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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Recent News & Happenings

I was stressing at the end of Spring quarter, but it actually ended well. I’m glad it’s done, and now it’s summer.

I’ve actually been somewhat busy during this summer break. Hooray.

Although... I haven’t been exactly busy with fun stuff, but with other things.

I mentioned in my shoes wishlist post that I wanted to find a job for the summer, and luckily everything fell perfectly for me!

I was lucky to have applied right when a new retail store was opening!

I applied a week or two near the end pf spring quarter, interviewed three weeks after, got the job, just finished training, and am heading to my 1st official work week.31

Friends and others have told me horrors of retail, but so far I’ve been enjoying the work. I haven’t had any problems with customers or anything so far... I’m still just nervous about working the cash register. 

This is my first ever experience working on a cash register. During training, I’ve only been on the register twice, and both times I made counting errors...47 I got really stressed & worried over the second mistake particularly because it was my second time as cashier already.

I think I’m sort of pressuring my self to go quickly (particulary when I see a line forming), which is causing me to make mistakes.

So, NO! Don’t rush! Take my time! Count carefully! 58 (memos to remind myself)


In between that, I had one day to relax. My little cousins came over for a pool day. We spent most of the afternoon swimming and playing at the water park.



Afterwards, we went to Chuck E Cheese! I invited my friend from highschool to hang out this day. It was nice to finally be able to meet and catch up again.

At Chuck E Cheese, we finally redeemed all of our super old tickets we had saved up from since 199415

Over a 1000 tickets! W00t!

One thousand tickets is a lot, right? So that means good prizes, right? WRONG.:14:

All of the ’decent’ prizes were priced at 2000+ tickets! Everything below that amount are just stuff you can buy yourself for like $5.There was an Easy Bake cake set for 800 tickets, but my sister was against getting it since it was just fondant.

We ended up just getting 3 tiaras, 100 tix each, and then letting the kids choose whatever they wanted with the rest.

My sis, friend, and I left early to do a little shopping. I wore my tiara out with pride! I tried getting my sister to wear it too, but she’s too embarrassed to do that stuff.

We just browsed around Ulta and Target. I bought a nudey pink lip liner and lipstick at Ulta and then a CoverGirl Blast Flipstick at Target.


My friend showed us the ultra cheap E.L.F. brushes and compact sets at Target. Amazing discovery! Single brushes are only $1-3 each!

After check out in Target, heard the best line ever! The store clerk noticed my tiara and complimented me. The greatest thing she said was, ”Princess for the day, or princess everyday?” LOL emoticon20  I’m a princess everyday, ya know?


Late during the evening, when my cousins were in their car getting ready to leave, a little doggy came over! It actually hopped into the car, and scared my aunt. My uncle told my mom to pick it up so that it won’t get run over while they backed out of the drive way.

We brought the dog into the house. My sister called the owner from the collar.

The doggy, Dixie, was so adorable! She was a hotdog (Dachshund)!:92:

Turns out the wife (most likely the sole owner, since the collar gave her contact info) was away, and the husband was supposed to watch the Dixie. We had to wait a whole hour before the husband called us back to pick her up. It was near 11:00 pm already! We met up at the park since it was halfway distance between our houses.

After returning Dixie, worst line of the day said by the husband, ”I should tape a hundred to the collar so next time people would keep her.” 

Shoot. I would’ve loved to keep her! She’s obviously not his dog though, so no go.

Despite the not-so-pleasant ending line, that day was nice, relaxing, and fun. I was super glad my friend was able to meet up! There was no awkwardness in conversation or anything even though it’s been a while since we’ve last seen each other. That’s true friendship! 

I wish there were more days I could take to hang out with old friends again, but we’re always busy. It’s also a little awkward to make that initial request to meet up after not having seen each other in a long time. haha

Well, this post ended up being a lot longer than I had planned, but oh, well.


See ya next time,
ばいばい~26
- かほう

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Yogurt Night

Yay, my sister is staying over at my apt for a few days.

Last night, we with my cousin/roommate went out for frozen yogurt at Pinkberry!!

