My brain has been squeezed to death. Oh school you.
I really need to start my homework (because I'm a nut and want a good portion of it done on a Friday night), but I figured I need to stop tweeting (my Twitter, by the way, is flailtastic, and you have no idea how much time I spend in that place - but add me if you wish to see my bizarre weirdoness more frequently) and just post here.
I am really craving some Starbucks right now.
Anyway.
F-List of mine, I know it's been more than a month and I still haven't replied to all those who commented with why I like you all. I hope you don't take it as a sign that I don't care, because I do! I really want to do it in an epic way but now that I let too much time pass I'm afraid it won't be as epic. But seriously, I will reply. I PROMISE THIS.
I don't know what else to say. My life has been awfully dull, I'm afraid. Nothing but school and school and my future that I worry about. I'm looking for a job (I have my eye set on Purdy's, a chocolate (!!!!!!!) shop - I'll finish my app this very second, but I have no clue how to fill out this one part... if anyone can help a n00b I'd appreciate it immensely), and even more volunteer hours.
I am also happy to report that I have found a teacher willing to teach me Korean! x) She moved into our school, and is already a friend of a friend. We're lockermates, and she's fabulous. She's helping me review my (already awful) Hangul to get me started, haha.
I think my main point with this post was to post a couple of memes (which are long due). Here we go:
Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.
As given to me my Lauren (songmuse):
BC aka Beautiful British Columbia
Only in here can you find both these two things: mountain and sea, and so frequently too.
Well, I've only been living here for three years, but honestly, I can't really think of any other place I'd spend this time of my life in. It reflects this exact moment in my life - the endless possibilities, the carefree feeling you get during a good day, the variety of everything. Everything in here seems to be alive, and well, flourishing. It's the perfect place for a teenager. I also can't think of any other place I want to live in (well, there's France, but I digress). I AM A PROUD BRITISH COLUMBIAN. I seriously am. The place is gorgeous - being outside, whether in downtown Vancouver or Whistler or just in a park in here, is amazing - I wouldn't trade it for anything. I want everyone I cherish and hold dear to just MOVE HERE, because well, I'm here :DDD, and it's the place where there's a 546549 (and more) places to hang out. I still haven't been to all the must-go to places in here myself. It's my goal to be able to, as much as I can.
This place is so amazing that I might not even try to reach for my dream of living in France. One of my ambitions is to get a house here myself, in North Vancouver. If that will ever happen, who knows, but that'll be so great, I can just imagine.
So yes. I urge my entire F-List to visit and say hi! \o/ (Except, you know, those that already do, but you get my point.)
Singing
Left: Because I realized recently that Regina Spektor has the most gorgeous photos while performing. I really need to listen to more of her work, but I don't know where to start.
Ah yes. I sing. Not very well, in my opinion - I haven't had a single vocal lesson in my life. Even though I'd love to take some now that we're settled, I figure it's a bit too late. I love to sing. I love to bring life to a song and contribute what I can to make others appreciate it as well. I've been singing since I was little... I remember my first time performing in church, and then my frequent bouts of standing on top of my bed pretending to have a concert, singing karaoke (...a lot), then of course - getting into musical theatre.
Musical theatre is really where I shine singing-wise. I can't sing just by myself... I have to be under the cover of a character. It makes me more confident, in a way. You don't have to be able to sing high notes to be impressive (in the Philippines, you're as good as the highest note you can reach), and you don't just stand there - you have to bring it to life, be the character, have the entire song drip of the emotion. It's great stuff - challenging stuff, and I really like it.
To be honest, I don't... I've entertained the prospects of becoming a singer when I was little, but those are daydreams, though I really have thought about being a Broadway performer. I even wrote a whole paper on it. Now I don't care for it much. I still like to go to random auditions and join contests, but not because of a passion. Not anymore. It must be all the practicality that was shoved down my throat. Singing's a mere hobby for me now, nothing more. I'm planning to quit Theatre Company (aka musical theatre class in school) - or at least just opt to go back to a backstage job, and I didn't join choir this year.
Yes, I know. I depress myself. I do record myself a lot though, as I'm sure you all know.
