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NEVER buying from konkon_sales ever again.

I placed a pre-order for Pi's solo concert goods on November 22nd, 2009. Paid for the goods, then received shipping quote which I paid for again right away. Everything was paid for by November 25th.

I was told (exact quote from e-mail):
"I'm emailing you to let you know that your order has been processed and is ready for shipping."
"I will then send you an invoice (plus 5% for paypal fees), and once paid, your items will ship out within a week."

A week and a half later, I still receive no tracking number or shipped notice (I chose EMS shipping), so I leave a message on their comm asking for an update: "....... I understand that you are very busy with so many orders to deal with, but I just wanted to have a general idea around when it will be shipped. Next week? or the week after that?"

To which I get a reply saying they got a lot of orders and are working on it and will let me know when shipped. I had asked for a rough estimate. She gave me none.

When it's almost been SEVEN WEEKS, I leave another message on their comm. Over a month's worth of waiting time for items that have supposedly arrived is just not right. ESPECIALLY, when I was told over a month earlier on that my order had been PROCESSED and was READY FOR SHIPPING.

Her reply: "I've been involved in a move, and just recently have had time/internet connection to get back into things. My partner has decided he won't ship to individual customers, so he'll be sending me everything to ship out. Believe me, this was not something I had planned. Because of this, I'm fronting the cost of shipping the items to me. But because of this, everything will be delayed in shipping as I have limited finances coming in to pay for it. As such, I won't have the rest of the items till close to the end of January. I'm very sorry for the delay, but there really isn't anything I can do."

She is apologetic, but this is unacceptable. All I see are excuses. The customer should not have to suffer on their behalf simply because they are disorganized and had not planned everything out properly. AND I had been lied to. If they had been upfront about the wait, I would have no problem. But what pisses me off is that I was told that my order was READY FOR SHIPPING, and now... almost NINE WEEKS down the line and I have seen no hide nor hair of shipping notices/tracking numbers of my order.

She also doesn't respond to e-mails.
I also saw some other people having left inquiries on the comm concerning their orders. She didn't reply to them. HOWEVER, she DID reply to inquiries posted on the same day and thread/entry from people wanting to ORDER things.

My total order including shipping was $90. That's not a small amount. And I've forgotten about having even placed an order so many times. And I wouldn't even have remembered if I hadn't been thinking about my doll's arrival.

Isn't this absurd? I ordered a bjd on November 20th. A bjd is a doll that is MADE TO ORDER and made BY HAND. Meaning, they don't start working on it until they get an order and it is paid for. And I already got a shipping notice for that on friday and tracking says its already in Vancouver. Even my DOLL has shipped. Whereas, a pamphlet, uchiwa and photoset that has supposedly already been bought, IS NOT READY TO BE SHIPPED.

Pi's concert has already ended and I STILL don't have the goods.

I have half a mind to demand a refund from her. But 1) I have a feeling I won't be ABLE to get a refund. and 2) I really do want my concert goodies. TT__________TT

Not locking this post because I want everyone to see. I wonder if any of the other buyers got their items.

On a happier note, my doll, Haruki, will arrive by the end of the week hopefully. Beginning of next week latest if post and customs decides to be a bitch.

Wanted to have something for Haruki to sit on when he gets here but all the doll furnitures are either really expensive or the shipping kills.

SO, I decided to make my own using cardboard boxes and things I had around that house. Buying minimal materials. Found a tutorial on how to make BJD couches and just jumped right into it.
Worked on it all night until I finally finished it at 3:30AM.

( Here's how I made it [image intensive] )

~ MegaUpload Link
~ MediaFire Link
Credits: KAL

Have yet to watch this, but skimmed through it. Seems like Jin cooks some curry with a recipe that he made up and has never tried. XD
Looking forward to watching it~

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- Got Pi's two LE singles in the mail today. :D
- Received e-mail that LANDS' single has been shipped. :DV
- So much to watch and fangirl about but not enough time!!!
- Participated in "Operation #eggplant" and it was a success, getting it onto Trending Topics~

I've once again fallen behind in my fandom.
My love/interest for it is never lost, but I just don't have the energy to keep up with it. Life has thrown so much at me this summer.

