august 26th [basically posting this as 27th]

Mood: Worried.
Listening to: Lydia, Kings of Leon or Birthday Sex by Jeremiah.
Reading: :/
Watching: MOVIES: o__o.

So just a quick blog! School is in exactly 10 hours. I'm so scared! -.- Hm, I wonder why the teachers all hate me? I'll deal. All I've been doing is wearing and sleeping in a kimono.



But today after shopping I purchased new skull candy headphones! (: I'm literally in love! <3 :3



I also finished organizing and cleaning my room and putting up all those posters!





That's about it! Btw, finally finished back-to-school shopping bahaha. Yay!



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~Maddi/Cinney.

august 26th

Mood: Worried.
Listening to: Birthday Sex by Jeremiah & Lydia's Illuminate album.
Reading: :/
Watching: MOVIES: I Love You - Beth Cooper, He's Just Not That Into You, Post Grad. SHOWS: My Fair Lady.

Oppas & noonas, how's everybody? (: I've been pretty splendid spending my last week in a half left before school starts which is in two days! Thursday! Insane! -.- I'm definitely not excited but life is life. By the way, sorry I've been so out of the buzz it's insane!

So I recently had this two-set photoshoot in the country with my friend/fellow model Sage. (: It worked out great and I've already posted some today. I also finally got a chance to be featured in some of them. Haha they're really good though. Here's some that have already been posted:





Here's a sneak peek at what I was planning to post tonight but I ended up postponing until probably tomorrow:

These are just a preview of many others to come! (:

Then about a good week ago - last week sometime I posted some self-portraits. They were kind of glamor/spontaneous portraits. I just wanted to try it out a bit. I wonder if I succeeded? o__o Hm... Here is one to see more of the set & + to see more of the photos from above go to my deviantart, here!




Aside from all this deviant updating jazz - I've been getting more time to enjoy my summer in the past week. My friend Sonya finally came back last Thursday/Friday! Yay! We decided to go to the movies on Friday and finally chill. We went to see I Love You, Beth Cooper. It was pretty funny but a lot more touchy moments than a comedy should have. Hayden Panittere (sp?) is growing up! I still think she's the cutest thing ever.



We also decided to have a sleepover after and we were kind of broke at the time so we couldn't really afford popcorn (XP) so when we got home we I attempted to make some alfredo. Huge fail. It got steamy. Fire alarm went off. Fire people phoned. Huge fail. =/ Bahaha and we still ate it! It was more like soup though.

I've been going back-to-school shopping for a couple of days already. It's been good. I'm actually supposed to be waking up pretty early tomorrow today at like 5:15 AM to go shopping and it's 2:46 right now. Not cool. But I'll just have to deal. New hair soon? Straight-cut bangs. - but anyways, I was with my friend (model) her DA (deviant) is skylinecity.deviantart.com & she usually models for me for the weekend already and she's actually with me right now (sleeping) we're going together shopping tomorrow. We also went to the movies today & we seen Post Grad! I wasn't expecting it to be that good and actually pretty funny! (: Alexis Bledel is too cute. I remember when I was like 12 or whatever and I didn't like her very much. =/ Well, I do now she is cute and the movie was really good!






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& that's pretty much all I can think about right now.
I'm finally getting to watch "Take Care of Our Young Lady" - "My Fair Lady"! c:
It's totally a winning chapter in my books. haha.
mysoju.com - with subtitles.
Loveletter (the Korean variety show is good too!)
time for bed, love you guys!
btw, I also watched He's Just Not That Into You & enjoyed it! c:


~Cinney/Maddi.

august 18th

Mood: Upset.
Listening to: .
Reading: Cosmopolitan.
Watching: MOVIES: The Perfect Stranger, Fired Up, Sex in the City.

Noonas & oppas, I'm back! Sorry it's been forever! I don't honestly know why I've been so m.i.a lately. I don't have much to talk about. Now that I think about the past week it's been pretty hectic but not really busy. If you catch my drift...

