In El Centro watching TV...

Hii Everyone!! : D

It's cute and cuddly Cotton!

Min is.......currently sitting down and watching TV (not really) with Ashton in El Centro!

Min's been pretty busy lately but his long work week is over! Yayy!!  おつかれミン！

So, it's been a little while since I said I'll write on the blog but Min's been busy all this week so it's been hard for me to get together with Min to ask him about his week.

So, here we are and Min's telling me about his week:

So, On Monday, he went to work and afterwards he wanted to go get a warm jacket for Japan and Mayuko asked what he was gonna do after work and Min said he was going to Fashion Valley and Mayuko said she wanted to go since she wanted to get a sweater for Jeff.  They went to Fashion Valley after Min ended work and Min got a jacket (two actually at that time) and Mayuko looked at some sweaters and said she was gonna go to the Carlsbad Outlet after she went home the next day.  Afterwards, Min and Eddy and Mayuko made and ate dinner at Min's house and Eddy and Mayuko went to a party and Min stayed home and his other cousin that he met once when Min was 6 and he was 4, added him on facebook and they chatted a bit before Min fell asleep..

On Tuesday, Min went to work again and after work, he went to dinner with his friend Derek, and then went to return one of the jackets he bought since he figured, he can get another one in Japan that's better designed and warm and he gets to do it with his sweetie!  He then went with Eddy and Tony to Yuta's birthday party.  They got a bottle of Grey Goose as a present and a gallon jug of wine for the party.  Min got so drunk and he was a little sick and hungover the next morning.

On Wednesday,  Min went to work and then after he got carne asada fries with Eddy and he asked if Min wanted to go karaoke with him.  So Min, Tony, Yuki, Eddy, and Fusayo (I don't know if Angie knows her but she was in JSA and Eddy knows her) went to karaoke and Min said he sang a lot!

On Thursday, Min wanted to rest but he also wanted to get shoes and while he was at work, Mayuko was asking him about which sweater to buy and he told her which one and he said he was going to Carlsbad Outlet to buy shoes (which is the closest place where they have a Puma store) and Mayu said she wanted to go so he said he'll pick her up and they went to the Carlsbad Outlet, where Min got his shoes (Puma had a 50% store wide sale! : D) really cheap! Yayy!!  and Mayuko got the sweater for Jeff.  She looked happy envisioning Jeff wearing the sweater and discussing her winter plans with Jeff!  After that Min got home at 6 (there was a lot of traffic on the I-5) and He got home and took a shower to warm himself up and was on the computer for a little bit (oh oh! he was on facebook and was chatting with Chris!) until he fell asleep.  He finally got lots of sleep and felt really refreshed when he woke up Friday morning.

On Friday, Min worked and then said goodbye to everyone at work and drove down to El Centro.  There was a lot of rain and strong winds but Min got there safely and he went to eat dinner at In n Out with his friends and then he is now watching TV with Ashton and just randoming talking to him about random stuff.  Currently... they are talking about neutron stars.

Min says tomorrow he has to go to the bank so he can unlock his cards for use in Japan and on Sunday, he's gonna drive back up and do laundry and clean his whole apartment and pay his rent and utilities and then he's off to the airport first thing Monday morning!

Yayy!!  Okay, Min says he's getting tired now and frankly after that long car ride with him, I'm tired too.

Well good night everyone! and I'll see the lovely couple in Japan soon!!

Oh oh!  Min said he says a message to leave for his Angela:

I love you darling! I can't wait until I see you in Japan!  *chu


Awww I can't wait to see them together too!!


-コットン

Done with this quarter!

Hii everyone!

It's cute and cuddly Cotton!!

Min's busy fall quarter is now coming to an end and he had a busy weekend, now he's gonna s lee ep.

Gahh Min's trying to take the phone away from me so I can sleep too...

Okay, time to sleep!

I'll write more tomorrow when I go with Min to work!

-コットン

P.S.  Min got this cut this weekend and he's not sure how...

Sunday

Hii Everyone!!

It's cute and cuddly Cotton!! : D

Min slept a lot today and when he woke up, it was too late to say good night to his sweet sweet Angela, so Min was a little unhappy.  He says he's gonna get some food in his stomach and study until his friend comes to pick up something from him and then he's gonna go do a little grocery shopping at the korean market.  Min says he wants to get snacks and such for finals studying and he's out of tonkatsu sauce and not to mention, rice.  Min's actually cooking the last bit of his rice right now to make porridge.  He says his stomach's not feeling too well recently, and he wants to eat porridge and hope that he feels better.  I'm gonna snack on the last bit of Min's potato chips while he's making lunch!

