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Hey, everyone. It's been a long absence (over a month!) because once again I got convinced that my brain was a lot smarter than I was. A lot of desperately, desperately brilliant things happened as well as some pretty crap things and it'd suck if I didn't write it down. Don't want to forget all of it, ten years from now. Or twenty, even. It's almost-mid-December, and I'm recapping from November. Er. November 3rd onwards, since I've covered Liverpool.
Liverpooooool <3
I am also currently deeply involved in a one-sided unrequited love with Iron Chef. A challenger won today. I am chilling out under the table to deal with the loss. Lies. I am chilling out under the table because working on the table at night means that I'm using the ceiling light. Direct contact with the ceiling light leaves me distinctly unhappy. Don't know why \o/
*checks picture history*
PWHOAR WHO'S STANDING ON MY WINDOW?!?!?!?!11
My shoes. It rained the day before, I think, so I swung the window open till it was horizontal to dry 'em out. It's easier to love England on days like that.
Moar lies. This was on the first of November, my birthday :> The two are my friends, and we'd spent the day eating, wandering around, and making what I think is called purikura. We had our sweet stuff at this truly tiny cupcake shop that named it's cupcakes after celebrities and shows and things.
Mine was Priscilla, Queen of the Dessert >///< White chocolate and raspberry hmmmm. That was possibly the only day the weather was fair in the entirety of the first half of November. The rest of the time my wellington boots were called up often.
... Why do I lie.
*includes October as well HAHAHA*
Yeah. In October I went apple-picking (despite not liking apples...), with a bunch of post-grad Malaysian students who are sweet like violence <3 'm appreciative that despite being so far from home there are people who look after me ;~;
Nomnomnom. There were also pears and raspberries. The pears were dead lovely, all sweet and crunchy skin. The raspberries were so sour my ears popped. Were there an emoticon to show a crinkled nose, I would put it in. Seriously, though, the weather in Autumn this year was kindof sublime.
And obviously I have a lot more pictures for each event. So if further illustration is necessary, SHOUT, and I will heed your call <3
Oh, and there was also Japan Day! An event thrown by the Japanese Society of the Midlands, or something like that. There was food, but there was a huge crowd and my friends and I left for pizza first \o/ On coming back, though, it was a lot emptier. At one corner of the irritatingly small hall were a group of Japanese ladies, with a mound of yukatas beside them. People kept passing them by, and I thought to ask. We were dressed up (trussed up!) properly and neatly in ver' ver' pretty yukatas.
No split-toed socks (tabi), but purple and stripes is pretty good too!
JUMP back to November, a throw-up of Liverpool for the lulz
Me, looking like a yeti.That's the ferris wheel in Liverpool. We just wanted to be warm and dry ;~; and reckoned that being on that, we'd get to see that, without the walking around in heavyheavyheavy rain :> It was nice. We spun around for ages. It was terrifying for the first spin or so. After that it was all pretty calm \o/
The fifth, HELLO bonfire night!
It's when an effigy of Guy Fawkes is burned on a beautifully large bonfire to celebrate him not managing to blow up the House of Parliament years and years and years ago. It coincided with the park the celebration was held at hitting... 100 years old, I think, so the festivities were rather awesome. I had an Angus beef burger. It was rather startling delicious. Since it was in a park/field thing and it'd been raining the whole day, I had on rubber boots.
I was the only one of my little group who had done such a thing 8D And therefore was the only one who had dried socks and trouser etc etc.
Fireworks! We were so brilliantly close to the source. It kept looking like it was about to fall on us. I kept not minding o///o
Aaaaand, BONFIRE-SAN!
Unfortunately, the person in front of the bonfire is not the effigy. Unfortunately, there was no effigy whatsoever :< But a small scar that's so tiny I swear it's inconsequential. It was absolutely magnificent because I am a fireworks-ho.
Hmmm, then went for karaoke at a new loung-place in the city center. Was supposed to be specialised in Asian songs. Had neither the Japanese nor the Malaysian songs I would've liked. A bit of a downer :( But went with a people I'd only known very recently, so at least that time I got to know people better. Always good, right?
Right, getting long. Going to stop at mid-November!
