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nar-nia · 7 months

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hi!

wow.

omg, its been so long since i spoke to you but a lot of happened in my life kinda (as well as yours from what i saw)

first of all, CONGRATULATIONS on finishing uni!!!!!!! im proud and happy for u!!! u worked hard and it paid off!! and wow, bakery?? that sounds so amazing!!!! like straight up bakery/coffee shops au!!! must be super fun and probably always smells rly good there!! i hope ure having tons of fun!!! and that ure eating lots of cake duh

for me, idk if u remember but i passed that oral exam!!! i did it in the beginning of september!! and i felt relieved and euphoric about it! and now the new semester (so my second year ) starts soon and…… i feel so anxious about going back, talking to people, all the stress and constant anxiety, and the fact that im still questioning whether this was the right thing to study and the lingering feeling that all my friends have it figured out already with the life and im kinda stuck. like when its right u know? but idk ??

but on a more positive note? my summer was rly great overall so i hope urs was too!!!! im no longer a teenager tho 20 hits hard - especially after olivia rodrigos new album lmaoo

hee has purple hair now and he looks soooooo good!! ALSO i read jakes and jays fics u posted and they were so nice, omg like??? :((( like made me realize how much i missed ur blog and u!!!!!!!!!!!

i love you, wishing u all the best always!!!!!!!!!!

-beloved anon wow it feels good to write it again!! <333

OMG HELLOOOO 🥺🥺🥺 it's been so long, i missed you so much. how are youu <333

please i'm so happy about finally finishing uni, it felt so long and annoying in the end. but now i already kinda miss it 😭

working in the bakery is.. interesting. it's definitely what i want to do in life, the other day i spent the whole workday just making cakes without anyone bothering me and i loved it so so much, but it's also hard and really stressful (which is why i am replying so late and i'm really sorry, first i got sick and then i got hit with a workload again 🥲). i have to do work that's supposed to be for like 4 other people and it's something 😶 let's manifest that they will find more workers soon because this is way too stressful for me (and my coworkers, i haven't seen them smiling in the past two weeks anymore, it's a bit scary). but enough complaining 🫡 the work itself is fun and the food is so good 🫠🫠 apart from onion cake/pie, i have to do it all myself and i swear i haven't stopped smelling like onions those past few weeks 💀

okay but now to you! CONGRATULATIONS ON PASSING YOUR EXAM 🥳🥳🥳 you did so well and i hope you're really proud of yourself 🥺🩷 and best of luck for your second year, i'm sure you will do as amazing as before 🩷

i'm sorry that you feel so nervous about it though. i have to be back in school to become a baker too now and i was so nervous on my first day, i got sick like right after 💀 and my class really is something (not necessarily positive but there are really nice people too). buuut i hope that your classmates are the nicest people you have ever met and that you will have lots of fun this year, you deserve it. and of course lots of amazing grades in your exams 🩷 i think if this bakery thing has thought me one thing is that it's okay to not know what you want yet. i think i have found my place now (although not necessarily in this bakery) but it took me a while to figure it out too. and in our bakery we have two people who tried lots of different stuff too before they settled on training there. so please try not to worry too much for now, i'm sure it will all work out well for you 🥺🩷

but i'm so glad your summer was nice <33 mine was full of job applications and moving but i still enjoyed it a lot (oh i miss the time where i could stay up all night and sleep in and not start work at 4am 💀) and happy belated birthday, omg <33 welcome to your twenties, it's a wild ride 😍

i missed you so so much too, i'm glad you liked my stories but even happier you had time to check in 🩷 but yes, hee 🫠🫠 wow. i love him (although he's not the only one anymore, can you believe?? jay has been bias wrecking me so hard i am so close to making him my second bias. that guy has me BLUSHING)

i hope you are doing well despite it all and will continue to do well 🩷 you deserve the best and you should get it. i love youuu 🩷🩷🩷

#beloved anonie 💖#my loves ❤️#talk that talk 📣

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gay-and-panicked · 3 years

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End of the year post

^^Me awakening from the purgatory that was this godforsaken year.

Hello good human welcome to my sub par end of year post! This is my first year on this hellsite in a long while so I don’t even know if this is how you do an end of year post but I have a delusional amount of confidence when I’m sleep deprived so were gonna post this bitch. I think we can all be in agreement that this year was a fucking on fire garbage can. 2020 decided that not only would it burn us but it would personally climb into each of our houses at night like fucking Santa Claus of misery and light us all individually on fire. (Just so your aware this is probably going to be reaaaal ranty but I got like four hours of sleep last night and am on the verge of a mental breakdown so.. buckle up kiddos!) This year was a shit storm of politics, social change, tik toks, tiger king, bread for some reason, annnnnnd the almighty. the always powerful. The destroyer of lives. Covid-19! Fuck the vid. honestly just...fuck it. And while this year was a goddamn nightmare there were good parts of it. While I lost my entire friend group and spent months being depressed (more so than usual) There was a light in the dark for me. In the second week of July a group of amazing actors and producers and directors and writers and artists created something truly god tier that made such a shitty year feel entirely less shitty. The old guard. A movie with everything I've ever wanted and been deprived of in an action movie. Two bad ass female leads. Multiple POC who played main roles. Canon gay characters that didn’t die in the end (well not permanently at least) and were on screen for most of the movie. A feeling of connection and adoration with a movie that I hadn’t felt really ever. Watching that movie healed something deep inside me. And it became even more of a wonderous occurrence when that movie led me to join a discord group in September. I can not describe the feeling of safety I have with the people there. I had been unmoored and feeling like the world had forgotten me and that I wasn’t all that important when I joined. I was just coming to term with being gender fluid and was feeling raw and sad and desperate. And the first thing I was asked was my pronouns. An admin asked my pronouns and with my heart in my throat for the first time in my life I said they/them. It was like a weight had been lifted. It was immediately excepted. I was immediately excepted. Later that day after I had spent the entirety of my day talking with these wonderful people L used they/them to refer to me and I’m not going to lie I cried. It was the first time in a long time I felt understood and respected and it felt like coming home. Over the next few months I created friendships with people in ways I never have, They helped me through panic attacks and identity crises. Talked me through gender shit I was still figuring out and allowed me to be truly me in a way I haven’t been in a really long time. I talked through My writing issues and was shocked to find that when I mentioned a wip I was working on that I thought was shit and was considering giving up writing completely all of the people on that group immediately told me they had read and loved it and didn’t want me to delete it. I was overwhelmed with emotion because I had read and looked up to these people’s works before they became friends and having them tell me I was doing good and they enjoyed my work was...it was emotional to say the least. One of the people in that chat was the reason I had began writing. Her story was so fucking good it made me want to write and for the first time in four years I actually did. It was surreal to have such close relationships. To help and be helped and to feel like I was part of a community. A family. It felt like coming home. I've only been on TOG HQ for four months but it feels like home. I am so fucking grateful for all the people on it and I am grateful to the old guard for bringing me together with people I never would have known had it not been for this amazing movie that drew us all in for some reason or another. In conclusion this year was a long ass bicycle ride through hell but we made it to the end and even if 2021 is shitty as well I have a community, a family that I know will keep me going through it. So I’m grateful.

