Thoughts on Boys Before Flowers Ep 21 - 25

• On the soccer field
  "Stop already and come over here! Keep it up and you're going to collapse!"
  "Who knows, he may be trying to collapse."
  Lawl =]
• They're still overdoing the flashbacks x_X For example, I don't think the flashbacks of Jun Pyo's sister and Jan Di telling his mom what he likes and stuff was necessary when his mom was at the fish cakes stand... because it JUST happened a few seconds ago. I don't think we would forget it that easily and it's pretty obvious what she was thinking about.
  
• Oh I didn't think they would include all the stuff with the new girl at the hospital when Jun Pyo loses his memory just because they spent a lot of time on Jae Kyung.
• Wow I already think Yu Mi is annoying and she hasn't done anything yet.
• Yeah, she's a bitch =] She reminds me of someone too.
• I like the cookies better than the egg rolls
  
  
  
  
• Whoa. The whole scene with Jan Di falling into the pool was pretty intense o_o. Though I think if she was in there for that long in real life she would've drowned already >.<
• Jan Di's longer hair 4 years later look weird xP I love how her hair changes but then Ji Hoo's is still the same ahah.
• Realistically... I think Jun Pyo would visit Korea a few times in 4 years T_T because 1. he has money 2. I'm pretty sure school does not go for 4 years straight
  
• Mmmm... I'm also iffy about the ending. I think there could've been a better way to end it. And also I'm not sure exactly what it is, but I feel that there are some things they didn't have closure with xP
• K I remember some now lol.
  
  • They didn't really say anything about Yu Mi after. She just kinda ran away and that was it.
    
  • We don't really hear from Seo Hyung again after she leaves or Oh Min Ji unlike HYD where they do kinda come back.
    
  • We don't really see how Jun Pyo's mom feels about Jan Di in the end or any change in how she treats her because the last time they saw each other was at the hospital I believe.
    

Overall, I think I like the original better. I like most of the actors better in the Japanese version.. except Jae Kyung of course =]. The two leads in both dramas didn't really feel like the same characters to me, which is not a bad thing of course. But I do like the leads in Hana Yori Dango a lot better than Boy Before Flowers.

Tsukasa looks sooo much better than Jun Pyo =] (Don't kill me Rheena D: )
I think Tsukasa was more unpredictable than Jun Pyo. Though I think he seemed more violent too? I also found him funnier with all his speaking mistakes. Jun Pyo's screams were annoying as hell! It wasn't like AHHH or UGHH ... it was AAAIIIEEESSSHHHH!!! (in a high tone)

I think Jan Di and Makino were both very cute =] I felt Makino's character was more fiesty and more of a "weed" than Jan Di.

I felt that in the Korean version they spent a lot of time with Jan Di and Jun Pyo apart and too much of Jan Di and Ji Hoo, and Jun Pyo and Jae Kyung. I also didn't really like how Jan Di and Jun Pyo were able to willingly kiss Ji Hoo and Jae Kyung, where as in the Japanese version it was more unexpected for them so they really had no choice.

I think the fact that I watched Hana Yori Dango before Boys Before Flowers also greatly affected my opinion just because I already knew what would be happening. Though I do give credit to the Koreans for not completely following the original drama and adding other elements which were awesome.


K... so what do I watch now??? D:

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Restaurant City update

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So don't feel bad

I saw it coming
I just thought that you should know
I'm feeling better every day
I'm only waiting if you stay
So don't feel bad
Your faith was an illusion
And you're as loyal as your faith
Will let you be

Your expectation
It's not hard to live without
I'm feeling better every day
And emptiness still leaves a space
So don't feel bad
You lost all your emotion
And may you find all your relations
Will keep you free

A careless bird is complicated
An empty nest still leaves a space

Au Revoir Simone - Stay Golden


I didn't realize how beautiful these lyrics were til now.

I love the way she moves.

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Thoughts on Boys Before Flowers Ep 10 -20

More thoughts yayyyy. This time you can tell I was clearly watching and writing little thoughts at the same time =]

• I like how they incorporated the drama with the model guy and connected him to the beginning of the drama unlike the japanese version where he was just like a random character out of nowhere. But then again, Hana Yori Dango was split into two seasons. I also think the model guy is cuter than F4 >.>
• For the necklace they used a star and a moon rather than the planet saturn in HYD. Right now I personally like the saturn necklace better because there was more of a reason why he gave her a saturn necklace. The star and moon thing seems more cliche and common to me although it is a very cute necklace =] I guess the worst it could be is a heart shape necklace. Super cliche.
  
  
  
  
  
• The cat plushies that Jan Di's family were making at the beginning of episode 13 are so cute x] They kinda look like pillows too. It makes me want to make pillows!
  
