It's Christmas.... Yes, We're that hyper.

FIRST/LAST Post of November!

WOW. It's been more than a month since I've last updated. That's pretty sad. I apologize for that. Lately, I created a facebook and I'm pretty hooked to it, so I completely just abandoned blogger. LOL. BUT! I'm back now and ready to share my stuff with ya. :D

I've found two really great piano songs sung by Japanese people.

Angela Aki - Tegami


The lyrics of this song is really beautiful and touching. As you can see, the children in the video are tearing up, and I can totally understand why.

English Translation:
Dear you,
Who's reading this letter
Where are you and what are you doing now?



For me who's 15 years old
There are seeds of worries I can't tell anyone

If it's a letter addressed to my future self,
Surely I can confide truly to myself

Now, it seems that I'm about to be defeated and cry
For someone who's seemingly about to disappear
Whose words should I believe in?
This one-and-only heart has been broken so many times
In the midst of this pain, I live the present

Dear you,
Thank you
I have something to tell the 15-year-old you

If you continue asking what and where you should be going
You'll be able to see the answer

The rough seas of youth may be tough
But row your boat of dreams on
Towards the shores of tomorrow

Now, please don't be defeated and please don't shed a tear
During these times when you're seemingly about to disappear
Just believe in your own voice
For me as an adult, there are sleepless nights when I'm hurt
But I'm living the bittersweet present

There's meaning to everything in life
So build your dreams without fear
Keep on believing

Seems like I'm about to be defeated and cry
For someone who's seemingly about to disappear
Whose words should I believe in?

Please don't be defeated and please don't shed a tear
During these times when you're seemingly about to disappear
Just believe in your own voice

No matter era we're in
There's no running away from sorrow
So show your smile, and go on living the present
Go on living the present

Dear you,
Who's reading this letter
I wish you happiness

Koi Hanabi

This one, unfortunately, cannot be put up on the blog, but you can always view it from youtube. Click Here.

Badminton Failure

I SUCK. I totally suck at badminton. Today I had my tournament that determines my rank in badminton. Everyone was divided into groups of four and we're suppose to go against the people in our own group. I had to go against: Shirley, Suki, and Jessica. I completely got my butt kicked by these three.

Going against Suki was like stepping into hell. All of her hits were like SLAM! SLAM! SLAM! with lightning speed added to that. We played two sets of game with 11 points per game. I lost with the score of 11-2 and 11-0. It was EMBARRASSING to lose so badly.

Going against Shirley was like another match with Suki. Except, her specialty is 'netting' which means the birdie barely made over the net. She made me run like an idiot. The score was 11-3, and 11-5. HORRIBLE.

Going against Jessica was a different story. Jessica was a beginner like me. Except better. LOL. In the first set, I lost badly with a score of 11-3. In the second set, it was a close call. The score was 11-9. NINE. That was the highest I ever made. I seriously thought that I had a chance right there, but I just HAD to mess up those three points. GR.

What irritates me the most is that my GRADE depends on this. (But I'm sure there's more chance for me to improve and move up.) If i get a C in this class, my GPA is doomed. My LIFE depends on this. I'm so training at least twice a week from now on.

My Current Desktop

Hi guys, I've recently found some cool stuff for my desktop and decided to share it with you (because I'm bored again.)


First, here's a shot of my desktop:


Click again for a bigger image!

How do you get that Mac looking thing on the top?
I downloaded it from Stardock's website. It is basically like Mac's taskbar. It's not like it's a very useful tool or anything, but it makes your desktop looks better than the same old same old taskbar.

Where/how did you get those icons in the dock?
I can totally understand why you would want those icons. They're just so cute! I downloaded the icon set from deviantart. If you don't know how to set it as your desktop icons, click here for some help!

OMG Your Wallpaper--!
I know. I know. You wanna know where I got it right? If so, I got this awesome wallpaper from one of the members of Supercell. If you wanted to critize the wallpaper in a bad way, don't even think about doing it here. Because I it!!!

The Future of Fruits is here....

Let us leave the past and move on to the future!!!
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Ok, I know that we all took Biology classes last year and learned about what genetic engineering is. Well, let's go ahead and review that shall we? One of the topics in genetic engineering is genetically modified foods. Remember how Ms. Hake said that through genetic engineering technology, humans were able to produce squared watermelons? Well! APPARENTLY, there's much more than just shaping watermelons into a square:



HYYA! The Ultimate Buddha Shaped pears! Now, you might say,"HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?! YOU FAKER, IT'S A FREAKIN' PHOTOSHOPPED PICTURE!" Wrong. Just open up your mind and face the facts of the wonderful world. They just planted seeds into a mold of a buddha and let it grow into that shape.


