can't get away from it especially since my World Ideologies class is discussing American politics right now. D: but, it can't be bad for me to be informed. it'd be kind of nice to really know what i'm going to do when it comes time to vote in november.

blahh~ i put a box full of clothes i don't/can't wear anymore outside of my room. i have to go through my shoes next. :( i don't want to. i love my shoes. <3 oh well, i guess i need to. i'm glad i cleaned up a lot though. and now i have room for my new clothes. <333

not much else to update. i really want my charms to come in soon. i don't think i'll get them til next week. it feels so far away.

all right, that's all for now. <3
goodnight, grandma~

I think this is my favourite song off SMAP. And favourite performance. And favourite dance move. XD I kept thinking, I wannaaaaaa gooooooooooooo D: unfortunately, not a big fan of their outfits. =_= Johnny you need to hire proper fashion consultant/designer or something one of these days! Before you, you know...

Ramadhan in less than 2 days!

Nakakabwisit talaga yung mga trying hard na magbulletin sa friendster in english. Leche mali mali pang grammar at spelling kaasar talaga :)
Anyway, lapit na pasukan, expect more updates haha :) Yehey!

Name: Jessica
Date: 8/29/2008
Colorgenics Number: 37062415

You feel as if you have missed out on a great deal that life had to offer and you go about trying to make up for past failures. Naturally at times you get depressed and you try to compensate for your 'missed opportunities' by living your life to the full. This is what, perhaps, may be described as 'living with exaggerated intensity'. In this way you feel you can break the chains of the past and start again - and it could be that you are right.

You seem to lack the energy of late to get up and go. Your objectives appear to be unattainable and no one seems to care. You feel lost, neglected and need some W.T.C. (Warm tender care).

Enough is enough - but the problems never seem to stop. They never stop. You feel, and maybe you are right, that the problems seem to go on and on and you have indeed had more than your fair share of trials and tribulations. But to give you credit - you bounce back time and time again - you stick to your beliefs because deep down you have that inner knowledge, that 'belief' system that in the end, everything will turn out OK - and you are right -it will!

All of your stress arises from lack of mutual understanding. The existing situation is unsatisfactory and you feel that you are unable to improve it without the help and co-operation of others. The need for understanding and for affectionate 'give and take' remains unsatisfied. You are experiencing the feeling of being 'handcuffed' - 'tied down' - 'hindered' - 'restrained' and this untenable situation is giving rise to impatience, irritability and the desire to escape from it all.

You really would like to be completely uninhibited - to let your hair down - but you are held back by your sense of logic and rationalilty, since you realise that by simple stupidity you could lose everything - whatever that may be.

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i took this short test after i saw Chloe post her results in her LJ. i think mine is about 80% - 90% accurate. the only part that's not accurate is the part about my stress arising from a lack of mutual understanding. i do however feel restrained by school. ): which links to the last paragraph. i would love to just slack my days away but my logic tells me that's plain stupidity cuz i would flunk Uni and not graduate with a degree. and yeah, like i mentioned in my previous entry, my motto in life is to try everything at least once except smoking and drugs so i do stuff randomly. and yeah, definitely lack of energy to do my school assignments. ): but like the third paragraph says, im still possimistic at the end of the day and believe that everything will turn out well. ^^

anyway for those who wants to try this short (maximum 30 secs) test, click here. then click the big, yellow, moving box to start the test. ^^

Because my mother and I were out this morning, we went out for breakfast together.

Mmm, McDonald's. It's tasty, but only in a once-in-a-while thing. I had a Sausage, Cheese and Egg McGriddle, which according to the nutritional info had 550 calories. Eep. It's not the sort of thing you want to be eating regularly unless you're in construction or an athlete or something.