Zhang Li Yin
Left: One of my fave pics. ♥
Right: I KNOW. AIN'T IT GORGEOUS??
My love for this girl is immense, and so I am not surprised she has ended up in this list somewhere. She has found her way to become my favorite solo artist ever, which is quite big. She inspires me so much, and she never fails to impress me with her commitment and her talent despite not getting half of what she deserves. I CAN RAMBLE ON FOREVER ABOUT THIS, K, but I feel strongly about her. Li Yin is the girl you can't help but root for. What I love about her is that she's so down-to-earth that she can be pretty much your friend. Not to mention her humility and freaking obedience! And she looks cute with the SM boyband members (and has such hot friends HAI BINGYANG) that you can't hate her for it. I don't know, I know that she's not exactly outgoing on TV shows, which I think is why I like her so much. x) I can relate to her in that aspect- shy in one way, but outgoing in another.
I often listen to her album before I go to sleep, and even though it's the last thing she's done for the past year or so, I don't think I'll ever get sick of it. Or any of her other songs. I'm probably biased, but to me, her voice is captivating. ^^ Girl is also able to mold her voice to whatever style, and to sing with whoever - so I don't blame SM for putting her in so much duets (though I do wish it'll stop. Soon.)
It's funny how I got into her actually! It was taking over liyinaday that catapulted me into her fandom, and an experience I had that involved singing with a language barrier, haha. With that, I gained a bit of insight with how she must've felt debuting in Korea. I've only watched the "Timeless" perf on my AADBSKII (thus why I wasn't impressed at first), so I decided to watch more, and finally unzipped the download of her album that was left sitting idly in my desktop. I also found Soompi and her thread in there, and here I am. A hardcore Chocolate.
She hasn't been getting enough promotion, I know, but I won't even ramble about that. All I know is that she is an amazing performer and is a star in the making, and there is no way in hell that you can keep a star wanting to shine under shadow for very long.
Having a sister
Left: My favorite pair of sisters ever. They're both so awesome, though I have a bias for Emily Deschanel because of the Bones eps I've watched. And, well, she's more like me, too. My sister is definitely more of a Zooey.
Right: This can be my sister and I. Except, well, we'd be in my bedroom, lying around. She likes to crash in my room.
My sister, Jestinne France (don't remind me - yes, she's the one who gets France as a middle name. I'm just Jennine Francheska.), is an utter weirdo. She is truly eccentric. At age 12, her estrogen is on a high and she's ALMOST AS TALL AS I AM. My mother is convinced she'll be model tall. She also has a tendency to randomly burst out laughing, and a tendency to steal my fandoms. :P Well no, we share a lot of fandoms, because I try to get her into them. We watch DVDs and dramas together and everything. She's a complete camwhore, and likes guys who look like girls (she adores Jaejoong, Junki, and Ryeowook. And Jonghyun, but he's a weird exception). She can sleep for goodness knows how long, and has joined band, much to my delight.
We're very close. Truly. We often have conversations that people won't have a clue what we're talking about - we talk about anything from fandom to random inside jokes. I really feel like other than my close online friends, my sister's the person I can tell a lot of things to. She's there to listen. She might have a short attention span at times, but she does listen. I appreciate that. Well, I don't appreciate her random crashing in my bedroom (our rooms are connected by the bathroom we share, so she doesn't even have to go very far.), but I do think my sister a confidante.
As an older sister, I can't believe she's 12 years old now. =/ It makes me feel... grown-up. I remember the times when she was 3 so vividly! She was adorable and I just wanted to squish her cheeks. Now she has HIGH SCHOOL to worry about next year and the thought baffles me sometimes. My sister to me, is also a reminder of how time can fly by so fast.
Hockey
Left: GO CANUCKS GO! I hopehopeHOPE we do somewhat better this year. My bb Burrows is on the very left. He has an adorable accent. :D
Right: The infamous Sidney Crosby. He's beautiful, I know.
Hockey. The Canadian sport. It makes me proud to be a Canadian, haha. At first, I only really watched the World Junior Hockey Championships (good players + good looks + my age? LEMME WATCH! :DD), but after, you know, realizing the fact that its best players go on to play for the NHL, I started watching with my dad. I watched the playoffs, started to in Winnipeg as an Oilers fan. But ever since we moved here to BC, my dad and I, soon enough, became Canucks fans, haha. He probably finds it fun that he now lives in a place with a hockey team. xDDD One can't help but root for them when their home ice is a place one can take the train to!
