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It's been raining for two days, and there's more of it tomorrow. Or, you know, today, since it's 3am.

It always gets me so down.

I'm trying to get my learner's permit tomorrow, and I'm only just going through the driver's manual. I only want a license because I don't want to take my passport out with me when I turn 21 and also because it's also harder to get a license in HK. Sigh.

I have a Japanese exam on Wednesday. I'd better do well, dammit.

This week's song is 原來你什麼都不想要 by 張惠妹, a Taiwanese singer. It's a pretty old song; it came out in the late 90's if I remember correctly. Anyway, I love the lyrics in this. It's such a desperate, unrequited love...although one part of me is like, GET OVER IT, BITCH. HE'S AN ASSHOLE ANYWAY.

I'm just a little bit drunk on a Sunday night at 11pm.

Ho hum.

Anyway, the chorus (translated) says something like:
I don't need your promises, I don't need your forever
I just need you to love me properly once

Dammit, I'm all cynical right now about relationships. They never work out, guys are asses, girls are so "long lai" and dammit I'm speaking chinglish. But that's okay, whatever.

張惠妹---原來你什麼都不想要

張惠妹

I dressed up today. I missed my first class because I was dizzy and feeling gross so I just emailed my professor my stuff and slept in. Unfortunately, because I promised my 夫 that I'd go to the Paris Collection with her at MFA (well, I wanted to go too, heeheehee) I woke up at 11, had natto and rice, and asked her to dress me because my head hurt and I didn't even want to think about what to wear.

So I wore a grey sweater with a black skirt and suspenders and black stockings with black patent high-heeled Mary Janes. There were gross guys whistling at me on the street and some people actually stopped me to tell me that I look gorgeous. Not to say that I wasn't flattered, but it was sort of frightening. As in, really. I never thought that it'd be so scary to get complimented by random strangers. It wasn't a sort of "I'm staring at you because I think you look good" either. It was going "Excuse me, Miss? You look absolutely gorgeous. Gorgeous." Insert me freaking out right about here.

I have my otto to thank for this of course, for dressing me. She has the best taste. XD Like the daughter of heaven, she is so blessed with fashion sense. She gets this feeling in her bones when there are badly dressed people around her, or when she knows an item of clothing is going to look crap on you. (Inside joke, heeheehee)

Oh well. So there you go. Now I'm back home and I changed just because I don't want that sort of strange attention. I didn't particularly think I looked better than I do any other day, but whatever. They were gross old guys anyway.

After the guy in Newbury Comics stopped me to tell me I looked good, I told my friend that the next time something like that happened, I'd go, "I KNOW, RIGHT?"

I didn't.

Oh well. Always next time. XD

I don't want to do anything. Now that midterms are over, it's as if I've just lost all my steam to do, well, anything. And I haven't been sleeping well either so I just keep eating to compensate for it and today I measured myself and I gained two inches all over - bust, waist, and hips.

太りたくない〜！ I really need to do something about it. Like stop eating junk food.

So my roommate and friend Jen didn't get into the Teach for America programme that she applied and worked really hard for so today we went to the Sunset Cantina and had 2 giant margaritas to share between us and also cheese fries. OMG fat what?

This is IT. I bought jeans at Hollister today and I'm a size 5. SIZE FIVE. That's not good enough! I need to be like a 4. Or preferably a 2. DAMMIT. Diet starts RIGHT NOW. No more 'tomorrow' shit. RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. If I want to snack I can eat natto instead of chocolate. Natto tastes so much better anyway. I ate 3 in 2 days, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. So good, mmmmm.....

I guess I should sleep instead of lolling around, looking at lolita dresses online. But they're so cute! I loooove sweet lolita clothing, HAHAHAHAHA. Really doesn't suit me. i should dress more like Koda Kumi.

I have lots of plans this long weekend, so that'll be fun! Yay! Dammit, I need a break. I really really really really really need a break. Or I just need sleep, whichever.