• K Jun Pyo's screams are reallyyyy starting to get annoying. They sound so weird. He honestly sounds like some kind of animal x_X
• I really like Jan Di's jacket/dress/sweater thing that she wore in episode 14.
• OMG Ji Hoo looks SO much better with the haircut -_-
• The child So Yi Jung really does look like a younger version of him. Awww.
  
• I really like the actress that plays Jae (aka. Jun Pyo's fiancee). I like her better in that role than the actress in the original version. I don't know whyyyy lol.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• I think they are starting to overdo the flashbacks just a bit. I've seen the same ones with Jun Pyo and Jan Di a billion times already xP
• Awwww it's so cute when Jun Pyo is sleeping with the cat plushie Jan Di gave him =]
• I really wonder how on earth they are getting pictures of Jan Di like everywhere x_X and pretty good and close pictures too.
• I want a bike with a basket on it =(
• The rooftop house they move in looks like one that I've seen in another drama before... I think maybe Exhibition of Fireworks (not the greatest one) ... unless they all usually look like that? D:
• All the pottery is starting to influence me in making my polymer clay charms that I did last year in Gr 12 art again. I want to make a puzzle piece charm x]
• Asian dramas always make me so hungry T_T Especially this one! D:
• Wow Ji Hoo is such a jerk to his grandfather who is trying so hard T_T
  
• I really like all the drama they incorporated with Jae Kyung in comparison to the original. It's a lot longer but I guess that's because they're skipping out on another character that was in the last few episodes of the original. So in this version, they really do focus a lot on her.
  

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Thoughts on Boys Before Flowers Ep 1 - 9

Yeahhh... I'm on episode 10 now ahah. I was too busy too write my thoughts on the beginning and stuff because of exams AND also because I was already hooked on the drama. Well, I'm pretty sure I won't be able to remember everything but I'll write what I can remember from the start now.

• I really like how they didn't completely follow the original japanese version of Hana Yori Dango. They added new things and also altered stuff. So, it's almost watching a completely different drama for me.
• Again in another asian drama, they have awesome uniforms! D:
  
  
  
  
  
• Jan Di's family seems to be more wealthier
• OMG Jan Di's father... I have seen him in so many freakin dramas! And he's always playing the father! XD He's such a good actor too. No wonder he got this role! So far I've seen him in Delightful Girl Choon Hyang, Witch Yoo Hee, Absolute Boyfriend, and now Boys Before Flowers.
  
• I think F4 all together aren't as cute as the F4 in Hana Yori Dango.
  
• Ji Hoo who is the equivalent of Rui is not attractive to me at all even though he has the same hair colour as the original. His character is also a lot different in this drama. I just find him a complete back stabbing jerk.
  
• They also changed some of the relationship levels here I guess. Like... Seo Hyun and Ji Hoo kissed? what? In the original, Shizuka (Seo Hyun) doesn't really do anything like that with Rui at the beginning, and seems to be more stronger.
  
• I really like the actress who plays Seo Hyun. I've seen her in Delightfu Girl Choon Hyang and Exhibition of Fireworks (which I did not like btw). I think she is beautiful, especially in this drama since she is a model.
  
  
• In the scene when Jan Di and Jun Pyo are stuck together overnight, I thought it was cute how they were wearing similar outfits to the original. Jun Pyo was wearing the same hat and Jan Di was wearing a scarf with small pom poms on it. However, it made me sad that she didn't exactly take it off to warm him like in the original. Also, I think this scene in the original was better though, just because they were stuck in an elevator which is more closed than a skytrain?
• In the whole scamming incident with Jan Di's friend Oh Min Ji.. I think the solution and investigation and what not was WAY too easy because it has the guy's face in the picture and he is freakin posing >.<>

That's all I can remember for now ahah. I guess I'll update again in another 5 episodes... maybe.

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Restaurant City

I am currently hooked on this game called Restaurant City on Facebook because Katherine asked me to play and I got addicted right away. I guess mostly because I looked at other people's restaurants and I wanted mine to look as awesome! ahah. Literally, the next day 5 of my friends started it too and now it has just become a chain reaction. It's still going D:
I've just been leaving it on as I study so I can get more money and points >=]

This is what my restaurant currently looks like. It's nothing compared to other people I have on facebook xP

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Boys Before Flowers

I started watching Boys Before Flowers after I kept hearing Bubzbeauty talk about it a lot in her videos and website and stuff ahah. It's pretty much the Korean version of my all time fav drama Hana Yori Dango =] So I am quite excited about it ahah.
I have decided to write here about what I think about it as I go along. I will update after very episode or every couple episodes.

