One week left in the US

Hi this is Junko. We haven't updated this blog for such a long time... but right now I'm dying to write one about yesterday!




Well before that, I have a big news. I'm leaving for Japan in exactly one week. And I don't know when the next time I will see Arby. Hopefully this winter, if he can visit Japan! I'm going to try to pay a part of his ticket so it's fare for both of us. I'm really hoping that he'll make it... I've been longing for it since we started going out. I want to show him my home and treat him really good Tonkatsu, Yakiniku, and Ramen! And Yoshinoya!! The Yoshinoya in the US is....(^^;) So he needs to taste the real one, good stuff. 



So let's move on- Yesterday, Arby didn't have work so we drove an hour to go shooting! It was my first time touching a gun as far as I remember.


The total cost was a little less than $70.00 including:
-A rifle
-A pistol
-100 bullets for rifle (x2)
-50 bullets for pistol
-A paper target (x2)


We were given an hour to use one lane so Arby and I took turns to shoot. 

To make a long story short, I was scared as hell. The feeling of holding a pistol was like the feeling of cliff jumping, but worse. I had no idea that pistols would make such a loud noise! I had to close my eyes right when I pulled the trigger although I had no intension to do so. But the kick was not too bad. It didn't hurt my wrist or arm, so that was good. Overall, I felt comfortable learning from Arby who had a proper shooting training in Army. I had a great experience!



The fun day still continues after shooting...


Yes! BOBA time!


Arby and I have very different tastes for what we eat and drink. (Well, for almost everything..?) So it's not easy to find something that we both really enjoy drinking together, like BOBA! So we try to get BOBA whenever we can. Because it's not just a drink, at least for me, it's something we can share true joy and good time together! 

I love when Arby takes me out of town. There are many things I love about being in a car. Like sticking out my hand from the window and feeling the fresh air. I wouldn't open the window in Tokyo because there is no fresh air, but here in California, I don't smell the disgusting exhaust gas thanks to the smog check ^^ And the view... especially around the sunset time, I have to ask Arby to pull over for photo taking!

Another thing I love... is being baka (Japanese word for silly, stupid, idiot, etc.)!

This is Arby's car hanging accessory on my forehead ^^

He is one of the few people with whom I can act like a little kid and not being embarrassed. Because he does the same thing, and he is older than me. lol We both agree that it's ok to remain kids as long as we know how to behave professionally at work. ;) I've definitely learnt to live with less stress since I started having Arby in my life!

He also took me to his base for my first time. Unfortunately the store for military personnel (Tax free!) was closed, but it was nice to see his work place. And I got to see an air plane flying from the Air force base!

On our way home, we stopped by at an outlet mall to get something for my friends and family in Japan. I was hoping to get a good deal at L'occitane and I did! Plus we ran into our friends there! What a lucky day. It was great to see their faces :) 






And the story still goes on.... 


We welcomed our new friend to our home!

Her name is Cammy. It's named after Kame, a Japanese word for turtle. It's a small version of pillow pet. We've been wanting this for a while but never felt ready to pay $20. Then we found her at Walmart for $10 today. I was still debating whether I should get it or not so I left the store. Then we stopped by Walgreens before we went home. I got what I needed, went in to Arby's car, and.... she was there! Arby said Cammy walked into his shopping bag. So she is finally with us now :) 






Today was a long day especially for Arby. He did sooooooo much today for me plus his homework. I'm so thankful for him being such a loving and caring boyfriend. 




Aishiteruyo, darling <3

Cheap girl friend?

What do you do to make your girl friend happy?

A lot of girls, I mean A LOT of girls are looking for guys who can get them whatever they want. Bags, shoes, dresses, five star restaurants, suite rooms.....

But in my case, it's different.

Today, I had a conversation with my friend (a guy) about relationships. Actually it all started from a topic of what to get for a mother's day gift. (Happy Mother's Day!) And we ended up discussing about particularly what pleases girls.