I am so fucking grateful for y’all and I can’t even put into words how much you mean to me. ❤❤❤

@elenorasweet @ebbatriestowrite @blood-suits-and-tears @theprinceyusuf @certifiedbisexualdisaster @lyrasbelacqua @calebcovington @theoldkenzari @caitlesshea @strangehighs @alkaysaniyusuf @knittingnicky and basically just every single person in TOG HQ because my tired brain can’t fucking think of anything properly rn. I know I’m missing some of you but my brain is processing at zero rn soooooo..I love you. I’m grateful for you. Thank you. ❤❤❤

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steve0discusses · 5 years

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Yugioh Season Zero: All Your Friends are Cursed

You know what? It’s been a while, lets revisit Zero.

For those new here, I’ve been also very slowly going through Season Zero alongside the show we are more familiar with, which is not at all the same as the other seasons. If you want to read just the recaps of Zero from the beginning you can do that by clicking on this link right here. I think I’ve only done like 3 or 4 so far.

OK. It’s been...a time since we ventured here to this very weird place, where were we?

So, first off you may have noticed there was a wee gap in updating, this is mostly because I burned up all my backlog when I got sick for two weeks (and I’m still hella tired) so...I’m playing catch up and this is a hobby, so it takes a back seat. But also, it’s partially because I was like suuuper conflicted with what I should do about that logo. Like, I did feel like I had to blur it just because I don’t want there to be confusion if the images ever get pulled away from this post, but I was seriously considering just repainting every cap because it sure bothered me a whole lot.

It was Illustrator OCD Problems that in the end don’t matter, but you can see my quandary of the right corner in the rest of these. Anyways, thanks Team Millennium for the fandubs so I don’t have to cap over subs. Y’all did a good job, and I get why they need to watermark since like...it’s Youtube so every random bot channel is stealing any other video getting clicks.

Also, this took a while because it’s like over 60 caps long. These Season Zero episodes are just...so much content. They’re so much. And I thought this one handles some interesting themes, so grab yourself a snack, because this is gonna be a little bit of a marathon. I could split it into two but like...I don’t know where to split it, so enjoy. This post is basically a 2 for 1.

Anyway, Shadi’s back. I didn’t really expect for him to be back so soon, but he’s here with a vengeance. He spooks up on Grandpa’s old Egyptologist friend (who’s name I have forgotten) and this guy kind of already knows what’s next.

In this episode, as you can see from the title, everyone is gonna get cursed. Except Miho, but like, I tend to forget she exists. We start off with Yuugi’s Grandfather’s friend getting tossed out a window, which is sort of strange because you figure that this guy wouldn’t let a girl drown down a well for a rare coin (which was the Shadi metric for if you deserve to be eaten by a chair). But apparently we were wrong and Grandpa’s friend has actually been a jackass this entire time.

"Your friend has actually been a jackass this entire time” is another underlying theme of this episode. What’s wild is that Yuugi and his Grandpa are not at all surprised by this revelation, nor do they seem to mind.

Shadi says something cryptic, decides he wants a rematch with the alter ego of Yuugi Muto, and then has the weirdest plan of how to do it. The rest of this recap is basically all of Shadi’s master plan and it’s...pretty...something.

(read more under the cut)

Since we haven’t gotten a Miho episode, I haven’t really gotten a chance to learn what she...is. Right now she just seems like a G rated Cheryl Tunt. Which is probably incorrect, I dunno maybe this girl will end up being their savior but for right now she just kind of uses Tristan for favors and enjoys spooky stuff maybe a little too much. I’m not sure she’s even aware what planet she’s on.

Shadi’s also looking more and more like a bird this episode with the artistic choice to join the brow to the nose with a deep shadow like this. If there’s deeper historical meaning to that, I have no idea. Went on a little deep dive through Google to see if it matches from art and sarcophagi from Egypt and Greece but like...nah. You do get a strong thin nose on golden sarcophagi that can give it a really cut look since it’s usually covered in reflective gold, so that could be it. But overall, joining the nose to brow is something more modern, I think. Just our own touch to make him a spook.

And honestly Yugioh really does enjoy putting a very heavy shadow between the eyebrows, but usually in the form of lots of lines and not a solid black shape.

Youknow we’ve never had the chance to enter anyone’s mind space before. I kind of assumed that no one other than Yuugi even had one. So Anzu’s mind, shouldn’t be too ba- oh

Just take this whole sequence, put some generic lo-fi on it, and you have yourself a youtube channel. It’s amazing how, since the 90′s anime style is back into fashion, this bizarre sequence just hit so many good notes. Those pink and blue flowers matched with a silver metallic tree with weird purple fruit? Not gonna lie, that’s some good inspo material. Maye not the weird bird and terrifying 90′s sun--I don’t know why he’s here--but everything else? Shoot.

This hasn’t come up before and the only guy with G in his name that I can think of is Gozoboro and he cannot be this guy. Maybe just a reference to some comic book stuff because he does have a Superman shape to that G, but I don’t know comics well enough to know if this was a manga Superman parody.

PS now that we know that Tea’s mind is just a lo-fi channel, we now know that Bakura and Marik have just been hanging out next to a weird silver fruit tree, staring at a horrifying green sun and avoiding eye contact with one single green bird for basically this entire Noah arc. Assuming of course that a piece of Bakura is still in there in Tea’s mind, which he may have decided to vacate at this point because what’s he supposed to do in there? Do barre?

Maybe they both just do barre workouts in the tea mindfort while a parrot awkwardly watches.

So Shadi has been just hanging out in Tea’s head for how long? Like half a day now?

She really has always been the ghost uber. From the very beginning. Wow.

Also, speaking of vaporwave, the pink to yellow tint on the irises? A+. That could be your lo-fi thumbnail, easy.

Anyway we are blessed with another tiny Yuugi this episode. I think I’ve mentioned it before but I’ll mention it again, I love it when artists have to draw their characters as small as ants because then the characters are given their rawest, purest form. Which in his case is just being very squat and having hair with spikes.

And then Anzu somehow hides in this closet and tips over a bunch of beams at him. Are these cross country beams? What are these? I did water polo and swim team so I just have no idea what you land people did.

When beams don’t work out, Shadi sets in play the next step of his super evil and sinister plan. Please remember that this guy is a 5000 year old very scary ghost with crazy OP powers.

So then Shadi starts his third phase. So far we’ve had a bunch of poles and a basketball, what will be next? Will Anzu come up with two chalkboard erasers and start pounding them together to make a sick chalk cloud? Will Anzu step on the back of Yuugi’s shoe so his foot falls out? Will Anzu unzip his backpack when he’s not looking so all his books fall out? What dick move will Anzu do?

SOOOOOO

This is a thing that canonically happened in Yugioh.

It’s like finding out that Big Bird once violently choked out Elmo in Season One but now they’re good and they don’t want to talk about it.

Like...this is a lot and it’s not even discussed in this very episode!

The one time.

The one time they should have just ditched.

This is the one time you should just find a boat/blimp, smuggle yourself on board, and then play cards for a straight week with an evil psychopath. The one time.

No wonder they go out of their way to avoid this school for the rest of this show. They ditch just to survive their 1st year of High School.

So they decided to split up which...they’ve made worse choices, and only Yugi finds Tea. What would Shadi’s plan have been if anyone else was up here first?

Reminder that in the second or third episode of Season 1, Joey and Yugi came up here to reminisce the good ol days. I had no idea at the time that the “good ol days” involved being dangled on the edge of whatever this weird contraption is called.

Eat your heart out Jeffree Star and Rituel de Fille, Shadi here did black highlighter first. In 1999. And that nose is snatched.

