Remember how I was getting all excited for Straddy? Well, that was all for nothing! Honestly, if I was asked to go on that trip again~ I'd decline. I spent almost 3 days of my life getting my shoes full of water, sand and MUD! So basically I was looking forward to something that was extremely horrible… how ironic! Well, there is nothing to look forward to at the moment because QCS is next week and the week after that will be exam week. And of course, the end of term three will be the verification from the panel to decide whether we're worth getting the grade that the teacher has given to us. I'm feeling a bit like my whole future is being put on the line of the next 2 weeks. Mainly because I have been pretty slack on things here and there/everywhere and things just get procrastinated until the very last second. I seem to have this habit of not being able to work until the pressure is on… not a good thing!

So what have I been up to while I was putting off work? Well, facebook! Seriously, I'm getting so addicted that it's not funny anymore. especially now when I have 2 pages to manage (as an administrator of the page) which mean I need to keep up with the news to provide updates and also download photos and videos… which I have to hunt down myself and that took a lot of time. And as I have mentioned previously, I'm still doing the translation for We love Hey Say JUMP on facebook and now I have successfully uploaded 8 chapters but also on the verge of giving up. Mainly because the page only has about 400 followers and only about 2 of them is active when it comes to checking for updates. I'm not quite sure if all my efforts on downloading + uploading videos and photos and magazines scans have gone completely wasted. I still plan on completing the translation of volume 1 and just stop there… so I have 9 chapters to go – half way there~~~!!!

Both of my parents are out at the moments, taking my grandpa to the hospital! So I'm stuck with Ben who apparently is doing his assignments… little fag! I can hear very loud Jap music coming from his computer room as well as him singing~ Yeah, that's a lot of work you're getting done alright xD

"Don't let the dark clouds from others wear you down, be the sunshine that lights the other up!"

YuMi

HERRO~~ how are we all today?!?!?! I'm pretty excited at the moment, because I'll be out of Brisbane by tomorrow noon =D

Things have been pretty hectic and I guess I do need a small break. But before I leave I need to have accomplish something~ first of all, I spend half of my day translating a manga for this facebook fan page that I am co-managing. The first volume have 19 chapters and roughly 8 pages each chapter, it takes about 15 minutes for me to; erase the Japanese text, type the English texts in, adjust the sizes and then save it – per page! So I spend about 2 hours on each chapter, today I have managed to finish translating the first 2 chapters and post them… quite time consuming I must say, I wonder what have I got myself into~ so tiring =.=

The manga I'm translating for this facebook page is called "Hey! Say! JUMP"~~ Hey! Say! JUMP is a Japanese boy band, I have no idea why Johnny's Entertainment decided to publish a manga series for an idol boy band but generally I think it's quite interesting. It's amazing how they can manage to draw each character which resembles so much like the real ones. Let's hope all that time spend on translating is worth it =P. If you want to read the translated manga, go find it on facebook>We Love Hey Say JUMP>photos>Hey! Say! JUMP manga (Eng)… Cheers ^^

YuMi

Don't look down at the answers or else it wouldn't be fun, okay?

First step – pick a single digit number (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9)

2^nd – multiply that number by 2

3^rd – add 5

4^th – multiply by 50

5^th – add 1759

Last step – use this number to minus the year that you are born in (eg, 1993), you should get a 3 digit number

Now here's the catch:
the first digit is the number you picked at the beginning!
The last 2 digit is your current age!

Please admit~ its correct (:

YuMi

Can you imagine me being addicted to pens? Jenny Sung/YuMi addicted to buying fancy stationeries? Just yesterday, my tutor gave me one of her purple gel ink pen from Uni-ball. Now, there are tons of pens that are purple and gel inked, but this one~ Uni-ball fanthom to be more specific~ is erasable! The ink is thermo-sensitive and the lid is designed to produce heat friction. So when you rub the ink on paper with the cap, words disappear like magic~~!!! I can sit there with that pen and a piece of paper and be able to spend at least 15 minutes just writing and erasing XD. The pen writes beautifully too, because the thickness of pen tip is 0.5mm the ink fades a little bit after it dries and the Uni-ball famous ball point makes it really easy and smooth to write with. Now I'm currently trying to get my hands on the full colour set pack (red, blue, black, green, sky blue, purple, orange and pink) which costs $24 without the shipping. I am also interested in the Pilot FriXion which is also erasable gel pen, apparently Uni-ball launched the fanthom series to compete with Pilot~~ I shall see for myself which is better =P. The Pilot FriXion series are available in more colours but personally I don't like the design appearance wise. But anyone, time to save up so $$ for fancy stationary =P