Jan Di is an average girl whose family owns a dry-cleaning shop that is located near the luxurious and well-known Shin Hwa College. Jan Di meets the four most richest and spoiled boys when she delivers laundry to the school one day. The boys are known as the F4 and cause trouble to those who speak out against them.

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Happy Birthday Dorothy!

Thanks for the sunshine today =]

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Feathers yayyy

I made a new headband =] It's like my first one except a lot bigger. I wanted to make one that looked like those feather pads that people just buy on their own. Mine's cooler XD Me thinks.

Oh yeah, I cut my bangs again.

aaand...
No one comments on my posts anymore =P

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Jazz Review Class

Our whole class is split into 6 groups so that's why I'm always dancing with the same people. These are the 4 dance combos we have to do for our assessment. I personally like the 1st and 2nd one the best. It won't be hard to figure out which one I am. Hope you enjoy!

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feel the rain on your skin.

So, I was looking through all my old files and I came across this.
I miss this ahah. It's probably like my only performance that I did at school that was filmed... that I know of. I love this version of Unwritten =] Acoustics yayyy!
I realize how much my dancing style has changed compared to back then. If I choreographed to this song again it would be completely different. No one really knows how I dance now.

Artsfest May 2008

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Brown Sugar Macchiato

I am currently watching this drama right now and so far I love it =]
I really just wanted to look for a lighter drama to watch rather than a whole dramatic one that is predictable. And this one is the perfect. It's a lot different because it revolves around a lot of characters instead of just two. There are six guys and nine girls. But for the girls they don't really emphasize all nine of them. Well, so far at least. I'm over half way through the drama.

One day, six boys with different personalities and backgrounds are notified they shared the same father. And on top of that they are entitled to a large inheritance. There is only one catch. They must attend the same school and live in the same house for one year to become loving brothers.

But, the boys not only hate each other, they have to deal with nine mean girls from their class. Will the brothers band together and successfully pass the inheritance test? Or, will falling in love with their classmates pull them farther apart?

Because there are so many of them, I do tend to have some favourites ahah. Oh, and I just found out that most of their names in the drama are their actual names in real life. You probably won't know who I'm talking about until you watch the drama yourself. So, for the guys I like Wang Zi and Ah Wei. And for the girls I like Ya Tou and Gui Gui.

Oh and another thing I love about this drama is their school uniform! I think they're sooo awesome and cute! My high school uniform looks so plain compared to it.

Sadly, these are the only pics of me I could find in "uniform"! But now you can totally see how much I accessorized myself through high school and why. ahah. I couldn't find a pic of me wearing my kilt D:

I kinda wanna try and look for something similar to their uniforms to wear out, which is pretty much finding a red vest and some nice golf shirt with plaid designs on it.

Another random thing...
I also really like how Ya Tou has her hair when she's in her maid outfit. Sometimes she has it in a ponytail with a big black bow that looks like cat ears in a way. I think its a really cute way of wearing a ponytail and it would be pretty useful for me since my hair is usually up when I go to school because I usually start with my dance classes. If I can find a pic of her with her hair like this I'll put it up =]

So far this drama is one of my "light" favourites =] I really do recommend it if you're looking for a comedic drama that's not full of suspense D:

Until next time.
Toodlez~

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Dead Like Me

This is probably like the only TV series in English that I've followed. It's not that popular though. I only started watching it one day because my siblings and I randomly found it on the Rogers Demand thingy. I love the plot line. It's so original and creative. Yes, it does deal with death and such, but in a more comedic way. I do recommend watching this series if you have access to it.

This is the synopsis

Eighteen-year-old Georgia "George" Lass (played by Muth) is the show's protagonist and narrator. George dies early in the pilot episode. She becomes one of the "undead", a grim reaper. George soon learns that a Reaper's job is to remove the souls of people, preferably right before they die, and escort them until they move on into their after life. George's death leaves her mother and rest of her family behind at a point when her relationships with them were on shaky ground. The show explores the "lives" and experiences of a small team of such Reapers, as well as the post-mortem changes in George and her family as they deal with George's death.

They have made two seasons and three years later they made a movie.
And this is my review on it.

If you have seen the series, you are more likely to know what and who I will be talking about. Overall, the movie was really good. It didn't seem like a great ending for the series though. Well, for me at least. I tend to have high expectations of it. So, I'm HOPING there will be another movie, but I highly doubt it.
They could not recruit all the original cast of the Dead Like Me Series and that bothered me a bit. Rube, who was such an important character in the series, was not in the movie. They did give an explanation as to why the character wasn't there in the movie, but it just seemed random. Then there was Daisy who was missing. Well, she wasn't missing; she was just replaced by another actress, who I did not like so much. The original Daisy was so much prettier and younger looking. I hated how the new Daisy acted like her. I felt that she kind overplayed the original one. But whateverrrr.
However, in the movie, I was so proud of Britt McKillip (aka. Reggie). They did focus on her a lot in this movie, which I was happy about because she was one of my favourite characters. I'm also glad that she finally found out that Georgia was still "alive" just because she was so close to finding out about it for sure during the series. I swear I would have been pissed if she didn't find out in the movie!