Appropriately, Honda is still embracing his janitorial duties. Maybe that’s why he’s not a janitor anymore? Because he was getting tooooo into being a janitor? Like if you go janitor while being a zombie that’s toooooo much janitorial.

Another thing Season Zero does that may either be a limitation of their budget or just a limitation of their experience is that, unlike most foreign films, the pacing of the cuts are really quick. Like REALLY frantic. (And yeah I’m generalizing a lot when I say that Western shows and movies have quicker cuts, but lets just say that it’s true about 90% of the time. Not better or worse, just different.)

And like, this was the 90′s, a time period I don’t really remember, but back then we were into bizarre editing. It was a very experimental time in film because suddenly there were a lot of computer and filming tools available for a decent price and people kind of lost their minds. They were getting into doing tons of dutch angles and tons of filters and it was just a real...interesting time in film. It’s gauche by our standards but like...art kind of lives in the time period it’s from and you shouldn’t pull it out and compare it to our current standards too much because--welcome to 90′s Xtreme cuts. Docking something for being too 90′s is like saying that medieval art sucks balls because they didn’t want to use perspective and all their cats look weird. This was the time.

It’s just interesting to me that they decided to attempt to copy this frantic editing style into a cartoon when it’s normally done splicing together live action shots that were done with three+ different cameras. They planned out each cut in a storyboard and drew every frame. It was a lot of work. And it didn’t age well, which is a shame.

And it could have been that because this is a horror show, they decided to experiment. It’s a pretty edge show based on a pretty intense manga. But, it’s...interesting. Can’t exactly cap it, you’ll have to watch it for itself but it’s...interesting. And overall, I honestly feel like I can’t come to any conclusions about the direction that Season Zero editing has taken since I’ve only seen four episodes, so these are just my five cents, don’t quote me on it. I may take back this opinion a few episodes from now.

Y’all this was never told to us until like Season 2. Season Zero told us this in like episode 4. Would have been really nice to have this information a little earlier.

So then we introduce the mummy mechanic of this “game.” Anzu’s plank contraption is tied to these baby mummies. Kind of looks like they’re chocolate mummies you get from the Egyptian museum store. In fact, They might actually be museum gift shop chocolate mummies that Shadi shoplifted up after he killed that fat guy.

Not sure how he set any of this up, especially when he totally botched it with the beams and the basketball and the strangling, but somehow, Shadi got this complicated knot system all ready to go. Weird how Marik was the one on the boat when Shadi has like a degree in knots.

So I said this in the last episode but we get this reoccurring theme in Season Zero where Yugioh is a little boy learning to grow up and be a man, and yet every guy he meets has just a pile of toxic misinformation about how to be a powerful adult. In Shadi’s case, he believes that weakness stems from caring about other people and relying on them for support, hallmarks of mortality. Which is easy for Shadi to say because he’s some 5000 yo undead (I think?) with no friends, unless you count Chair Barney. But Shadi’s pretty sure that attachment to living people will only ultimately hurt you, especially when they’re complete assholes, which most of Yuugi’s friends are. They’re good assholes, though.

It’s a pretty common anime trope and I’m surprised it took us this long to get to the power of friendship. Freakin finally. And there’s nothing wrong with tropes. It’s how stories are made.

Anyways, in case you thought this episode would not address the teachers, they actually did for about 3 seconds.

Neat that this is the most unsafe school in all of Japan.

I am a fan of the combo of blue, purple, green, and very large teeth. I will give Chair Barney that much. Anyway, lets see what game Shadi made.

Oh cool, it’s the game I made to go in my babysitting kit when I was like 11.

Granted, so were playing cards.

Wow everyone is just assaulting each other this episode, damn!

Back on the roof, Yugi calmly wins the game without ever flipping a tile.

Now for some reason I missed the part where he says “two feet” and so I was missing a pair of things and so I listened to this part again and either my sick brain missed it three times (cuz y’all I have had the plague and my recovery has been so sloooow) there were these shapes on the tiles that looked like kidneys and I thought--but it’s not two kidneys, right? and I was like what else is a pair and round and lobby shaped? and then I didn’t really want to go there, and assumed--FEET.

Knowing full well feet are not kidney shaped, but I’m gonna assume he said feet. If he actually said weird monster testicles, you’ll be sure let me know.

And then this happened and it’s pretty legit.

We have never actually addressed the fact that Yuugi forced his friends to like him. Like it’s a pretty effed up origin story that Jounouchi was like like “I feel like very strongly I should be his friend” but doesn’t really know it’s because he got cursed. Kinda figured the show would just breeze by it, but no, here we are, and Yuugi has to face the fact that maybe the only reason he’s not a loner anymore is because he won Jounouchi as a prize for finishing an accessory.

And whether or not Jounouchi would have been his friend no matter what isn’t really what’s being tested, it’s whether or not Yuugi believes that this friendship is actually real, or a curse. Like Jounouchi did try to defend Yuugi before Yuugi finished the puzzle, but does Yuugi know that? He was passing out at the time. It’s a real insecure spot for Yuugi since before Jounouchi he was just a little punching bag playing board games alone in the homeroom. Jounouchi was introduced as someone who was legitimately bullying Yuugi and tossing that puzzle out a window. There’s going to be the underlying fear that Jounouchi would go back.

In the S1 anime, they basically wrote that plot point out of the show or decided that because this was done in Season Zero they don’t need to retread on old territory. Joey, Tristan, and Tea aren’t cursed to be Yugi’s friends, as far as I know.

But this test between the friendship of Yugi and Joey is recreated again in S2 with Marik when they were both tied to an anchor and one had to choose to kill the other or live. But there’s some pretty major differences. This time, instead of Joey being possessed by Marik and being forced to kill his friend, he’s just Jounouchi sans curse.

Although Jounouchi is still somewhat mind controlled as he is just an illusion. He’s just...not as badly mind controlled as the whole Marik thing. This Jounouchi has more motor control and doesn’t seem to have any inner conflict at all. Because again, this isn’t so much Yuugi vs Jounouchi, this is Yuugi vs Yuugi’s fear of being alone again.

That’s a realllllly different takeaway. And honestly, it’s pretty interesting.

Also, instead of Tea with a shipping container over her head, this time Anzu is walking a plank. Really didn’t expect that Shadi would basically turn into Marik but without the cards. And without the underground bunker lifestyle where he kills his own Dad.

The game is kind of hard to show in caps but they have to drop the puzzle in the direction they want the other to walk. Mostly it’s just another reason for Jounouchi to steal Yuugi’s puzzle again and relive the trauma.

Remember that time that Jounouchi tried to get Yuugi to punch him and Yuugi broke out in tears because he didn’t like violence? I mean honestly, out of everyone Yuugi knows. Jounouchi was probably the nicest bully he had. Doesn’t mean Yuugi isn’t incredibly insecure about it.

Instead of fighting back, Yuugi decides to skip his turn. It’s a contrast to the other Joey/Yugi fight because instead of just throwing a fireball in his own face until Joey snaps out of it, Yuugi has decided to rely on trust.

And, much like Grandpa’s Blue Eyed Dragon that would not perform under Kaiba’s reign to kill Yuugi, neither would Jounouchi under Shadi. They even disappear into the aether with the same smoke effect.

And what I think is the most interesting part of this is that the question of “so would they have been friends without the puzzle?” is mostly left open ended.

