Attention: Emails in the last 24 hours?

Hi. If anybody here emailed me in the last 24 hours or had sent me a reply on LJ or anything that requires my attention, PLEASE RESEND. Cirtex has so very kindly lost all my email in the period past. Thank you.

::muttergrumble:: Time to crosspost all over the place and send emails to people I needed replies from.

Ahhhh they managed to retrieve all my emails, thank goodness!! ;~;

Chocolate chip mochi bread

Listening to: "My word ～約束～" - Konishi Katsuyuki



♥ They turned out really well! Not bread like, they deflate again, I really think the parmesan cheese plays a part in keeping the batter raised. Oh well. I LOVE THESE!!! I have some cocoa powder mixed in but not much so it's more like chocolate chip mochi bread than anything. I added some vanilla extract (okay fine, imitation) so it's yummmm. ♥

Alive Post-Lasik

Listening to: "You're in my heart" - Miyano Mamoru

I have a feeling I'll be looping this song for the next WEEK. Damn you Kaji ::shakes fist:: Yunoki owns me, not you!

Ahem anyway.

I had Lasik today at approximately 2:30pm. It was a relatively short procedure, except for the part that they were burning my eyes for nearly thirty seconds each. The scariest parts of the surgery? I mean, there's local anesthesia so it's not like I felt any pain, but at one point when they're slicing off the top of my eyeball, I felt pressure, wetness, and BLINDNESS all of a sudden. Yup. Everything blacked out, which probably frightened me most of all. The doctor talked me through most of it so it wasn't horrendously freaky, but brr. Then the actual lasering away my cornea didn't feel like anything except for the fact that, well, I COULD SMELL MY EYEBALL BEING BURNED AWAY. Goodness. The smell of burning... flesh or something... permeated my nose and since they burned me for so long, my mind started panicking. Thank God for Seki? LOL why? Because while I was freaking out internally, I kept repeating, "Seki, Seki, Seki" as a mantra. ::rolls:: Silly? Hey, it got me through surgery. XDDD

Post-op and everything went well, I could see my feet as I was getting off the chair as opposed to me waddling towards the lump of blue pre-op haha. Everything was super blurry and fuzzy, but I COULD SEE. I started wondering if this is how the blind men Jesus healed felt when the could see for the first time. Sight...! I hope everything goes well post-op, and then wow, vision. This is so unbelievably awesome. And I'll be able to wear colour contacts later on without prescription, yatta!

Did I mention they gave me a sleeping pill before all of this? My body felt so heavy especially after a giant meal at In&Out consisting of Double-Double, animal fries, and a chocolate shake and was flopping about whenever I sat down. XD So I slept aplenty afterwards, and trying to keep my eyes closed most of the time, doing my list of eyedrops regimen, all good!

By the way, excuse my typos. I'm typing most of this with my eyes closed and wearing rather dark sunglasses. 8D

Indulging in the Romantics

Listening to: “Nocturne in C Major” - Edvard Grieg (played by Michael Krücker)

Oh, I’m always in such bliss when I listen to some of my favourite composers’ pieces. The Romantic era draws such emotions from me, for better or for worse, and while sometimes the sadness, bitterness, and even grief that sweeps into me isn’t something I want, there are also times of tranquility, refuge, peace, tints of happiness, beauty, and the strange sensation of love. Not just the love of music, but feeling love just when listening to these pieces. Chopin, my favourite, makes me angst a little too much at times, his pieces so brilliant and filled with all sorts of emotion. Sigh. Unfortunately it isn’t in me to play like him and by no means am I that brilliant. Weep, but at least he existed and left behind such works of love! ::swoons::

I feel slightly bad that I’m babbling about Chopin while listening to Grieg.

Ahem ahem, Saa and Kimi, do bring flutes (and piccolo? :D :D :D :D) when you come?

Anyway, it’s a good day for contemplation and reflection. I slept on and off today because there’s no more work to go to for now. And here, I’m listening to and watching pianists beautifully unwrap the gifts of the Romantics, what a setting! And I finally replaced the batteries in my keyboard! There are things I need to take care of, like researching work visa, living permits, and such, but I can’t help but want to put them off until tomorrow!

Yesterday being my last day of work, I gave the guy who is to replace me a crash training course, and since I drove him out with me to eat lunch, I was pretty much talking for nine and a half hours straight to him. My throat hurt so badly by around 2pm? He looked overwhelmed, but I think he’ll do fine after a month of picking up everything. Or less, I hope. Maybe not, he seems more artistically inclined, which isn’t the bulk of my work. Ah well, it’s over. Talking for that long was stressful though, except that I went to Cynthia’s afterwards and talked until 12:30am. 8D So I was talking from 9am until 12:30am. I think that’s a record, even for me? Not sure. Haha. 8D My poor throat.

Okay, even though I love the different flavours of performers, I think I most enjoy Yundi Li at the moment. So delicate, so Chopin, and so intense and dark and emo sometimes! The only thing I’d change in him is for his intense moments be more POWERFUL, but he’s kinda frail… Can I meet this guy and like squish him? XD There’s just something in his style that triggers the fangirl chord in me. ::shameless:: How can I not love a guy who’s in love with Chopin?

In work, I’ve discovered that I tend to be a workaholic and worry about everything, which is good for whatever company I’m working for, but not really that good for keeping my sanity intact. While I like to work, having a break right now is good. I can’t do anything after my surgery unfortunately, so I might become a little antsy about not being able to do anything for a while ehehe.

Okay, all this beautiful music is putting me back to sleep. Off I go! Alvin is being a dear and treating me to lots of beef tonight, love him! *___*;;;; I’ll miss him, even if he’s dork of a cousin.