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okimiyage

 

櫻井翔 okimiyage
 

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Yes, it's that time of year again. The day when people all across America stuff themselves♥ I am currently at my house waiting for my relatives to come.

I actually auditioned for JYPE. It was really bad. A lot of people were giving me looks because I looked Japanese. And the staff were harsh; I'm not even talking about the people that were judging the auditionees! My friend wants me to audition for SM tomorrow. We'll see~

Happy Thanksgiving! I'm going to crawl away for now XD;

Yesterday, at the end of my last class, my drink was spilling out of my bag because, sadly, I didn't close the bottle properly. One of my friends and I had to clean up the mess that I made in the lab. When I got home, my cell phone was acting seriously weird. It wasn't working. I dried up all the parts of my phone. A few hours later, it started working! Today, however, when I turned off my phone, it just stopped working! It would just vibrate whenever I pressed the power button or connected it to the charger. Because I'm desperate, I'm trying the rice method. As a final resort, since I feel my SIM card is still functioning, I am going to use an old phone to replace it. I hate this.

Last Friday, my school had an anime convention, which was fun! I headed the maid cafe, but it was not happening the way I wanted because of a certain president D< Matt from LeetStreet Boys also made an appearance! He sang songs such as "Yuri the Only One." Everything else is such a blur. Excuse me as I go off to read Strangers on a Train.

Obviously, I'm currently obsessed with Stairway to Heaven. I am on episode 13, and I love how climatic the drama is! I also love the Japanese My Girl. Aiba is so adorable! I feel so empathetic for his character. If you have started watching it, or have read the manga, you know what I mean.
In other news, I'm in charge of a maid cafe in a convention that my school's anime club is holding. I'm pretty excited~
Sadly, that's all I have to say D;

Two days ago, my RE copy of All the BEST! 1999-2009 finally came! You don't know how relieved I was when my dad handed the album to me! When dl links started popping up for the album, I started getting jealous of people who already had their copy! I was so tempted to downlad it, especially when I found out that there was a secret track on the RE!

I really like 5×10! It's such an amazing song. You can tell that all of 嵐 poured their hearts out into that song. Have you listened to the secret track? It's so fucking catchy! If only I had the lyrics to it, though D;

Ahhh, Hana Kimi. I've read all twenty-three volumes of that series thanks to a friend that would periodically bring a couple to school. I loved the Sano & Mizuki paring so much! Nakatsu was so hilarious! And Dr. Umeda~♫ It was such a perfect story.

A couple of months ago,kawaiinoypi&konnichiwa905kept pestering me to watch the drama version of Hana Kimi. I thought that I would hate it because a) I read the manga, and b) anything based on something else, especially books suck [except HYD!]konnichiwa905still tried persuading me by mentioning that Oguri Shun, Horikita Maki, and Ikuta Toma were init. She even mentioned ORANGE RANGE, Otsuka Ai, and [I couldn't believe it!] 光GENJI [光GENJI has amazing songs! Listen to 「STAR LIGHT」 & 「パラダイス銀河」!]

Two days ago, I decided to watch Hana Kimi. By the end of the first episode, I was hooked! I'm downloading all the episodes I haven't watched yet so I can watch it on my iPod. I'm just sad that they didn't follow the manga exactly. Oh well!

Today, I finally got my braces taken off after five years! I'm ecstatic! The thing I'm not as excited about is the fact that I have to wear a positioner (not a retainer!) while I'm at home for three months; then for a year, I'm to wear it while I'm asleep. I'll show pictures of my positioner when I get a chance.

An hour or so later, I watched <a href="http://www.lsc.org/lsc/ourexperiences/theaters/afterhours/">Up in 3D</a> with my sister at <a href="http://www.lsc.org//">Liberty Science Scenter</a>. I loved it; just not the glasses and the people behind me! Unlike the 3D glasses I wore when I was watching the latest Harry Potter movie in MoA, they didn't really fit over my glasses [I don't wear contacts!]. I was really surprised at all the mise en scene involved! My sister told me that all the Pixar movies were set up like that for the pleasure of so-called "intellectual adults." If I had learned all the things I did in Communication Arts earlier, most likely, I would have noticed it when I watched all of the Pixar movies.