And if the friendship were solid as a rock, then this whole debate Yuugi has with Shadi wouldn’t even be a debate. Shadi is certain that people will betray you because they can, Yuugi is confident that, even though they do walk you to that ledge, they can change although there is a history of hurt. Shadi was convinced Yuugi couldn’t overcome his lonely past, and Yuugi had to prove that the past can’t hurt him anymore, the past being also his best friend.

Like it’s just something never mentioned in the S1-3, that Yuugi has a lot of issues because all of his friends have been his bully at one point. And like, not to get too PSA, but every friendship has to be looked at by a case by case basis. You can’t generalize and say “everyone who betrays you can change.” But the message here isn’t about keeping any relationship that is toxic, it’s about overcoming the pain of the past.

Also Jounouchi is hella cursed so he won’t be back to his old ways anytime soon.

Kind of hard to tell, but Honda got covered in a layer of white fire extinguisher juice and it’s a look that uhhhh we would never illustrate this way in 2019. Times were more innocent in the 90′s.

Just kidding, they absolutely weren’t, I have no idea who allowed Honda to be drawn this way.

Reminder that Kaiba is just sitting pretty in one of these classrooms, maybe watching Joey’s ass scrape up against the window while Honda completely covered in mysterious white stuff screams bloody mercy. As the teacher teaching this particular class ignores all of this, Kaiba would just be thinking to himself “Aw. that’s fun.”

And so ends this really long but honestly, pretty interesting episode. Season Zero has a lot of rough patches, like I’m probably not going to do every episode of it, but when it connects to what we’re watching its neat to compare and contrast the two. Kind of wish we had more of Yugi facing his past in the current anime but instead it’s Kaiba facing his past. So we...kind of get it? Just with a different character?

Shadi picks up his key and walks away unscathed. Mostly because Yuugi does not currently know how to mind-wipe. Seems that that is mostly a Pharaoh thing and as far as I can tell Yuugi is still just one person with an alternate personality.

Off he goes, that bastard.

Amazing that everyone’s pretty much on good terms with Shadi by the end of S1. Like he’s just kind of a pal that shows up and “accidentally” leads you directly to kill your own Dad when in Season Zero he is...really outwardly evil.

Anyway, that was a hellton of content haha, next week it’s back to Joey dueling a lawyer while Kaiba gets lost in the woods.

#yugioh #yugioh recap #season zero #photo recap #yuugi mutou #jounoushi #anzu #honda #shadi #genuinely shocked that none of them had to go to the hospital at the end of this one.#Despite being strangled like 10 minutes ago #yuugi muto

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awakeshedreams · 6 years

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Welcome,

Homecoming 3. (Final)

Summary: when someone you thought you have gotten over years ago comes back to town, you can't help but wonder if you really ever got over him with how he's making you feel now.

Pairing: solo artist!Jungkook×Reader

Genre: Heavy angst, slight fluff if you squint, quite smutty.

Wordcount: 3K+

Warnings: prepare your heart because I cried writing this :")

A/N: Soooooo FINALLY the FINAL PART is here ! I'm sorry for the ending if it makes you hurt or maybe it won't I don't know hshsjsjsj but anyways I hope you guys like it and read on ! Stop by and send in requests if you'd like so I have stories to post after this~ that's all have fun reading and have a nice day ! 💜

You had fallen into his warm hold after awhile and leaned against his shoulder as you walked hand in hand back to your place. You looked up the sky as you took in the starry sky. Diamonds of all shapes and sizes adorned the velvety dark blue skies as the moons poured light onto the empty streets. It was way after midnight.

“It’s beautiful.” you suddenly spoke up. “ Yeah, she is,” Jungkook replied his head tilted up as he gazed at the moon, with some sort of sadness. Right. You remembered the conservation you had at the pub with him about one of his tattoo. You tried to hide your frown with a smile and looked at the ground, hold on Jungkook’s hand loosening.

“Beautiful just like you.” he finished and you looked up at him, surprised. He really called you pretty. You felt yourself flush as you tried to hide the giddy smile on your face with your other hand. Jungkook laughed at your response as he spoke “ Why are you so shy, it’s true.” while trying to get a peak at your face teasingly making you face him. You thanked God as you could spot your apartment through your peripheral view. “Oh, Look ! We’re here !”

He was about to leave but you invited him in. He looked amused and you flushed at how wrong it might have sounded, quickly defending yourself and saying you would feel bad to send him away in the cold night after he walked you home, of course you just had to trip on your words. He just nodded and obliged.

Jungkook was sat on the couch on your living room as you went to get some wine to have with some dorritos. However you were struggling and tripping on your own feet. That's right, you were a little drunk still. You sighed as you leaned against the counter. You were sick of acting like you didn’t know Jungkook , but he didn’t seem to be done with his games.

He even knew where you lived, the apartment you rented with Nancy. He stopped right near your door to gaze at the moon. And it would have been a coincidence if he didn’t walk to stand directly in front your porch before you.Your brother must have told him.

You were too lost in your train of thoughts that you didn’t notice Jungkook walk in. He noticed you were going to get a bottle of wine but reached for a water bottle instead, and the sound caught your attention. “Oh sorry, i was just thinking.” you said sending an apologetic smile, you must have kept him waiting for awhile. Wait, why did you feel sorry ? You realized. “ It’s alright, don’t worry.” he assured with a warm smile as he grabbed a wine glass next to you, pouring water into one glass handing it to you.

You raised an eyebrow at him questioningly and he simply said that you were still a little drunk to drink wine. You scoffed at his ‘over protectiveness ‘ and downed the cool liquid as you sat on the counter top. After a moment you found courage to ask him

“Am i your type ?” you asked keeping you asked keeping your eyes on your glass of water as you swirled it in your hands. “ What do you mean?’” he asked and you felt like he was putting up a defensive barrier, avoiding questions. ‘You said you like bad girls. Probably wild and experienced.” you replied faking a nonchalant tone, if anything you were too curious.

You heard him huff as he leaned into the sink next to you and smirk before he responded “ You’re anything but that. We both know it.” You felt irritated. He’s acting like he knows you while he pretends to not know you. Can he pick one? “You don’t know me. We don’t know each other.” you said with a bitter tone, your words piercing through Jungkook’s heart.

“You’re right. I don’t.” You felt the entire mood in the room shift. Frustration and anger. Heartbreak. You slipped of the counter and grabbed Jungkook by the hand to turn him around, your hands placed firmly on either side of the edge of the sink, him trapped in between, although at the sight of his figure towering you, you flinched a bit, your sober self awakening, but the little bit of your brave drunk self left was stronger and held her ground.

Jungkook’s eyes went wide at your sudden burst of anger but only for a split second as he now held an unreadable expression. You pushed it to the back of your head and asked him voice slightly raised ; “ For how long are you going to keep acting like you don’t know me?” He looked at you with a blank face and responded. “ How about you tell me how long you want to keep this going on ?”

You laughed in disbelief as you backed up, He’s got to be kidding me ! You massaged your temples, you were at you limit. “You,” you tried to speak calmly as you attempted to hold your composure, “ left. Without a word. I was worried sick. And even after i knew why, i was still worried sick. I missed you dammit ! I cried so much, i did everything to distract myself from thinking about you. I even volunteered to learn how to play the fiddle and help Kian and his band ! Because of you !” at this point you could feel tears threatening to fall off the brim of your eyes as your voice broke.

