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beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:54:36 GMT

22nd February 2007 Update
Long Time No Blog.

Note: I will no longer be updating my LJ about updates on my blog after this post^^

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beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:59:15 GMT

October 30th Update
The 100th Post
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So long, farewell...

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:53:58 GMT

Well guys, after 3 years and 16 days it's time to say goodbye.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/lady_dilandau has officially closed...

BUT

not to worry, Beijing Baby! has moved on and relocated itself at:

http://www.beibaby.blogspot.com

So please visit me there!

You can still add me as friends on my LJ as I come back once in awhile to read friends posts. So yeah, there we go... don't forget to bookmark my new blog^^

<3 you guys *muwah*

Stupid Post Xmas Sale!!!

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 01:37:55 GMT

I have promised myself after I come home from China, not to buy anymore unnecessary, but NOOOOOO the stupid post Christmas sales keep tempting me. Now I've just bought a new T-shirt, Skinny leg jeans, a dress (in which I'll probably never wear), a phone hangly dangly and other random stuff which I have to hide from my parent's or else they'll lecture me about how I'll have no more money in Japan. This calls on one of Oscar Wilde's famous quotes, "I can resist everything except temptation."

Besides that, someone very very nice sent me these:

It came with two tickets to Memoirs of a Geisha (which comes out in Aus in the 18th) and an anonymous note saying, "Watch the movie with me?". Of course I will! The roses are beautiful btw, loves it!

Here's a stupid try hard cute looking photo I took especially for mystery rose person. Anyone else care to send me some? ^.~

China Holiday 2005

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 05:04:46 GMT

First thing I have to say is that everything in China was SO cheap. From food, to earrings to haircuts. Everything, once converted mentally to AUD is very very cheap. In the end my luggage was 15kgs over the weight limit coming back home to Sydney @.@

Jenni and I lived in such luxury we did not wash our own hair for a month, as we would just go downstairs to the hairdresser to get a blow dry every two days at $20RMB. On average we probably spent around $800RMB a day just splurging. International brands however, are still expensive, although a lot of the big fashion houses had a 30% off sale at the time we were there. Häagen-Dazs was also a highlight of my trip. Their icecreams are so delicious that we went about 3 times a week. However it was like $25RMB per scoop of icecream, expensive, but so worth it! (I don't understand why Sydney is the only large city which doesn't have it -_-;;)

Häagen-Dazs Fondue... yum.

Second of all, I usually travel to China once every year, however this was the first time I went with my friends. I guess having to live in hotels and survive in a foreign country on your own means was somewhat different to what I had previously experienced. Suddenly, this trip made me realise how huge the class demarcation is. I remember thinking, as Jo, Winnie, Fei, Jenni and I were having a $216RMB/person dinner in the revolving restaurant in Beijing International Hotel, that all the food we didn’t eat would just be thrown out, while there were beggers downstairs who would would never even see what a tarte auvergnate au fromage looks like, let a lone taste it (it acutally doesn't taste that nice, but the fruit tarts there were amazing).

These mansions in Suzhou was only 800m away from this building.

This waitress I spoke to at a Korean barbeque restaurant, (which I became a regular customer at, gotta love meat), was my age. She made $500RMB a month in that restaurant. After I heard that I felt a pang of guilt as I had just spent $6000RMB on a handbag (in which I had to fight over, more about that later) the previous day. There goes a year of her wage.

However, when you walk into Beijing’s World Tower (Guo Mao), in which the LV shop is three levels or if you go into Beijing's $3000RMB/night Peninsula Palace (Wang Fu) Hotel you tend to forget about everything that goes around in "the real" world. I think these places have special powers to make you feel that way. Jenni and I sat down in the Peninsula Palace Hotel lobby (we were shopping there, could not afford to spend the night LoL) and was happy to pay $50/person (with 10% service fee -_-;;) for normal Jasmine tea because there was a quartet playing music for us and the ambience was beautiful. Although this was all fun and relaxing, I'm also glad I got to experience squashing against everyone in a busy market trying to haggle a $10RMB ring down to $8RMB XD.

Winnie, me, Fei, Jo, Jenni and Jane, with Yan taking the photo in Summer Palace Beijing (Yiheyuan).

L: Winnie and I in Starbucks (Suzhou)
R: Jenni and I in front of Paris Bar (Suzhou). We both drank too much that night ~.~ I'm never drinking again.

After a foot massage, the guy began to put raw ginger on my legs then wraps hot towels around them. Supposedly it's good for circulation but it was so painful. It felt like the top layer of your skin was getting peeled off after the ginger was wrapped around you for more than 2 minutes.

The country town we went to for a day called Jian Yin. It's in the south of China.

L: The hotel lobby we stayed at in Jian Yin.
R: My aunt and I in my hotel room. She kindly let me use her laptop so Jenni and I could connect to the rest of the world as we had free broadband internet access in our room.

Suzhou Amusment Park.

L: Jenni and Winnie on a ride.
R: Jenni, Winnie and I strapped in on the crazy ride where the string just drops and you start flying. Mad fun though^^

L: Shanghai night view of Nanjinlu (am I right? @.@).
R: Night view of Puxi.

The Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai. It's 468 meters high (1,536 feet) and is the world's third tallest TV and radio tower.

L: Jo with the Australian flag inside the tower.
R: Me taking the photo of everyone having lunch in the revolving restaurant in the tower.

Our train ride from Shanghai to Beijing. It was like a moving slumber party XD

L: All of us at Tiananmen Square. We're dressed like that (ie. ugly) because it was freezing.
R: My friends being extremely embarrassing. They bought commie hats and struck poses in the middle of Beijing city.

Jo and I being stupid in The Summer Palace (Yiheyuan).

L: Me and Winnie getting ready to go clubbing in Mix (Beijing).
R: My cousin and her boyfriend took Jenni and I out to a bar in Hou Hai (Beijing) on Christmas Eve.

I'm BACK!!!

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:41:22 GMT

Happy New Year yadayadayada...

What's more important is that 2006 should be a fresh new start. My New Year's resolution this year was to simply work hard studying Japanese as I start my exchange this March. I actually got back from Beijing on New Year's Eve in the morning. It was 35 degrees or something of the likes and I had no time to rest. I began to unpack some of my luggage because my mother was desperate to see the Swarovski necklace I bought her and the ten bags I bought for myself (in which I said I'll share... ha as if!) Then I began to decorate myself in a rush and would begin to sweat if my hair curler got within 1 metre radius of me... it was SO hot!

Strange thing was I still had a cold from -5 degree Beijing and so everyone stared at me strangely as I sneezed and coughed my way through a boiling Sydney summer day.

Yanny was nice enough to actually come over, wait for me to finish decorating and then drive me to where my other friends were going to meet me. We all ended up in Milson's Point (as we always do for NYE) to watch the Sydney Harbour Bridge go off.

