Mukashi and her thoughts

globetrekkers - girls beware

2009-11-12T15:31:33Z

Just an observation.... based on my experience. Globetrekkers, is a type of guy who, well, as the name suggest, travels a lot. The very first impression he will give you is uber coolness. They're not exactly shaved, wearing casual but somehow manly traveler's clothes, backpack and an old sun-tun is a must! I meet these guys here in Taiwan all around... usually Europeans. They have 1000 and 1 stories about their fantastic and exotic travels. While listening about their bicycle ride through China, rafting in Thailand, mountain climbing in Tibet, it always make me feel so small and so boring! Usually they're the sensitive (but still full of testosteron) type, which can almost have tears while talking about their touching encounter with poor children of India or close meeting with Buddha somewhere in Mongolia. And, oh.... you can usually see them surrounded by fans :D

Well, girls... however it seem so attractive at the beginning - beware! After closer look this guys are just:
- immature
- SELFISH and self-loving
- sensitive my ass, about themselves sure
- unable for any commitment
- stinky (you think anyone can get away without showering?)
- wearing sandals and socks! at the same time!
- (if you're local in the country they're visting) - putting a photo of you on their blog with a very exotic description of their encounter with a local, that could be posted in NG
- using people
- soooooooooo annoying.

So, dear girls... don't let them enchant you~ You've been warned :)

Randomly,
Muka

hao jiu bu jian

2009-10-08T15:43:48Z

which means "long time no see".

Well, since I'm back in Taiwan I was pretty busy. My professor got me back as his slave, then school started and many courses added, plus my new fitness fashion keeps me kind of away from LJ. Life kicks generally, and recently I am not exactly a happy person and I don't know anymore what I want to do after I graduate. So it's kind of "let's wait and see" period for me... hoping I will bear the thesis somehow ... ORZ.

For my diet plan... I am ok, not loosing much wait but the slowly but hopefully steady phase is here. I eat pretty normally (excluding dinners) and exercise a lot (5-8 times a week).
I'm generally kind of lonely but then slowly accepting that too. Also after having rebelious moments with my work/professor I seem to be accepting that too.

Days are just passing so fast recently that I have no time to worry anymore:D from morning till around 9 PM I'm at school, then when I'm back I relax and talk to my family. That's all. Weekends are not much different really. I don't even have money to go shopping :/ Especially that I need to save up for a new laptop :/ And camera :/ And external disc (this one I'm getting in Nov.), and mobile phone... :D

So sorry for not being here... if you care :)

Muka

not in the mood for anything

2009-08-17T04:27:50Z

yeah I haven't written here for a while... I was writing on blogspot and blog.pl instead. Dunno why... sometimes I feel those officially isolated places are better than here. Well... I'm stressed recently... I know that because again I'm clutching my jaw while sleeping which is NOT good :/ I mean nothing really happens... I'm just worried about the thesis I am supposed to write this year and about still being very single. And it is really urging problem somehow... I'm having all those dream about some guys wanting to like go on a date with me, but there are always some problems and I'm waking up with this anxiousness then. I know, very ORZ.

I went to the wedding yesterday. And I was honestly happy for my friend and his wife, because there're a perfect match! Both of them are so good and nice that they deserve to be together. But you know, all this wedding atmosphere is not easy when you're not having any perspectives for one yourself. I even lost appetite! I mean on a wedding! All this good and luxurious food! Well, at least I didn't get stuffed like a pig hehe. I'm back to my exercise plan (at least 4 times a week for 1 hour) but not perfectly to my diet plan.

About the diet thing... I realized that I don't need to BE ON diet, I need to CHANGE my diet. And that's what I will try to apply in my life now. And going out more. I must admit last week adoration of 4 American teenagers in department store was pretty heart-warming :D or the dancing and cheek-pecking from "Micheal Jackson" too. Though both most probably happened because I'm white.

:)

Muka

birthday party

2009-06-26T15:07:13Z

I had a birthday party last night! Surprisingly! It was supposed ot be party for 2 of my good friends whose bd was this week. And yet they bundled me in it since I won't be here on July 9th! I must say I am really happy and touched... my birthday wasn't celebrated by my friends! Last time was the small party in Tokyo! I totally love the 2 birthday cards I got, the Starbucks cup I wanted, Body Shop Body Butter I wanted and the earings I didn't know I wanted but I love anyway! There was cake too!

Then our professor from HK came too, and it was so funny with him. We played mafia, and then spin-a-bottle with a very "yellow" questions... thing I learned about my classmates and my professor... not easy to forget XD

Just this party reminded me our two other parties in the same place, and that we were missing some people. At least I was missing them a lot. Well, I hope they have fun where they are, actually... I KNOW they have fun :) In 9 days I go home too. So weird in a way, but I guess good. I would go crazy if I just had to stay here in July and do nothing but watch movies and work.

Muka

I was tagged

2009-06-15T15:24:03Z

☆ tagged by </a>
01. anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper at their livejournal. (do it if you want to)
02. explain in five sentences why you're using that wallpaper!
. This trip to Kaohiusng was ♥
. The lighting is ♥
. People on this photo are ♥
. Because I want to go back in time to that moment.
. Tor's photos are </a> ♥
03. don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see what you had on!

☆ tagged by
1) write your username.
2) write your the name of two of your favorite bands/artists.
3) write "i ♥ ______". this is to see how you write hearts.
4) write the name of your all-time favorite person.
5) write the name of a recently favored person.
6) tag six people to do this.