“You knew i liked you. You knew how i felt. Don’t even try to lie to me. And you treated me like i was no one to you. I probably was and still am. I know i was never liked those other girls, and i feel so shit, the fact that i had to act like them to get your attention. And you know what’s even more shit ? The fact that while i was here crying in secret and suffering you were out there in love, so much so that you went and got a tattoo for her. I know it’s selfish to say this, but it’s not fair. And i know i’m a bitch for saying this but i’m glad you can’t be with her !” you finished eyes blurry with tears as you were hiccuping non stop.

You couldn’t see the look of hurt and guilt cover his face, not because of the words you said to him, but because of how he made you feel through all the years. He sighed as he reached up and cupped your face in between his hands, wiping you tears away with his thumbs as he spoke. “It’s you, silly.” you furrowed your eyebrows as you looked up at him, shaking from having previously bawled your eyes out. “what ?” you croaked in confusion.

“The moon. The girl i can’t be with. It’s you, Y/N.” he spoke fondly with a hint of despair. Me? You were confused and just then it hit you. “ I’m sorry for what i made you feel. Back then, i thought it would be best for you to not associate yourself with me. And yes, i knew. But see how much of a good girl you came to be?” he smiled lovingly as he lightly pinched your cheeks.

“If i could turn back time i would do the same thing. You deserve better. There’s no guy in the world that is good enough and i’m the worst there is.” he said with a sad smile and you stopped him. What was he saying. “No Jungkook, don’t say that, please.” you pleaded as you searched his eyes, for hope of you being together, but there wasn’t any. He was really letting you go a second time.

“I want to be with you so bad but that is selfish of me. I want you all to myself, i want to be the one to make you happy, i want to hear my name slide off your lips, i want to be the man you give yourself to. But i can’t be that guy. Not after what i’ve done to you. Not after what you’ve been through because of me. You’re so good and i don’t want to spoil you.” His voice remained constant but there was immense sadness in his eyes as he brought his forehead to rest on yours with eyes closed. Was this why he said he wanted bad girls, to discourage you ?

“ You haven’t done anything to me. Come on, we can make this work.” you desperately pleaded as you attempted to take back your words. He opened his eyes and gave you an apologetic smile. “Please... I love you...” you cried out. You heard his breathe hitch as he stiffened. “I’m sorry.” was all he said. “Someday.” he whispered, thinking you didn’t hear but you did.

You went in and collided your lips, the kiss was innocent at first and then it got heavy and needy. Teeth clashing as hands began to roam. He grabbed the back of your thigh and lifted you. You wrapped your legs around his waist as he moved forward, away from the sink to set you on the island in the center of the kitchen.

You felt his hardness press against your core and you bucked your hips forward to get some kind of friction. You both pulled away as you panted for air. He went into the crook of neck, sucking and nibbling leaving small wet kisses and dark splotches until he found the sweet spot. Making you wrap your legs even tighter around him as your breathe hitched and you whimpered his name out.

One hand rested on the back of your head, pulling you closer to him as the other slides the strap of you top off, your top coming down with it to gather just below your waist. His kiss trailed down to your collarbone, lingering a little before he trailed even further down.

You arch your back , needing some sort of friction on your chest as soon as possible as you shoved your breasts into is face. You could feel a smirk form on his lips at your desperateness s he hummed on your fleshy skin, the vibration causing goosebumps to rise on your skin as you whimpered and moaned.

He pulled down a strap of your bra as one hand came to rest on your waist, rubbing small circles with his thumbs and he kissed the top of your mounds, nibbling lightly and blowing over it. He mused your bra, a simple nude brown. He smirked, so innocent he thought. She probably didn’t expect anything like this to happen tonight so she settle for something not so fancy, despite how attention grabbing she was dressed. He was glad he had come tonight. Who would have known what would happen if she was drunk with some other guy. He made a note to tell your brother and Nancy to never let you drink without being watched.

The thought of someone else’s hands on you made him furious and he removed his hand from your waist and proceeded to knead your left breast. “J-jungkook ...” You whimpered as you tugged on his locks. He wanted to get straight to the point but he wanted to kiss every inch of your body and treasure it before that.

He went back up to your lips, to which you pouted and whined, earning a little chuckle of fondness at your cuteness from Jungkook. This time the kiss was different, more... Tender, warm, intimate. It was like he was saying he loved you through it. You melted right into it and didn’t want to let go.

You felt his arms slowly pull your straps even lower, fire lighting up beneath your skin as his fingers grazed your arms As your breasts came out of your confinement you felt your hardened nubs harden even more at the contact with the cold air. They were painful and in need of his warm touch. The kiss went on and you brought him closer, your chest flush against his, with nothing but his shirt as a barrier. The friction causing you to loose your mind.

“Jungkook... “ you begged. “hmm” he hummed as he trailed down, you heat throbbing painfully. He pressed his self into your core and you cried out, hair tugging on onto his hair painfully, he felt so good. You needed more. “ Jungkook... P-please...” he looked up at you, eyes just as dark as they were at the club, scary but hot, as he snapped at you: “Please what ?” he asked with a quirked eyebrow as he challenged you.

“T-touch me, please.” you almost whispered, breaking contact as you looked on the floor gaze accidentally landing and widening at the sight of Taehyung’s member strained painfully against the confinement of his pants. “Oh but i am.” he replied hot minty alcoholic breathe making you dizzy. “i- not- “ you tried to form words but to no avail.

His hand grabbed your chin and raised your head to meet hos gaze. You felt yourself get even more moist. “ What do you want ? Tell me properly.” he demanded, handle on your jaw strong and firm but still loose enough not to make you uncomfortable. “You.” you voiced out confidently. “ I want you.” he smirked before his hand came to rest at the side of your breast thumb hovering over your hardened nub, the other threatening close to your core as he held onto your inner thigh. “Alright ,baby girl.”

You braced yourself but suddenly a phone rang. It wasn’t yours for sure. You looked at Jungkook’s pocket where his phone lit up. He was going to ignore it but you spoke up. “ Someone is calling.” “it can wait.” he assured you as his hand moved closer to your core. But the phone kept ringing. “You should answer it.” you insisted. He sighed as he closed his eyes for awhile and sent you an apologetic look.

His caller ID said Manager Susan and you could see his face get serious. He turned to look at you once more but you were looking at his phone. He noticed your hands were over your chest in attempts to cover your chest up. You had done it when the phone rang. He smiled at you and reached for the jacket near the sink and put it on you. He chuckled at your startleness and told you he’d be back.

He had gone for quite awhile and you got tired so you went to bed. Surprisingly you had fallen asleep quite easy. Awhile later you felt a pair of strong arms pull you into their embrace in your sleep and you willing snuggled into their chest as they smoothed your hair out. “ I’m so sorry “ they had muttered at one point.

When you woke up however, the side of your bed was cold. There were some pills, soup and a glass of water on your nightstand along with a note. Your head was pounding but you still got up to search for him. But no sign of his presence at all. You took the pills, had the soup and read the note.

“ Please take care of yourself. Don’t go drinking out alone. You’re doing so well in Uni, keep it up. I guess you don’t hear this enough which is shame but you’re beautiful. Everything about you. Just the way you are. You’ll find another guy who can appreciate that i promise. Don't wait for me, you’re wasting your time. You won’t see me again i guarantee. And if you do, you’ll hate me too much to approach me. I hope that is how you feel. And don’t worry. I love you too. I always will but i hope you find happiness elsewhere so i can suffer loving while you’re happy. That’s what i deserve. Thank you for last night, it means a lot to me. Goodbye Y/N, i wish you well in life. Love, Jungkook.”

You read out as the paper got stained with your tears.

