Hiatus... Still!

I am currently studying to pass the final exam for Algebra I to get into Geometry class. Wish me luck!

I won't be able to respond to you ASAP. I don't know when I'll come back either.

EDIT: Actually, my dad took up my computer since he thinks that I needed to "socialize" more. It's not that I'm anti-social or anything, but I really don't know this place. I still find it hard to adjust after a month, I suppose, of living here. That's why I'm on semi-hiatus-ish aside from school and the pains studying.

On the bright side, I'm halfway finished with that Painless Algebra book before I have to take the final exam. Please do ignore the first-second sentence of this post. I'll be lurking around but not really active as in posting random stuff about life, freebies, or complaints.

Life has been awkward and quiet, virtually and in-reality. I miss the old times!

Change of Plans

I really don't know what to do with my life anymore. One time I said that I wanted to go into the medical field and just last week, I've decided that I want to be in the aviation, mechanical, or perhaps maybe the aerospace industry. I suppose I’m more comfortable in that sort of field rather than dealing with blood and gross things, otherwise known as nursing. I’m thinking that’s a pretty great choice since I love to be around technology.

My mom always told me that when you’re a nurse, you have a better pay and they have great job security so I tried to inspire myself. I really did, but no. I just can’t. It seems like I can’t risk my happiness just to make my mom proud. Of course, my dad has no care in the world with what career I want to be as long as I get all A’s and the job is well paying. So it’s all good, right?

Putting that aside now. As long as I study and work hard, I’ll be in a good position in the future even if I have a change of mind again (to which I really need to stop doing since it’s making my head paranoid -.-).

Layout Change Again!

Okay, so I have the tendency of changing my layout frequently. I do apologize if you find it rather annoying, but what they hey, this is my blog.

After going through inspections again to see if anything is functioning correctly, I realize that there are some errors to which I need to fix after I clean my room. If you happen to find any malfunctions, don't hesitate to tell me.

I will edit this post once I come back!

Improving Myself

Currently listening to: เรื่องของเรา(อย่าบอกเขาเลย) Secret - K-OTIC (Such sexiness @_@)

Not behavior speaking (although it needs ameliorating itself), but it's how I get things complete. It is somehow related to my time management issues, but slightly distinct.

I've been so unproductive lately. It takes me days or even weeks just to get one task done. I believe it's because I get so distracted easily and work onto another assignment. For example: finishing a review then deciding to upload more freebies. Is that good or bad? It will be quite surprising that I'll finish this post by midnight even though I've written this since morning; that's how easily I get off task.

Now that school is about to begin in a matter of weeks... more like days actually, I need to re-organize my thoughts and try to come up with ways I can work yet play also. Otherwise, I'll hit rock bottom again like last year. If I only had good time management.

To celebrate Kana's new album, I made icons of her and also some other bands. No need for credits, just host it in your own server. Click here to see.

A total 16 Nishino Kana icons, 26 Exo icons, and 16 Infinite icons have been uploaded. More to come!

English Proficiency Test -.-

Currently listening to: Feather - Nujabes

Sorry for the sudden change of header. I was trying out the things I could do in Photoshop and voila! I've never thought I could do something as legit looking as this, really. Don't think that I don't like Yamapi because I changed my header and a few styles all of a sudden. He is actually the first person that got me into Jpop along with Arashi, AKB48, HSJ!, Ikimono Gakari, Nishino Kana, and others. Credits to Shinpanda for the wonderful PNG :')

I had to take the English Proficiency Test today as it is required for people who just moved in to the state. Even though the test was easy as one-two-three, I felt horrible during listening and essay part. I freaking wrote about House Cleaning Machine 3000 for my essay as it was asking me about what machine would I build to make my life easier! It's still weird that I remember every bits of that failed writing of mine.

If I could make any machine to make my life smoother, it would be the House Cleaning Machine 3000. That way, it is enabling me to do all the things I can't do while wasting my time cleaning. THE END

Okay, so I didn't really put "The End" on the "end" (get it?) because I would've had points taken off. After that, we went to my high school and I got my schedule! My classes here are so much better than my supposedly schedule back in Georgia. I am finally able to take non-honors classes without having heart-attacks that I won't be able to go on to honors for next year if I hadn't taken one this year. You may have guessed my classes in GA if you have read my previous blog posts. Here is my new schedule.