Ah... How I love these cutely shaped cucumbers... They must be great to be used as a decoration for lunchboxes.



And the last but not least, the square shaped watermelons that Ms. Hake mentioned in Bio. These squared watermelons are to be bought with the price of an arm and a leg. They are available in Japan, but I don't think you would chop off your limbs just to buy these oddly shaped watermelons.

October Anime!

(The Following is information that I got from Metanorn)

Kimi Ni Todoke
This super awesome manga is finally being adapted into anime! I can't tell you how happy/crazy I was when I first saw the news. This super popular shoujo manga is SO adorable and cute that it brings a smile to my face every chapter. I'm sure that once the anime is released, it'll definitely become a top. Oh yeah, here's the PV of it:

Kaichou Wa Maid-Sama
...!!!...Ah!!!...AHHH!!!!! Can this October get any better than this?! They've turned one of my most favorite manga into an anime!!!! YESS!!!!! Too bad they don't have a PV yet, but I'm really looking forward to hearing the seiyuus!! :]




Kobato

And the last but not least anime that I just have to report...KOBATO! I can't believe that clamp has yet made another wonderful anime. This really brings me back the memories when I watched Tsubasa Chronicles. Oh!!! Chiyo and Kobato just looks @#$%& cute!!! xD Oh and they have the PV for this one too:

Can't October come already?! I'm freakin' gonna explode from excitement!

50 Interesting Facts

I didn't write these.
1. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.
2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
4. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.
5. The Mercedes-Benz motto is “Das Beste oder Nichts” meaning “the best or nothing”.
6. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
7. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
8. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
9. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
10. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
11. Dalmatians are born without spots.
12. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
13. The ‘v’ in the name of a court case does not stand for ‘versus’, but for ‘and’ (in civil proceedings) or ‘against’ (in criminal proceedings).
14. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.
15. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids.
16. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.
17. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.
18. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.
19. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
20. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.
21. The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
22. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.
23. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.
24. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor.
25. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney.
26. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.
27. Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan.
28. It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.
29. The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.
30. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
31. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
32. Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
33. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
34. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
35. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.
36. The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.
37. Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.
38. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it is smiling).
39. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”
40. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.
41. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
42. The average person laughs 13 times a day.
43. Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)
44. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
45. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.
46. Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.
47. A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
48. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.
49. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.
50. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!

A Little Report on School.

A picture that I took while waiting for my ride home.

Ok. I'm bored right now, so I might as well update on my slow-paced blog.
School wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Probably because I haven't really took any hard tests so far, but let's hope to keep it that way. My teachers this year seems pretty nice and not that strict. Which is great. I don't really want another year that's like last year with Ms. Leon.

Here's a little synopsis on my current teachers

Ms. Myagkova The Russian Teacher. She's the master of chemistry. She's a normal 10th grade teacher who teaches normally. There's really nothing special about her, except for her Russian accent. Ms. Myagkova has a pretty deep accent. Like when she says help, she would say, "Khaillpe". So the bad thing about my chemistry class this year is that I have to really listen and pay attention with all my might, or else I might not be able to learn a single thing from her.

Mr. Lien I looooooove this guy. He is one heck of a funny man. Even his chinese name says it all. Willy Han Sum. LOL. I'm really looking forward to learning mandarin with this comedian. If my mandarin increased 100x better, then it'll be his fault. xD

Ms. Perry She reminds me of my elementary school years. The way she acts and talks is like a teacher who teaches 6th, 7th, or 8th grade. I'm not saying that's bad, but I expected 10th grade teachers to be more strict y' know? I'm glad I got her though, people say she's suppose to be easy. Ms. Perry, please make that rumor true.

Ms. Su Another teacher with an accent, but this time, a fobby accent. She reminds me of Ms. Leon because of her fast-paced talking. Other than that, she's pretty decent. Actually today, I think I got myself on her good side. I turned in my HW without making her confused and she said, "What's your name? Angie? O! Angie, great job!" So, I'm crossing my fingers, hoping to keep it that way for the rest of the school year.

Mr. Hong Normal funny guy. He's the one and only graphics design teacher in MKHS. He likes making jokes that I don't really get, so I can't really get his funniess. I think that he talks a lot of nonsense when he's giving directions, but that's okay, because time can pass by faster that way.