Er, fireworks...

Me and my guy pals: Ryosuke, Cessi, Taka and Katsu. Do you like my new hair cut?

Here we are in Bradfield Park, Milson's Point after watching the 9pm fireworks and playing drinking games while waiting for the midnight countdown and fireworks.

New Year's Day... well New Year's Day I can tell you is hard to forget. It was the hottest day in 57 years at 45 degrees celsius (=113 degree fahrenheit). I don't think anyone went out. However the next day dropped 20 degrees or so with the highest being 24 degrees celsius (=75 degree fahrenheit). I swear the weather is so screwed up... Everything from The Day After Tomorrow is happening O_O

Wow, I'm blogging about the weather. Ain't my life da bomb?!

I was going to blog about China but there are just way to many pictures and so I'll probably split it up into different entries.

All I can say is that I had a mad time! It was the first time going with all my friends, so I had lots of fun, even though I had to visit all the tourists attractions... again. At most we had 10 people eating Peking Duck for dinner then going clubbing in Mix, Beijing.

More about that later. But right now, the most obvious poll of the day: What's your New Year's resolution?

Let's fly away...

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 14:51:00 GMT

I guess I'm leaving around eleven hours from now, I can't wait!

First stop is Suzhou to take in all the nature and romanticism of China. Suzhou has been called the Venice of Asia as there are so many rivers and lakes etcetc. Another interesting fact is in the CBD of Suzhou, buildings are not allowed to be over five storeys, and the high rises are only built out of the CBD.

But the truth be told, I actually find Suzhou can be slightly boring, as the shops aren't that great. I've been there too many times to enjoy the nature aspect, but I hope the Winnie, Jane and Jenni like it. We'll be staying at my apartment there, which is perhaps one of the best about going to Suzhou. It means no checking in and out of hotels in the early morning hours (11am is early ok? -_-;;) and no tardy room service.

Here's a photo of my luggage to keep you entertained before I talk about our next destination. I'm bringing a large suitcase, a small suitcase and a hand bag. The suitcases are pretty much empty (I'm packing EXTREMELY light), but I'm sure by the end of the trip, I'll have excess baggage for my flight >.<;; I didn't even bring a coat!

Our second destination is... the Paris of Asia. The economical centre, (home of my good friend Winnie and other women who seek to marry aging billionaires with heart problems)... SHANGHAI XD Don't take me seriously, I'm just joking around, besides as Ken says, "Shanghai girls have nice asses!"

I love Shanghai though, the shopping is TERRIFIC! You can find markets where things are very very cheap, a few streets away from the Louis Vuitton boutique. I love Plaza 66 and the two other major shopping centres next to it, they are just amazing to shop in and I'm getting giddy inside just thinking about it.

Shanghai is also very beautiful (however in contrast to Suzhou's 小河流水) in the big city sense. Bright lights, big buildings and a budding night life. I've stayed in the Ritz-Carlton Portman in Puxi and Shangri-La in Pudong before and the rooms and service in both are very good. If you ever go to Shanghai they're the place to go (depending on which side of Shanghai you want to be). However, as we're going without parents this time, we're staying in a cheaper hotel closer to Winnie's home.

Yay, another photo interlude. This time it's of my passport and tickets. SO EXCITED!!!

Last but not least, we finish off our one month trip in the one and only Beijing. Yes, I shall take in all the traffic, the pollution, the crowd, the sights and the shops. I love Beijing so much. I guess in a way you always have a sort of an affectionate connection to the place you were born in. Although I left Beijing when I was three, I've visited it many times and it changes so much every time I go. There is always something new and in construction in Beijing. I think they want to go out with a bang in 2008.

Beijing's shopping is no way second to Shanghai's. Shops are everywhere, but probably the main shopping districts are Xidan, Dongdan and Wangfujing, which are really close to my grandparents home (where I usually live going back to Beijing). The city of Beijing is made up of rings of roads which bascially circle the city. Tiananmen is at the very heart of Beijing and 2 Huan is the first ring around it. The next ring is 3 Huan, the next one is 4 Huan and so on. I think the city has expanded to about 7 Huan now. The famous road, Chang'an Jie (which is two minutes away from my home, where all the bright lights and happy people are) has so many lanes it can land an passenger aeroplane... seriously.

I'll be having a white Christmas this year =D

Right, last picture. This is a watch my dad bought for one of my uncles at Duty Free. I thought it looked really nice (but in actual fact, I like the red case more than the watch itself o.O). I was trying to persuade my dad to buy me the Dior Christal watch in the full sappire, but he wasn't convinced -_-;;

Anyway I want to wish you you all an early Merry Christmas^^ I shall return on NYE to see the fireworks on the Harbour Bridge.

New Layout ⇒ Itachi

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 11:13:03 GMT

I thought I'll put up my new layout before I left for China. Yes, I was being lazy with S2 before but then I realised it took just as much time filling out the colours, so I'm back to the confusing codes of S1. This layout is of the hothothot Itachi from Naruto ^.~ Stare and worship.

Does anyone know the code for having a specific number of posts on the page?

[Edit]: Only works properly for resoultion 1024x768+ IE. If you have 800x600 press F11 and it should work better^^

I got back home at 10:30am this morning from the St Pius after party and I really feel I need sleep now. I spent two hours on the phone with Jenni, our excitment of China exacerbating with each location we talked about visiting.

I'm meeting up with Cindy tomorrow for some coffee and we'll probably just end up lazing around at my house for the rest of the day.

Right, bed, yes.

Year 12 Formal or as the USAers call it: Senior Prom.

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:18:32 GMT

Event: Cranbrook Year 12
Date: 14th November
Venue: Royal Motor Yacht Club Point Piper

Most people dressed really really well! No one had that horrible done up hair with overused glitter hairspray (I apologise to those who like that look). I even met a girl, around 6'2 who was an uncanny Mischa Barton look-a-like. One of my favourite dresses was a girl wearing a short strapless black dress which flared out at the end tutu like. She wore a brown belt around the waist so it was casual and sexy!

Wow, that sounds really ugly when I describe it. It actually looked like one of the dresses from the Elie Saab Spring/Summer 2006 RTW collection, thus it must be hot!^^

I wore a melon pink and gold dress with a light pink pashima (cause it was cold) and my bronze metallic heels. I also did my hair up. I copied a up do out of the November Vivi.

That's the dress.

I seemed to think the hair looked quite nice and elegant (to contrast the shortness of the dress) but now looking back, I think it kind of looks like granny hair @.@

Jane and I at the venue. The ambience was amazing.

Event: Sydney Girls Year 12
Date: 15th November
Venue: Novotel Darling Harbour

It was so nice to catch up with everyone again. It was also kind of sad as it was the last time I would ever see the people in my grade together.

