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• Saturday, January 31, 2009 •

I decided to disconnect my personal life from online and am now refusing to sign up for any networking or blog sites. Something happened in my real life where I really need to pay attention and actively live. So This will no longer be a blog. I am also deleting "Gyaru_Graphics" which will be made into a community, I will also be deleting Hi_sweety. everything will be moved from HS to a new livejournal titled O_Gal or something in which you won't be adding unless you need too haha and the Gal_Graphic community will be attached to that.

I will still have aim even though I don't sign in frequently as of late, I also have an email. I also will give my cell to my online friends ^.^.

I won't be making a myspace for O.G. along with anymore Marugoto 109's. D:

Anyways this is probably major but yes this will allow me to pass over O_G/Gal_Graphics to someone in the future if ever I give up on it. :D

The only livejournal i'll keep is my DBSK LJ. ^.^, simplify my life for sure.

Well just giving everyone a heads up and by Monday there will be changes!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 9:54 AM


• Thursday, January 29, 2009 •

Wow, I think My online social life is dwindling away. No more contact with myspace friends and like...no personal livejournal either. It's boring. Blogger is nice except I wish it had like a cut option, if it does I have no clue about it. I'm not really actively social in either community I consider myself apart of "Gal and DBSK" not like I used to anyways. I was never really good with internet "friendships" anyways haha.

I've become more of a lurker (-O-)!!!! Laa next thing you know...it'll be where is Xiao!!? I think I'm doing an image change, I really feel like I've become more grown since my birthday....like magically matured. I've been handling situations really differently etc. I've been wanting to become more serious and more stable and not so wishy washy and immature. I think I'll be moving on to OneeGal!!!

I've think I've always been mature but also naive. Even though 20 is really young numerically, I just feel like I've hit my end with the childish lifestyle, I really can't afford or get away with acting like 16 yr old haha. I still club, still "Karaoke...parapara" I just feel like I can't do all that stuff anytime while holding down a income. I feel like Oneegal is really where your lifestyle plays a huge part in the way you dress.

hmm maybe 20 is like a transition period...where you know you can still afford to live the double lifestyle. Even when I'm not at work I can dress which ever way I want and hang out with whomever I want but I feel like 23-24...my image will follow me wherever I go and effect my life. I'm no longer then the type of person who feels like i can do whatever, whenever...you know.

HAHA I feel the gal lifestyle is really truly for those type who really want to stay true to themselves no matter if it is an advantage or not.

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 9:03 PM


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So there were plans to go to WaiWai as formally dressed Friday (tomorrow) but that totally fell through U.U, sooo I guess maybe Sunday or Monday then? I want to take piccies so need to look nice, maybe I'll hop to Sallys and buy some weave than. I wish I were still in Philly to get cheap weave haha and half packs...it was really absurd but I love it.

I want to order a couple things from TaoBao and pai pai...but gotta wait until taxes...yummy!

I feel like a grump since i've been yelling a chuck all day. How do you get a boy to calm down...me and my sisters call it BP mode which stands for Bipolar mode, he is so unpredictable. I can't get him to calm down. *sigh*

well I'm off to watch america's best dance crew!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 7:55 PM


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yay done with work! Now for online work. I was thinking of doing an O.G myspace like I mentioned before. BUT I want to finish the 2008 shibukei article and Sifows Grevo blog entry....ALSO this weekend will work on cocolulu's marugoto...might actually start that tonight.

my life is boring.

I really should deal with my bedroom and etc. with cleaning T.T

blah

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 12:20 PM


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Goodmorning, wow I feel like shit. My bed kinda broke from i dunno...came home and it was like that and so i've been just dropping dead lately and sleeping with it on this supa gangsta lean and i really need to fix that shit. My back is killing me

Anyways...I decided last night that when my taxes come in on the 10th ^.^, im getting a karaoke machine!!!!! well the type for my TV. my friend Xuehue got one...and like it is so awesome, well what makes hers so awesome is that she got a projector but there is no space for a projector in our living room, our TV is about the size of the wall. speaking of!!! my dad got this bomb ass 72in tv. actually i think its smaller than our living room tv but it's beautiful...i wanna watch dbsk on it!!!!!!

I really need a new tv for my room...it's so creepy and turns off when it wants to or wont play sound lol, but i don't watch that much tv in my room unless its something japanese/region 2 on dvd because my dvd player allows it and no other dvd player in the house does.

Anyways i can't wait to buy the karaoke machine...i was like to my sister last night ummm can you buy me the karaoke machine it only cost the small amount of 1,000 dollars XD...you should have seen her face!

either i want a karaoke player or a tv/pc cord thing so i can watch youtube on the tv XD. it'll be beautiful and i'll never leave the house haha.

anyways my sister and i watch hana yori dango final...eh...now moving on to gokusen and i on to 1 pound gospel.

check out original gals for updates!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 7:02 AM


• Wednesday, January 28, 2009 •

So as always I'm researching and translating. for shits and giggles I typed in google "I hate translating japanse", hoping to find some tips on translating. what I found was a blog entry about hating japanese translations. I clicked on it hoping to find it enlightening in the least...and even though the entry itself was'nt helpful the replies were. In particular this one: 
Translation is tricky business in particular. The translator has the unenviable job of keeping dual loyalties: to the sentiments and artistic sensibilities of the author, and to the cultural connotations and ear of his new audience.