I think the first time I started watching actual games before the play-offs was last year. Yes. Last year. We turned into Canadian citizens and so I was all RAHRAHHOCKEY for some reason. After 2007's fail, the Canucks weren't doing so bad. ^^
AND THEN. I happened to have come across a documentary on Sidney Crosby. Quite simply, I fell in love. :O I've seen the guy in the TimBits commercials and thought he was hot (LOL SEE. I'm 50% a hockey fan for the eye candy, I SHAMELESSLY ADMIT), but watching the documentary just made me flail. He is amazing. I know people have a love/hate relationship with him but I have nothing but love. NOTHING WILL STOP ME FROM WATCHING THE FIRST CANUCKSVS.PENGUINS GAME OF THE SEASON. I MEAN THIS.
Hockey's fun to watch. It's a family thing for me - we watch it all together and shout at the TV together and do happy dances to "Womanizer" or "Single Ladies" together whenever the Canucks score (...you know my father is a dancer, yes?).
Also. I cannot wait to see what will unfold during the Winter Olympics (...I was too late a Crosby fan, and thus didn't get tickets quickly enough >__>). RUSSIA'S GOING TO KICK ASS. I mean, they have OVECHKIN AND MALKIN, though I have a lot of hope for Team Canada (Crosbyyyyyyyyy. And I want Fleury to be the goalie, not Luongo *tomato'ed by Vancouverites). I love Team Canada hockey teams. Watching International tournaments is the best, esp. Russia vs. Canada.
I was going to put in all 10 of my words, but saw this was long enough. So I shall post Part 2.... when I get around to posting it.
Oh oh! I watched "Songs For A New World" on August 27. It made me cry, and I knew it would. Listen to the song that I sing, you'll be fine. Amazing. The pianist! I wanted to hug the pianist more than I wanted to hug the cast. He did so much justice to the songs, because they are amazing songs and just hearing the beginning notes make me want to jump up in joy, or cry, or probably both.
I love you all! I hope you're all doing well. ♥
I am really craving some Starbucks right now.
Anyway.
F-List of mine, I know it's been more than a month and I still haven't replied to all those who commented with why I like you all. I hope you don't take it as a sign that I don't care, because I do! I really want to do it in an epic way but now that I let too much time pass I'm afraid it won't be as epic. But seriously, I will reply. I PROMISE THIS.
I don't know what else to say. My life has been awfully dull, I'm afraid. Nothing but school and school and my future that I worry about. I'm looking for a job (I have my eye set on Purdy's, a chocolate (!!!!!!!) shop - I'll finish my app this very second, but I have no clue how to fill out this one part... if anyone can help a n00b I'd appreciate it immensely), and even more volunteer hours.
I am also happy to report that I have found a teacher willing to teach me Korean! x) She moved into our school, and is already a friend of a friend. We're lockermates, and she's fabulous. She's helping me review my (already awful) Hangul to get me started, haha.
I think my main point with this post was to post a couple of memes (which are long due). Here we go:
Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.
As given to me my Lauren (songmuse):
BC aka Beautiful British Columbia
Only in here can you find both these two things: mountain and sea, and so frequently too.
Well, I've only been living here for three years, but honestly, I can't really think of any other place I'd spend this time of my life in. It reflects this exact moment in my life - the endless possibilities, the carefree feeling you get during a good day, the variety of everything. Everything in here seems to be alive, and well, flourishing. It's the perfect place for a teenager. I also can't think of any other place I want to live in (well, there's France, but I digress). I AM A PROUD BRITISH COLUMBIAN. I seriously am. The place is gorgeous - being outside, whether in downtown Vancouver or Whistler or just in a park in here, is amazing - I wouldn't trade it for anything. I want everyone I cherish and hold dear to just MOVE HERE, because well, I'm here :DDD, and it's the place where there's a 546549 (and more) places to hang out. I still haven't been to all the must-go to places in here myself. It's my goal to be able to, as much as I can.