November was very much CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES C'MON \o/
On the 13th there was another celebration because winter's coming and we might as well enjoy the times when we can still go out without freezing ourselves. This time was to turn on the Christmas Lights, totally worth doing a concert for, yeah?
Santa. On a very, very big screen erected in front of our dead-lovely Town Hall (that I was told appeared in Sherlock Holmes the Movie, but don't trust this info man), he rapped a wee bit, but it was raining a little so we stopped paying attention. The cast of Coronation Street were there (I don't follow the show), last year's X-factor winner Joe McElderry was there (his song is on the OST for the new Narnia movie. I'm pretty sure I got his name right). Whole thing was sponsored by Moet Chandon, and they did a really beautiful 3D video of champagne raining on everyone in the Town Square. I've not uploaded the video anywhere yet. We shall figure that out later.
A bunch of singing terrifying monkeys that are from a kids' show on the BBC came out and 'sang'.
Terrifying monkeys were terrifying D:
And yet more fireworks, accompanied by Glee and Florence and The Machine and Bruno Mars and other people. Not live bands, though, the music accompanying the fireworks were just played through the speakers. Not complaining. I love Florence ;~;
And a grand finale to end this ver' picturesque entry \o/
A lot of time was spent with my head tilted back to stare at the sky. My neck hurt for aaaages afterwards. You couldn't pay me enough to make me say I regret it <3
The red curve downwards is the head of a giant, lighted SANTA CLAUS who sits, rather neatly, on a veranda put up over the entrance to the Town Hall.
To be continued!
<3
A couple of quick notes.
- I didn't finish my NaNoWriMo. Didn't even come close. Partly, I think I was a little busy in November. Mostly, though. The story just didn't seem to want to be written. Sorry especially to sekitx2 ;~; You gave me a gorgey e-gift.
I replied with PAIN.
I didn't even wish you a happy birthday ;~; I wasn't at home on the day, and forever afterward felt too ashamed to say anything. You're quite marvelous, so have as sincere a Happy Belated Birthday! as can be beget, almost mid-December.
Hey, everyone. It's been a long absence (over a month!) because once again I got convinced that my brain was a lot smarter than I was. A lot of desperately, desperately brilliant things happened as well as some pretty crap things and it'd suck if I didn't write it down. Don't want to forget all of it, ten years from now. Or twenty, even. It's almost-mid-December, and I'm recapping from November. Er. November 3rd onwards, since I've covered Liverpool.
Liverpooooool <3
I am also currently deeply involved in a one-sided unrequited love with Iron Chef. A challenger won today. I am chilling out under the table to deal with the loss. Lies. I am chilling out under the table because working on the table at night means that I'm using the ceiling light. Direct contact with the ceiling light leaves me distinctly unhappy. Don't know why \o/
*checks picture history*
PWHOAR WHO'S STANDING ON MY WINDOW?!?!?!?!11
My shoes. It rained the day before, I think, so I swung the window open till it was horizontal to dry 'em out. It's easier to love England on days like that.
Moar lies. This was on the first of November, my birthday :> The two are my friends, and we'd spent the day eating, wandering around, and making what I think is called purikura. We had our sweet stuff at this truly tiny cupcake shop that named it's cupcakes after celebrities and shows and things.
Mine was Priscilla, Queen of the Dessert >///< White chocolate and raspberry hmmmm. That was possibly the only day the weather was fair in the entirety of the first half of November. The rest of the time my wellington boots were called up often.
... Why do I lie.
*includes October as well HAHAHA*
Yeah. In October I went apple-picking (despite not liking apples...), with a bunch of post-grad Malaysian students who are sweet like violence <3 'm appreciative that despite being so far from home there are people who look after me ;~;
Nomnomnom. There were also pears and raspberries. The pears were dead lovely, all sweet and crunchy skin. The raspberries were so sour my ears popped. Were there an emoticon to show a crinkled nose, I would put it in. Seriously, though, the weather in Autumn this year was kindof sublime.
