Semiscon

written on October 7, 2006 in Life

semiscon

Went to a concert sort of thing today with my parents in celebration of some holiday. I’ve been to these type of concerts before in Toronto, but it’s my first one here in the US. Basically they invite celebrities or groups from Taiwan to perform, and since my dad is a diplomat, we’d always get free tickets.

Anyways, the show started late, and that ticked me off. But the performance was amazing. It was by this group called Semiscon, and they sang acappella the entire time. It wasn’t just plain singing though; they had people who did background music, vocals, percussion, everything. It was really amazing, and if you closed your eyes and just listened, you couldn’t tell if the “background music” was sang or pre-recorded. I knew some of the songs they sang, and when they performed Dancing Queen, I had the hugest smile on my face. I feel like a dork, but it reminded me of the good times we had rehearsing for our musical. :3

Overall, not bad. I really liked their outfits too, especially the second one. *hearts*Error processing request

Reformatting WordPress

written on October 6, 2006 in Random, WWW

Finally! A smacking new layout featuring the one and only…me! *broomed* Believe it or not, this was actually supposed to be a sad layout. Like the basic design would be the same (inspired by the design I created today for a client site in Guided Research), but the cover girl was supposed to be Vivian Hsu smiling in a melancholy way. Ended up using myself instead. Either way, I’m quite pleased with the result of this theme, mostly due to the complicated (according to my standards) coding.

I also got rid of the WP-based page navigation, and if you look at the sidebar, you’ll see how similar it is to those of Infinitive’s. That’s because I pretty much copy-and-pasted the whole thing over. The content will also be written manually instead of on WP (because I seriously hate how WP sorts the pages), but chances are most of the things will just be moved over from Infinitive. The only new addition to the site is the portfolio section, which I will start working on after the college applications are done with.

Speaking of college aps, I finally handed in my teacher recommendation envelopes to Ms. Edwards. Actually, I only handed in 2, but the rest don’t really have a early action deadline (or I missed it), so I’m not too worried. Life is good (it’s FRIDAY YO! *quote from Jenny Her*)

EDIT// WordPress is evil. Seriously. I can’t make my own pages because of the whole themes and headers and footers stuff. GAH. Seriously considering switching out of WP. I simply don’t have the patience to figure everything out (in other words, is lazy). I liked b2 better. Or any other blogging system for that matter.
…but I like the tag hack! ;_;
Much thanks to Liberta for providing a tutorial on how to link themes with static pages! <3

College Apps

written on October 5, 2006 in Life, Random

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Gonna make a log of all my applications and stuff so I can keep track…
Stickied so I can easily keep track!!

  • Howard University (DC)
    OMG they have fashion merchandising! :D D And it’s in DC which is close AND its tuition is fairly cheap. But omg I don’t mean to be racists, but 92% African American? Wow.
    PS: looked at their 2006 Homecoming…omg, it was too awesome. Yacht, dance, fashion show, *spazzes*
    OMG dad doesn’t want me to go because of the high ratio of African Americans. o_o *spazzomgracistdad*
  • Philadelphia University (PA)
    They have this huge thing on fashion and stuff. Fashion merchandising, fashion industry management, like omg, heaven on earth. lol And they called and offered me a $9000/year scholarship, which is pretty meager compared to their tuition of $23000 plus boarding and meals ($8000) But meh, we’ll see. :)

    • REQUEST TRANSCRIPT – asap
    • GET TEACHER RECS
    • FILL OUT APPLICATION
    • ACCEPTED with $5000 SCHOLARSHIP
  • University of Delaware (DE)
    Rather nice school, has fashion merchandising, which gives it extra points. Oh and it’s close by. Closer than Georgia, which I was also considering before daddy said no. Anyways, it’d be fun to get out of states and go some place new, learn to be independent, and just have…fun. xD

    • REQUEST TRANSCRIPT – by december 1
    • GET TEACHER RECS
    • FILL OUT APPLICATION (+ honors college)
    • SEND SAT SCORES
  • College of William and Mary (VA)
    This is going to be my reach school. Was supposed to be Georgetown, but 1) I missed the early action deadline for transcript request 2) 3 SATII tests? You’ve got to be kidding me. The only one I was going to take was Chinese, but when I tried registering, there were no available dates. wtf. So I’m applying to this school instead. It’s public, it’s pretty good, and it’s in Virginia. Totally awesome.

