end of the month?!

It's already the last day of January?! Wow...where has the time gone.

Well, half of the month I have been sick. I was sick for a week, then I was recovering with an annoying itchy cough that wouldn't go away, and now I seem to be getting sick again. I know my poor mom is sick again from her outing with her friends this past weekend. I don't know if I got it from her or what.

My first business trip to New York wasn't all that bad. The only thing that made it miserable was the fact that I was just getting a cold and basically had to ride it out while in NY. It wasn't as cold as I expected. In fact, it was actually colder here in LA! Record lows! And it was unusually warm in NY. I think that's pretty funny! Hahaha! The exhibition show was alright. I didn't know what I was doing most of the time so all I could really do was some small talk until they started asking questions. That's when I would call someone and have them take over while I took notes.
I got to go to Brooklyn Bagel again and get my whole wheat with strawberry cream cheese! It was yummy but I forgot how massive it was. Because of time, I only got to eat half of a half.
Because I was sick, I was drinking tea every chance I got. Chamomile tea, because I heard that was good for sore throats and colds. I drank chamomile tea nearly everywhere. Then I only had water, orange juice, latte and Thai iced tea. That's it. I grew to like the taste of chamomile while I was there, but by the end...I was sick of it.

My mommy's birthday was last week so me and my dad took her to Parker's Lighthouse (again). It's like our go-to place. And at work I got her a cake and we all did our pathetic attempt to hide it and surprise her.

Today I'm going to get my hair cut. Or, trimmed actually. At 8pm! I didn't know they were open that late! Haha anyways. Yeah, not that exciting but I had nothing else to write about. I kinda want to get shorter side-swept bangs again, but I've gotten used to having long, un-layered hair so I can do certain hairstyles. I know I can just get used to it again and just do other styles...but geez, if I start thinking too much, I get scared of a little hair change! Gosh I have problems.

Aaand I guess that's it for now...bye! ♥

happy new year!

Happy New Year everyone! 2013. Year of the snake...my year! (and about every other person I'm friends with from elementary school). Aww, I didn't write an entry in December...and I was doing so well too! So close! Oh well, "maybe this year", says every person at the beginning of every new year.

Well, Japan was fun. It was freezing, but really fun. I met up with Christine in Shibuya too! We had a late lunch with my mom at Pomme no Ki, a really good omurice restaurant. I make it a point to eat there everytime I go and get the hayashi with butter rice. Soooo good! Then we walked around a bit and got a little lost, haha! My mom decided to wait for us somewhere so the two of us went to this 3-story Disney store (which had so many cute things!), Tokyu Hands and purikura! Btw, their purikura machines have changed dramatically. No longer cutesy with sparkles, glitter, or girly decorations that threw up all over your pictures, but instead more modern, chic, and focusing on the "pretty" rather than cute. So yeah, I was lost when we went to decorate the pictures.

 That green tea parfait was delicious!

But me and my mom did the usual otherwise. We went to Sendai, visited the cemetary, shopped. Oh! She met up with a couple of her friends who came to America in September and prior to that she hadn't seen in about 20-30 years I think...

At my uncle's we did the same. New year's eve we stayed in and watched Kouhaku, but this year I was way too tired to go to the shrine at midnight. So the next day, me and my mom went after we did our shopping for the day. We got omikuji again and guess what? I got dai-kichi again! Lucky! I got that last year too and for the most part 2012 was great except towards the end. That was incredibly unpleasant...

We left on Christmas and came back on the 3rd. Then on the 4th I went to ALA!

This year was very chill for me. I was tired half the time because my sleep schedule was messed up and I feel like I didn't do much. I barely hung out on the pool deck because this year it was considered a "badge zone" with hotel employees doing a half-assed job at checking. But because I'm paranoid, I didn't even bother until the last day. I visited Carl's room a couple times and we did go to Denny's the first night at 2am. That might've been the most I did. I fell asleep around 7am both nights and didn't wake up until 1pm or only got 3 hours of sleep because we had to check out. I left a little early on Sunday. 

And guess what? I'm going to New York next week... -____________- and no, not for fun. Ugh. I'm going for a business trip. Ewwww...a WHOLE WEEK! Well, pretty much. I leave at 9:30 Sunday morning and get back at 5pm on Friday. I think this is the most inconvenient thing ever. The only business trips I've gone on are all to Vegas for the MAGIC show. And that time, the whole office would go. This time it's just me, Nagahata and Ito. Thank goodness that Ito-san is going. 

But yeah, I do not want to go. A whole week! I can't do anything! I won't even be able to work properly since the webmail is a bit weird and the emails don't come in properly and I seperate all my emails into folders so I will only be able to see what's in the inbox. 

ANYWAYS. That's not a fun topic. 

