I DON'T KNOW WHY IT TAKES ME SO LONG TO POST PICTURES

anyway, if anyone's interested, here's my two week late photo dump. i actually cut down the number/size from facebook, so if you want to see all of them there's more there. it's still RIDICULOUSLY IMAGE HEAVY, though, so be warned.

( picspam, REALLY IMAGE HEAVY )

went to visit chong qing for a couple days. my grandparents are originally from there, so there was a lot of MEETING DISTANT RELATIVES which gets really awkward since i'm not so good with chinese etiquette/hospitality, not to mention i don't speak chinese. the result: lots of leftover food on the table because they HAVE to bring us something to eat even if we say we're not hungry (and if they see the grapes haven't been touched, that's their cue to bring out watermelon), lots of standing around awkwardly because my mom told me not to let them carry our bags for us but they won't let go of my backpack even though i'm ALREADY WEARING IT, lots of TACKLING EACH OTHER to decide who'll pay the check (and then sneaking away to secretly pay it when the other person thinks they've won), and other interesting... things...

i think i'm too used to hong kong and the EXTREME AIR CONDITIONING everywhere. i'm not too great with heat in general so i just kind of died in china since nobody likes acs. i guess i should look forward to japan -- apparently there are over sixty people DEAD from the heat wave.

so we were walking around and my dad was like "oh that restaurant over there serves bunnies" and i'm like "lol i want to try eating bunnies" so for lunch yesterday we ordered bunnies. if you don't know, in some chinese restaurants, if you order fish they'll bring the live fish over before they kill it so you can check if it's fresh and healthy and the right size and stuff. so we're sitting there and the chef brings over a LIVE BUNNY and asks what we think of it and she's holding the BUNNY by the ears and it's a BUNNY and it looks at us with SAD BUNNY EYES and my parents freak out and we cancel the order. later we buy some bunny jerky from a street vendor. (i actually still want to try fresh bunny but i think my mom was too traumatized)

ANYWAY back in hong kong and the usual bla bla bla i should post more bla bla bla. i think i'm just not in the habit. i have too many things to say, they just flash through my mind so quickly and i can only catch like one or two to pin down and write about. going to japan in a few days, looking forward to seeing reo again.

everything is good in hong kong. my brother says if you take something good in new york and multiply the goodness by ten, that's what you get in hong kong. everything smells good, too. like -- even if you go outside and smell all the smoke and gasoline and crap, it still smells GOOD because it's HONG KONG. i'm not biased.

rained a lot yesterday and apparently there's a typhoon warning level three out, though, so we'll probably just be mall-hopping until things calm down enough to walk around (which i'm also totally fine with because it's hong kong). inception comes out here on the 29th so i might see it before i go hahaha.

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STAYING UP ALL NIGHT TO FIGHT JETLAG, YEAH (and also to pack since i haven't started yet;;;)

LEAVING AMERICA IN ABOUT EIGHT HOURS

i'll be in hong kong, china (I FORGOT WHERE, SOMEWHERE IN MAINLAND), and japan (sapporo and tokyo), so if you're around or if you want me to get you something awesome just let me know!

I HAD TO GO BACK AND FIX THE SPELLING ON THIS ENTRY LIKE FIVE TIMES i am really tired. i'd been planning on staying up all night since i hadn't packed yet and had some other things i wanted to finish but then there was the park event (apparently >700 kids came, wow) and i walked like twenty blocks to ketsune's house in HEAT WARNING WEATHER and then we went to flushing and walked around some more and ate noodles and did purikura so i don't have much energy left sob

1ST SEMESTER:
01 - astronomy, B4 (collins)
02 - writing for college, A9 (earle)
03 - AP calculus AB, C1 (walsh)
04 - AP psych, A1 (smith)
05 - AP art, art room (maclaughlin)
06 - lunch
07 - law & gov't, E4 (schuchat)
08 - PE 246, gym (connolly)

2ND SEMESTER:
01 - PE 246, gym (connolly)
02 - creative writing, A14 (karpf)
03 - AP calculus AB, C1 (walsh)
04 - AP psych, A1 (smith)
05 - AP art, art room (maclaughlin)
06 - lunch
07 - history of nyc, A4 (brandon)
08 - intro to music tech, D1 (nelson)

PE 1ST AND 8TH 246 = FREE PERIOD 1ST AND 8TH 135 YEAHHHHH /sleeps in

I LOVE HONG KONG

ffffffff saw some khr keychains for sale today --
tsuna: $30 (about $4 us)
dera: $30
moto: $30
hibari: $30
lambo: $30
mukuro: $30
ryohei: $5..........

byakuran in cantonese = bak lan hahahahaha

come join pkmnljtcg!

also, just letting you know that i'll be in taiwan/hong kong for the next few weeks (until the 6th). leaving in a few minutes actually ffffff. i should have internet access there, but i'll probably be out most of the time, anyway. if you're also there/want me to get you something/think i'm totally awesome, just let me know!