ART CLASS

I'm taking random classes to fill up my units this semester...
One is Stress Management & other one is Art for Elementary School Teachers.
Stress Management class is giving me a little stress.... which is kind of funny.
On other hand, Art class is fun.
I never took any art class before....
After elementary school, I stop doing all the arts & craft activities...
But I love art.
Time flies when I'm doing art. I forget about time.
and I like that.
I just do art.
and it's relaxing.

FISH.... I know it's random, but we had to find a picture from Natural Geographic magazines.
and I was hungry during class... so I chose this yummy looking fish.
We had to draw a picture up side down, I thought I was doing horrible...
until I flipped it over at the end, and it turned out pretty good than I thought. :D
I guess the whole "up side down" was good.

This is a paper cut out thingy.
I had to cut out a picture from a square.
I love owl so I cut an owl...
but the moon was hard... simple circle.... was super hard.
I didn't have any circular thing to trace.
and the tree on the left turned out funky. :D


just faces. girl faces. they're sisters.
so I named this, "sisters" .
people in my class said it was "scary".
so decided not to turn this in.
People liked the cute owl more. :]


It's been foggy & misty during the night in San Diego.
I took this photo with "under the water" setting... and it turned out like this. :]
I like misty night.
It's mysterious. fantasy-like.
and mist is good for skin. =] I like that<3


Fall is coming soon (in San Diego, it's still summer. Hot & bright).
I can't wait for winter.
I can't wait to wear winter clothes.
I can't wait to smell the scent of winter.
The scent for fall is.... cinnamon, apple, and pumpkin.
The scent for winter is.... mint, chocolate, pine, & powdery snow... which is hard to explain.
Scent for spring is... lavender, sakura, & fresh air.
Scent for summer is.... whatever.

 =]

School started and I'm pretty upset.
The budget cut is affecting my education.... a lot this semester.
Couldn't get into a lot of major classes.
I thought that I won't be graduating on time so I was super depressed/stressed at school....
but I guess I'll be fine according to my major advisor! =D that made me feel better.
I mean... even if I graduate on time.... it'll be hard to get a job anyways.
Might as well enjoy my college life~. I guess! =]

I've been working out a lot these days.
I want to go on a diet, but a healthy one.
But more than diet, I'm working out so that I can be healthier.
I have too much health problems and I don't like it.
It makes me feel weak, and it makes people around me worry. Not good not good.
So I'm going to exercise! =]
Lately, I'm exercising by jump roping & fast walking with dumbbells.
I try walking around campus more too.

So yeah, after I exercise, I take shower.... but it's so much better if I take a bath.
I can massage my muscles and relax my body. =] I love bath!
I wish I had a big big big Japanese style bath tub<3 Maybe in future. =D

I got this from Japan. =] one of the best I ever tried.

The water turns pink<3 It smells like ROSE<3 I'll give this one an A+. I loved it. XD

After taking a bath, I make maccha<3 It makes me feel peaceful. =]




I saw a beautiful cloud the other day.

I was driving... but I needed to take a picture of this cloud so I stopped! It's so beautiful.

It got even more prettier later. The cloud turned orange by the sunset<3

             21st Birthday...
                                    

Me, Mom, & Moe.... (3 year old birthday)  Moe and Me.... (21 year old birthday)

March 3 was me and my sister's birthday... we turned 21.
"21"... I suddenly feel so old... I can't be a kid anymore....

My birthday was very peaceful...
I spent the whole day with my sister.
I took her to my school, went to eat at a restaurant afterwards,
went to Convoy and shop for books, went to Cafe Bassam in downtown,
and shopped around downtown... :] very peaceful.
Dinner, I spent it with my dad, mom, and sister.
No drinking at all. I mean, I have my whole life to drink right? No need for rush. :]

Well, I'm full of appreciation....
When my dad & mom was singing "Happy Birthday" for me and Moe,
I felt like crying... Looking at my parents...
I'm so happy to be their daughther...
Dad, Mom.... even though I'm becoming an adult... I want to stay as your child forever.

Becoming an adult for me is a mixture of feelings.
I feel happy but I feel sad at the same time...
My childhood is becoming further and further away...
I miss when my brothers, sister, Mash, lived all together...
Now, I'm the last child to leave home...
I don't want to leave my parents...
I really don't want to.
I need to give them full appreciation before I leave home.
I love them so much.... my parents becomes older as I get older...
Thank you so much otousan, okaasan...
"thank you" is not enough to explain my feelings toward my parents...
it's so much, so much more than that.

On the night of my birthday... I was looking through my old diary...
I noticed I wrote a lot of letters/messages toward my future self....
When I was in middle school, I wrote about how I would be in high school...
In high school, I was emotional and I had a lot of problems that I couldn't tell anyone...
and I wondered... if someday, I'll be able to smile about my problems that I had.
I wish I can meet my high school self... my teenage self.
I want to tell her.... everything will be alright...
I really needed those words...
But then again, I grew up stronger from those emotional problems.
I'm sure, there's no way growing up avoiding sadness.
But that's why, my past memories support me as I get older...


(all my diaries that I wrote since middle school to now)....:]

Tonight, I'm going to write my future self a letter.
I also want to write a letter to my future child.
When my child turns 21, he/she can read my letter that I wrote when I was 21.
It sounds funny but I would love to read a letter from my 21 year old mom/dad. :]

Anyways, thank you so much for those of you who greeted my birthday...
My birthday is a day where I appreciate each person that are precious to me.
Without you, "I" wouldn't be here.
Thank you.

*Hana Kotoba*

Hana kotoba is language of flower.
Basically, flowers have their own messages that symbolizes them.

=] I like getting flowers and giving flowers...
I also like putting flowers in my room.
So it is important for me to know the language of flower.

Did you know that we all have our birthday flowers?
For me & Moe, we were born on March 3 so it's a peach flower!
It almost look like a cherry blossom but it's different. =]
In Japanese, Peach Flower is called Momo.
My mom first tried to name me and moe, SAKURA and MOMOKO.
But since my brothers' names were Yu and Sho, she thought that
it would be weird if it's Yu, Sho, Sakura, and Momoko. It's hard to say.
So she made it to SAKI and MOE instead.
I like my name but I liked Sakura too... 
But Momoko sounds weird in America... 

        

My favorite flower is called "higanbana" in english, "Lycoris".
I like this flower because it looks beautiful, strong, yet a little sad.
It also came in a Japanese folktale called "gongitsune".
I didn't know the language of Higanbana so I looked it up before and
it means  "Sad memory" "I think of you" "I'll be waiting to see you".
Now I know why I see a lot of Higanbana at the grave yard in Japan.
Even though it has a sad meaning, I still love Higanbana. =]

         

Next, in my room I have sun flowers up on my wall.
The language of sun flower is also very touching.
The message is "I'll be looking at you only" "You are wonderful"
"I'm looking up to you" "passion" and etc...
I once heard that sun flowers all bloom at the same direction where the
sun rises... so if you noticed, all the sun flowers usually face the
same direction... so when you give sun flowers to someone,
it means that you look up to that person, you'll always be looking at him/her.

             

Lastly, I have Tulip up on my wall too...
The language of tulip is... love, but it depends on the color of the tulip.
Red - confession of love
White - new love, rejected love
Yellow - honesty, unrequited love
Purple - forever love
Green - beautiful eyes

         

The language of flower is usually different in every culture.
The one I wrote is Japanese language of flower. =]
I think any flower is beautiful so even though some have sad meanings,
it's still beautiful. I just think knowing language of flower is interesting! =D