I have to agree wholeheartedly and I think this is the toughest part of translating. Even though what I translate may never be read by more than 20 people and of course the actual articles themselves are very far from formal...It is never my attention to do something half assed and accidently misrepresent what is actually intended in the article. I just wonder, how do you translate something that has no literal meaning...or non existant. I get angry when people say "ah well I didn't see this word in the sentence." or "where did you get that word?" I think it is enevitable that you will lower the quality in a translation right? I think especially in non related languages it will come across more often than not that an word was added or subtracted. 

Actually a lot of the articles I translate lack the emotion the original japanese articles have. I can't add a ton of "neeeeee" and "yooooo"'s at the end of the sentence! We don't even have anything close to a suffix such as -ne and -yo. 

Maybe I am getting self conscience again or losing motivation because eh I am realizing now the quality of my translations aren't the best simply because they lack the enthusiasm, emotion and the lack of formality the Japanese hold. 

I mean how do you differentiate or translate in English between tabemasu and taberu. Obviously they used one or the other for a reason haha. They have a different level of formality that english cannot simply reach...and so to stay level I have to up the formality of english which often lowers the formality  of japanese or vice versa. 

I have a lot to learn correct ^^!?

Maybe I should just follow my heart and if someone has something better or simply want it their way then I'll let them have it haha? I just hate sending of work I'm not happy with...or their is this constant nagging that you know...this word could sound better or etc.
blaaah!!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 6:43 AM


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Wow it is 8:15 and I already translated the new orixgrp article, translated the Gal Gallery, and checked all resources for new articles! 

So I don't know what I want to do next. I probably going to go through back issues of Grpxoricon articles and pick the ones that I want to translate that are too dated. Then work on Shibukei, than do marugoto ^.^

hopefully I'll finish by 1pm. Then can do some real work, than hopefully my sister can wake up and we watch hana yori dango final.

There was no school today so my lil sister is home *rolls eyes* she is annoying me right now by watch Angela & vanessa's show. She is so annoying with them...maybe she wants to replace Me and my sister (Angela & Vanessa) with the simmons (Angela & Vanessa). XD...she's so obsessed with them.

I'm hungry going to go eat!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 5:16 AM


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Best day ever! I don't have to go in today since someone had called off yesterday so they made them come in today ^.^. I'm really refreshed and so I started translating again. I put up the rest of the Girls labratory tests. I totally thought I had already done that...>.< 

I added 2 polls I had in waiting! 

Than I plan on working on Marugoto 109 Cocolulu, Finishing the 2008 Shibukei article...which is really hard T.T!

I'm right now working on the easy stuff such as Girls labratory Gal Gallery, and than the latest Article they posted

I think I will create a Myspace for O.G. instead of creating a personal myspace. It was really hard because My personal myspace had so much drama attached I had it since a long time ago and some people I didn't want to contact me actually could etc...and it wasn't good. So Im glad it is gone...and I wasn't brave enough to delete it myself haha not to mention all my new gal friends were added u.u...ah well

I'm here on blogger, ricoche, and lj...that is enough!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 1:49 AM


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Good morning!

So boring, yesterday was a long day!! It was really cold but I braved the weather and met up with my agent person and we made a couple phone calls and follow-ups and made little to no progress. My sister had came with me and I felt bad making her wait in the "waiting room" but I gave her my BB so she played brick breaker for about 45mins...and kept getting harrassed by the receptionist hahah not in a bad way but they are just very talkative.

We then headed to Quacker steak and lube, i got a gyro from this like authentic middle eastern place i don't know what it was called because it's like in Arabic everything...but the gyro was soooo good. We hit up the noodle house and got eggrolls...then of course 7/11 and stocked up on so many goodies went home and had a Hana yori dango 2 marathon.

We finished both hana yori dango season 1 and 2 this past week and guess this afternoon after work We'll watch the movie. I don't exactly want to since I was really happy with season 2's ending.


Wow everything is so boring in my life. I wish there was a way I could make it more exciting but i don't live in a exciting place with exciting friends. sooo boo U.U..I guess I should get ready it's like 4:00am! gotta be out in 1hr!



the sweetest goodbye (♥). 12:40 AM


• Monday, January 26, 2009 •





Happy Chinese NewYear!

Anyways Today I didn't get anything done translation wise since I took a unconscience hiatus haha! My sister and I started watching Hana yori dango! Finally persuaded haha so it was a marathon and I can't wait to start season 2.

So for my sisters birthday totally shopped around in a blizzard >.<>

Went grocery shopping, got the pizza from our favorite takeout and came home! >.<>

this is the cake her friend made her! it is so cute with fondant and pink spray! It was pretty tastey! The next is a picture of her red velvet cake, pretty good! The next is a picture of a present i recieved its a cute clutch!! Thankies FiFi! Then it is my bday cake that my mom actually took to work since we didn't like it T.T! And lastly my blond haired pucca clock that is now like Xiao Hua's XD! Sorry my descrip and pics are outta wack but google chrome doesn't like blogger lol!

I also went to Tok and bought my favorite sembei some kind of Japanese candy that was ramune flav and a hey hey hey dvd ^.^, i wish they had one with DBSK but noo so i just got the one with Aoyama Thelma ! gonna watch it then head to the mall!



the sweetest goodbye (♥). 1:13 PM


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祝愿新年快乐,一年更比一年好. 又是一个美好的开始--新年岁首,祝成功和快乐永远伴随着你!

zhu yian xin nian kuai le,yi nian geng bi yi nian hao. You shi yi ge mei hao de kai shi xi yu zhuo, zhu cheng gong he kuai le yong yuan ban sui zhao ni!


the sweetest goodbye (♥). 12:39 PM


• Sunday, January 25, 2009 •

Goodmorning!

morning blogs are the best lol. It's weird i don't even have the urge to check myspace haha stoopid hacker!!