YuMi

Yes, I have been fairly lazy… out of ideas for fictions so we're back to the same old boring "Jenny's life adventures!"
I'm not sure about you guys but recently my computer has lost the protection from pop ups, which is really getting up my nerves! All sorts of messages can be in there, things like "You are the 100,000 person to visit this page! Congratulations and click here to claim your price!" personally, I have tried entering the page later on that day or ask someone sitting next to me to visit the same page too…. TADA~ same stuff comes up! Guess your visitors count is stuck in 100,000 huh? Or, if you want to download something from a 'foreign' website and random ads that says "flirt with hot people"… yeah, I really would like to flirt with someone before I download this music/file… JUST LET ME DOWNLOAD ALREADY!!! *ignores and click download* "you need to complete a survey before processing to download"… $^ %$&^*&^( #UWY$%@#$%~$#@!%

Often, I get really impatient with clicking close on each of the ads. No, I don't want to win a brand new iPad, no I don't want to lose 10 kg in ten days and NO I DO NOT WANT TO DATE A RUSSIAN GIRL! For God's sake if I want to do all that I would have gone onto a date website or Jenny Craig! I have no intension of doing what Jim Carrey did in Yes Man~! Of course, that's not the only way they advertise things these days, telemarkets are the ones that really sets me off. They either tries to sell you phone plans or holidays and typically have Indian accents. I am usually quite patient so I let them finish their blabs before shutting them off. But at least 2 calls a week isn't something I really enjoy getting, this phone line is for communication between friends and families not for holiday planning! Geez, people sure come up with weird ways to advertise things~ I doubt half of those holidays offered are as cheap as they say because… terms and conditions apply~! So if you have any retarded experiences with these pop-ups or phone advertisements please tell me about it at the tag board to your right hand side, I would really like to know them =)

"Confucius says: he who laughs at himself will never run out of things to laugh at"

YuMi

Lizzy and Greg knew each other since they were little and had been dating for 2 years now. On a day when they went shopping, Lizzy's eyes were caught by a golden necklace sitting inside the displaying window of a jewellery shop. The necklace had a heart shaped pendent and a small jewel embedded in the middle. Lizzy's eyes were locked on it, not wanting to walk away. Greg saw that and felt his flat wallet inside his jean's pocket. Gently, he pulled Catherine away from the store…

A couple of months later, Lizzy celebrated her 20^th birthday. On her party, Greg gulped down countless bottles of alcohol and finally pulled out her birthday present. It was in a small square box, delicately wrapped with purple paper and silver ribbon. Lizzy unwrapped the box and opened it; inside sat the gleaming gold necklace that she saw the other day. She gave Greg a kiss on the cheek in front of all the guests and was about to put the necklace around her neck. Greg suddenly opened his mouth "but that necklace… is made…. Of copper..." his voice was small, but everyone in the room heard him. Lizzy's face turned bright red; she quickly shoved the necklace back into her pocket and shouted "c'mon! Let's drink!" until the party is over, she didn't look at Greg even once.