The dresses were also really beautiful. Everyone dressed so much better than they did in the year 10 formal. Ahh, we have all grown. The coolest dress in my opinion was Roshelle's, because she came in a Gothic Lolita dress! It was mad, I couldn't stop staring at it.

The only fashion faux pas' was probably two girls coming in clown makeup, one girl having eyebrows like a geisha, only one girl managed to dress like a floozy and one girl dressed like she was a bride... wait that was me.

Yes, I wore a long white dress. One girl even commented, "that's the type of dress I want to get married in!" I guess I got sick of wearing so much black to my Year 10 formal and Year 11 semi-formal that I decided to wear chaste white this time.

I got my hair curled at the hairdressers because I didn't trust my curling iron but I did my own makeup as I didn't (and still don't) trust the "make-up artists" at the Napoleon/M.A.C/Chanel/Clinique etc etc. They put so much foundation on I could probably scrape it off at the end of the day. I wore the new silver shoes I bought in Bondi. They aren't very hot, but I was in such a hurry to find a pair of silver shoes to go with my dress that I just bought them out of desperation.

The dress.
Don't laugh at it... even on sale it still cost me a fortune.

This is taken in the apartment we booked for the night at Star City.

Winnie and I.

Marisa and I at the formal.

Alice, me and Rita.

Amy and I.

You would think I wouldn't need a suitcase for a one night at a place 15 minutes drive from home, but hey, I used every single item I packed.

Then at around midnight when the formal finished, the girls and I went back to our apartment, I got changed then we went down to the casino for some happy gambling^^ We all ONLY had a Tequila shot.

Jenni and I. Yes we're in the bathroom, as everywhere else in the apartment was too dim to take photos (and I try to avoid using flash at all costs).

That dress by the way, I totally bought out of impulse and that was the first ~~and probably the last~~ time I have ever worn it.

Winnie and I in the casino bar.

Date: 16th November
Event: North Sydney Boys Year 12
Venue: Waters Edge The Rocks

The dresses for some reason seemed less spectacular than the previous formals, however all the guys were dressed well. Joyce probably had the prettiest dress. It was turquoise and white and with her curls the dress just looked so nice.

There was this super hot korean and japanese girl at the formal and as I was getting introduced to them I wanted to ogle over them longer, but they might of thought I was a pervert or a bitch depending on what my ogle expression is... I wouldn't know what it looks like @.@

I wore a black dress... yeah black. Black is classic (or so I try to tell myself). I also blow dried and ironed my hair straight for about a hour until I achieved dead straightness.

I also got to wear the necklace I bought for my Year 11 semi-formal again. Yay!

Joyce, Anne and me at The Rocks.

The boys being stupid XD

My cosage. Thanks Ken TABUKI, it's really beautiful.

The night prior to the formals was the... Prior Cruise which was fun as I hadn't played in Luna Park since I lived in Milson's Point eight years ago. So by the night of the 16th I was exhausted. I'm the type of person who needs 8 hours sleep!!! Time to sleep now.

The delights of subculture... and MAN CANDY!

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 04:12:33 GMT

[Edit]: FUUUUUUCK! As I was about to type another entry I deleted my old one. How the hell did I do that?! Eh, I'll re-type the old one.

So what have I been doing for the past couple of days?

» Went shopping in Paddington with Jane and Jenni. The only thing that I liked enough to buy was a beautiful Princess dress for $3000 at Charlie Brown which I did NOT buy.

» Went to Joyce's house with everyone (everyone meaning me and others =P)and threw water ballons at each other, played mahjong and ate cake until early morning hours. I won mahjong 9 times in a row or something... I knew we should have played for money -_-;; Happy 18th Nick!

» Went to my aesthetician for a long needed facial and didn't go anywhere else for the rest of the day because my face was red.

» Went shopping in the city with Jane to shop for Jenni's birthday present. We bought her something in which she can enjoy with her boyfriend *smirk*

» Went shopping in Bondi again with John and bought a pair of shoes and watched Wolf Creek. Never going to outback Australia ever again after that movie!

» Went to my Chinese class dinner, then went to Cyrus' 18th birthday party, in which I had to take care of a lot of drunk people. Then ended up with Ken TABUKI, Joyce, Ryo, Jess, John, Dickson, Clare and Nick in Palm Beach at 5.30am watching the sunrise. Happy Birthday Cyrus!

» Went out with Jane, Winnie, Fei and Jenni to celebrate Jenni's 18th. I was then too tired to go to Billy's 18th party afterwards so went home and ended up typing this entry. Happy Birthday Jenni and Billy!

November seems to be birthday month. I guess there may have been extremely happy parents on Valentine's day.

Today as we were walking down the city, we spotted a shop called Shibuya which had some mad Gothic Lolita dresses. Being someone who really wants to by a Gothic Lolita dress (don't ask O.O) I desperately wanted to go in for a browse. The only problem was I was dressed in slighly inappropriate clothing for that type of shop.

A mix of the two -> Vintage ladylike inspired by BCBG Max Azria and Hermès' Spring/Summer 2006 collection.

And so, I felt extremely self concious and stange amongst the spiky hair, platform boots and black frills. But damn, I so wanna buy something like this.

It reminds me of the time a few years back when I was dressed in a little pink tartan skirt with a flowing black top, a pink beret and black boots, (yes, I was very into colour coordination back then) carrying a Kinokuniya bag full of Lead merchandise and I followed a friend (and his guitar loving, punk rock girlfriend) down to a CD shop called Utopia. BIG MISTAKE! I had an extremely uncomfortable time surrounded by lanky guys with greasy long hair and mohawked women with too many piercings. The music... well instead of my ususal boy band love ballads there was screaming men singing about death, killing and suicide. I left REALLY quickly.

I have never gone back to that CD shop, but I might one day when I've bought that Goth Lolita dress ^.~

Before I leave to go read Deathnote here's something which I thought might interest the boy loving girls and the boy loving boys.

Isn't he gorgeous... his eyes are just so... luring (rofl that's such a Winnie word). He would be even better if he shaved. I prefer the clean cut type. When you see this man in a magazine or on the side of a bus (he's in the new L'oreal ads) do blow him a kiss for me.

The Unfair Things in Life

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 13:24:53 GMT

I remember back when I was in 7th grade my French teacher made a very wise comment. I don't recall how our class got onto the topic (probably discussing the beautiful Brigette Bardot or something of the likes) before she told us:

"There are only two unfair things to life that we are born into without our control. One, some people are born better looking, two, someone people are born into wealth."

Now I thought it was so insightful (and probably the only thing I learnt in French apart from qu'est-ce que j'en ai à faire?) that I have remembered it even 'till today. And because of these two arbitrary factors, which we cannot control, we should treat everyone with the respect and dignity that you expect to be treated. There is no one person in this world better than another, and I hope I'll live to see the day when the world is free from racial discrimination, glass ceilings and homophobia.

