Jus got home^^ I was over at Little Tokyo earlier.
We went grocery shopping and had dinner there.
I left my office pretty late so my sister waited for a long time XD
I'm too lazy to take & upload pics now but I did take a few earlier.
*I know, I never make sense XD*







I can't remember the name of the restaurant but that's where I go for some tuna/nattou and hot sake XD I wanted to eat someplace else originally (something like "nabe") but lots of places were already close. Little Tokyo was pretty quiet today. Anyway, I was really hungry and quite sleepy earlier so I gave up after taking 3 pictures XD I was going to order una-ju (after watching VVV6 with daigo&kanako+unagi i've been craving for some unagi!!) but then the raw salmon & tuna bowl sounded really awesome too^^ I played mental-janken to decide!! in the end salmon/tuna-don won...it was good^^ I liked it a lot!!

Last night I went to my grandparent's place with my mother. It's been a while since I last dropped by their place. Grandma cooked dinner for us and she made some yummy cold desert too^^ My younger cousin/god-daughter was there (RACHEL - pictured below)!! She's growing up so fast!! Seems like she had a much better valentine's than I did XD She got lots of stuff from her friends. I got some stuff too but from work acquaintances and I skipped my friends offer to go out.



Anyway, grandpa was pretty swell last night...chatting & joking around and laughing...but after work my sister told me that he was at the hospital. I'm not sure what happened but I think he collapsed in the supermarket because his blood pressure rose. Mom went to see him and grandma immediately. I was only told a while ago and it was already late then so I ended up not going and proceeding with our earlier arrangements for this evening. It's only been a month after grandma got hospitalized, now it's grandpa. I'm not sure how long he'll be staying in the hospital but I hope that they release him ASAP because hospitals seriously stress me out XD Grandpa is saying that he feels fine and he demands to go home but the doctors won't let him.

I have to go to H&R block soon and take care of my taxes. I hate it a lot but my tax agent is a lovely lady XD I've never gotten a refund and I end up paying so much every single year. So while my friends are busy planning trips/vacations with their refunds and stuff...I'm sitting here feeling a little jealous XD Refunds must be nice...

Ah, I talked randomly again XD
Sorry for boring you guys!!
it's almost 1am here in LA
I'm off to make coffee...



because I love 3D Sho-kun lots^^
I can't wait to see TROUBLEMAKER'S full PV!! Fishing-Arashi is awesome!!

I'm posting this so late^^ I figured I'd do some pic spamming XD
To those wondering where the usual graphics went, they'll be on another post which I'll probably post next week!! Anyway, how was everyone's holiday? I hope most of you had a fantastic time^^ The holidays this year were pretty harsh on me XD I was constantly sleepy and dead tired. I also worked, worked, and worked. I think I'm becoming old now XD

I'll start off with our new year celebration!!
Because it's is more recent and then move on to Christmas :]



See the pic above^^ That's the place where Jean celebrated her new year.
It's the Glendale Adventist Hospital.

My grandmother was admitted there after Christmas. Anyway, we went there to celebrate the new year with her. We bought tons of food with us too!! *but I was busy taking pics of grandma so I forgot to take food pics!!* After the 2010 countdown we drank some sparkling apple cider *no alcohol allowed in the hospital!!* It wasn't that bad and it was actually pretty fun cause my other relatives came too^^ Btw, she got out a few days ago!!

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Here are a couple pics of my grandmother.
She may be hospitalized but she's radiant as ever^^
I probably tired her out XD
It's kinda strange seeing her with wires, tubes and stuff.



Oh and here's a pic of Rachel (my cousin/god-daughter)
She goes to school now^^
I blurred out the bg because it says biohazard and stuff XD

That's it for my new year pics XD
Now I'll share some Christmas pics!!





I'm always in the office. This is how my office windows currently look^^ The cards we received from other people we work with, are taped them on the window XD So now, I don't open them at all and I can't really see out because the cards are obstructing my view. The cards look lovely like that I think...much better than just storing them in a box or something. This definitely brought some holiday cheer in my office!! I don't know when I'll take them down though...







The pictures above are from "The Americana"
I go there often even though "The Grove" is closer to me.
But that's because this place is close to my grandparents house XD
The pictures above are taken with my phone^^
It's of the huge Christmas tree there, Santa's House and the Fountain.



That's a pic of what I wear on the 24th. From the office to my grandma's house, to church for mass, to grandma's house again and finally home!! The heels are totally to die for^^ They're seriously so pretty that I squealed when I saw them at the store!! I paired it up with a short sleeve casual t-shirt mini dress with a stud embellished waistline!! Lately I've been wearing lots of combo dresses like this one^^ Something casual and easy to move in.



