December 2009
23 posts
“It is snowing outside on the last day of the year. A rush of blood pressures the...”
– Lana, 31/12/09, 10:18 AM (on a second thought, that was quite emo also. 31/12/09, 16.31 PM after a shopping trip through the white pure snow)
Good laugh for people who love cakes. →
Ermmm click on the title, it will take you to one of my favorite blog. Well I do laugh at mayhems like this and failblog. Boost my self-esteem.
I am not emo!
So today the Superego, or the the flip side of my depressed persona, or the angel perched on my shoulder- whatever, scolded me. It says “Lana why are you scaring people off with that emo post. Most acquaintances know you as a happy-happy person who giggles every 5 minutes. If your mom reads this blog she will send a psychiatrist right your way.”
Well the fact that I giggle every 5...
“There is a lot for me to learn… could totally use more optimism,...”
– Lana, attempting to make a new year’s resolution (which she has never done completely in the past several years)
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“Ok so that was christmas. Now I need to clean my room bit by bit~ and then study...”
– Lana
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Have a merry christmas.
Christmas creeped in stealthily this year. Our semester ends at Dec 22nd, and 2 weeks up to that date was filled with paper writing, test taking and not sleeping memorizing textbooks. Then there’s the blizzard~ I was sound asleep in my room, getting a revenge on the all-nighter the night before… suddenly it’s all white outside.
(The playground next door, the view from my...
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“My 1st B in Wesleyan. Waiting for the 2nd one soon. (Passed the depression...”
– Lana, on her grades, the Kübler-Ross model on her nosediving GPA and how it’s done in Germany.
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Let's Learn German (for final tomorrow!)
Let's say we are eating Berliner (jelly doughnuts) and suddenly feel the urge to explain our conditions in the passive form and many cases, in german of course.
We eat / are eating the doughnuts- PRÄSENS : Wir essen den Berliner.
The doughnut is (being) eaten [by us] - PRÄSENS, PASSIV : Der Berliner wird [von uns] gegessen.
The doughnut has been eaten [by us, of course] - PERFEKT, PASSIV : Der Berliner ist [von uns, natürlich] gegessen worden.
The doughnut had been eaten [by us, once again] - PLUSQUAMPERFEKT, PASSIV : Der Berliner war [von uns, mal wieder] gegessen worden.
The doughnut will be eaten [by us, hopefully never again!] - FUTUR, PASSIV : Der Berliner wird [von uns, hoffentlich nie wieder!] gegessen werden.
The doughnut must be eaten [by us] - PRÄSENS, PASSIV, mit MODALVERB (MV) : Der Berliner muss [von uns] gegessen werden.
The doughnut had to be eaten [by us] - PRÄTERITUM, PASSIV, mit MV : Der Berliner musste [von uns] gegessen werden.
The Doughnut will have to be eaten [by us] - FUTUR, PASSIV, mit MV : Der Berliner muss [von uns] gegessen werden.
The doughnut has have to been eaten [by us] OR The doughnut must have been eaten [by us]. - PERFEKT, PASSIV, mit MV : Der Berliner hat [von uns] gegessen werden müssen.
The doughnut had to have been eaten [by us] - PLUSQUAMPERFEKT, PASSIV, mit MV : Der Berliner hatte [von uns] gegessen werden müssen.
And that's it! I like how these cases cover situations where we are so insistent that we have/had to eat the doughnuts, or will have to eat them. Or where we suddenly realize that we must have eaten the doughnuts (uh-oh). See, Deutsch-lernen macht spaß!
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Holiday Cupcakes
Enough with the depression.
I invented something yesterday. Chocolate candy cane cupcakes!
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Simply said, Sie gefallen mir gut. And the baking session macht Spaß! I also made Oreo cupcakes but they were not as “surprisingly good” as those mint candy cane ones.
They are basically cake mix, brownie mix, chocolate syrup, vanilla frosting, and toppings. The easiest things to bake...
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“Smile, even if it’s a sad smile, because sadder than a sad smile is the...”
– Unknown
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the great depression
Screwed my Bio final. Well not “screwed” as in getting an F, or D even, but bad enough to make me feel very depressed until now. I didn’t sleep last night, in fact I’ve been awake for the past 38 hours.
I felt like I had everything in my head. The difficult concepts I got down were not tested at all, and ironically I had difficulties recalling easy materials. Everything...
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cutting songs
B Lau: sleeping plan?
me: no sleep i am cutting HT's song for her dance tomorrow
B Lau: Oo" where is the cutting taking place?
me: garage band
B Lau: OH HAHAHAHAHAHAHA OMG HELP ME PLEASE? i read: i am cutting HT's hair for her dance tomorrow. i think i am losing grip
me: ... =.= it's a chinese song... i don't get the lyrics, she wants the 2 chorus to be connected, but the music accompaniment is different =.= the second one is more intense / full band
B Lau: like...chorus x 2?? okay....let's talk about purchasing power parity
me: ?!
B Lau: aiyo you using all the music language talk to me...
me: no, this is what you listen everyday la. you know those chinese happy2 songs... the singer is singing something with "sss" in the middle of the word i want to cut
B Lau: okay hahahaha
me: i have to make sure that "sss" connects to the "sss" in the second chorus
B Lau: okok
me: I DON'T EVEN GET THE WORD SHE IS SINGING
B Lau: good luck with that garage girl
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modcloth, reads my mind most of the time! →
This store is freaky. I like their clothes a lot and would love to wear 60% of the things they sell. A much higher percentage than that of Forever21 (about 40%) and say- American Eagle (25% or less). Too bad they are uber-expensive. And psychologically they make me feel too girly. ==
Ahh mod coats and dresses. Love. Ah also my new favorite! Forever21 Twist. Trés Paris = my favorite colors. Most...
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Finals week.
Actually mine is quite spread out. I am done with most of them.
On the other hand, I have never done so much procrastination ever in my life until now. it is crazy how unmotivated I am and how obvious my aversion towards schoolwork is these days. So many useless sleepless nights. Funny how a semester could drain so much out of me.
Sophomore slump. It exists. And it hits very hard.
2 more finals...
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“I want to learn more acoustic guitar. But no time :(”
– Lana
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oh sea lion.
Vivian: i shud have told u a long time ago but when i went to boston this november
me: wat
Vivian: i saw a seal called lana in the aquarium
me: i took a pic of it! lolz
Vivian: LOL
me: i was like ... =.=
Vivian: omg so much publicity
me: and it is older than me too so i can't claim the name heheheh
Vivian: its cool tho i wish some whale is called hopokyan at some corner of the world
“Puerto Rico. Germany. Holy buckets, I am so excited.”
– Lana on winter break plans
Again, my first post.
I had a blog.
Yes I did. It was something attached to my Friendster account. I reeeally liked to write, and most of the posts were generated when I was in Minnesota living with the Slettes for a year. That one year was super exciting and I felt like sharing just about anything… Snow. School. Travel. Christmas. Dogs.
And then there’s my senior year of high school. What’s...
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Pomplamoose - Mr. Sandman