A couple months later, Lizzy met Kevin. Kevin told Lizzy that he's got nothing but money, and bought her mountains of golden jewellery: rings, bracelets, anklets, earrings and etc. This… was enough for him to completely captivate Lizzy's heart that was full of vanity. They quickly rented out an apartment and started living together. Kevin gives Lizzy whatever she wants, for Lizzy it was the happiest time of her life. She was glad that she had made a good decision between Greg and Kevin. But her happiness didn't last long… when she realised that she's pregnant with Kevin's child, Kevin disappeared. After the abortion, the landlady repeatedly chased after her for rent. She had no choice but to bring out all of her golden jewellery to the pawn shop. As she unwillingly placed the sparkling jewelleries on the counter, the shopkeeper looked at her strangely "what are you doing bringing so much gilded metal here?" Lizzy stood there dumbfounded, she can't believe it. But then, the shopkeeper's eyes suddenly lit up, he dug through the pile of fake gold and pulled out a necklace from the bottom "this one is real gold, it might worth a bit" he said. Lizzy's head snapped up, that was the necklace Greg gave her, the one he said was fake gold! The shopkeeper fiddled with the heart in his hands and asked "so how much do you want for it?"
Lizzy snatched that necklace from the shopkeeper and ran out of the shop.
In a corner down the road, Lizzy's tears rained down on the golden necklace…

YuMi

Hey guys, this is my 100th blog~ I wanted celebrate with another fictional love story, it's a bit long so you're going to have to be patient. Cheers!
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Ring~~~!

The bell on the door chimed, a man around his early 30s wearing a neat suit, walked into a small café… the air inside the café was filled with the scent of coffee.
"Good afternoon, welcome!" a young shopkeeper greeted him with a kind smile. The man return the greeting with a nod and a smile as he walked towards the bar, sat down and said "I'll have a cup of hot mocha, thanks.
" "Alright, just wait a couple of moments" She replied while she walked behind the bar and started grinding the coffee beans with experienced hands. The man watched her with a grin on his face, seemed to like what she's doing.
"Here you go, careful, it's really hot" she placed the cup of hot mocha in front of him. He took a small sip.
"Is it your first time coming here?" she asked
"Yes" he replied
"what do you think of this café?"
"it's quite lovely, I like the atmosphere!"
"I liked it myself too, although we don't get a lot of customers, my husband and I are unwilling to close it down"
the man nodded his head in agreement, taking another sip. The two of them were quite for a while, the only noise heard was the jazz music played inside the unfilled café. The man suddenly opened his mouth, breaking the short silence, "excuse me, can I please ask you a question?"
"Sure, what's the question?" she asked curiously.
"Umm… how should I say it…" he scratched his head, looking very loss,
"before I asked the question, can I tell you a story?" the shopkeeper nodded her head, letting him continue.
"well, I used to have this girlfriend who I was really close to, close to the point that we're about to get married. Our relationship was fairly normal, no ups and downs. But I remember when I first met her; I felt this power drawing me to her, telling me she is it! I confessed to her and she accepted happily, and that's where everything started. However…"
"However? Did something happen?" she cut him off with a question. The man's face slowly fell, he paused, and then went on,
"however, I'd forgotten that behind the happiness, hides a fearsome devil. The night, one month before our engagement, she was raped by a scoundrel!"
The shopkeeper gasped with shock, finding what he said really hard to believe.
"It's all my fault! If I had insisted on taking her home that night, no of that would have happened!" he fist landed hard next to the cup, the force caused a bit of coffee to spill out onto the table.
"So is the question you're going to ask me is…" she said carefully as she wiped down the spilled coffee.
"No, it's not about that! My feelings for her won't change because of that. I still wanted to get engaged like we had planned to. Unfortunately, a night before the engagement, she hanged herself…" his tone was even, but from his face, it is easy to tell how upset and shaken he was at that time.
"No…" she covered her mouth with her hand, eyes wide.
"Luckily we found her in time, she was still breathing when we rushed her to the hospital. But because the brain endured a long time without oxygen, she went into a coma and have risks of going into vegetative state."
"Did she wake up?" the shopkeeper asked anxiously.
"Yes! She did!" he replied, "but when I went to see her, I was stopped at the door by her parents…"
"Why? How come they won't let you see her?" she cannot understand.
"They kneeled down before me and begged, that's when I knew she has lost her memory… the memories after meeting me was all gone. The doctor said it was selective amnesia, when a person receives a huge strike in his/her life, they will avoidingly hid some of their memories. Her parents begged me not to meet her for a while, they're afraid if she remembers me again she'll go back into a coma again or attempt another suicide."
"Well, I think that's being quite reasonable. Just wait until she's more stable and you'll be able to see her again!" the shopkeeper and said after listening to his words.
"But do you know how long they meant when they said a while? 10 years! I have to endure going through every day without her for 10 years! Even if I see her in the street, I can't say hi to her and can only keep walking like a stranger. Do you know how tough it is? The pain of wanting to do something so badly but you can't?"
the shop keeper waited for him to calm down a bit before he continues, "oh… it's 10 years today."
"Really? Congratulations, you've made it! You can finally go see her now" she said cheerfully.
"That's true. But it's been 10 years, my feelings for her hasn't change but what about her? What should I do if she still can't remember me even when I tell her everything? What if she's got a boyfriend now… or even married?
"That's the question I wanted to ask you…" he looked up at the young shopkeeper with nervous eyes, waiting for her to answer.
"Well," she began steadily "if you really love her so much, then it not important if she can't remember you. You can just start over again. Chase after her again and fall in love with her all over again, it wouldn't be a bad experience. Plus even if she's got a boyfriend, its fine, just snatch her away~!" she laughed.
"BUT!" her face suddenly turned serious," but if she's already married, then I suggest you give up, married couples like us hates to someone to come in the break the family up!"
"Really…?" he looked down at his cup with lonely eyes.
"Yeah, remember; don't destroy other people's family!"
Ring~~~!
The bell on the door chimed, a few university students who has just finished their classes walked in. The shopkeeper walked out of the bar to greet the new customers.
"Oh by the way," she turned around and asked "why did you wanted to ask me those questions?"
"…why… well, probably because she once said she wanted to open a café just like this after we get married"
"oh, so that's it" she said then returned back to the uni students
"but that is it… but that is it…." He mumbled to himself repeatedly, seemed to be telling himself something.
The jazz music has stopped, replaced by the chatter of the university students. The man eyed the wedding ring on the shopkeeper's finger, a drop of warm tears, quietly slid into the cup of coffee that is now cold….

