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idek.

I don’t even know.

IMO, Japan’s going to be like the Touma trip to Poland and Prague, just with less Holmdel people and a whole lot more Asians. Who are speaking in a language that I know probably…oh, 5%. Seriously. The only thing I can do is read manga…really really slowly as I reach for the Japanese-English Dictionary right by my bedside. Just kidding, who reads manga in bed?! Haha that’s what she said.

But yeah. I’m kind of really scared now. Like I said I was nervous on Monday, but now I’m like freaking freaked out. I also have to utilize this time to do some of my homework, including On Writing Well (which is an interesting book, just that it sucks to read a book written about writing). Oh, and my college essays; I should at least get a rough down for the three main topics I’m planning.

Mmmm I want to know my grades for my finals that I took today. I kind of spent yesterday reading manga (Mx0 omg it was good until the abrupt ending that happened 50 chapters too early) until 1am, then I decided to study by typing up the objectives to Dante (aka copy paste). T__T

But the Dante test actually went pretty well? It was like a McDonald test; crazy term identification, obscure quotation identification, two hugeeee essays (one of which was a choice). I finished in about an hour and a half, which was all good because I needed like twenty million bajillion hours to study for Management (so much for reading the book).

Ugh I don’t even know how Management went. =___= I like made up half of the multiple choice lawllll. At least I got to see that god-awful expensive book; I got like 55% back, and that was like $60.25. Shows how expensive course books are. =|

Going to go play tennis for the last time in California,
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Japan

Wow I’m really nervous right now. This is the first time I’m going to be traveling alone. Even though it’s only for a week; I don’t even know how Horace stayed like for a month or more in Beijing T__T; w/e w/e w/e.

So instead of studying for my two finals (pshaw, they’re on Wednesday; I have time tomorrow), I decided to type up a gigantic itinerary that’s four pages long. I think I pretty much got everything covered; from what I’m doing day-to-day, to lists of people for whom I’m going to buy souvenirs. Pretty lengthy document.

I’m nowhere as adept at riding the subway and train as I should be. Blame suburban Holmdel or the dirty NYC metro. Regardless, I want to go to…Akihabara, Shibuya, Tokyo Tower, and visit Shinjuku (where my hotel is). I’m prepared to eat one good meal a day (dinner yaaaaaaaaaaaaay), and I want to eat okonomiyaki SOOOO badly. xD Well, one good meal as in one that I want to eat; not breakfast, because I think that’s provided by the hotel I’m staying at. I kind of wish I weren’t staying at a classy hotel and instead at a ryokan. However, the ryokans were all booked by the time we got around to reserving and whatnot, so my dad was like I’m just booking a 4-star. gah so much money.

Well that’s okay; at least I know I’m spending less than $10/person on souvenirs. That shouldn’t be too bad; Sensoji Temple has really cheap and tourist-y souvenirs, and Kappabashi Street right next to it has a buncha souvenirs at bargain price. What I want to do is buy engrish shirts. Shinjuku, here we come. Haha I also wanna watch Gake no Ue no Ponyo, which is Miyazaki’s new film (came out July 25th? I think). Although I heard Japanese tickets are like superrr expensive. Eh.

Ahhh I’m so excited!!! So nervous at the same time!

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streaming vids

[11:32 pm]

This is the second time I’ve deigned it fit to watch something online…and that something is SBS Good Sunday’s Family Outing featuring Dae Sung and G-Dragon.

However, the only problem is, I think it’s at 5:30 pm Korean time, which would mean it’s 1:30 am California time. I wasn’t really sure, so I just have TVants open right now. I’m watching SBS Inkigayo (music comeback stage)…and it is so not worth it without Tae Yang T__T Oh well, Uhm Jung Hwa, SHINee, and Lee Hyori are performing, so at least that’ll be a kick. Hopefully TOP is performing with Uhm Jung Hwa? That’s be pretty hot; I love TOP in a suit (with pimpin’ kicks) more than I love him in street clothes (street clothes as in pre-Lie days).