    • REQUEST TRANSCRIPT – january 1
    • GET TEACHER RECS
    • FILL OUT APPLICATION
    • SEND SAT SCORES
    • FILE FOR MIDYEAR REPORT
  • University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
    My #1 choice. 30 minute drive, cheap tuition, one of the top public universities, and they have marketing, which is pretty close to fashion merchandising (just on a broader range). Anyways, here’s my plan if I get in: major in marketing, get good grades, graduate, get into grad school with full tuition scholarship, get a master’s degree in fashion merchandising (or whatever they offer). Watch my plan fail.

    • REQUEST TRANSCRIPT
    • GET TEACHER RECS
    • SUBMIT PART II
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore County (MD)
    I do not know why I’m applying here. It does not have the majors I want, it’s only good if you want to do med, but I hate med. I guess this is supposed to be my safety school, though I still have my doubts. AH.

    • REQUEST TRANSCRIPT
    • GET TEACHER RECS
    • SUBMIT PART II (+ honors college)
    • ACCEPTED WITH FULL SCHOLARSHIP!

“Meaningful” posts (not!)

written on October 2, 2006 in Funnies

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I love how my past posts were so meaningful and insightful. My current comments are emphasized (in other words, in italics).

Thursday, August 9th
More than anything in the world rite now, I WANT A HAMSTER! Me and Tina were just talking on MSN, and we got new nicknames. She’s Butter, and I’m Sushi. It’s from Gals (long story). I couldn’t sleep last night, so I ended up watching Cruel Intentions at 12 in the morning. Katherin is such a bitch!
I WANT MY HAMSTER!

Wednesday, August 8th
I can’t believe Tina left Taiwan already. I have to wait another year before I can see her again *sobs*. At least I got to go with her to Blue Lagoon (a water park) before she left. It was so much fun! But now my whole body is aching and Tina has cold.
It’s father’s day today (in Taiwan), and I have NO intentions wutsoever to make a card. Maybe if Tina was still in Taiwan, I wouldn’t feel the same.

Sunday, August 5th
New layout! ^^ Features on of my super loved Asian movie stars, Vicki Ziao. Isn’t she pretty? And I can’t believe that Tina is leaving on the 6th! I wonder if I’ll get to see her again…after all, her mom still has our fax machine….o.o;;
Anyways, my internet is down again, and I’m VERY desperate to go on. Crap, crap , crap.

Friday, July 27th
I have NO idea why, but my internet connection is working. Thank you God! ^^
Deb and Grace came back! XD I’m having a sleepover with Tina, Deb and Grace tommorow! So excited!

Sunday, July 15th
I went shopping with my mum today, and I got a jean skirt, jean shorts, and a pair of jean capris (that were too tight). I love them! XD Oh and I got good and bad news.
Good News: Deb and Grace are coming back to Taiwan to visit me! XD
Bad News: I dunno if my mom will lemme haev internet anymore! +_+
BTW, aren’t these tow icons so sugoi? I got them from a japanese site! I have lots more! ^^

Thursday, July 12th
This is the lamest thing I’ve ever heard: An anti-Digimon freak who had been flaming me over email now added me to his AOL list and wants me to talk to him?? LMAOP! I gave him like 25 warnings for being such an idiot.
If I could talk to myself back then, I’d give myself 50 warnings for being such a fool.

Wednesday, July 11th
If I dun be a good lil girl and control my internet usage time, my mom will cut my internet connection off!
Deb is coming back to Taiwan on Sunday! I can’t wait! And I just found something out: Misao is Taiwanese! OMG! Taiwanese Pride! ^^
I feel very dirty…..maybe it’s cuz I just saw Taichi & Yama-chan’s ass today in Digimon? Then saw Gomamon smack Joe in the head and Joe’s skanky ass? probably. But I hafta admit, they’ve got some damn scrawny asses!
I took another IQ test today, recommended by Chibi Hika. My results were 165, adn people with IQ aboove 161 are considered a genius. I’m not interested in being Einstein here!
From the way I was writing, I have every reason to believe that the test was faulty.