I'm taking a semester off from school due to family stuff. Probably go back to school in January.

Decided to check up on what's been happening to KAT-TUN lately. Well... really just Jin.
Watched these two news reports on BANDAGE. and Jin's getting a solo debut with LANDS?! wow. I can't wait.
If they release multiple vers. that offer different things, I think I'll get one of each. .... i never did that for Pi's solo and GYM thing. XD (only for the LE vers.)

So I watched those news reports where it showed clips of Jin's performance, and then I went and listened to Crystal Kay's song ft. Jin, "Helpless Night". And.. it just made me want to cry. It was so beautiful. I really want to see the full performance for Jin's BANDAGE solo song.
Just watching Jin strutting down that long walkway w/ his signature hat and singing. And then those snip previews of the movie. It was so beautiful that it made me want to cry. I don't know why.

I don't think this is the first time that Jin's made me want to cry. No other idols have made me feel that way, not even Pi.
It's just something about Jin. Maybe i'm just weird o.o

I'll buy the movie DVD too. I never buy any jp vers. movies cus they're not subbed, but I'll buy BANDAGE. Jin just looks too awesome.

Yesterday definitely could've been better. Its friggin april but my school-on-a-mountain still managed to get snow. It's already bad enough since they didn't close the stupid school. I got out of the car w/ my miniscule umbrella, walk towards the entrance, And slipped. So embarassing. This guy asked me i I was alright and then this girl asked me and helped me up.
My entire back from waist down was soaked cus it wasn't just snow. It was a snow slush mix!
And somehow through my fall my umbrella managed to turn inside out!
walked into washroom to brush snow-slush off and realize I left my cell at home. Great.
Lab ended almost 2 hrs early so I borrowed a friends phone to call my dad. He said he'll be here 4:30. Called him again around 4:30 and he says 5:15c cus of traffic jan. Then my friend left so no more phone to borrow so can only use payphone.
Realize that I used my last quarter that day for lunch n not enough dimes and nickels.
lucky enough to bump into a friend who lent me 50 cents.
got picked up at 5:10.

And that concluded my april fools. Hope you guys had a better day or got to play some fun pranks on your friends

First time trying to post using cellphone. Can ignore this.

::this entry was originally supposed to be posted on dec 2nd::

Why do I always find myself updating when I most shouldn't?
I have less than 48 hours until my chem final, and I've just started studying for it. Mainly because I've spent my past week working on this computer programming project that was due this morning and I still didn't manage to finish. I just kind of gave up on the coding.

My entries look boring, so I want to post some pictures here~
I spent the longest time trying to get photoshop into my computer which I never got around to installing and getting it cracked and everything ever since last... december? When I got this computer. Oh wow, my "new" desktop is no longer new, it's almost one year old!! XD

Anyways, kind of late (2 months...) but here's my this year's birthday cake... Not sure if any of you remember, but I had Jin last year, so this year I guess it's only fair that Pi gets a chance to be put on cake~ XP

So midterms are done and over. Not counting that bio lab exam that I'll have in a little over a week which I am thoroughly screwed over for since I don't do any substantial work in lab.