S'yeah. Go and watch this! I know I have been recommending so many shows like crazy lately XD. Oh wells.

Toodlez~

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what do I look like?

This is just a quickie...

I have realized for maybe the past year that people often mistaken me regarding my ethnicity. I am a full Filipino. Yes, full.
I have gotten Viet, Chinese, part Korean, and Spanish. Especially, Viet recently.. for some reason. At the same time, some people do guess my real ethnicity.

BUT
... today, I just found out that my friend's friend thought I was WHITE!
whaaaaaat????? o_O

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just sleeping.

I see signs now all the time
That you're not dead, you're sleeping.
I believe in anything
That brings you back home to me.

Bloc Party - Signs

This verse reminds me so much of Dorothy. And I don't think of her as 'dead' because I know that we will see her again one day, as well as anyone else you know that has passed.

Miss you

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Improv Art Piece

In my improv class before Reading Week, we did an activity where we all had a chair and placed ourselves in any area in the studio that was comfortable to us. We then had to close our eyes and improv around the chair. I don't know if this will sound weird or lame but we had to have some sort of "journey" starting on the chair, to the floor, and then back on the chair. Well, not literally a journey, but just some thing kept in mind so we're not just moving around the chair just because we were told to. Let's say we had to move with purpose.

With these kind of activities, the things I end up thinking about always happen to revolve around the same thing that I have experienced. I'm not exactly sure why. Maybe it's more comfortable for me to think of that even though it's not all happy memories that come out. During my improv, I was surprised with the different kinds of things I was able to do with the folding chair. I thought I would have gotten stuck in the middle at some point, but I just kept going and it lead on to other places. I hope whatever I'm explaining isn't too weird ahah. It's a very dancerly thing to talk about... I think.

Onto the idea of my improv. When I started on the chair, I felt like I was waiting for something that I knew was probably not going to come. The ideal thing would be to just leave the chair. However, I found that I still had a little bit of hope in me and couldn't move away from the chair. During the entire exercise, I was always in contact with the chair even when I went on the ground.

After the exercise, my teacher then told us that next week we had to bring a piece of art of any form other than dance that expressed our journey. This was obviously a great opportunity for me to do a painting because I miss visual arts! T_T So I did a painting =]

So here is a girl waiting in the rain for someone and she is tied to a lamp post. The red ribbon symbolizes her feelings which is what is tying her down. And if you look closely at the puddles at the bottom, the ribbon does not have its own reflection because it's not a physical thing.

For those who have seen my artwork in Grade 12, you may find that this painting is similar to one I did last year.

You can't really see because of the flash, but it says "YOU MAY SAY I'M A DREAMER. BUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE." Yes, these are lyrics from John Lennon's Imagine =] Just a short summary of why I did this. In my art class in grade 12, we had to pick a theme and make 4 art pieces based on it. My theme was Imagination and this one was my last piece. Maybe I'll post the other ones later.

The style this was painted in was inspired by this artist I found on deviantart named Leonid Afremov. There are a billion paintings posted if you check his stuff out. I really like the use of colour in all his paintings. I am really attracted to colour if you haven't noticed ahah. He makes realistic every day scenes seem magical =] ahah. It's not hard to paint like this. You do not have to make sure that there are clean lines. I didn't even have to draw any outline for my Improv Art piece. I just went right into it. Because I only had to use mainly black and white and used such a small canvas, it only took me about 2 hours to finish it. Well, 2 hours seems short to me at least x]

I really opened up a little bit of my artistic side today. ahah
I hoped you enjoyed my art pieces =]

Until next time.
Toodlez~

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My Reading Week

My Reading week didn't feel completely like a break just because I still had dance and stuff. But I was able to catch up on sleep ahah. I thought that it would be a chance for me to see most of the friends that I STILL haven't seen since 2008, but I pretty much just saw the same friends that I see every single week, which are Lizzeh and Bryan.

