General

Just went to the Manor yesterday which was, as always, brilliant. My brother ate something like 23 lobsters, and I ate tons of the desserts which were really, really tasty. I'll put up some pics as soon as I can. Today was so much harder jogging, though- everyday I try to jog farther, but by the first mile I was exhausted. I still made it, though, so...go me? Anyway, what else has been happening...the computer is broken so I'm writing using the on-screen keyboard, which is really, really annoying. My uncle, aunt and cousin are here which is really nice as I haven't seen them in about 2 years. Also bought tons of stuff :D which is extremely cool and cheap too! Anyway, what else am I thinking about...did you know papaya is a natural tenderizer, and if you put it in a bag with a slice of meat for 24 hours, it turns to mush? Also, I think I am addicted to things I don't like, such as scary movies, marmite and showers. I don't like showers- I have sensitive skin, and the water always seems so pointy, but I just can't take baths anymore, because they seem so slow. Oh, also I just remembered I saw Transformers yesterday which completely rocked. Anyway, I just wrote this to distract myself from doing revision, so I'd better get back to...chemistry! woot :(

America

The US is actually really boring right now. Today I saw some adorable rabbits, but they made me sad because I found out they're meant to be eaten. They were black and fuzzy and floppy and they galumphed around and I was in love with them :) but soon they will die which makes me very unhappy :( I also revised today a lot, about six hours, and wrote down all the biology notes from year 10-11. I then watched Cloverfield, which was surprisingly boring, and now I am writing on my blog for lack of anything else to do. Tomorrow my aunt, uncle and cousin are coming over, which is exciting because I haven't seen them for a while. Although it's not too late, i wonder if anyone else gets emotional when they get tired? Using my limited scientific knowledge this makes sense:

Serotonin=happiness. I am tired and am not doing anything, so I am not reacting to any stimuli, so none of my neurones are working. This means there is no need to release transmitter chemicals, so there is no serotonin and therefore I am feeling quite sad right now. So...yeah. I really doubt this theory makes any sense. but I suppose it's best to think about these things, eh?

Anyway, what else is there to write about...I have been feeling quite cooped up in the house. It is really annoying that every time I go on the computer I get kicked off because I am too 'lazy' and I am constantly being told to lose weight and just am generally criticized and looked over, but my brother gets to laze around the house 24/7 and I am expected to help him with revision, make him food, entertain him, etc and I still am constantly yelled at while my brother is fawned over by everyone for simply liking to dress well. I don't mind not being overlooked, as its my parents choice and it's not in my place to judge their opinion; however it is not fair to be punished for doing nothing wrong and I really despise the double standard. There is nothing to do here except to go shopping, which is especially boring because there are no clothes I want and the ones I do want are too expensive. I am going jogging tomorrow morning, which is exhausting but somehow fun, although I get the feeling I will not be very inspired tomorrow. There's also some other stuff happening which is a little painful, but c'est la vie! I should probably go to sleep soon, because sleeping always makes me feel better for some reason. I also feel very lonely, which is really not fun, and I...still have a while to go! Ugh, I sound just a little bit miserable, lol, but otherwise there is no one or nothing to talk to or about.

Plan for tomorrow is to get up early, jog, shower, revise lots, go to Loehmans and revise again, see Uncle Ben, Auntie Denise and Adam, entertain Adam, watch a movie, go on the computer if I'm feeling up to it, go to sleep sometime. This is pretty much my plan for the entire time I'm here.

Now I think I should write about something scientific because my post so far is really ridiculously stupid.

I don't understand why different people like different types of food. We are all made of the same DNA. bascially, with different combinations of alleles. I wonder, do the alleles have anything to do with us liking different types of food? Your body's main interest is survival, so technically you should eat the food you like and not eat the food you dislike because your body is telling you what it wants it to do, which is basically to survive. However, this also doesn't make much sense because I like these really fattening Italian cookies better than carrots, which are healthier than you. My theory is that we once had to survive on very little food and lots of physical activity, so we have not yet evolved enough to deal with having lots of food without needing to do much physical activity. Therefore, we naturally crave fatty foods and do not crave vegetables, etc because we are used to having to eat a lot of them. Anyway, that's my theory.