Anyways yesterday my sister and I finally got to watch the last episode of bu liang Xiao hua. We kept missing each other so today was the day! cliche ending...nothing special, so predictable. Luckily the main characters were so unforgetable; that really made the drama stand apart from the rest.

It's my sisters birthday and i was really swoll yesterday because i wanted to take that day to get her gifts. i lent all my money to my mother who didn't come home until 9pm with my money back....no way in hell i was traveling all the way over Pittsburgh...when half the stores I needed are closed!

So now i have to go all over Pittsburgh on a super cold day on a Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!
It really isn't fair.

I'll probably leave around 9am or 10am, not sure what time stores open on Sunday. let's seee...

I need to go to Barnes and Noble to get a DVD, Sally's or Walmart to get her some hair dyes, Walmart or giant eagles to get baking things. Which means I will head quick over to Waterworks plaza mall. Then I want to go to Oakland and get her some Eggrolls.

T.T, on a Sunday and it's cold....so unfair!

My mom was right in thinking i was swoll, cuz i feel like even when i have 0% left...I give all that I have and it's rare someone does that for me. Usually you got to whine and bribe to get my sisters out of their own needs and think about someone else...but for me it comes naturally and like...say i lend my cousin 100bucks (note she doesn't even have to ask..she just mentions needing money)...it'll take about a 1yr then another 6months of complaining to get it back. My sister will lend her 100bucks after my cousin begs and gives millions of reasons and promises to pay her back and my sister will get her money by my cousins next paycheck.

shit like that always happens to me...and i feel like don't jade a really nice person because it can turn 10x worse. I mean im to the point of being down right selfish....i can't always be so willing to help...especially when no one ever offers to help me. Then that just sounds petty though lol.

Well i guess i'll just watch tv now u.u...till it's time to go.

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 1:44 AM


• Saturday, January 24, 2009 •

WHY do i have to live in pa...the lamest state! I just found a very sweeeet club that is totally rentable for a reasonable price! BUT the place is like in nowheres land...that is not convenient for a lot of people.

WHY! I want to hold a gal event! this place is perfect...they will allow you to rent out the place, up to 300 ppl, 3 staff members. you also have the option of food, a DJ for 4 hrs which is extra 250$...plus video and photography packages available. I just want to see if it was reasonable...it probably would be if it was in NY or cali or another place away from from pittsburgh XD

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 3:43 AM


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Goodmorning!

looks like today i will be relaxing, i don't feel well at all. I slept from 6pm to 5am right now. I like working in the morning but leaving at 5am is sooo tiring!! atleast i get the afternoon and rest of evening free though...!

yesterday i was so sad. Someone hacked into my myspace and delete it, so i am assuming they hacked to my email also since it's the same pass. T.T, oh well im not making another myspace. one less password i have to remember. I only have a blogger and my gal livejournals now T.T!

ooooh and I had to send the phone back so that they could put the internet on it. im not paying 50 dollars for the internet plus the bill for my phone..... so another day without a cellphone.

THEN....I started translating this hime deco article....omg it was really time consuming and i was translating it really beautifully...like i was so happy with it...and only had 1 more page to go then guess what.

it was gone >.< i had copy and paste it and deleted the text from the word document and closed it and opened another empty document and i guess totally forgot what i was doing and accidently went and copied and pasted something else!

>.< The ony thing that doesn't have me really upset is the fact that...1. it was an old article from 2007 and most japanese articles are really dated so it's like even though hime deko is really popular still...the article was when hime deko wasn't that popular it half of the stuff in the article might be things we already know.

the second thing that helps me get over my blooper is that i don't feedback from the articles...so i dun know who is reading them or not...and i think after a few more months...i'll even shut down the O.G. and keep Gyaru graphics.


sorry i really have no patience to hope and wish someone reads them...it's hard work to translate them. before i used to do it for me...everyone knows it's hard reading straight japanese and getting the meaning so a translation was an extra step to comprehend exactly what i was reading...but im past that and just translate for everyone else. I just guess there is no demand for Gal articles in the Gal community.

its really hard to find Gal things to translate...and that was a motivational aspect at one point...but now it doesn't matter.

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 1:14 AM


• Thursday, January 22, 2009 •

Wow Im still up waiting for my sister to wake up! it's 12pm!!! why does she sleep until forever!!

Anyways I found this vietnamese site that has so many flash games, i love playing the cooking ones even though I'm not good at them. I have to find my mouse instead of using the laptop pad, i think it will work and i'll be able to move faster.

On bu liang xiao hua me and Xiao Hua have the same clock XD! She put a wig on hers...so i transformed mines with some random blond weave. I call her gyaru princess pucca! lol...look!




Yes...im not fond of hair accessories so i didn't have any cute tiara or clips to attatch. Well you know i am bored if i do that. I found this sweet site called http://mp3.zing.vn/ <--- go! you can listen and download all the hottest music and ringtone. Bolero is #7 on the Hoa-Hàn-Nhật list wuu! i love that song actually!

im going to look around and try and get into some new artist than i can prob go to like sambok tomorrow and get some cd's! they are so cheap!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 8:52 AM


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Mornin! I did receive my cellphone last night, being at odds with this 3rd BB I didn't even want to touch it, for fear that i'd break it U.U, this is so embarrassing!