What was my point again? Oh right; I guess I’ll keep this window open while I write my essay. My hope is to successfully complete two pages (which I certainly can do) while listening to shitty music on Inkigayo, then to return to this post and rant/fangirl while some artist I like is performing.

I work a lot more productively when I’m watching something I don’t want to watch/listen to.

More on this later.

There’s more to fangirl about with G-Dragon ’cause he does so much seductive shit while with TOP it’s just like…you have to love him ’cause he’s so amazing.

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epic dream

I HAD SUCH A SUSPENSEFUL DREAM I WANT TO DIE RIGHT NOW.

Uh. So in my dream, the day was today, Saturday, July 26th. I had to start/do/finish my Italian essay. However, I was in the Chinese supermarket or something, watching azn tv. And we’re watching some form of azn mtv. Maybe it was Mitsuwa. w/e.

Regardless, the next thing that comes up was…

BIG BANG’S COMEBACK MVs!!!

They showed us Haru Haru, which was like a cute ballad featuring SHINee and some other people. Then right afterwards, they had this completely hot rap and r&b song and IT WAS SO SEXY. Although I had to leave afterwards so I was like asldkmflwkmfsd. THE THING IS, I CAN’T REMEMBER WHAT THE SONGS SOUNDED LIKE!!! T__T So my prophesizing was for naught, because I am a remembering!dream failureeee.

Anyway, the supposed Haru Haru ballad’s MV was like really bright and altogether very SM company type. I think the thing that kind of gypped me was that there was more SHINee in the video than Big Bang…like I heard a lot of high voices. However, G-Dragon was in the MV and looking fly in white.

The OTHER song was omfg in the style of “Stand Up (Intro)” so it was FUCKING AMAZING. I saw TOP like twenty million times and he totally looked like how I imagined him to be in his killer role in the upcoming kdrama, “Iris.” Fucking pimping it out in black biking jacket and black suit pants with awesome kicks. Aguhsdlkwefs. He had such a large rapping role, too…it was drop dead gorgeous. I loveeeee TOP’s voice. It’s just so low and ATTRACTIVE.

Well anyway it turns out that Big Bang was distributing the minialbum complementary with Reese’s peanut butter cups (with a yellow wrapper on it [LOL THE FIRST TIME I WROTE WRAPPER I SPELLED IT RAPPER LOL xD]). I decided to give my mom a present of Reese’s stuff,
and she was like cool…which one do you want? And I was like okay obviously this one *chooses* AND THEN I HAD THE BIG BANG CD!!! asldkfmlwkefd so I showed it to Rose and she was totally like okay you’re kind of creepy. And I was like no, I’m not creepy. Just obsessed.

So we were rewatching the MVs to the two songs (so…sexy), when all of a sudden I had a flashback to some place where I got kidnapped! It was in a forest; I was actually part of an Indian tribe. They were like “okay. Either 12 people die or you dig all of your graves by sunset.” And I remember thinking to myself, I have to quickly finish digging so I can wait eagerly for Big Bang’s new mini-album release.

Then I woke up ’cause it was already 9am and I went to sleep at 2am ’cause I was talking to Gerg. Ohhhh Gerg, how we have crazy shit to talk about all the time.

Anyway, I think what this dream means is that Big Bang and SHINee will NEVER collab together…just because it’s totally SHINee and their youngest member is like 14 wtf. And I’m actually really really SUPER nervous for this new mini-album. Like I have no idea how it’s going to sound; as I recall from their other two mini-albums, two or three of the songs are absolutely amazing and the other three or four are like ehh. Their intro is always good, so I was really happy when I heard “Stand Up.” But anyway, I hope there’s a song on this mini-album that’s up-to-par with Lie and Last Farewell…’cause they totally have to have something like that. Big Bang just can’t be a two-hit wonder and die. They’re too awesome.