Since right before Japan, I was starting to get into Rilakkuma. I was never a hardcore fan, but I do think the character is cute. I have a stuffed toy of him I determinedly got from a claw machine a few years back, but nothing else. I just kept noticing it in Japan and it just looked cuter and cuter each time. At the airport I got another little stuffed toy, but this time it's Korilakkuma with a snake wrapped around her since it's year of the snake. I also got a pen and a little blank notebook.

And just this morning, I actually purchased a live wallpaper from the Google Play Store. I just didn't care because I wasn't able to find any images I was happy with online. So yeah...Rilakkuma boom for awhile.

Well, here's to a wonderful new year with tons of new experiences, laughing, being with friends, and love.

Okay, that's it for now...bye! ♥

my head is swimming...

Mostly because I took some pain killers earlier and now I'm feeling the after-effects. These are kind of strong when they're working and I'm usually a bit loopy and drunk. But when they start wearing off, I become so spacey and...I don't even know how to describe it. My whole body feels weird and my head feels like it's swimming. I don't know what that means, but that's what comes to mind. Don't ask.
These are menstrual pills from Target, by the way. I don't like taking them because of the woozy side affects, but I didn't have my usual pills.

Add on that today is Mari's last day so she's been trying to teach me and Miki everything she does with True Religion. It's not that it's hard...it's just hard to explain and it's A LOT. It's something you have to do in order to learn and get the hang of it along the way. Yeah. My brain is going to break because of all this. My brain already broke yesterday because of Nagahata's little informative meeting. ~___~

And THEN add on all this other unpleasant stuff I'm going through. I'm glad we don't have work tomorrow or Friday. Hopefully I can give my head a break. But I kind of have to work on my ASL presentation, too...ugh. It's been really hard. I still don't know what I'm doing or what I want. TT_______TT

I guess that's it...bye.

Uncertainty

I have no idea what I'm doing right now or why...

I really don't.


Yep...bye.

happy november!

Aaand now it's November. Damn...

Well, my Halloween wasn't super eventful. At work we all kind of got into the spirit and dressed up. I just wanted to wear my white wig (that I used for Eve) and make a cool outfit. So I wore one of my Black Milk leggings, a Style Stalker blouse, Jeffrey Cambell Litas and my wig. I guess you can say I was a slave to fashion since everything I had on was brand name stuff. But I thought I looked pretty cute =P. At night I just went to George's house and we had Panera while watching Coraline.

 This was Halloween at my work. A random bunch, but very festive.

At work, we've finally settled in. We moved in last Monday and things are starting to become normal. One of the biggest headaches (for me, at least) was dealing with UPS and DHL pick-ups. I think it's finally done...at least I hope. It's mostly the girls constantly asking me if they're coming to pick up today.

Um...this month's activities and events:

Lily's birthday
Cirque du Soleil's Dralion
Disneyland with friends
George's birthday
PMX
Thanksgiving

Since I didn't finish this post on Friday, I can write about Dralion! It was so cool! It wasn't in a tent (this was a special arena-adaptation tour) which was a bit of a bummer since I love walking into the tent and feeling like I'm somewhere else. The tent really adds to the magic. But the show was still amazing nonetheless. Although, honestly, I think I was expecting a little bit too much. I used to watch it quite a bit on tv when I was little, and it looked freaking awesome. It still did, don't get me wrong, but something was lacking. I don't know if it was the empty arena seating in the background or what. I bet it would've been a little bit cooler under the big top.

 This was the only picture I got. One of their trailers as we drove away.

After the show, I did a few things around the house, then went to Disneyland! Everyone was already there and I think we got there around...I really can't remember. 7? We got breadbowl for dinner, went on a few rides with everyone, then after Finding Nemo, I got really tired. All I wanted was to sleep. But we putted around some stores and then finally left before 12am.

PMX is this coming weekend. I'm excited, but not. Jun isn't going at all because she has a wedding to attend so it's going to feel weird without her. Right now (and I don't expect it to change) there are only four people in our room. That has NEVER happened before. We have never been within legal room capacity. So yeah, it's a little bit more expensive than we'd all like, but things came up for everyone else who had to drop out.

Oh and last Friday, we had lunch with Meiko at the old building. Kind of a last get together before construction starts. Towards the end we took some pictures...

This is everyone (minus a few) who basically worked there.

This is Toyoshima. That's our new boss, second from the left.

And this is Toyoshima again. Our new boss is going to have to learn how to be silly...

And I think that's it for now...bye! ♥

HEC-TIC

Things at work right now are crazy. Our office looks like a storage room and it feels like I haven't done much work in the past week and a half. Or maybe I just haven't been super busy so I don't actually have stuff to do...

Our moving day actually got pushed back a week so it's now next Monday. I barely started packing my things into boxes and emptying my desk. Our office is a freaking disasterous mess. We have stacks of boxes everywhere and it's become a maze to get to the other side of the room. I actually don't have that many boxes since I don't have a lot of past work like everyone else. So far, I've only packed most of one box and I think I'll only need one or two more. Maybe three if I'm underestimating...but I doubt it.