My sister and I watched a lot of Bu liang Xiao hua and we are on episode 7! Which means 7 more to go! So I'm already looking for a new one and I'm thinking we will be watching Fan gun ba! Dan chao fan. The guys look hot and I really want to see it because Jiro Wang is in it!! My favorite TDrama actor. Initially I was looking for a Singpore drama...but...eh!


I fell asleep on unborn...it was really boring. Cheap scares that merely produced a gasp. HAHA I'll finish it after I finish translating an article from Shibukei!

I cleaned and I will do laundry today. Clean my fishes tank and wash my hair. I need to hit up sallys because i have this hefty sally's gift card that i can blow on a couple bags of weave! I have tons of Giftcards from xmas that I need to use but I don't hardly go to any of the stores. I gave my old navy card away, my aeropostle card away. >.< boo! I don't shop at those places at all, i feel bad but atleast they are going to people who use them. I also have a barnes and noble...i haven't been there in a long time...so maybe I'll find some good japanese language books!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 3:53 AM


• Wednesday, January 21, 2009 •

This has turned into my planner!

I gave my phone up to be taken in today, so im really hoping to have a new phone by the end of today and found out i can get a new phone at the discounted price in july >.< .

So according to my translating schedule. Nothing to be posted today. I already translated a GRP poll that will be posted on saturday. I already posted marugoto. AND I already translated the cocolulu 2009 marugoto. I will work on that probably tomorrow. Tomorrow galwatcher is scheduled to be posted but no new article.

So I want to watch unborn today. it's a coincidence because my sister wanted to watch it but wait until it is out of theatres but my other sis BF Minh he had some new kinh di and he had that film so i'll wait until she gets home from school to watch it. Then i got some phim hai movies. Anyways Im still waiting to see antique bakery!! what is taking to long to sub it!!

I'm going to be so bored today since I can't go anywhere without a cellphone...ive been hearing bad news all over so it'd be safe if i just wait it out until tonight when i get my phone returned

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 3:52 AM


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Good Morning! Well I had a weird night. I fell asleep on the couch and upon awakening I told my sister about my dream. this is what happened in my dream.

I went to Phildalphia and was riding in the car with Nef and this one chick from philadelphia that I added to my myspace (i've never even talked to the girl in real life XD) and were talking about cars.

Then we went to south street ( a street in philadelphia with tons of cute boutiques). I was looking and browsing in the stores looking for false eyelashes and headbands with bows attached and I dunno why but I brought my hamster with me and he was in his ball rolling around the store and outside.

I was done looking in the store so I left and was trying to catch yiyi but he rolled his ball off the curb into the street. his ball busted open and he got his neck slit by broken glass!! I picked him up and was running going "omg yiyi someone please call 911!!" so these dense blonde's were there and i told them to hurry and call 911. They supposedly called 911 and were like "hello hello? 911...obama!!??" omg and my hamster which in my dream was a rabbit (don't ask why!) was dying and bloody in my arms and the two blondes where on the phone talking to obama or someone really casually totally forgetting about my situation.

then i woke up. I told my sister this and she told me I dreamt about everything she had watched on TV.

>.< WTF!!! She watched Kyle XY where they were talking about rabbit holes, my mom watched the inauguration with obama. before I was asleep I was talking about when i was in philadelphia. My sister also watched daddy's little girls where they were talking about cars. On CSI Miami the guy slit his throat and killed himself.

Remind me never to sleep in the living room again!!

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Anyways I keep forgetting to mention that since firefox refuses to work on my computer I ditched opera and downloaded chrome. I really like it especially the speed dial part it's the main page that book marks the pages you frequent. it is really convenient. It's not better than firefox but hell of a lot better then IE and opera. the only problem I have with it is that it doesn't open my hotmail emails. T.T, so I open up IE to veiw my e-mail. I also don't like the way bookmarks are...blah.

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Bu liang xiao hua is so funny, we watched another episode tonight. I also actually posted the first marugoto 109. Next time I post which might be in a couple weeks. I am doing pdf and password protected. I learned how to do PDF ^.^! I learned how to zip files. So now it will be 1 big convenient download. no multiple posts on lj per segment.

The only draw back is that you'll need winzip, adobe and the password. Which I'll have them comment for or email me for.


oooh i also have to go to verizon and get another phone. this will be the 3rd blackberry!!!!! I hope I can exchange for a different phone of equal or lesser value at this point i don't give a fuck. if its a blackberry or not, i hate this shitty phone. so inconvenient!!

well im off to browse mai chung tinh!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 1:39 AM


• Tuesday, January 20, 2009 •

Home at last!! I'm sorta watching the inauguration. DVR-ing it! I'm also getting the bu liang xiao hua episodes downloaded.

I'm really hungry, i had a bigmac from mcdonalds yest. and it was missing a patty!!! I didn't know anything until i ate it 6 hrs later. T.T, sad.

I am addicted to this song.


I kinda want to start rocking that style of clothing...the people i hang around and most of the people i see daily dress like that...and I miss my fashion tennis shoes and tight jeans XD. The only thing gal about me is usually my hair and makeup. Everything else is pretty urban...southpole/baby phat and apple bottom oooh and i gots me some pastry shoes a couple weeks ago. >.< it'd be different if shibuya 109 directly shipped to my house or else i'd be decked out XD! until that I don't feel totally gal. Boots hurt my feet and i'd fall in the snow and skirts are too cold...damn you gal fashion. lol.

Change of fashion maybe? I dunno. Well maybe i'll eat some lunch before i head to buy my lil sister a birthday gift. she is turning 18. T.T

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 9:06 AM


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my sister and I watched the first episode of bu liang xiao hua! We deemed it perfect and I'm getting more episodes as I type this. It is really funny and that is why I really prefer Taiwanese dramas for the cute and funny aspect. The Korean drama's for the violent funny and sad aspect. I don't really watch Japanese drama's but I have high expectations for them and I don't know why XD. maybe one day I'll watch one for real.

