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Ayup. Back in fifth grade^[1], I never liked the Backstreet Boys or NSYNC, or boybands in general, with the exception of crack-funny LFO songs.

Now that I finally have time to churn, my sister'd^[2] introduced me to Japanese pop culture and TV dramas, and as you can see from a coupla entries down, I've been successfully inducted into Japanese boyband fandom as well. :D

Being the schizophrenic audiophile that I am, I'm no stranger to foreign que-pasa-anu-daw music^[3]. I can even name a handful of favourite Japanese bands.. but because of my aversion to the "western boyband pop" genre, I passed on these bands for so long, and now I've realized how much I've missed out. :D (same way when I found out that DAYUM! I like Justin Timberlake's music! :D Fackarr, I like Justin Timberlake too!) Haha! Because of this hallelujah chance, I now like KAT-TUN and NEWS!♥ And because they're not actually just bands, but are idol groups, there's a plethora of media they pop up in. They sing, dance, act, do concerts, release DVDs, appear on dramas and TV shows, record radio shows, and go on and on. Keeping up with it is a hoot. :D

I fangirl this smart boy on this radio show and the sexy birthday boy below. ♥

( SHIGET TOGETHER! )
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..aaand, HAPPY 22nd BIRTHDAY HOTNESS!♥

(by hamstaball)
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_{[1] what did I like, then? The Spice Girls. :D I even bid for a Manila leg when they went on World Tour! We must've lacked votes that time, but LET'S GO, MANILA! LET'S VOTE TO HAVE MANILA ON MONOPOLY NEXT! :D
[2] I love how that sounds like "turd." Hahaha~ I love you Beebee!
[3] I jump from my usual indie and alt rock, to house and chillout, to Korean hip-hop, Finnish metal, French R&B, J-Rock, and Icelandic. This OMI thing on last.fm says my charts score a 153 on their scale. >.< It's all confusing.}

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When I moved out, I lived on instant noodles, desserts, and happy meals (I'm missing one MLP dolly D:), but the typical Asian in me has to concede that a meal isn't really a meal without rice, so I made it a point to have a proper meal at least once a day (When we're not going Thai, or fast-food hopping, I alternate between Zaifu-, Sumo Sam-, and Tokyo Tokyo-gyudon. It drives my friend Mippy nuts. :D).

   

I'm still unqualified to wear a Kiss the Cook apron since the most I can do is boil stuff in a pot or fry something with a lid for a shield and garbed in unnecessary protective gear, but I can cook rice--and it's good. :D I know the difference probably lies on the kind of rice grains I started out with, but I'd like to fool myself into thinking that it's talent. :DD

Rice is such an important part of our lives that the Filipino term for "eat" is derived from it--kain or kanin. (That might be a problematic chicken-and-egg hypothesis, but you see the point.) It's so important, that we have countless one-word nouns for it. Say, for example... If it's cooked rice, it's kanin. If they're uncooked rice grains, it's bigas. If it's the rice plant itself, it's palay.

( Kapag ang palay naging bigas, may bumayo. )

Well, HAPPY NEW YEAR! I wish everyone gets to eat tikoy (年糕) and receive angpow (利是)! I'm born in the year of the tiger. Seems like this'd be a year of good grades for me. Heh heh. I hope that's true, but in any case, I promise to do my best! Hope the year of the rat is favourable to you too! :)

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I'm a corrected lefty.
I was left-handed up til Kindergarten.
It's all good, but I can't hold things the right way. (Whee! Pun!) The results of my clumsy Kindergarten attempts at "correction" stuck, and until now my attempts at "normalizing" end with a scoff and the conclusion that my old way works better for me. I can never get the hang of the “standard” technique.

The way I use a pair of scissors is made fun of, no matter how many times I insist that doing it like I do it is easier. (Try it!) Holding it with my thumb at the bottom and my index finger on the top apparently makes me look like I have murderous intent. My elder sister says it's scary how the blades are "coming at her", but don't scissors always "come at you" either way? :D

   

   

In 2nd Grade, I remember sitting next to this boy who would triumphantly mutter, "Finished!" to himself after copying notes from the blackboard, lightly pat the recently-filled notebook leaf, and examine the calloused side of his middle finger where he lodges his pencil. He sometimes even offered to let me feel it for myself--which I did at one point. I remember genuinely saying "Wow!" and letting him be smug about it because that thickened layer was like the star- and happy face-stamps you earn in Kindergarten.

( You can’t get calloused friction ridges on your fingertips, can you? )

Using computer mice and tapping in mobile phone keypads I do the "normal" way, since I was pretty much right-handed when the technology came in.

Why my parents and my pre-school teachers forced me to make the change, I'm not quite sure. I wasn't even aware that it was taboo to be a lefty until recently. Maybe they believed in those. Maybe I really was right-handed all along. Those're all in the genes right?

In a relaxed hand clasp, my left thumb always overlaps the right, (Idk which my leading eye is, though) and I still wear my watch on my right wrist out of habit. ;)

PS. My sky blue pen with the Pomeranian sticker is pure money, innit?

From iamchunky, Bee-bee and Ninami.

* Each blogger must post these rules first.
* Each blogger starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
* Bloggers that are tagged need to write on their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
* At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
* Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog.

Gah. I've been tagged to do this half a year ago, but now that I'm actually doing it, I realized that 8 one-liners wouldn't be enough for the bizarro, so I'm writing an entry for each, tagged as eight, and linked back here. Whee!

8// I was left-handed up until Kindergarten.
7// I wish I'm still here on the day we get to live in Neptune.

6// I guess everyone already knows of my love affair with the microwave oven and everything just-add-water, but I can cook super~yummy~rice♥ and eating it would make you cry Mama.
5// My sleep patterns frustrate the Sandman (and makes him cry Mama).

4// During the Great Boyband Era, I was never a Backstreet Boys nor an N'SYNC fan.
3// I'm pretty sure of what I want my profession to be, but back in college, I minored in my major and majored in extra-curriculars.

2// My sisters and I share the talent of manic-tapping Tekken moves.
1// I like High-Fidelity-esque lists‼

I'm doing this pretty late, but maybe 1strateversion, jargregorio, wudstock_k2k3, celestialsiomai, pizzicatolab, loveindisaster, neuromantica, & rockztarwannabe have yet to do it as well? :D