OP(old post)#2: Yule Log Cake/ Model Bridge

Another one of my old post, enjoy!

Aloha! (｡･ω･)ﾉﾞ

Have you ever heard of the Yule Log Cake? It is also know as Bûche de Noël（ ´∀｀）pronounced (BOOSH duh noh-EHL). It was created by a French pastry chef in late 18th century who came up with a great idea to replicate the yule log in the design of a cake. Yule log are used to carry out the tradition of celebrating Christmas and the winter solstice by burning the wooden log in the fireplace. It’s kind of similar to a roll cake, with it’s swirly shaped design.

My mom’s best friend, “auntie” bought a cake similar to the one below. I am so stupid, I was late to dinner and missed out on taking a picture on the cute yule log cake.（；￣д￣）Oh, well it’s okay I have some leftover of the cake ヽ(*⌒∇⌒*)ﾉ yay! The cake was certainly interesting, it was split into half: one part was chocolate and the other was green tea with sprinkles of azuki beans within the cream. Omg, I love both of them~ (´ ▽｀).。ｏ♡ For some reason, my family members and auntie said that the chocolate one taste really sweet? haha, am I the only who likes it? At first I couldn’t decide on which one to try first cuz I love drinking tea (●♡∀♡) ~ and I also love chocolate esp. dark chocolate ♡＾▽＾♡

The one my auntie bought was similar to this one~

Oho, so I ask my mom to give one to me randomly♪ So I got green tea XD Sorry for the crummy looking picture –I realized that my phone is terrrible at taking pictures (>人<)

It was actually pretty sweet of my auntie to buy this delicious yule log cake♬ Considering the fact that my dad is without a job, it made Christmas a bit cheerier Hopefully my dad’s body can take speed recovery and get back to work ^^ If he doesn’t, then I might have to get a part-time job to help out the family. It would be a new experience though it might not be fun of course since it is work. ┐(‘～`；)┌

here’s is one side of my bridge, another to go!

My workspace is messy as you can see.

Work in Progress (´(エ)｀ )

This bridge is for MESA if you don’t know what MESA is, it stands for Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement it’s a program that help disadvantage students learn more bout math and science in a fun way~ (^(I)^) Also it helps students who want to become engineer, mathematician, or scientist; just so you know it’s not something I want to do in the future. fufufu（⌒▽⌒）, I am just doing this for fun~

I once had a dream about becoming an architect–dreaming bout designing Gothic Architecture ｡◕‿◕｡

Now that I think about thoroughly, I am not sure if this is my passion 【・ヘ・?】I think all these drafting and blueprints of the design would drive me insane! My mom said if i made a building of some sort, I would probably be risking peoples’ lives. (；¬д¬) What the heck?!? Sighh..hard to find some one who has faith in me and actually do believes in me, no matter what happen. If the people you trust can’t, who can you?

Anywho, have you heard of The Calling? If you haven’t check this song out It’s called ‘Wherever You Will Go‘. This is old song but one of my old favorite~

So cutee <3

Gotta Sleep, Byee (。-ω-)ﾉ

Old Post-Christmas~

An old post from my other blog~ I was meaning to upload this for a long time, so here enjoy :)

Aren’t these cute? I just found them (^(エ)^)

Anywho, MERRY CHRISTMAS~ or if you don’t celebrate Christmas, then Happy Holiday! This Christmas seems a bit bland and boring, mundane I must say (´Ａ｀。) It isn’t the same without my idiotic older cousin (he went oversea in Britain to study), somehow there is a lack of spirit and togetherness with my guy cousins w/o him…ehhh it’s isn’t to say I actually miss him. It is more like there is an emptiness in my grandparent’s place. Then again I was always a loner, fufufu（　´∀｀） nothing new at all. Somehow without my older cousin, my younger guy cousins doesn’t wanna hang out with me ((´д｀)) What the heck?!? Those punks…well I only wanna hang out with them to play a card game of 13. ヽ（´ー｀）┌ Do you know how to play 13? It’s hecka fun~

This year I didn’t get to bake much, unless you count the times I cook in Cooking class. To be entirely honest, I absolutely loathe and detested that class (¬д¬。) The actual part where I get to cook is fun but the cleanliness of the place is disgusting (since I had it first period) dirty dishes in the sink, ants crawling around the kitchen station >.> Utterly filthy…I would never take that class ever again. Cooking was actually more of common sense and using your brain to follow directions; however it turns out some of my group members are terrrible at reading (¬､¬) Somehow we manage to pass the class for the quarters. Thank goodness for our final we can choose different groups ＼(^▽^＠)ノ I was able to relax and chill out for once