You ran to your brother as soon as you read the note, not even caring to freshen up and rest, throwing on a sweatshirt and sweatpants. Your brother didn’t look surprised at all. You burst into his home, panting ignoring looks from his roommates until you spotted him. “What’s going on ? Jungkook, he-” “left.” he finished . “When is he coming back ? He didn’t tell me.” you asked, desperate for an answer as you tried to catch your breathe. “Y/n... He’s not.” he replied symptomatically. What ? Why not ?

Just then you heard a lady speak from the TV. “ Rising young Superstar V’s wedding with Global model Katrina Bybel will take place next week at the...” your focus trailed off as you looked at the screen. Jungkook had his hand around a slim tall girl, with dark hair and big blue eyes as Jungkook looked at the ground with shades on. She was beautiful.

You dropped to your knees as you cried into your arms. Your brother knew there was no use trying to comfort you so just watched you silently, his heart wrenching at the sight of yo like this. He felt bad, but it should be better this way for the both of you.

THE END

How was it ? ;)

(I know the tenses are a little mixed up in so sorry I'll try to fix it.)

Have a nice day friends ~♡💜

#bangtan #bts #bts fluff #bts smut #bts angst #bts scenario #bts imagine #jungkook smut #jungkook fluff #jungkook angst #jungkook scenario #jungkook imagine #btsxreader #jungkookxreader

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jemmafitzsimmons · 7 years

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Meeting Iain and Elizabeth - My Weekend at C2E2

I don’t really know how to start this because this weekend was such an experience, and I had to the most wonderful time. I know a lot of you have been asking about my time there, so here’s a full rundown of my weekend. Most is under the cut because IT’S A LOT.

I’ll start with what you really want to hear. As most of you already know, Iain and Elizabeth were both the kindest human beings on the planet. Iain was just so nice and thoughtful, and he genuinely enjoyed meeting everyone at the con. You could just tell he was having a lovely time, which made the whole experience even better. And of course, Elizabeth was a complete angel, running a guy down to return his pen, and was completely sweet throughout the whole weekend.

Now, onto my Saturday experience!

First off, I have to thank @eclecticmuses for letting me follow her around like a lost puppy all day Saturday. Honestly, I had no idea where to go, so thank you for being so kind and leading the way. You were a lifesaver, and so much fun to hang with all day!

After meeting up with some of her cosplay friends, we went directly to Iain’s autograph line. We were about 15th? in line, so we didn’t have to wait that long, but let me tell you. Once Iain came out and sat down, the f-bombs were flying amongst our group bc we were losing our shit. After about a minute of everyone having a little excited panic, we calmed ourselves (as much as possible) and waited for our autographs.

ngl - I was a little nervous bc I wasn’t sure if they would let us give them gifts. But Stephanie went first and asked, finding out it was completely fine, so I let out a huge sigh of relief. And this is the part of the story where I introduce a kind stranger (I should call him an angel, bc he truly was amazing) as he would literally make my day. So this man is in line behind me and he overheard me saying I was happy I would be able to give the book to Iain, so he was cheering me on and said he was happy for me. (a note so this makes more sense - two people can be at the table at a time - one to get their autograph and the next person to wait their turn). I’ll get back to this man in a bit.

Once I got up to the booth, Iain greeted me and was just. so. nice. I first showed him these monkey stickers I had (I put one in his book) and asked if he wanted one, which he responded with a resounding yes. He couldn’t figure out which one he wanted, so he asked me to pick it out, and then he put it on his shirt. After that, I showed him the book and explained the whole thing, and he looked so shocked and thought it was amazing. I explained that some messages were to both him and Elizabeth, but I made a book for her so they didn’t have to share. But he said it was fine bc he would just cross out Elizabeth’s name. :) I then told him I put my own message on the last page of the book, so he said “Oh, that’s so great! I’ll read that one first. Right now. Out loud. In front of everyone.” Yeah, I nearly lost it.

While I was showing him the book, Elizabeth came out! She was running a little late, so she ran over to Iain’s table and gave Iain a big hug, and then marveled over all the Jemma cosplay from our group. Iain then showed her the book and stickers, so she took one of the stickers and started looking through the book. I told her I had one for her, and she got all excited but told me to give it to her when I got to her table to not spoil it :)

And then the most amazing thing happened. Remember that kind man behind me in line? Well, while Iain was signing a photo for me, the man was next to me at the table waiting his turn, and he leaned in to Iain and said “You should give her a hug.” Iain said “oh yeah, of course!” and he FUCKING LEANED OVER THE TABLE TO PULL ME INTO A HUG. I was the first person to hug him that day, so it was wonderful. I was surprisingly calm. But it was a lot.

And god bless @nanorii because SHE RECORDED THE ENTIRE THING. And in the video, while Iain is hugging me, the man next to me gives the camera the biggest thumbs up and it was perfect. Naturally, after the hug, the man leaned over to me and said “you’re welcome.” He found me afterwards once he got his own autograph and you bet your ass I gave this complete stranger the biggest hug I could muster. Okay, back to Iain. After he signed my photo, I shook his hand and he told me he hoped to see me again. Yep. It was fine. (but let’s not talk about how I almost walked off with the book and had to run back and give it to him. lol)

(Side note - I won’t be posting any photos or the video bc I’m in them and I would like to keep myself private for my own sanity. Please don’t ask for them. I really appreciate it.)

Next, we went to the panel! Nothing really exciting happened beyond what was filmed for the livestream, so there isn’t really much to tell, but we had a lot of fun watching it live. I smiled throughout the entire thing.

After the panel, we went to Elizabeth’s autograph line. To preface this, I’d already met her at another con in October, so I wasn’t nearly as nervous. Once it was my turn, she got all excited bc she remembered me from Iain’s book. I told her that @eclecticmuses did the artwork for the front, and she started flipping though the book and was just stunned by all the messages. I told her they were from people on Tumblr, so she asked if I wanted to record a video, to which I obviously said yes. You can watch that video here! She’s a gem.

After that, she signed my photo, marveled over my rings (I was pretty stoked about this bit - they’re Monica Vinader rings if anyone is curious), and then we took a photo. When we were lining up for the photo, I showed her my shirt (which said Nevertheless, she persisted) and she loved it. I gave her a hug afterwards, and we said our goodbyes.

Onto the individual photo ops! This part is sort of a blur bc they happened so quickly. I probably spent at most 20 seconds with each of them. Iain was lovely and remembered me, and was overly nice through the whole thing. And thank god the photo turned out lovely as well. I honestly hate taking photos, so I was relieved it turned out great. And he smiled in mine. :) When I walked up for Elizabeth’s, she told me again how much she loved my shirt, and we took the photo, which also turned out lovely.

And that’s the end of day one!

But then, oh god, the next morning took a turn for the worst. I woke up with the most horrible stomach pain and thought I was going to be sick all morning. I don’t know what it was (something I ate, anxiety, who knows) but I felt awful, just lying in bed for a few hours that morning, and was scared my day was going to be ruined. Luckily, I slowly got ready and was able to make it to the convention without getting sick. I was a little unsteady on my feet, but I managed.

Once I got there, I randomly found Karen, one of the girls from our group on Saturday, so we went together to the autograph lines bc I wanted to get some of Stephanie’s art signed. While we were in line, we ran into @shieldsil and @jsimmonss! They were both soooooo lovely and we had a nice chat before getting our autographs.