I mean, I was talking to my mom about it yesterday. About Big Bang, I mean. ‘Cause like a couple of days ago I told her that BB was releasing their album on August 1st, then today I was like oh they pushed back their release date cry. So she was like “How did you even find out about them? Did you discover them before they became insanely popular? Are they even popular in Korea?” to which I was like “Yes they’re like the most popular group out right now; I kind of knew them because I had downloaded it on my iPod then one day I was randomly listening to all of the songs on my iPod and I suddenly discovered that This Love, Always, and some other songs were really good. And so, I decided to research more about them.”

Mom kept asking me questions about them, and at the end she was like “Oh, cool, so they’re all really young, but pretty talented. I mean, each one has a different role: the leader actually produces and writes lyrics, one guy raps, one guy sings really well, one guy can choreograph dance moves, and one guy has a good body and is really good at dancing. Wait, but how did they get their inspiration for their music? Were they born outside of Korea?” and I was like “No, they’re all Korean-born. But their company mainly focuses on this sort of r&b, hip-hop, and rap. Thus, Big Bang just basically combined Korean mainstream and American mainstream and turned it into their sort of style.” And she was like “that’s pretty cool.”

Ahhh, I love my family. My mom and dad listen to the Big Bang (and various other korean artists) I play on the car; they randomly use Big Bang references such as “I’m so sorry but I love you” and “Baby baby baby.” lawlawlawl. And Sarah…oh, Sarah. =D She totally has followed in my footsteps as a Big Bang fangirl, and she can do some of the dance moves with me. Her favorite is TOP, too, followed by G-Dragon.

I don’t even know what it is about G-Dragon…he’s not like attractive, but his (side) profile is SO SEXY. And he just has that charisma and attitude that you’re just like “damn…that’s hot.” asldfwed I think it’s because he’s super skinny, and he’s got that walk down. Mmmm. And hell, his English sucks, but he sounds so sexy rapping it.

TOP, on the other hand, has those goddamn amazing eyes. Like they’re soooooo pretty. Hahahahaha ’cause he’s got that natural eyeliner look going on (no lie), no matter how gay that sounds. He’s also really funny, both in his shy way and his outgoing way. I also love him in his baggy clothes (BAPE FTW) and his style of rapping. Like it’s so fresh, and he doesn’t use traditional rapping methods like G-Dragon. Ugh and his voice is so low and JUST FRICKIN AMAZING. Like G-Dragon’s presence comes out with his rapping, while TOP’s feeling oozes through his rap.

Okay going to dye my hair now. omg why was this post so frickin long? Must be the whole fangirl in me coming through. Again.

BIG BANG SARANG HAE YO~

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omg no why

Big Bang’s mini-album release date got pushed back from August 1st to August 8th.

The only plus side is that the release date is now 8/8/08, which is triple fortune.

Kwon Ji Yong!
Dong Young Bae!
Choi Seung Hyun!
Kang Dae Sung!
Lee Seung Hyun!
V-I-P!
Oo rin BIG BANG!

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Hard work?

Must read the 16 cantos left of la Divina Commedia today so I can freaking start writing my essay on wings.

In other news, I am very confident now about writing stuff for my college essays. For the major essays, I’ll just shuffle around three topics: Italian, Environment, and Forums/SAB.

I feel like I’m mooching off of Sam’s forums because I’m using it in my essay T__T but oh well. I mean I’m going to use it for the common app personal essay (ethical dilemma? lawl, Holmdel administration) option ONE. I guess the Italian one would be my intellectual vitality for Stanford. Then the Universal Common App…probably using Environment, because that demonstrates my ability to communicate and develop my ideas.

Essentially:

Italian = culture, enrichment, passion, forte
Environment = community help, leadership, taking action, organizatioanl skills, local recognition
Forums/SAB = ethical dilemma, conflict resolution, peer-to-peer association, liaison, trust, strength in character

But alas, I must read and write my own essay that is due on Monday for now. Because I really have until like mid-August before I have to finish writing those essays. *lazy*

No, I obviously have not done any summer reading yet. Screw Angela’s Ashes/Growing Up; those essays are only two pages long each. On Writing Well I can just read whenever (on plane? just kidding, that time’s reserved for reading Pinocchio and Va’ dove ti porta il cuore [WHICH TAKES SO FREAKING LONG TO READ]). Psych books…I can’t read them until I get back to Holmdel, because only the Holmdel B&N sells it. =| Ohh well.