I missed blogging.
I've been so out of the fandom loop that it seems like all my fandom friends have left this fandom already. And I'm just kinda left here. by myself. I don't have the energy to rush in and make new fandom pals. I feel bad cus I don't even comment on my flist anymore. I still check up on fandom, but not as fanatically as I used to. I still order their albums, concert dvds and stuff, but definitely spend less time on it. As in I no longer try to be the first to post updates on them or news or downloads like I remember I used to do. XD I want a nice LJ layout. Why is my LJ so ugly? :(

( NEWS COLOR Album )

( Volunteering abroad in Thailand over the Summer )

I finally finished watching Code Blue on friday. I LOVE medical dramas. True, Code Blue wasn't he most realistic medical drama, but which medical dramas are realistic? I really wish Pi will get rid of his head of curls soon. I miss straight-haired Pi. >3<

I'm sick of school. I miss my high school friends. I miss wearing uniforms. Yeah, I partially can't believe I'm actually saying that. But waking up and having to find something to wear is hard. My clothing selection is very small. Probably since I've always just had to wear the same uniform for 5 days a week in the past, and I'm not really a clothes whore. I don't shop much. And stuff that I splurge on are never really clothes.

I'm failing all my classes. I wonder if I'll do so poorly that they'll kick me out or put me on academic probation. I wonder if my mom would kill me then if that happens. I hate that I know what my weaknesses are yet I do nothing to remedy it. I know I don't study hard enough and if I can pass (very very barely) with minimal studying, then that means I could probably do okay/well if I study hard, right? So why the hell do I not work hard? And where the heck do I spend all my time doing?

I wish for motivation.

Blogging makes me feel better. =] Yosh, back to kinesiology~

Tagged by resa_love

01. What are you currently thinking?
"I wish the weekend was longer."

02. What do you want most right now?
I want to get into med school. ^^;; Yes, too big of a dream, i know....

03. What's your favorite thing to do?
Chat/Hang-out with my family/friends.

04. Do you think money can buy happiness?
It can buy happiness within certain aspects/areas of life. Not all, but a big chunk of it.

05. If you can could change one thing about yourself, what would you change?
My laziness and lack of motivation.

06. Do you prefer a kiss or a hug?
Hugs. Makes me feel safe/cared for.

07. What are you afraid to lose the most?
My family.

08. If you could make one illness to disappear from this world, what would it be?
All forms/types of cancer.

09. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you?
o1. Is always there for me.
o2. Cares about me.
o3. The best onee-chan there ever was

10. What makes you happy?
When I get something done. ie. homework/studying

11. What type of person do you hate the most?
Hypocrites and show-offs

12. What do you wish to accomplish in this lifetime?
Finish my education and be someone that I will be proud of.

13. If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
Be able to get things done in the matter of minutes.

14. What would you do if you could be the most powerful person in the world?
Do what God couldn't/would do: Get rid of war, sickness, and poverty.

15. Any childhood memories you'll like to re-live?
I'm happy with where I am now. But if you're talking about what part in life that I would like to RE-DO. WELL, then.......

16. How old do you want to get married?
When I've reached a certain level of accomplishment... Early-mid 30s

17. What's the saddest moment of your life?
I'm lucky enough to not have reached that point in my life yet.

18. Are you courageous enough to go and tell the person that you like him/her?
Depends on the person, how strong I feel about him, and the amount of confidence I feel about whether the feelings mutual.

19. When you walk, where do you look at?
I look around. mostly forward?

20. Two things that you don't like about yourself.
o1. My laziness and lack of motivation.
o2. Knowing my weak points yet not really doing anything about it.


Instructions: Remove 1 question from above, & add in your personal question, make it a total of 20 questions, then tag 8 people in your list, list them out at the end of this post. Notify them in their chat box that he/she has been tagged.

I tag anyone who wants to do this.

LJ's become my online diary now, I'm sorry to those of you who added me for JE stuff. Also know there's a few anonymous friend-ers, don't see any reason for you to add me if not for JE stuff. I USED to upload and share stuff, but I don't see myself doing that anymore in the near future, so you may as well un-friend me now...


I really should be doing homework or at least get some sleep right now, but I think I deserve a break to de-stress after weeks (okay, only 4 but still) of straight school work and basically nothing else.


It's the fourth week of university, and I'm already dieing. I wasn't really stressed during the first few weeks, but I'm beginning to feel stressed now. All I've had time for these weeks is homework, meals, and sleep. Heck, I don't even have time for lunch at school oftentimes. Neither do I have time for breakfast. And I'm constantly sleep deprived.