And obviously I have a lot more pictures for each event. So if further illustration is necessary, SHOUT, and I will heed your call <3
Oh, and there was also Japan Day! An event thrown by the Japanese Society of the Midlands, or something like that. There was food, but there was a huge crowd and my friends and I left for pizza first \o/ On coming back, though, it was a lot emptier. At one corner of the irritatingly small hall were a group of Japanese ladies, with a mound of yukatas beside them. People kept passing them by, and I thought to ask. We were dressed up (trussed up!) properly and neatly in ver' ver' pretty yukatas.
No split-toed socks (tabi), but purple and stripes is pretty good too!
JUMP back to November, a throw-up of Liverpool for the lulz
Me, looking like a yeti.That's the ferris wheel in Liverpool. We just wanted to be warm and dry ;~; and reckoned that being on that, we'd get to see that, without the walking around in heavyheavyheavy rain :> It was nice. We spun around for ages. It was terrifying for the first spin or so. After that it was all pretty calm \o/
The fifth, HELLO bonfire night!
It's when an effigy of Guy Fawkes is burned on a beautifully large bonfire to celebrate him not managing to blow up the House of Parliament years and years and years ago. It coincided with the park the celebration was held at hitting... 100 years old, I think, so the festivities were rather awesome. I had an Angus beef burger. It was rather startling delicious. Since it was in a park/field thing and it'd been raining the whole day, I had on rubber boots.
I was the only one of my little group who had done such a thing 8D And therefore was the only one who had dried socks and trouser etc etc.
Fireworks! We were so brilliantly close to the source. It kept looking like it was about to fall on us. I kept not minding o///o
Aaaaand, BONFIRE-SAN!
Unfortunately, the person in front of the bonfire is not the effigy. Unfortunately, there was no effigy whatsoever :< But a small scar that's so tiny I swear it's inconsequential. It was absolutely magnificent because I am a fireworks-ho.
Hmmm, then went for karaoke at a new loung-place in the city center. Was supposed to be specialised in Asian songs. Had neither the Japanese nor the Malaysian songs I would've liked. A bit of a downer :( But went with a people I'd only known very recently, so at least that time I got to know people better. Always good, right?
Right, getting long. Going to stop at mid-November!
November was very much CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES C'MON \o/
On the 13th there was another celebration because winter's coming and we might as well enjoy the times when we can still go out without freezing ourselves. This time was to turn on the Christmas Lights, totally worth doing a concert for, yeah?
Santa. On a very, very big screen erected in front of our dead-lovely Town Hall (that I was told appeared in Sherlock Holmes the Movie, but don't trust this info man), he rapped a wee bit, but it was raining a little so we stopped paying attention. The cast of Coronation Street were there (I don't follow the show), last year's X-factor winner Joe McElderry was there (his song is on the OST for the new Narnia movie. I'm pretty sure I got his name right). Whole thing was sponsored by Moet Chandon, and they did a really beautiful 3D video of champagne raining on everyone in the Town Square. I've not uploaded the video anywhere yet. We shall figure that out later.
A bunch of singing terrifying monkeys that are from a kids' show on the BBC came out and 'sang'.
Terrifying monkeys were terrifying D:
And yet more fireworks, accompanied by Glee and Florence and The Machine and Bruno Mars and other people. Not live bands, though, the music accompanying the fireworks were just played through the speakers. Not complaining. I love Florence ;~;
And a grand finale to end this ver' picturesque entry \o/
A lot of time was spent with my head tilted back to stare at the sky. My neck hurt for aaaages afterwards. You couldn't pay me enough to make me say I regret it <3
The red curve downwards is the head of a giant, lighted SANTA CLAUS who sits, rather neatly, on a veranda put up over the entrance to the Town Hall.
To be continued!
<3
A couple of quick notes.
- I didn't finish my NaNoWriMo. Didn't even come close. Partly, I think I was a little busy in November. Mostly, though. The story just didn't seem to want to be written. Sorry especially to sekitx2 ;~; You gave me a gorgey e-gift.
I replied with PAIN.
I didn't even wish you a happy birthday ;~; I wasn't at home on the day, and forever afterward felt too ashamed to say anything. You're quite marvelous, so have as sincere a Happy Belated Birthday! as can be beget, almost mid-December.
I'll just go with saying "Merry Christmas or Merry Whatever-You-Celebrate" and then write you song.