Bryan had been meaning to come and visit me at school downtown for a while, but we never really got to it. So we used one of the days during my reading week as an opportunity to hang out downtown together and show him around my school =] Pretty much I brought him to this All you can eat Sushi place called Mariko (I think) that I had been to once with another friend. I know there's a lot in the area but it was the closest to my school and I wasn't sure how good it was at the other places. The food was really good and the service wasn't bad at all. They did forget one order which was my sushi pizza (which is LOVE by the way) so I just told the waiter. He came back and he actually apologized very sincerely and told me that they didn't see it which surprised me because I had never gotten an apology like that at other sushi places before. Usually they're like "oh..." [walks away] or "It's coming"(when it actually wasn't). One thing that I really liked about this sushi place compared to others that I've been to is that they actually have Sashimi on their lunch menu! I <3 Sashimi =]

Afterward, I went to go and show him around my school, which did not last very long because I only took him into the Theatre school building since I'm there most of the time. It's not a huge ass building either. I was able to show him at least one of the studios that I'm in most of the time that's supposedly haunted.
Then on our way back we decided to go to the Apple store and take some Mac pictures. harhar~

Two days later, I hung out with Bryan (again) and Lizzeh yayyy.
We had bubble tea =] That's pretty much it. I got watermelon, my fave. ahah.

Did I do any studying that I should have done the whole week? barely. lulz
Until next time.
Toodlez~

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So I can feel happier

We live on a mountain
Right at the top
There's a beautiful view
From the top of the mountain
Every morning I walk towards the edge
And throw little things off
Like: Car-parts, bottles and cutlery
Or whatever I find lying around

It's become a habit
A way
To start the day

I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you

Bjork - Hyper-ballad

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Awareness Tests

OMG my brother showed me these on youtube.
They're hilarious.

I felt so stupid after watching this one.



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This one was trippy ahah.


Hope this makes your day. It totally made mine XD

Toodlez~

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keeping me down.

Set me free, leave me be. I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity.
Here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I'm supposed to be.
But you're on to me and all over me.

Sara Bareilles - Gravity


I absolutely love this song. I hope I'll get the opportunity to dance to it one day.

Cathy Nguyen and Gabe Bondoc are amazing =]

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But keep one eye open at night...

I have been finding more songs that I really like recently and they all happen to be about the same thing that I can easily relate to. One of them is Elephants by Rachael Yamagata. I actually heard it from dance because it's going to be my lyrical solo song for competition this year (even though I'm not really supposed to be competing while at school, but oh wells.) At first, I was very iffy about the song because it just sounded like a normal pretty lyrical song and my solo probably wouldn't be that significant at competition. But then I went home and downloaded the song and looked up the lyrics.. It's actually not a pretty song at all (not in a bad way). They're quite violent actually... I realized this after listening to the whole song. I think the lyrics are amazing and have sooo much meaning.

If the elephants have past lives, yet are destined to always remember,
it's no wonder how they scream,
like you and I, they must have some temper.
And I am dreaming of them on the plains, dirtying up their beds,
watching for some kind of rain to cool their hot heads.
And how dare that you send me that card when I'm doing all that I can do.
You are forcing me to remember when all I want is to just forget you.

If the tiger shall protect her young, then tell me how did you slip by.
All my instincts have failed me for once -- I must have somehow slept the whole night.
And I am dreaming of them with their kill, tearing it all apart,
blood dripping from their lips, and teeth sinking into heart.
And how dare that you say you will call, when you know I need some peace of mind..
If you had to take sides with the animals, won't you do it with one who is kind?

If the hawks in the trees need the dead, if you're living you don't stand a chance.
You can lie there and say you are fed, but there are only two ends to this dance.
You can flee with your wounds just in time, or lie there as he feeds,
watching yourself ripped to shreds and laughing as you bleed.

So for those of you falling in love, keep it kind, keep it good, keep it right.
Throw yourself in the midst of danger, but keep one eye open at night.

Rachael Yamagata - Elephants

I couldn't pick one verse so I just decided to post the whole song ahah. But basically, Rachael is singing about someone she fell in love with and is trying to forget because he hurt her badly. He knows that she still loves him and is playing with her emotions. In the song she uses the animals to describe their relationship. Their temper towards each other is described like the screams of elephants. The tiger refers to herself while the hawk refers to her lover, hence the genders noted in the verses. I really like songs that have metaphorically lyrics like this and don't spoon feed the story and meaning to the listeners. In the last two lines, she gives a warning to those in love, telling them to take the risk but be cautious because anything can happen.

I think now that I know the meaning of this song, I can appreciate my solo to this song more as it gets choreographed by my teacher. I hope I get good choreography and am able to make it my own =] My jazz solo is also to a bitter song, but I'll save it for another day.

Until next time.
Toodlez~

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Two.

And we will only need each other, we'll breathe together,
our hands will not be taught to hold another's,
when we're the special two.
And we could only see each other, we'll bleed together,
these arms will not be taught to need another's,
when we're the special two.

Missy Higgins - The Special Two


It's amazing what can happen in as little as two years.