Hope you can read it... no pressure for doing it though~~

Muka

Orchid Island

2009-06-15T14:48:04Z

We're back... and tired. We left on Friday/Satruday at midnight.... I'm usually not sleeping well in a car so it's like sleepless nigth for me. We then arrived in the harbor in Kenting at 5 AM... 2 freaking hours to early. Took the medicine for sea-sickness early and doze off more in the car. Pushed by a bunch of older tourist we got seat in the boat... according to the strategy - in the middle in the back of the boat. Generally WE didn't puke... other... not that lucky... the guy next to me was puking all 2 hours long -_-

We lucky ones arrived to Orchid Island around 11 AM feeling physically well :D We got a very old and well-used van... of course without car plate, becuase on this island car plates are no necessary, and so are helmets for scooters. They didn't even provide any later when we rented 2 scooters. We first left our stuff in the small guest house, owned by my landlord's friend and then went in the bouncy van to see some of the island. It was windy, bouncy and beautiful :) We've spotted many goats on the way. Cuties I must say, just why they walk on the streets like it's made for them? However I was surprised how skilled they are in hopping around the rocks. Generally the island is just big mountains... green mountains... but we didn't have time to go hiking :| too bad. We tried some taro icecreams, then water with taro icecreams inside. Good and refreshing, if you love taro as much as me :D After the crazy ride we went to the place we had all our meals on the island. It was also owned by my landlord's friend, and actually pretty Taiwanese-like :D Round table, steamed cabbage, taro soup, friend fish (flying fish), pork, friend squid and so on :D

After lunch we went back to "xiu xi" (rest), as we all were sleepy and we had over 1 hour till snorkeling. I went by myself too look for souvenirs and photos... and that was a little awkward. Orchid Island is less touristic place I think. There are a lot of locals on the streets and I couldn't really see tourists. Houses and streets are very small so once you walk the street it feels like you walk on the yard of local people... I wanted to see small cute church on the top of tiny street. WOW... I felt like intruder... people where all out in front of their houses talking and eating, and turning silent when I passed. I was so afraid to take out my camera, and just nodded apologizing for intruding their personal space. Well I must say I couldn't take my eyes of a wooden cage of the size of one pig (exactly!) in which dwelled a pig, not very happy I guess... she was making a lot of noise. DOwn the road then I met a hen with kids.... this I dared to snap a photo of :D

Then I went back to the room and also slept. It came easy!

SNORKELING time! Ok.... I am a new huge fan of it! We first went to get the equipment... the diving outift, shoes, glasses and the tube (?) and floating vest :D then we drove to the northern part of the island and got to water there. The coach gave us small training of how to use the mask, how to breath with it, how to stand up in water and so on. Then we got a hang of the floating wheels and we went to watch the underwater world. It was so alive and even on such a shallow level (that we were stepping on) . It was so bright and clear, colourful. We've seen a lot of those "nemo" fish (dunno English name) and also the "Doris" fish (nemo's friend :D).

Later on the instructor let us take of the vests and just swim around in the suits, and also taught us a little about diving. I tried to dive by myself but my body was keeping on going up. grrrr... then me and Leah, we just were almost crawling around the shallow part of the reef with our faces under water. Too bad I cut my finger and had to go out earlier. The water was so salty it really hurt to keep it there.

On the way back we did some more souvenir shopping (got a bracelet). After taking shower (or not) and playing some BANG! meanwhile we went for dinner. Was similar to the lunch actually, just the guys drunk a lot of beer. After that they didn't plan anything more so I talked Aaron and Leah into renting scooters and going around the island on our own. We first wanted to go to see the lighthouse, but our landlord's local friend told us it's dangerous because of the spirits in that area. She said duirng the day it's ok but not at night. Ehm... yeah well, we changed the plan to just going around the island also because it was so dark and the road to lighthouse seemed a little dangerous. On the ride we stopped few times to watch stars. At last we could see loads of them, not like in the city. It was very windy, and me and Leah might have hit a crab on the way... but it was good:) After that we went straight to beds and fell asleep in seconds.

Sunday? Didn't do much. Breakfast, more souvenir shopping, boat. It was only nice to see the guy who rented us scooters came to look for us because he didn't know we needed scooters only for 2 hours and he charged us for whole day, so he gave us back some money. WOW! I got a necklace for myself too... I just liked it... one of thos time when you can't stop yourself because the thing is just supposed to be yours :)

On the way back my stomach was ok. We even went to the upper deck to see Taiwan from "outside". Some people have seen doplhins, but it was when I was dozing off. The way back? Nothing special, just tiring, and raining.

Being back to reality is always hard~ tomorrow 2 exams, meeting my professor, and visiting doctor at 9 pm... will be a long tiring day! but in 3 weeks I will go home. I really want to this time.

Muka

ps. actually I pasted it from my new blog =_=;;; I am google sucker... I opened new blog just because I want to use google products =_= so I am playing with it now... alkithilien.blogspot.com if you're interested...

I want to go home

2009-06-02T14:33:40Z

Recently I am not in very good mood ... most of the time at least. I don't want to go back for good, no no no, but I need the month at home, with people who truly care for me. Because I feel totally lonely now and just need to be pampered and hugged. The baby boy on Monday was really helpful, at last someone willing to hug me! Eh... yeah I do feel crappy...

I really feel like smoking >.< but smoking is stupid so instead of buying cigarettes I got a beer. From 2 bad things I need at least one. New (at least in here) Kirin Srong Seven, heh. Oh, one I get home I will surely get drunk with my old girlfriends... here, I always feel way to guilty to seriously drink...

