Books I Want To Read

» Shrin @ 07:23 PM central time on April 26, 2009
» Tag: Meme-likes


1. Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett

2. Tomcat in Love - Tim O'Brien

3. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

4. The Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams

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What type of Asian am I?

» Shrin @ 07:15 PM central time on March 30, 2009
» Tag: Meme-likes


Yay for useless memes! Fun for me, boring for you. =P

Section 1
[x] Are you Asian in the first place?
[ ] Were you born in an Asian country?
[x] Can you use chopsticks?
[x] Have you taken Vietnamese/Chinese/Korean/Japanese/Lao/etc. school as a kid?
[x] Can you speak an Asian language?
[ ] Is your favorite subject math/science?
[x] Do you eat rice almost every single day?
[ ] Did/Do you spike/highlight your hair?
[ ] Do you have an "azn crew"?
[ ] Do have a 95 average?
[x] Do you get at least a 3.0 GPA?
Score: 6

Section 2
[x] Do you listen to Asian music?
[x] Have you watched Asian movies?
[ ] Can you rave?
[x] Do you know what DDR is?
[x] Do you drink pearl milk tea or bubble tea?
[ ] Can you play CS, Starcraft, Warcraft, Diablo, etc?
[x] Have you played the violin/piano/cello?
[x] Do your parents get mad at you you if you get bad grades?
[x] Are/have you going/taking/took any honors/AP classes?
[ ] Do you own a Mazda/Saturn?
[x] Do you/your parents drive an Asian-made car?
[ ] Do you have a distinctive smell?
Score so far: 14

Section 3
[ ] Are you or were you once a fob?
[x] Have you dated/want to date Asian guys/girls?
[x] Have you designed a website before?
[ ] Does/did your SNS/e-mail have/had the words: AzN, gurl, boy, sweet, cute, hot, dragon, babe, angel, lil, princess, Xx...xX, oO..,Oo, etc.?
[x] Do you have both an Asian and an English name?
[x] Do you take off your shoes before entering someone's house?
[x] Do you know the song "Got Rice"?
[x] Anime?
[ ] Do you listen to trance?
Score so far: 20

Section 4
[x] Have you eaten dim sum/dumplings before?
[x] Do you think you're short?
[x] Do you have tons of cousins/siblings/uncles/aunts/etc?
[x] Can you twirl a pencil between your fingers?
[ ] Have you ever solved a rubik's cube?
[x] Do you read Manga?
[ ] Do you/your parents save ketchup packets/napkins/etc from restaurants for later use?
[x] DO YOU HAVE ASIAN PRIDE?!
Score so far: 26

Section 5
[ ] Are you a very good artist?
[ ] You speak your Asian language with your friends?
[ ] Do your relatives own a restaurant/market/Nail salon in an Asian community?
[ ] Do YoU tYpE lIkE tHiS aLoT?
[x] Have you visited your home country at least twice?
[ ] Does your house smell like incense once in awhile?
[x] Do you have/need glasses or braces?
[ ] Do you like to read?
[x] Do you NOT have an allowance?
Score: 29

Under 25 - White washed
26-30 - American Born
31-40 - Pure
40-45 - Asian that got fob washed
45-50 - FOB
51- Hopelessly fobby

LOL, wow. How accurate.

"Trust your intuition"

Spring Break Plans

» Shrin felt loving life <3, @ 01:07 AM central time on March 16, 2009


Hey, guess what? My room's a pig sty again. Yay.

Saturday -
› Planned on the Theater Picnic/Water Fight, Football, and Sushi at the new place in the Fountains. Instead, since cold and rainy, Picnic was cancelled. Went over to Caleb's house with Lauren and played board games until time for football.
› Was still raining when football started so Lauren and I sat and talked under the dry pavilion while the guys just played football in the rain. Boys will be boys.
› Then Lauren, Fang, and I went to Tao for sushi and dayum, it was expensive, so we each ordered an appetizer of gyoza and left. It was super crappy that the waitress we got was someone from my Culinary class last year so she knew me. D: We went to KFC instead because fried chicken + rain = wonderful, LOL.
› Then met up with Kenny, Caleb, and Callie and played an EPIC game of Pictionary.