Well, I'm done ranting, even though what I ranted about is absolutely nothing except a waste of space that should not be read by anyone except for me as it is bollocks. So...if you read it, you really shouldn't have because normally I would write this in my journal, but I didn't bring it on holiday with me so I had to write it here! But no one reads my blog anyway so meh :) At least I'm thinking science!

Re-cap

Right, haven't written anything since before DofE, so here I go:

DofE was pretty good up until the last day, when me and my two friends got in a big fight which was nicht zu cool :( but I think it's sorted so now I am a lot happier :D However, the other days were quite good. One day we walked 25 miles, which was basically the day everything went wrong. Brier got ill, Kasia lost her phone and camera (although the camera was found after a long, arduous search) and we had to walk up and down a very steep, painful and prickly hill with many ferns that were taller than me and many spiky, painful bushes which attacked me a couple of times :( The next day I thought was a lot harder, as we had to walk up this really, really steep mountain and the weather was just horrific. Otherwise, everything was pretty alright; I was quite proud that I was able to walk so far and Bigs called me pretty much every day which really encouraged me. However, it did bring up my OCDness about toilets which has now spread to everything. So I am a little bit nutzoid about germs :S I wasn't too tired after DofE; I went to sleep at 11 and had to wake up at 4am the next day to go to the airport for America which sucked immensely. The flight was good; I watched the Exorcist which was really very funny and some other movies, and ate these awesome chocolate brownies :D Nothing much has been happening in the US; we went shopping and my bro spend a ridiculous amount of money on clothes, something like $345 and I bought two dresses for $30. My uncle and his family are coming on Wednesday, and we are going to the Manor on Thursday which is really, really exciting. I started jogging yesterday, and ran 2 miles, walked to miles and sprinted up a few hills which is quite good, I think. I am trying to stay healthy and slim here, especially since my family keeps on bothering me about it, grr! I have been quite lazy and have not been revising much which makes me feel very indolent and bleugh, so I will try to fix that tomorrow! My mom has been really grumpy at home, so I am feeling quite cooped up here but fortunately I have been talking to Bigs and Brier which is really, really saving me lol. What else has been happening here...nothing much, other than lots of good food, good movies, good shopping and being quite lazy. :D

Just thinking...

...you know 'x' means kiss and 'o' means hug? Why is that? I was thinking about it yesterday, but I haven't found any answer. You can sort of see how x looks like a kiss and o looks like a hug, but who thought of that? :S

Gifts

It's my friend's birthday soon, and I really don't know what to get her. We always buy each other expensive gifts, but they never seem to be quite suitable. Even though I know her really well, our gifts never seem to be quite right for each other so :S- this year I will try again!

http://www.linksoflondon.com/dynamic/eshop/product_images/thumbnail_cache/360x360/657-red-heart-charm-bracelet-image-1.jpg

Personally, I love charm bracelets. I think that they're a really thoughtful gift, and you can wear them all the time with anything because they can be both casual and dressy. Also, you always remember who gave it to you because they're so unique. So...maybe a charm bracelet? But then again, it may not suit her so I don't know. I'll buy her something nice in the US anyway :)

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I'm really having trouble titling my posts. Anyway, met up with Brier in town again. Got some revision guides for next year and spent over 40 POUNDS! Ho gwai or what!? Went back home again and practiced some of my Cantonese, which I'm remembering better. Bigs and his friends called me; it sounds like they're having a lot of fun camping and are being very, very silly and boyish. Watched Devil Beside You again for a long, long time as well. I love Devil Beside You, it's so cute! Asian dramas are adorable. Ahmon is so sweet to Qi Yue in it as well! In this episode, for Christmas Ahmon makes her a handmade Christmas tree, and in the next episode, he bought her a really pretty bracelet to remember him because he was leaving to go to Italy and he wasn't going to see her for a year :) sweet. And in the next episode...well, here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMuUWuGNMyw&feature=related

I really need to start watching a new show, though :( I finished Devil Beside You last Christmas but I still haven't found another one to replace it. I tried watching Smiling Pasta but Cyndi and Nicholas are NO WAY as good pairing as Rainie and Mike. Also, Nicholas is really mean in Smiling Pasta. In Devil Beside You, Mike is cool but really sweet, whereas in Smiling Pasta Nicholas is just plain mean! When I'm in America, maybe I'll buy some dramas to watch :D and it will help with my Cantonese too! Although Cantonese dramas are no way near as good as Taiwanese ones...