On a more trivial note (I don't want to get too Miss Universe global peace on you), I think a third category needs to be added to the "two unfair things in life" and that is ~~stupidity~~ one's brain not working as fast as others (there's euphemism for you). I was in Border's (which is a megaplex bookshop) eating a overly sweet, high caloried mud cake and admiring the superhuman models in the latest US Vogue when a teenage girl and her friend (around 17 or so) runs up to her father and asks:

"Are science fiction books real or not?"

I almost spat out chocolate icing (not a great look), as I was so shocked that someone of her age would ask such a ~~stupid~~ silly question. Her father calmly replied, "not real."

NOT REAL!!!" I wanted to scream.

Hence the word "fiction" which makes up half the genre!

I did not of course, as I said we should treat everyone with the same respect and dignity, even if they ~~are stupid~~ can't completely comprehend what's going on around the world.

And so the girl returned to the land of hobbits and elves, while I returned to Gemma Ward doing whatever she does that makes her millions of dollars each year.

I was going to make this post longer, but I'll keep it for tomorrow. Before I go here's a nice picture:

This is all the pain, sweat and sore eyes complied together through my HSC year. All my notes, exercises, past papers and all the texts I've had to read all piled up on top of each other, sitting there, daring me to open them just for another read. I'm totally up for the NSB bonfire night now.

RIP

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:18:58 GMT

My dear cell phone left this world on the 4th of November 2005. I could still recieve calls, but wouldn't be able to read messages or even find a number in my phonebook, the LCD moniter died on me. I used to change phones every 9 months but I had Flaunt for 2 years. That's how much I loved it.

I'll remember all the good times I'd shared with her, all the times when I applied lipgloss to her mirror, all the times when I would smugly tell my friends that they couldn't have sex that night as their pregnancy probability was 99% and all the times I checked my biorhythm on an important date and was glad to see that my mental, physical and emotional state were all positive. She did everything, she was my friend... I could rely on her to connect me to the world and I could hurl her to the ground every time threw a tantrum (maybe that's why she died o.O)... RIP.

On the bright side, this means I get a new phone. I'm not sure if I should get one now or wait until I come back from Japan. If I get one now it means I can only use it for 4 months and by the time it's 2007 all these new models would have come out and I probably wouldn't want it anymore... hmmm dilemma dilemma. I'll just use the spare phone for now and see how I go.

Yesterday I went shopping with Jenni at Bondi, but was quite disappointed as there wasn't much stuff (it was like Boho overload! -_-;;). I was also stupid enough to go shopping in heels which hurt, so I ended up buying a pair of shoes that didn't hurt as much. But they're made out of suede which is annoying 'cos I have to spray it every time I wear it.

Low heels=smart

But while Jenni got a mani, I went to get a spa pedicure, which was wonderful and so my feet were all rejuvenated and that's when I realised my new shoes did also hurt! I hadn't realised before because my feet hurt so much from wearing the previous shoes >.<;;

I also bought a pair of shorts.

Image taken down.

That's them. I wore them today going shopping with my mum, except I made the mistake of wearing those pumps (above). They hurt too. I just never learn.

Ooh I have such a love hate relationship with that camera angle. On one hand it's slimming, but on the other hand it makes you look short. Hmm... It's like my love hate relationship with heels.

Poll of the Day:
What do you have a love hate relationship with?

I AM FREE

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 13:46:30 GMT

I know you guys miss me but this is just absurd:

I'm kidding^^, I'm just pretending to be all casual about my bizarre MSN popularity tonight. But thanks to everyone who did actually talk to me and ask me how everything was going.

So how is everything going? Well...

I am completely and utterly free from the confinements of high school education. I, have completed my HSC on the 2nd of November 2005 and it's a very good feeling.
It still hasn't completely sunk in that I have 1 year and 4 months of having fun (before Uni starts), I keep thinking there is something I need to study, something I need to revise. Ha I'll get over it.

Anyway buy this months Vivi 'cos it's a good issue.

Any issue with Namie Amuro on the cover would be a good issue.

This is one of my favourite pages:

<3 the outfit.

I had so much more to write about but strangely my mind has gone blank... the way it should after my exams.

Oh before I go, I uploaded two knew photos to my DeviantArt: Halloween and Violet Skies. So view view view!

I'll post real soon, after I've done more than just sit on my ass and watch Desperate Housewives re-runs.

Edit: OmFg totally forgot to add that... I AM SO DYING TO SEE GOBLET OF FIRE!!!, but I'll be in Beijing when it premieres (Jenny, Jane, Winnie and I will just have to suffer the wait). If you're bored make sure you check out the trailer. Harry Potter is teh sex! Seriously! The movie looks so funny, especially the bit when the Veela walk in a Harry just dribbles out all the water in his mouth ahahaha (I'm so easily amused).

Goblet of Fire Trailer

Also Memoirs of a Geisha is coming out soon too. I have no idea when it comes down under yet, but I'm very excited about it as it's one of my favourite books. The beautiful Li Gong 巩俐 will be playing Hatsumomo. I can't believe this woman is 40 years old, she is so stunningly elegant.

Memoirs of a Geisha Trailer
Credits to Cessi. He gave me the link to the trailer when he sent me a nice long email.

Send me emails people XD hotshinya@gmail.com

Heiress

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:50:24 GMT

Yes, I know, I really shouldn't be updating, but you know it feels good to never have to read Shakespeare again (NOTE: Shakespeare is meant to be watched, not read!) Having said that, I was very surprised that all three module questions were essays, I expected The Board of Studies to throw in a few speeches and feature articles, so it was actually quite a pleasant surprise (although they did give us some weird questions), but no more about the HSC 'cause if I hear those three letters again after the 2nd of November I will kill someone.

No I'm serious...

-_-;; Why are you people so disbelieving.

NEWS

My mum was thoughtful enough to make an appointment with my masseuse in the morning. So after my exam I went over, stripped, laid down with my face in that hole. I was really really tired. She told me my muscles weren't as tense as the week before though (which is a good sign that I'm becoming less concerned with my exams -_-;;).

It wasn't until the hour was up, and got up to put my clothes back on when I realised what underwear I was wearing. Ususally when I go to her, I wear black bra and panties, very normal and very unembarrassing. However today, I didn't realise I had on baby pink boy shorts with the word "Heiress" written across the ass in bright fluro pink.

No wonder I heard smirking, but I might have just made that up in my afterthought, I mean she is such a lovely person.

All masseuses are lovely people.
Lovely people don't smirk.
Therefore, masseuses don't smirk.

Ahaha, how much did my syllogism make sense?! (WAY too much Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead).

Okay, I'll seriously stop being stupid now. Speaking of heiress news, supposedly Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie have began to patch up their friendship. This is of course, after their falling out in which Nicole apparently showed Paris' sex video at a party (that's not very nice o_o). But now (supposedly once more) The Simple Life Season 4 is going to start filming on November 1st.