This place is so amazing that I might not even try to reach for my dream of living in France. One of my ambitions is to get a house here myself, in North Vancouver. If that will ever happen, who knows, but that'll be so great, I can just imagine.
So yes. I urge my entire F-List to visit and say hi! \o/ (Except, you know, those that already do, but you get my point.)
Singing
Left: Because I realized recently that Regina Spektor has the most gorgeous photos while performing. I really need to listen to more of her work, but I don't know where to start.
Ah yes. I sing. Not very well, in my opinion - I haven't had a single vocal lesson in my life. Even though I'd love to take some now that we're settled, I figure it's a bit too late. I love to sing. I love to bring life to a song and contribute what I can to make others appreciate it as well. I've been singing since I was little... I remember my first time performing in church, and then my frequent bouts of standing on top of my bed pretending to have a concert, singing karaoke (...a lot), then of course - getting into musical theatre.
Musical theatre is really where I shine singing-wise. I can't sing just by myself... I have to be under the cover of a character. It makes me more confident, in a way. You don't have to be able to sing high notes to be impressive (in the Philippines, you're as good as the highest note you can reach), and you don't just stand there - you have to bring it to life, be the character, have the entire song drip of the emotion. It's great stuff - challenging stuff, and I really like it.
To be honest, I don't... I've entertained the prospects of becoming a singer when I was little, but those are daydreams, though I really have thought about being a Broadway performer. I even wrote a whole paper on it. Now I don't care for it much. I still like to go to random auditions and join contests, but not because of a passion. Not anymore. It must be all the practicality that was shoved down my throat. Singing's a mere hobby for me now, nothing more. I'm planning to quit Theatre Company (aka musical theatre class in school) - or at least just opt to go back to a backstage job, and I didn't join choir this year.
Yes, I know. I depress myself. I do record myself a lot though, as I'm sure you all know.
Zhang Li Yin
Left: One of my fave pics. ♥
Right: I KNOW. AIN'T IT GORGEOUS??
My love for this girl is immense, and so I am not surprised she has ended up in this list somewhere. She has found her way to become my favorite solo artist ever, which is quite big. She inspires me so much, and she never fails to impress me with her commitment and her talent despite not getting half of what she deserves. I CAN RAMBLE ON FOREVER ABOUT THIS, K, but I feel strongly about her. Li Yin is the girl you can't help but root for. What I love about her is that she's so down-to-earth that she can be pretty much your friend. Not to mention her humility and freaking obedience! And she looks cute with the SM boyband members (and has such hot friends HAI BINGYANG) that you can't hate her for it. I don't know, I know that she's not exactly outgoing on TV shows, which I think is why I like her so much. x) I can relate to her in that aspect- shy in one way, but outgoing in another.
I often listen to her album before I go to sleep, and even though it's the last thing she's done for the past year or so, I don't think I'll ever get sick of it. Or any of her other songs. I'm probably biased, but to me, her voice is captivating. ^^ Girl is also able to mold her voice to whatever style, and to sing with whoever - so I don't blame SM for putting her in so much duets (though I do wish it'll stop. Soon.)
It's funny how I got into her actually! It was taking over liyinaday that catapulted me into her fandom, and an experience I had that involved singing with a language barrier, haha. With that, I gained a bit of insight with how she must've felt debuting in Korea. I've only watched the "Timeless" perf on my AADBSKII (thus why I wasn't impressed at first), so I decided to watch more, and finally unzipped the download of her album that was left sitting idly in my desktop. I also found Soompi and her thread in there, and here I am. A hardcore Chocolate.
She hasn't been getting enough promotion, I know, but I won't even ramble about that. All I know is that she is an amazing performer and is a star in the making, and there is no way in hell that you can keep a star wanting to shine under shadow for very long.
Having a sister
Left: My favorite pair of sisters ever. They're both so awesome, though I have a bias for Emily Deschanel because of the Bones eps I've watched. And, well, she's more like me, too. My sister is definitely more of a Zooey.
Right: This can be my sister and I. Except, well, we'd be in my bedroom, lying around. She likes to crash in my room.