He says, "I save up money and spend them all to get gifts for my girl friend or sister". He sounds like he is a really good guy. But his ex girl friend ended up leaving him after getting a diamond ring and a diamond necklace.... I don't blame him because that was his way of showing his love for her, spending all the money he had to please her.

But, from my perspective, that doesn't make him special. Any guy with some extra money can get the same gift for her. It didn't have to be HIM, that got her the ring and the necklace.

If you are a guy and if you want to tell her that you realllllly love her, and want to make her believe that you are the only one who realllllllly care about her, you would want to set your self apart from other guys.

And Arby is really good at doing that. 

Last year on my birthday, when we barely started going out, he grabbed my heart by throwing a surprise party.

When we got home after eating at a restaurant, I saw 20 guests formally dressed, my apartment so-cutely decorated (with my portrait pictures lol), my favorite ice cake made by his mother and him, and a huge poster filled with messages from my friends!

Did he ever have time to plan and prepare all this? He was a full time college student and had two jobs at that time. 

He MADE time for me because he wanted to show how much he could sacrifice his favorite game time (around 11pm-2am). (And that's just my assumption)

Getting a diamond ring is quick and easy, and you can easily hide it (for surprise) with no efforts. 

But going everywhere to get messages from my friends whom he hadn't even seen before and hide it from me at school was not an easy task and it took him days and days. I mean, just trying to get 20 people involved for the day and making sure everybody would follow his strict instruction can be pain in the a**.

So, it made me think...

"Arby is the only guy in this world who could do this for me". 

Just by imagining how much he thought about making my birthday special by putting so much efforts, thinking, and time (of course money too) for me proved his love.

Now, he successfully set him self apart from other guys. :)

It's just one of the things he does for me and there are countless times he made me impressed by his thoughtful gifts. 

I love his creativity and that's one of the reasons that I want to stick with him. 

So if you are a guy and having trouble keeping a girl with you, you might wanna try thinking out of the box to make your girl happy. If not, just make enough money so that no other guy can replace you ;) 

This Past Weekend

Well a lot of things happened this past weekend which was so fun and awesome. So much things to talk about and too lazy to type but here goes!

On Thursday I didn't really plan to do anything that day, but just stay at home or maybe just try to find something busy to do. Junko was going crazy that she wanted to go travel blah blah blah as usual so she wanted to plan to either go to Salton Sea or Desert Hot Springs. She basically gave two options to me. Either I go with her by car and we go to Salton Sea or she takes bus and goes to Desert Hot Springs. Seeing that I had to make my choice really soon I chose to take her to Salton Sea.

I told her my answer too late....

She already bought her all day bus pass for $3.00 at the bus. FAIL -.-" If only I told her earlier she wouldn't had wasted that money. That was a fail on my part... 

But I came to the rescue to pick her up from Camera West and she was ecstatic to see me. I love to she her smile and eyes light up when everything goes her way. lol fml.

So we drove to Salton Sea. It was pretty fun I was able to borrow my mom's DSLR and tried it out. I was surprised how well it captured pictures.

My Favorite One.

There were a couple rocks I saw that Junko was climbing and the rock to the left of her look like an old grandpa's face with a big nose and droopie eyes. Can you see it? I told Junko to turn her head that way so both the profile of the rock and her face can be shown.

At the end of the picture taking we walked back to the car and surprising enough when I saw Delilah parked to the side of the road I could not help, but take pictures of it. I went trigger happy and out of all the pictures I took, I fell in love with this one. It's no professional photo, but it does speak to me.

All in all, Last Thursday was a great day and it will be a great memory I will never forget for the end of the year 2010. Thanks darling for the great idea. New Years past. 2011!!! Yay. Lots of things to come this year, but I'll see what happens when it does.