• Chinese for Foreign Language (I thought about it hard and Kris came into mind)
• Algebra I (Even though I already took it in 8th Grade)
• Biology (Not sure if it's honors)
• Symphony Orchestra (I'll still miss my trombone T_T)
• English I 
• PE

I just had to take Chinese even though I wanted to go into Spanish because one day if I ever meet Kris, I can talk to him in Chinese, like a boss!

It's Over!

Currently listening to: Lullaby (A Tale of Two Sisters)

Hey people of the web! I am like so tired right now, but I'm forcing myself to update as much as I can before school begins in September. Summer just went by fast and somehow, I feel happy because I miss school. I had a three month vacation you know -.-

So last week, we went to LA (*ahem* Hollywood not Koreatown) by Metrolink and it was cool, I suppose. Though, I thought Hollywood would have that "dazzle" I was hoping for. I did take a picture by Britney Spears's star because she was the only one I know other than George Lopez and Godzilla; I'm not really into American movies that much. The whole thing pissed me off at the end since I got even more tan :( Hollywood was okay overall, but I'd rather visit the Grand Canyon though.

Speaking of which, I'm attempting to write a "horror" or "thriller" story, so bye-bye! Such a lame blog post today. I'm not in the mood right now. 3 more weeks till I officially turn 15!

EDIT: I read over my post again and it's pretty boring. I'll spice it up with this story idea of mine! So yeah I'm trying to write a horror or thriller (?) story, as mentioned from the above. I guess I'm trying to experiment with my capabilities, and since horror is not my genre, I thought I'd give it a try. Here's a preview:

The smell of blood filled the air.

*facepalm* Shisus, I've been so futile these days! So much for a preview... I don't even think that's a preview! It's already embarassing enough that I made Kris a psychotic murderer in this story. At least I made a poster below (and a legit looking one too). I tried to wipe out the unknown girl's face as much as possible so you could imagine the girl instead.

(Click here to enlarge)

30 Day Exo Challenge - Day 4

YOUR ULTIMATE BIAS FROM EXO

You don't know how long I've been waiting for this moment. Like, I'm already getting a heart attack just by searching for Kris's pictures *dead* Gwa Ai Di Wu Fan! (Not sure if I spelled that right).

       

Credits: asdfghjkriss

Sehun may not be my ultimate bias, but I would like to share you my sexehh dashboard.

Mind supporting me?

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After having mental conflicts with myself on whether I should go back writing for AFF, I decided that I should because my story blog feels too lonely. So yup, Erika here has comeback with a... trollfic! *throws confetti* I've got nothing good in mind anyway except for this war story I've planned months ago, which is still in the process of being posted.  -.- But yeah, click here to read.

Also, my AFF account is dead (it's not like I've been active or anything). So who wants to befriend me? Anyone? No. Okay. Click hur for awesomness! 

I won't be able to update tomorrow or be online... I think, because I'll be exercising and jogging around the whole city. I've gotten too fat you know from eating all that junk food. 

Something Random

If anyone cares then I'm sorry for spamming you readers with all this crap of mine. I try to make this blog as useful as I can, I really do. So I attempt to write as many writing tips and upload freebies, to which I hope you'll benefit from.

Right now, I'm currently working on Version 13 for this site, and I decided to try a drop down menu for the navigation. It took me the whole night+morning figuring that shiz out and also finding a good tutorial. It may not be perfect, but it works pretty legit to me.

Guess what! Our bunk bed came today and I'm so happy that I'm no longer sleeping on that dirty carpet. Please excuse me/my sister's room, we don't have anywhere to put our junk at for the moment. 

After so much arguments, I finally won back my spot at the bottom bunk, though it was originally planned that I was going to sleep there anyway. 

I remember taking this picture while I was inside the airplane (Emirates) leaving the Phils. heading to Dubai. 

That my friend is Asiana Airlines which is heading to Seoul... SEOUL! I'm so envious of those people in there T_T There was so much airplanes heading to Korea that night and I felt so empty. I was mentally screaming "take me with you" when those airplanes took off. But that all happened a month ago, so yeah~

Last thing I want to add to this very random post is... Gangnam Style! Oppa Gangnam Style that is...

Dang, there was so much hype about this video! This gave me a good laugh and it surprised me to see Hyuna in the video xD LOL I just had to reblog the "Exo Gangnam Style Version."