Last Friday the day after I went to NY with friends was like any other day. I was studying for some of my classes, cleaning my room, watching T.V., fangirling on the computer, etc. Later that night, however, my uvula was super irritated! So I did what any person would do; drink as much as possible. [I also had some delicious peach yogurt!] Then, I fell asleep watching a HEY!HEY!HEY! episode on my yellow iPod nano.

The next day, was HORRIBLE. My uvula was still swollen. Because I didn't have access to a computer at the time, I used my dad's iPhone to lookup ways to soothe my uvula and my headache. I ended up having spoonfuls of honey, ice cream, cups of different kinds of tea, cherry flavored Chloroseptic lozenges, and gargling salt water [not necessarily in that order and at the same time].

On Sunday at 5 A.M. in the morning, I was DYING. My ears started hurting so much that I couldn't listen to anything on my iPod without my ears dying! Plus a headache! I begged my mom to get me Advil the night before. The reason behind that was because, after having a few lozenges, my uvula was more or less back to normal, but then my nose became the problem. I was sneezing all over! It was expected because that always happens in my case. After I take care of my uvula, my nose starts acting up. I read up ways to treat my nose, and I found that ibuprofen was the answer. I also found out that having a stuffy nose was normal because  your body is trying to fight back [or something like that...]. I went to church, and then a reception celebrating my cousin's son's christening. I lived through it. Barely.

Tonight, I can proudly say that I'm virtually back to normal! I just need to blow my nose every twenty minutes or so, but trust me, that's a big improvement!

I want a haircut! D;

Yesterday, I went to New York with konnichiwa905 & her sisters + one of their boyfriends. konnichiwa905 , her younger sister, and I split up from the other two. First, we went to Ramen Setagaya in East Village. It was nice, but it felt awkward because out of the three of us, I was the only one that was eating! Although the other two ate snacks before leaving for NY, konnichiwa905 ate some mango mochi.

After leaving Ramen Setagaya, we took the subway to Chinatown. We actually arrived in SoHo, I think. On the way to Chinatown [from the subway], we stopped by UNIQLO. I bought a pair of red plaid leggings. They were really nice, but they had another pair of leggings that I was eyeing a lot! They looked like a pair of jeans, but they weren't made of denim! I wanted it so badly, but they were too big! [Actually, there was one rack of them in large. The rack below it had ones that didn't specify the size!]

In Chinatown, we went to Elizabeth Mall, the Fay Da Bakery nearby, and Quickly Shabu Shabu [only for the bubble tea!]. I meant to take my friends to Chinatown Ice Cream Factory because they haven't been there before, but we were running out of time, so we took the subway to the Bryant Park area.

We went to BOOK-OFF, a Japanese chain that buys and sells used items such as books, CDs, DVDs, manga, etc. They also sell stationary [NEW!], Sanrio items, etc. After, we went to Kinokuniya Bookstore.

I had so much fun yesterday! I was glad that I got to spend time with some of my friends; I don't get to see them often because we go to different schools now. All I need now is a haircut!

Last night was so horrible! First, my mom makes me watch Julie and Julia. In case you haven't heard of it, it is a movie about Julia Child and this other girl who learn to find comfort in cooking. I personally thought it was awkward and boring. Everyone in the theater was old! This was totally not targeting my demographic D<

Another thing was Livejournal! I couldn't access it at all! I'm only able to access lj through a proxy D; How lame is that?!
I can finally go on lj without a proxy!  \:D/

Where in the Philippines am I right now? BORACAY. I can't even enjoy the place so much because of a number of factors: 1) the right side of my neck hurts like shit; 2) period; 3) mosquito bites. This is so sad! At least tomorrow, I'll be going back to Manila, and then onto the Batangas.

I wonder if I should go into the pool...

So, I'm just adding a few more videos and songs to my iPod before I leave. Apparently we're leaving at around 6 P.M. for the JFK, even though our flight isn't until much later. D:

Only a couple of hours until Taipei, and a few more until Manila~!

Yes. Actually, I really love Inocchi and Ken~  Currently, this is my ranking of who I like best in JE: 1. Sho; 2. Inocchi; 3. Ken; 4. Nino; 5. Ryo.

