I'm looking for some nice instrumental music to put up. I'm not going to put it through Stickam cuz it takes too long so I'm gonna use the shorcut dave provided in NuTang Hacks.

I actually found a great one--Carol of the Bells. But try as I might, it wouldn't work and now I have to go looking for another link or something. Ah, well. Good night!

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I thought I wouldn't be able to go online tonight! My ma made a fuss last night and this morning and this afternoon, telling me that I had to go straight to work the moment I got home.

Homework first, then housework, and finally sleep. You know how addictive this place is; I came home and went online instead. XD I waited 'til last minute to turn off my lappie, thinking she was going to buy some snacks and come straight home.

It's about...10pm now? She came home about two hours ago. I turned off my lappie around 6:30pm. I waited and waited, paced, washed the dishes, stared at a random menu I found on the table and listened to my tummy growl. I was hungry! (T^T)

Finally, she came home--she had forgotten her keys yet again --and rung the doorbell. Usually she'd just scare the heck outta me by opening the door unannounced. I saw the shopping bags in her hands and my tummy growled with joy. (T0T) Woot!

Snacks: Ramen, Shrimp chips, Sultana Biscuits, Dried Mango
Dinner: Steak, Veggies, Brown Rice

Five minutes ago--

Her: Can I use you laptop? I'm having trouble with the computer.

Me: *Yesss!* Okay. *skips away to turn on lappie*

And now she's jabbering away on the phone paying no attention to me.
o(^-^o)(o^-^)o o(^-^o)(o^-^)o
What am I doing? Dancing! Uh-huh, she's busy, no bother me, uh-huh, uh-huh, Ah Like It!

But I'm gonna have to let her use my lappie sonner or later...(-_-)

Oh, wait! She just went to sleep! (*^.^*) Heeheehee...

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It's a fanfic about Marmalade Boy. If you're one of those who can't abide manga or anime, this series is both so don't read it if you don't want to. It's a one-shot and incredibly funny. It's about Miki and Yuu's son and Ginta and Arimi's daughter presenting stories in class. The subject? How their parents met. Haha, what a doozy those two will be! XD

Show and Tell

I was laughing so hard while I read it. Though it's a little hard to make sense of if you don't know the story...

Poor teacher! I feel so sorry for her. >_<

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Ah, it seems I'm always talking about food these days. What? I'm a growing teenager! Anyway, garlic bread again. Glad I'm not eating it fifteen minutes before bedtime. Tried that once, not happening again. >.>

Trick or Treat
Smell my feet
Give me something good to eat

And so on and so forth. Ya'll should know the rest. I won't sing the more immature bits, no need to taint my bitter tongue.

Bitter, you say? Bitter because I'm drinking bitter melon soup with a mound of bitter melon rounds, not floating, but sunk and piled on top of one another. Yuck. Normally I'm perfectly fine with it. I can take that stuff, heck, I'm Asian. Ever hear of herbal tea/medicine? The REAL stuff is nasty, but you choke it down anyway. Good for you. You get used to the taste after awhile. Apparently, boiling bitter melons increase the nasty bitter essence of it.

I gobbled it up as quick as possible, ridding the aftertaste between swallows with bites of bread. And washing it all down with grapes. Nice.

Turns out I didn't do anything for Halloween. I'm sitting here, blogging to you, whomever you may be.

I bought the hair color spray last night, I experimented with some stuff on my hands, and I don't do ANYTHING. Wonderful. I'm hoping to have a chance to actually do something for this beautiful event. If not today (I mean, tonight) then tomorrow or the next day(s). I DID spend three bucks for the spray. Might as well use it.

I have a meeting coming up. Maybe I'll wear it then...

LAY-tah!
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Open House is next week! >.< Eek! Gaack!

The order is...
1. Peking Opera--Spears
6. Tai dance (yes, the one with the 'pancake hat')
8. Handkerchief dance
10. Xin Jiang/Uygur dance

I'm not really worried since we've been learning for a few months already.

Well, Spears is bugging me a bit. We usually learn in Studio B and the 'performance' is held in Studio C which is much bigger than the former. We practised in Studio C today for about 10-15 min. and boy, was the floor slippery!

'We' means another girl, CZ, and I.