Tuesday, July 10th
New layout, featuring Lucy Clarkson, the actress in the tomb raider movie! ^^ The theme song for this layout happens to be song by Britney…..if you haven’t noticed yet. Sorri, it was just that my cousins were watching her concert, then the song popped up. It reflects me a lot rite now, so I guess it can’t be all bad, rite? Fine. Go ahead. Laugh your @$$ off.
I made five resolutions for this summer, which I must complete.
#1. Grow Up <- can definitely put this one to good use!
#2. Get a life <- sounds like a plan alright
#3. Grow my hair long <- still working on it!
#4. Control my computer usage <- completely hopeless
#5. Get over Yamato Ishida <- why? he’s so lovable!
The last resolution also has some connections with the theme song, which happens to be my therapy song. Quite useful actually, cuz now I’m not so obcessed anymore. I dunno if that’s good or bad news tho…

Tuesday, October 23
I GOT MY DOMAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A million billion thanks to Deb and her mom for helping me out! ^^ I adore you forever Deb! BTW, my domain isn’t up yet, so don’t bother going there. -_-;
The whole gr. 8 are going to some place as a trip…and I just can’t wait! They’ve got campouts, theme parks, and a performance night on the first day! Some guys, my friends and I are gonna work on this dance…and I’m shocked to see that so many guys in my class actually know how to break dance! Wooo!
This popular but idiotic guy in my class asked me out today…but I take that it was a joke…even though a lot of people say he likes me…What am I to do? Ugh! I hate it when things like these happen!
…I do not recall anyone asking me out in Taiwan except for Ryan, and I know for a fact I was not talking about Ryan here. I must have been hallucinating. Maybe I was desperate for love. lol

Monday, October 22
I’m starting to wonder if Deb actually sent the money order to the correct address…cuz my domain still isn’t here yet. Nothing really new, except that I started to notice how much this cute guy (but a huge jerk) in my class looks like Chiaki (from KKJ)! The resemblence is simply shocking…though their personalities are nothing alike…I’ve had an on and off crush on him…and I think he’s the same with me. What am I to do?
Haha, I know that guy. I did have an on-and-off crush on him, but I think it was a one way thing. He’s still cute the last time I saw him. <3

Friday, October 19
Our class won the basketball game against room 206! YAH! ^__________^ And that automatically makes us the 3rd place in basketabll out of 16 classes in gr. 8. But I couldn’t compete today cuz I was stupid and wore the normal uniform instead of the gym uniform *sigh*.
I calculated my exam marks, and the total is 618/700 and the average is 88%. My marks went down this time, but then again, so did the rest of the class, so I think I’ll still make it in the top ten
Our class grade average was pitiful. Even a monkey could make the top 10.

Thursday, October 18
I GOT 89 ON MY DAMN ENGLISH EXAM! Can you believe it? I’m shocked, horrified, stunned, and ABSOLUTELY pissed! I’m ready to kill anyone that pisses me off! Those stupid kk phonics and dumb taiwanese-ish english.
Is it twins OR twin?
Is it September the 3rd are my parent’s birthday OR September 3 is my parent’s birthday?
I’m starting to question myself on my english skills now….sad…pathetic…
Oh and we kicked class 204 in the ass today in basketball. But then again, they always did suck.
I remember spazzing over this. I still insist that I was right and that the English teacher was wrong. Come on, she couldn’t even pronounce Tarzan properly. How could she be right? How could I get an 89 on an English exam in Taiwan? That’s just BS.

Wednesday, October 17
The exams are finally over and I think I did horrible on it T_T If my grades drop, my mom is gonna kill me, then ban me from the computer! Ugh, how devastating!
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? MY DOMAIN IS ALMOST HERE! *jumps up and down while dancing to para para* Oh the joy! Even better, I dyed my hair! After much pleading, my mom finally agreed (even tho it’s against school rules). So now my hari is black with purdy brown streak! *sighs* Life is perfect! Even better, I bought another KKJ manga, so now I have 5 in total. 2 more till I have to complete set! ^_^ After I finish collecting KKJ, I’m gonna start on Gals! I lurve that serious! So funny!
Should definitely have collected GALS. That series (serious? lol ) was amazing. I love the fashion in there, and Ran is my alterego. Seriously.

