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And so I present: My first motorcycle injury!

A lovely little burn on my inner left leg (photobooth takes pics in mirror image).

But no, this isn\'t my first accident. My first one was during my first time riding on wet asphalt and I hit the brakes a little too hard and ended up skidding and falling over. However, all I got from that was a bruise and a few scratches, so I don\'t count those as my first injuries.

Now this one comes from sheer stupidity. The first one I can forgive myself. Ok, so wet asphalt was more slippery than I anticipated. Fine. But this one, well.. I let my friend Hahn talk me into letting him ride bitch.

I thought it would be ok since I\'m used to having people ride at the back. But I failed to remind myself of the difference between feather-weight Chinese boys and 350-pound White Americans.

I handled it fine until we got to Five Color City where a kid just ran to the middle of the street to chase her balloon. HELLO MOTHER, CURB THY SPAWN PLEASE! The excessive weight on the bike, plus Hahn getting all tense and fighting my lean really messed up my balance, made it hard to maneuver. The bike went out of control and next thing you know, we have a funny scene where a huge white guy is on the floor with his legs up on the air, and I\'ve got a hot bike resting on my leg. Ok, maybe not so funny.

Needless to say, I got an earful from my parents when they found out. I\'m thousands of miles away, but thanks to Skype, no child is too far for a sermon from their parents :P

I really should buy a helmet.

music: Judas Priest - Heading Out to the Highway

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So ever since I bought myself this little toy...

...I've been riding out in the sun and it's taking a toll on my skin color:

Now, those who know me know that I absolutely despise how I look when I'm tanned. I think I look dirty with tanned skin. But in a way, I think I'm quite fascinated with the tan lines because it's been a good while since I've had any, due to my constant avoidance of the sun.

It's too hot to wear a jacket or even a long-sleeved shirt. I have one muslin shirt that's great for summer riding, but uh.. that has to go into the wash once in a while, you know? :P I've put on sunblock, but I think due to the amount of time I spend outside, I tan anyway.

I bought myself some Nivea whitening lotion to put on after going out, but I don't know how effective these things are. Does anyone have any homemade solutions (like how girls make their own face masks at home with milk, honey, and cucumbers)?

By the way, since I'm on the topic of my bike, this is Peter, my most frequent passenger:

(That's also my favorite pic of him, btw :D)

PETER: Look Yapi, they're all staring at you because you're a girl driving a motorcycle.
YAPI: No Peter, they're all staring at YOU because you're riding bitch on a chick's bike.

He's always telling everyone how scary it is to ride bitch with me, but he keeps asking me to pick him up and take him home anyway. Boys. Go figure.

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I know that the Haruhi dance is really popular, and now even the CPDRC inmates are dancing it. I guess their really keeps tabs on what's popular :P Actually, I hear he takes requests (or at least succumbs to popular demand). In other news, my right forearm is now inked. Whee:
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Last Thursday, I went upstairs to see how the students were doing regarding their preparations for the Science Fair. Joshua, my Taiwanese 7th grader, came up to me and said, "Teacher, you dress like a bad student." Hahaha.

It inspired this self-portrait:

Despite the badass image that I like to portray myself in though, I'm really a silly little kooky teacher who loves to play around with the students. Although now I'm having trouble drawing the line between teacher and friend, because I have been warned by my principal that perhaps I have been getting too close to my students.

This came up when I was invited by the kids to go to the amusement park with them, and I was told that it was a bad idea. If anything happens to these kids, it's my neck, and the school would be dragged into the mess as well. So I had to come up with a lame excuse as to why I couldn't join them at Discoveryland. I also had to politely decline going bowling with them last Friday.

I felt so sad when they told me, "Discoveryland would have been more fun if you were there, Miss Santiago!"

SNIFF. Oh well. A teacher is a teacher, and must remain a teacher. Sigh.

PS - While I usually have a fag in my mouth in my self-portraits, let me just make it clear that I never ever smoke in front of my students <3

music: Fool - Boa

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Must resist the urge to kill Koichiro and steal his tickets! He's going to see L'Arc~en~Ciel in Shanghai this Friday. I'm not. Gaaargh T_T Why why WHY did my break not come earlierrrrrrrrr.

What I've got to console myself is that Ray and I are going to Shanghai to watch Miyavi this July. But bleh, I'm more of a Laruku fan! T_T Sadness is me.

It's funny that they actually have Purikura shops in this place, instead of the single Purikura machines placed in random corners of the mall, which is what I'm used to back home. Ray and I stopped by one last Saturday while we were shopping at Shenli Guanchang. Now if you know me, you know that while I spit out profanity in person I hardly ever do it in writing (and especially not on something cute like purikura!). We fought over the profanity he wanted to put all over our pics, although we finally we came to a compromise and he only defaced around half of them.

I also never grab my boobs for the camera nor do I like flicking it. So anything indecent you see here was Ray's fault. He made me do it. MADE ME.

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