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Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone has an awesome holiday =]

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Knitting yayyy

As you may already know, I have decided to knit for all my close friends for this Christmas as well as my older siblings. I am using this as an opportunity to further my knowledge of knitting.

I am also in the process of learning how to crochet because apparently it is easier? But it looks more confusing to me. I was actually at Wal Mart the other day and I bought myself a crochet hook because I saw a tutorial on ThreadBanger on how to crochet a hat. It looks really complicated x_X. But then again it is a Thread Banger tutorial and no offense but their previous knitting tutorials were completely wrong. Well, at least I think they were. Their knitting tutorial was the very first one I looked at to learn how to knit and for some reason it just wasn't working? Even on the comments below people were like wtf. So, then I finally went to a better tutorial by cyberseams =] And yes, it did work. Thread Bangers also put up another tutorial on how to knit a pidge scarf, which isn't hard at all. But of course they told people to go and refer back to their first tutorial on how to knit. This new type of scarf is basically a shorter basic scarf with just adding two button holes on the same row. And again... the button holes did not work out -_- I later found a way better tutorial on how to knit a button hole by someone else. They used a completely different method, which made tighter and cleaner button holes =]. I'm sorry, I love Thread Bangers and all, but their knitting tutorials suck.

Anyways back onto my Christmas knitting. So far, the only thing I know how to make are different types of scarves and fingerless gloves. I'm making mostly scarves because for some reason I'm not too patient with the fingerless gloves. I think maybe it's because after I finish one glove, I realize I have to do the process all over again -_-'

The first scarf I ever made was done by finger knitting! The only materials you need are 2 colours of yarn and scissors. You knit with your fingers =] I saw this tutorial on youtube (omg youtube -_-'') called No Needle Scarf Knitting. It's SUPER easy. It's also a lot faster than using needles.
I actually already gave the first scarf I made in this style to one of my friends a week ago because she's on vacation for the holidays. So, this is just another one I made, but a lot shorter.

By the way, I know that I do have some of my friends on blogger and they do have access to this post, but I'm not saying which scarf is theirs! XD So that's their surprise? lol I didn't take pics of all the scarves anyway. Moving on...

There's the basic knit stitch scarf that I guess everyone starts with when learning how to knit.

This one is not done yet, hence the piece of yarn that has not been weaved in. I want to add more to this scarf so it's not so plain. But I really love the colour and the quality of this yarn.

These are key hole scarves. There is a vertical slit where the scarf goes through to tie around your neck. I just did knit stitches for these. I added some pink buttons to the one on the left to decorate it a bit. Buttons yayyyy. I added a big pompom on the one on the right. Pompoms yayyy


These are the pidge scarves that Thread Bangers were teaching how to make. Both of these are for my sister. I already gave them to her =]



This is a pidge scarf that I decided to keep for myself =] ahah. It's actually the ONLY scarf that I have knitted that I'm keeping for myself.

As for the rest of the knitting goes, I still have 3 more scarves to go for my friends. I'm done with the family knitting. I guess this is just a lil sneak peek for my friends who are getting these =]
Until next time
Toodlez~

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Downtown fun

It's been a while since I've shared a story ahah.
Today I decided to go downtown because my sister was moving into a new apartment by herself that is pretty close to my school. Also, I got a monthly pass for the GO and haven't used it enough to make the money worth it. I only went downtown for my 4 exams in December. I could have easily gotten a 10 ride pass. I needed to use my pass more often ahah.

First off, I had to walk to the GO station which took like over half an hour because my brother and my dad left without me xP They probably forgot that I was going downtown as well. I was hoping they'd drop me off at the station while they were going to my sisters apartment. I had to walk with my other brother because my parents don't like it when I walk to places by myself... even though I'm always by myself when I'm traveling to school? The walk was pretty bad considering there was a snow storm last Friday and some more snow on Sunday. People need to freakin' shovel their sidewalks!!! T_T The snow was so high. I actually fell twice. But it wasn't a very far fall =P

I was actually walking through stuff like this. Ridiculous -_-

By the time I got to Union it was already 3:45. I shopped for like 2 hours by myself. The Eaton Centre was PACKED. It was a monday too. Like, imagine how it could have been during the weekend o_o. Well, I'm pretty much done Christmas shopping for those I am not knitting for ahah... which is pretty much just one person. I was really tempted to buy stuff for myself at the Eaton Centre but then I kept telling myself "Just wait for Forever 21" =]. So, that's what I did. I'm proud of myself! x]

So I went to Forever 21, my new favourite clothing store in the whole wide world. I found the $5 rack and just browsed there. I pretty much just got stuff for myself this time since I was done Christmas shopping and I wouldn't be able to go back there for a while. There wasn't that much with my size. I range between a Small and Medium depending on the clothing. So I had to line up for the Fitting Rooms, which took a while. Mainly because there were only like 4 or 5 rooms AND some girls were taking their time trying the stuff on and showing their other friends in the other fitting rooms, going back and forth. Yeah... Hi! Incredibly long line up right behind you. Have some consideration? I mainly ended up getting a few dresses that were medium. There's only one dress that I want to fix because it is a bit too big. There was also a pretty long line up to purchase. The cashier that I went to was chatting with another girl and taking her time. She was also commenting on the stuff that I picked to the other girl and was like trying them on. Kay, well not like literally putting them on but like holding them up in front of herself.

