yummy.

French toast is love.

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Last time.

I am officially done competitive dance for this year and possibly for the rest of my life.
I had three year end shows, but it really felt like I only had one. The first two shows I didn't dance much in because it included all the recreational dancers (aka. non competitive dancers) so most of the audience for that show came to see the rec dancers. A lot of people from the audience left after their kids were done all their routines for the show and did not stay to watch the rest. The audience that was left over were pretty dead. Even though I was the one performing, I was so bored. It just felt like another stage rehearsal.

I was so excited for the last show because the show only included the competitive dancers. So, basically everyone that wanted to watch a friend that's a competitive dancer went to that show because they would be dancing more often in that show. Also, all the routines in the show are a lot stronger than the previous shows because they were all competition routines. Everyone's parents, family, and friends were there. My family was there and even some of my aunts, uncles and cousins! I was really happy that they came because they never really came in the many years before. But because this year was my last year, most of them came. Same thing with my friends! Lizzeh, Abby, Bryan, Kevin, and Naoki all came to watch my show and it really meant a lot to me. I never invited friends to watch my recitals before because of the prices of the tickets sometimes and also the location. However, they all came even though the theatre was like a 40 minute drive.

I was able to see them for a bit before the show started and they got me a gift! Well, actually Abby gave me a gift on behalf of everyone else. Ahah.

Chocolate!

chocolate <3

It's huge o__o

And they got me this cute clock! Thanks guys =]

All the dancers in the senior company knew that we would all be a mess at the end of the show because a lot of us aren't competing next year because of school. However, tears started quite early because Melissa wrote everyone cards and made us read them before show! x_X

I really can't explain much about how the show went other than that it was amazing. At the very beginning the audience was so loud and everyone back stage was so excited. I had a lot of fun.
A few times before certain dances, some of the girls in the senior company got all teary again, even in the first Act. I didn't start until maybe the end of the second Act right because we were just about to do our last competitive dance. When the finale came, everyone was all messed up, even dancers that weren't in the senior company. My sister told me that my mom started crying when she saw the mini dancers in the finale dancing because they reminded her of me when I was little.

a while after the show was done... we're still crying. lawl.

My family gave me flowers =]

I'm really not sure if I am going to compete next year. I've been telling myself that it is impossible because my grades will suffer and won't exactly be able to hold a job at the same time. I know my teachers will probably convince me to come back another year when I take classes at the beginning of the year, but if that's the case I'll only be able to do a few dances.

But for now, I'm gonna miss all of it.

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a little bit of choreo...

My two random shows that I have mentioned on an earlier post went very well

The first one which was for The Music Scene was a lot of fun even though it was just a small open house thing and weren't that many people. I think maybe up 30 -40 people? Unfortunately, I do not have pictures from the actual show and I haven't seen any videos yet either. However, we did take some pics after one rehearsal.

yeahhhh...

I can't believe we were able to learn so many routines in such a short period of time. And it's not like they were just simple ones that are easy to catch on to. Kara, the choreographer of the show, would be like Okay, now a little bit of choreo... and it would be a huge ass section x_X I was pretty stressed about remembering all the dances, but we went over them a bajillion times before we actually went on, which helped A LOT.

At the end of the show, Kara gave us all roses and a Starbucks giftcard! She also wrote me a very sweet card saying how she wanted me to be in her dances after she saw me perform at a dance competition. Awww...
Anyways, I'm not done dancing with these people yet. I get to audition two of the pieces we did for next years Choreo show! ... which is not until a couple of months from now, but I'm still excited.

Next!
For the Miss Pakistan World Pageant I wasn't stressed out about because I did one dance whereas everyone else did two and I knew my dance very well. The people there really loved our group. They thought we were so talented and everything.
The stage was so small. So most of the time during our performance we felt like we were gonna fall off the stage. The bright blinding lights didn't help too much with that either. We talked to these singers from Chicago who also performed, and they are interested in getting us to dance in one of their music videos in the future. Yay for connections!