So, since the month is half over, I can go over most things I listed out in my last entry.

BSB Cruise booking went somewhat smoothly. Chris was supposed to get it started but for some reason, she wasn't able to log in and she was getting angry. Once I got to work, I was able to get in and book our room. Our same room from last year wasn't available to choose from and there was only one room left on that same deck. I kept refreshing until it came back and then snatched it up. We are now officially going to next year's cruise with ALL FIVE Backstreet Boys!

Deaf coffee night at The Block was interesting. We talked to a couple more people than in the past. My friend talked to this nice old man who, in the end, seemed to try and set her up with his son (who was about 15 years older than her). And I got to talk to a seemingly nice deaf guy who only wanted my number. Sorry buddy. We found Gustavo again and chatted with him and a couple other people. It was definitely something we could write about in our papers.

Possible Disneyland trip with elementary school friends? Yep, told you it wouldn't happen. Those boys said they weren't able to financially since they started something new with their clothing line and wanted to focus on that. That's cool...I guess. And then they complain when we can't come out LAST MINUTE to their little shindigs. Mmhmm.

Mickey's Halloween Party was fun! I only got to enjoy about three hours since I had to attend in downtown and didn't get to leave until 6pm. I was furious when I found out I had to attend. I was planning to leave my office at 6pm, then I would've had a little bit more time. But downtown? That's a whole other thing. But it was fun. I can tell you our costume idea now! George and I were Wall-E and Eve!!! I gotta admit, I think I looked pretty darn cute in that white, bob-cut wig. The people who understood our costumes seemed to think it was pretty cute and clever. ^____^

And that's it so far. OH! I saw a new movie this month. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. So far, I've seen it four times. That's how much I love it. The first time, I cried. Several times. Everytime I finish watching it, I get this feeling...that's a little hard to describe. I feel like going out with friends and driving around or having house parties. Or just doing something different like lie on top of a car roof and watch the stars. I've never done that and I've always wanted to. I don't know. I get this feeling like I want to just go out all night and do crazy things.

Okay, that's it for now...bye! ♥

happy october!

And to celebrate, I bought a pumpkin spice frappuccino from Starbucks! (any excuse, really)

So...I think I've been under some stress lately. I can't say for sure, since I've never dealt with "real" stress, but I think the past couple weeks kind of got to me. I've never thought of myself to have a lot of stress. I think my life is pretty normal, if not down right peachy compared to others. I have it easy, really. I don't have much to worry about, so when I get a few things that come at me at once, it's considered a little stressful. Also, I never thought of myself as one for depression. It was actually suggested that it might be a possibility. I was genuinely surprised. Again, since I think of my life as easy-going, I never imagined I would have depression, mild or severe. At least, not at this point in my life. And that got me thinking...even if it were true, I think I would be the type to deny it and not do anything about it.

Aaaand I just lost where I was going with this. Basically, it's not a big deal. I'm usually a chipper person who gets the occasional bad day.

Also, I feel like I messed up with something. I can't be certain, but I feel most of it was my fault. But that's also a bit of a downer, so I won't get into it.

Instead, I'll list out my plans for the month!

Backstreet Boys Cruise booking goes on sale in 2 days!!! I emailed the company organizing it asking if we could request a certain room and I was told that this year, we'd be able to select our room at booking. I emailed again asking if this one particular room would be available and she said it should be. FINGERS CROSSED!!! Me and my friend want the same room as last time. It was just in such a good location.

Deaf Coffee Night at the Block in Orange in two Fridays. Me and my friend haven't gone since June and another classmate says he wants to join so hopefully it'll be fun and I can carry a decent conversation.

Possible Disneyland trip with my elementary school friends. This one is up in the air since those people are so last minute. I actually think it won't happen (even though we kind of planned it) and will be surprised if it does.

Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland on the 15th! For this, I am praying that I don't have to work late. At the moment I am waiting for a client's reply if they're coming to LA that week. If they don't, GREAT! Then I only have to help my other coworker and it's easier/less stress to leave on time. If they do...then I will cry.

Moving day for Toyoshima. This isn't exactly a fun event, but it's something. We're moving to a temporary building for about 10 months while they tear down the current one and build a shiny new one. It's about 5 minutes away and while we're sharing the floor with a couple other companies, we'll be the only ones in the office space. The only good thing I guess is that we're literally right next door to our inspection company so that should make it easier when things come up.

And Halloween. It's on a freaking Wednesday this year. But I have a costume in mind! It's going to be a pair costume with my boyfriend (and I'm not saying what it is until we finish it...or we decide not to do it anymore). If we finish it in time, we're going to wear it to the Disneyland thing. If not, then whatever Halloween event after and then maybe PMX. I think it'll be cute.

For now, those are the only plans I know of. Not much actually...oh well, hopefully more stuff comes up.

Okay, that's it for now...bye! ♥