i talk too much

Last week
...was a great week because we had HSA testing. I didn't expect to like it but I will miss it. XD; Before you hit me for being weird (who likes testing?!), hear me out. The tests are super easy and you get to miss class. And with a valid excuse reason! With half the class gone due to testing, teachers can't really do much because they can't have the people miss the work. Therefore, no homework! Or less, anyway. ^____^

Last Saturday
...I had another doctor's appointment. Nobody knows how much I had to go through to gain weight except for my sister, who I complain to all the time (sorryiloveyoujenny!) I love food, but being forced to eat is something different. It's definitely hard. After eating two breakfasts, two lunches, and three to four bowls of rice for dinner each day for about five months, I managed to finally gain some weight (three pounds)! Of course, I can reveal this now since I finally gained some success from all that eating. I was so nervous when I stepped on the scale. On the previous visits to the doctor, I had stuffed myself so much that I must have gained at least ten pounds. But I didn't gain a single pound at all. >__> Just today, I was talking to a friend and I found out she eats only one meal a day! And she's heavier than me! How did that make me feel? I wanted to fall over and die. Anyway, I'll have to continue eating like a madman (when no one's looking, of course). Wish me luck. I am giving my poor stomach no mercy.

What else have I been up to? Why, crafts of course! X) Anyone who really knows me will know that I am weak with crafts. I don't know why, but people naturally assume that I am good with crafts because I like art. I myself didn't realize I sucked until my sister tried to teach me knitting. I couldn't go further than three lines before I'd get the yarn all tangled up. She asks me, "How hard can it be? I don't understand." I don't understand, either, but I'm really bad. When I saw that Aranzi & Arono published a craft book in English, I decided to defy my destiny. I dream of the day when I can sew, knit, cut, and glue properly! The book was a lovely opportunity to touch up and make myself more skillful. As long as you work hard, you can get good results...right? Well, I'm going to try. XD I think I've already taught myself how to use the scissors better from all that cutting I had to do for NHD (I redid the display board seven times!!!)

Last Sunday
...was Chunnie's birthday and I decided to make her something from the book. I guess I can be pretty simple minded at times because no matter how I look at it, everything looks easy (and of course it's not). I read the instructions and studied the drawings. How hard could it be? I ended up spending half the day on it (from afternoon until I had to go to sleep). I made her a mini black cat and it was really ugly. I should be embarassed to give it to her, but I really have no shame. ^^; I even bumped into her on her birthday because I had our whole family go out to eat for my lunch #2 (it was four o'clock - between lunch #1 and dinner). I was in Shirokiya, standing in line with my sister for some okonomiyaki. It was the last day of the Hiroshima Fair in Shirokiya and I really wanted to try their okonomiyaki before they left. I've always raved about okonomiyaki but I've never tried it before. In the end, I didn't like it too much because it was so spicy (I was born with an extra-sensitive tongue!)

Today
...was my last day of testing and I had to go early in the morning, missing my first period, which was Japanese. I haven't taken Japanese class for more than a week already. When I visited the student teacher, I found out he had marked me absent because he thought I cut class! >_< I explained that I was in testing, and he was like, "Oohh, okay. So if you get a call from the school, just tell your parents I made a mistake." Argh. What an idiot.

Our history class also finally started rehearsing the play in the auditorium today. I was very happy in the previous class because the teacher complimented the script I wrote. She said it was very good. =) However, the play I wrote was very heavy so I think that made it harder for the actors. >_< Sorry! They have to work very hard! I am the narrator and that is already difficult to speak loudly on stage in the auditorium. It is harder than I thought. Although you're yelling, it doesn't sound like that to the audience. Everyone seriously needs to work on projecting their voices...that's one of the major problems. I tried to speak louder by yelling, but it still sounded soft from where the audience was going to be sitting. My voice couldn't speak very loud because it started cracking and I knew I was straining my throat. On top of having to put emotion into acting, we have to literally yell when saying our lines as well. Hopefully we improve through more practice since today is the first day.

Oh, and I've started to watch Korean dramas again! They're still predictable as ever, but it makes a good break from all the work I have to do. =) The drama is called Witch's Amusement/Witch Yoo Hee and it currently airing in Korea. I wanted to see it because I am a big fan of the beautiful actress, Ha Ga In. So far, I have seen two episodes. It is similar to My Girl and I later found that both dramas were directed by the same guy. No wonder.


I took this screenshot from the first episode. Isn't it enough to make you want to go see it? =)

I should go study for that big math test I have tomorrow. Until next time~!