K-pop/Korean news. c: A couple of topics! G-Dragon's new solo album, finally out! I give it about 3 stars. G-Dragon kind of bothers me either way but I still stick around. I think we were expecting what he gave us - which means he should have worked harder to totally blow our minds. :/ He gave us the same G-Dragon rep except a new punk style to change it up a bit - which in my opinion, didn't work too well. He should focus on being more original and no, I'm not talking about the whole Flo Rida plagiarism. XD That Heartbreaker music video was something else though...



Still on the Big Bang topic, Dae-Sung got hurt in a car accident! >.< I know this isn't new news but I didn't get to say anything about it on my last blog! It's been finalized, he'll be getting surgery on his injuries and will be taking 8 weeks off to recover. D: Good news for him, he finally gets a break from Big Bang for a bit. Bad news for us. >.< Dae-Sung is one of my favorites! He's so cute & he's my favorite dancer of the group. Get well soon, oppa! <3



I haven't been watching ANY Korean dramas or movies lately. :/ I know fail. But call me wrong, I think 'My Fair Lady' is out today! It all depends if I'll see it though because mysoju ends up updating late or whenever they can find the first episode online. I'm thinking of finally watching Shining Inheritance...is it any good?

I recently joined this writing site called 'Mibba' it's for fanfictions and stuff. It's pretty G. xD

Well, nothing much else to elaborate on...next blog should be longer! c:


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btw, I watched Private Valentine.
Omfg. How did I sit through it?
DX

-Cinney.

august 14th

Mood: Sick DX.
Listening to: Bury Your Head by Saosin.
Reading: High School Debut.
Watching: SHOWS: The World That They Live In, Hello! Miss. MOVIES: My Little Bride, Heartbreak Library.

Oppas and noonas! <3 It's been 6 a whole week since I last blogged! D: Horrible, I know. So here's what's been up;

After much anticipation I sort of got started on my Big Bang fanfction. I don't know why I at least didn't get a chapter done in this whole week since I ended up falling ill. - the flu/cold or something - I only wrote about 3 pages because I've only finally decided every band member's love's stories. I might have to put this off for another week though, sadly. :/ And honestly, I might not blog until Monday or early Tuesday morning. We'll just have to see what happens.

2 huge reasons to go crazy. My most guilty pleasures are coming out...(not the first one haha):

THAT'S RIGHT! MY FAIR LADY/TAKE CARE OF THE YOUNG LADY IS ALMOST HERE!!! Yes, finally! I've never been this excited for a drama to come out since, Smile (a J-drama). Yoon Eun-Hye looks hot and even some more sizzling (can't believe I'm reciting this word) Korean actors I've never heard about. 6 more days!



My guilty pleasure. *please don't tell anyone* In 5 days (a day before My Fair Lady) comes out G-DRAGON'S SOLO ALBUM, 'HEARTBREAKER'! I know, right? So ashamed of liking Big Bang / K-POP when I'm solely based on the indie part of Japan and South Korea. But surprisingly they put some acoustic tune in the song 'Butterfly.' Today (since it's already 2 AM) YG Entertainment will be releasing the full version of Butterfly. Ecstatic? Yes. The album cover art looks pretty cool. But I'm not suire about the whole photoshopped g-dragon thing is working out. DX



So I finally got a new hair color and a new hair cut! Thank the lord! It's now a soft blonde color, yes, I decided to go back to blonde. :D:D:D I'm very happy with it.






I finally finished doing my nails. It was going to be a marble mixture of purple and turquoise. D< I ended up just doing a black color. I'm going to get them done in mid-October because I like doing gel on nails myself. Lmao.




