love shuffle.

Usami Kei is a salaryman who has risen in status due to his engagement with Mei, the wealthy daughter of his company's president. Shortly after she breaks off the engagement, a power failure leaves him stuck in the elevator of his apartment building. Trapped with him are three others living on the same floor - Airu, a trilingual interpreter, Ojiro, a model photographer, and Masato, a psychiatrist. While waiting, their conversation hits upon their love lives and the question of whether there is truly only one fated partner for everyone. As a result, they decide to try "shuffling" their relationships with each other.

Literally, finished it in three days. It's a good one to watch if you're looking for a short and fast drama. There are only 10 episodes and they're all around 40mins. I'm glad they weren't afraid to keep it short, because dragging the plot would only make it worse as a whole like what some dramas do. It's a really interesting one to watch and less predictable. A lot of cute and funny moments too =]

yay panda!

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nee shiteru?

You know what's the best thing to watch when you're feeling crappy/bored?

Mameshiba!

Bryan, Quan, and Andrew introduced Mameshiba to be a couple of months ago. I don't know how they came across it actually. Probably from Quan's Japanese girlfriend Yukina.
I remembered it again after seeing T&T selling Mameshiba phone charms in the gumball machine thingys! XD And yes, I had to get one... and then another the next time I went. I want to collect all of them, but what are the chances that one I don't already have will come out every single time? D:

The chick pea and the lentil!
And also my small but growing instant photo blob/whatever shape that is on my wall :D

There are 20 episodes on youtube, but it only takes 10mins to watch all of them because they are like commercials.
I think these two are my favourite mameshiba episodes.

Go watch the rest of them now! :D

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ice packs are my best friend.

I've been done school for a good week now. But I've been too lazy to update mostly because...

This was only the first day so my cheeks weren't really swollen. They blew up the next two days though x_X

I got my wisdom teeth out yayyyyy. I only got my two bottom ones out because they were impacted. They initially told me that I had to get all four out but then when I had my consultation they said that I don't need to take the top ones out because they are growing in straight and there's enough room. I hope they're right because I'm gonna get so pissed if I have to get them out later on! T_T I don't wanna go through this experience again.

I'm feeling better now. I believe I'm on day 5 of recovery? I can probably go out now without feeling self conscious about how huge my cheeks are. Ahaha. No I did not take a pic of my self with my chipmunk cheeks. But my friends that were nice enough to visit me at home definitely saw them. It was a fun Castle Crashers party! =]

Anyways, this school year has flown by SO quickly. Summer 2010 didn't feel that long ago. It feels like only maybe one semester went by. I can't believe that I'm gonna be in 4th year next year! It's really scary actually.

I love my class!

General plans for the break...

Working
Currently I am job hunting since I have time to have another job because my teaching job is only once a week. This is actually my first time seriously going for a part time job. All my work experience has only been teaching. For the past like two weeks I have been applying to places that were and were not hiring. I've been going to mostly restaurants or places that would allow me to have waitress experience. I don't want to do retail even though I would get a could chance of working at places like lululemon. Before I wanted to work there, but thinking about it now, the sales associates there seem to be really fake and I don't think I can handle that. Maybe it's just me. Also, I think I'd get bored doing retail. Being a server seems to be a lot more interesting for me. Plus, tips? :D We'll see. I do have some interviews coming up this week so wish me luck! :D

Taking dance classes and auditions
Self explanatory. I want to take classes downtown but not only contemporary. I want to learn how to do popping and locking as well as crazy as it sounds! My cousin is gonna teach me =] If I hear about any auditions for some short dance jobs I'll go for sure. It's what I want to do right? I need to increase my connections as well. So far I got a job for a show for an insurance company that I heard about from one of my teachers at school. There was about 50ish people that auditioned since it was a bit last minute, but they were only looking for 3 guys and 3 girls. So it was intense! I'm so blessed to have made it. I get to work with a choreographer from Steps NYC. I was incredibly happy when I got a call back. I couldn't stop smiling! Bryan was there to witness it! Haha. The show and rehearsals aren't until June so I do have some time to get into other things. Hopefully I'll come across more opportunities such as commercials. I'd want to do that for sure!