I keep fantasizing too much about my life with Sho D; The marriage stuffff.

In a few days, I'll be on my way to the Philippines! I'll be closer to Sho XD. Only an ocean(?) will separate us. Too bad; I'll be switching flights in Taipei and not in Tokyo. To keep myself busy, I'm currently adding mp4s of JE videos that I've been watching [and a lot of is V6-related!] I'm just waiting for the SCP interview with Sho to finish converting.

I'll try to update as much as possible while I'm away.

OMFG. I almost forgot. Happy Birthday Miyake Ken!

Yeah, I found out this morning on my way to school that my Lola died today. When I heard the news, I was just like,"Oh." Now that I think more about the sad news, I feel more than depressed; I miss her. She was my only grandparent. All my other grandparents died before I was born. I feel that my older sisters are lucky because then were able to get to know out maternal grandparents [my paternal grandparent died when my dad was a teenager].

The death was somewhat expected. About two weeks ago, my family heard that Lola Pia was admitted to the hospital days before due to breathing problems. My dad's remaining siblings decided to take her off the respirator; they were just going to wait for my dad to reach the hospital. Once my dad heard the news, he left for the Philippines the next day in order to say goodbye. A few days later, we heard news that my Lola was out of the hospital and doing okay.

I wish Lola Pia's death could just wait until I got to the Philippines. I'm going with most of my immediate family on July 8th. I haven't seen my Lola for about six years ever since her departure from the United States. I hope she's doing well with God and Lolo Meling(sp?).

On a side note, I had fun today with orangeincest and antilife06 . I was able to get a large, blue ドラえもん bag, two idol magazines of Sho, and a notebook for Mandarin II~ Today, I also listened to GReeeeN's new album, after hearing the first track, 光, earlier today. [Btw, it ranked #1 in the Oricon this week!] I also noted the fourth track, 遥か, which means faraway. When I read the lyrics for that particular song, it was like GReeeeN predicted the future and released the single six days before my birthday. I hope you give it a listen.

Romaji, english translation, and PV: http://www.jpopasia.com/lyrics/23612/greeeen/haruka.html

I haven't been posting for about a month, and a lot has happened since then. So, let me take this opportunity to summarize these past few weeks:

• My birthday~!
• 嵐 singles
• Singing at Carnegie Hall!
• EXAMS D;
• My 嵐 calendar came yesterday!
• Happy Birthday, Nino!

"WHAT?!" you scream in disbelief. "CARNEGIE HALL?!"
Last Sunday, I sang at Carnegie Hall with my high school choir, along with several other choirs. It was magical. And guess what? I might sing at Carnegie Hall next year! The conductor talked to my choir instructor, and he said he'd let us know by November~! By the way, the Texas Boys Choir is ahmazing!

I'm also planning to save my money for two concerts at Carnegie Hall [one for Mitsuko Uchida and another for Uehara Hiromi]. I should be saving money for 嵐's soon-to-be-announced concert XD; I wonder if they'll have one at Tokyo Dome.

I got sent home from school this morning, and I still feel horrible!

I'm going back to bed.

I am punished. I'm so pissed! I got a dress code detention. Because of that, I couldn't go to the musical and see 81! I even bought front row seats! And one of my sisters took away my iPod. How's that for bad luck?! By the way, I'm in the Boston area~ Another one of my sisters is graduating!

Later tonight, I may share my future wedding plans that I have for me and 81 XD;

I'm sad that I can't find any 嵐 orgel mp3s D; I only have the orgel version of "Love so sweet." I have found nice orgels on iTunes [they had one of Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy XDD], but you needed a Japan iTunes account...I wish it would let me use my account. I guess I'll have to beg for a Japanese iTunes gift card D< At least I was able to buy Yuzuhara Jyuri's "Korekara Mo Futari de" on iTunes.


Well, my birthday is coming up in two weeks ;D You should get me something! XD

Listen! It's so pretty~



Also! Next week and the week after is AP week. So I'll be making brownies, cupcakes, etc., for some of my friends. And I'm trying to make sure that 81 gets some, too XD