HAPPY 5th ANNIVERSARY to me. 5 years of Livejournal. I have no idea if I will continue to use this service but here's to the past 5 years. I've read great fics and friended great people and I hope that we can stay friends and that there continue to be great fics being posted here. Love you guys!

To my friend suresoundstudio 


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I hope you have a better day than the guy above.

My phone died on Thursday. Yes people my trusty Sony Ericsson K510a of two years died on Thursday which was awful since I was expecting a very important phone call in April. I've been frantically trying to have it fixed but to no avail.

Anyway in other news my brother and I shelled out a hefty sum to send our parents to an exclusive all inclusive Spa and Beach resort this weekend as Mummy's birthday is April 7th and my brother actually came up with the idea. I was so stunned that I put up half the money since I was pleased that he took such great initiative. Now that my phone is dead and I have to get a new one I am severely diminished in the money department but all of that pales in comparison to what I found out at 2.36 pm Friday April 3, 2009.

I have been selected to go........



That's Right!!!!!!



I was picked to go JAPAN!!!!!!

I applied to the JET programme and passed both stages!!!!! I'm in a state of shock! I told laurapetri yesterday and we had celebratory sushi!

There are still a few details to be hashed out including which prefecture I'll be placed but still... being one of the final selected persons is an honour.

My good God.

People after nearly 3 weeks of constant edge of your seat, worked to the bone drama, I'm happy to report that we are near to the finish line. I still have this week to get through but there are only four days in it and I'm pretty sure that it will be okay. I'm still saying my prayers though and I am keeping all my lucky charms next to me.

In other news this is indeed a year of trying new things. I have decided to not only work on loosing those last 30 pounds to bring myself down to my ideal weight, but I'm gonna have a great incentive to do so by next year! People I am playing MAS! next year with Island People and so is my brother. Here is my costume and boy oh boy I cannot wait. Plus it looks even better in person!

Band Name: Island People presents "Heaven on Earth"
Section: Touch

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Frontal Close-Up



Headdress Close-Up



Male Costume




My brother is very secure in his masculinity to play with me and one of the benefits is that most likely he's going to be the only male in a virtual sea of women. LOL I can't wait for February 23rd and 24th next year.The down payment has already been made and I'm certainly going to be daring. Weightloss programme here I come!!!

Saturday August 2nd 2008 was Club Anime City, and what a day it turned out to be. My parents spent the night with me so that they could carry us to the new venue for the show. I didn't sleep a wink 'cause my dad snores ridiculously loud and I have a one bedroom apartment. We were awakened at midnight for my brother to tell us that he just hit the family van and the tire broke off. It wasn't like the last call when he called to say he flipped the van so my parents didn't panic....but it was hard to go back to sleep after that call. When my alarm rang at 3 am I couldn't believe it. I got ready and laurapetri  called at 4.15 am to say that she had now woken up and was getting ready. I was supposed to pick her up at 4.30 am so that was why she called. Lol. wicked_liz     called around that same time to say the she couldn't make it as she was feeling nauseated and didn't think she should venture out. It was disappointing but dread understandable. Anyway I got down by laurapetri  at about 4.40am and she asked me to wait for a while while she finished getting ready. At about 5.am or so she came back to say that she couldn't find the tickets and asked if I wanted to help. Dread that was a no brainer and together we looked for about 25 - 30 mins. We finally found them after frantic searching and was able to head up the road to Ambassador Hotel. The comedy of errors continued as we made our way to St. James as we got lost (I still can't believe it) and circled around twice before we made it to St. James. I can just hear the Benny Hill music in the background, but I wasn't laughing then at all. I was panicky and annoyed that we got lost.  Then to make matters worse when we did reach we didn't go up the hill fast enough and I might have snapped a bit. To make matters even more worse we didn't need to panic as there wasn't a big crowd and we got good positions in the line. We didn't get to clear out the mall like last time but we did get some good stuff.

The playlist was ok not overly great as previous shows but watchable. The highlight of the day was the Naruto Shippudden movie where we swore there was going to be violence when the attendant took off the movie before the credits rolled. She had to put it back on and then she didn't put on the subtitles...oh god the cries of outrage were hilarious and I almost expected chairs to start flying. That made the movie the best part of the day.

We left after 5 pm and decided that we had enough time to go see The Dark Knight again and maybe even get some Sushi. We walked almost all the way back to  Port of Spain  as we were talking and re-hashing the day. We made it down, traveled to Movietowne bought our tickets for the late show and went for Sushi. The second viewing was just as good as the first and although we were exhausted after 11pm we were also happy. I dropped everyone back home and crawled into bed after 1 am on Sunday morning.

Final Verdict....An exhausting, frantic and yet exhilarating day!

Saturday February 2nd 2008 was wickedliz's birthday so laurapetri and I visited....As always when we get together there is laughter, misuse of teh internet and oogling of pretty Japanese people. We spent the day in various states of discussion, eating, discussion, squeeing, discussion, Gackt! Stalking/Watching, discussion, anime reviewing, discussion and the like. 