Now, with mid-terms coming up in October, and it's basically all throughout October, I'm going to have to put even more hours into studying/reviewing/practicing, ontop of doing assignments. I've got assignments due left and right. Online and on paper. I'm taking 5 courses, one of which is a distance ed, and this was totally a wrong choice for first year science students. I think 4 would have been a maximum. I've basically got a lecture AND lab component for each course, and then tutorial component for most. I've calculated before, I would get roughly 4 hours "me" time to do my own stuff apart from sleep(7 hours), meals(2.5 hours), commuting (3 hours), homework/school (numerous hours), each day, because of all the time I need to spend on each course both in school and out. Of course, I'll probably get more on weekends, but so far, that hasn't been happening. Just last weekend, I spent the whole saturday doing chem, and then sunday doing cmpt(computer programming) and lecture preps/readings. I only left the house for 2 hours on sunday to go out for lunch w/ my family and I stayed in the whole day on saturday.


I am completely behind on my fandom right now. It's a chore to even try to catch up. I managed to be caught up with code blue over summer and first week of school. But I have yet to watch the last episode!!!!!
I haven't watched NEWS' new PV or heard their single. -failz-
And I heard from my MOM about Pi's graduation. -sad-


It's 12:36AM right now, I think I'm going to turn in early and suffer the consequences of not doing the pre-lecture readings...


Kudos and kisses to those of you who read this. =] -hands out cookies-

Wow it's been a long time. I've forgotten how much I enjoyed blogging!
So I've officially put an end to my high school career and left behind my gorden-tartan skirt and blouse uniform attire. From now on, I have to scourge and search high and low every morning for a fresh set of clothes. I don't have much of a variety to pick from to begin with, meaning I'll need to give my poor, depleted wardrobe some attention now. Also meaning I now will have to spend much more on my clothes since my uniform escape is not gone, when before, more of my money could have been spent elsewhere.

Yay, I'm reading to embrace university life!
Even though I'm not able to go to the university of my choice, I'm still excited to start this next step in life.
.... and I know this initial excitement for the new school year to commence will wear off a month into it.

In less than 12 hours, my flight to Hong Kong will have taken off.
Yep, no sooner am I back and I'm leaving again!

I really don't know what I've been doing lately that's caused me to be so behind on my fandom. And really just my online life in general. The real life truck hit? Most likely. Grown out of my fandom phase/self? Not exactly.
I guess I can control my fangirl urges/tendencies better now. But that doesn't mean I still won't go to extremes (monetary-wise most likely) if it means I get a chance to see my idols live~ :D
Let's see if I can keep this up through my university years as well. XD

But seriously, I've been so behind on my fandom. Apparently Code Blue's first episode is airing on July 3rd? Today, since it's 3AM? No idea. Either way, I'm kind of bummed I won't be able to watch it since I'll be in Hong Kon. I'll have internet connection, but I don't think I'll risk downloading (bt-ing) it in Hong Kong since the download laws/restrictions are much more serious in Hong Kong than here. Also, if I'd rather get myself in trouble, than drag my relatives in Hong Kong down since I'd be using their IPs and such. LOL.

My LJ's no longer really on my fandoms and fangirling anymore. And I never remember to go through my f-list's LJs and comment. Kinda sad that the original purpose of my LJ has gone. It's not more used like an online journal/rant for me. Perhaps I should switch over to something like... blogspot? or another since those tend to be more popular for strictly daily rambles? But then I think I've grown attached to this LJ of mine.

Since my thoughts are no longer coherent, its probably a sign that I should hit the sack now. Got a plane to catch next morning~!

Back to my problem from my previous entry... University.