My father and (now officially) step mom are getting married on October 31st, a.k.a Halloween. That day is also my mom's birthday (step but we'll just call her mom #2) so they thought it would be a convenient day for their wedding. It's been pretty hectic during the last week. I've been helping with the wedding invitations and guest list. I'm also going to be a bridesmaid. *dress rehearsal is already next week* Everything has been crazy and it's only mid-August and the wedding is like two and a half months away. LOL. I was supposed to phone a huge list of people figure out everyone's addresses so we can mail out invitations but knowing me (very unreliable) I decide to sleep in and then when I finally wake up I am going to get my hair done. XD So fail for that today. I might tomorrow, if I don't sleep in...but I probably will then go to my dad's business for lunch and then the movies with my friend Logan. She wants to see the Ugly Truth and I want to see Funny People - but we went with my idea...is it pretty funny?



I posted more deviantart photos a couple of days ago. Just more additions to those self-portrait photos. :) Another photoshoot soon. Probably featuring me...




I'm going shopping Saturday (hopefully) just to get some accessories I've wanted for a little while. I need some hair dye so I can dye my extensions (didn't get to today) and I finally seen the commercial for those bump-its hair thingies. I really want one! I seen them at a store and my friend was all like, "I want those." No idea what they were, I didn't show much interest. But basically they're things you can put in your hair to like bump it up instead of using hairspray.





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Okay, I'm really tired. It's already 4 AM.
Probably just going to fall into bed after this.
Lmfaoo!
&btw, I need some Korean drama suggestions!

-Cinney/Maddi.

august 6th

Mood: Fresh.
Listening to: Goo (Koo) Hye Sun's Love Story.
Reading: High School Debut *hiatus for like a couple of days*.
Watching: SHOWS: Tree of Heaven.

What's up n****'s and o***'s? For those of you who are tired of guessing that saying I put on my last blog I'll finally uncover the meaning. "Noona" and "Oppa." Both of the sayings mean older people. Noona "older sisters, older girls" and Oppa "older brothers, older boys." I find 'oppa' is really cute. But I find it pretty annoying when British/white fan girls mix in the Japanese and Korean subculture together. e.g "Oppa is so Kawaii!" "Kawaii" for those of you who don't know (which should be simply impossible if you're reading a blog of an Asian fanatic) means 'cute' in Japanese. If you're going to say is older bro is cute then do it one language. I'm still going to mix my Korean puns together with English though. XD Okay this was a pretty long intro...anyways,

I finally decided on a new drama after going through a lot of peoples choices for their Korean dramas. I settled on Tree of Heaven! <3 :) :D <3 IT'S BRILLIANT!




Seriously it's probably one of the best Korean dramas, I've ever seen! It's 70 minutes each episode (I know similarities to other K-dramas/Full House) and I probably would've done a daily blog about it but I was so addicted I'm nearly finished it! It only has 10 episodes and I think I know the reason why...although it's incredibly endearing and is very unpredictable it definitely has its twists and it's really sad! D: You'll basically cry almost every episode. I almost couldn't handle all of the tearing. I do recommend it however, be cautious to who you're watching it with - you don't want to be spilling out tears with your metal cousin. DX That was a horrible caution but I guess it could happen? Anyways, it's probably the most amazing drama I've luckily encountered. I might be giving you so much hope you'll hate it after but I think it's weird how it wasn't that much advertised. :/ Okay, I'm probably killing you without the synopsis. Btw, it's a Korean/Japanese drama together. I forgot to mention it because a lot of the first couple of episodes are basically just Japanese haha. Here's the synopsis *from DramaWiki*:

Hana is a bright young girl who lost her father at a young age. When her mother returns to Japan, she comes with her new Korean husband and his son Yunsuh. Yunsuh’s mother died during his 10th birthday and after her death, he becomes autistic. While Hana is fond of her new step-brother, he wants nothing to do with her. When their parents leave on their honeymoon, Hana’s mother leaves the children with her deceased husband’s sister who will manage their inn during the trip. While they are gone, the aunt and her daughter Maya abuse Hana and make plans to sell the inn in order to pay for gambling debts and college. Despite all of this, Hana finds comfort in her brother who begins to open up to her and eventually speaks after his 20th Birthday and the day his mother passed away. Yunsush's mother died on the same day as he was turning 10, 10 years ago. As they start to have feelings for one another, Hana is afraid to love him. She soon leaves with her "senpai", Fujiwara Ryu, who also likes her. Later on, Maya gets jealous, and decides to make Hana's life even more miserable.