I haven't released the Marugoto JSG segment yet. I'm oddly nervous and really sad that my grammars not up to standard. My work could sound a whole lot better. I feel self concious about that. I don't have problems with translating and knowing what they are saying it's the part where I voice it in English! Japanese sentences might drop a pronoun but in English it might be essential to have it. Japanese often leave it up to the reader to assume they are referring to at the beginning of the paragraph or previous sentence but in English we really need to specify what we are talking about. I always feel like I am going to loose something in translation such as the initial emotion or a word. >.<

Japanese allows a lot of transitions and intricate sentences. What might be 4 sentences in English, can be 1 or 2 sentences in Japanese. I always feel like "WHY!!"! often English speakers of Japanese use Desu a lot naturally and not a lot of transitions an that seems really odd to a Japanese person haha because you hardly hear them say Desu or verb masu/ru until you've heard a ton of -te, tari, node, dakedo's and so forth.

So usually I sacrifice a lot! I'm also baffled by Japanese punctuation...haha! sometimes you'll see a period and exclamation point next to each other or commas only after the subject! so like "Xiao is a, Chinese name.!" is very common to see!


So I think I needed to get that off my chest haha and now i can take time to improve and focus on not trying to be so literal and improve my grammar. >.< ! Maybe i should take up an English gramamar class so i can sound all smart!

Thanks to whoever read my japanese language rant

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 1:43 AM


• Monday, January 19, 2009 •

Wu! it's 3:15 finished that project...well it's 95%. I now have to post it publicly and link each item to their more information page. Then I will wait for feedback lol. It was pretty time consuming but actually fun after you got the hang of it. I decided to do it lj style and just put the pics in a table and tada! the pics formatted themselves and aligned horray!

Now I will take another 2 day rest to get back to work etc...then see what everyone thought and maybe start another!

>.< I'm downloading a drama so I'm excited to be doing that XD. I don't know what happened to crunchy roll but a lot of k/j/cdrama and movies are gone T.T! welp off to eat lunch!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 12:17 PM


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Wow hit my 100th post! Uh..I needed a brain break. Started translating again and a new project. This project is hard!!!!!! It's not the translating thats the easy part it's like how do I explain. It's like scanning a magazine page taking out all the Japanese words and entering in English. XD so hard because of the backgrounds and shit!!!

HATE Anyways I finished 1 segment today which was the JSG one. I'm not going to this again regularly unless I get like people saying they want me too. It's hard work man >.< Everyone will see XD. Now I have to put it all together and than teach myself how to do PDF...because I think that is how I am going to do it. It's image heavy. very image heavy. I'm proud of myself because I learned a lot in photoshop this past couple hours! I hope everyone enjoys it too.
Well I think i'll get back to work at 11. *yawn* A.J came around didn't leave until 9pm last night...the more i see him the more mad I get at him!!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 7:25 AM


• Saturday, January 17, 2009 •

okay i totally put out for a beta...and wtf the response i got was like...well im a professional translator and like there aren't people who will do your work for you and i can't be giving translations that are wrong maybe there is a agency that will edit your work for you.

It's like WTF...maybe I come off very professional but I hardly need a professional editor and these articles I translate hardly need a professional translators attention.

It's like how hard is it to get someone that would read my articles from a grammar and skillful aspect to tell me if a sentence could sound more natural. Plus fix my punctuation enough so that it won't hurt your eyes.

If I was a professional translator and was translating formal articles I would hardly be asking in LJ community. Come on now LOL.

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 5:10 AM


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GOODMORNING!

So I'm still looking for some type of beta or proofreader. I finally posted to some communities but it seems those type of communities were mainly for Fanfiction or fiction stories.

I have enough nerve to stop all work until I find one but that would be kinda stupid.

I'm listening to this Artist called MayDoni she just debuted like a couple days ago. I really like her...she's like 17 or something but she has a really nice voice.

Well work then come home and do some internet work...and clean. I'll be ready to start more projects on monday for sure. I did translate a SGR article becuase those are easy and I hate being behind on those XD!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 2:24 AM


• Friday, January 16, 2009 •

Okay I hate to sound like a twat but it has been brought to my attention that i was on Gal fucks. So yes I'm going to talk about how i feel about it.

1. I'm not going to cry and be like OMG Gal fucks was created for DRAMA and those who post are so IMMATURE. No not me; complaining isn't my style.

2. I am going to say what many others say "internetz is serious business" or something like that haha!

Manba was a phase and it's something you have to work at to get it right. Manba is a style and a way of doing makeup. They are talking about my makeup...not me. Get it straight. Worry about when they attack your character...now that's when it gets a little deeper. Makeup HA...you can take it off.

The only time I have been "picked on" was on the internet and for MANBA. So that tells you ALOT. bitches don't got nothing to say about me in real life...or not to my face atleast. Even on the internet no one has ever came straight to my "email", "aim" or "journal" and said some random shit so it's like they're lame come to me instead of whining about on your journal to everyone else.

So what I'm trying to say is...I'd be butthurt if someone attacked my character and personality... or something I can't change...but never over makeup.

Laugh it off like everyone else.


--Now how I feel about those that post---

No I've never full out went on a search to post someone on a snark comm or thought of a fuck community when I saw something beastly...I don't know what type of person does...but I am not one of them.