Date: 2010-12-14 01:27 am (UTC)YOU MIGHT BE COMING HERE NEXT YEAR?? *OMG ASPLODES WITH GIDDY-NESS* WE SHALL FROLIC IN FLOWER COVERED FIELDS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
Don't get your hopes high for me as a tourist guide, though. I can mostly only work as a translator since I have no sense of direction to speak of and I'm really quite lacking in the "knowing-interesting-places-to-visit-and-cool-stuff-to-do" department. Quite miserably lacking. Also, I'm really quite shy when it comes to speaking in English. every time a foreigner asks me for help with something I blush furiously and stammer and can barely get the words out as I try to explain, haha.
Can you imagine our meeting? You: "Hi." Me: *opens mouth to speak, but turns redder than a tomato and chokes, and ends up staying silent* You: "Okaaaaay..."Something like this has happened to me before, by the way. I still feel the burn of the humiliation to this day.aaaaah, ghostly sleepovers, I hear they're quite something if you're not a fierce sceptic. XD
(it's actually a lovely t-shirt, methinks)
no word for humour? that.... is quite interesting. I wonder why? Also, is there a word for, er, the emotion of missing someone or something or a certain time? I've been told the Portuguese word we have for that feeling has no translation in any other language, but I very much doubt it is so...
Also, I can barely remember the anime anymore. I just remember watching and liking it, not the thing itself, haha.
oh, it all sounds so awesome! I'll most definitely
pimppromote it... but trying to keep it semi secret first XDDDDDOOOOOH. you'll try steaming Chinese style? hmmmmm. bet the results are gonna be tasty, how envious I am, sigh, sigh. I've taken to cooking a little too, but i'm still too lazy, so mostly i just prepare some kind of pasta, then pour cocktail sauce all over it, open a can of tuna and eat that. XD that's as far as my willingness to cook goes these days.
Any song written to that theme is automatically made of awesome and capable of kicking Chuck Norris' butt with its pure bad assery. Bad assery the likes of which would be ours if we had indeed been born as bad-ass cowboys.... 'cause we're cool like that.
I'll look for a song that is at least half as badass as that one to write yours. *nod, nod*
Re: I'll just go with saying "Merry Christmas or Merry Whatever-You-Celebrate" and then write you so
Date: 2010-12-14 09:23 am (UTC)or try to at leastI HAVE BEEN TO SPAIN AND YOU KNOW I LIKED IT. I want to go to Greece, my soul needs to for to Prague, AND PORTUGAL IS ON MY LIST.
Dude. You can speak Portuguese. I cannot. Between us and Google, we're bound to be able to find our way to weird and wonderful places! And if anyone of you guys visited Malaysia, the extent of my tour-guide knowledge would be LET'S GO EAT everywhere. Mainly because the best places in Malaysia involve heavy petting with food 8D And omg Why? Your English is dead brilliant! Though. I feel very self-conscious speaking to English people here :( With my accent and stuff :c Yeah. I might get why you feel that way ;~; O bby bby. If I'm going to be Lavi the Agony Aunt, we can sortof conclude I might be sortof outgoing! So don't worry. If you feel too shy to speak, I'll bring a notepad and we'll just write \o/
... I'm a fierce sceptic and it still works! It's like when you wake up in the middle of the night because of a thump, and more likely than not it's just the cat walking into something. And you know it isn't an axe murderer but you get scared thinking it's an axe murderer.
(You may keep the shirt then!)