I didn't realize til that day that our group was called Adje. I still don't know what that means.

Oh yeah, one other thing that happened before we performed... There was a whole hallway with these ladies doing make up for all the people part of the show, and we were asked if we wanted to get our make up done too. So we were like why not? The majority of our group got our make up done by these two girls who were at the end of the hall because they were the closest and asked us first. I already had some make up on from my show in the afternoon and the lady told me I did a good job, but she still removed it anyway because she told me she wanted to do a gold look on me. I thought it was a good idea too because it would compliment my skin tone I guess. I couldn't tell what she was doing because there was no mirror or anything around. And then she gave me a mirror after she did my eyes... It was so bad. She extended the eye shadow too high and it was sooo close to my eye brows. It's a bit hard to explain but she also cut my eyes shorter. Like she didn't exactly do my eye shadow with my eye shape. She did not follow my crease or anything xP I even told her that I feel that the eye shadow should extend more on the sides, but then she told me that it will make my eyes look smaller. I don't know. She talked to me as if my eyes were so hard to do because I was asian. I do not have a monolid and it's not like my eyes are really small to begin with. And why was she complaining about my eyes in the first place. If she really wants to be a make up artist, she should be able to apply to any types of eyes? Afterwards, she drew in my eye brows too dark, and made an actual line on my face when doing my blush. I asked her if she was gonna blend it more, and she was like "No, I just contoured your face." But there was a LINE x_X. If she really was contouring my face, it wasn't right because it did not look natural at all. Then for my lips she did them too big and told me that it's my natural lip line. Whatever.
I wasn't the only one who had problems with my make up. Everyone pretty much had something to complain about. It was not until later that I realized that all the make up artists down the hall were wearing the same shirt that said some sort of make up school or company written on the back, except for the two girls that did our make up. No wonder.
We all went back and fixed our make up. I pretty much took off all the lipstick and blush, and redid it myself. I was trying to just fix the shape of my eye shadow with the eye shadows that I brought with me, but I ended up just overlapping it all. There was still a little bit of copper in it though. Oh wells, it went with my dress later on.

We watched the rest of the pageant. We all agreed with the Top 3 Winners.They picked out a judge from a hat and the judge would ask them a question. I was quite surprised with the girl who won the title because she answered the worse

We are quite multi cultural

Toodlez~

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kbyeeeee!

WARNING: THIS IS LONG

I am done teaching dance until the next school year! yayyyyy... and at the same time not so yayyyyy D: Because...
1. I won't be making anymore money for the rest of the summer. I won't be able to get a part time job until I'm done all my shows AND I'm going away to a couple of places over the summer so I probably won't get hired anyway
2. Around May, I started to hate teaching there. Not because of the kids, but because of the owner of the studio who is an old lady that only wears the colour pink (...literally.)

When I first started, Mrs. Tylor (pink old lady) was very nice to me and everything. She always thanked me for being responsible and always paid me on time at the end of each month.

Then competition time came for me and so I would have to be away for every weekend that I had a competition. And this girl Ashley would cover for me. When I got back from my first competition, Mrs. Tylor asked me how it went. And I told her that I did well and I got third overall for one my solos in the age 17 & over solo division. Instead of saying Congratulations, she said "And what does that get you?" That really shocked me when she said that. I know that she is against dance competitions because she believes it's just a "ruckus" but still she should at least have some respect for someone that does them. Well, I told her that I didn't get any money or anything because at that competition they only gave money to people that won first overall and if any of my large groups won, my teacher's would keep the money since they choreographed it and everything. So then she accuses my teachers of stealing, saying that they should give the money to the dancers and that I should be spending my money on something more productive like more dance classes and then go on So You Think You Can Dance.
First of all, I do not do dance competitions for money. I do them because I love performing. It is also a learning experience from all the dancers you see that come from different places. You do not need to just take dance classes over and over again in order to improve and it's not like I'm not taking dance classes at my studio in the first place. AND my dance teachers are NOT stealing from us. They deserve to keep any money that their routines win. They really do put so much work into choreographing as well as cleaning our dances. Another thing, most of the contemporary dancers on SYTYCD come from competitive studios so blah! =]

