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fishpatrol1. Damn those bright, distracting, pink plastic things
The bruise on the inside of my thigh is still there from last week. I got it from walking straight into one of these bike posts because I was too busy staring up at a pink plastic flamingo whose head was sticking over the balcony of an apartment building to look where I was going. =___=;;
2. I'll appreciate this when I'm forty
This morning (before 8am on a Saturday! D:), my parents dragged me out of bed to go to a conservation area park thingie. I was snoozing in the backseat with my glasses off and my headphones on, and apparently I looked young enough to pass for a child because we were only charged for two adults and a child ticket at the entrance. I'm hoping "child" equals "16 and under" and not the usual "12 and under". LOL;;;
3. My mommy is lol♥
My mom and I were sitting on a park bench waiting for my dad to finish fishing and I was making her listen to SJ-M songs. I told her about Henry being Chinese-Canadian and a dancing violin player, and my mom was like, "You play the violin -- you can put your hair under a hat and join them."* ;;; And later I revealed my nefarious plans to convince her to like the kind of music I like so that she would willing buy CDs and other merchandise for me when she goes to China, and I told her about the limited edition SJ-M CD which seems to be only purchasable in China. She was like, "Why don't you just have it shipped to your aunt and when your dad goes to China, he can pick it up for you. Or you can even ship it to my friend's place." After her initial, "Why are you still chasing boybands at your age?" (her exact words were, "你这么大还追星啊?"), she's been surprisingly nice about my crazy obsessions (including things like, "You want to fly all the way to LA for a concert? Okay, let me call your uncle and see if you can stay at his place.") XD<3
*-She must be the fourth or fifth person now to imply that I look like a guy (other people who have said so directly include my best friend and my ex-boyfriend...in a teasing manner, of course ;)). Kind of makes me want to dress up like a guy for a day and see if I can manage to successfully pass as one, heh. XD
4. Tenipuri songs are educational, okay
We saw an plane with a long streaming white tail of clouds. I pointed up and said, "That's called a contrail."
My head has been saturated with useless words lately because I've been studying for the GREs.
5. There are no such things as stupid questions, right?
Okay, so in Korean shows you often hear people refer to their friends by their names plus an "yi/ie" -- e.g. Sungminnie, Kibummie, Jaejoongie. Is the "ie" a form of endearment, indicating a close relationship, or is it actually the subject particle "이"? I can't recall if I've ever heard one person call another [insert name]-ie -- usually it's [insert name]-ah/yah ("ah" or "yah" depending on whether the ending letter is a consonant or a vowel, I assume). I could be totally off the mark. Idk. XD
The bruise on the inside of my thigh is still there from last week. I got it from walking straight into one of these bike posts because I was too busy staring up at a pink plastic flamingo whose head was sticking over the balcony of an apartment building to look where I was going. =___=;;
2. I'll appreciate this when I'm forty
This morning (before 8am on a Saturday! D:), my parents dragged me out of bed to go to a conservation area park thingie. I was snoozing in the backseat with my glasses off and my headphones on, and apparently I looked young enough to pass for a child because we were only charged for two adults and a child ticket at the entrance. I'm hoping "child" equals "16 and under" and not the usual "12 and under". LOL;;;
3. My mommy is lol♥
My mom and I were sitting on a park bench waiting for my dad to finish fishing and I was making her listen to SJ-M songs. I told her about Henry being Chinese-Canadian and a dancing violin player, and my mom was like, "You play the violin -- you can put your hair under a hat and join them."* ;;; And later I revealed my nefarious plans to convince her to like the kind of music I like so that she would willing buy CDs and other merchandise for me when she goes to China, and I told her about the limited edition SJ-M CD which seems to be only purchasable in China. She was like, "Why don't you just have it shipped to your aunt and when your dad goes to China, he can pick it up for you. Or you can even ship it to my friend's place." After her initial, "Why are you still chasing boybands at your age?" (her exact words were, "你这么大还追星啊?"), she's been surprisingly nice about my crazy obsessions (including things like, "You want to fly all the way to LA for a concert? Okay, let me call your uncle and see if you can stay at his place.") XD<3
*-She must be the fourth or fifth person now to imply that I look like a guy (other people who have said so directly include my best friend and my ex-boyfriend...in a teasing manner, of course ;)). Kind of makes me want to dress up like a guy for a day and see if I can manage to successfully pass as one, heh. XD
4. Tenipuri songs are educational, okay
We saw an plane with a long streaming white tail of clouds. I pointed up and said, "That's called a contrail."