Talked to Gerg yesterday on facebook and gtalk. It was good times. Like wow I haven’t been hit with a Lisa-Yan-is-a-man joke for so long…so I laughed for like ages and ages.

I also decided to read some shoujo manga yesterday. That was pretty fun, I guess. Although possibly I should’ve done some other work. Nah, the makeup of my brain tells me that first fun, then cram, because no matter how little time I have left to do homework, I can always finish that stuff. =D I love procrastination. NOT.

But seriously, I missed reading GOOD shoujo manga. For a while I was reading shit-manga by this girl called blahblahblah (Shimaki Ako) and every one of her plots involved a helpless girl that looked kind of plump and had self-esteem issues and the guy was always kind of perverted in like the “You’re the only one for me…*holds girl*” way. UGH. Okay I know that plotline sounds like every other shoujo plotline, but it’s NOT TRUE! ‘Cause freaking Haruta Nana has a style really similar to Aishiteruze Baby (uh what was her name? Maki Youko?), and it’s so awesome! ’cause her main guy characters are really hot. lawlawlawl. Well I guess the point of this paragraph was that I’d rather read shoujo manga that has pointy characters and not round, smooth characters. Big eyes are better than realistic eyes. The guys have to have really nice eyes and cute, clueless/angry, emo personalities. And they have to dress nice. The main character can’t go around trying to dress up really nicely and then actually having the guy that she likes compliment her; the main character must attempt to dress nicely and then be rejected by the guy in some awkward way that makes her angry. Clueless, meek characters are not for me. They must be clueless, meek, and full of flaws.

In other news, Big Bang’s album is coming out in seven days! the YG eShop has like special promos and stuff going on, but that’s not available for international kids. =| Oh well. That’s all good. I can always download, but…=( *slump*

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wtf

Why is the college application system so confusing?! First there’s the Common Application, then there’s the Universal College Application…I love how I don’t know half of this information about my family T__T and that’s the easy part.

Came up with a really really really really good essay for the UCA, which’ll be usable for both the common app long essay (yay essay of choice!), Harvard, and UPenn. idk about the rest yet…the Caltech one seems kind of lengthy and tedious. Dugh. I was thinking about writing about how I’ve contributed to environment stuff in the community? With like the Bayonet Farm Photography (Arts & Music Festival) and ECO Club participation and stuff. Hopefully; I don’t know how these extracurricular activities I do have anything…ANYTHING to do with what I want to do in college. Ohhh well.

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Oh whoops.

Happy belated birthday, Horace!

ufghhh I can’t believe there are still eight days left until I leave California. I can’t take it anymore; this competitive atmosphere in both academics AND sports. wtf. Like I love it here; great food, great weather, great shopping, but the problem is, I haven’t gotten the chance to experience any of those things! ‘Cause I’ve been so busy taking summer classes and doing (minimal) college work and playing tennis (and reading manga) that I haven’t been able to shop like I’ve wanted to. Which means that I have um. No new clothes to wear to Japan? hahaha that’s the least of my worries; I was planning to get new bangles, ’cause my green bangles that I wear all the time are chipping like no tomorrow (they were really cheap) and they’re turning into goldgreen color. Oh well. At least I got sunglasses? They’re pretty. =D

I now know two of the six tracks on the mini-album…I hope it’s worth waiting and doing countdowns. That’s what my worst fear (for the moment) is: Big Bang’s new album NOT being what it’s anticipated to be. Ughfghhh but since it’s GD, it should be okay…I really want to listen to the song that TOP produced, though. Hmmm I’m pretty surprised Big Bang’s actually producing the album themselves; usually, with big music artist-turned-celebrities, there aren’t that many who actually produce, write lyrics, compose, etc. Yay Big Bang for being original.