First time ever going to a Pinkberry shop *excited*


I like the interior, the walls are all clean & glossy w/pastel colors, cute!


All of our fro-yo! We all chose the original flavor.



Yummies~
(Self-taken camho shot...no make! Wish I had put on at least some falsies)

My fro-yo, topped w/brownie bites, blueberries, strawberry, and kiwi


A random light statue we passed by going to the shop.

The weather has been so hot this past month!! (´-ω-`)
Even at night, the heat doesn't dissipate!It was a great relieve from the nighttime heat.

Friday, June 1, 2012

『子供の時』

日本語のじゅぎょうに小さいなさくぶんを書いた。 さくぶん中のエラーをしつれいします。 ぶんぽうはたいへんね。

For Japanese class, we had an assignment to write a short ”essay” about  our chldhood and I thought I’d share it on my blog. Please excuse any  errors.  Grammer is pretty difficult!
『子供の時』

私はストックトンで生まれて、大学までここにすんでいました。 子供の時、私は小さくてしずかな子供でした。 小学に、友だちがあまりいなかったけど、たいてい一人とか二人ちかくに友だちがいました。 小学の四年生から六年生まで、いい友だちがいました。 なまえはローレンです。 ローレンさんはやさしくてきれいでした。 

毎日、学校の後いっしょに帰りました。 小学校のとなりにねこがいる家がありました。 四ひきのねこがいて、ときどき五ひきのねこがいました。 お母さんのねこと三びきの子ねこと男せいのねこでした。 ローレンさんと私はどうぶつが好きで、ねこがかわいかったから、私たちはよくねことあそびました。 

それから、小学校のちかくのコミュニティセンターに行きました。 そこで少し休みました。 その時にマンガのことをよく話しました。 私たちは「美少女戦士セーラームーン」が大好きでしたから。 

そして、家に帰った時、私はスナックを食べたりテレビを見たりえをかいたりしました。 その後で、しゅくだいをして、晩ごはんを食べて、寝ました。

学校の後毎日はそんなかんじでした。
Translation:
My Childhood

In my childhood, I was a small and quite child. In elementary school, I did not have a lot of friends, but I usually had either one or two close friends. From fourth to sixth grade, I had a good friend whose name was Lauren. Lauren was nice and pretty.

Every day, after school, we walked home together. Next to the elementary school was a house that had cats. There were four, sometimes five cats. They were a mother cat, three kittens, and a male cat. Since Lauren and I like animals and the cats were cute, we often played with them.

After that, we went to the community center nearby the elementary school. Over there, we would rest a little. During this time, we often talked a lot about manga comics. This is because we both loved “Sailor Moon”.

Then, after returning home, I would do things like eating snacks, watch TV, or draw. After that, I did homework, ate dinner, and went to bed.

Every day after elementary school was like that.
作文はみじかいな。 私の日本語がまだまだ・・・ だから、少しだけ書くのことができる。

The essay is short, isn’t it? My Japanese is still... That’s why I can only write a little.



さくぶんへのついかのしこう/Additional thoughts to the essay:


ローレンさんはいい友達だった。 小学の後、 わたしはあたらしい家をいどうした。 だから、小学の友達みんなを見なかった。 
ときどき、みんなが今何をしているのをかんがえる。 みんな元気? ローレンさんはまだアニメやマンガが好き? 
そんな思い出を思い出すとき、そんなことをかんがえる。 

Lauren was a good friend. After elementray school, I moved houses. That’s why I didn’t see any of my elementary school friends anymore. Sometimes, I wonder what everyone is doing now. Is everyone doing well? Does Lauren still like things like anime and manga? When I remember such memories, I think of such things.

まあね、 今まで私は友達があまりいない。 ちょっとかなしいね? でも、私はさびしくない・・・たぶん私に、しゅうかんになった。 たくさん友達がいるのはいいと思う。 けど、ちょっとたいへんね。 私の思い。 

Well, even now, I don’t have a lot of friends. Kind of sad, isn’t it? However, I don’t feel lonely... Maybe for me, it’s become a habit.

I think having many friends is good, but it’s also a bit tough, isnt it? My thoughts.


そんな感じで、
ばいばい~
- かほう