Ganbatte Min on your finals!!  Fighting!!

-コットン

Angela Time

Hi everyone~~

It's your favorite teddy bear Cotton!!! : D

So, for some reason, it was like Min was on Angela Time today and he slept until...well he just woke up now.

What is Angela Time?

Min said this silly thing because since Angela is in Japan, he's synced himself to her time and therefore, sleeping when it's night over there and waking up when it's morning over there.  Hahahaha that silly Min.

Yesterday...yesterday... Min got up, studied a little bit, and went to class and went to work and after that Tony called him and asked if he wanted to grab dinner so Min said sure and they went to eat In n Out Burger after Min finished work.

After that they went back to Min's place (they were still talking) and had a beer and Tony left soon after that.  Min noticed that his roommates had once again, neglected to do dishes and he needed to do laundry (good thing you did it last night instead of this morning Min!  You slept through this morning hehe).  So, he went and put his clothes in the wash and came back and washed the pile of dishes that was in his kitchen sink.

Afterwards, he went to put his clothes in the dryer and took a shower and watched a little bit of House (new episode on Monday) and then brought his laundry back and folded them neatly or hung them in the closet.  After that, Min finished watching House and decided it was time to sleep.  Min texted Angie asking for a kiss~ (awwwwww he says he misses her) and then checked his mail in his bed and went to sleep.

He says that he must have been extra tired because he went to bed a little after 1am last night and he woke up once at 8am but then he fell asleep again and got up at 2pm.  Luckily, he says, that work doesn't start until 4pm today so he has plenty of time to get ready and go to work.  He says he's gonna be studying a lot at work for his final exam tomorrow morning.

Don't miss it Min!

Ganbatte Min!

-コットン

Kindle~~

Hi Everyone!!

It's cute and cuddly........................(wait for it).............................Cotton! : D : D

So, Min got himself a Kindle! : D

He was really wondering whether it would be worth it to buy one or not but he saw a deal on it so he ended up buying it.

So far, Min's pretty happy about his purchase!  He's already loaded all his computer programming related ebooks on it and he's been reading on his spare time.  He's also finished one of the 3 books that he's suppose to read for his history class!  He says he has a couple of chapters left each on the other two books and his final exam is this Friday so... he's gotta finish reading.  Don't worry, I'll make sure he finishes and studies.  : )

Well, I'm gonna ask Min to make me some tea and I'm gonna read Sherlock Holmes on the Kindle while Min studies for his final exam.  Hehe~

Until next time!!

-コットン

Oh oh, here's a picture of Min reading his new Kindle!

uhmm.....Monday

Hi everyoneeeeee its Cotton!

I couldn't think of a title :P hehehehe

There's not much to say actually....Angela woke up unbelievably late and got school unbelievably late......stayed in the lab for the entire time she was there watching one of her senpai do an experiment and making some chemicals to grow her plants in.....

so thats about all! :D 

Angela also got Autumn limited sweets for her mother and brother. Like chestnut flavored stuff. But all the stores are already Christmas and New Year themed so she couldn't find much.....she still looked funny buying a lot of sweets though lol and then she forgot that she needed to change trains when going home so she had to go back and wait for the right train and such and that took a bit of time too

Walking back, Angela realized there's a lot of food places are open til pretty late at night. There's a cafe and curry place that's open til 1AM, a ramen place that's open til 5AM, and a Mc Donald's and a Japanese restaurant thats open 24 hours. Oh and there are three Family Marts that are also open 24 hours. And this is just on her way home, so there's probably a lot more on the other streets that she usually doesn't take. This would be a prettyyyy fun place to live while you're young! (without crazy neighbors :P)

Okay well, that's about all that happened to her today. Angela is going to sleep soon so she could wake up earlier and go to school earlier tomorrow :D


Oh, and Angela also started a tumblr :P 

Back to San Diego~

Hi Everyone!!

I am back with Min to San Diego!! We spent the thanksgiving break pretty busily and it was a fun filled full vacation!  I'm glad to have gone to El Centro and go camping!!  Desert camping! : D

So, Min re-read the letter that Angela wrote for him and instead of writing her a comment like he usually does, he ended up writing his own reply letter that silly Min.

So, here it is:

yayyy~~~ you wrote me a letter!! :D :D :D :D :D :D

that does deserve a lot of smilies!!! :D :D :D

Hehe yayy for increasing silliness!!

