this is the first time i'm blogging on my birthday. thanks everyone who wished me a happy birthday!

this is what my parents told me today:

happy birthday girl! i go run marathon now ah!
-mom

eh! why are you watching this... this cartoon thing (anime)! today is your birthday! you should be studying!
-dad

and my sister was emo-ing out on the couch all day pretending to look feverish (i'm not being mean. trust me. i've seen her do this many times. and it is fake!)

so my parents came home and i wanted to go out and buy stuff to make mitarashi dango and immediately, my ill sister jumped up from the couch stating that she has dancing class. but she wanted to go to the supermarket so my mom let her skip.

then after scooting around the mall like an idiot trying to find ingredients (i accidentally spilt an open bag of bamboo skewers. it was so embarrassing) and trying to find my hiding mom from among the aisles, i come across this mitarashi dango pre-mix.

i wanted to stab the packet. i was looking for all kinds of funny sounding rice flour and glutinous rice powder and mirin, which my dad misheard for 'urine' ("urine? why you need urine? down here where to find?"), only to find this... this silly pre-mix right in front of me.

i was crouching by the shelf trying to see the english names of the flour.

then when i stand up, there it is! on the top shelf!

so anyway, i bought candy and we ate bento for dinner. by the time we got home, all the crispy stuff was all soggy. but it was still nice.

poptarts rock!
6:41 AM