This is what I wore on the 25th. I seriously love that blue high-neck double breasted coat you see on the picture. I just about wore it everywhere!! It's perfect buttoned up and buttoned down. The tie on the waist is really awesome too!! I wore a lilac mini satin skirt and a sequin embellished stripe tank...both are from "forever 21" I wore the same heels again just because I couldn't resist^^ Thinking about it now, I should have worn this for the new year...I think I should have worn a dress instead XD

My next purchase would be another pair of boots and probably a tunic dress, they look great with sweater tights and they're perfect for work this winter. Although most likely I'd end up buying something else...because I'm always buying on impulse XD Right now, I'm shopping for spring/summer apparel for work so again, it feels a little out of place. Kinda like how we bought coats and winter stuff when it was summer still XD But that's how it is, we have to always be ahead^^









I wasn't able to take lots of food pics XD
My family kept telling me to not take pics anymore and just eat^^
Anyway, here are some of the stuff we had :]
They're all really yummy!!





Here's a picture of our tree^^ There's so much presents again!!
It seriously looked like the presents we're taking over the living room XD
The gift cards, we hung them on the tree too^^




Here's a picture of my grandparents again!!
This was right before grandma got hospitalized.
Lately, whenever I see them...I think of Mago-Mago Arashi XD
I'm sure my grandparents would love to have ARASHI as their grandkids.
Most likely, my grandparents will drive them mad too XD
My grandfather is already 80-something but he's so strong!!
He loves fruits a whole lot and he always makes smoothies^^
Grandma loves to sing, cook and draw.
She also has lots of stories to tell.
She laughs all the time and is really silly...




My cousins. Daniel and Karen.
They wanted to see how many presents they got.
There's a bit of a scuffle too XD
But really that's what makes the holidays fun^^
bickering and acting silly over presents :]



Here's Karen's dad. My uncle Joseph.
He's a really funny nice guy.

My dad is really quite funny too.
Whenever they hang-out they cause chaos...and roars of laughter!!
Sometimes I want to put "comedian" under my dad's occupation.
My friends love hanging out with my dad too and they always invite him out XD



Cousins again. Michael and Russell.
Michael just came home from army training.
He's a really smart guy (Karen's brother) & he's a really smart guy^^
Russell(Rachel's brother) joined some dance crews recently.
Somehow he's like Neener...obsessed with his games XD



Oh, I forgot...here's a pic of me^^ I took it when we were about to head home. Around 4am I think. Posting this because my friends complain that I rarely take and post pics of myself XD It's always of food and stuff^^ I want to dye my hair for spring...

I skipped pics of opening presents and stuff.
Oh, and of other people too...
Because if I did, there will be so much XD
I received a lot again^^
So, to everyone...thank you so much**

Yes, I know that my blog title sounds absurd.
It's another late night update from me.
(Actually, it's always been late night updates!!)
There will be pic spam and...graphics!!!
**graphics are at the very bottom of the post!!!!**
I hope your computer doesn't die while you are here XD

As usual, we start with the pic spam!!
I haven't updated in a while...
I think I have over 40 pix to share.
I'll start with pix from last weekend.
I went out and met with an older friend.
She's probably around my mom's age XD
We surprisingly get along pretty well.
We act like dorks most of the time btw.
(then again, I do with my mom too!!)
We dropped by China Town and then City Walk.
Her name is Mari-chan <3

























I finally make an appearance XD
yeah, I looked like a hag that day so pix we're a no-no
she complained to me that we don't have a pic together yet.
So we took this even though I look really odd -______-
I liked my brown contacts though :]



We had so much fun throwing coins at the cans/jars.
At first I was aiming for money. Mari-chan was aiming for love.
I later on switched to luck & happiness and Mari-chan went for "LOTTO"
In the end, I succeeded in throwing a coin inside "vacation"
I wonder if I'll be getting one soon...
Another friend pointed out to me that by "vacation"
the Gods meant this three day weekend that went by so fast...
I really hope this is not it. I seriously need a break!!











aren't the last two pics adorable.
It's Mari-chan at her finest.
I'm really glad we got to see each other again :]





Last two shots are snacks we got from City Walk.
We washed it down with some coffee.
Lunch was from Hop Louie and we got the usual stuff
I figured the pix won't be that interesting anymore.

Moving on to other topics XD
Earlier this month which was the 10th.
We celebrated Mother's Day & Grandpa's 80th bday.
I should have actually posted that this one first but oh well...
This is the continuation of my post before this one btw.
On with the pic spam!!