We're so silly aren't we? :) ;) :) ;)

I can't believe it's 6 months already toooooo

Haha it does feel like its speeding up! Haha you're my lovely lovely sweetie darling and you're my special one :)

Awwww it's okay darling :) We already knew this was to happen and we're gonna see each other soon so yayyyyy~ And yes, physically together makes perfect sense darling :)

I know!! Korea was crazy and fun and I loved spending time there with you!! Hahaha, off the top of my head I can think of... Cool, Radical, Awesome(maybe Adventurous), Zesty, You and me! hehehehe maybe I'll come up with something more clever later hahaha :P

Oh silly~ I know you're busy everyday darling :) and I know you like getting meaningful gifts for me and you know that I know that it's worth the wait! (a little confusing to read but it makes sense right? hehe) and I know it's been raining a lott silly so don't feel bad!! I love you and I'll wait for them silly because every single one of them no matter what it is, is wonderful! Just like you! :D

Awwwwww I'm so happy you like my chocolate chip cookies!! I remember when you told me you ate like a lot of them when I baked them for you to take back to your room, I was sooooooooooooo happy!! I think I knew what you felt like when I was really happy for receiving my birthday present from you! It was such a wonderful feeling that something I did for you was something you like sooooo much!! I shall bake more of my mellow, easy-going (I like those words that you chose to describe me and my cookies!! ahhh I love youuu!!) so you can have some!! Maybe I'll bake them like the night before I leave, maybe the morning before I leave (since my flight is early in the morning... and I can sleep on the plane hehe) and just wrap them in a plate with saran wrap and put them in a ziploc bag, no maybe TWO ziploc bags!! Which would better insulate the cookies AND my silliness that's contained inside!! hehe) I love your analysis on my cookies dear :) My cute little researcher you~ hehe

We should go on an adventure in the frogggiiieeeee!! Hehe I know you like going on drives sweetie~ You like going on drives with me when I hold you hand and kiss you with each cooper and sometimes just because and singing out loud and just looking at you and smiling and taking you to awesome places like our special spot! or that desert exit in the middle of the night were we saw all those stars or that random exit after Disneyland where we saw those squirrels and many more to come!! and sometimes being silly and making out while waiting for the lights to turn green! hehehe

Hahaha I was really really really worried that I might look too charai but I've decided the ultimate test! I'm gonna go visit my parents once more before I leave for Japan and I'll get an honest opinion out of my parents! If they think it's okay, I think I'll be fine, but if they think it's charai (especially my grandmother) I will dye it before I go to Japan or after I get there! (if that happens, should I dye it back black or just get a really dark brown color?)

If nott- I guess I'll be the silly KPop star~ maybe I'm actually starring in my own drama right now! :O and maybe your aunt and mother will watch it!! hahahahaha

Awwwww I'm so glad the flowers got there in good time!! And so many pictures from you!! I know you like them hehe :) And another teddy bearrr!!! What shall we name it darling? :D

The weather's getting colder so I'm staying warm inside my room with my computer and playstation and heater working hard to keep me warm hehehe!


I guess I'll try to read a bit for my class and maybe wait for you to wake up and skype a little maybe-- and then probably go to sleep early today.  


I love you darling!!


Your brown haired boyfriend who wants to be with you and snuggle in a blanket and drink hot cocoa and eat his mellow and easy-going chocolate chip cookies and watch korean dramas or interesting movies with his sweet lovely girlfriend


Min


Min also asked me to talk a little bit about what we did while we were down in El Centro... so here it is:


Min got down to El Centro and when he called Ashton, he found out they were still at the bar celebrating a friend's birthday.  Min headed there and stayed there for a long time (his friend didn't want to get drunk too fast and dragged the night out, which made Min and his friends unhappy but left them no choice but to stay even though they were tired)  He finally got out of the bar and went home and got ready to sleep and talked to Ashton and messaged with Angela and went to bed.