And some photo's to go "awww..." or "ewww..." over (depending on your tastes).

It's interesting how much a person changes when they learn how to decorate themselves.
Don't get me wrong I <3 Paris.

This is actually kind of cute. Yes, it's little Nicole, Paris and Nicky. The photo of older them isn't exactly recent, but it's hard to find a photo of Nicole and Paris together these days.

Lastly, Australian Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2006 will kick off on October 26th in Melbourne. Yay!!! I was going to post up some of my favorites from the Paris Fashion Week, but that ended like 10 days ago.

Oooh, I forgot to mention, I read 9 volumes of Nana and it was just so fantastic and interesting.
<3<3<3 Nana! I'll fangirl more next update, I have to get up early tomorrow 'cause my mum forced me to go swimming with her.

Thanks for all the e-mails everyone and keep them coming hotshinya@gmail.com. Write to me about Nana, The Spring/Summer 2006 Collections, Paris or even (god forbid) the HSC yeah? *muwah*

Poll of the Day:
What is your favourite Shakespeare play?
For me it is probably Macbeth and Hamlet.

Golf & Magazines

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:16:57 GMT

Everyone is probably back at school from holidays now hohoho... I really shouldn't be laughing, the impending HSC is looming in the near future ~~next week~~. I had a dream that I had only written a paragraph of my essay in Adv. English Paper 1 and time was up... I completely freaked out. Good thing it was just a dream.

I guess my parents decided it was becoming slightly unhealthy for me to be cooped up at home attempting to study, so my parents took me out to watch my dad play Golf. Now you can see how completely ecstatic I was upon hearing such news, but it didn't actually turn out as boring as I thought. Some walking and fresh air actually did me some good.

I'm being the little caddy boy.

I decided to tie my mother's hair in pig tails XD

We also went to a family friends house to have lunch. Roast lamb... yum XD The best news about that journey was the fact that their family buisness is magazine publication, including Vogue so they just gave me all the issues that I missed out on buying.

Unfortunately I had already bought the November issue (dammit!) but it came along with Vogue Girl which displays slighly less extravagant (ie. affordable) buys then Vogue but I must admit wasn't as interesting. So I had 6 magazines to read (which was great, cos' that's a favorite pastime of mine) but then my Cosmopolitan suscription still hadn't ended and so Cosmo came in the mail as well.

Doesn't Daria look stunning though?

Then the incredible happened...

I was having dinner at a Japanese restaurant with my parents and next to it was a used Japanese book store. I went in to take a look at the manga and found issues and issues of Vivi for like $1 each! I grabbed all the past issues that I neglected to buy and spent a grand total of $4.50 (a 2003 issue was only 50c XD).

So now I have about 50 billion things to read/look at which would normally make me very excited, however the HSC has dampened any of the excitement I could have had *sighs*

See you guys in a months time. In the meantime why don't you all e-mail me, write me a poem, tell me about your life, or just send you condolences =D hotshinya@gmail.com

Poll of the Day:
What magazines do you read and what's your favourite?

Self Love

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:52:15 GMT

Guess where I went today? Bushwalking in Bobbin Head, yeah getting in touch with nature! It was good fun, even though I was PMSing and having one of those I-feel-so-ugly days. I was pulling at my face in the car thinking I couldn't walk out into public looking like that, my mom was shaking her head with a look of pity, my sister was rolling her eyes and my dad just ignored me (probably used to it o.O) and drove on. However, tonight I had dinner in my favourite Chinese resturant in St Lenonards, I opened up the fortune cookie they gave me and this is what I read:

And like a bright light at the end of the tunnel...

Nothing dramatic happened, I just thought it was a nice coincidence that I got that fortune cookie for today^^.

New Story

Yesterday, I was talking to a good friend about who was hotter, Hyolee or BoA. I told him I personally prefer Hyolee, but it was a shame that she was fake. I said, she probably would have been good looking without plastic surgery anyway. Then he just erupted:

Friend: "How is that fake! It's still apart of her body isn't it?! Then it means it's real!"
Me: "Well since it's not naturally part of her body, then it means it's fake."
Friend: "Well, then makeup is fake too!" (And he got personal... he knows I wear makeup).
Me: "Sure I guess it is. That's why they call a makeup free face au naturel."

I have nothing against plastic surgery, if I had the money I would be all fake now. I just don't know why he got so worked up over it (he was a BoA fan anyway @.@) then had to personally attack my unnaturalness (and that is a word, I checked the dictionary ^.~)

So Poll of the Day: If someone had plastic surgery, would it be legitimate to say that they were fake?

Speaking of makeup, I've been once again splurging on unnecessary items, and in the past few weeks these unnecessary items have been makeup.

I bought Liquid Eyeliner in Pure Black (even though it was a soft tip, and I'm only good at using the hard tips >.<;; but the bottle was just too pretty), a Pure Pop (I really don't need anymore lipglosses) and the Magnascopic Mascara (this mascara works really well though) all from one little counter in David Jones. *whispers* (it's okay though, mom had to buy foundation so she paid for all my stuff as well ^.~).
[Edit]: Can't be bothered taking photo of Pure Pop again @.@

Last week was worse because I ended buying Source #1, even though I bought Source #2 a month ago:

But how I can justify for buying the Disco Edition Juicy Tubes is the fact they were on sale XD

Also bought this lipliner on the same day (I don't even wear lipstick A#@:%OUdsfakaks!!!), but I got the Blush/Lipgloss/Eyeshadow pack for free (it was one of those, spend over a specific amount of money and get this free promotions <--- I'm a sucker for them).

Okay so it might not seem too bad, but once you've seen all the junk in my bathroom you'll think there was something wrong with me for buying more stuff (which I'll never really use).

Let's start off with the counter:

1. Hairspray
2. Mouthwash
3. Contact Lens solution
4. Apricot face scrub
5. Blackhead removing Toner
6. Oil free Moisturiser
7. Heat protection (for hair)
8. Hair straightening balm
9. Firming body lotion
10. Stretch mark lotion (no I'm not pregnant, I got stretch marks from growing too fast back in my puberty days, which have left permanent reminders of those angsty days).
11. Hair Mousse
12. Toothbrush (this one is cool, it changes rotation every 30sec, so you get through each quarter of your mouth, to make up a grand total of 2min brushing).
13. Face wash
14. Overnight blackhead removing gel

Now let's move on to the first drawer:

1. Pore cleansing stick (this is the most painful thing you'll ever encounter near your face).
2. Tweezers
3. Cotton balls
4. Elastic hair ties
5. Measuring tape (to see how much weight you need to lose before fitting into your Formal dress).
6. Contact lenses
7. Makeup bag filled with lipglosses, eye shadows, concealers, lipsticks, eyeliners and a bunch of other stuff which I never even knew I had.