Well yesterday was a fun day. Ruby decided to take me and dad out to go shooting at the shooting range. I was scared and excited as it was the first time I ever shot a gun. My heart was trembling when I thought of shooting the gun. Even when I held it in my hand it was pretty crazy. The thought of holding an object that can be use to decide the difference between life and death had so much pressure on me. So much responsibility goes into holding a gun. I respect any service man that holds and shoots a gun to protect our country and their loved ones. When I shot the gun I just pretended I was protecting darling.

Afterwards Pictures of our Targets

That's all I feel like typing now. Thanks....

Cars!-Arby

Hola! It's Arby.
In USA, I would always take cars so I always got exposed to the car culture here. When I first came to the car culture, I lived close to school, where I had to get car pooled to get there. And the only way that I could entertain myself when I was waiting for my ride was to watch the cars. Then I started to make my "ideal" life plan with my favorite cars.

In my 20s
Mitsubishi Lancer OZ Rally-black

or
Celica-black

In my 30's
Evolution IX MR SE-Black

In my 40's
Lexus IS-F-Black (Driving Lil Tokyo!!!! XD)

In my 50's
Nissan Skyline R34- black









But cars are not my first priority...(Junko is!) so I'd be happy if I can get just ONE of them in my life. Plus, if I stayed with Junko, I know we'd never agree with which car to get. And since her passion for cars is way lesser than mine, I'd probably just decide, hoping that, in exchange, she would let me make decisions in other areas (such as money and bedtime^^).

Cars!-Junko

Ciao! It's Junko.
In Japan, I would always take trains so I never really got exposed to the car culture there. When I first came to the states, I lived far from school, where I had to take two buses to get there. And the only way that I could entertain myself when I was waiting for the bus was to watch the cars. Then I started to make my "ideal" life plan with my favorite cars.

In my 20's
Slug bug beetle-Blue

or
Dutsun-orange

In my 30's
Mini cooper classic-Green

In my 40's
Jeep-white (Offroading!!!!! XD)

In my 50's
Jaguar- white





But cars are not my first priority...(Photography is!) so I'd be happy if I can get just ONE of them in my life. Plus, if I stayed with Arby, I know we'd never agree with which car to get. And since his passion for cars is way greater than mine, I'd probably just let him decide, hoping that, in exchange, he would let me make decisions in other areas (such as interior and family trips^^).

UNCHI PA PA!!!!

Thoughts of a guy with wannabe ADD

Yes, that is the face of a lost and confused soul. Not being able to have a complete thought for no more than thirty seconds due to different influences that cuts the mind of oneself to a measly thirty seconds. Thank you big corporations advertising their products for only a mere thirty seconds through radio and television and the internet for the vast array of distractions and the ability to multi-task.

Thoughts of today...

What did I do this morning? 

I can't even recall what happened earlier actually... My mind can't think so far until I focus for a good minute or so.

Anyways I just remember eating leftovers from Christmas Dinner and going to Church. Yay.....

>.>...

I did eat at Chipotle's today. It was pretty awesome yet since I'm so picky with my foods my serving was naturally smaller than the rest of the family (I wish I had as much food as them -.-").

I had work later that day and for once I finally realized that my time there is almost done. I work at a mom and pop yogurt shop called Bahama Mama's Frozen Yogurt for little more than a year. 

A place that I spent a good 1/3 of this year at. Finally my final day has come. Four more days including this night was all I had left.  

my thoughts....

I remember I always complained about working there and how much I hated working there, but after much thought tonight. I realized that I actually was going to miss working there. I completely forgot where I had came from when I got that job some time ago. Many things passed since my first day working there. I got a girlfriend that I am so thankful to have, was able to maintain two jobs while being a full time student, was able to graduate and receive my associate's degree, met so many people, and so on and so on. I don't want to think so far back since I'm tired. I just know I'll miss the place and I appreciated this job picking me up when I was down. Thank you for that...

I wish to say more things, but I'm totally over this post now. Later days...