And my shoulder really hurts today... when I move or anything... I even stick the cooling gel thing on it... only a little better...
And today for the first time I called the local hospital English Patient Line... wow... the guy's English was so good I couldn't understand all of his perfect British accent. Then he send me a long e-mail explaining everything... must say I feel spoiled by him a little :D good! need that! So on Friday I go to see the dermatologist at last... I should have gone few months ago when my Polish medicines finished... now it's all a disaster on my face... =_=;;; this month won't be easy... I just know it. Eh...

Sorry... not in good mood -> not putting nice posts...

Muka

typical friday night

2009-05-29T15:26:29Z

Damn, my life suck when looking at it from this perspective. All weekends I'm spending same way... sitting in front of my laptop, depressing over watching movies. Ok.... usually I go jogging first. Delightful.

So what I learned from today's movie (My Best Friend's Girl)? That in nowadays it's lame to love, and all the good guys can only get some freak girl, but only in the end of the movie... and the bad guys? They will fall in love eventually, change a little and all their prior bad behavior is forgotten and forgiven. LOLZ. However this movie is funny... it's annoying too. Because I'm surely on the good guy/freak side of the story, and that is not a good fortune.

Yeah I am in a bad mood. But last night I watched Highschool Musical 3 (too see what is this all about)... and... it's bad...it's artificial (and not because they suddenly start singing and dancing... because that I was expecting)... and I still don't get what is so great about Zac Eifron (or however his name is spelled) and his sweatheart girl... They're overly sweet... makes me wanna... you know... the thing when you eat too much sweets... or bad "lu wei" for a dinner like more commonly in my case.

And my camera's zoom button is broken. Not delighted about that one either. And about the fact that I'm such a chicken when it comes to things like complaining about it.

Ah... good this day is finishing in 36 min... at last I can go to sleep and wake up for tomorrow... at least there will be a BBQ party to look forward.

Oh... but the zong zi today was delicious. So yeah, the day wasn't ALL bad :P

Muka

new apartment - mission complete!

2009-05-25T16:07:36Z

At last! We found something we all like! An apartment with the structure of a house:D Pretty cheap, close, new and all :) I am happy! I can't wait to live with the girls! We move in there in August!
Haha.... I'm still a little afraid to tell my current landlord.... but I think he shouldn't be surprised, I was kind of nice to stay for 1 year only because I signed the contract and didn't want to break it. But just in case... maybe I will tell him after the trip =_=;;; I feel bad... but actually I shouldn't, because I'm paying a fortune for a single room!

And at last I will have a convenience store in a convenient distance!!!! YAY!

I also bought a new bag OTZ... I am bad... but I love bags so much @_@ Sucker! I have this theory, that since bags don't have sizes, this is the only thing I can buy without stress. But new bag is <3!!!!!!!! Brown, leather (or fake one... don't care)... and HUGE! Yay! Can see it here http://picasaweb.google.com/a.dadura/May2009#
The second bag is one I bought for my middle sis... mega cool!!!!

Ahhh... still... I am so excited for the new flat! I like all the rooms! and we will have kitchen :D and a bathtube! Bubble bath will be possible again!
Now only to live untill July... two big projects I already finished today... still one big to go, and 2 hard exams... plus all the freaking papers as my constant torture from my professor... but well, that is life here right? I really wish I could go to the body combat class everyday to let all that stress out with punching and kicking air (which becomes people with my good imagination :P). I really like it... good work out, nice teacher and all that. And I really cannot wait to see the results of the diet. I know I'm impatient... but who wouldn't like to see fast effects :P

Muka

Better

2009-05-16T15:27:27Z

Ok... last week was BAD. Mostly it was my won fault. I really like the Mandarin phrase "Don't think too much". I was clearly thinking to much, but it's not easy to make this annoying voice in your head to shut up. Logically, I know how I am supposed to feel, just I cannot feel like that in practice. Yet. I'm working on it. And I must say meeting my classmates for a huge dinner last time was helpful. But having a girl talk night with some of them was even better. It was probably the first time this week I was actually ok and laughing without effort. Thank you girls >.< I love you~~~ I can't wait when we will move in together so I will be able to say "bye bye" to lonely weekend evenings that I hate so much.

In school, many things was happening. A lot of work. I complained so much about my boss/professor that I have no energy to complain more. But it was extremely musy. Plus this week I was totallu unable to do anything creative so it wasn't helping. Tomorrow I have to finish one project... but morning - church, afternoon - movie (YAY1), evening - aero-dance (ok some kind of dancing aerobics). I was planning on morning yoga class... but I guess I will need to reschedule finishing the project for that time =_=;;;;

I was jogging today again. It felt lighter, hehe. Tough I was so thristy I didn't reach 20 rounds as I wanted... I just needed to drink XD Well 17 is still good, right :P

And yeah, our Indian classmate is back. He brought some good sweets, but lost his good manners again. It's nice to say I lost weight and it shows... but it's not a topic I would like a guy to dig in. Like how many kg I lost, how many more I plan to loose and so on. It's just bad to ask this stuff. Ah... but it surely felt like HE is back.

But soon two our classmates leave for India for 3 months. I'm kind of sad, I know I will miss them, but I hope they will have fun. And that they will be safe XD and won't step in cows/goat or any poo, hehe.

I just need make it my mantra "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", "don't think too much", ...

Wish me luck~

Muka

Survey help

2009-05-10T09:51:25Z

People... I need your help.