So with my competitions, I would be coming in to teach every other week and this other teacher Ashley, who I had never met before, would cover for me. She would just do a regular class with the kids and also run their routines that I was still working on. Obviously, while I am away I do think about their routines and plan what to do next so I can get a lot done since I'm not there that often.
I was also apparently responsible to get their costumes for their dance. And who told me that? The girls -_-. Not the owner of the studio who is supposed to tell me these things. It took me forever to get everything. In the younger class there was a wide mix of ages and sizes so I couldn't exactly buy the same things for each person. I just decided to buy all white outfits for all of them and I had to go to stores from Urban Behavior to freaking Siblings! At the same time I had to make sure that their costumes in total weren't too expensive. My sister told me that anything over $20 is too expensive. So I had to go to outlet stores which had sales and stuff. My other class only had three girls and they were all about the same size, so buying for them was fine.

So one day I come back to teach, having everything prepared. I had everything planned to finish their routine and I had all their costumes organized as well as their prices. All of them were under $20 =]. I ask one of the girls I teach how last week went and if they ran their routine. And she was like "Yeah, the dance is done now." I was just like Whaaaat? Apparently, Ashley finished it. I was wondering why she would even touch my routine in the first place without permission or anything. Then the pink old lady came into the dance studio and was like "Ashley finished the dance last week, so you don't have to worry about anything." Okay. Whatever. That was very disrespectful, but the dance is done. So that's good right?
I had the younger class first so I asked them to run the dance once just to show me what she did. Everything I had choreographed before was all good. It was clean because I had gone over it many times with them before. Then it finally got to the part where Ashley started choreogrpahing... It was horrible. Not just because the girls weren't exactly sure of what they were doing, it was the choreography. It was as if she just got whatever lame moves she thought of and put them together. Not choreographing to the music or their level. Like actually, you don't have to be a dancer in order to do her choreography. I didn't know what to say after they ran the routine once. They didn't even finish actually because they started arguing half way through. I really wasn't in the mood to try and fix everything. I actually didn't know where to start. So I just decided to let them try on their outfits.

Thank god that they all fit well on each dancer. Everyone had shorts, a top (in different styles), and one accessory. It would either be like a headband, gloves, or a scarf. There was just one top that was too small and wouldn't fit anyone in the class so the girl that didn't have one that fit just told me she has a white top at home that she would wear, which was fine with me. The extra top I was able to exchange later. There were two little girls who I bought from siblings who had the same shirt. It was one of those long ones with the lace at the bottom. Those were the only nice ones I found that would actually fit them and they did fit them. The pink lady walked in when they were trying on their outfits and didn't really say anything nice about them, saying things like "Oh that top isn't doing her any justice." Actually it fit her perfectly, it just looked weird because she kept her undershirt on since she wasn't exactly comfortable changing in front of her class. And then the lady was saying how the two little girls' shirts were too long, when they were actually fine because they were able to tuck them in, and they even looked fine not tucked in. Thennnn she tells me I should go to Ardene to get them nicer tops and everything. Really? I have been in every freakin store! Maybe tell me first that I was responsible for getting their costumes before you start criticizing them.

The other class was fine. I just got each girl the same shirt except in three different colours and each a black scarf. They all had their own black shorts from home they could wear. Ashley did add on to their dance also, but she didn't finish it because she felt like she wasn't supposed to. According to the girls, they said that she didn't really want to add on to my routines but she had to because pink old lady told her too -_-. Whatever she added on wasn't as bad. There were a few random moves that she put in that wasn't jazz at all and also again she did not choreograph to the music. Except this time I was able to make a few changes to the choreography so everything was all good.