After that it was pretty dark so I decided to take the subway and street car to my sister's apartment rather than walking all the way. Walking in the dark by yourself downtown is pretty scary T_T. When I went to the subway there was no one in the booths, but it didn't say it was closed either. There was a sign that just said to put the cash fare into the pot. The pot was pretty full. I also saw some people that just walked through without paying anything. So, I just put like 2 quarters in and moved on. I never put the full $2.75 in by the way. I only had like a dollar and 75 cents with me in change. So after I took the subway, I went to take the street car. I had never taken a street car by myself before. I'm usually with friends and follow them because I don't really get it xP So, it was my first time taking the street car on my own ahah. It was taking a while for the street car to come by so there was a ton of people waiting. It took a good 15min before the street car actually came. I had to fight my way in! D: I was one of the first few people to get in >=] The guy didn't even look at my transfer. He was just like "Yeah, yeah, yeah.." There were too many people anyway. There were no seats and I had to move all the way to the back. There was this creepy guy sitting at the back getting high off something and talking to everyone. Not sure what it was. It kinda smelled like gasoline. So I tried to stand further away from him. I finally then got a seat! chyeahh! XD The creepy guy was later on then asked to leave the street car. The bus driver was like "The man in the orange in the back thats sniffing something (i forgot what he said), please leave the street car." The guy was like "Yeah, yeah! I'm leaving! Okayyy!" You could smell whatever he was sniffing so the lady beside me opened the window. Pretty scary.

My sister was already eating out with a few of her friends at this Mexican restaurant which was literally right across from her apartment. I ate their leftovers =] ahah. I didn't mind. Afterwards I looked around my sister's apartment, which is pretty cool for one person. I helped organize some of her furniture and do some groceries with her. It made me realize how much work it would take to start living on my own. I'm definately not ready to move out.

Haha. My shopping spree seems to be highlight of the day rather than visiting my sister even though it should be the other way around.
Anywho. Here's some of the stuff I bought that day =]

Yes, I am in the bathroom. I love my shower curtains too x]

Not bad for all mediums x]

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Is it just me or do I actually look like I'm 10 in this pic?
I swear I'm gonna compare this to an old pic of me later XD


Oh yeah. I cut my hair a few days ago =] I love it shorter.

Until next time.
Toodlez~

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I know.

Boy, I need you bad as a heartbeat, bad like the food I eat,
Bad like the air I breathe. Baby I want you bad
I need you bad I can’t take this pain, bad I can’t take this pain.
Boy, I’m bout to go insane. baby I need you bad

Jazmine Sullivan - I Need You Bad


I have actually been listening to this song on repeat for the past two hours... still am =] ahah.

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Happiness is

an afternoon nap
chocolate
a finished painting
dreams of flying
a good clothing sale
a complete snowflake on your hand
a warm bubble bath
an empty seat on the train
priority crossing
dancing with coloured spotlights
birds in the pet store that let you scratch their heads
melted mozzarella cheese
hitting 5 pirouettes
japanese t-shirt folding
a perfect dandelion
casting off when knitting
happyslip
crowded photobooth pictures
watermelon fruit roll up
cheese string

I got inspired by Christine (aka. chriiissstttine) from her Happiness is video and decided to make my own list =]
This will probably be updated very often

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They weren't there

You sighed and I was lost in you, weeks could've past for all I knew.
You were there blanket of the over-world and so I couldn't say,
I wouldn't say "no". But they all said, "you're too young to even know,
just don't let it grow and you'll be stronger without him"
but oh, now, my world is at your feet. I was lost and I was found,
but I was alive and now I've drowned.
So now I will be waiting for the world to hear my song
so they can tell me I was wrong...

Missy Higgings - They Weren't There

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chantee STUDY face

It's finally exam week.. ahhhh!! x_X
I'm going to be studying like crazy for the next two weeks.