It was hard to spin...there's a part of the routine where we take turns attacking each other. I have to go easier/slower on her cuz she can't find her footing easily and the slippery-ness of the bigger studio is not helping. But when it's my turn? Yeesh, fa-ast spinning. I would be dizzy if the routine ended there, but it doesn't. =P And we have to spread out more and I start sliding in my haste. Though not enough to go joy riding WEEEE! XD

Handkerchief is a pain as well because our teacher kept changing the beginning for the last few weeks or so. I haven't forgot the latest changes yet, but it's so annoying. *rolls eyeballs* But I really like this dance so I hope it goes well! =]

Update on my other performances...
Friday 12/22/06
6pm-8pm AAARI's Holiday Party

We'll do Tai dance(again) and Spears. First time with Spears outside of the school! Ahh! Hope we don't mess up and poke each other's eyes out...>.> Or smash any tables...

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Santa Letters Flood Alaskan Town

Found this on OurOddWorld.com

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - It's a name that needs no address. Everyone knows Santa Claus lives at the North Pole. So letters sent to the roly-poly icon find their way to the small town of North Pole deep in Alaska's interior, including those simply addressed to Santa. Last year, 120,000 letters arrived from 26 countries, not counting the thousands with no return address.

Those that do have return addresses usually get a reply and a North Pole postmark in a holiday effort that has delighted children all over the world for decades.

Letters trickle in year-round in the community of 1,600, where light poles are curved and striped like candy canes and streets have names such as Santa Claus Lane and Kris Kringle Drive. Around Thanksgiving, they start pouring in by the thousands each day as Christmas approaches. Even stampless letters get through, a rare exception for the U.S. Postal Service.

"This is special because it has Santa's name on it," said Debra Cornelius, a supervisor at the main post office in nearby Fairbanks, where the letters are processed during the holiday rush.

"It's what makes Christmas magic for children," Cornelius said. "Why not make that available for them?"

Gabby Gaborik is among several dozen volunteers who believe in the Santa cause, opening crates full of letters, as many as 12,000 a day come crunch time. With 6,000 now arriving daily, volunteers are hustling to send off preprinted replies to children who sent return addresses.

"We try to keep the big guy mystical, so we sign off as Santa's elves and helpers," Gaborik said.

In his 10 years as an elf, Gaborik has seen every kind of request. There are the children who want the latest toys and gizmos they see on TV. There are the children who ask for miracles, orphans wanting their mother back for Christmas or a father back from Iraq, even though he died there. Many letter writers point out how good they've been. Some enclose a dollar bill to cover postage.

Gaborik still marvels at a missive that arrived three years with a Michigan postmark and no postage stamp. It was addressed to Santa Claus and had no return address. Inside was a thousand-dollar money order and an anonymous note that said: "If you are who you say you are, you'll put this to good use."

Volunteers bought postage stamps for the effort.

"I believe Santa Claus has qualities that represent the good in everybody, and people reach out to that," Gaborik said. "Santa Claus represents their validation as a good person, when everything today is so quick, so hard, so bang, bang, bang."

He fished a random letter out of a pile. This one ran the gamut. The writer, Ashley, wants only one thing, an iPod Nano, but then asks: "What list am I on, the naughty or nice list? If I'm on the naughty, what could I do to get of (sic)?" Then comes the hook: "And how many cookies do you think you can eat on Christmas night?"

No matter how cookies in the lure, Santa and his helpers never make any promises in writing.

Ideally, parents and other adults write their own Santa replies, put them in a stamped, self-addressed envelope and tuck them into a larger envelope addressed to the Fairbanks post office.

Either way, replies get a North Pole postal cancellation mark, complete with a half-moon drawing of Santa's face. The Fairbanks post office also stamps the postmark on thousands of Christmas cards and packages diverted through Alaska from outside the state each year.

Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks also runs a Santa letter project. Santa's Mailbag was started in 1954 by base weather forecasters.

Last year, more than 4,000 letters were received and followed up with replies from base volunteers. Many of the letters came from children of military families stationed in the lower 48 states and abroad, but civilian children also are welcome to write, said Staff Sgt. Melody Goode.

Even late letters get a reply, Goode said.

"It says something like 'Thanks for writing. Santa's been real busy,' anything the kiddies might want to hear," she said.

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Apparently, I am very un-interesting. How shall I come about the skills to be more...

alluring, amusing, arresting, captivating, compelling, enchanting, enthralling, fascinating, gripping, intriguing, magnetic, pleasing, prepossessing, riveting, striking, thought-provoking?

Any suggestions?

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