I need to survey Japanese citizens for my professor research project.... time is very limited... we translated the survey into Japanese and I put it online... if you could pass this link to ANY of your JAPANESE friend I would really appreciate.... I have no more ideas how to reach Japanese people while being in Taiwan ://///////////// pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase~~

http://tinyurl.com/qh6nl3

Agnes

sashiburi~

2009-05-04T15:42:38Z

ahhh... I'm kind of dead... but this deadness makes me feel weirdly alive XD I exercise quite a lot... 5 times a week, I am still on diet, and then I have thousands projects on my head, all with ASAP labels __--__

And yet today was a happy day... because I met my Japanese friend, Kanako! Haven't seen her since June 2007!!! And now she was visiting her bf in Taiwan for a week and we managed to meet. She looks so pretty now! So fashionable! And cute! And she was so considerate and bought me a Popolo June issue as an omiyage :D Then while having coffee together we discussed all Johnny's featured in it (a lot of Arashi!!!). It was so nice to meet her. Because two years ago when we were saying "goodbye" I really wondered if we will be able to meet again. And we did!!!!

And Popolo itself... it updated me with JE world. I even put Sho's poster in my room (they didn't give any other posters, just Sho). Arashi actually looks damn good compared to other bands... the hairstyles this month were pretty bad for most of Johnnies... especially Pi and generally NEWS' hairstyles... they look so 90's!!!! I really like short hairstyle of one of Kat-tun's guys... damn cool! Short hair are HOT now, I tell you. Oh and Toma's photo in a suit and with red roses looks pretty bad too =_=;;;;
What depressed me is some numbers they gave about Arashi... Ohno's foot size is like mine!!!!!! If I understand the Japanese sizing well (I hope I'm wrong >.<). Also, surprisingly Jun's weight is highest... and pretty normal for a man I think. WOW, such an improvement Jun! Way to go.

Especially that in the back of Popolo they have those creepy ads for girl... how to loose weight or get more boobs... it's kind of funny but scary... like making a girl go down from 49 kg to 39 kg!!!! That is anorexia! Even if she's a midget! And then making the girl with AA bust size go to E size? That is photoshop... I don't believe a cream/pills would make it (well maybe plastic surgery would too). Generally those before and after photos looks fishy in some cases... but some are just sick... I refuse to believe men actually like this kind of skeletons. I don't. But no worries... long way from me to a skeleton :D Though people start to tell me I lost some weight. Yay!!!!!! Now only to keep it up! Jia you to me!

mid-termish

2009-04-22T05:59:37Z

ah... I'm writing because of course I should be studying instead. And weather is perfect for blogging (and napping, which I've just finished) - raining and grey. And my mood is generally rather bad this week.... is it PMSing, is it work I need to do, is it something else... I dunno, or don't really want to know.

I'm still lasting in my diet, not easy but well easier to resist than last week XD I dunno if I lost weight already or it's just placebo effect, but I feel better. Also signed to the fitness club, so far for 3 times a week, plus jogging when possible. Yoga is fun, air boxing is fun too (with cool Rambo-Rocky instructor:D). I hope I will last in all this to see some real effect.

I took a photo of myself a while ago... inspired by graphicfighter - not uch of a fashion, but I like this outfit:D and I like my new grey one-button, ehmm... jacket? cardigan? or whatever it's called in English. Just not enough space at home, I have like a 1 m between mirror and furniture.You can see a piece of my microwave and a poster of F4 popping from behind it :D

Also I snapped this photo, because I'm still feeling excited every time I see Arashi in TV :D

:D

Yeah... it's like that now... nothing special, having lots of things too do, sometimes going out with classmates... little lonley~

Muka

David!

2009-04-11T06:04:25Z

I'm an aunt! My sis gave birth at around 4 AM of Polish time today (11th April) to a healthy baby boy, now named David (Dawid in Polish). I'm so glad it went smooth for both of them and can't wait for photos, videos, skyping them and then seeing David with my own eyes in July! Wow. It's really new to me, suddenly a new person to love appears in the world! My baby showering parcel is almost ready :D

Wow, wow, wow! Too bad I need to focus on my Monday exam :| Still - WOW!

ahhh... post-holiday trauma

2009-04-05T10:38:00Z

Yes, I am back from the tropical island trip. It was GREAT! And that is why I am having this post-holiday trauma (as my friend called it). After spending 2 great days always surrounded by my friends, being back in the city now, alone in my room, having to read papers is just so sad.

I don't know how to describe the trip. There is so many things about it that it's hard to choose. I will only say it was not as small as we expected, that the weather was cloudy but comfrotable, that water was warm and beautifuly blue, that I didn't swim in the ocean (I wanted but... well... only "I"), that we played ukulele a lot, that we watched and touched sea creatures (crabs, sea rabbits, sea cucumbers, sea snails), that I got many cute sea shells and what not. I love ocean/sea, so it would be good anyway. I could just sit and stare at the waves for hours, smelling the saltiness in the air.

It was also fun to have all those people around, joking and playing like little kids. This is probably my favourite part of the trip because my friends are very important to me (as I always say - my Taiwanese family). I really hope that wasn't the last time we had a trip like that. Though I cannot think of anytime soon that we could go somewhere for 2 days:/ no money and no time:/ And in summer everyone will go their own ways :| Well I will go home myself too.

Ahhh... I need to read now about direct marketing technologies, and it seem so boring when it's in "papaer language". And there is the dark menace of my thesis hanging around too, aaaaaa. Sometimes I really think having simple life, living by the sea would be so good. Although I would probably feel bored after a week XD

Anyway... I don't know how to describe all the detials so just have a look on my picasa, and also a video made by my friend:
http://picasaweb.google.com/a.dadura/XiaoLiuQiu#

Muka

Mood-swinging -> UP!