Mr. Gonzales I thought he was our badminton coach, but apparently he's not. He's just a big guy who is like a babysitter that works for the real coach. The real coach is your typical asian badminton player. He apparently SUCKS. He's usually not here in school, only on certain days. And he's not planning on wasting his time teaching the beginners *Ahem, me.* how to freakin' play badminton! I wonder if he even gets paid by the school.

By the way, one thing that's really killing me is the stupid big construction at school. I'm not even going to talk about it. I'll summarize it all up in this picture:

Oedo Monogatari Onsen (Hotspring in Japan)

Ok, so I went to Japan during mid-August and one of the places I went to was the Oedo Monogatari Onsen. It's not like any other hot springs out there because the inside of the building is themed like a historical Japan. This is actually a must-visit if you're ever going to Tokyo.

When I stepped inside, the girls in yukatas came rushing to me saying, "No! no! Shoes no!" Then I immediately got the message when I saw everyone's feet, no one was wearing shoes. I guess that was one of the traditions in old-japan, take off your shoes when you enter a house or ryouken.

As you can see in the video, I wore a yukata and so did everyone else. When I paid for my onsen ticket, I have to choose a yukata to wear inside. I thought that was pretty cool since I felt like I've really traveled back in time while walking around with my yukata on. The inside is filled with shops, games, and tons of Japanese restaurants. The first thing I did when I entered was eat. My aunt and I choose a restaurant where you sit on a cushion and cross your legs together. The food was, of course, great!

Ok, after filling our tummies, we decided to get a foot bath first. You know, to get our feet warmed up. The bath was outdoors and it was decorated beautifully. The foot bath actually hurts because of the numerous tiny pebbles at the bottom of the water. It was really suppose to help message your feet, but it felt like walking on needles instead. xD My aunt couldn't take it anymore, so she got off the water and I just continued walking *very slow like a grandma*.

Here comes the BEST part of the hot spring! DR. FISH! :D I love Dr. Fish. When I reached the end of the foot bath, I see a little hut labeled DR. FISH. Inside, you sit around this pool with everyone else and dip your feet into the water and let the Dr. Fish tickle your feet! Dr. Fish helps removes the dead skin cells that you have on your feet so you might feel a little vibration everytime a fish touches you. The feeling of the fishes on my feet was amazing! It tickled so much that it made me laugh like a maniac. I was probably the only one who laughed so much since everyone around me was pretty quite, except for a few people. I couldn't help it though, I have no control trying to resist moving everywhere. xD Here's a video of me making a fool of myself!

And Finally, we visited the hot springs. It was REALLY embarrassing because I had to take off ALL of my clothes (including my bra and undies.) when I go into the baths. It was such a sight when I entered the woman's changing room. There was naked women and girls everywhere!!!!! AHHH!!!!! But after a while, I got use to it since it seems like everyone didn't really care. When I finally stripped off all my clothes, I used a towel to cover my private parts and walked outside. I dipped myself into a milky looking hot spring and it felt so amazingly good! The extreme hotness of the water was so comfortable that I could just sleep in it. But to my surprise, I couldn't take the temperature for more than 5 minutes. LOL. I didn't expect it to feel so hot after a while. It was a good thing they have benches outside. So I sat there and enjoyed the cool breeze. It was just like paradise.... ahh....

Before I know it, it was already 9:00 pm. So we left the onsen. While we were waiting for the bus, I saw something really pretty!

♪ School is coming.... ♪

Well... It's that time of the year again. School. Some are excited, but some feels like hell is coming their way. For me, you can say I'm more on the excited side. I know that I'm a bit of a nerd, because I'm actually excited to do homework again. Actually, the real excitement is to see how some of my classmates have changed over the summer and also meet new ones.

Anyway, processing day has passed for all grade levels. I'm sure we all got our preliminary class schedules. So here's mine:

1. Chemistry 1 H.
2. Mandarin 3
3. English 3
4. Trig/Pre-Cal.
   
5. Graphic Design
6. Badminton

Gosh. I really don't like our school's staffs because they always and I mean ALWAYS make mistakes! A friend of mine waited from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm to fix her schedule and didn't get the class she wanted. Another friend of mine didn't even receive a schedule and couldn't get the sport she tried out for. My problem was considered as a minor problem compared to theirs. I only needed to change PE to badminton, and that was it. But still, I strongly feel that our school staffs need to work more efficiently and faster!

YOU GUYS! LOOK!

Ok. So there's nothing to see here, but I made a blog too. :D I guess this will be a fun thing to do when I'm bored at home. So... I'll start to actually post something more interesting later on! PEACE!