I wish there was Wikipedia to give a better description because that only explains three episodes and there is ten and it gets really intense after the three episodes. Plus Lee Wan's acting was incredible <3 he's literally an angel and I can't believe he hasn't been active in acting for a bit. His facial expressions fit every part of him and he even scared me in the beginning. He's supposed to be really mean and whatnot but opens up to Hana blahblahblah.




If I've really gotten you addicted I'll post an MV here. Here is a more accurate MV of Tree of Heaven: WARNING THERE ARE MASSIVE SPOILERS, ESPECIALLY NEAR THE END, I DON'T RECOMMEND GOING PAST THE 4-MINUTE MARK!



0___0 Since it's so sad and I'm almost finished it, I still need more suggestions on which dramas to watch. Here are some suggestions I've picked up from yesterdays search and some I've had for awhile but I haven't picked up on *excluding all movies* - Korean, Japanese -weirdly enough not Taiwanese-:

Hong Gil Dong,
Who are you?,
Hello! Miss,
Anmitsu Hime 1/2 SP,
The World That They Live In,
My Name is Kim Sam Soon.

The ones I've been really picking up on is Hello! Miss, The World That They Live In and My Name Is Kim Sam Soon. These are quite old but memorable dramas, am I right? They're all SURPRISINGLY Korean. -.- Sorry, I don't like to favor but they're really good. Bahaha. xP There was this one special (not drama) Amnitsu Hime 1/2 that was Japanese that I wanted to watch with Inoue Mao and Uchida Asahi! <3 (he's in Tree of Heaven) but he doesn't come into Amnitsu Hime until the second special. Fail. :/ Which ones looks most appealing? I know all three that I suggested are pretty big, especially My Name Is Kim Sam Soon. x[ I think I might watch the special because it's really short and then maybe Hello! Miss? D: It has Lee Da Hae - a lot of *ahem* boys *ahem* people like her so it can't be that bad. 8D Btw I've been keeping active in the K-Pop culture, everyone hear about Yoon Eun-Hye's new drama, Take Care of My Lady and her new photoshoot? It seems pretty stella.




More of K-pop news;; Song Hye Kyo (Gyo) and fellow actor Hyun Bin from 'The World That They Live In' has are officially going out! xD OMFG. It's not a rumor it's official and it has been announced! At least we know there will be more gorgeous looking babies coming from them to share.



Moving a little more me-involved in the Korean culture, I'm glad to say I'm taking apart of Korean's own twitter site. That's right ladies and gentlemen or should I say noona's and oppa's - if you haven't heard of the Korean twitter to get in touch with your favorite celebs (most recently G-Dragon from Big Bang joined and 2NE1 from before) you should now: featuring - ME2DAY.NET A weird title but it doesn't matter. XP It's all in Korean so have fun trying to register and stalk G-Dragon all of you oversees fans/non-Korean fans. I know for all of you crazed fans you'll find a way to register even if you can't translate Hangul. Like I did, add me: http://me2day.net/maddi I even got my own name as the username (it's usually taken) haha. Trust me it was hard trying to register, I eventually want on yahoo answers to ask my fellow Koreans to translate the registration form. D: Luckily, someone did and I got to register but I can't fill in my personal information or anything haha. My first status update was, "lee wan saranghae." Figure out the translation yourselves. XD

Okay all noona's and oppa's, time to say goodnight! :)



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-Cinney.

august 4th

Mood: Discontent.
Listening to: Breathe Me by Sia, Heaven by F.T Island, Last Farewell by Big Bang, Bury Me Alive by Saosin.
Reading: High School Debut.
Watching: SHOWS: 8 Simple Rules.