We move on to the second drawer:

1. Hairdryer
2. Diffuser (always have one for your hairdryer).
3. Hair straightener
4. Hair curler (small)
5. Hair curler (large)
This is where the heat protection comes in.

Finally, we have under the basin:

1. Bath salt/Bath milk/Body scrub gift pack (I think my dad got it for me when he and mom went on holidays in the Haymen Islands. Somehow this was meant to make up for me not getting a piece of that paradise -_-;;)
2. Mouthwash (the new citrus flavoured one^^)
3. Pedicure set
4. Fake eyelashes (you never know when you need to dress up as a drag queen).
5. Eh, I'm stupid, I skipped 5 @.@
6. SPF 30+ Sunscreen for kids (it's gentle on the skin^^)
7. Sally Hansen Airbrush legs in Tan glow (I always get bruises so I need this stuff to cover it up)
8. Makeup remover
9. Makeup brushes
10. Blush and eyeshadow underneath
11. Another bag of makeup
12. Spray on body lotion (it's less concentrated than normal body lotion)
13. Mud mask, peel off mask (in the purple) and refreshing mask (in the blue and white)
14. Antiseptic (for piercings)
15. Body lotion
16. Cotton buds
17. Astringent (in case the Toner suddenly runs out @.@)
18. Nail polish remover
19. Voluming mascaras, lash lengthening mascaras, lash curling mascaras (any type of mascara you want -_-)
20. Travel sized contact lens solution and travel size makeup remover
21. Insect repellent (for bushwalking ^.~)
22. Foot scrub (works like a pumice stone with handle)
23. Soap
24. Another makeup bag filled with candy

There you go. Now you have eye witness of my insanity. Good night everyone! Dude, where's my car? is on right now XD

Graduation

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 04:18:41 GMT

Well last Thursday on 22nd of September (one day before Shinya's 18th XD), Class of 2005 of Sydney Girls High School graduated...

NO MORE SCHOOL!!!

*jumps around*

Anyway, it was kinda sad, especially leaving those you've spent 6 years of teenage angst with.
Below are some pics of my actual graduation and the last few days of school (forever!!! *woot* XD)

Me and my parents (my dad hates photos that's why he always looks so... stiff -_-;;)

This was on the wednesday where I wore my junior uniform to school (that's why my hair is in pigtails @.@)
L-R: Jenni, Jane, Winnie and Me (yeah MyJ^2) XD

I'll LJ cut the rest of the photos so it doesn't take forever to load^^

Me and Jenni, we all love her camera XD

Jenni, Anita, Dorothy, Jane, Me, Winnie and Amy before our Luncheon.

Ahh, vanity is a sin =P

My yaoi loving friend Cindy and me XD

Few girls from my Chinese class and Jenni (who just comes to our class anyway @.@)

Yeah, er... this was for our muck up assembly. High-5 XD

Me and Jenni again, I look so lost @.@

On the phone with Ken Tabuki cos' I chucked his lip balm somewhere in the backseat of his car and he couldn't find it @.@

In the library with some non school friends (well obviously since they're guys >.<;;)

You see we don't really study in the library -_-;;

Finally...

For all you Harry Potter fans out there...

*drumroll*

We have our very own Lucius Malfoy in our school. He's the head of the science faculty and people are scared of him XD If he dyed his hair black, he could be Snape too^^ You know chemistry... and potions... -_-;; nevermind.

After the luncheon on Thursday Jane, Winnie, Jenni and I went to K' in the city. We booked dinner at Cafe Sydney, but then Jane couldn't go, and Winnie had a toothache, so Jenni and I were the only ones left. The resturant had a really nice view of the harbour and it was really romantic, just Jenni and I >.<;; LoL

I had "Pepper seared beef carpaccio with shaved pear, baby cress and horseradish" as the Entree and "Wood grilled beef tenderloin with potato and roast garlic cream, balsamic mushrooms and cabernet jus" as the main... yum!!!

Harry Potter turns AV

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 02:16:37 GMT

Ok, well I used my friends tip to replace "wang" everytime the word "wand" appears.
And so I was innocently re-reading my favourite book of the series Goblet of Fire where I discovered a strange but wonderful phenomenon on page 576 and 577:

"His wang began to vibrate more powerfully than ever... it was as though large beads of light were sliding up and down the thread connecting the wangs - Harry felt his wang shudder under his hand..."

"As the nearest bead of light moved nearer to Harry's wang tip, the wood beneath his fingers grew so hot he feared it would burst into flame." (I love it how the word "wood" was used too ^.~)

"The closer the bead moved, the harder Harry's wang vibrated; he was sure his wang would not survive contact with it."

LoL, Mel has a dirrty mind, but I couldn't help cracking up last night as I was reading this XD

Anyway apart from that little adventure I discovered something else... what type of girls asian boys think are hot.

Skin: Flawless

Lucky girl >.< but no I'm not jealous at all, I quite like slathering my face up with white pimple cream and forgetting to wipe it off before I go to school. But I think my favourite thing about not having perfect skin is allowing my beautician to have the satisfaction of digging into my face, trying to get rid of the junk in congested pores.

Guys seem to think that any girl with perfect skin is "hot"... and why wouldn't they? I'm just bitter cos' I don't have perfect skin ~.~

Face Shape: Heart

From my extensive research, I've found that boys prefer the heart shape to any other shape, oval coming second. I think it's because girls seem cuter and more feminine with a heart shape. A heart shape also means they appear slimmer, I don't understand how they can't see the beauty in the full cheeks and protruding jaw line classic of a hardcore square shaped face *coughmelisasquareshape*.

Features: Big eyes, small nose and smaller lips

Yes, the eyes are the window to the soul and boys like big windows. Even better, add in the double eyelid... time to get the tape out.

Small cute nose, like everything else on the girl (except for the eyes -_-;;)

Smaller lips, no I don't think these guys are into the Angelina Jolie pout, they want them smaller and irresistably kissable ^.~ (ha, they wish).

Hair: Long and straight

Guys for some reason likes straight hair better than curly hair, and girls go through all the trouble of curling their hair (which takes forever to perfect with a curling iron) for the guys to say, "you look better with straight hair" lak;hsf; 3A0YRQ8FICDSLK`!!!

Most of the time they go for long hair because it's more feminine (you know it's only cos' their insecure about their masculinity XD "Real" men find beauty in long hair and short)

Makeup: None

Well if I had flawless skin and big eyes, I wouldn't wear makeup either!!!

Personally I admire girls who do wear a bit of makeup. They know how to accentuate good features and obliviate the bad (damn been reading too much Harry Potter).

Build: Slim, on the short side and non voluptuous

Hey if you have perfect skin, might as well be slim (who says you can't have everything?)