SHINee is so ridiculous. They’re like DBSK slash Big Bang five years younger. A feat to accomplish, certainly, considering that Big Bang’s average age is 20. Yes; the youngest member of SHINee, Taemin, is freaking 15 what the hell. Wait, is he even 15?! He was born in 1993. Their single song is very good, but the rest of the single isn’t so good. Ohh well; I look forward to hearing them in the future.

omg Japan!!! so excited like no tomorrow. Rose reserved tenimyu tickets for us (!!!), and I want to watch it SO BADLY because it’s freaking HYOUTEI! Okay, sure, the classic hyoutei actors aren’t going to be there (cry, Saitou, Aiba, etc etc etc), but that’s OKAY! It’s still a chance to revert to tenimyu fangirlness.

I really hope I can listen to Big Bang’s new album before I leave for Japan…hopefully the time difference between Cali and Korea enables me to download it right before I go to the airport. OR I could dl it in Japan…but I’m going to Osaka over the weekend to visit my relatives.  Yay relatives! second cousins and all that.

Okay this post was way longer than I anticipated; I just basically ranted about everything that was on my mind in a failed attempt to waste time.

Also, Management Science? sounds really interesting, but as of right now, the only college that I’m interested in that offers it as a major is Stanford. Coincidence: Rose was also interested in the same major when she applied to Stanford. Hm.

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Preview to Big Bang’s Mini Album

HOLY SHIT WHY IS EVERYONE SO FUCKING HOTTTT

OH MY GOD G-Dragon’s voice and his smirk and his rapping and his asdlkfmwlkefrsdkfm so hot.

TOP is so badasssssssss I can’t even get over it.

Seung Ri’s got the whole look!backwards hot thing going on and IT IS SO SEXY.

Tae Yang has definitely gotten some more confidence since the last time I saw him in a vid.

Dae Sung’s voice is AMAZING aslfkmwefrds I could haunt it to death if that made sense.

Oh my god G-Dragon…why do you do this to me??!!?!?!

I love the tempo; Big Bang’s finally going back to their pre-Lie days…where it’s like all BEAT and not POP asdf asdf asdf asdf *garble and dies*

Freaking NINE DAYS LEFT HOLY SHITTTTTTTTTT

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Batman: The Dark Knight

HOLY FREAKING GEEZ IT WAS SO GOOD =DDD

Like I haven’t watched a lot of batman movies (I watched like two of them, 5 years ago), but this was amazing. Heath Ledger does an amazing job at the Joker. Too bad. =| Actually, I really really REALLY like Heath Ledger. He can really act any role lawl (joker = brokeback mountain ftl).

In other news, holy crap 10 days left until Big Bang’s album!!!! >____< I don’t even know if I can listen to it when I’m in Japan, but homfg nontheless!!! =000

I also have five chapters left of yakitate!! japan to read, but I have like a lot of time to read that, considering I’m backlogged with all the work I have to do…T__T dumb procrastination. It gets me every time. I have to figure out a way to pull off three essays in the next two days so I can meet with my college counselor people or whatever. Well, at least it’s worth it; this way I won’t have to kill myself over the school year. Well I’ll be doing that, too, but it won’t be as bad because I will have gotten all of my key target college essays done! Yaaaay! Ugh resume. T__T

Been listening to Fergie’s Glamorous and Justin’s Lovestoned/I Think That She Knows lately. Good songs. adflksd like Big Bang is good, just that this talk of six new songs from them makes me really want to listen to these six new songs so I can’t focus on Big Bang music. =| So in compensation, G-Dragon’s nanam barabwa for me. Haaaahaha and Uhm Jung Hwa’s D.I.S.C.O feat. T.O.P! woo I love being updated on Korean music and knowing jack crap about Chinese/Taiwanese music, much less what’s going on in America. Haaaah current events. Ha.

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