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| 冬の雨
私の気持ち
悲しいも
冬雨で
私の心
痛いんだ
空にとび
私の心
おどること
寒い雨
暖かい家
うれしいだ
Random haiku I've written for a Japanese project. Thoughts? Suggestions? Utter crap? Let me know in the comments. If you need translations, let me know as well. | | |
| It's been awhile ne? I've been really lazy and busy and trying to get better at dancing and stuff. Yeah.
Anyways, this is for Awi-chan who tagged me and asked me to this meme. What's a meme?
But yeah, studies beckon. grawr. I should turn this into a food blog.
1. Put your music on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag 10 friends who might enjoy doing the meme as well as the person you got the meme from.
IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
"It's a Fine Life" from Oliver! the musical
WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
"Behind these Hazel Eyes" Kelly Clarkson
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Song for the Unloved by the Backstreet Boys (I don't know what this implies.)
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Welcome Home (You) by Brian Littrell
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE??
If You Ever Feel Like Lovin' Me Again by Clay Walker (does that mean I'm going to be hung up on one guy for the rest of my life that is forever unrequited?)
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Time's A-Wastin' by Duke Ellington (that's...close)
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
My Happy Ending by avril lavigne (mmm...)
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Touch by Clay Aiken (dancing involves touching so yeah. that's right, lol.)
WHAT IS 2+2?
Stop This World by Diana Krall (because that's too complicated)
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Baby It's You by Aaron Carter (Kim, baby it's you that I want!)
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Mahal na mahal kita by Ariel Rivera (I swear this is on shuffle)
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Overture/You're The Top from Anything Goes
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Shut Up by the Blackeyed Peas (I don't like being asked that question...it's to close to "what will you do with that major?")
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Never Gone by the Backstreet Boys (I heart the Backstreet Boys)
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Love me Like a Man by Diana Krall (I don't want to think of a meaning behind this)
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
I heard it through the grapevine by Marvin Gaye (hopefully not)
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Getting By by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Shape of my Heart by the Backstreet Boys (very interesting)
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Snowflake by Arashi (I have no idea what they're saying)
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Will be Yours by Boyzone (all that we want will be ours!)
WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Swinging the Blues by Big Band Fever
HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Last Night You Saved My Life by the Backstreet Boys (wow...that's...ironic)
WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Quit Playin' Games with my Heart (dance remix) by the Backstreet Boys
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Step in the Name of Love by R. Kelly (and other line dances)
WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Let the Good Times Roll by people I don't know (ah the irony)
WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Splanky by Count Basie (I dont know what that means)
WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Don'tcha (Dirty) by The Pussycat Dolls (actually it's overflowing toilets)
DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
10,000 Promises by the Backstreet Boys
IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?"
The Shim Sham Song by swing people music thingies (actually that's true...)
WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Incomplete (remix) by the Backstreet Boys (so i'm hurting because i'm incomplete?)
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
I Still Believe from Miss Saigon | | |
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Rest in Peace Tito Jun.
Sunday, April 14, 2008. | | |
| 'ware. Lots of rambling thoughts about dancing ahead. Most of my conversations tend to be like this. How annoying.
So this weekend, I managed to go to one great waltz workshop randomly led by the Le siblings. I'm glad that people went too. 'twas great fun. Due to the common problem of having more follows than leads, I didn't get that much practice so I kinda got a taste of what it would be like to be a TA. I think I'm better at correcting leads because I kind of know what something should feel like as opposed to helping girls as what they're supposed to do. I don't really know because the guy is just supposed to somehow communicate what she should do. Quite difficult, this dancing business.
I think I dance better in tennis shoes. They don't slip off my feet. And they offer better protection when accidently getting stepped on. The only thing about my ballet flats is that I can slide around. Makes it easier on the lead to swing me around, methinks.
Anywho, took a couple turns around the dance floor with Justin and a couple of other people. Jonathan kindly danced with me at the end of the workshop since I didn't dance that much. I must've done something right with my viennese waltz because he randomly asked me to go with him to the Great Waltz. Apparently lindy hop makes one be light on their feet.
Long conversations are great. Especially about random dancing stuff and really personal relavations.
So GW day, Kim and Adrienne did my hair. For an hour. Using lots of hairspray. Hairspray that made my back cold. But curls are pretty. Thank you girls. I loved it.
Dinner at Chili's. Coaster game was fun to watch. Food should've been good, but my stomach has been quite rebellious lately, so I couldn't eat much. And not eating so much insured that I would not upchuck on any lead that I would have danced with. Despite the lack of food, just hanging out with everyone was fun. Epic people are amazing. haha, I like how that sounds. Unfortunately, there was many a tie casualty.