Leaving for my interview in half an hour. Wish me luck!

yet another cooking entry. :P this time i decided to be adventurous and give this recipe a chance. cuz strawberries and balsamic vinegar just seemed wrong. but since i have tons of balsemic vinegar (i use it for my greek salad) and strawberries are almost in season so it's really cheap, i decided to try it out. after all, my motto in life is to try things at least once with the exception of smoking and drugs.

guess what? it's actually quite nice! i was of course aprehensive before i tasted it but i plucked up my courage and popped one in my mouth. it's really quite nice. despite the sour smell from the vinegar, it's actually sweet with a tinge of sourness. the writer of the website said she can just drink the leftover liquid cuz it tastes fantastic. it does, but it's far too sweet and thick for me! maybe i'll try adding sparkling water though.

so well, give this a try. ^^ sounds really wrong and weird but who knows, you may end up liking it. :)

Strawberries in balsamic vinegar recipe

I blame all of this snafu on Gettysburg's half-baked graduation requirement  list, and people in the Financial Aid office who DON'T FUCKING READ THEIR E-MAIL.

Essentially? Because we have to have a "non-lab," i.e. ES class to graduate...and since science majors comprise roughly 1/3 of the student body...ES classes are notoriously hard to get into. Hence why it's taken me HOW many years to get in? Honestly, either hire some more professors and expand the class size and section, or just drop the requirement altogether. I'M A HUMANITIES MAJOR. Where in the fuck am I going to need to know about photosynthesis? Clearly in the middle of a courtroom interpretation or a board meeting, mmmmhmm.

It also turns out that the loan my dad applied for over a month ago has not gone through for reasons unknown. I've been received bitchy e-mails from Mrs. Quinley in the FinAid department that I need to pay $7,000 so I can finish registering for classes. Until then, I can't add, drop, etc.  Yet we've e-mailed her twice,e xplained what's going on. And STILL I get the e-mails.

Did I mention I'm still on the waitlist for an ES class, and all anyone's telling me to do is wait? I honestly have no idea what's happening anymore. The first day of that class isn't until next Wednesday, so I do have some time...to march down to the ES department and demand to know what's going on.



GRRAAAAAARRR GETTYSBURG WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS MY SENIOR YEAR?


......anywho, Kimmy and I finished Fatal Frame 2 together (ending wtf?) and I'm going to bug her to drive to Blockbuster today and rent Rule of Rose. MUST REPLACE FRUSTRATION WITH LOLI SURVIVAL HORROR. Clearly that is the answer.

山下の日记 (08.08.28)
Good evening
I had dinner wif my co-workers yesterday!
They talked about many interesting stuff!
senpai-tachi also gave me many tips!
very happy!
then I played ping pong with勝村san!
Hes reli good at it ne!

Will have to make a full-blown entry about this later...

But right now, all I can say is...straight up, biatch!!!!!!! *evil maniacal laugh*

New wallpaper for desktop!

Show me yours!



That's my work computer desktop.

C'mon! Alt+ Print Screen me! :)

Go Student's for McCain!



As hellziggy said, "with a pen like that you can be secure in the knowledge that no child will be left behind".

That's all I've got to say about that

TSUBASA 2005 FORUM, I DEFY THEE!

Is there like a period of time between icon changes in Tsubasa 2005 or something? 'cause my constant failure at uploading the icon is freaking me out.

EDIT: This is creepy. I tried uploading icons of different sizes and what Tsubasa does is adjust my original icon to the new icon size. What. Is. Happening.　Also, icon=most challenging photo manip I've did up till now. Spent like 40 minutes or so multi-tasking(listening to Rurukuru Station + chatting + photoshop). It's almost like a Geass triforce.

( OST2 tracklist under cut )

kolejne rozstanie





najfajniejsze jest to, ze poza tym jednym komentarzem to on chyba nie zdaje sobie sprawy z tego przez co przechodze. ale pogodze sie z tym, jak ze wszystkim. bylo minelo. to nie pierwszy raz. zalezy teraz jak sie sprawy potocza. ale z tego co widze, bedzie wszystko dobrze. dla niego. moga byc problemy i nie wiem ile ten zwiazek potrwa. ale bedzie.

czy jestem smutna... nie, kur*a, skacze z radosci. tylko uloz to sobie jakos i bede szczesliwa. bo juz mam tego dosyc. niech ten raz ci sie poszczesci.



a ja... pora poszukac wlasnego szczescia.