Lolita

Today I read two articles that really upset me:

- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2115077/Heelarius-high-heels-for-babies-go-on-sale.html

- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1032029/Mummys-little-Lolita-The-11-year-old-girl-beauty-treatments-cost-300-month-make-look-like-Barbie.html

In the second article, the girl looks older than me, and she's five years younger! Both articles are appalling and obscence, and very frightening. The West is so oversexualized! Every day you see tons and tons of girls tarted up completely indecently; STDs are rampant, divorce is higher than ever and it just keeps getting worse! What I'm really worried about is that the East is going to follow this path just because it is more 'modern' and 'cool' to be Western, especially after the Edison Chen incident which was very, very shocking. SO MANY PHOTOS! I was astounded when I learned that Gillian was involved. Certainly the Twins are a lot less popular than they once were, considering their main market was tweens. The only good point I can think of about the scandal was how horrified the public were when they found out, and all the negative repurcussions they received. Sure, celebrities should be allowed to have some privacy, but they are models for society and should act like it. Sometimes I think that Leehom, Jay Chou and Rainie Yang are very popular and very, very good role models, so Easten society should still be innocent, but then I think about Jolin Tsai and Edison Chen and think that it is becoming corrupted. Even the end of Devil Beside You was shocking! Well, I suppose that the East will also place more value on innocence than the West; natural beauty and sweetness is still prized there, and a 16 year old in HK is about the equivalent to an 11 year old, or younger considering the second article, in England. I'm disgusted and appalled with the way 'beauty' is represented in the West. Although I love my boyfriend and friends in England, I do detest the chavs who unfortunately make up a very large part of society here. I am definitely more Chinese in my way of thinking and my values. I can't wait to go to HK again...

Recent Stuff

Wednesday was prom, afterparty carried on until Thursday morning, Zac's was on Friday, just met up in town with Brier today and tomorrow we're having a last Prom 6 meeting to say goodbye to Anna. So, quite a fun-packed week!

Prom was quite fun; the decorations were a bit lacking, but dancing was really cool! First I went to Bigs' house and took some photos, then went in a really cool car (with free Belgian chocolates, whey!) to the school. Spent about half an hour taking photos of everyone coming in, then went inside and danced the night away! Although the songs weren't so good, it was still really fun.

The afterparty was a lot more fun than the prom, everyone just had a really fun time dancing and socialising and playing videogames and, for some, getting really, really drunk. Everyone stayed up for pretty much the whole night, probably due to the Mountain Dew; I dozed a little but that's really it. Got some great pics and photos which I'll have to load on facebook. Awesome night altogether!

The next day we all went to Zac's house for the luncheon. That was also really fun; Zac cooked us a feast and then we watched a really cool movie called 'School for Scoundrels' which was hilarious. We waited for the bus back to town for about an hour, which was really boring, and then we went and played for a while in the playground at the Jesus Green. Also very fun, the food especially was delicious!

Today I went into town with Brier which was quite fun, but now I feel sick from the coffee. Clowns really is the best place ever!

Tomorrow we're saying goodbye to Anna, which is very sad. It'll be the last Prom 6 meeting ever!

Not a great post, as I'm quite tired, but that was pretty much my week in a little detail.

Tomorrow...

...is the Prom! I'm so excited! Recently I've been feeling really bored and awful and lazy because I haven't had the energy to do anything productive, yet am too hyper to relax. Today I need to paint my nails and stuff, which is not too bad, and tomorrow will be the final touches. I still need to see how we're getting there, so I'll talk to Bigs later, but he's probably still exhausted from his LAN party. Some people still haven't arranged their transport to my afterparty, but really at this point it's their own fault! So now I'm a bit more laissez-faire about arranging. I've been walking around today in my heels, which is quite impractical since I just had to clean the house, but I need to break them in a little before tomorrow. They're not too bad; they're just a little slippy so I need to rub the bottoms with sandpaper or walk around outside to roughen them up. I've bought all the afterparty stuff which really was quite expensive, and I need to try to blow up a hundred balloons before tomorrow! That's going to be really hard, because it is absolutely impossible for me to blow up balloons, for some reason, so that's my dad's responsibility now. What else is there...nothing much, really. I just need to do some little beauty things for tomorrow, but nothing huge- some people are going to the salon! I think it's waaaay too expensive. I'll just make sure I look nice :)