After dinner, 'twas back to campus for us. Then it was time to waltz. Crikey, that was fun. I love dancing. Dancing with Jonathan is like a dream. Much like dancing with Kelvin. Methinks I hold ballroom TAs in very high esteem. Or at least those two. I learned a bit of tango. That was fun. I can't wait until we learn it in class. It's such a sexy and steamy dance. Waltz is elegant. Salsa is sexy and firey. Random. Waltzed a bit more until I managed to sustain a bruise on my foot from Justin. That was painful. Tried to get Ellen to dance with Kelvin for me since I couldn't, but she didn't want to. Oh well. She's so cute. Speaking of Kelvin, I was positively drooling when Michelle and him were dancing together. Soooooooooo goooooooooood. And very pretty. I want to dance like that someday.
Anyways, the pain slowly became bearable so I started dancing again. More waltz. Some cha-cha. Some lindy. Polka is amusing. Learned how to do a bit of that too.
Unfortunately the dance ended like most good things do. Ended up changing at Rebecca's and went off to Jester to hang out. After that, we somehow ended up at Jonathan and Daniel Bui's apartment. It's a really neat place. I didn't know that guys could be that tidy. Daniel seemed to be very proud of his horse that apparently came from Nathan? 'twas very cute and surprising sturdy. I hope he had a very happy birthday.
Cheese and pomegranates make a really delicious combination. Cracking nuts is difficult, even with a nut cracker. I envy those that are able to crack open nuts with their bare hands. Hazel nuts are extremely yummy. Jonathan's green curry was also yummy, but really spicy. I could barely take the heat and ended up guzzling quite a bit of soy milk. Justin liked it too. Freaking spice masochist, lol.
Ended up leaving at four in the morning. Didn't get to sleep until six though. Like I said before, having long conversations about life are great. Talking seems to help me think more clearly or something. I think I've had lots of things on my mind lately. Anyways, as Mo keeps telling me, "life goes on."
And that pretty much sums up my Great Waltz experience. I heart dancing.
So how was your weekend?
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| Man. I just want to thank Kristine just for telling me and making me go to CFC Youth's retreat. The "advertisements" were true.
It was the best weekend ever.
Here it is in a nutshell:
~Intense and powerful
~Praise and worship like whoa
~The Holy Spirit
~The presence of God
~Prayer and reflection
~Lots of given opportunities
~A fellowship
~A sisterhood
~Relationship building
~Lots of tears
~Great food
~Great fun
~Amusing and funny icebreakers
~Lots of laughs
~Beautiful people
~Lack of sleep
~Wonderful times
The whole weekend was just great. The activities and timing just had to be influenced by God. Like, I've been wanting to write a tribute-ish sort of thing for my parents for awhile now. One of our activities was to write a letter to our parents. It was as if God was like, "you can't make anymore excuses since I'm giving you this time, right here, right now to write this letter." I also played with the idea to go to Confession. It's been...well, way too long since I last had one. What happened? We were given time and encouragement to go. So I did. And I'm so glad that God gave me these opportunities to just do what I've always been...afraid, I guess, to do. How awesome is that?
And bonding with the fellowship was so enjoyable. Houston people are crazy. Like...mad crazy. They're so awesome. I've never felt so comfortable around that many people at once before (minus family and the like). If I start acting a little bit "ghetto-but-not" it's because I was influenced by them. And the sisterhood...full of just wonder and beautiful girls. I swear just meeting and building relationships with these people was a blessing in itself.
Praise and worship. What can I say? So fun, so pure, so...intense. Able to just get loose and just praise and worship God. No worrying about what other people thought. It was for God and Him alone. It was so powerful.
There were so many great moments, but I can't write about them all. My mind's all over the place, but that's okay. It was a whirlwind of just...I don't know what. But it was great. But I can share a very special experience for me.
My favorite part during the retreat:
At the beginning of the retreat, one of our activities in response to the talk topic of "Jesus' love and plan for us" was to write down our dreams. One of mine was, "shake me out of my apathy." Throughout the weekend I felt like God's response was:
No. I will not shake you out of apathy...
I'm going to put you through an earthquake.
I'm going to break you.
Again,
And again,
And again.
And when I'm done breaking you,
I'm going to show you how much I love you,
And how much I want you to love Me back.
I felt exactly that. Friday and the earlier parts of Saturday, I couldn't get through anything without crying. Typical? Maybe. Godsent? Definitely. He broke me during the talks. He broke me during the discussions. He broke me during Confession. He broke me as I sang during praise and worship. It was wonderful.
And that Saturday night, He revealed His love for me. It was so beautiful.
And with a heart ready to burst, I felt my love for Him just burn.
I've never felt that way before. It was...well, words just cannot describe.
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Thank you Lord for this experience. Everything that happened, everything I felt, it all came from You. Thank you.
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Yeah. The retreat was awesome. | | |
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