I think it might be because there's just no need for it. If you're funny, you're funny. No one needs to describe someone as having a sense of humour. And if you don't have a sense of humour, then it's fine. I don't think Malay has a word for humour either... And I can only think of 'missing', with adding stuff like 'the bus', 'the deadline', or 'you so much'. Japanese apparently has tonne-loads of words that can't be translated (they don't have one for judgmental too, which I think is sortof sweet). It's a language thing. It's just being done for the lulz. More likely than not you'll be the only subscriber \o/ But it'll be at least a little bit fun
I hope oh dearI tried making curry from scratch on my mother's instructions over Skype. Didn't work. I made spiced meatball things that tasted fantastic, but refused to stay in an even vaguely ball-y shape. WE WILL PERSEVERE WHOO
I think if we were cowboys, before the dawn of the internet and television, we still would randomly pair people together and snigger and write fanfic. Because I do that in real life orz But yeah, the song is kindof catchy :>
BAMF FOR THE WIN
we're getting all pumped but isn't this song meant for the exams AND TERM STILL ISN'T OVER YET *sobs*(no subject)
Date: 2010-12-14 02:48 pm (UTC)I'M HIDING IN THE BUSHES I FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE WITH ALL SORTS OF SPY STUFF SO YEAH, I'M WATCHING ALL YOUR INSPIRING-NESS*Oh, Greece. I've been to Cyprus, which was as close to Greece as I've ever gotten, and it was simply AMAZING. Oh my god, I still miss the food there *goes OMNOMNOMNOM at the memories*
Google - the answer to all our prayers. \o/ And I think my tour guide knowledge is pretty much the same as yours, then. No, wait, I also know where most great swimming pools are. XD
Hahaha, thank you, glad you think my English is good. If only it wasn't just my written English. D: my awkwardness makes my spoken English be very, very stilted - if I can get the words out at all, and yeah, I guess you might get it a little. XD awwwwwwwww, really? you are too good for me, Agony Auntie Lavi!
....by the way, what is it about axe murderers and axes? you'd think they'd carry around something lighter and more inconspicuous, but noooo. they go around killing people and dragging a very suspicious axe behind them, tut-tut.
(*puts shirt on and goes show to all her other friends*)
Huh. I suppose I get it. It still sounds a little strange, though, not having a word for humour.
Still the "missing" plus the other words, hmm? I guess I have to keep looking. XD
I don't really know Japanese at all, but I hear sometimes the terms are something like... a series of ideas associated to a thing, rolled into a neat little term for that thing? so that might be why it might have so many untranslatable words? (and that is sweet. Oh, Japanese<3 XD) most great things in life are done for the lulz, what are you talking about. and i'll most definitely not be the only subscriber
you'll have at least twoand like I said, most great things in life => lulz. so yeah, most definitely fun, it shall be. *bad Yoda joke is bad**steals a spiced meatball-ish thing* hmmm. as long as it tastes good, who cares? don't sweat the little details, pfffff.
Yes, yes we would. We'd come up with plotlines as we guided and gathered the cows during the day, and then write the new things we'd thought about after dinner, by the campfire, and it would be lovely and great ad awesome and we'd publish books and be rich and famous, but still be cowboys.
FOR THE WIIIIINNNN, I SAY
what are you saying, any time is a good time to get all pumped up! ignore the little details and GO FORTH AN CONQUER, THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAA- er, ahem. well. I'll go finish studying the heart's arteries and veins for today's test, don't mind me, don't mind me....(no subject)
Date: 2010-12-14 11:56 pm (UTC)Italy was the closest I've been to to Greece. And Italian food is second only to Spanish food in my heart '///' NOMNOMNOM.
There was one swimming pool near my house, and I learned how to swim there, but found out when I went home that it'd close down ;~; I kindof want to break in just to take pictures, so that I never forget. Not that I'm likely to anyways. And I know for a fact I write better than I speak >_> Because I stutter and squeak when I want to speak people I've not known MY WHOLE LIFE. No worries, babe, auntie Lavi'll take good care 'f you!
My weapon of choice would be a sharp switchblade or a gun. A gun, really. With a silencer. Because I'm a bit fastidious sometimes 8D
(What is the response of your friends I STILL REMEMBER YOU LINKING THE MCDONALD'S FIC TO FRIENDS oh how I laughed)
It's pretty for me that different languages have different ways of saying things in a way that other languages can't. My personal favourite is the malay word garang. Because the closest word to it in English is fierce, but I get called garang and never fierce. IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE. Oh, I know those! We had examples of them... I'll root around, and send 'em along when I find them! I have started rooting around for icons, and considering layouts and possible usernames BECAUSE I HATE DOING ACTUAL WORK. And I'm sure you're funnier than Yoda \o/
I'm going to stock up tomorrow, or the day after, buying lotsa groceries for when my sister comes over \o/
LIKE BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN BUT AWESOME. And with more horses. And more meadows for us to run through making daisy chains and plotting YAY
I think I'll go look for a nice postcard on Friday :> And maybe send them from London, because the post service here concerns me a little
a lotHow did the test go? Because my day has been brilliantly unproductive D:(no subject)
Date: 2010-12-15 04:28 am (UTC)(I asked my friends what they'd say if i wore such a t-shirt and the answer was "probably something like WTH ARE YOU WEARING AND WHY DON'T I HAVE ONE TOO YOU BITCH". um.)