My head has been saturated with useless words lately because I've been studying for the GREs.
5. There are no such things as stupid questions, right?
Okay, so in Korean shows you often hear people refer to their friends by their names plus an "yi/ie" -- e.g. Sungminnie, Kibummie, Jaejoongie. Is the "ie" a form of endearment, indicating a close relationship, or is it actually the subject particle "이"? I can't recall if I've ever heard one person call another [insert name]-ie -- usually it's [insert name]-ah/yah ("ah" or "yah" depending on whether the ending letter is a consonant or a vowel, I assume). I could be totally off the mark. Idk. XD
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Date: 2008-07-06 03:47 pm (UTC)3. YOU HAD AN EX-BF??? WHEN. WHY DO WE NOT KNOW THINGS LIKE THIS. -_- ALSO I AM SO JEALOUS THAT YOU COULD PASS FOR A GUY. NO FAIR. :(
Also...I've been hanging around Chinese fora lately, and lol...追星>追总理. I am so easy. :(
4. You so studious. :( I'm still trying to find grad programmes...preferably ones where I don't have to take the GRE, like England. lol. My first choice app...is so ridiculously easy. I don't even have to write any essays, apparently. lol what??????
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Date: 2008-07-07 06:58 pm (UTC)Why do you want to be able to pass for a guy, if you don't mind me asking? For me, there is more effort involved in trying to look gendered (female or male) than I'm willing to put in on a daily basis. XD
总理 as in 温家宝? :O:O
4. I'm not really studious at alllll D: I have friends who have been studying the GREs a month or two longer than me and are planning to take the GREs at the same time as me. I'm so unprepared. X3;;; What kind of programs are you looking at? In Canada, most grad programs don't require the GREs...except for psychology. D: (but with the GREs, I can consider schools in the States as well, so I suppose it's useful enough)
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Date: 2008-07-07 07:38 pm (UTC)3. I think I kind of got it? :P BUT STILL I WANT TO KNOW XD It's more existent than mine, at least. XDDDD
and not necessarily pass as a guy as much as androgynous/agender. :P Which aside from my own gender identity, I find really hot on biological girls. Like with 李宇春. XD;
Yes to 温家宝...there's a cult of fans out there XP They/we call them/ourselves 八寶飯 and post lots of pix of him and stuff and squee over him. Some also like 胡锦涛 and call themselves 什锦飯...Some slash them together, even...although there's always the chance of 和谐 when that happens. And 八寶飯 usually call 温家宝 宝宝. LOL, yeah, I hang around Chinese fora a lot lately. XD;;; And most of it started because there's a picture of 温家宝 when he was young where he looks like Tony Leung *O* Apparently the viewership for the news has gone way up because of 八寶飯 wanting to catch a glimpse of 温家宝. XD It's not all 花痴, either, since lots of people see him as the second people's premier, after 周恩来.
4. I don't even know when the GRE is...lol -_- I've been looking at a lot of programmes since I'm really not sure where I want to go. I do have an interest in gender and sexuality, still, but I've recently discovered that I have a greater interest in identity formation as related to nationalism and immigration, so I'm trying to find programmes that would cater to that and maybe even allow me to tie that in with my interest in gender and sexuality. :| Alas, since I don't have the 10-12 page writing sample most programmes require, I may just do an easy MA first that would produce that...-_-
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Date: 2008-07-11 09:58 pm (UTC)3. Oh, Chinese fans' nicknames ROFL XDDD And wow...I can hardly wrap my mind around all that. XD
4. I think you can take the GREs at any time, pretty much. Just call in to book a time. You were doing some work in immunology and pathology a year or two ago, right? Will you be focusing primarily on sociology from now on? Ugh, I still need to look into programs. D:
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Date: 2008-07-11 11:21 pm (UTC)4. o rly? :O Maybe that's only in Canada? :O I have no clue which field I should enter since I'm not sure which field deals with my areas of interest the best...I have a list of, like, five fields, boo, to peruse. :|