Tuesday, October 16
I changed Angelic Designs and now it’s called MomoFrost! Ag I love that name to death! XD
There was this whole thing going on between me and my friends with the word “momo” and us being the Momo Family. For example, the call me Momo yu, which is atcually taken from my chinese name (DON’T LAUGH!), Ruyu. I never did liek my chinese name much, but even when using my japanese name Mizuno I feel cloned -_- . Maybe I should use Ruyu as my alias…THAT should be original enough!
Still do not like my Chinese name. As a matter of fact I hate it. Bleh. It would be original though. Ah, who cares, I like Shao. And haha, I remember the Momoyu thing. But Yingmomo (it sounds like the Chinese term for pubic hair) and Tengmomo (it sounds like the Chinese term ‘to lick hair ‘) were funnier :D
Mosquitoes: Annoying things that ruin your beauty sleep and makes you itch like CRAZY! Seriously, I can’t stand those things. There was one that followed me all of last night. I went from sleeping in my room to sleeping in the guestroom, but that thing wouldn’t damn stop buzzin! MY GOD!
EEEEEEEEE! Good news! No…AMAZING NEWS! I’m finally getting my domain! YAH! I’m soooo excited! Recently found out that Shinae got a new domain too, and it sounds sooo much like my soon-to-be oceankissed.org! Her’s is actually sun-kissed.org….pretty name, ne?
Oh I love hurricanes! Another one came, which explains why I woke up at 10 am today! Yep, school has closed so I get another day off to study for my exam and to just chill and relax

Monday, October 15
OMG *claps hand*! I finally figured out how to use Blogger! Yes, call me stupid, but at least I got it now! AND, My friend Daisy is gonna get me a domain (not oceankissed.org) for my Blog! I’m so excited! She asked me what I wanna call my domain, and after much thoughts, I decided to call it girl-enchanted.net . Pretty, ne?
You know what? Just realized that the guys in my school are all so ugly. And if there are cute guys, they’re usually jerks. Ugh, that means I’ll hafta live 3 years without a boyfriend. How sad -_-
Daisy? I never had a friend named Daisy. I think I made that up. lol . It’s funny how in the end, I went out with one of the “ugly” (since he’s not a jerk, therefore he must be ugly) guys in my class. Meh? =x

27.05.03 : I want to be free
I’m feeling so screwed right now, and I want to literally KILL Ryan. He is SO ANNOYING!! I hate him, hate him, hate him, hate him. I already turned him down, but he’s just not getting the picture, is he! He keeps buying me all these things, and being dumb and all, I happily accepted them. So today he comes and gives me a necklace, and I just stood there dumb thinking….”right, now he is scaring me…” And then he asked if I liked it, and I was like “yeah…it’s um…nice…” So then I feel all awkward and mad, because I realized that I had made the biggest mistake by giving him the idea I still liked him, which I obviously DON’T. Just when I was feeling confused, he came up to me and said that he wanted to see me wear the necklace, and I exploded at him “NO!!” and then for the rest of the day, I wouldn’t talk to him or even look at him. But he still couldn’t get a clue, and during first period in the afternoon (gym), he and James(thank God he came along too) came up to me and asked what was wrong, and I kept pretending I was fine, so the 3 of us stared at each other in silence, but soon turned out to be flirting between me and James, leaving Ryan in the shadows. Yeah, but the flirting was just and excuse to er…escape. I can’t stand the way he looks at me…it’s just so….disgusting!
I’m so mean *sighs* Can you believe the 2 of us are still friends now? Yes, me and Ryan, still friends. He was asking for help on Edgar Allen Poe’s poetry just this morning.
I’m not the type of girl who should get in a relationship, cuz that feeling I get makes me feel so bounded, and unfree. There’s a chinese saying that goes “life may be precious, but loves is even more. Yet both of these can be sacrificed for freedom.”?????,?????,?????,?????.
I don’t think I ever did “love” Ryan. Love is different. I would give my freedom and life for true love…seriously.