When Karen and I got to Iain’s table, he was so sweet, saying welcome back. We chatted for a bit about our weekends, our flights home (he wondered why I had to leave so soon, and I said bc of grad school. He said oh shit - which is basically how I feel about the rest of this semester). He then told Karen he loved her cosplay (she was dressed as Rey and looked amazing) and we laughed a bit about how her rolling BB-8 was just from Target (he thought she had made it, lol).

After that, I asked about the book and he said he loved it so much and was looking forward to reading all the messages. I then showed him the video of Elizabeth with her book. His response? “Ah man, of course she would do that. She’s such an asshole, and a racist, just the worst. I’m gonna have to one-up her or something. I’ll record a video, maybe with her.” Not getting my hopes up on that, but we’ll see. Once he signed my photo, he came around the table to give me a hug, and let me tell you, this one was probably the best hug I’ve ever gotten in my life. I told him thank you for being so kind and he said “oh, no. You’ve been even kinder!” I died.

(and of course, after that hug, my stomach pain magically went away ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ the power of IDC, I guess.)

We then went to Elizabeth’s table, and she got excited bc I was getting the artwork signed that was in the front of the book. She thanked me again and said the book was really sweet. We chatted a bit about our time at the con and our plans for afterwards - it was pretty short and sweet, but I told her I would see her in a few hours at the duo photo op.

After that, I said goodbye to Karen, and then a few hours later made it to the photo op area for my team up photo, where I magically ran into @shieldsil again! We had a lovely chat waiting in line, and it was so nice getting to have one last meet up with a tumblr pal before my last experience at the con. I got my photo with both of them - they were amazing and sweet, obviously, and I said my last goodbye to Iain and Elizabeth :(. And then I was floored bc the photo turned out amazing. (again, I hate taking photos, so I was so happy). Both Silje and I had flights to catch, so we said a quick goodbye and I was off.

Annnnnnd that’s my entire C2E2 experience! If you read this whole thing, I applaud you. Thanks again to everyone that participated in the gift project! They genuinely loved seeing all the messages, and Iain specifically said he looked forward to reading them. And shoutout to everyone I met this weekend - you all were so kind and amazing, and you made my weekend even more enjoyable. <3

#Mel goes to C2E2 #Iain De Caestecker #Elizabeth Henstridge #C2E2 #C2E2 Caestridge Gift Project #personal

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tru-b-blog · 4 years

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I am literally a week behind on this new year! I started journaling my New Years’ resolutions before the New Year and then crazy things happened and I haven’t even finished that journal entry! I don’t think my mind has slowed down and it’s not a bad thing!!! Just not my usual New Years.

I will warn you now, this blog post will be sappy and giddy because it was the best New Years Eve I’ve ever had! So, if you are not in the mood to be happy for someone else, STOP READING and there will be no hard feelings.

If you follow me on social media, you’ll know that on December 30th, I GOT ENGAGED!!!!!! While I really want to spill all the little details of that day, I will spare you. I know some of you may want to know, but I’ve written it out and it’s basically a novella that I’m sure you will all skip over. If you ever want to know in person, let me know and I will GLADLY share it!!!! For now, I’ll give you the bestest details.

My then-boyfriend, Jeremy, took me to the Friends apartment building (where they filmed all the exterior shots of their apartment for the show). If you know me at all, I am obsessed with Friends and I have basically every episode memorized! (That is not an exaggeration). He told me to stand at the corner and he would take a picture of me in front of the building. I think nothing of it, we take posed pictures all the time lol. I walk over to the corner and turn around to pose for the picture. When I turn around, Jeremy is down on one knee!!! With a ring!!!!! In a box!!!!!! My mind is screaming at me and I’m pretty sure it also goes blank because all I keep saying is “Oh my god. What are you doing? Oh my god. This isn’t happening?!” Which probably sounded really bad out loud.

I’ve been dreaming of this moment my whole life!! I’ve always tried to picture how someone would propose to me and I could never find the perfect place or the perfect way. But my now-fiance managed to pull it off! He combined my love for Disney with my love for Friends which I didn’t even know was possible because those things do not mix!!! OH! I forgot to mention when I finally said yes and I looked at the ring, the rose from Beauty and the Beast was in my ring!! Belle is my favorite princess because of her love for books and, I mean, that library is goals!

I immediately called my parents and brother and my best friend. I couldn’t believe what just happened!

How do people just go from dating to saying yes to a proposal to being engaged?!?! How do you go on about your day?! I finally understood why Monica was shouting from the rooftops because that’s all I wanted to do! I wanted to scream that I was engaged! And I wanted to shout everything this man does to make me happy!!! I still do!!! I don’t know how to not rub it in your faces!!!

Now, enjoy the pics!

Rockefeller Christmas Tree

Rockefeller Center

The Vessel at Hudson Yards

The Vessel

Today Show

The Today Show

The Vessel

In front of the Rockefeller Christmas Tree (still as boyfriend and girlfriend)

NYE in NYC!

Yes, we did Times Square! This has been a bucket list item for me since the 7th grade! And not only was I about to experience it, I was going to experience it with a FIANCE!!!!! The waiting is probably as miserable as it sounds. In the moment, it feels like this will drag on forever and you have no idea how you’re going to last standing for 14+ hours. There were moments where we were so squished, I’m pretty sure my feet weren’t touching the ground. Probably around 8pm, it started getting more fun. Hats and balloons were passed out. People were dancing and singing along to the music being played on the speakers. Performers finally performed. Fun fact: soundcheck started earlier in the day, so by the time they performed for tv, we knew everyone’s songs even if we didn’t know them before that day. Which, I guess, is pretty smart. They also have the cameras panning the crowd and underneath the lens is a screen with the lyrics displayed so we are literally staring into the lens singing the words on the screen. A brilliant tactic in my opinion.

It’s finally 11pm and we are soooooo ready for this thing! We all contemplated leaving at some point during the night, but at the same time, we had already been standing this long, we can make it to the end! It’s getting sooooo close!!! This moment I’ve always dreamed of was actually happening!! We weren’t watching it on tv, we were here!!!! Post Malone comes out for his performance around 11:30pm! Everyone’s going crazy and we’re all excited, whether we like him or not. But honestly, almost everyone knew his last song so it made it that much more fun!

FINALLY!!!! It’s the count down!!!! The final 15 seconds!!! Oh my gosh!!!

The Ball Drops!

Fireworks go off!

Everyone screams, “Happy New Year!”

And for the first time in my life. . . A New Years Kiss! 😀

Happy New Year everyone!! I’m sorry it’s a week late, but I’ve been on cloud nine for a while.

I hope everyone had a wonderful New Years and I pray 2020 is an abundant year for you all!

Here’s to the roaring 20s!

-B ❤

Chapter Eight: Happy New Year! Welcome, 2020!! I am literally a week behind on this new year! I started journaling my New Years' resolutions before the New Year and then crazy things happened and I haven't even finished that journal entry!

#Life and Reflections

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jilliebeeean · 7 years

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I always wondered what it’s like to travel internationally… to go to a place where nobody knows you, adapting to a new culture with different people. Those who’s been somewhere else keeps saying that every place you’ve been to will make you a different person, and a part of it will always be with you. Everybody wants to travel (well, who doesn’t?) and I am no exception.

Today, I am stoked to share with all of you my 1st international travel blog!! Yaaaay!