2009-03-31T14:06:07Z

ok... I am weird recently... last week was really bad. I was sad, got the freaking allergy, then had to go for a trip on which I suffered terrible headache and stomach problems. But since I was back on Sunday evening, on the other hand I feel good. We have this trip coming in 2 days... we go to a small tropical island that is south-west from Taiwan's coast :D Yay! There is 11 people going, we're gonna swim, chase crabs on the beach and play ukelele XDDDD Can't wait! Then I'm generally having good time with my classmates this week. I just <3 them! I feel like hugging each of them every time we meet. Hope it will stay like that XD

Also.... there was one of the "first times in my life" last Sunday - I took HSR (High Speed Rail) which is Taiwanese version of Shinkansen. It takes only 40 min from Taipei to Taichung (by bus 2.5 hours). Of course it's not cheap (though the price is reasonable), but the problem is location of station in my city.... too far from my home... and taxi costed me 1/3 of the train ticket cost... in total - way too much.
Ah, also I've seen some really weird food. Actually I could have eaten that, just I DIDN'T want to. Pigeons in choclate. Can you believe? It was so disgusting... they had heads (r should I say faces?) and everything. This dinner was hard for me... the dinner in general was just scary @_@ And the herbs they used for cooking made me natious (the smell, taste, whatever). I had to excuse myself and go sleep early because I was afraid I will puke. Not to mention whole dinner was so strange... like everyone had their faces painted black. Yes, black. This farm we stayed at grows special kind of fungi (reishi) and they make various staff from it, like face masks... so they painted our faces with the mask... and this way we ate... after that we went to steam our faces and washed them. Normally this kind of mask cost around 600 NT (around 15 USD?). I don't know if the mask was good.... my face felt soft and all.... but now it's extremely dry (but that may be because of the allergy).

Also... today I got my flight ticket to Poland :D I'm going back on 5th July (arrive on 6th)! Yay! I miss home a lot this year. I love Taiwan... but the 24/7 excitement is gone, and there is many times I'm just crazily want to be at home. So I'm using KLM... actually even the travel agent said their service may be not that good, but well... cheaper and direct flight is what I want :D

From funny things today... during the break on Japanese class I talked to my classmate about Maou. I borrowed him the DVD recently and he said he will give it back because he doesn't really like it. So I asked why he doesn't like... it seem so much more a boy drama rather than all other romantic staff that Japan is producing. After a while he admitted he think the main character, the lawyer is really ugly! LOL! I was like "wow, thx, he's my favourite" XD But I laughed of course, he looked scared for a moment, in Asia that would be rather big impolitness, but well I don't care:D We laughed at that for a while hehe. I must admit Ohno wasn't looking most handsome in Maou.... the suit looked like too big for him, and his skin looked pretty bad in close-ups :P I know... but that's love:D He doesn't have to be perfect :D

So... that was pretty random :P but I felt lilke writing it:P

Muka

allergy for unhappiness

2009-03-25T14:26:17Z

ah.... last few days were unlucky. I was purely unhappy. For no reason in general. It's not PMS or anything. It's just casual unhappiness that reminds about itself from time to time. As on Sunday and Monday I was just miserable, yesterday it had its peak. Because unhappy I was naturally angry. I went to pay for my credit fees (a lot of money) to the office where I always pay this stuff. There is this one guy from bank coming everyday between 11:30 and 12:00, he never said a word to me, just was receiving my money. It takes him like 30 secs. And yet yesterday, when I especially went to school, spite rain, to pay the money that I withdrew on the way, after waiting for him... he came, looked at me and started doing things around the office as I was invisible. After a while he called me with his hand (ok... I dunno about here, but in Poland we think it's rude) and still was talking only in Taiwanese and only to women working in the office. One of them told me at last I have to go to bank to pay it (not near school... raining... I came on my bicycle). The guy was talking in Taiwanese with some other women nearby, giggling all the time and giving me some looks. Ok, I have no understanding of Taiwanese, but it looked like they talk about me. It pissed me off, I ripped my bill while taking it back from the lady who was trying to call someone to ask about my case, and I simply walk out (with an angry aura all around me). I dunno why exactly... it made me SOOOO angry that I had tears in my eyes while walking to my bicycle. Grrrrr.

I went back home... skipped lunch, calmed down and went out again to go to the f**king bank. This time on my scooter, with the pink flashy raincoat and all. On the way back I stopped in Watsons to buy some painkillers (I was expecting getting some flu since I was getting wet all day long). Bought lunch on the way back (usual place). When I was back home I found my Arashi Around Asia DVD! I thought... at last something good is happening! How wrong I was =_=... I'm even tired of explaining it again... shortly... my laptop cannot play different than region 3 DVDs... and Japan is special of course, as the only Southeast Asian country it used region 2 DVDs!!!!!!!!! Believe me... I tried every possible way to play it on my laptop - can't do :/ I will have to go to my lab to watch it. 66 USD wasted... of course I can download it an all... but that was not the point of buying the DVD ;/

And the best... I got some freaking allergy!!!!!! I realised it just before my Japanese class. That time it was only neck. After class it was still only neck... I went to 7-11 (convenience store) to ask for some medicine... that was pretty hilarious. I showed my dictionary with word "allergy" in Chinese to the young guy working there (he looked like barely 20). He went with me to the shelve when they keep soft medicines and other cosmetics. And after a LONG while he gave me pack of tampons. I couldn't stop myself and laughed... I just told him that THIS wouldn't help me with ALLERGY and went home. On the way I spotted that the pharmacy shop was still open so got some medicine there. Nontheless, this morning I wake up with red, hot and harsh face. Not only neck anymore. Sic! I could go see a doc only after our afternoon English test (no comments). In the hospital I wited with my friend (*love*) for an hour... honestly, that made me feel like home XD The doc was cool... he spoke English and all. His diagnosis... I dunno... he said it's because my stomach has some metabolic problems, that I shouldn't drink cold drinks and I should walk 20 min after each meal to help digesting. :/. But if it's that, then why now? I'm in Taiwan for so long... shouldn't my stomach be already used to food here? My personal theory is... stress or rather anger. That is the only new factor that occured yesterday.