Youtube
I want to participate in the youtube community a lil bit more. Making videos has always been fun and I've gained a lot of encouragement and inspiration from others =] I'll have more time to make vids over the break.Of what I'm not entirely sure. So far I plan on doing some circle lenses reviews since I have quite a few now. I heart circle lenses! ^^

Arts
Painting. Playing with my lomography cameras. Crafts. Etc.

Chilling
With very awesome people =]

Until next time.

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It's an angel's birthday today.

Happy birthday Dorothy!

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kariya.

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choreo.

a tidbit of choreo.

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this bitter earth.

It's been a while since I've come across a new song that I needed to download and listen to 24/7.

This bitter earth
Well, what fruit it bears
Ooooh, This bitter earth

And if my life is like the dust
oooh that hides the glow of a rose
What good am I
Heaven only knows

Lord, this bitter earth
Yes, can be so cold
Today you're young
Too soon, you're old
But while a voice within me cries
I'm sure someone may answer my call
And this bitter earth
Ooooh may not
Oh be so bitter after all

Dinah Washington - This Bitter Earth

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picture twenty nine.

Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile

The classic "I think I'm so cool and cute, but I'm not even close" face

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Dear ignorant people,

Poking fun at others and the way they like to present themselves as themselves does not make you the shit. It only makes you uglier than what you already are.

And that's really how people lose respect for you.
So grow up now.

Lulz,
Chantee

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picture twenty seven.

Day 27 - A picture of yourself and a family member

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broccoli cheddar, diana +, tarot cards, and bbq.

Quite an eventful day yesterday.

Late-ish surprise (for Bryan) lunch at Panera.
Their broccoli cheddar soup is the best! Good thing I ordered while Bryan was still on the line. He gave me a full bowl. Muahaha!

Happy boy face :D ...with the name tag of course.

Bus ride downtown.
It's so easy for me to fall asleep on the GO buses - more than the trains actually.

My first expired instant photo that came out REALLY blue.

The long but not long walk along Queen.

To the Lomography store!!!! :D
I actually had no idea that there was a Lomography store downtown until about two weeks ago. I just decided to google it to see if there was one since I've seen a lot from the Mijonju Show in different locations... and BAM! One in Toronto that opened last November! Whaaaat? Apparently it's the only one in Canada so far.
It's so awesome inside.

Their prices for cameras are so much cheaper in comparison to Urban Outfitters! I was so happy to see they were selling the Diana + Instant Back and other accessories for the Diana+ that I want to get in the future. (I don't even have the regular sized Diana at the moment lolololol)

Another reason why I decided to go visit on that particular day is because they have Blue Hour Thursdays. And this week it was Psychic Night! So free Psychic readings yayyy. I've never had one done and it was free, so why not. I wasn't expecting too much to begin with since it was free. And I was right about it. The psychic did Tarot card readings and it was pretty general in comparison to other psychic reading stories I've heard from some of my friends that actually paid to see one.

Random picture one of the guys that worked there took during the event. Lizzeh was having her reading and I was trying to call the incredibly cute puppy! XD

It wasn't much of "This is what's going to happen to you" because it wasn't at all. It's more of an opportunity to think about the things going on in your life, what you need to do, and a reminder of what you are capable of. It's also like getting advice from someone that knows nothing about you, which I think is pretty cool. So, I totally bought my own deck of Tarot cards today lolololololol. Oh, and I totally want to get a deck of Clow Cards! XD

Anyways...
Korean bbq dinner! Yummmm...

Patrick and Lizzeh

Fun fun day.

It was all the worth carrying my Fuji Instax 210 with me the whole day.
And looks like my camera wish list increased. Whoops. x_X.

Now back to studying.

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neighbours.

I got a new cage for twitter over the weekend. This whole time we've been keeping him in Tweety's lil carrying case, which is TINY and I've always felt bad for him even though I always let him out to invade Tweety's cage. Tweety and Twitter do fight sometimes so I don't really feel comfortable keeping them both in one cage when no one is at home. (Btw, I'm saying him because I think Twitter is a boy now) I looked at the prices at the pet store in Square One, but the smallest cage they had there was like $75. Rip off.