I love it when we aren't rushed and have lots of time to sit around and do what we love. We gave her a chinese screen and display chopsticks respectively and hopefully she will post pics of these so we can show them off...**BIG HINT**

We had to leave earlyish though as we both had other commitments in the night. laurapetri and I both made time for DVD hunts and icecream though which made us later than ever but we only ever see each other like this on occasion so it was okay.

I had to rush home to get some sleep in for a fete I was going to called INSOMIA. So named since it begins at midnight and continues on into the next day ending at noon. Alas I was so wired upon my return home that I couldn't sleep and after tossing and turning for 2 hrs I gave up and went online. My brother came by to pick me up after midnight since you never go for the start of these things and we spent 2 and a half hours in traffic. We finally arrived at the venue MOBS2 just before 3 am and boy oh boy talk about the sea of humanity. There were thousands of people there....a heavyish police presence as well and for once the eye candy was everywhere. I had a great time, my feet were killing me though since you have to stand up for  the entire thing. The best part of the event was the appearance of one of our most beloved performers Machel Monatno who came on stage at dawn, it was very cool as he came on just as the sun was rising and that hyped up the crowd to an almost transcendental state. He performed for close to 2 hrs and there was much dancing, chipping, moving, gyrating and screaming. It was great fun. We left before the end of the thing though 'cause we wanted to beat the traffic to get out and really after Machel, there was no one who I thought could compare.

The drive home was very quick and mostly smooth with a single exception as my brother can be a bit of an unhearing ass whenever I try to tell him that he drives too fast. I got home in one piece though, had doubles fro breakfast and after dropping me home he proceeded down south to his home. I went straight to bed and woke up after 4 pm. 

I caught a cold though as in the wee hours of the morning they decided to spray the crowd down with ice cold water and I got soaked damnit. Right now I have a sore throat and am spitting up phelgm. I hope that with the application of lots of over the counter drugs that I will feel better but only time will tell. To make matters worse my cycle made an appearance this morning at 3 am so yeah I'm sick, cranky , bloated and miserable. 

What a way to end an other wise great weekend. 

Well its still August 22nd in this part of the world and I'm marking an Anniversary of sorts here. 

1 year ago today I was put in charge of the desk I had previously assisted on. I'm still a temp employee but I've now officially been working full time for an entire year. Yay me! In other news we've been working non-stop for thelast month, weekends included so my boss said that we are to take this weekend off. I've taken these words to heart and I'm going home down south for the weekend. I need to get my back cracked and I feel like being pampered by my mom. I'm really going home to sleep though since I'm  exhausted.

Honestly August remains the worst part of the year for us and that will never change. I'm just glad that its nearly all  over. My desk is slowly clearing up and though I have a few things pending, I'm mostly caught up and its a really great feeling.

Have said no to the office trip as I do not want to go Tobago, but I wish I was going somewhere dread. Maybe I can still organise something.

Anyway Happy Anniversary to me.

Here's to hoping I graduate and get a better job.

Okay, so I had a horrible week for July 1st to 7th, partly my fault since I keep putting myself out there and getting burned but also the fault of those who failed to rise to the challenge of meeting my expectations. But that will change this week since I have determined just to focus on work and forget the people in the office beyond normal office conversations. Which is another way of saying that I intend to isolate myself more than I already do but hey...a friend suggested that removing oneself from what triggers bouts of depression is a step in self-healing so yeah I'm gonna follow that bit and just work quietly in my corner till August and then just leave.

Moderate cheer up since laurapetri , wicked_liz  and I,  managed to finally go to the new Japanese restaurant that opened in Trincity Mall by the name of Benihana. We had drinks, sake blends, great conversation, lots of laughter and nice food. Sadly though wicked_liz  came to the realization that she dislikes Sushi. She had a platter of Salmon, Yellowtail something and Shrimp but she couldn't eat it, which was disappointing since she had been looking forward to it...oh well.  But we will try again in Laughing Buddha okay Lis? So you still stand a good chance of getting good sushi.

I got a late invite to go to a Pride Party saturday night and though I wasn't really up for it I accepted, got dressed and went. Now the party itself was great, the music was well chosen and boosted my mood, the bar was stocked and the people seemed to be having a good time.....but around 3 am I got depressed all over again...why? 'cause as happens every year....I go alone, stay alone and leave alone......I generally feel like a loser and hence the depression.

On a plus note the eye candy was everywhere.......male, female, transgendered all were represented and it was great. 

Reached home about 3.45 am, washed off makeup, went to bed. Got up at 6.31 am to take off PC and went back to bed. Got up at 11:30 am, washed hair, had lunch and am currently online for the forseeable next coupla hours.

Have to go to work tomorrow  though *is sad*....but a girl has gotta make the money you know....

As everyone else has gotten inspired I too was bitten by the creative bug and here is the result.