Sunday (today) -
› Keli and Callie came over to bake a Chocolate Peanut Butter marble cake for Lauren F's birthday. The cake looked so good that we made two, lol.
› Invited Livia, Jordon, Fang, Kenny, and Caleb over for it as a surprise later at night. Keli couldn't come later because got in trouble with Dad. Max was invited too but Keli not coming automatically ruled Max out. So we ate cake and Starburst jelly beans and talked for like an hour about random stuff.
› Then we played Mario Strikers, which I absolutely sucked at, and Brawl, which I kind of owned for a bit as Kirby, which is a first.
› Then we played Pictionary even though it was late and almost the guys' curfews. But hey, drunk on life, we were willing to do anything.

I love Spring Break. ♥

I started off not having Spring Break planned at all, but hey, things are coming together. Plans:

"Trust your intuition"

How Asian am I?

» Shrin felt bored, was supposed to be reading Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris, @ 04:09 PM central time on March 8, 2009
» Tag: Meme-likes


I love stereotype things. :P

ASIAN TEST

[x] Both of your parents are from Asia
[ ] You were born in Asia
[x] You use the term "Azn"
[ ] You think DDR is cool
[ ] You watch anime
[ ] You like Korean drama
[ ] You have stuff hanging on your phone
[x] Your parents want you to marry within your own race
[x] You eat rice almost everyday
[ ] You drink lemon tea

X's so far: 4/10

[ ] You style your hair
[ ] You have a xanga/bebo/friendster
[x] You speak languages other than English
[ ] Your parents are strict compared to other REALLY asian parents
[x] Your parents have high expectations of you
[x] You always get A's/B's on your report
[ ] You do Chemistry/Biology/Physics/Accounting
[x] You know your multiplication table
[ ] You play badminton or table tennis
[ ] You've seen the asian version The Ring/The Grudge

X's so far: 8/20

[x] You go/want to go to a university and would NEVER consider an apprenticeship
[x] Your parents own an asian car (Honda, Toyota, etc)
[x] You're not the only child (LOL, oh no..)
[x] You've gotten little red envelopes around February..
[x] You know the difference between kung fu, karate and tae kwon do
[ ] If you're a girl, you prefer white guys over asian guys, or if you're a guy you prefer asian girls
[x] Your mother tries to bargain even though the product is already discounted (In China she does, but everyone in China does--- Wait..)
[ ] You can do the Rubik's cube
[x] You have a box of noodles somewhere in your house
[ ] You play video games

X's so far: 15/30

[ ] Every time you're going out your parents ask you where you're going and what time you'll be home
[x] You have karaoke at home
[x] You have heard of BoA, Gazette, Ayumi Hamasaki, Gackt, The Pillows, High & Mighty Color, Orange Range, Jay Chou, Twins, or DBSK (LOL, I've heard of them ALL.)
[ ] You've been to a LAN party more than 3 times ..
[ ] You have incense sticks/moth balls in your house
[x] You own a gaming console
[x] You play a musical instrument
[x] You don't wear shoes in your house
[x] You can use chopsticks well
[x] You get nothing if you do well in school (LOLLL, so true.)

X's so far: 22/40

[ ] Your parents won't let you go out if you have school the next day
[x] You have asian songs on your computer/iPod
[ ] You don't like football
[ ] You have/had a curfew
[ ] You know what ulzzang/tb means
[x] You know what purikura is
[x] You like bubble tea
[ ] Your parents bought you shoes many sizes too big so you can "grow into it" and wear it for years to come
[ ] You've played Final Fantasy
[ ] You believe in fortune cookies

X's so far: 25/50

[x] You know what bok choy is
[x] You've heard the song "Got rice?"
[ ] You have/had a tutor
[x] You've had Pocky/Yan Yan/High Chew before
[ ] When you seek for your mother's permission, she replies, "Ask your dad."
[x] You like to save things in case you need them later, even if you never use it
[ ] You have tasted durian
[ ] You hope to be employed in something practical, like medicine, law, accounting, or engineering
[ ] You have eaten dog or snake
[x] Everyone thinks you're at least a year younger than you actually are (What. WHY?!)

