Sandalwood & Chamomile

When it was my turn, I said, "I am thankful for my boyfriend.... whom I have yet to meet. Just like what Lolo said, I have faith that the Lord will give me His best at the right time." 

I followed the suggestion of my prankster uncle to make a joke out of the very thing my relatives like to poke fun at. It's quite fun to beat people to the punch. But judging from the surprised looks, belly laughs and conversations afterward, I learned something I should have already known. No one wants to be the last person to hear of something juicy. Note to self: future "bombshell announcements" should just serve as confirmation of rumors. It's funner that way in my family.

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How was your Thanksgiving?

Anyway, what have I been up to?

• A, K, F and I just saw The Drowsy Chaperone at the 5th Ave Theatre. Great fun. My cheeks hurt from laughing. Ahh, I love musicals. 
• Had Korean food after a long long long while. The four of us had dinner after the musical. Thank God for good food and good conversations.
• Went to Japan. Yippee! I can't wait to go on another trip.
• Toured Satchmo around Seattle. Toured Tokyo and Izu-shi with Satchmo and Alaska. Thanks, Ice.
• Joined NaNoWriMo. But I haven't been writing. :( Oh no, the month is almost over, and I'm very far away from 50,000 words.
• Tried Starbucks salt caramel hot chocolate. Yum. Good thing I no longer work near a Starbucks. Or else, I'd be chugging it the entire day.
• Been very lazy lately. Very behind in keeping up with correspondence. Truly sorry, and I'm working on it.
• Heard Lori Matsukawa speak at Japanese school. Took pictures with her too. 
• Started a little cross-stitching project. I have forgotten all the rules. :( Well, when I do get this finished, I'll move on to a slightly bigger project.
• In the process of keeping my Animal Crossing town perfect for 16 days. I'm working for a golden watering can. Also I'm wondering when I would be able to shoot down a golden slingshot.
• I'm missing certain someones. 
• Oh, yeah. I remember what unnie told me to blog about. Okay, I was in Japanese class taking a katakana (characters/writing for foreign words) quiz. I was trying to write spaghetti, but I forgot and could not remember the character for "ge"（ゲ）.  I asked the substitute sensei but my seatmate volunteered to show me. Two strokes in, I interrupted him because I realized that it should be the most familiar one to me: it's one of the two characters in my name (ゲール）! The whole class erupted in laughter. It was a bit embarrassing. But another classmate comforted me, "I forget characters in my name too."

Hi and love to my silent readers, even to the one doing "ctrl+F" for "boyfriend."