今、私は大学の電脳室で、プリントを待っています。

何もしたくない。１時に友達に会いに昼ご飯を食べる予定があって、後は経済クラスがあります。本当にあのクラスの先生のことが嫌い。彼は教え方が悪くて、何を言われた皆も分かりません。つまりいい先生じゃないね。

昨日、友達とショッピングをした、帽子とローブをひとつずつ買いました、とても嬉しかった！！

あの～今週木曜日友達がフロリダから来てくれます。も六ヶ月彼女に会わなかった。彼女は五月卒業したから、ある会社で勤めています。

今ちょっと眠いなってきたから、コーヒーを買いましょう。

I've decided to upload a song each week. It'll be mostly be Asian, hahaha, and no guarantees that it'll be recent, either.

The song for this week is 直上 by 鄧健泓. In English, a rough translation of the title would mean "Straight Ahead". I like this song not because of the singer (Patrick Tang) - he's not very famous and I don't think he ever actually made it big as a singer, but this song was really popular at my school when it came out in 2001, when I was still in secondary school.

I like the chorus to this, mostly. Something about the lyrics intrigues me, and even though I can't be bothered to translate, it's a love song, something about them charging ahead on the road of life. Perhaps this is the song of the week because I need some excitement in my life, haha. Although, with all the excitement I had this weekend, I'm not so sure I need any more. This promises to be a nice, quiet week. Until Thursday, the beginning of our long weekend YAY! My friend is visiting from Florida, where she's working now (graduated last year).

So, this weekend my friend and I got drunk after watching Running With Scissors. Awesome movie, a must watch. GO! GO GO GO!!! hahaha. Anyway, I'm never drinking whiskey coke again. But gin tonic and gin sprite I will, because it was YUM. I drunk-dialed this guy that was after my friend and I don't even remember what I said on his voicemail. Needless to say, it was one of those messages that you completely ignore after listening to it, HAHAHAHA. Later that night, she drunk-dialed her boyfriend, knocked the chips out of my hand, and then I kicked over my mug (yes, MUG) of gin sprite while attempting to pick up the chips. What a mess! And we were on the front steps to her brownstone, too! HAHAHAHAHAHA.

Oh well. Go listen to the song. It's not the best singing ever, but I like it all the same. XD

直上

鄧健泓

今晩友達と寮で恐怖映画を見た。映画は怖くなかったけどちょっとdisturbingだった。

でもさ、あるルームメートは怒っていて、誰も原因を知らなかった、彼女も教えてくれなかったんだ。このごろ彼女いつもいつも怒っていて、自分で何も話さないで怖い顔をしたから、私達はちょっと困ってたんだ。あの子は私の友達けど、何も言わなくて、問題は解決できないんだと思っています。

あぁ、今寝に行くの方がいいね。明日field tripに行ってから、newbury streetへ行かなければならない。明夜蘭と予定があります。それに、宿題もするべきね！！！

お休みなさい！！！

(P.S. I prolly made a bunch of mistakes, but it's good practise, so there...)

It's such a haunting song. Trying to dl it, but so far only able to listen to it here. I love the lyrics. Will translate if I get the chance to.

It's 3am. Labour economics midterm tomorrow omg.

Do you believe in ghosts?  Have you ever seen a ghost? 
Submitted by Nancy.

My God, DO I. I believe, probably more than any other person you've ever met, and then some. Why? Dunno. It just turned out that way. I haven't seen a ghost, but I've definitely felt them around me. Especially when i was a teenager, I was sick a lot and had a really weak body (think - can't feel pulse kind of weak) and I would hear voices I know calling my name, even when I'm out by myself. According to Chinese superstitions, those are the 'dirty things' calling you, and if you answer, they cling on and try to possess you. Some people might think I was just hallucinating, but I really don't think so, and the voices do scare me, especially since it happens even when I'm out in the middle of the day in a crowd of people. Apparently they're attracted to weak/sick people because of our weak yang. Not to mention, my friend's aunt told me that I have a very small aura - the life force that naturally emanates from your body. So they can get really really really close to me and I can't resist.

More later, I guess. Headache from too many lattes on an empty stomach...