So I can't judge them because I'm not like that them :P.

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 11:06 PM


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I think I have been spending to much time in the DBSK fandom, I've been apart of this community called like capslock dbsk...it's where they take pictures or caps and add funny text to them. I LOVE THAT COMMUNITY! I literally LOL when looking at those posts. BEAUTIFUL.

Anyways No Waiwai. Def too cold. Tomorrow Work, so on Sunday...or Monday if possible.

So bored. I've been looking for some good podcast to listen too but eh nothing that has sparked my interest since TokyoGirls.

ooh well off to snap some pics since i'm bored and have to wash my sheets...since my cat almost killed my hamster on it. I really don't know how much longer i can keep up with those two.

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 9:25 PM


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Wow I am supposed to start translating Tomorrow to resume work...but as hard as it was to stop...I kinda don't have that urge anymore which means I'll hold off resuming until Monday! yay for normal lazy Xiao again

I want to though go and re-read/check all past articles which I have been doing. Fix up the profile, and upload the 09 reader messsage.

So once i'm practically finished with all the shit i've translated in the past that is when i'll feel good about translating more things. PLUS I've yet to decide what I wanted to do next >.< !

Anyways finally got chuck to settle down but i feel like im getting a cold O.O...NOO! can't afford it.

tomorrow today it looks like no waiwai it's 6 degrees maybe on Sunday when it goes up too 30...I also wanted to go to lian hua...or hao mei there was these really cute purse in hao mei! like leopard print! well going to bed!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 1:35 AM


• Thursday, January 15, 2009 •

I'm feeling a little better today! my sister and I watched Lovely Complex. It is so funnyy!!! We talked about the Singer in the movie called Umibozi and named him the Pimp pirate! I want to meet a pimp pirate haha! Later or tomorrow we will watch "Too beautiful to lie."

Actually tomorrow I want to go to waiwai T.T, but nobody wants to accompany me because it will be like really cold and windchill of like -10! I want to goooo >.< !!

Anyways I was really heartbroken yesterday because my Ayah didn't wish me happy birthday...I feel like he is forgetting about us...he is so far away so it's understandable but...still!!!

I thought I broke my arm today haha it was so painful and Chuck was crying with me it was so cute! I didn't know cats can tell human emotions....

ahh I'm skipping subjects all over the place but yesterday I showed Mon and Van Lolita....ahhh it wasn't a good idea. Talked soo bad about lolita >.< I had to stand up for my lolita friends but they were too sure that they are perverts trying to relive there childhood. Van especially was like NOO...they look like big babies...they are grown why are they wearing that. I wonder if this is what a lot of people think when they first see it? I remember I though wow they look like really childish but nothing negative came to mind especially because I don't know the real lolita or the fetish or whatever.

okay I'll end this madness

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 8:50 PM


• Wednesday, January 14, 2009 •

Hey blog my birthday is over and I feel like I shouldn't say it but it was the worse day of 2009 and I'm not surprised. To be honest I was because I tried to stay away from the drama and my situation is fucked up but I can't go into details here but I still want to give out shout outs to all my online friends that gave me birthday wishes my sunshine on a rainy and snowy day! Thank yall!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 7:31 PM


• Tuesday, January 13, 2009 •


Yay, it is my birthday and I am finally 20 yet so far away from being 21 >.< !

I just checked into my mixi because I had birthday wishes!

I just checked into my mixi because I had birthday wishes and I have 73 mixi friends! Wow it doesn't feel like it~<3! I have a lot of pretty bgals on there they are really beautiful.

I also want to thank my online friends for wishing me a Happy birthday!! And just to make my day more special, I won the contest for cutest pout on Udoli, I was pleasantly suprised...^.^, I'll try my hardest to continue being cute!


I promised I won't translate all day thanks to usagii. So I wont!!

I did a new layout for

I just have to finish the profile and a advertisement template for myspace and here!!

jaz

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 11:00 PM


• Monday, January 12, 2009 •

I really want to participate in the Everyday Gal theme but I just feel like...I haven't changed really at all in outward appearance other than getting plain older or wearing what is in at the time...I never was Vkei, loli...punk...emo...etc.

I just feel like if I were all those things or changed so much people wouldn't know who I was or what I am about. My personality is not compatible with any of those fashion styles and I wouldn't feel comfortable wearing or hanging with the type of people those fashion styles tend to attract. So I feel like people who do change their style a lot don't quite know where they belong?

I hate to be one of those types that want to seperate everything...but if you look at it in a realistic point of view...a lot of people who act a certain way dress a certain way. personality does somewhat have a lot to do with your fashion sense.

so I get really confused among those that are wishy washy. I don't want to assume or generalize but my primitive gut tells me...if it looks like a lolita it probably is a lolita. That is usually all we have to go on anyways..."first and outter impressions."

Anyways. I'm finally ready for my next project :D. My bday is tomorrow...gotta charge my phone so that i can recieve every single call and test XD!

check ya l8ter

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 10:18 PM


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Wow So I haven't translated in like 1 day ^.^ WEE!
Um, My cat ran away then came back like a pimp haha I guess because it was cold. I got a call for a job since I'm looking for Full time...too bad they only had part time positions U.U!

I figured out my laptop is like chinese or something because everytime I try to download something....like a program it is in chinese T.T, even if it is a english program it comes out in Chinese so I can't work it properly!