 

 

AFF Cliches: Gangsters

Disclaimer: Anything mentioned here is not targeted to anyone; these are just my presumptions. I'm not out here to offend anyone. You have been warned!

Feel free to correct me here, but I think 90% of the stories in AFF are about kingkas or gangsters (or are they the same thing?). It's comical how some of these authors portray them as "tough but caring" or "badass but secretly cute," when in reality a gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang, and gangs do illegal things in short.

Better yet, I think I should show you what one looks like. No racism intended, but that's the best picture I could find without all those "bad" things. Totally the opposite of what you see in some of these stories huh?

Speaking of which, why do they always use L.joe for these types of characters? It just baffles me because I really don't see him fit to be a gangster according to those variety shows I've watched. Why can't he be a doctor for once?! I think that'd be sexy hot and not cliche. Hehe, L.joe as a doctor. *wiggles eyebrows*

Do read this guys because it is hilarious.

Till next time! *creepy giggle*

Source: Wikipedia,

The Use of Konglish

Disclaimer: If you can't handle criticisms that well, then I suggest you shouldn't read this. Anything mentioned here is not targeted to anyone; these are just my presumptions.

One of the things that pisses me the most in AFF is when authors use Konglish... Extreme Konglish! As in to the point that you can't even understand what the fuck the characters are saying. I mean, it’s okay to use words such as unnie, oppa, or something light. But going too far and ending up like the one below is not acceptable.

"Annyeonghaseyo Sungjong oppa!"

"Neo babo ya!"

"Aniyo, I'm not a babo." 

"Neh you are, wae did you throw my homework away, noona?"

"Jeorang gyeoronae juseyo." 

No need for translations when I can't even understand that myself. 

Unless you are Korean or someone who had studied the Korean language, it's not advisable for you to use Konglish because for all we know, the words up there might mean something offensive or better yet, like this. Wouldn't you feel embarrassed when something like that happens?

Sources: Asianfanficsfail

30 Day Exo Challenge - Day 3

YOUR TOP OTP

Taoris! I'm not gonna get perverted here, but I wonder who dafuq did this photo?! Me and my sister even had arguments over it O.O 

 

Too Normal

I’m back with a new layout and you know what that means… it’s-probably-not-gonna-stay-there-for-long-like-all the-other-layouts-I-make. Still, I think this is the best that I’ve done so this might last for long… hopefully.

WARNING: Read this rant at your own risk!

I dunno I still have my suspicions over my new home. Not the apartment, but the whole city. Everything here is just so different: my new school is only one or two miles, there’s lots of Asians, everything is near, and there was even a [very] old Asian man walking home from Target (you don’t see that in Georgia everyday)! Call me weird, but I grew up in a place where there are predominantly black people, and trying to get to the nearest store requires you to drive. I’m not used to being around that many Asians, which is pretty bizarre since I'm one myself.  It’s too normal… and I kind of don’t like it. Maybe I haven’t gotten used to how things work around here. Even seeing the public bus stop by my new high school is making me spazz -.- I hope I didn’t offend anyone; I’m having a bit of a culture shock.

Oh and I was channel browsing and I found out my mom bought Mnet, some Chinese and Korean channels, and TFC :’D Thanks to that I can finally re-watch Be Careful With My Heart starring Richard Yap and Jodi Sta. Maria ^^ Another thing… I don’t know anyone here so I’m currently being a couch potato. Who wants to talk to me? Keke xD See ya who-knows-when!

Happy [late-ish] Birthday Yuto!!

EDIT: Just finished editing/adding more content to the pages and settings here. If anyone cares, my timezone moved from (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time to (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time, which is only a two hour difference. 

Woohoo! Holiday Inn!

I'm currently in El Paso, Texas right now and I'm loving it here... well, the hotel to be exact. It has free internet *creepy giggle* We're almost to LA and it's pretty cool how we got this far. Here are the states we passed by:

• Alabama
• Mississippi
• Louisiana
• Texas

That means we only have New Mexico and Arizona to drive by and then I can get my proper rest. Traveling through the desert can be a nuisance since the rest areas and gas stations are so far away -.- Worst thing is, our car may run out of gas. At least I saved LOTS of Exo pictures in my iPod just to keep myself entertained hehe.

Seems like I changed the layout again because some people are having problems with my cbox not refreshing correctly. Hopefully it'll work this time :D Currently watching the Olympics right now, go world! Well... bye-bye!