I decided to go back to the pet store I got Tweety from in 2003. It's called Pet Mart on Dundas. The people there seem to specialize in birds more so they have a lot of nice bird supplies and a ton of cages! I do recommend going there since they know what they're doing and also their prices are waaaay cheaper. Guess how much their small cages were? $20! So I picked a really cute small cage that I thought was a decent size for one budgie, but my sister and mom spotted this bigger one that was on sale for $25. It was originally $50 but it was half off because it was a used cage. So I decided to go with that one instead. According to one of the workers there, the small cages they had there are apparently too small for budgies and are only carrying cases for bird shows or something. I thought that was a little odd because I swear I've seen people cram three or four budgies in one small cage, but okay.

What I loved about the new cage was that it looked exactly like a mini version of Tweety's cage. So they match! =]

I had a lil photoshoot with my Fuji 200 yesterday because I was still excited about the cage. lololololol. (which is partially the reason why I finally got the energy to scan ALL my instant photos from December up until now and post them up) I got to play with some of the expired film I got as well, which was also very exciting.

My favourite expired photo so far.

I love my birds! =] I want to get another budgie friend for Twitter. I really really wanted to get this one that was spotted like a cow! ... or this other one that was a bright bright yellow XD K I'll stop now.

Until next time.

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picture twenty one.

Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget

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i am number four.

I watched I Am Number Four with my mom and my sister today. We just felt like watching a movie and my sister brought this movie up since she read the book. It was either this or Justin Bieber! Ahahaha. I just want to see the Justin Bieber movie for lololols.
I never heard of the movie or the book until today. Though the reviews for it online weren't amazing, I loved the movie! The storyline is unique to me. My sister seemed to be really happy with the movie as well and wasn't upset about them leaving some parts out as most people are usually when they read the book first. And my sister is a huge book nerd! So that must mean something! :D

I Am Number Four follows the story of John Smith, a 15-year old alien from the planet Lorien, and his guardian, Henri, as they run from the Mogadorians, another race of aliens that are hunting down John and the other eight teenage Loriens, who all make up the Garde, living on Earth. The Garde consists of all Loriens who have special Legacies and powers. The teenagers are protected by a charm, which only allows them to be killed in a set order. John is Number Four. Both the Loriens and Mogadorians have a human appearance.

Another part of the movie I really enjoyed were the photography bits since the female lead, Sarah (aka. girl from Glee), was into photography and used film cameras! In the scene where her and John were looking at her camera collection, I spotted a Diana + right away in the bundle from far away! I felt so awesome for recognizing some of the cameras in that movie for some reason lolololol. I thought it was really cool how Sarah was a "lomographer". It really shows how hardcore her character is with her interest in photography. Apparently, the actress in real life was into photography too. Just seeing film cameras being used for art in a movie inspired me to take more pictures with my diana mini =]

Despite the few scary parts that made me jump in this movie (since I'm the biggest anti-horror movie watcher you'll ever know), I recommend watching it =] I want to start reading this series! There's only one book out though ;__;

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picture nineteen.

Day 19 - A picture and a letter

Not entirely sure what this one means exactly, but I'll take it as a picture OF a letter.
Since I had this one on hand and also because it's awesome...

The front was really unique too =]

I wonder who this was from?


Similarities? Hmmm....

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picture fourteen.

Day 14 - A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without

Wow old. This was at the end of 2006.

No surprise there.

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guess what I'm making for Valentines this year...

Oreo Truffles!

My dance class is having a Baked Goods Day for Valentines tomorrow and I'm planning on making these today. The recipe for this is super easy so it's perfect for those of you who aren't really geniuses at baking and making other sweet things, like moi :D

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picture eight.

Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh

It's more like 8 pics in one, but it's not my fault Bryan scanned all of them together and posted it as one picture! Still it makes me lol.

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picture five.

Day 05 - A picture of your favorite memory

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picture four.

Day 04 - A picture of your night

It would need to be a combination of...

AND

AND

AND

(except with Andy's face on it... and Bryan's!)
AND

(except in a car)

If there was only a picture with all of that put together, then that would be my night =]

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