I've been trying to download video's for my sister's mp3 players. One of them has gpx...which i don't know what video format that it takes >.< probably AVI...then my other sister has sansa which i have to convert to avi through the sansa software....then mines T.T, it is sony but it takes mp4 format and that is all T.T, it is so complicated!!

urgh, it's annoying. Atleast I got my cat back! jaz!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 6:02 PM


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Hehe! So I lied. I lie to myself often so it's not a suprise but...I broke down and translated these Gal degree tests. >.<, They weren't time consuming! So it's not a suprise i knocked them out in about 1 1/2...just the problem was generating the combination to get different answers T.T!

Soooo...Now I take my JP hatius! PROMISE....especially because now I found a new project too! So that adds 4 projects! The gRP article project had 85 articles >.< so I want to delude myself and say ahh only 4 simple projects but that is not true! it's 4 projects with many sub projects....>.<

Hopefully I won't start them until the 15th! Until then I will do fun things which does not include translating. I wish I had like more feedback though, I always leave feedback on translations...because I know how hard it is to translate from japanese to english. If they could get any different then I would be surprised XD.

For now i shall get off the computer...and read bye-bye

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 6:19 AM


• Sunday, January 11, 2009 •

Hey Blog! I said I wouldn't be back until I finished translating the articles! I translated and finished them all Yesterday morning at 10:00am which means I worked from 1-10am trying to finish! Mission Accomplished! Aj Came over yesterday around 9pm along with baby kimmy! She is so adorable and kept trying to attack my cat! They left around 1am. Then I started translating like mad!!!!

Even though i am done..that is not the end for GRP Topix I want to atleast
-Run all of them through a spell check
-Check all links and add links that need them
-Color code the titles along with some kind of graphic so that people know they are new
- add year tags
- Check main page for new poll


And then and only then will I start my next project ^.^, It's been a whole day since I've translated and my brain actually feels like it isn't going to explode ^.^!

It's January 12th and my Birthday is January 14. On January 15th I'll start the next project!

I'll probably start the checklist right now.

Then---
-post something to gal graphics
-create main entry for hi_sweety talking about the projects
-do a Udoli contest entry!


probably much more, not incluiding real life tasks XD

ttyl!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 9:17 PM


• Friday, January 9, 2009 •

So Bored, I'm translating. I really want to finish ^.^!! I lied though >.< The articles are actually getting really long and less interesting or maybe I'm just really bored. I have 20 more left ^.^! Wu! I'll do 10 today and 10 more later tonight!

then I'll take a 2 day break from all japanese. So In the mean time I will prepare my journal for New Tags and A new layout plus New Profile page!

then I will choose between my next 2 projects, which then will be paced to posting probably 1 to 2 times per week. I won't be a translating maniac XD! though my next project will probably take me 2-3 days to complete for 1 part!

Anyways...I still have to respond to ECGC and Gal_Graphics...So my internet life is so busy!

I'll post back here when I'm on my GW haitus XD. Ja till then1

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 1:05 AM


• Thursday, January 8, 2009 •

Hey! just taking a break from working >.< !

I have 2 new Gal translation projects XDDD, yay! plus ongoing SGR. So I'm pretty booked!

Um...What else...I'll probably look for some more gal graphics, and finish translating I'm on march 08 lets see how many I have to do....

26 more articles XDDD....so many! I can know them out in about 4 days....one day i did 6. I might actually know a lot of them out today. i have 2 in my queu and they are really shott ^.^ , yay! like i said the hardest part is the linking etc. >.<

So let me get back to wizzork tooo!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 5:30 PM


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Hey Blog

It's really early in the morning D:, and i couldn't sleep because i had a long talk with my sister....and i feel really sick, i don't know why but something she said about her past just didn't sit well with me or if it was me talking about myself in general made me feel sick...or it could just be the rockstar making me shit tired cuz it wore off.

So im sitting here watching yiyi run around...and my kitty go crazy, i cant wait until he gets older....and hopefully he calms down.

I'll clean the living room before I lay down. I don't have to do any work today since I did everything I needed to do yesterday. I didn't translate much of anything yesterday so I won't do much today eithor....i need one of those mental breaks again.

Maybe I'll take some pics today since someone added me and really inspired me ^^, she is really pretty!

well going to gooo. listen to freeze by tpain/chris brown it's so addicting!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 1:57 AM


• Tuesday, January 6, 2009 •

YAY I finally caught up to 2008 GRP articles! I'm glad there aren't any 2009 yet but a little sad! T.T! Come on GRP...!

Anyways I have 2 more 2007 i saved the longest ones for last! XD. I had to skip atleast 6 since i think they removed them off the database. I think i've done a couple grp articles from 2008 already but only 2 or 3. I can't wait to finish so I can start my next translating project.

My japanese has gotten so good ^.^ i have to admit XD.

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 8:57 PM


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Hey! just got home, another sucky day.

I got to leave with my sister today since she had work...I was at the agency place talking and scheduling with the director for an hour and when I walked outside....T.T, of course it was raining!!!!!! Of course I wouldn't be prepared for it! So my hair got kinda soaked....i stopped off and got bomb eggrolls and then went to the Kr hair store for some cheap eyelasesh! I saw them in philly for twice the price for one XD.

Then I came home...bitter cold outside and rainy, i was glad to be home sucked that my hair was 2x thicker than when i left damn rain.


oh before i left, let me mention. i told vanessa to put the hamster in mons room since chuck kept attacking the cage...she put it in mons room and closed the door...10min later BAM...WTF!!!! hamster cage on the floor along with all his bedding....T.T, how the hell do you lock a hamster in the same room with a cat....someone is trying to kill my hammie...!!!

anyways bak to translating ja!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 10:09 AM


• Sunday, January 4, 2009 •

Hi Bloggie! It's late right now but I wanted to do a little more translating. I am going to do a little research on tips to translating Japanese. I want to study a little more before I continue.