23.05.03 : on relationships
I wished that time would turn back one year, that way, I wouldn’t have to leave all my friends, and maybe I could actually have a relationship; one that won’t end because of school work, tests, and pressure. I love life in Taiwan, more than I loved it in Canada. But during my 3 years here, I haven’t really “lived” until 2003, this semester. Before this time, I’m not sure what I was doing (literally), and I felt like a zombie. Wake up, go to school, take tests, eat lunch, take more tests, go home, work, dinner, bath, sleep. That was pretty much my life. But I didn’t hate going to school, like back in Canada (for some reason I dreaded seeing my class -_- ). I pretty much enjoyed it, and only did hate it because of the tests. But now, I LIVE for going to school; not for the tests, but because I can see my class, and talk to my friends. We only have 16 more days together.
I’m screwed right now, and I feel like my life has come right out of a tv show. A guy who I’m only friends with is in love with me (I rejected him, but he hasn’t given up yet), the guy I like (but never had the courage to tell him) sees me only as his good friend (he likes someone, but who knows who this mystery girl is…probably Stacy), and the third guy I’m confused about, because he either likes me, my friend, or is just playing around. And what do you know, these 3 happen to be my best guy friends. @__@;;
One is almost perfect, but is obsessed with me. The second being super cute, but a bit of a jerk. The third being a jerk, a snob, but really caring. I don’t know who I like…I don’t even know if I actually like anyone! Even if I did, it’s all too late…when high school starts this fall, I doubt that we’ll keep in touch anymore…but I know I’ll miss them, LOTS. All I wish is that time could turn back…
Um, who am I talking about? Ok, I think the first guy is Ryan, and the 2nd one is Jake, but who the heck is Stacy? And who is the 3rd guy? Silly middle school crushes.

13.05.03 : !!!
Just to make things clear, this isn’t my official weblog…it’s my journal. I jot down my thoughts and feelings about my offline life here. For rants about my to online life and other miscallaneous, please visit eternal snow. I know it’s confusing, but I like keep my 2 lives seperate instead of all mixed up together. Yeah, and what I said just confused myself @_@;

11.05.03 : hair issues
I don’t understand why middle schools in Taiwan have to have a restriction on how long your hair can be. What’s the point? All it does is make everyone look like geeks and nerds. The school board says it’s so students would spent more time studying and less time fussing over their hair, and I say BULLSHIT. If someone is studious, they’ll always be studious no matter what length their hair is, or even if the sky fell down. If someone is a slacker, they’ll always be a slacker (unless they had a change of heart). So what’s the fucking point of making everyone cut their hair when it’s not going to change anything at all?
But after 3 years of this awful fate, I’ve accepted it. Last month, the school inspectors announced that the gr.9 wouldn’t have to cut their hair at the beginning of May (hair is inspected on the first week of every month). Everyone was very happy about that, especially me, since my hair was already at my shoulders (the rule is above shoulders for girls, I’m not sure about guys though). But just last Friday, they suddenly decided to change their minds without a warning beforehand and said that the gr.9 will have to have a hair inspection, along with the rest of the school. Who could not be pissed!? I was furious went absolutely mad! At school they teach us that when we make a promise, we must follow it and not go back our words. ?????H,???G. Yet the school inspector, or the school (not sure who decided to change it) went back on their words, ?X?????, ???????. How can they expect the students to do what they can’t do themselves? How do they even expect the students to believe what they say anymore.
I swear, the education system in Taiwan is corrupted. <_<;;
Amen.

Netfirms is a slow cow

written on October 2, 2006 in Rants, Reviews, WWW

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The icon should really read “Yuki thinks Netfirms is an idiot“. The server is SO slow, it’s not even funny anymore. I knew I should have picked Surpass when the review said Netfirms was slow at running scripts. Dang the $10 promo. *bricks head*

I think I’m definitely switching out next year, and I’m not sure about this domain. To keep or not to keep? Bleh. I do have some new ideas for sites though.

  • Beauty Up!
    I’m not sure if it’s going to be an e-zine or just a website, but it’ll contain recipes, workouts, DIY’s, product reviews, fashion, hairstyles, and anything else beauty related.
  • Cloud 9
    So this really isn’t a new idea for a site, but since 3 of the 4 reviewers are drowned in college apps and whatnot, this site will have to wait until we all get into college and senioritis kicks in. xD ;;
  • Daisuki
    A takari fanlisting. I applied for it before, but then got lazy and couldn’t finish it by the deadline. Now I’m applying for it again and crossing my fingers that I get it. I adore this couple and despise Toei for being and ass and not letting them end up together. Curse Toei.
  • Metamorphosis
    My portfolio, which I might consider changing the name of. I might end up making this in my GR class, so we’ll see.

This is really it so far. I wish I had still had an interest in some sort of anime or gaming series, because then at least I could make something of it. Sadly, I lost all my interest in anime, though I still read them for amusement from time to time. I might make a GALS! site just because the series is too cool and I do have the Ran & Miyu fanlisting. Speaking of which, I’d like to get the Otohata fanlisting as well. He is too sexy and selfish for his own good. =9

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