YuMi

On a rainy night, Daisy was heading home after work but she'd forgotten to bring her umbrella. She ran under a small tree, hoping that the rain would ease off a bit. A boy named Jayden with an umbrella saw her; he is a player, never dates girls for over 3 months. As he walked towards her, he notices her straight blonde hair and as he got closer, a pair of sparkly green eyes met his. And like all love stories, they were attracted to each other and started dating about 2 weeks later.

Daisy is very loyal to Jayden, but Jayden still haven't gotten rid of his playboy side and she'd realised that and has accepted it. A while later Jayden noticed, whenever they walked in the rain together, Daisy would always step away from the cover of the umbrella and into the rain, lifting her head up to let the rain drops fall on her face. Every time he saw her do that, he wanted to do the same and get drenched with her but she stopped him every time.
"Why won't you let me get wet with you?" he'd always question
"because… I don't want you to catch a cold."
"So if you catch a cold when you get wet, they why are you doing it?" he asked again. She'd always smile back and not answer the question. At the end, he'd given up on arguing and let her walk in the rain while he walks alongside with an umbrella, because he'd feel happy when he sees her so joyful.

But moments of happiness don't last long, 3 months later Jayden fell in love with another girl.

He broke up with Daisy when they went out to dinner, she accepted silently, only nodding her head and looking down. That night he walked her home for the last time and kissed her for the last time,
"I'm sorry, walking in the rain with you and seeing you so happy is the best time I've had" he said. As soon as he finished his sentence, Daisy started crying. He held her in his arm and let her express her sadness, moments later he said "I've been wanting to ask you, how come you never let me walk under the rain and get drenched with you?" she was silent for a while, and then she slowly replied "because I don't want you to know, that I'm actually crying…."

YuMi

Okays~ I've got some new ideas, so instead of writing something that is boring~ I should probably come up with something that's more interesting… FICTION!!! So this is new idea that I came up with, a short story~ Enjoy~

There's a couple, the boy is a scaredy-cat, always ask the girl to go first. The girl is very annoyed by that.

One day, they went out to the sea together on a small boat. But a strong storm destroyed the boat and shattered into small piece. The couple managed to survive when the girl grabbed onto a plank of wooden board. While they float up and down on the waves, the girl asked "are you scared?" the boy pulled out a small Swiss knife as he replied," yes! But if the sharks come, I'll use this to deal with them". The girl shook her head, not knowing whether to laugh or sigh.

