i've started to read this anime series in Chinese, and it's great because i never have the need to pick up my dictionary:) yeah! do you guys remember this? it was the series that naomi and jen got us started on in hs--but we never saw the end of it. anyway, the gist of the story goes something like this: two girls get sucked into this book and ( Read more... )

yesterday afternoon i saw the most beautiful sight in my life...the sun! it was frigid outside, so i curled up by the window and took a nap in indirect sunlight. i think that small dose of vitamin d worked wonders on my mindset, and i'm thinking things are beginning to be a little less rocky ( Read more... )

so yesterday turned out to be quite a fun, relaxing day despite the yucky gross weather outside. i mean, i know that guangzhou desperately needs rain because right now, we're drawing water away from guizhou and they're running on hydropower and are probably going to have an electrical shortage, but i'm starting to feel a bit like herbie, our ( Read more... )

for those to whom i've been complaining the last few days ( Read more... )

and here's why ( Read more... )

give me your cellie number again, g? give you a call:) i heard from ken that you're visiting him this weekend! maybe i'll try calling him to get the both of you ( Read more... )

i saw a deer cross the road today. not extraordinary, right? he crossed only when the little walkie signal turned to the green man!!

to do list ( Read more... )

moshi moshi! welcome to japan, city of polite, english speaking people who don't shove and jostle their way onto buses and into lines ( Read more... )

little known fact: sakiko is a god in many small countries ( Read more... )