This is my schedule
Dec 3 - Production & Interview w/ Dance teachers
Dec 5 - English
Dec 8 - Music
Dec 11 - History

I'm really happy that all my exams are equally spread out and that none of them are on the same day.
The ones I'm stressing about the most are my production and history exam. I'm thankful that both are multiple choice. But I definitely won't be relying on just luck for them. The review days for these exams were pretty useful and somewhat surprising for me. I kinda felt like they spoon feeded us in comparison to high school

For example, Production... Our teacher sent everyone a 4 page review thingy and told us to bring it to the review so of course I did. On the 4 pages were basic notes of everything we learned throughout the semester and also certain pages from the textbooks we can refer to. So, having this, I thought that during the review, my teacher would be going into more detail about each point. But no. I started taking notes, until I realized that everything he was saying was right off the sheet. And it's not like he said anything extra either. Soooo... I stopped taking notes =]
History... Right off the bat, he told us to not take any notes during the lecture. He had questions on the power point presentation, asked us for our opinions, and then revealed them. This was our review. And he also said that everything would be posted online. S'yeah. The only thing I think I need to do besides studying the questions and answers he gave us is catch up on all the plays that I did not read >_> which are a lot. I doubt that I will get to reading all of them. I will at least make sure I do study about the plays.

My English review was more like an English review in high school ahah. Like she gave us what types of questions would be on the exam and gave us 4 topics that we would have to write an essay on with only 2 of them being on the exam. I think I'd have to do a lot when studying for this. Because again, I did not read all the "short" stories. Yeah, the stories we were assigned weren't really "short" I'd say. ahah. But yeah, my englsih exam is this Friday, but I probably won't start studying for it til after my production exam. Hopefully, I'll have the time to read all the one's I have missed out on.

Music... he didn't really give us a review. But pretty much all I have to study is everything that was on the past two tests we had. I'll just be studying a lot of music definitions with the Q card method. ahah.

If you don't know what it is, I will explain =] I learned it from my grade 10 religion teacher, Bazinet. And it was REALLY helpful. We had a lot of definitions in that class to study for the exam. So, basically, you write the word you are studying on one side of the Q card, and then you write the definiton on the other side. It helpful because you see the word on its own, which would happen on a test.

For sure I will be studying for Production later tonight after dance.
I was planning to this afternoon... Funny thing... I woke up at 4pm T_T
I was so tired from Lizzeh's party which was uber awesome by the way =]
I will update on it later

Until next time.
Toodlez~

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before I'm gone.

Take this sinking boat and point it home.
We've still got time.
Raise your hopeful voice. You had the choice.
You've made it now. And now I'm gone.

Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová - Falling Slowly

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Contemplating.

Should I give up,
Or should I just keep chasing pavements?
Even if it leads nowhere

Adele - Chasing Pavements

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Dance loving ghosts?

So it's Halloween and I have discovered that the Ryerson Theatre School building is haunted =] yayyy

I actually found this out like two days ago but didn't actually research it til today. I was never really a ghost believer before but I'm pretty sure I will be cautious around the theatre school from now on. Well, maybe not a lot but definitely whenever I'm alone and its late x_X. I never thought of the theatre school being haunted and all. In one of the two dance studios that we usually have class in called Llyod, the door always seems to open and close on its own sometimes. I always though it was a draft or something? but it happened quite often. And I never thought of the idea of a ghost or something. It didn't really bother me that much. Also, during Improv class once in that studio, there would be random banging noises from the other side. We were presenting our 30 seconds of choreography based on 3 magazine pictures at this time. I thought the banging noises were just coming from people moving around stuff or something? but then I realized that the next week during Improv, it was happening again. And for some reason I've only been noticing it during Improv even though we have other classes in the same room on other days of the week. I don't know if it has to do anything with the idea of the third floor being haunted or anything ahah.

I read like two articles from google about Ryerson being haunted. One of them was actually on wikipedia T_T. But most of what freaky things people noticed were directed to the McAllister studio which is the other studio that I go to a lot. There's one saying that the north east corner is always cold or something? I'm not exactly sure which corner in the room is north east but i wouldn't mind checking this out the next time I'm there. There's also something about the lights flickering and stuff. As far as I know that hasn't happened in my classes yet. The freakiest would probably be being alone in McAllister. Apparently, you feel like you're being watched and you might hear someone whisper your name. SO! I'm definately not gonna be alone in that studio ever knowing that x_X. There's other creepy stuff like seeing a white figure of a girl also. But I'm not gonna even try and look for that >_> Ughhh writing about this stuff this late on Halloween night is giving me the creeps too D:

Well, with this whole ghost thing. It's not something to worry about ahah. I'm not gonna quit the program or anything because there are spirits and such in the school. I was never really a strongn beliver in ghosts and stuff to begin with. If anything, they are probably friendly ghosts =] that like to watch dance? ahah

Until next time.
Toodlez~ <3

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