Bad news is... I still don't see the allergy to get better... worse... it's spreading onto my chest T________________T Like if I'm not ugly enough without red and swollen face T_T

At the moment... everyhting sux ~

pimping Slumdog Millionaire

2009-03-14T15:24:44Z

waaaah, I know everyone probably already have seen this movie. Ang good, they should have! And if you haven't - you should too! It is a movie about life, without all those big-bangs of hollywood movies, but still produced fully professionally. Visuals are beautiful, so is music. But people! The actors seem like they don't play at all, they are who they play. And it is encouraging how thos characters find hope in happiness even though their life is not soft and pink at all. It seem like a fairy tale, but anything else in this case would be heart-breaking. *Spoilers ahead, maybe* For me it is about 2 brothers who made 2 different choices in their lives, one chose to love money, and the other to love a girl. But you cannot really hate the "bad" brother, because he does love his younger brother too, and will in the end always choose his little bro.

well, as for other matters. At last I managed to get my classmates out. Two nigths in a row! On Thu we went to KTV which was a great success - that was my best KTV night sinc I came back to Taiwan, and for the first time I didn't have enough time too sing all songs I knew! Improvement:) I even tried singing Fahrreinheit's song "mo mo". Then last night, we went for a drink. I had Guinness, ah I missed it a lot. Even got the St. Paddy's Day's Guinness hat :D But that kind of took all my luck with my classmates so today I did nothing. I just went for a walk by myself. It is way to cold to run, even after yesterday's walking home I got a little sick. Maybe will have a lunch with my classmate tomorrow though ;3 will see ;333333

well from other things... I have a ticked booked for July, so I am going back to Poland. For a month. Eh... it is so expensive though that I feel guilty for beeing weak. I should stay and save those money for my parents. And yet I am too scared of the boredom and my homesickness to stay.

Time to sleep, I want today to finish. Saturday's are not fun anymore.

Muka

I hate weekend... am I crazy yet?

2009-03-07T14:02:22Z

Geeeeeeeeeeeeeez... this Saturday is SO boring. Like deadly boring. Weather sux, I can't even go jog since 3 days... raining and cold like hell... in this state making anyone go out is even more difficult than normally here. So I stayed whole day today at home... no good movies in TV... not my laptop... I just wan to go sleep (just I'm not sleepy) and wake up on Monday (clas from 9 AM to 8 PM yay!). Before I always hated Mondays... and now? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

Because of this nothingness I was checking out strange stuff on the net. And I found a video in which some American dude ask Robert Pattinson (yes, yes... this dazzling bloke from Twilight, formerly from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire... when he made a perfect Cedrick Diggory) for a signature. Robert was really nice and understanding and gave the signature and even chatted with the guy.... and then this stupid man asks Robert: "So what are you shooting now? Another part of HP?". Ok... it doesn't seem so funny... it's even not funny... it's just awkward!!!! As my friend Marta commented Rob should answer "No, I'm shooting 4th part of Lord of the Rings: The Return of Sauron, as Legolas". Man, at least that I would like to see, heh. Some ppl are just.. stupid... if you don't know a thing about someone don't act like you do. Honestly overseeing Cedrick's death was hard...

Anyway... I am bored. That could be a reason why at last I changed mood theme in LJ to an Ohno mood theme (credits in my user info). Without a clear guide of how to do it I would never make it. But now I like it. And this nore can be actually only for my pleasure of using it.

And I still do love the song 'Believe' :D

Muka

no, I still remember Arashi

2009-03-01T15:11:12Z

ok, I know... I'm not exactly following Arashi's life recently. I letting them breath, you know ;) Kidding, just didn't have head for that. But I'm reading through my friends' posts and I see new things more or less. Like 2 new PVs... and honestly... I like Believe. It's a good song, I love the dance parts (as music "dance", not the action of dancing, which is well normal for Arashi). Also I like the jazzy music background, now it will sound serious, but it reminds of Moloko melodies XD

Ohno's solo... is... great. As a fan of Ohno I feel proud he made solo single and PV, 100% JE-feel-free. They even gave him normal back-dancers, they don't look like Johnny's people at all. There are even WOMEN!!! hehe it sounds weird but this is pretty new feel. And he looks just so cute, it's feels even like a PV for kids, but not like Uta no Oniisan. And I can tell he choreographed the dance by himself. Those movements are so him, especially the leg going to sides :D mecha mecha kawaii!!!

And then also, something purely hilarious - Arashi beat box :D heheheh, all that I can say about it. Now I'm looking forward to get my AAA2008 DVD, but hopefully they with charge my card in April.

Because yes people... I will be broke in March. I couldn't resist taking Japanese and Research Methodology courses. And that costs. Textbooks cost. I just hope I will not be tempted by anything, because as for food/drinks even snacks what's left after all the bills should be enough... but not for any extra shopping. Geh~~ life.