My sister, Jestinne France (don't remind me - yes, she's the one who gets France as a middle name. I'm just Jennine Francheska.), is an utter weirdo. She is truly eccentric. At age 12, her estrogen is on a high and she's ALMOST AS TALL AS I AM. My mother is convinced she'll be model tall. She also has a tendency to randomly burst out laughing, and a tendency to steal my fandoms. :P Well no, we share a lot of fandoms, because I try to get her into them. We watch DVDs and dramas together and everything. She's a complete camwhore, and likes guys who look like girls (she adores Jaejoong, Junki, and Ryeowook. And Jonghyun, but he's a weird exception). She can sleep for goodness knows how long, and has joined band, much to my delight.
We're very close. Truly. We often have conversations that people won't have a clue what we're talking about - we talk about anything from fandom to random inside jokes. I really feel like other than my close online friends, my sister's the person I can tell a lot of things to. She's there to listen. She might have a short attention span at times, but she does listen. I appreciate that. Well, I don't appreciate her random crashing in my bedroom (our rooms are connected by the bathroom we share, so she doesn't even have to go very far.), but I do think my sister a confidante.
As an older sister, I can't believe she's 12 years old now. =/ It makes me feel... grown-up. I remember the times when she was 3 so vividly! She was adorable and I just wanted to squish her cheeks. Now she has HIGH SCHOOL to worry about next year and the thought baffles me sometimes. My sister to me, is also a reminder of how time can fly by so fast.
Hockey
Left: GO CANUCKS GO! I hopehopeHOPE we do somewhat better this year. My bb Burrows is on the very left. He has an adorable accent. :D
Right: The infamous Sidney Crosby. He's beautiful, I know.
Hockey. The Canadian sport. It makes me proud to be a Canadian, haha. At first, I only really watched the World Junior Hockey Championships (good players + good looks + my age? LEMME WATCH! :DD), but after, you know, realizing the fact that its best players go on to play for the NHL, I started watching with my dad. I watched the playoffs, started to in Winnipeg as an Oilers fan. But ever since we moved here to BC, my dad and I, soon enough, became Canucks fans, haha. He probably finds it fun that he now lives in a place with a hockey team. xDDD One can't help but root for them when their home ice is a place one can take the train to!
I think the first time I started watching actual games before the play-offs was last year. Yes. Last year. We turned into Canadian citizens and so I was all RAHRAHHOCKEY for some reason. After 2007's fail, the Canucks weren't doing so bad. ^^
AND THEN. I happened to have come across a documentary on Sidney Crosby. Quite simply, I fell in love. :O I've seen the guy in the TimBits commercials and thought he was hot (LOL SEE. I'm 50% a hockey fan for the eye candy, I SHAMELESSLY ADMIT), but watching the documentary just made me flail. He is amazing. I know people have a love/hate relationship with him but I have nothing but love. NOTHING WILL STOP ME FROM WATCHING THE FIRST CANUCKSVS.PENGUINS GAME OF THE SEASON. I MEAN THIS.
Hockey's fun to watch. It's a family thing for me - we watch it all together and shout at the TV together and do happy dances to "Womanizer" or "Single Ladies" together whenever the Canucks score (...you know my father is a dancer, yes?).
Also. I cannot wait to see what will unfold during the Winter Olympics (...I was too late a Crosby fan, and thus didn't get tickets quickly enough >__>). RUSSIA'S GOING TO KICK ASS. I mean, they have OVECHKIN AND MALKIN, though I have a lot of hope for Team Canada (Crosbyyyyyyyyy. And I want Fleury to be the goalie, not Luongo *tomato'ed by Vancouverites). I love Team Canada hockey teams. Watching International tournaments is the best, esp. Russia vs. Canada.
I was going to put in all 10 of my words, but saw this was long enough. So I shall post Part 2.... when I get around to posting it.
Oh oh! I watched "Songs For A New World" on August 27. It made me cry, and I knew it would. Listen to the song that I sing, you'll be fine. Amazing. The pianist! I wanted to hug the pianist more than I wanted to hug the cast. He did so much justice to the songs, because they are amazing songs and just hearing the beginning notes make me want to jump up in joy, or cry, or probably both.
I love you all! I hope you're all doing well. ♥