I talked to the old pink lady about next week and told her that my sister was gonna come in, but then she was like "Oh no, Ashley will come in." But then I told her that my sister has to give them their costumes because they will be paying that week. But still, she kept insisting on Ashley coming in. Like really? Who is she to speak for Ashley? -_- Whatever.

The next week I came, a few of them paid me right away because either they forgot last week or because they knew the money was supposed to come to me. Some of them gave their money to the old pink lady. Before the class starts I see one of my students trying on this white dress. So I just asked "Oh, what is that for?" and she told me, "Ms. Tylor got this for us because the shirts you got us were too long." What the fuck. I went to Ms. Tylor and asked her about it, and she started saying that the dresses are much more nicer than my long shirts. I asked her what I was supposed to do with the outfits I got them and she told me to just return them. But I was like "I can't return them anymore because I got these a while ago." And she just gave me a look that said it's not my problem. I don't exactly remember the price of the dresses she got them but they were way over the price of the shirts, shorts, and accessories I got put together. There was a little bit of commotion afterwards with Ms. Tylor and the girl's mom because she gave Ms. Tylor the money that was supposed to be given to me the week before and she wasn't sure what she paid for. Ms. Tylor didn't even know what was going on. I tried to explain to her that she paid for the outfits that I got them, but I could tell she was barely listening to me. Then she was all like to everyone "Well, then you can just wear her long shirts, and I'll get my money back!"After that, I really had no idea what was going on with the costumes and everything. I just decided to forget it all because I had a class to teach. Towards the end of the class, everything with the costumes was settled. The mom that paid Ms. Tylor got her money back and gave it to me and I eventually got the money from everyone.

Lastly, on the day of their recital I was downtown with my mom and my sister before. My sister asked me if I had their music with me and I was like no. They already have a copy of the music at the studio because I always left a copy in my folder so that whoever covers for me has it. Ms. Tylor definitely knows I have the music there because everytime I left the studio knowing I wouldn't be there the next week, I always told her that I left the music in my folder. Then my sister got mad at me for not having an extra copy of their music and that I am responsible for the kids and blah blah blah. But really? Why are you getting mad at me for not knowing that I was also responsible for bringing their music to their recital when the owner of the freaking studio should be responsible for those type of things? I obviously continued to argue with my sister because I know it's not my fault. She shouldn't be expecting me to know that I am responsible for so many things that teachers at my dance studio are not usually responsible for because the studio owners take care of everything like they're supposed to. Sure, Ms. Tylor is 'old'. But if she can't even be responsible for her own studio or even better, can't pay the dance teachers on time, then she shouldn't be running a dance studio. Yes, she still has to pay me for May and June. When is she gonna pay me? I don't know.

So with the music, we burned an extra copy at my sister's place and went to the theatre for the recital. The music they had there was the wrong one. Each song was like 4 minutes because they had the full version of the songs and not my cut version which was only 2 minutes. Wow.
I didn't stay for the entire recital, but I could tell which routine Ashley choreographed. Barf.

This was a lot longer than expected x_X. I haven't done any major writings like this for a loooong time. But anyways, I am definitely not planning to go back there next school year because I know I can teach at other places that are closer, pay more, and more respectful.

The end.
yayyyyyy...

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Get well soon.

My grandma is currently recovering in the hospital right now and my cousin Nicki made this for her =] These are all my cousins on my mom's side.

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I won?

I am very happy right now! I actually won a youtube contest ... and it was for MAKE UP, not even dancing! ahah. I thought that there would have been a chance that I would be one of the runner ups because there were only about 28 entries and most of them were little girls. But I did NOT expect to win first! There were a couple of looks that I really did think were creative especially the one by Fairyland16 (who won second place). I thought that she would definitely beat me! She has so many creative looks on her channel... like over the top looks!