What up n*****'s and o****'s? No, that's not the word you think it is. xD So basically a lot has happened the past...4-5 days? Check it out.

1) Buffalo Days: So I talked about Buffalo Days in my last blog. It's basically a little fair/amusement park that comes every year in the summer. I went again on Sunday. It was way better! I just did a lot of walking around the park and what not. There was even a butterfly exhibit! :) It was amazing! The butterflies were the size of my hand (they're real) and they were flying around this plastic room. It was super neat and the butterflies were really pretty! If you stuck your hand out, a butterfly would immediately go on it and stay there for a long time. I only got one though whilst my whole family kept getting a lot.



I did go on a couple of rides. Just the two fireballs. The one that it a roller coaster and goes in a circle and the claw one.





They also had mini stores in the other exhibits. I went to this pop cultural one and bought a Pink Floyd poster! :) I love it but I'm still waiting to put it up alongside my Beatles poster too. I was joking around with my mom when I was like, "Do you and your husband want to buy me that Bob Marley lion zion blanket?" My mom was like yeah right and two seconds later my step father was paying $50 (originally $60) for this beautiful and really soft Bob Marley blanket. XD I had a really good time.





2) Old Photos/Stock Photos: I recently came across my mother's extra hard drive for her pictures etc. I found the cutest and funniest photos! Some were really good picture quality so I turned them into stock photos. Here's some photos when I was 9/10 - I was really tall when I was kid (still am)- there with my brothers etc. I'm the only girl haha - Christmas 2005:






I even got Christmas 2006:





There was way more trust me, xD. Bahaha. Here are two cute stock photos:




I also found these two which I deviously added: :) enjoy.





3) Deviant Photos: About a week ago I did a minor shoot with my cousin, Sage. :) We did some glamour/beauty shots (they didn't turn out too successful and some natural portraits at her house. I liked the natural portraits but she has most of them which I need to edit. Haha. Click here to see all the images on Deviant. I'll show you 1 glamour shot and the rest of the natural portraits. We did 2 shoots.






Okay. Guess what happened also? I was writing some usual lyrics and I got really inspired because I found myself posting it on DA. D: Insane I know! It's really cheesy lyrics, bahaha. It was one of the verses of a song called 'Crystaline.' Beware.

Warm me up and be my air.
I feel you deepening inside of me.
I feel our swords are crossed as one.
When I write these words, I cry.
Not going to hide everything from myself,
Because I can't hold it in any longer.
You're the one that I'm screaming for more,
You're the one that has to be my handlebar.
Your greasy hair is my winter mittens,
Your arms are the ocean that is covering me,
Your eyes are the windows of my body,
Your chest is protecting me here.
The lanes that fold through your body,
I want them to fold through me.
The clouds drifted away from us, left without us.
I forgot about it when I was lying on you,
You, warming me up and letting me breathe your air,
Is the greatest gift I've ever received.

4) Full House!: I always save the best for last! OKAY. I finally finished watching the infamous Full House!



The ending = HORRIBLE, WRETCHED, NOTHING! Why does every single drama do this to me? Memories in Bali was an excellent drama with the best ending every but this shows nothing. Basically what happened is Young Jae finally confessed to Ji Eun that he loves her etc. and she accepts his married ring - Min Hyuk and Hye-Won come over for supper, they're all friends and the last parts are recaps of all the 'good times' with Young Jae and Ji Eun. So lame. :/ But I finally finished it. Which drama shall I watch now? D: Go back to Delightful Girl Choon-Hyang? Noo. I don't know but I'll figure it out til' next blog.



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I'll make sure to write July 14th PART II soon!
I'm ready High School Debut online, it's so good! :D
+ 8 Simple Rules is getting good too. Just re-runs.

-Cinney.