An hour later, a cargo ship found them. Just when they were feeling ecstatic, a school of sharks appeared. The girl screamed "we'll swim together as fast as we can! it'll be fine!" but the boy suddenly push the girl off the wooden board and start swimming frantically towards the ship, screaming "I'll try this one first!" the girl was shocked to her bone, watching the back of her boyfriend, she felt hopeless. The sharks got closer, but swim right past her without any interest and headed straight for the boy. He was getting torn to shred by the sharks; all the way through he was yelling "I love you! I love you!"

The girl was rescued. Every person on the deck was silent; the captain went and sat next to the girl who is now wrapped in layers of warm blanket.
"He is the bravest person I've ever seen, we will all pray for him" he said
"no, he's the biggest coward" she replied coldly
"why do you say that? I was watching you guys with a telescope and I clearly saw that after he pushed you off the board he drew a Swiss knife and slit his own wrist. Sharks are really sensitive to the smell of blood; he did that to buy you time, or else you probably won't be on this ship right now…."

YuMi

So how did I manage to sleep at the end… well, there has to be a stage where I think the caffeine starts to wear out about, and then all you have to do is knock yourself out with a wine bottle~ JUST KIDDING!!! When you honestly can't sleep at all for several nights, that's when the pills come in… and don't tell me you don't believe in pills. You DAMN WELL have to if you want to stop looking like a wasted panda! When the bags under the eyes are really bad, foundation doesn't help~ it covers nothing :P so whether you have pills or not is the problem… I didn't take any special pills, just the standard panadol xD drugs always works the best!!! Try not to over dose if it doesn't work. if drugs doesn't knock you out either, then I think you need to go see a psychologist or something~ it's definitely not the physical stuff that keeps your brain from thinking it's still day time~ I guess avoid caffeine altogether might help, or sleeping so late might also be the problem. Either way, humans need rest (:

"Without you in it, dreams become nightmares~"

YuMi still looking like a wasted panda on hangover.

2-day-of-school week is coming up next thanks to the magnificent Ekka (which I won't be going because it's so damn expensive) and so I will have 3 extra day to procrastinate plus the weekend (=w=), life's good! The weather is still kind of cold but hopefully it will start to get warm soon because I'm about to become an icy-pole! In the past I was known to be immune to low temperatures (which is another reason why I ♥ ice-skating), but mother-nature seems to one step ahead of me. One more month…. Just endure it!!!

Hmm… so what happened this week for me? Well, things were pretty busy~ including the High Tea from last entry and yesterday the ADRA Appeal that took away 4/6 classes for the day. I thought after all those years of attending door-knocking-and-asking-for-money are finally making me more confident about talking to strangers, NAH! I still get freaked out and have these silent moments while the person standing in front of me looked at me with questioning eyes, not a good experience I must say. Guess the last aren't always the best huh~ xD

Oh-kies~ some update about Nakayama Yuma~ I changed that picture over there → from the Grumpy Toast to a Yuma one :D
doesn't he look soooo Kakoi~ x3
what I don't like is probably the hair colour… if you have been paying attention, Yuma's previous hair is black and have side fringes which parts down the middle and sits on the side of his face. Now, the colour is light-brown and the side fringe is gone! Replaced by a set of thinned out front fringe. Better or worse, I'll let you be the judge of that. I personally don't like the damn colour, black is better! I never really understands what JE (Johnny's Entertainment) is doing with him, placing a rookie into a group and making him the centre of it is kind of pressuring the kid to fit in when the rest of the members are much more experience than him (Hey!Say!7 West, B.I. Shadow and NYC). Maybe that will boost up his popularity quicker, both good and bad ways. First singing, then acting and now… stage show! All within the 2 years experience he's had at Johnny's. Quite surprised that he can hold up all those pressure (:

"The most beautiful view is the one I share with you <3"