University of Toronto is the only Canadian university that offers Forensic Science for undergrad. And it's my first choice and what interests me and what I want to study most. And I actually got in... =.="
Now, if I didn't get in, I wouldn't even be thinking about it. But since I was accepted, that just makes it even more painful that I can't go. The date that I have to accept the admission by is March 25th. In two days. I've been going around and saying, it's the 20th today, 5 more days. It's the 21st today, 4 more days. To my mom. Every time I try to bring the topic up, most of the time it ends in an arguement. It's not as if I don't understand my parent's reason for this and I know that I'm not being a very good daughter by always talking about U of T, but for some reason, I just can't help it! I can't seem to stop myself from mentioning 'forensics science program' all the time. And now that it's almost the 25th and if i don't click 'Accept' by then, then I'm automatically forfeiting/rejecting the offer!!

Why can I not go to U of T?
I live in Vancouver, so the University that I am supposed to go to is UBC (Which I didn't get into for early admission cus they only look at provincial courses average so I'll have to wait for May and pray they accept me) or SFU (which looks like is where I'll end up going to since they've accepted me already).

Tuition for one year at UBC is around $5000-$6500.
To go away for University to UofT would cost me $12,000-$20,000. (And then times that amount by 4 for four years of undergrad studies.....)
Money/Cost is a big issue.
Government student loan isn't possible either because of other reasons. Ahh~ Really want to go~.

The 25th will be a sad day for me. It's so tempting to click the 'Accept' button na~ wonder what would happen if i clicked it

Ever since I got a part-time job, I've been spending like crazy. actually, i've always liked to buy stuff even before I got a job I don't really buy clothes and such, more like I buy CDs and DVDs, magazines, etc. And ever since JE, buying online.

I've just bought the Jin and Kame gokusen 2 pinky rings. orz
I should be kicking myself for spending so much, but all I can feel is how excited I am at the prospect of receiving it in the mail.

And not only that, I had bought both the NEWS and KAT-TUN calenders. It'll be here hopefully coming week.

Can someone cure me of this mad frenzy of buying JE-related things??? But a pat on my back since I managed to not buy the two singles..? :D

On another note. I got into my original first choice. University of Toronto - Forensics Science!!! w00+ BUT, I can't go.... =.=;;
Where I got into and want to go most but can't is Waterloo in the Science nad Business program.
Got into SFU Sciences as well, that'll be my backup.
Self-reporting for UBC and McGill is up/will be up. Shall report as soon as I get my transcript on monday.

Mmhm, can't wait for summer so I can get out of this hellhole. :D

I've moved to a townhouse, so the distance between house to house is small.
There's this man who lives in the unit across from me and my study room faces his house directly. But I find that he's always coughing OUTSIDE of the house when it is the quietest times. (early morning and late at night) Like, whenever I pull an allnighter or wake up early like at 6am to study, I always hear him coughing. He's weird. Its as if he likes to come outside of the house just to cough.

And when I stay up late, which is pretty much every night, right now its only around 12:40AM, so not yet late, but everyone else in my household is asleep. He comes outside to cough again. And I have two dogs who are really sensitive to these noises outside of the house especially when its so quiet with no other noises to distract them, so they start barking. Its like a chain reaction.

So this one morning as I was heading out to go to school, I finally saw his annoying face. Its an old man (40s-50s?) who likes to cough when he walks out of the house. WHY? Because he wants to SMOKE. He comes out, cus he wants to SMOKE. WHY ARE YOU STILL SMOKING IF YOU'RE ALREADY HALF DEAD?
And his coughing is not those small -cough coughs-. its like a HACKING COUGH. Like, those coughs that sound like you're coughing your LUNG out or like you're DYING. THAT'S why I can hear it upstairs in the study room, cus the window faces him and he has a coughing-out-his-lungs-cough. I really want to march up to him and demand him for why the hell he's still smoking so much when he's coughing like mad?!?!
Don't you know you're disturbing everyone's sleep??? If you must cough and smoke, SMOKE IN TEH DAYTIME! Smoke in the afternoon! Not when its early in the morning when not even the birds are awake, or when its late at night when every living soul is sleeping and your hacking cough can scare the wits out of them and wake the whole town!!

