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Recent Shenanigans

October 31, 2013

Hi guys!! I’m so sorry for the lack of posts.

I’ve been really swamped with schoolwork and extracurricular activities lately!!
First off, I have SATS this Saturday. I’m basically so nervous about it that I cant even breathe gg.

Can’t breathe. Can’t breathe. Second of all, last weekend, I went to Camp Everytown and it was a pretty amazing experience! Will you all in depth more about that later 😀

And then school itself has just been really stressful. My english class is freaking me out, and so is math class. (Math mainly because I just suck at it.) Then all my APS each require a shit ton of work and I feel like I’m suffocating under a pile of textbook pages every moment of my life, even when I’m sleeping. The stress has been piling on especially these past few days, when I realize my SAT is literally in like three days and it will determine my freaking future in academics omg omg omg okay Ally stop lol

But I’ve still managed to have fun these past few weeks, here are some pictures!

I thought I would take a break from studying and finally get around to posting some stuff. I know I’ve told people that I would post last weekend, and this week, but I’m finally getting around to it! I feel so bad that I’m taking time off of studying to do it, but I also really miss blogging and am really feeling it right now 😀

Wish me luck for the SAT guys!!!

FIGHTING 加油加油～
Love you all, thanks for your lovely patience!!

-A

Diet Day 1!

October 22, 2013

Resuming/starting a new diet today!!! (hopefully my face will slim down too a bit! it’s been pretty swollen and just weird lately )

I haven’t been doing well the past few weeks in terms of being healthy, eating well, or working out. I definitely find myself needing to get into the habit of things, especially when it comes to working out! I have weeks where I’ll work out and run a mile and then do other cardio for an hour or so every night, and then I’ll stop for various reasons, and find myself scared to go to the gym. LOL. And when that happens, it takes me a couple of weeks to even force myself back there. That’s not just me right? I feel like it’s a pretty common thing among lazy people xD

Anyway, I’ve been feeling pretty bad about myself these last few days/week, and just been reconsidering some aspects of my life. I haven’t been doing too great at school either! (because I find myself being extremely unproductive with my time)

I think going on a diet and working out more is definitely going to make me feel a bit better about this current point in my life!! Also, I have a special date in two weeks that I must be skinny and pretty for ;___; gambatte allyy!

Recently, the diets I’ve been doing are basically

1. granola breakfast
2. small healthy snacks like banana or rice crackers (I’ll usually bring something to school because I get hungry and it’s embarassing if my stomach growls during class LOL)
i try not to eat more than two healthy snacks a day, and even less if its unhealthy
sometimes it happens though, some food is soooo tempting and its soo hard to stay away from sweets because I HAVE A SWEET SPOT FOR SWEETS okay i need to stop talking about it im getting hungry
#dietstruggles
3. for lunch I usually just bring whatever leftovers, which are usually pretty healthy as well
i try to cut down on rice too! (I don’t normally eat much rice to begin with anyway, so that part isn’t too too hard)
4. for dinner I just eat a lot of vegetables, mainly kale and spinach!
5. work out after dinner for 30 minutes to an hour. the last time I dieted, i did a lot of running. I haven’t run recently so I’m kind of scared to, but I think I’ll get around to the treadmill again sometime soon. for now I’ve just been doing cross trainers, which is pretty okay too

Normally, a week into the diet I find myself being quite impartial to food, especially if I’m very motivated to lose weight and get skinnier, like I am for this diet! (Sometimes I just diet to cleanse or to slim down certain features, but this time I want to lose lose lose!)

My body works in the way where I can eat a considerably large amount of food and not gain much weight. I have pretty good metabolism, so if I can manage to eat less for two weeks the difference becomes visible! But I love food so much, so it’s really really really hard.

too scared to weigh myself but I’ll find some way to give qualitative measurements of progress (hopefully there’s progress!!)

Okay everyone! Wish me luck and give me love !

-A

KATTUN is another member down!!! Tanaka Koki’s contract ended

October 19, 2013

Hi guys. KATTUN has had some really unfortunate news lately. (I haven’t had the chance to post in the last few days/week.) Anyway, Johnny and Associates canceled their contract with Tanaka Koki, due to his repeated violation of company rules. I was so shocked when I found out about this. It was a huge hit when Jin left a few years back, and now Koki is gone too D: I still love KATTUN so much but now the whole dynamics feels changed. I wonder if Kame feels lonely now T ^ T

I understand that Johnny’s policies are really strict, but I just feel bad that the members have to follow such strict guidelines. I feel as an artist, one should have the liberty to experience things and do what makes them happy, which translates into the music and their art. I feel like it’s very hard to follow rules regarding your life choices when you’re a 28 year old man. However, I do also understand it from Johnny’s perspective, and it is a privilege and a dream for most to have been where Tanaka was. I just feel like it’s some tough circumstances regarding asian entertainment industries in general.

Here are some translated message of member comments about Tanakas withdraw from the group.

“We would like to apologize to all of our fans as well as all involved parties for any trouble our group may have caused in this regard. In an attempt to raise our group’s internal awareness, we continually met and discussed our teamwork to try and find a solution. After more than ten years of working together as a group, it is extremely unfortunate to see one of our members leave us. However, we plan to continue KAT-TUN’s activities with the remaining four of us, and ask our fans for their continued support in all future ventures.

October 9th, 2013
KAT-TUN”

(http://kat-tunworldwide.com/news/tanaka-koki/other/breaking-news-tanaka-koki-leaves-kat-tun-and-johnnyassociates)

THIS GIF. WHY :'( too many feels

I still love each of the individual members unconditionally, and I still love KATTUN unconditionally as well, even though the members are slowly dipping one by one. ahsldfhalsjf FUCK.

I’ll always dream to one day see them in concert with my friend in Japan. Memories of Akanishis concert (WHERE I WAS TEN FEET AWAY FROM HIS GODLY BEING) will alwaysss be treasured.

KATTUN I believe in you!!

Much love even though I am an ocean away nbd.

-A

Recent Accessories/Jewelry Haul!

October 19, 2013

Hey guys, you can view my beauty purchases of the past few weeks here: http://www.allygong.com/?p=44

Here’s my followup post with the recent accessories/jewelry I’ve bought.

You can see some colors and trends that I’ve been into lately. I love the beanies! I’ve been trying to wear them out as much as possible, but I wear them at home a lot too! (So warm.)
The bag is super cute too, it’s from Urban Outfitters!

Thanks for being patient <3
I’m going to San Francisco today, so stay tuned for more posts!

As always, feel free to leave a comment or contact me with requests/feedback <3

-A