And... strange... something smells. But I can't find out what. Sometimes it seems strong and sometimes I can't smell it at all which makes me feel like I'm crazy! Grrrrrrr!!!!

Also... I finished reading Breaking Dawn, the last piece of Twilight saga. Although it seems like there could be a continuation, the writer left open doors for that. Good. Well there is still 13 chapters of Midnight Sun, but I hate the idea of reading something unfinished... bloody hackers.

And does anyone know a software for recording videos with the webcam? The software from my webcam somehow doesn't record voice and I couldn't find any other software. Help please :D

Ok, That's all.

Still in Twilight world

2009-02-24T15:29:32Z

I know I know, many of my LJ friends disapprove of Twilight series, movie or book, what ever. I gave it a try and I couldn't stop. Last week I entierely spent on reading and watching movie (went to a cinema that still had it on). Well movie is of course not as good as a book. The relationship in the movie just miss all those detail of how Edward's and Bella's relationship was born, and seem a little shallow. Still after reading the book it's nice to see it live. And of course Robert Pattinson is a cutie, a drity-harry type of cutie but still. Who didn't spot his handsome look in HP4 already? I did! I admitt I got some interest in him so I researched him a little. However handsome he seems a little imature to me... well 23 boy, what else would I expect :DAnd knowing that Paris Hilton wants to ~~rape~~ seduce him, makes me kind of sorry for him.

Anyway... yeah this is a book rant :D The first book I will need to reread, because the crappy polish translation I had was... crappy... felt a little like reading a fanfick, and I didn't get this unprofessional feeling from the english books I bought here later. New Moon was good, I cried a lot readinh about Bella's being left as it reminded me of how I felt when I was kind of left, and I was surprised that the writer got it similar way. The Eclipse... this book pissed me off. Jacob and Bella both pissed me off, a LOT. I was crying this time from anger and I felt painfully sorry for Edward. I know I'm crazy, but somehow this totally depressed me in real life. For 2 days I was going around feeling all down because of this thing. Then I started Breaking Dawn now... this book... I dunno... is kind of uber-weird but so far uber-sad. Though from 750 pages I read like 250 so far so I can't judge it yet.

But even if my emotions are not exactly good ones, I like it, because in a long time I didn't get hooked up to a book or anything like that. I like to believe in a romance and love and stuff. But I still don't know why exactly I'm so concerned with the characters from this series, as if they were real, though they are so unrealistic.

Haha... long rant. But honestly, all that is in my mind now is Twilight. And school.

Yeah school started again. And due to nudging of my classmates I checked up and it seems I am officially the best in my class. I got 1st rank for last semester. Heh, strange. What I can only think is that my parents will be proud. I don't feel the best, not that I feel bad. I'm nerdily happy that the school started again as winter vacation was damn boring. At last I can go out and talk to people, eat lunches with them and all that casual stuff.

So you see, not much to write about.

Muka

ps. and I signed for last.fm, you can try to add me :D though I still didn't figure it out completly.

it's a good day for a post:D

2009-02-14T16:05:13Z

I know. Posting like that on Valentines Day makes me look sad. Well I am lonely and all, but I think I managed through this day well. Even I'm not a fan of it, I'm not an anti-fan either. Because, I want it or not, it is a symbol. A day when all other people in relationships show it off. Their right.
So today I woke up awfully late, but at last I got some good sleep (recently it was not that easy to sleep for some reason). I send the e-mail with some job done to my boss (a.k.a. professor, but I guess I will call him boss from now on... seems more accurate and well Taiwanese classmate call their professors "bosses"), went for a lunch breaking the wheel in my bicycle on the way. So I repaired it, ate some gyooza for brunch, pack of Pringels (sour onion.... my fav :D, after all it's V Day), watched the "Under the Tuscan Sun" movie. And here stop. It is such a nice movie. With Polish accent in it too. It's not exactly romantic comedy though it is about romance. I liked it. Then I talked to my parents on Skype. And my, they were the only people wishing me Happy V Day, and I still don't get why parents should do that. Nonetheless my Dad's wishes made my day. I still can't believe that he said it, and I'm embarrassed and happy in a way. He kind of gave green light to things I think are inappropriate and rather won't happen :D I'm still laughing at it.
Later I went jogging. Because at last I'm back at it. I went to see a doc, and she said I can jog just need to take some break after every 5 rounds. So that's what I'm doing - running 5 then 1 walking. And today I reached a new record - 6 km :D Yay! It's getting hotter again so running even in the evening lets you taste your own sweat. But I felt great after that. And oh, few nice guys were running today too. It surprised me... because honestly... only single people would do that on V Day's evening.
After jogging I got some take home drink in bottle, got some dumplings for dinner (wow, so I've eaten only dumplings today XD), and at home got my Smirnoff ice with grapes I bought today earlier. And I feel so good now. Well spent V Day. No regrets. Still hopefully next year there will be someone else than my parents wishing me Happy V Day :) Would be nice.

And... latest Fahrenheit album grew on me a lot. I'm in love in "MoMo" song (official English title TOTALLY different, and long).