Anyways I am very happy and excited! =] This totally made my day.
My prize probably won't come for a whiiiile because it IS coming from the UK. Wow.

Toodlez~

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They say it all

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Rest In Peace

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Tweet

On the radio this morning for some trivia game...

"What is the name of the social network where people 'tweet' each other?"

"... ummm... Blackberry?"

I still don't see the point of Twitter. Lulz.

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Wheeeeeeeeeeee

I was practicing my pirouettes (aka. turns) at dance today and I was able to do 6 consistently o_o It was so weird. A couple of times I was able to do 7 or 8... and then ONCE I did 9!
I guess it was a good turning day for me ahah.
It'll probably go away tomorrow. Boo...

I'm thinking of filming a turning practice session later. Hopefully I'll be able to do 9 pirouettes again D:

Until next time.
Toodlez~

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Diamond girl

I feel like blogging a bit about the dance competition that I went to two weeks ago .. just because I have pictures and good news XD
There are a few highlights from the whole weekend.

So first thing. Both of my solos (lyrical and jazz) were scheduled on the first day of the competition as well as one of my trios and another small group. Usually going on the first day isn't the greatest because the judges tend to be more easier as the weekend passes and routines that perform in the last days of the competition usually get higher marks.

In this competition the scoring was
Diamond. 94 and above
Emerald 91 - 93
High Gold ... I dunno
Gold ... I dunno lol
etc... I don't remember the names

Pretty much people were getting from High Golds to Diamonds the entire competition
However, on the first day before I started, no one in the competition had gotten a Diamond. That really says that they mark incredibly hard at this competition because I started in the early evening o_o But thennnn... the trio I did that day got the first Diamond of the competition D: I was sooo happy. And then later on I had both my solos in the last session of the day. My jazz one, I got an Emerald. But then I got a Diamond for my lyrical solo. So pretty much. Only two Diamond awards were given out the first day of the competition and I was in both of them.
So after that, I had a lot of people calling me Diamond Girl... even people from other studios who I didn't know.

Oh yeah the same night I was also awarded Star Performer of the last session. They gave out a Star Performer Award to a single dancer after each session. The judge said that I was flawless. I had nice lines. I was dedicated to the music and I didn't have to be at the front of the stage to project to the audience. I didn't get a ribbon or anything for this, I got a free movie for Famous Players. (I still have two free movies from my birthday that I haven't used yet o_o)

The days after, the judges were being easier and gave a lot more Diamonds. And most of the routines that went in the last two days of the competition were in the overalls and such.

One last thing. In the last awards session, they were giving all the extra special awards and such. Some not for specific routines but the people the judges have noticed through out the competition. On the competition program, there are 3 dancers that they featured on the cover and throughout the pages of the program. They were chosen last year to do a photoshoot with a well known choreographer and the pictures were to be put on the website, programs, etc. This year I was chosen along with another guy from my studio and this other little girl! So I get to do a photoshoot with them and I get to be in the program and on banners! I'm so excited! Even though my solos didn't win any overalls, I figured they noticed me from the first day because I was "Diamond Girl" ahah.

Anyways. My mom got a bargain when she bought pictures from the competition. So we ended up getting ALL the pictures from all my dances on CDs. Here are some of the best ones lol.









K well there's a lot more good ones, but I don't wanna turn this into a photo album.
Toodlez~

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Spring Contest Entry

Finally done! I obviously put more effort into this one than in my last contest entry. It was a lot of fun doing this =]
Special thanks to Bryan for helping me film and borrowing his tripod ^^

Oh and if you could, can you rate it on youtube? Just because I know there's people who are purposely rating horribly on everyone's videos... in the Happiness contest people rated high for each other hahah. So that must mean something. I already got one rating and it was a 2/5. All the other contest entries are low as well. Oh wells. I guess the ratings don't really matter in the end, but it is good to have a high one lol.

Toodlez~

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relationship.

Amazing.

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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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