Hmm, what else can I say about myself? Truthfully, I am not a normal person..but then again no one is perfectly normal, right? My good friends or what they like to called themselves my best friends –called me a weirdo, actually scratch that, one of my good friend said that I was #1 on her creepy friend list. (゜´Д｀゜) What the…? Why do I deserved that when me and her know that one of other friends is way creepier than me. Screw that, hmm, I would describe myself as an eccentric, book lover (actually any book that’s interesting, also comics/mangas), sometime drama watcher, amateur artist, knitter/crocheter, a fan of anything cute/kawaii (´ ▽｀).。ｏ♡, music aficionado (｡’▽’｡)♡, tea lover and something other things as my hobbies. There is more things but I am sure I will blog more bout them.

New word that I learnt today Lissotrichous (li-SO-tri-kuhs): Adj. Having straight or smooth hair. Origin: It comes from Greek; “lissos” = smooth and “thrix” = hair. Some related words are cymotrichous (having wavy hair), trichotillomania (the compulsion to pull out one’s hair), and its end result atrichia (baldness).

What a big word right? Sure, is interesting (´･ω･`) I need to keep up on my vocabulary, so that my brain won’t die out from the lack of learning. Hmm, I would say that my hair type can be describe as lissotrichous since I am Asian, fufufu（　´∀｀） of course that’s isn’t true for all Asian though majority do have lissotrichous hair.

This is actually something that i wanted to test out on my computer, so please don’t mind it. hahah I learnt how to type the word fruit in korean. How cool~

열매 = fruit~

Thanks again for reading my first post, until next time ー( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

Look even more XD So cuteee~

Hello (●￣(ｴ)￣●)

How was your Christmas Day? :) If you don't celebrate Christmas, how's your holiday? I dunno somehow this year was pretty terrible and awful, it's not one of the worst year but hey it's somewhat live-able. All this stress from college applications and then the scholarships =.=|| I seriously don't want to do the scholarships even though tons of ppl have been telling me I should, but mann, I seriously hate writing essays (*≧m≦*) still it's free money ( ;Д;) wahh..there's goes free money.

Another reason why this year suck is cuz of all of those AP classes I have this year @.@||, mann I can feel myself getting drain from all the work I have to do this year. Not only I have to maintain my grades so I can get in a good uni ~ Did I tell I was in top 10 of class? fufufu, though I am rank 10 TT.TT cries* I hope I can keep it. I guess all those years of maintaining my grades and staying up late many many long night does pay off, hmm but it is worth that my body is tired and sore and weak? ehh..my mom said it's not worth it, it had done alot of damage to my health. Well, it's almost over I got couple more months and I'll be done~

This past summer, someone I admired had past away (´；д；`) For awhile, I was in shock about how this could have happen; but I realized thorough my tears.. I got to move on with my life, he won't be coming back. At least in the end, I have his music --I will forever cherish his songs. To tell the truth, the person I admired Isshi-san once said that "Death is the beginning of eternity.." so he is probably doing well in the afterlife--I am just sad that I never got to meet him, the person with such amazing voice that definitely touch my heart. Also this year, my dad lost his job :/ oyee even more pressure on to me to do well and get into a good uni. I think I might have to get a part time job soon. I hate growing up, so painful.. but sometime we just got to eh? hmm

On the bright news, kind of things I made a new blog --> http://ruriyuki.wordpress.com/ I find that wordpress is way easier~ So if you would please follow me ^^ I will follow back :) I think I might make Wordpress my main blog instead but occasionally I will update on this blog. Catchya later. ^.^
--R.

Nosy old geezers../love

fortunately their focus is on Uncle :D lolz, sorry Uncle it is better that the focus is on you rather than me XD. My grandma came over to my house today, she was talking bout how my Uncle isn't married yet and is worried about him whether he is going to be an old bachelor. Right now I think my Uncle is in his late 30s, I am kind of shock that he doesn't have a girlfriend right now. Most of my relatives keep pestering him about whether he is going to get marry and when and yada-yada. My relatives even try to help him set arrange-marriages and introduces their friends' unmarried daughters, still he try to avoid them through a loop. Which is why I think he moved to L.A. to get some peace and quiet from grandma and other pestering relatives. lol. He is living with my grandma's sister and her family where the old auntie try to introduce some nice girls to him but he blatantly said he has a girlfriend back home. What a lie! humm, it got my grandma agitated, she really wants grandkids. But then again, my dad was in his late 30s when he married my mom, their relationship has some rocky bumps but in the end they turned out okay.