I actually could get Mrs. Fox an editor and journalist from "publisher Weekly" to help me, and edit and fix my articles but I figured it is not that serious right? I am not writing for a magazine and it is not going to be read by the world...T.T, So as much as I want my articles to be grammatically correct, I don't want to go through that. Although I would still like a beta. I will have to look into getting a volunteer that also has knowledge of the Japanese language. Which I deem as pretty imposible, considering I don't know anyone! Either they are fluent in English with basic Japanese or Fluent in Japanese is Fluent in English but not HS English/Grammer level!

Anyways, Today I watched extreme home make-over earlier because the program did a house in pittsburgh that is actually not very far from my own! maybe 10minutes away. It was pretty exciting haha!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 11:23 PM


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ahhh, seems like all I do is translate >.< but I have finally realized how fun the articles are, because once you realize it's all fun, and it is kind of like reading someone's blog it becomes easier to convey what's going on.

The writer is such a spazz, and I love translating the articles. I used to be lazy and enjoy GW articles better because they were formal and straight forward, but GRP articles have way more facts, way more fun, not to mention the emoticons make me laugh once in a while.

They emulate the personality a gal should have, carefree, and straight...no hidden messages, if it's this it's this, no hiding!

So I actually translated about 5 articles today, 2 over breakfast and some on the go and typed them all up but I have yet to release them yet. I put them on my livejournal under private so when I release them tonight or tomorrow they won't show up on that days friendlist...they'd have to travel backwards to read them so...hey that's the most I can do, to try and not hog their friends list. ^.^, considerate xiao wins.


My sister knows the words to Mirotic....it's so weird! so gangsta speakin that korean XD.

also....I got over my fail today and actually did some things right ^.^!

anyways I'm off to continue translating. they have gotten so easy....the hardest part is inserting the links >.< ! Also finding stuff or trying to explain what i think most people don't know about...so hard!


I would release these articles to ganguro or something but 1. I'm not really confident in my translating and 2. I figured it's not relevant you know...it's the Japanese Gals opinion...so why do us Gals care...so most of the articles I think would be boring because they most have to deal with "japanese society/culture" or "they just would say...but that is japan...not america or wherever so who cares we don't know what they are talking about."

T.T, so maybe I can just share with the few lj gal friends I have ^.^, and they can appreciate it. Some of the articles are good no matter who reads them, but a lot are really "japanese oriented"

understandable....I wish we had a huge Western Gal following and a scene to match so we could start the Western Gal Rank...but then we'd have to do it by country if we want to get into the Culture aspect....which maybe we will never have more than 200 american gals ....!!! T.T

SAD, but something like a Gal journalist would be a awesome job...i'd say!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 2:20 PM


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Wow...I'll be the first to say it, I fail at life.

I don't know what is going on but I did 3 stupid things...no make it 4.

1. I emailed one of the agents I have and to confirm a meeting, and she asked me if Tuesday was alright..I replied "yes the 6th is alright" in an email but confirmed actually for Thursday...WTF! so i had to email her that i actually ment tuesday is okay.

2. Then I was doing laundry and let yi yi run around...I accidently left the basement door open and the fucker fell down the steps (T.T)...how could i forget, this is the second time...or maybe its my cat sabotaging yi yi....i closed it going down, but now going up!!!

3. Okay so you know, I drink coffee at night before I go to bed...I woke up to find that i put the half and half milk in the pantry :/ so now it i spoiled!

4. Then I went to bed early last night because obviously I thought it was Monday and woke up at 7:30 to get ready for the meeting.....only to find out it's SUNDAY!!!

I think i need to be checked out :/...seriously!

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 7:38 AM


• Friday, January 2, 2009 •

In my lonesome all day...i woke up around 5 or 6 but went back to sleep around 8 and had the weirdest dream....Jaejoong and Changmin was in it from DBSK! I think they were my brothers XD!

then I watched a couple episodes of drake and josh...then turned on the laptop and started translating. It's weird the articles seem soooo long!

WTF my cat just farted or some shit...so stinky and he's attacking my laptop...I really don't feel l...sorry just had to play with him for a while >.<

Anyways I've been translating and watching soompi dbsk thread....i swear it is so fast! I want to download from clubbox but i think it did something to my pc the last time i used it so i dont want to reinstall it D:

I'm going to try and finish up these articles...I have a lot and they are getting longer"i dunt know why"....I'm so sad firefox is not working on my laptop anymore and i miss it soo much and i lost all my book marks i am so sad!!!!

ttyl

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 5:38 PM


• Thursday, January 1, 2009 •

i feel like puking, literally. Today and yesterday have not been my day. What a way to start off the New Year...I don't know what I am going to do but If this year is anything like last....I know I wont be able to take it, I don't want to be able to take it eithor....

i'm so over this....for real. Literally I think these past 2 days too past 2 weeks have been beyond ridiculous...i've never had worse days then now.

i tried to bring in the new year as good as possible...i cleaned, did laundry and washed my hair, got a facial and acne treatment the whole works...

new years throughs me soo much shit! first thing first i woke up to my favorite pants and my floor covered in green leaf calligraphy pant*fuckin cat*....i should have known from that my attempts at bringing in the new year smoothly were futile...fuck it all. you wouldnt even believe what happened to me today and it all seemed to be the works of some higher power because literally bombs were dropped on me out of nowhere....

the sweetest goodbye (♥). 3:22 PM