heeeee. i just like the idea of being able to understand something regardless of the language when one knows a lot of languages, but that is, indeed, very awesome too. ...and no, that doesn't really make sense, whaaat? at least, I don't get it, sorry. OTL I know what that's like. i have a section of my LJ memories dedicated to layouts and other such things i like, my god. and thank you, i enjoy knowing i'm funnier than Yoda. \o/ XD
as for the test, I, um. since this one isn't really anything... definitive, i guess i could say... i ended up studying more for the one i have on thursday, which is quite more definitive, so today's test went... well, I knew a few answers? ^^;;;; hahahahaha *nervous laughter*
i was originally write more here, but it's almost 4:30 AM and my brain died a few hours ago, so I ended up only writing this much, sorry. ^^;;;;; am going to crash now, see yaaaa
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Date: 2010-12-15 07:46 pm (UTC)(... LMAO. *bestows shirts upon them as well* )
... What is it that you don't understand, Laudi? Haven't yet found one that screams LAVILAVILAVI HAHAHAH LAVI, but maybe my expectations are too high 8D And yeah, I'm sure if you really wanted to beat up Yoda, you could!
If it's not terribly important, just ignore it. That's my motto, really. Which is why my attitude to online tests is pretty shit. Ahem. *laughs nervously with you*
I was about to ask why you were up at half four in the morning, but then remembered that you're a Med student. Have a report to hand in, tomorrow noon. I'll probably be up as late, er. Yeah. Hope you slept well :)
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Date: 2010-12-16 04:17 pm (UTC)(I'm sure they'll be very thankful when I tell them they have new t-shirts as well. Thank you.)
um, how can the word mean fierce and you imply you're not and yet you've had the word being associated with you? or something. ignore me. XD just left a few suggestions on that other comment of yours, tell me if one of them is going in a direction you like so I can direct my name-inventing towards that XD thank you for your belief in me! I'm pretty sure i'd need you there to help me beat him, thouh<3
*stealz yur motto*
yeah, hahaha, oh, Medicine, the things we do for you, you evil, evil thing.
Also, I just realized. You said you might be coming here next year, and I almost forgot that I might not be here next year. D: if I manage to pass on to third year, I'll go on that study-abroad-for-a-year thing, because the third year's the best to do it, so I might not be here DDDDDDDDDDDX
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Date: 2010-12-16 04:26 pm (UTC)The feel of meanings are different. Fierce has a harder feel to it, whereas garang is what you'd call a protective, hissing cat. If that makes any sense whatsoever. Language is such a subjective thing!
My friend who's doing Medicine sent me a picture of a corpse. I was very much DO NOT WANT.
Next year September onwards, I probably won't be in England either? Because I might get a placement in Japan. I was thinking in April, but if you aren't around I don't think Portugal'll be high on my list :>
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Date: 2010-12-16 04:29 pm (UTC)AH. I think I get it now. *the cat thing totally made it clear XD*
i'm not sure if I dread or anticipate the day I get to have a go with my scalpel at a corpse myself. um.
*sighs* well, guess we'll have to see how it goes, then. *siiigh* and I was getting so excited, too. still, i'm not really convinced I'm going to make it to the next year, so. XD
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Date: 2010-12-16 04:37 pm (UTC)\o/ Yeah. Fierce is a little harsh in my head, whereas garang is softer. Cats, totally.
I think if I had to do it, I'd scream BANZAI!!!!! then stab the nearest appendage
Oh, oi. You imposed an internet ban to get smarter. And you got smarter. It'll be brilliant if you get to go on a placement, yeah? YES YOU CAN BBY. We'll see. We've lots of time!