With short I'll probably say 163cm and under? That's the height category the majority of the successful test subjects are in. You can't control height... well I guess stop eating/drinking anything with calcium in it to prevent growth... but then again your bones might just snap (especially if you're slim ^.~)

Gone are the days when boys liked girls with big breasts. They liked them medium (medium being around a B probably) sized now @.@ (so fu%#ing fussy!!!) It's only cos' they feel threatened since *something* they have can't quite match up to the girls' bra size.

Famous Matches

- BoA
- Hyolee
- Goto Maki
- Kuraki Mai
- Zhang Ziyi
- Hebe (SHE)
- Gillian (Twins)

Now if you have all the above (or even some of the above) you must have boys lining up and I hate ~~envy~~ you =P

But if you're like me, who is absolutely none of above, then life is good, boys suck anyway =D Or even better befriend caucasian guys, they seem to have more variety in what they find attractive ie. Non stick.

Happy Birthdays

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 16:46:20 GMT

Just wanted to say Happy Birthday to Ryosuke who turned 18 yesterday. Although his party didn't go according to plans, I'm just glad that everything is okay. We ended up having dinner at midnight and I was so exhausted by that time from school and shopping and all the drama that by the time I got home, I just fell asleep straight away and didn't get up until 1pm the next morning @.@

Also want to say Happy Birthday to Niel who turned 20 on Thursday. I couldn't go to his party tonight cause I'm not feeling well >.< blah... but I'll make it up to him next time^^ I seem to miss all of Niel's parties... on his 18th I was working, don't know what happened to his 19th, I'm sick on his 20th and I'll be in Japan for his 21st ;_;

Apart from my birthday wishes, I wanted to know if anyone has any good dieting tips? Motivations? Actual methods? Anything! Please comment and tell me... I'm trying so hard to lose a few kilos before Formal, but I always end up eating Chocolate mud cake @.@

I've tried so many diets before:

The 6 o'clock diet - Can't eat anything after 6pm. This diet works but it's hard to keep up when you're out with your friends and they're all eating Chicken Paillardes with Mustard Tarragon cream sauce and I'm drinking water -_-;;.

The Atkins Diet - High protein, no carbs whatsoever. This diet is horrible if you don't have a personal chef. I became obsessed with food because you just can't eat anything with carbs or starch in it (which is like everything >.<;;) and so I relied on meat the whole time. Although I'm extremely carnivorous by nature, I did get sick of eating beef and chicken all the time (it was also hard to bring steak to school @.@). So yeah this diet sucked.

The Low Fat Diet - That means everything you eat is low in fat. I guess most of this diet is good, since you're meant to eat lots of fruits and vegetables, except it allows you to buy all the snacks in low fat. However, when mayonnaise or yoghurt or cream cheese are low in fat, the sugar content soars... so really not much point.

The Slim Fast Diet - Eat only fruit, vegetables and smoothies. This was like unbearable not to mention unhealthy. I did lose lots of weight though. The smoothies were nice as well =D I cheated by putting oat in them. But all in all, this was really hard to keep up for more than a week. If you do, you'll eater die of hunger or malnutrition @.@

The One Food Per Day - Day 1 - Banana, Day 2 - Apple and so on (however much you want). This was ridiculous, I only tried it out because I thought it was funny. I got to day 3 when you could only eat eggs then ditched it because it was just wtf???

The Health Diet - Low fat, low carb, high protein, lots of water. This is perhaps one of the more healthy diets, it worked, but I really struggled with temptation >.< I didn't lose a lot of weight from this, but if I kept it up I'm sure it would have been more. The good thing that came out of this was learning to constantly drink water. I drink over 2litres a day now. Water=Good =D

Anyone else been on any diets? Anyone got any diets they want use me as a guinea pig on? I'll be willing to try out any diet if it doesn't require eating ginger, tofu or capsicum XD

New Layout

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 12:11:51 GMT

In all these years since I first started with LJ I've always just had the same {Generator} layout. Finally I decided that I needed a change and actually made a proper layout LoL.

This took so long, the codes were confusing and I kept getting the colours mixed up. And since I changed from the S1 system to the S2 system all my old CCS doesn't work anymore, so I can't change the comment links >.<;;

♥ Love - Recent entries
♥ Angel - Friends
♥ Music - Archive
♥ Baby - Profile

I gonna make a new profile page tomorrow (too tired now ^^;;). Anyways I hope you like the new layout and welcome to Beijing Baby! XD

18 Years, 1 Month & 15 Days old

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:16:58 GMT

Yeah, I know it's like a month and 15 days too late, but I've been busy with Trials and English Major Work and just life in general I guess. Anyway many many photos I guess, but I made them small so they don't stuff up your connection @.@ LoL

1st July 2005

I spent this day with my Chinese class. I had to get up at 7am (I went to bed at 5am the previous ~~night~~ morning finishing off my Major Work) to meet up with everyone to go to Yum Cha. I got a bit of shopping done too XD

And yes, the iceing on the cake does say, "Happy Birthday Mrs. Taniuchi!" I feel so loved ^o^

Cutting the cake.

My Chinese class^^

2nd July 2005

I went out with three of my best girlfriends from school today. MyJ^2 *coughcough* We went to Yum Cha (again ^^;;) then went shopping XD

Jenni, Winnie and Jane looking pretty and holding up the presents they bought me. So sweet!!!

Winnie and me doing an "18" with our hands @.@

Jenni and I trying to look hardcore =O

Jane and me, in Capitol right after our Purikura session.

Shopping!!! XD A friend commented we looked like The Plastics from Mean Girls ~.~

3rd July 2005 (Day) <--- My actual birthday!!!

Went out with a few of my non school friends today. We all just went to watch War of the Worlds and went to dinner. It was simple but so much fun^^

Chocolate cake with icecream... yum...

Check out Ken Tabuki's hair (hahaha I'm gonna write Ken's full name from now on, so people can stalk him easier ^.~)

John's sexy ass. Well his sexy Evisu jeans at least! I love it when he wears those jeans XD

3rd July 2005 (Night)

Got changed, then went out with a few older friends, where they took my to Shark's Bar and kept buying me drinks @.@ I did all the things an 18 year old was legally able to do that night, drink, gamble... etc. etc. ^.~

Midori Lemonades are the bomb!!!

Ken, me and Cessi. Ken TABUKI looks like a pimp LoL @.@

Niel and his girl!!! XD So cute together.

4th July 2005

Considering I stayed out until 5am I ended up going to Oli's apartment and staying over there, since I was going to go out with the guys anyway. All of the photos from Yum Cha turned out blurry >.< So I have no photos of Kobe, Cyrus, Yi Feng or Angel ;_;

In the morning before going out, with Jeff and Oli. They look so upset taking a photo with me -_-;;

Jeff being a high maintainced byatch =P Although Ken Tabuki took longer doing his hair than I did mine.

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:00:30 GMT

THIS BEAT IS...
Automatic blahblahblahblahblah.