Just in case you haven't noticed.
I was missing on 2 of them.
We actually took over 10 group shots.
I was only on 4 of them XD
Pay attention to my other cousins silly antics btw ^______^







Yes, my grandparents are cooler than yours.
It was amusing that I got them to pose like that.
Ah, I'm a bad grandchild...always messing with them.
I'm pretty troublesome but they really bear with it.
Then again, with cute grandparents like this...who can resist?!!



my grandma with my cousin Karen XD



I don't know what to say about this one XD



my god daughter and cousin.
1/2 disney princess lover and 1/2 drama queen
hahahaha!! she's really adorable...
The last time I saw her, she called me a loser XD
Because I don't have a boyfriend and I didn't give her a dollar.






to those who saw last years xmas pix.
yes, his hair is still sexier that Barbie's



I'll miss this dork when he goes off to college.
He'll be going to UC San Diego. My BFF attends UC Davies btw.



me. me. me.
it's been a while since I camwhored
I hope this doesn't scare you and give you nightmares.



daniel is being his usual dorky self.
this kid is a genius though
always #1 at everything he does!!





Yay!! we're on the last set of my pic spam!!
Just random day to day stuff.
mostly of food XD hahahaha!!



I only do breakfast on weekends.
The other day...this was my breakfast.
Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds & Honey Nut Cheerios
with frozen Silk Vanilla Soy Milk.



My sister made this the other week.
It was her first time making omuraisu.
She forgot to put the veggies btw XD
That's why she put it on the side of my plates.



I went out early in the morning the other weekend.
I met with a friend (I passed a CD to her.)
On my way back home I did a quick stop at those places.







from WASABI located on Wilshire/Vermont
I frequent that place because I love their seared salmon belly sushi XD
My usual order from there is curry and ramen.





05.21.09 and 05.22.09 are from Asian Plates
I did carry out because my sister loves crispy noodles.
On their menu they had what's called "Lad Na"
(It's thai, please correct me if I'm wrong.)
For 2 consecutive nights I ordered "lad na" and yellow curry
I also added garlic pork ribs, tom yum, gyoza, etc.
The people who work there are pretty friendly.
Prices are pretty good too.
Pictured below are some huge gold fish Xd
They entertained me while I waited for my order.
Ah, I'm sure Oh-chan (arashi) would love them!!



pizza hut delivery from the day before yesterday.
i order online at least once a week
the delivery guy always comes 5 minutes early too!!




YAY!! i'm done with the senseless pic spam.
Finally, I'm getting to the graphics!!
Not all the requests we're fulfilled.
This was because I only did them all today.
I've been sitting in front of the PC for over 12 hours photoshopping.
Those that we're not done will be on next week's gfx update.
I haven't done 1/4 of the requests and this makes me feel terrible.
I'm trying to get them done ASAP.
Thanks a lot to everyone who wait patiently.



my first ever ft island set, requested by "melly" of support frh
she wanted 6 members instead of five
i've heard of them but haven't i heard their music yet.
i think i should listen to some of their songs.
i've heard that they're pretty good.

Lately, I've been getting requests for Hey Say Jump.
I did a few Yabu Kota ones
for someone who has been on my request list
for over a month now.
(i'm really sorry that they took this long!!
i lost her e-mail and the pix she sent me.)

I hope to find better HSJ pix to make the other HSJ stuff.
I'll get to them soon. The solos too!!













Here's a wallpaper!! please click thumbnail to full view!!




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Here are some FRH related stuff.
I'm glad I finally got them done.
There's still some FRH pending requests
I'll do my best to get them done soon.











Someone requested a wallpaer.
I ended up making 2 versions of it.
Please click thumbnail to view it and save!!



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now we're on to the other Johnny related fulfilled requests.
i'm terribly sorry that the kat-tun wallpapers
that a couple people requested are not done yet.
same goes to those waiting for solo NEWS wallpapers again.

anyway, here's what I have, I hope you guys like them!!



Ikuta Toma wallpapers are always requested from me.
It cannot be helped, he's a really gorgeous guy.
I have a few more wallpapers of him on my next update btw.
I'm really glad that he'll be in a movie soon!!



I only fulfilled 2 of the NEWS requests.
One of them was to make a NEWS version of my past Ohkura wallpaper.
I think it turned out pretty well. I actually like it a lot.
I hope those two people who requested these will like them too!!
I'll get the solo wallpapers done soon!!

Lastly, because I truly liked the design of the black NEWS wallpaper. I decided to make one for one of my all time fave jpop groups. This time it's for ARASHI!! This is the first time I've ever made something for them I don't even know why it took this long, when I've been fangirling them for over a year now. (Actually, it might be because I don't have time to make stuff for myself...) My ichiban is Sakurai-Sho-kun <3 I'm currently using this as my desktop wallpaper. After making this, I want to make more Arashi related gfx. I will definitely make solo wallpapers for these 5 lovable idiots soon. Here it is, please click to view and save!! I hope you like it as much as I do!! I used images from their AAA concert that I got off google XD



Well, that should be it.
Next weeks update will also include 2NE1 stuff.
It'll be great if you can leave me a little message if you liked them.
thanks a lot and happy days!!