I have my passport for as long as I can remember but, for some reasons we never really go outside PH. Me and my family travels locally most of the time. After 21 years, finally may tatak na din ang passport ko! I also did our itinerary for this trip so I am also going to share that to you guys #forreference ;)

March 25, 2017

Our flight was at 5:30am via Cebu Pacific at NAIA Terminal 1. We arrived at the airport at 1:30am #TeamNoSleep right here! which was just right cause they started check-in a few minutes after.

Our ticket included a meal since I can’t be hungry or else I won’t be able to walk or even stand properly because of my ulcer. And nobody wants that!! EVER!!

Beef Tapa with Egg and Garlic Rice

I have a question for those who are travelling frequently, I don’t know if airplane food is really bad or is it just this one? I have nothing against the airline but man, this is not worth 350php at all! I would be more willing to spend 100php for cup noodles.

8:30 : Touchdown and Hello Hong Kong!!

Welcome to Hong Kong beshies!

***Pagbigyan nyo na ako please, 1st time ko out of the country and let me just say, ang gondo gondo ng airport nila! It’s so spacious and I just love everything about it! also, KP keeps bugging me that there is a train inside the airport..and keep on telling him that I know! I’ve been watching numerous youtube vlogs before this trip! hahaha!

Speaking of Youtube videos, I was really watching a lot of HK vlogs just to get a heads up on what to expect (I don’t like not knowing “the plan”) and of course they delegated the itinerary to me that’s why I have to do my research. From youtube videos to reality..I can’t believe this is happening!!

Anyway, I watched a video from DeliaWears called 12 THINGS YOU TO NEED KNOW BEFORE TRAVELLING TO HONG KONG. I don’t really know how I found her video but it was really helpful, especially this 1 tip: She suggested that instead of buying sim cards at the airport or convenience stores which is around 80hkd/ 510php with 1Gb of data for a week, to go to Apliu Flea Market at Sam Shui Po which is like their electronics street where they sell different kinds of sim cards for as low as 30hkd/ 192php with unlimited data for a month!

At first my family didn’t believe it and just said to buy whatever is already there but in the end, we still went to Apliu street and bought the sim cards there. TBH, the signal of the network is decent. I highly recommend this, especially in this generation where social media is a crucial! If it’s not on Snapchat or Instagram it didn’t happen ;)

This was the sim card that I bought :)

I was happy that we gave the extra effort of going to Apliu just to buy simcards, the price difference is huge! and we also got to try riding the MTR which is the best thing ever! We also got an Octopus card for 150hkd/957php with a 100hkd/638php worth of load. Octopus card is like the HK’s version of Beep card, but of course Octopus card is waaaaaay better than beep card.. it can also be used in convenience stores and other fast food restaurants.

Apliu street

After our side trip to Apliu, we went to Tsim Sha Tsui to check-in at the Imperial Hotel. I recommend staying at the Imperial Hotel because it is in the center for almost 4 MTR exits, plus.. it is just across iSquare which is one of the landmarks of the area.

11:30 : Lunch at Canton’s Dimsum Expert

I chose Canton’s Dimsum Expert because it is one of the recommended restaurants in TripAdvisor, I figured it’s worth a try from its good reviews. It is located in No.11 Humphreys Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui.

For our welcome meal, of course we had dim sum!

***TBH, the food is a little expensive for us, hahaha! I am saying this because during our stay, we’ve eaten at other restaurants that costs around 30hkd for a meal, and not just for an order of dim sum.

We ordered Steamed Shrimp Dumpling (Hakaw), Raddish Cake, Big Chicken and Pork Bun, Satay Beef Brisket Shanghai Noodles, Steamed Bean Curd Roll in Oyster Sauce, Steamed Rice Skin Roll with Beef, Crab Roe Shumai, and Steamed Rice with Spare Rib and Chicken Feet/Finger.

The food and service is good. I was pleased with our meal, but my only problem was that they don’t have service water. They only have unlimited tea which is not advisable for me (ulcer problems) but other than that, I liked our whole experience here. The dishes that stood out for me was the Steamed Shrimp Dumpling, Crab Roe Shumai, Raddish Cake. The noodles and Steamed Rice Skin Roll with Beef was meh. Overall our bill was roughly about 450hkd/2,873php or 90hkd/575php per head (sorry I forgot the exact price)

After our meal, we went back to the hotel to have a nap before heading out again to go to Victoria’s Peak.

13:30 : En route to Victoria’s Peak

#How to get there:

*From MTR Central station, make your way to the J2 exit and walk up to the ground level. Turn right, through Chater Garden, cross Queen’s Road Central, and make your way up Garden Road. You will pass the Bank of China Tower and Citibank Plaza on your left and St John’s Cathedral on your right.

*By Bus to Garden Road Peak Tram Lower Terminus Board the Peak Tram shuttle bus No. 15C at the Central (Near Star Ferry Pier 8) Bus Terminus.

***If you are not fond of walking just like us, I recommend to take the bus instead. :)

Probably this was one of our mistakes is that we believed the google map when it said “5 mins” walk. I think it forgot to mention that the “walk” was uphill! We reached the Tram Lower Terminus sweaty and tired which is not cute!

The end of the line for the tram was across the street, which was crazy! The good thing is that the waiting time wasn’t that long.

We paid 88hkd/562php per head for the ticket at the Sky Terrace 428 and return ticket for the Peak Tram. Riding the tram was a mix of excitement and eerie, because at one point, you’ll be amazed how amazing the view is and the other is it’s terrifying because you can hear the works of the mechanical stuff of the tram. You can really feel it pushing itself to climb the steep rail.

When we arrived at the Peak Tower, we were welcomed by souvenir shops, restaurants and other activities that can be done in the area. There was a 3D illusion museum and the famed Madame Tussauds. After a few escalator rides, we finally reached the Sky Terrace 428. :)

It was soooooo cold on the view deck. Too bad it was a bit foggy but it cleared up after a few minutes :)

After a few minutes of taking pictures and resting on the view deck, we decided to go back down to the Peak Tower to have a some snacks. KP and Borbs went to McDonalds to buy burgers and nuggets while my mom being a #girlscoutforever, brought some snacks with her! :)

KP bought me Nuggets with Sweet and Sour Sauce. At first I was confused with how the sauce works with the nuggets. My first few bites I wasn’t sure if I like it or not. But after one nugget to another, the flavor of the sauce kinda grew into me until I realized that I already finished the whole thing. Ooops! :P

19:30 : Symphony of Lights

We left the Peak at 16:30PM and went back to our hotel to rest for a while and to get ready for dinner and symphony of lights.

Symphony of Lights is a light and sound show every night at the Victoria Harbour. Our trip here was a major fail!!! We were waiting for about an hour and I was getting grumpy cause we didn’t have a decent dinner just to have a nice spot for the show. It was already 21:00 and still there was no show! When KP and I decided to leave, that’s when we knew that there wasn’t going to be any show that night because of Earth Hour. *face palm*

We ended up walking around Tsim Sha Tsui with our feet taking us wherever it wants to go. I had fun with our stroll, it made us see how lively Hong Kong is at night. I also bought an Ice Cream cone from a food truck called Mister Softee for 10hkd/64php. I enjoyed eating it despite the cold weather and this ice cream is so good! Worth it for 10hkd!

Well, I’ll end our first day in HK here :) To those who are looking for reference for their next HK trip and read my post, I hope I was able to help you in making your itinerary and etc.

Stay tuned for my next post for our #HappyCampergoestoHK series! ;) :)

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At the Peak I always wondered what it's like to travel internationally... to go to a place where nobody knows you, adapting to a new culture with different people.

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