Why I haven't been writing for a while? I was watching Prison Break. I think I figured out why all my girlfriends like it. Wentworth Miller he is handsome... his body is handsome. But his face... at first I didn't like it. I dunno, just didn't really. But then I got it... his face always have this "puppy eyes" look... like he needs someone to hug him and tell him everything's gonna be fine. You know, I'm weak for that too. I find it cute. My friend Martha though, she always give me an ear-full because of that, she says I let this kind of men use my kindness and get nothing in the end. Well, proved true many times, not only with men, but I believe all good things happen to me because I let them happen to others, even if at the moment I don't get anything but satisfaction. But I'm getting tougher, really :D
I dunno if you're interested in reading my blabs, but well... that's why blogs are for. As for Arashi stuff.... I ordered the VERY expensive DVD, from latest AAA tour.... but why Tokyo.... why couldn't it be Taipei again T_______________T I know it was their first con outdoor, but why it couldn't be the second day in Taipei again. Boooooooooo.

Muka

ps. I choose mood "recumbent" because I actually don't know what it means... and am too lazy to check:D

Fahrenheit

2009-01-31T14:01:01Z

Ok, I got veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry angry with my professor/boss today. I don't even want to go through it here, but generally he gives me a lot of work even though it's holidays and it's not about my studies or my thesis just his private work, and also makes me go to some places though I tell him I can't. But I guess that's why I could be so LUCKY today.

So angry after all day with him I went to meet my friend in the city, in one of the biggest Taichung's night markets - Yi Zhong Jie. While looking for a place to eat dinner saw a group of girls siting in the ground in front of small stage. Ha, some idols coming. When I looked closer I saw the girls are holding Fahrenheit's posters and handmade boards. I couldn't believe they came to such a place, not like usually to the department store. So I asked my friend if we could stay. And yey, we did!!!!!

So after a while, the guys came on this small stage, it got pretty crowded too. Actually there were also Korean, Japanese, Hongkongese and other Asian fans too. They sung one song - Liu Xia Lai (Stay with me), talked a little and started signing the photo book from their new album. Only people who bought it there could join the line.... so I did buy the CD with DVD XD free posters though were already gone. And yes... I joined the queue for their signatures !

They looked nice:D I like their new hairstyles... only Jiro's hairstyle was... weird @_@ too much hairspray... Also he was wearing big sunglasses most of the time. I don't have photos... because I didn't have camera, and my mobile phone... it sux =_= Maybe later I will try to find some photos on Taiwanese websites... because all those girls had cameras :D

So I waited a bit... maybe 30 min... not that bad. Again... only white girl around -_- people staring... yeah. But finally I got up to the stage so girl put a number on my hand, I stood in front of the table where for of them sat @_@ First was Calvin... signed my book, looked up, suprised big smile, give me his hand to shake... I wished him Happy New Year in Chinese, again smile, I move to Aaron. OMG this guy is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO handsome >o<. Same, signed, looked up, shoked, biiiiiiiig cute smile, squeeze my hand, I say "Xin Nian Kuai le", he asks where I am from, while the bodyguard starts to move me I just answer in Chinese "Poland". And I'm in front of Jiro. Same procedure, signed my book, looked up, shocked, smile, squeeze my hand, I say "Xin Nian Kuai Le", he say Happy New Year and ask me for my name, while bodyguard starts to move me again I say Agnes. And.... *doki doki* CHUN! Ahhhhh! I say Xin Nian Kuai Le, he say thanks, shake/squeeze my hand, ask me where I'm from, I say Poland, he repeat "Poland", and I have to go out of the stage. Oh man! I went out expecting nothing special, and I got to talk to and touch Fahreheit, get their cute smiles and all. Lucky, I am! Beign foreigner is good at that times.... when they have to sign like 300 books and touch 300 people's hands, seeing white girl really makes them smile wider.

Here are the pics of the CD and the book:
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I must admit Taiwanese release really nice CDs and DVDs, and compared to other countries - CHEAP. For 400 NT I got this nice CD+DVD+booklet, and people before me also free poster.

Ah... I will have to become proper Fahrenheit fan *_* Their songs even got better on last album. And they're truly cute in reality too @_@

Muka

ps. I found this video from yesterday. Actually I standed not that far away from the place where it was filmed from:

scooter - I haz it

2009-01-24T11:34:08Z

I got scooter at last... even 2, kind of. I had my frist driving in the city already passed. Both aren't perfect...

One is pink SYM (三陽), with back lights off (landlords gonna repair it), and pretty much smoke XD And it's a little small in front, so my legs don't have much space:D But it's ok:D

And then, my very own Yamaha. I bought it yesterday... While driving home I realized that the girl I bought it from didn't keep her word and did repair the mirrors not the turning lights (well they work, but they don't blink and don't make this special sound, and I asked her to make it like that over a month before). Then also the engine was going off while I was stopping on red lights. But luckily, the mirror and the engine was repaired for just 120 NT (like 3-4 USD). There's also quite a lot of smoke, so I plan to change the pipe next month (now I don't have money). So though I'm happy to have my own scooter I'm a little angry with the girl... and I cannot really do anything about it.

I tried to find some photos of those scooters.... but my Yamaha is 14 years old.... there's no photos of it... I found this one, it is also the DIO model, but looks much newer. So just imagine older and more scratched version :D and with mirrors :D

And this is SYM, but also looks like much newer model. The SYM we have is like 10 years old, and pink :D

Also because squeezing my bag into the locker under the seat usually is harmfull for my bag and things inside of it, I bought a backpack. Thx God my friend bargained for me, and instead of 590 NT I got it for 400 NT! Good, because that was my limit. It is pretty cool, looks like it's made out of brown leather (but of course it cannot be leather).

Ok, I'm really tired. I went hiking this morning for the first time... and oh man.... wasn't that easy, though the view was nice~ also today it's really cold!

Happy Chinese New Year! 新年快樂！

Muka

Meme

2009-01-20T02:48:53Z

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