Anyway I've finished my Extension 2 English Major Work! 3 cheers for me please XD
It's freakin' 4:40am in morning right now and I have to meet Clare at the station at 8:20am, which means I have to get up at 7:00am to get ready. Should I even sleep?

Anyway fangirl a bit, so please bear with me!
Recently I've been watch Kyou Kara Maou. It's so a;owi23097#$U-9u cute! Wolfram and Yuuri are like so getting it on ^.~
It's been a while since I've watched anime, so it feels like the good old days when I was a young girl with no responsibilites or the impending HSC playing on my mind *sighs*

I've also decided to re-read my Slam Dunk manga, to see how much my Chinese has improved. I can read most of it now, without having to check it up in the dictionary. WOOT!

And DAMN Jesse Metcalfe is a big chunk of man candy! His eyes are just so dreamy *melts* Ah... I love Desperate Housewives (not sure whether I love the show more, or just when John the Gardener takes off his shirt XD)

Baby Running Wild PV came out. Yeah as everyone has said... very Orange Range-ish. Shinya's hair wasn't great, but in the newest pics it looks good. It's a bit light but he spikes it up to the centre *drools* But it doesn't matter either way, I'll love my hubby whatever his hair looked like XD

And... NARUTO! Haven't read any for the past month or so. Want to save up a big block to read in one go, or else I get too frustrated. Sasuke still hasn't come out yet =/ Dodgy!

But all is well, School is officially over for this term. In the meantime I'll be turning EIGHTEEN, which sounds fun. So hopefully I'll be having a good 2 weeks break (yeah of studying for Trials @.@).

Want to see a bit of my Major Work that I've been working oh so hard on?

1788

In the dim light cast by flickering lanterns, a young woman accompanied by assembled officials shivered, for it was the first lunar month of the year, and the sun had not yet risen. Her frost bitten hands struggled to turn the pages of her favourite book, one which contained her favourite poem. The main official was quick to rip it away from her hands; he smugly tore up the pages, ignoring her distressing protests and forced her to kneel on the cold hard ground as punishment. 邵君 did as she was told, for she had no other choice, but she did not cry. She never cried. For her, crying was a sign of weakness, the yin end of the yin/yang harmony, one that people would only associate with women. As 邵君 closed her eyes, the glimmer of the few lit lanterns dissolved into brightly coloured lights and white lines, which floated in her vision. She silently began to recite the ending of the poem.

She goes out the door and sees her comrades.
Her comrades are all amazed and perplexed.
Travelling together for twelve years
They didn’t know Mulan was a girl.
“The he-hare’s feet go hop and skip
The she-hare’s eyes are muddled and fuddled.
Two hares running side by side close to the ground,
How can they tell if I am he or she?”

This is a completely different section to ^above. This is near the end.

2005

Jackie shivered with disgust as she entered the hotel room.
There was a podgy man in his early forties on the bed.
His name was Kurt.
Kurt was the worse type of client – selfish, arrogant with a huge ego.
Jackie could tell from the way he lay in bed, legs wide open.
He stank of stale bear and was red in the face.
Many of her clients smelt nasty up close.
Jackie remembered a fifty year old man she once saw – he smelt so bad, it actually took her breath away.
Jackie had flirtatiously suggested for him to shower.
Kurt, however, rejected the suggestion and began to yell out orders.
Jackie undressed clinically and did as she was told.
Jackie would then think of things to take her mind off the moment.
The ceiling kept her interest for a while. She noticed the ceiling patterns in the Sheraton were different from that of the Four Seasons.
She also thought about the Chinese New Years Eve dinner she had with her family. Her mother had barely said a word to her, and when she did speak it was usually criticism or a complaint. It didn’t worry Jackie, she was used to it.
“I bet you like it like that, don’t you?” Kurt grunted, interrupting her thoughts.

He fucking thinks he’s a sexual virtuoso.

Why am I doing this?

Music Rant

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 09:56:52 GMT

Music Rave:

Hollaback Girl just ROCKS! The song is soooooooooooo funky, the music video is awfully cool as well XD Gwen's the best! I bought No Doubt's ablum Tragic Kingdom when I was like 10 years old or something. She was alright then, wasn't so hot on her during her bindi stage but her new style is just so mad^^ I read about all these people bagging her out saying how she always exploits subcultures and whatever. BS to all of that^^ I love her XD Jenni, Jane, Winnie and I dressed up as her posse of Harajuku Girls for our year 12 muck up photo, it was so much fun^^ Photos will come after my exams @.@

Gackt's Metamorphoze is heaps cool as well. I ususally don't like rock, that's any type of rock! (Especially the garage kind @.@) It gives me a headache. But on the rare occasion there's a rock song which I end up loving so much! My last one was Asian Kung-Fu Generation's Haruka Kanata (all thanks to Naruto^^) but my current one has to be Metamorphoze. Gackt being so sexy helps as well... I swear his voice probably sends orgasmic shudders to girls all around the world *cough* (Esepcially the song Fragrance, damn it's sexy!)

Yep, that's it, my two favourite songs at the moment =P

Blah, the HSC is making me fat.
I'm procrastinating so much, so I'll stop writing now >.

beijingbaby11@gmail.com — Mon, 16 May 2005 09:12:47 GMT

Boo!

Anyways sorry about the messy room, was fumbling through my wardrobe (and various magazines) trying to find something to wear. But yeah decided on this dress I bought on Saturday. Now I just need to buy a bolero to go with it due to the oh so harsh Australian winter ^.~

Peace.

[Edit]: Eh, just noticed my boobs look really big in this dress @.@

[Edit2]:
Q&A - Do you want to be interviewed?

The rules:

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

***
Interviewed by hydeist_
1.) How many magazines do you have next your bed? LOL, just kidding! If you were given a day to spend with Shinya, assuming you still like him, what would you do with him/where would you take him? (that was the guy you like, right?)

Only for a day? ;_; Well a day well spent in a hotel I think! LoL jkjkjk, nah I'll take him to Manly Beach, where we could just laze around, talk, play in the waves and eat icecream ~~off each other~~ *coughcough* Then I'll take him on the ghost tour of the Quarantine Station at North Head so I can let him be all manly and protect me XD Then we'll finish the night by having a nice dinner at my favorite resturant Rengaya in North Sydney *sighs*

2.) What has been your most memorable dream?
Singing in front of hundreds of students and parents in Primary School when I played and angel in a school play^^ Good times. LoL.

3.) If you had 1 minute to go in a any shop and grab anything you want which shop would it be?
The Versace boutique and grab that beautiful white white dress (that I desperately want but can't afford) to wear to my formal XD

4.) If you were to change your name what would it be?
Melanie Taniuchi XD

5.) You've made it big, which magazine would have you on the cover and what would it say?
Definitely US Vogue, because... it's the biggest fashion magazine in the world XD What girl wouldn't want to?^^ Or maybe NW/Hello! Because you know you've definitely made it big if you appear on tabloids XD LoL