It's really disruptive when I'm trying to study/cram or do homework and you start coughing and then it leads to a chain reaction of my dogs barking and then possibly my parrot squawking too!

Wow, when was my last post? December??
I missed going on LJ and commenting on my f-list and just blogging in general. And my fandom!! I miss my fandom! I've been so caught up with life and school.

So, after I got back from Japan on the 6th, I had school for two weeks. But in the beginning on the second week that I was back, we got a call from my family in Hong Kong, saying that my great-grandpa(mom's grandpa) had a stroke and was hospitalized. So having just came back from Japan for 2 weeks, I left with my mom for HK on the 19th for a week. I'd only be missing 2 days of school because it was an outdoor ed trip from the 23rd-25th.

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Sooooo, change of plans!! =D

Extremely last minute plan on going to Japan! LMAO. In... lets see... five days!! XD
Just two days ago, my mom and I went and joined the 8-day tour to japan (tokyo and osaka) leaving on the 28th.
I had a shift on the 29th and that was as far as the schedule was out, so i had to arrange with someone to switch shifts and then i had to talk to my manager about my availability and stuff. basically, our seasonal contract ends on dec 31st, but our manager may/may not keep some of us. One of my seniors said she thinks my manager will keep me or something, yadida. So I had to tell my manager that I woud've be working from the 28th and the first week of january.

I'll take lots of pictures. Hopefully some JE related. XD I won't be able to go to the Johnny's shop since I'll be on the tour. Depends on where I am when we get free time. I think we get some free time when we reach osaka. I've got all the directions and stuff to the shop, so hopefully be able to find my way there and it'll be during the time they're open and NOT when they're closed XP

Ahh... i have work in 50mins. Since its christmas season and we're doing the 'scratch and save' weekend (those that don't have the Bay where they are prolli don't know what this is. lol) so its just even crazier!! O_O

Today's my last day of being 16~ (not sure how i feel about that)

Hmm.. this week has been pretty rough for me so far already.
One good thing was that I got a job! yay! *does a dance*
Yep, so i'll be working in the jewellery department in the Bay (canadian department store). The pay is pretty good. I had orientation on sunday and then 2 assigned shifts this week~

( Major Nosebleeds and Allergies (Rant, can skip) )

On another note, sushi oji has finished!
I'm glad that the subbing and everything's over with now. XP
It was a fun drama to do.

I'm dreading school so much already. But, since i missed practicaly two full days of school this week, that means this school week will pass by quickly for me. Also, tommorrow's my bday, so it'll be fun~ hopefully

LOL, and today, after seeing the doc, went to order my cake with my mom. Apparently, with that bakery, you can give them a picture to scan in and put on your cake on some sort of white chocolate plaque.
But i didn't have ANY picture on me. I'd thought it'd be cool to put a picture of Pi on it, but i didn't. However, I had a picture of Jin in my agenda, so I used that. XP
Hoping that it'll turn out pretty~ =]

Ahh.. can't wait for October 17th!!!

MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON WATCHING THIS MOVIE!!!

( Boku wa imouto ni koi wo suru )

I still haven't read those two books and two essays for AP Lang!!! T_____T
School starts on the 6th..........

On another note, some of you may or may not know. I started co-writing fics on LJ w/ a friend. Not sure if she wants her identity to remain a secret, so I shall not say any names. XP But something funny happened. This reader replied using the icon that I use as default. That Jin one. -points-
I thought it was funny that she'd steal use it since it's so poorly made! Also because she commented with that icon to my joint fic LJ too! Very amusing to me~ XDD

Also, I'm sorry. I missed MatsuJun's birthday!! ><;;
Jun was the one who got me into JE in the first place~ Arigatou ♥
LOL

By the way, does anyone know where I can dl the OST from Boku wa imouto ni koi wo suru??

Finally, at long last. A Jin-drama.
Can't wait~