X's so far: 30/60

[x] You call your adult family friends "Auntie" or "Uncle"
[x] You have or have had a bowl cut
[x] Your parents enjoy(ed) comparing you to their friends' kids
[ ] You eat everything with chopsticks
[ ] You hang/hung your clothes out to dry on a line attached to the window of your flat and the window across from yours
[ ] You are applying to an ivy league college
[ ] Your parents or relatives have tried setting you up with someone
[x] You eat for breakfast what is considered food unfit for breakfast
[x] You scored higher on the math than you did on the verbal on the SAT (LOLLLLLL. 800.)
[ ] You always cheer for the Asian athlete on TV

X's so far: 35/70

[ ] You love shopping at Costco because everything's cheaper when buying in bulk, even if you don't need so much
[x] You buy rice in 50lb sacks at least
[ ] You have had to wear hand-me-downs
[x] You get two of the same thing but one is better because it's free
[ ] You fight for the bill because of face, even though you don't actually want to pay for such an expensive meal
[x] You make things yourself because it's cheaper, even though it takes more time
[x] You own a huge butcher knife but it's actually called a "vegetable knife" (Wait, really? D:)
[ ] You own a lot of Tommy Hilfiger or Calvin Klein
[ ] You can down cups of tea like water and not feel the caffeine effects because you're used to it
[x] You love hot pot (Not exactly "love," but I like it.)

X's so far: 40/80

[x] You make your rice without butter, spices, or salts
[x] Your parents are especially loud on the phone
[x] You always take home the leftovers from a restaurant
[ ] You try to coerce others into taking the leftovers if you're eating with company
[ ] You give fruits as gifts
[x] You will waste extra gas to find cheaper gas/other things (LOLLLL. Oh. D:)
[x] You are smaller in size compared to the Caucasian population
[ ] You have relatives in Canada
[ ] The number 8 is an extremely lucky and important number to you
[x] The number 4 is an extremely unlucky number to you

X's so far: 46/90

[x] Every big event revolves around food
[x] You have gotten used to the smells of herbal medicines
[x] You are stick thin and want to keep it that way
[x] You try to save money on everything you buy
[x] You eat a lot but it doesn't add much to your weight
[x] You care a lot about staying in fashion with the rest of Asia
[x] School is always the number one priority in your family
[x] You care a lot about honor and saving face
[x] Your parents expect you to do everything right
[x] You mix languages up constantly while thinking and speaking

Total: 56/100
Damn, I'm not as Asian as I thought. Just above 1/2. But look at the last section: everything. DD: LOL.
Yay for not doing homework!

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部屋掃除大作戦！

» Shrin felt calm, was listening to pretty voice by Otsuka Ai, was supposed to be reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, @ 06:42 PM central time on February 15, 2009


Oh. D: My room got extremely messy since this year started. Had to get it clean before this Saturday's party. As usual, before and after pics.

 

 
Ah, what a nice change.

 
I stopped working on my desk after it started to look like the "Before" pic. D: It was just impossible.

 
Wow. So clean afterward. It just seemed easy to stuff everything in that little corner near my bed. ):

 
Just a bunch of clutter near my desk. But not anymore.

 
The Before pic for my closet might confuse you since my closet's like, empty. It's because all of my clothes were...

 
..on the floor. D: They were originally at the end of my bed, but I would kick them onto the floor while sleeping.

So the cleaning took me like, 2 hours. :D

Oh, PS. I updated my birthday list.

Well lately, I've been less lazy with school. It's kind of weird that I'm suddenly in the mood when it doesn't really matter anymore, since college apps are all done with. :/ Eh, whatev.

I'm scared for UIL. I know it's bad to not believe in the cast, but... I kind of have doubts. I'm basically waiting for a miracle. I'm probably not in a position to talk yet though because we haven't even started rehearsals yet. But hey, I still think it's pretty exciting that both Kenny and Caleb made it! :D This should be interesting.

And freakin' James Joyce. I've read "Araby" and about 20 pages of Portrait and dammit, I have no idea what they're about.

I also feel like a bad person because I'm feeling really lazy about English Honor Society right now. I can't though because I'm like the only officer that actually works for it. D:

I need to start sewing again. I have a stack of black fabric sitting near my sewing table that's not going anywhere. I don't know if I should really make the Gothic dress because when would I wear it? And if I did wear it one day, I don't think I'd wear it again.. D: Sigh, I wasted a ton of money on all that fabric then. I don't know how else to use it though. :/ Gah, why am I such an impulsive buyer? Bad habit.

I haven't spent a lot of money lately though. Weird. I remember the days when I always just bought things. That's weird; I don't know why I felt like I had to buy stuff all the time. Not spending money isn't so bad.

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