shooting star

before i start talking about whatever, look at this cute blue duckie i found in the dryer earlier this week! isn't he cute? i think it might be one of my sister's many trinkets, but i'm keeping it now!

anyways, now onto actual blogging...

this week, i watched SO many old mvs and music stages. i even watched a few of those public dance perfomances (still wanna see one irl sooo badly). snsd, apink, 9muses, kara, miss a, girls' day.... even rainbow ended up in the mix somehow. idk what came over me but i just could not. stop. watching. the music. on top of that, i watched a bunch of f5ve dance practice videos. the girls are so synchronized, and it's so incredibly satisfying to watch them dance. i'm so grateful to have been blessed with two eyes to see them.

also, the dance practice video for i choose you was literally filmed on an ipod!!! not to be a total nostalgia freak, but it honestly reminded me of old k-pop dance practice videos. remember how they used to be super low quality with no camera movement, and you could hear shoes squeaking and hitting the floor? i miss that. you can watch the video here if you want. just thought i'd share~

i've also got some unfortunate news. my grandma lost her dog, clifford, yesterday. it's been very hard on our family, but especially my grandma. he was such a sweet dog, and he was supposed to live so much longer. he really was her little buddy, following her everywhere :( my grandma has had several dogs, and i've never seen her without a dog in my entire life. now she says she will not have any more dogs, and that's understandable. i just hope she will feel better soon. my mom says that while she was outside with kali a short while ago, she was looking up at the stars saying how she missed clifford and loved him so much. and right then, she saw a shooting star. (i'm getting teary-eyed now just thinking about it.. i miss him too. TT)

ah, well. besides all of that, i'm really happy that i have my good friends here. i get the best feelings when i talk with you guys! you're all so lovely and i'm so grateful to know you, seriously. ♡ i hope you all have a great weekend, and i can't wait to talk with you soon. see you then~

random, but does rock u by kara make anyone else wanna cry???

- nara ❤︎

yay

today was quite a day!

first, i spent all morning working on a rough draft of a formal report for my business communication class. it's due tomorrow night at 11:59, so i've been working to finish it since thursday evening. i know i should have started on it way sooner, but i didn't and now i'm suffering the consequences. lesson learned, lol.

next, i took down my hair! i'm getting it straightened on tuesday, and i'm quite excited to have a new hairstyle. i wonder how much it's grown.

also, i finally started coffee prince and eunchan is such a cutieeee ♡ she's so whimsical, fun, reliable, and hardworking. and hangyul is... well, he's quite a character. i like the two of them together tho, what a cool duo. 

i really need hansung and yoojoo to get their situation together too... they looked so cute together in the past and i need more on their story. guys can we reconcile, maybe...?

i folded my laundry while watching the second episode, and when it was over, i was planning to watch the third but i only got two free episodes on kocowa. so unfortunately, i had to fold the rest of my laundry in silence. i think i can watch the rest on amazon prime tho!! i'll see~

before i go, i wanted to let you know that i've made cookies. here's one for you! 🍪

so, how has your weekend been so far? have you done anything interesting?

i think i'll go do some coding now, or maybe go to sleep.. but anyways, i hope to talk with you guys very soon, byebye~!!

- nara ❤︎

outside influence

ughh i can't stand being out in my backyard!!! these carpenter bees are terrifying.

for context, my backyard has a pergola (i had to look it up bc i forgot what they were called) and carpenter bees like to hover around it so they can chew holes in the wood and nest there.

if you have ever seen carpenter bees before, they are huge and noisy. people say they're harmless and just curious creatures, but that NEVER mattered to me. a bee is a bee, so i stay away from them as much as possible, even if it means running around my backyard like a maniac.

today my dad texted and asked me to turn off the hose at a specific time, right? so i set an alarm and went outside at that time, only to be met with not one, but TWO bees. one is near the door, while the other is near the faucet... which is where i need to get to so i can turn off the hose.

lucy and kali came out with me, and at first, i was glad lucy came bc she's the best bee killer i know! i've seen her jump up, grab the bees in her mouth, and then spit them out before. but this time she wasn't doing her job. every time i would run away from the bees, she would jump up and bite ME 😭 like??? i am not playing with you!!!!

in a short time, it became very chaotic out there.

every time the bee near the faucet flew away for a second, i ran up to the faucet to try to screw it off before he came back. at one point, i was over by the faucet and the bee came back and we were staring at each other. i literally pleaded for the bee not to come any closer while i unknowingly turned the handle the WRONG WAY. tbf, you can't really think straight when you're scared...

i sprayed the water towards the bee a few times, and he darted upwards, but he just wouldn't leave. the dogs kept trying to play in the water and drink it, and i was getting so frustrated.

after getting my clothes wet, soaking the pavement, and almost tripping over my dogs as i attempted to escape the bees, i eventually managed to shut off the hose. i wanna say it took me about ten minutes. but i did it!!

so yeah... that was my outside experience today.

on another note, i was looking through my blogs earlier and saw i had more comments than i remembered on my reminisce blog. i opened it and saw i had gotten two comments from some anonymous account.

obviously i have no clue who it is, and i'm very confused. like, what's with all the emojis and hearts? although, it's probably just someone from spacehey who clicked on my blogspot link.

but!!! i also feel like it could be my last partner or one of his friend's messing with me. i know he liked to troll people, especially people he wasn't very fond of. so what if this is all some joke? at the same time tho.. that'd be pretty childish. no one should care that much about me to do that, especially after all these months.

i don't know u guys... kinda concerned rn.

if they respond to me saying who they are, then that would be much appreciated bc this is NOT secret share. tell me who you are.

talk soon my friends, i love you both!!

- nara ❤︎