YuMi ㊝

Recently, my dad has found a new interest of gardening. I don't blame him; of course… since at where we used to live he doesn't need to do any sort of gardening, he doesn't even need to mow the lawn (because there was no lawn or garden present). Well, that that there are lots of stuff to do around the garden (front yard and back) ~ it seems he's grown quite attached to that. I can't even keep count of how many pot plants he'd bought from Bunnings but it just keeps increasing! There are at least 5 indoor plants that are either sitting in the front porch or hanging on the balcony, while the rest gets planted into the front yard garden and get "accidentally" trampled on by me :P

So far… 2 of them have died from mum's neglecting. When dad first bought them they had small buds of pink flowers… and now, you'd be lucky if you can even see anything other than brownish green! Just proves what a great flower keeper my mum turns out to be (>O<). Never trust her with anything that doesn't talk, because she has the typical characteristic of a Pisces… bad memories! I personally don't really give a damn about plants~ even though I knew mum had forgotten to water them, I sit back and watch them die~ oh the joy of watching something die slowly and (probably) painfully :P

"If I get a flower for every time I think about you, then I will be wondering in my garden forever" -anon.

YuMi

Ekka holiday is coming up, Stradbroke Island trip getting close and ADRA Appeal this Friday. Life is too busy to dwell on the past~ well, let's just focus on what is in front of us and enjoy what may be left of it. Speaking of enjoy, I sure had an AWESOME days today :D. for our Home Economics excursion, we spend the rest of the afternoon in high tea. Basically you go to this tea house and have their traditional tea party-style meal! Now you all know how bad I am at describing things so I'll just post a photo and make everything easier instead of making you all confused. Basically you start from the bottom plate with the sandwich and you make your way up to the dessert. Of course, there's a pot of tea of your choice included in the meal. I must say, though everything is in small portions, it just cumulates slowly and by the end I felt too full to finish the rest of my tea.

Quote time~
"You are never fully dressed until you wear a smile" (:

YuMi

I'm just about to get sick from watching the news every morning, since lately the election campaign pretty much sabotaged each news stations. They're the 2 candidates of Australia's next Prime Minister, I GET IT!!! Now can we get back to some normal news about the locals and the world? Well, I don't really like Tony Abbot, but I don't particularly prefer Julia either (she's a back-stabber). Either way, as long as they don't doom this country then we'll all be good. I'm not even allowed to vote yet but I am fairly sure that my parents are going for the labour party… well, they are labourers themselves~!

Say, I'm about to die from all the work I have to do. It's feels like I've bitten off more than I could chew and through it all when there was doubt. I ate it all and spit it out, the record shows I took the blow~ at least I'm still alive xD. I keep saying I'm bored and bored and bored when really; I have a mountain of study that I'm suppose to complete. Hey! It's not my fault that homework and schoolwork are just craps that bores the crap out of crap! I can fall asleep just from reading a newspaper article and drop dead on a test. Even now I'm writing boring shit; emotionless, meaningless, and pointless and BORING SHIT! All because I am way to bored to do schoolwork. Seriously, what can be worse than talking about school =="

Alright, I'm going to hop off before I put you all to sleep by using the "boring spell", but since I wrote something today I might as well put a quote down ayy?

"When you start to miss me, just remember, I didn't walk away, you let me go!" –anon.

YuMi

I guess when you are bored; you'd do just about anything that used to make you bored~ that doesn't even make sense xD

I'd just like to bring some attention to my newly modified BlogSpot, I have added some links to other blogs and as far as I know the most active ones are either Penny or yr 12 economics. I don't call myself too active since it's like a once a week diary for me and I barely write anything interesting, feel free to stop me or tell me to shut up by leaving a message at the tag board down to your right hand side ↘ if you write something, click go and it doesn't immediately go up onto the board, just refresh the page because there is a 99.99% chance it will be there if you inserted all the correct info and clicked GO.

Oh, and I also need some suggestions for music~ I'm planning on putting a little music box in this little "YuMi's kingdom" so someone please give me ideas of what to put here… a piano piece or something like that xD. Although I myself find it rather irritating when there's music when I'm trying to read, I figured that most of the people might actually prefer to have something to listen to while reading since there are quite a lot of blogs that I have visited where the first thing that hit me was the noise (=w=)

YuMi