My grandma was talking about how the lack of faith my Uncle has for love and marriage. He said he won't get married because he can't find the one and he doesn't want to marry some random lady and have the marriage fall apart with a divorce at hand. It is like he has no hope at all for love--that's so sad. How can he say that when he hasn't even been dating? Not to mention, he hasn't had a girlfriend for the past 3 years or more. Shocker. I am still young, (high school senior) and love can work if you just give it a chance and embrace it. If it doesn't work out, then it just means that you and that particular person are not meant to be together BUT it doesn't mean that you are destined to be lonely. It just means your special someone is out there in the big wide world, you just have to find that person. Kind of like treasure hunting, finding your upmost treasure, you can't expect it to be so easy if it was then everyone would find their special someone without going through such a tedious task of a thing called dating. Hopefully my Uncle will be able to find such a treasure :) there goes my theory about love~ hahah but seriously I don't really know anything bout love though o-o I never had a boyfriend nor fell in love, though i had crushes but once I seen their personality and personas-- it shattered my illusions of them. I read too much mangas/books watch dramas/movies, not all love is perfect sighh..which is why you give your best shot in trying to make it work. If I were Uncle, I would still give love a try, no matter, how many times it fails in the end love always work out in mysterious ways. heheh. But I am too young to be in relationship, too immature but one day when I am ready, I will be giving it my best shot and to woo him~ lol, woo is such an old-fashioned word, guess I am old.

New subject: Tumblr XD

I love my tumblr, it is soo much fun~ I swear I could be on it all day O.O scarryy. So many cute things and of course about my favorite bands~ jrock, visual kei *0* heheh and anything cool/interesting/funny etc. But seriously I need to focus on my schoolwork so I can actually graduate this year, lol, no I am not failing but I could be o-O if I am not too careful.

My tumblr: http://ruriyuki.tumblr.com/

If you follow me on my tumblr, I will definite follow you :D (as long you're not a creepo anything o-o) But then again, I might spam you alot but hey that's only when i have free time XD or maybe that when I am playing hooky not doing my homework TxT.

Until next time~

Frustration, Life?

11/7/11 Hello (*´；ェ；`*)
Sighh..today was just terrible (>_<) . Lol this is such an understatement （。＞。＜。）, I am so at lost in life and its meaning, not only that but also to my surroundings (◎_◎;) . Today, in cooking class, I got into an argument with this one girl (/□＼*)・゜. I hate having arguments, they always leave me in a bad mood for the rest of the day..but I swear she was blaming me when it is not my problem, and when I tried to help her nicely, she got all miffy and jerky with me (>.>) super pissed me off. I seriously want to get out my cooking class (┳◇┳), it is so mundane and dreary without any of my good friends, perhaps, I should have taken AP Bio..ehh, nahhh I don't really want any more stress for my senior year, I mean I still got college applications to do （x_x；）, holy mackerel sighh...plus i gotta manage my status.
By status I mean, I am in the top 10 of my senior class lolz, it is not that high I am only 10, at the bottom of the rung if I do poorly, I get kick off (TT.TT)I can't let that happen, I mean I don't really have cool officers status from school clubs eg president of Key Club etc. This is pretty much what I got left beside some other clubs that I am somewhat active in...I should have been more active in my school activities. Ahhh, I just hope I get into a good University/College. Wish me luck~
AP Art was better than I expected （*´▽｀*） though at times I get lonely ((´д｀)). Me and friend N. --we sit in an island far away from our other friends, when sometimes my friend N. has to leave art class because she has a tennis game, superrr saddd and lonely (´Ａ｀。)..well there is this one dude that sits diagonal from our group table, I am terrible at making new friends cuz I am superrrah shyy. But now, I think it gotten better? We communicate at least once in a while lolz though I think he likes to talk to N. better cuz she is more approachable I guess? loolz Right now I am doing watercolour on European pears that my teacher brought in from his backyard. Hopefully it can turn out nice ^_^
(｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ I love winter, however, I just hate going to school on such a cooold day and also if it rains （ ＴДＴ） makes it a doubly horrid day. I would love to watch the coldness from a window, sipping my nice hot tea and just relaxing with a good book/manga or just drawing (●´∀｀●) hahah What bout you?
~Oh yah, i upgrade this blog, do you like? hmm, I was thinking of changing the template again, it's a bit too girly for me? hahah, i got another post, i was meaning to upload but never got the chance so yah, expect it soon--if i am not forgetful :D Catcha later, gotta sleep (。-ω-)zzz

ModeS Giveaway Winner

20/11 (^-^*)/ｺﾝﾁｬ! (Hello!)

