[ music ] How Do I Breathe // Mario

Finals are creeping up, and I’ll be taking the first one tomorrow. And despite the nasty weather, life has been pretty good as of late. I keep reminding myself that it could always be worse, and then things don’t look so terrible anymore. I remember being really depressed in high school (well, it was pretty much like a prison) and didn’t understand how my cousin could be so optimistic all the time. But after entering college, I finally understood and began building on experiences, good or bad. And I realized that pushing friends away is not the answer, so thank you to all who have supported me!

I look forward to winter break, which should be here in about two weeks. My friends are most likely coming over to my house to celebrate Christmas again, exchanging presents, playing games, and just chatting. Much better than drinking at a bar. Besides, I made a New Year’s Resolution with my friend: I shall not drink alcohol for all of next year except on special occasions (birthdays, holidays) or I will give him $500. Better keep that promise!

Shopping for Christmas gifts is really fun, especially if it’s for people I actually care about. And receiving packages in the mail gives me a warm feeling inside. But I’ll still do the physical shopping with my friend this weekend. Whee~ Though I must say, the best part is going to be writing the Christmas cards. =)

Oh, I also promise to write another tutorial this winter break. Sorry I’ve been putting it off for so long!

[ music ] Remapping the Human Soul album // Epik High

Ah, one of my favorite kpop albums. Raw beats, biting lyrics – before autotune reared its ugly head. And congrats to Tablo oppa and Hye Jung unnie on their wedding! Hope they enjoy their honeymoon and that unnie gives birth to a beautiful, healthy baby when they return. Them and Sean’s family, yo. Makes me wanna get hitched already.

This morning I received some good news. My poem, “August” has been chosen for publication for my school’s literary magazine. Good stuff. Never had my writing published before, so this is pretty exciting (and I’m telling myself here that the selection process was very competitive even though it probably wasn’t). Thank you, Encounters! I will continue writing more poetry [that hopefully doesn't suck].

One of my commenters requested a tutorial for this flyer, which I think I will work on once I’m through with this week and the next Monday and Tuesday. Then I can look forward to Thanksgiving and hopefully chill out for a while. In the meantime, here are two flyers I’ve recently created for school events. The first one was kind of plain at first until I thought of repeating the company name as a pattern for the background. The second one I’m not too fond of; it was kind of a rushed job. I don’t know. I guess my brain was temporarily fried. The third one still needs some editing. The last one was for a pre-Halloween party.

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[ music ]돌아올지도 몰라 // 2PM

Went shopping with my family today and finally bought my cocoa butter from The Body Shop. Smells like vanilla and let’s hope it works. At night we watched Slumdog Millionaire. I’m still in love with that movie. It was kind of tiring translating every line for my parents in Chinese, though. haha And my brother admitted it was a good film.

I am finished with my portfolio and will be uploading it onto the server after my professor has evaluated it. It’s pretty plain, but eh… We might have to present it tomorrow. Hm, what to say except for, “So…here’s my portfolio. These are links. This is text. This is a picture. Tada.”

Last night I was watching the episode of Idol Army with 2PM which Susan sent me and it is effin’ epic & hilarious. I love these boys even more now. Jae can stand on the street and girls who don’t even know him would approach him ‘cus he’s that damn hot. And Nickhun’s little fan meeting was hilarious. Three seconds was all it took for him to be recognized. haha And and Chansung’s fan is a hoot. :p

Let’s end this post with two pictures shall we? The first is my lover Jaebom and the second is the sometimes hot, sometimes metro, very confusing Jo Kwon.

[ music ] Pain // Four Star Mary

Well, yesterday whirred by. Woke up early for Black Friday (never doing it again) and went to the mall with Alice and Cynthia. Bought a sweater (buy one get one free w/ Alice), the wrong color makeup (artificial lighting is really deceiving), and a shirt that I dropped. -_- *sigh* Oh well, I moped enough already. Cynthia bought a ton of stuff. Yeah. We wound up staying there for over six hours and it was really packed.

That night we went to a bar in Chinatown to celebrate Roxana’s upcoming birthday. Quite an experience, I tell you, with all that loud music and one guy puking all over the floor. My friends all drank, but I’m not really into alcohol and had water and a Shirley Temple instead. We played dice, but that didn’t last too long. Got home at 4:30 in the morning and I slept until 5PM the next morning. Tired…have to start on my English paper.

By the way, let’s welcome two of my new hostees – Crystalline Darling and Nyappy (still being uploaded)! =)

[ music ] Angel // 2PM

So today I went to eat with Mom and then finally found out that my regular CD store has actually moved to a new location only a block away. *facepalm* I already ordered Mirotic online so there was no need to get the Hong Kong version, which was actually $5 more expensive for some reason. They have some posters so I might go back to blow off more money on those in the near future. Oh well. I have to return on Tuesday anyway for the Truth single I ordered. Yes, the addiction is really coming back. Then I got a new pair of glasses to be picked up next week. Eye exams are pretty freaky, but the people there are nice. And to spend even more money, I bought two pairs of earrings – one of the cross, another of a music note. These two actually have meaning in my life! Yeah, so Mom and I decided to go home afterwards because it was raining, which ruined the otherwise perfect, light breezy weather.

I received 2PM’s single in the mail today and wanted to scan it, but I have no idea what model my scanner is and the software isn’t working. Unfortunately, I lost the CD, too, and the driver isn’t working. Ergh…*irritated* You folks will have to wait a while before you get to see Jae’s abs of steel. Sorry!

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