The next day was Thanksgiving!  and Min and Ashton slept in a little and got up and did early preparations for the camping trip they were going on the next day and then took a shower and got ready to go to Ashton's grandparent's house.  Thanksgiving dinner is actually a Thanksgiving lunch there and Min and Ashton and another one of their friend, went to Thanksgiving.  He greeted everyone in the family and they mingled while the food was put on the table.  After Thanksgiving, the three of them went out to the backyard to look for a grill and some bricks that they were going to take to the camping trip.  Then they had a birthday celebration (they roped in a bunch of family members and had a big celebration while everyone was there)  then they went out and bought a tent and a sleeping bag since one of the tents that they were suppose to have (one of their friends who said had a tent said he couldn't find it) wasn't found and one of the friends needed a sleeping bag.  As soon as they bought it, and went on a scouting trip to the place they were going to go the next day and  scouted a nice camping location and headed back.  They got home and called their friends to update them and found out his friend found the tent which meant they no longer needed it and his other friend managed to borrow a sleeping bag from another friend so the sleeping bag was also for naught.  Unfortunately, Ashton had managed to lose the receipt (which Min thought was totally Ashton's fault but he kept saying they should be able to return it without it since they had only bought it the day before using his debit card).  Afterwards, Min and Ashton played some video games until they were tired and then went to sleep.  The next day they woke up early and put their sleeping bags and supplies into the big truck (Ashton's dad's truck) and went in Ashton's truck to get the grill and brick and to cut up some wood at Ashton's grandparent's house.  They got a chainsaw and cut the wood into nice pieces to cook on and went back and put them into the big truck.  They tried to return the tent and sleeping bags but had a bit of trouble as expected.  They ended up waiting on a call from the store and they then went to a meat market and bought carne asada and tortillas and guacamole and salsa for the tacos they were going to cook and eat there and picked up their two friends Eddie and Ernie who had the tents and picked up their other two friends and off they went to camping.

Coincidently, the exit they got off on was the same exit that Min and Angie got off on that one night and stopped to see the stars!  They got to the camping site and found that there was someone else there just hanging out.  The previous day they had not gone in too far because there was a narrow passage way that seemed to narrow for their truck to get through but Min insisted that he can do it and so the rest of his friends got out and headed in by foot and Min carefully drove the truck through (I was in the truck with Min of course) which meant they were free to drive more inside to find a better spot.  Min drove the truck inside and they managed to find a good spot to camp.  They unloaded and Min started getting the ground where they were going to setup tents cleared of rocks and other debris using a rake they brought.  Ashton started digging a fire pit they were going to use to cook with the shovel they brought and some people setup the chairs and unloaded wood from the truck.  They switched off and some people started putting up the tents and Min and Ashton got the fire started.  Soon they were ready to cook and they set the grill up and started cooking the meat!!  They made tacos for dinner and had some leftover meat so they decided they were going to eat it again the next day morning.  They drank beer and Min had brought some of the rice wine that Ashton likes so much! (And so does Angela's aunt! I think... Min said they drank it once at a korean restaurant that they took Min and Angela to as a welcome to Japan dinner! : D btw Min says he was so thankful about summer and that he's very grateful that they welcomed him so welcomingly) Min got buzzed enough to fall asleep and went to bed early and has no idea what everyone else did but he woke up once at 2am and fell back asleep and in the end he slept the most out of all his friends who were complaining about how uncomfortable it is to sleep on the ground.  They got up and cooked more tacos and ate it and cleaned up the camping site they used and went on a hike up the rocky mountains for a little bit but hit a dead end in a canyon so they went back and headed back home.  They got back and showered and was feeling tired but they had a good time.  They rested a little watching TV and then Min and Ashton drove to Yuma!

Why Yuma?  Yuma is a border city in Arizona not too far from El Centro and Min went there because he wanted to buy Arizona Starbucks Mugs!!! One for mother and one for auntie. : )  They ate at a In n Out and came back and then watched a random movie on TV while talking and Ashton's mom (who's also Min's "mom") suggested that they plan a road trip for the family!  Ashton wasn't too happy about the idea but Min and Aaron (Ashton's younger brother) was down for it.  So, Min may go on a road trip in a motorhome (which they will rent) with his other family in the summer! : D  Ashton's mom also asked Min about his trip to Japan and said that if he needs money that she'll give him some for which Min was very grateful.

Min says he feels so loved by so many people.  His parents who are always there for him and his girlfriend who loves him so dearly and her family who made Min feel so welcome! and now his best friend's mom who's words and caring thoughts made Min happy!  Oh!  So they're converting the downstairs office into a room for Min! A place where he can stay anytime he wants and she ordered him a bed! (I think it's an air mattress) but it's a queen size she says! : D  Min's so happy!!

Now Min's hungry and he's wondering if he should make pasta or katsu curry.... hmm... I kinda want the katsu curry but that might take a long time huh... maybe I'll ask Min to make the pasta!

Oh oh! he also said that he volunteered to pick up Yutaka from the airport tomorrow!  He says he's so full of his helpful energy that he wants to do something nice for someone in his surrounding now! : D

Well, I'm gonna go nag Min to make me pasta~ hehe

Until next time~

-コットン

P.S.:  Oh oh I forgot to post pictures from the camping~  I took them before Min's phone battery was running low so I had to put it on airplane mode to conserve energy.

Here's Min and Ashton chopping the wood!

More wood!

The Firepit!  The grill needs to be cleaned and foil needs to get put on before they put it on the bricks

Tent!