Wow, it has been so long since I have blogged, to tell you the truth I had been superr lazy on keeping it up when I had the free time to update it, mann, summer break was full of manga reading, occasion drama watching, tv watching, knitting/crochet/crafting, reading, some bbq parties/birthdays, relaxing and etc

（＾～＾） sighh..and of course summer homework (;¬_¬) only this year i had a lot, my own stupid self for signing up for so many Advance Placement classes (゜´Д｀゜) Oye, Senior year was supposed to be relaxing and fun, ohh wells, so far in my classes I met some interesting individuals lolz, i don't usually talk to guys cuz I am super shyy and I am usually with girls. Some guys that I thought were really smart turned to be eccentrics （゜◇゜） i am by eccentrics i mean kind of funky weird? ehh..they remind me of my guy cousins but not that much violent?nahh some of them get freaky when mad (o-o) I seriously don't want to be in the path of their rage.

Anywho, guess who won the ModeS Giveaway? I won Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ omigosh I can't believe I won ∑(O_O；), usually I'm not this lucky.

tenshi neko backpack~

modeS business card--so cute~

sorry for my crappy pictures

Although I am pretty sure that I didn't choose this one ( ・◇・)？ I thought I chose the froggy box and chopsticks, hm I guess not. It's so cute but I doubt I would be using this backpack for school, its too tiny to carry all my stuff. (‘A`) aiie, maybe I could give it my lil sister? hm..

On Sat. I had to take the ACT testing, I think I did terrible on it (/□＼*)・゜wahh.. but on friday was sure fun~ I didn't regret celebrating my friend Prudence's birthday, we ate at subway, and went to the Talent Show at my school, after attending afterschool's clubs. The cool part was the we got to surprise Prudence, boy was she shocked, I bet she thought we didn't do anything for her birthday cuz we surprise her very late after school （＾ω＾）but I forgot to give her the birthday present ( ；´Д｀) wahh I getting so forgetful lately (；￣Д￣） I must be getting old or something..

11-25-11

Anywho, I changed the skin of my blog, does it look better ? or did it just went worse? hmm, i think it looks better, the others were too girly for my own taste. How was your Thanksgiving? Mine was decent but I ate some raw meat and end up with some minor dire consequences >.> from eating my aunt's cooking...why oh why do i need to be so polite to my aunt's feelings? Maybe next year I won't have to eat her cooking :) since I would be in college teeheh. It was so mundane at my grandparent's place so manyy old folks and little kids, no one who is in same age group as me TT.TT I hate being too old or too young sighh..or maybe i am just an antisocial kind of a person hum..Did any of you guys went to Black Friday sales? I didn't go this year cuz I was too tired to wake up so early (mostly cuz last night I was busy watching this new korean drama XD), i'm not a morning person if you can't already tell. The new korean drama I am currently watching is called Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, I absolutely adore it, it is so refreshing and cute, and such a lightweight drama at times and yet it can be so serious o-o I should blog more, oyee, but I never seem to get the chance to, lolz I rather read someone's else blog :) hahah well, we'll see if I can actually do that hmm...

Bitterly cold morning/ Korean melona popsicle

It was so bitterly cold this morning (>w<) Okayy,it wasn't cold like Antarctica or Alaska but it is summertime on the west coast of america--you woulda think that the temperature would be warmer, right? But then again if the temperature did rise back up, then it gonna be dreadfully unbearable where it is known to heat stroke and heat waves (TT.TT)You can actually smell the blacktop cement and the sidewalk--> from walking ewww..right?
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Front Side of MELONA

Back Side of MELONA

Anywho, yesterday I tried some Korean Popsicle called MELONA, I had a Honeydew flavor~ It had a rectangular shape-I was surprise because it was my first time see a popsicle shaped like that--usually you would see a rounded tip popsicle..eh..maybe I am just one of those weirdos who don't know anything. My dad bought it at a Korean marketplace called Korean Plaza? It costs about $4.99 for 8 of those popsicles. So they are relatively 64cents per/each. But my sister said it was expensive--I thought it was kinda cheap..dunno? The Honeydew flavored popsicle I ate yesterday was delicious(*w*) Moreover it was veryy creamy and melony--it actually taste like honeydew o-o so I don't think it has artificial made flavoring, wooh~ It has a light green color--sorta like snow peas color ^o^ sigh..it was really yummy(x_x) It is a must try ~
Tada this is what it looks like~