#I had a friend who wanted to order with me but she cancelled 😔

[shrews-things]

Why are books so expensive I cannot take this anymore

[hieuthong]

Entry 1

Fun week not gonna lie however a lot of money was spent.. I don’t even want to check my bank account :/ This week was the start of a new semester and also my birthday so i went out with some of friends to celebrate hence why i spent so much money </3. I’ll start by talking about how i celebrated my birthday.

On the 20th Saturday (not this week but i figured it’ll be nice to include it as well) I celebrated my birthday early with my family, we ate at this restaurant called “Sold Out” if i’m not mistaken. We ordered a pizza, lasagna and some mutton curry dish to share. We only ordered three dishes since our neither of us have a big appetite. We chatted over dinner and overall had a great time. We then went home and ate the cake they bought for my birthday, the cake was quite big and we were all already very full but my dad didn’t want us to keep it overnight so he forced us to chuck it down… it was a nice cake though

Sunday, 21st, i went out with my childhood friends to celebrate my birthday!! We went to this cafe called Nippori to eat brunch. The food there quite decent but the environment was really nice. We got chased out of the restaurant for taking too long because there was a time limit for how long we could dine. Was it worth it though?? Lowkey yes, took some really cute pictures with them! They also baked one and bought one cake for me, the one they baked HAD MY FACE ON IT? i was genuinely so shock with the cake they baked?? (the cake WAS NOT FULLY COOKED BY THE WAY 😭) We also dropped by One Utama just to visit the photo booth to once again take pictures.. girlhood for real! but i feel like we got scammed?! THE PHOTOBOOTH COSTED RM50 FOR 4 COPIES? Never going back there 💀.

Moving on to the actual week, Monday, 22nd which is my birthday! and unfortunately also the first day of a new semester 😔 Before attending my first class i went to get brunch with some of my friends from foundation to celebrate my birthday then rotted at the registry until 3 for my first class. To be honest, i genuinely thought the first week, lecturers would just brief us on our course and assignments then let us leave since it was like this for the past few semesters but i was wrong haha.. the lecturers stared teaching first week.

Wednesday, 24th i went out with my fellow January baby friends to celebrate our birthday together. We went for lunch and karaoke. The karaoke was so expensive?? they had this thing called public eve?? so they charged us the same price as public holiday </3 My friend also crocheted Miffy for me as my birthday gift, it’s so cute! I named it Tiffany HAHAHA and Oh My God also the rain was so heavy that day, so many trees fell in my neighbourhood like it blocked the whole road?! It was so jam too?!?! my mom called me to take the other road back but i was already mid jam, and when i was almost near my house like literally one turn and i’ll be home THERE WAS A POLICE BLOCK! THEY WANTED US TO U-TURN TO TAKE THE OTHER ROAD BACK 😭 So i was stuck in traffic for another 15 to 20 minutes.

Thursday, 25th was Thaipusam public holiday so i didn’t have any class. I actually made plans on this day to go out with my significant other but my mom TOLD ME TO CANCEL BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO SPRING CLEAN 😭 So i did that.. we threw out so many things, usually i would be hesitant to throw away my old stuff because of how attached i am to it but this time i just threw them away without batting a single eye! (I’m so proud of myself) I also cleared out a lot of old clothes which i was originally going to recycle and donate them but today i found out you can actually sell them to second hand clothing shops. So i’m going to do that instead and only recycle/donate them if they reject the clothes.

Friday, 26th, so remember how i said i had cancel my plans made during thaipusam? so i postponed it to this day. I went out with my significant other after his class ended to grab lunch. We chatted over lunch but it was mostly me yapping the whole time. Honestly i think i yap too much but whatever HAHAHA Ohh and during my semester break i picked up on crocheting so i crocheted him a rose BUT JUST RIGHT BEFORE I WANTED TO GIVE IT TO HIM I BROKE THE STEM </3 so he now he hets a flimsy, wonky looking rose :( Then he gave me my birthday present and let me tell you i am so GRATEFUL for it🙏🏻🙏🏻 because he really did not have to. Originally i had physical class that day but it was changed to online so i had to go back home to attend my class.

Saturday, 27th. My weekends are usually quite boring cause it’s just me going to work. I currently work as a part time admin at a tuition centre. Nothing much happened just my usual work. However after work my parents wanted to go to KL specifically chinatown to look at CNY decos and stuff but most of the stores were already closed cause it was already night. So we ended up just strolling around there.

Sunday, 28th. Nothing much happened to be honest. Me, my sister and my mom did some last minute chinese new year clothes shopping. That was pretty much it

[thecapturedafrique]

Something that's always bugged me about the whole "Is Alya a good friend to Marinette?" discourse, is that it's never asked the other way around, with "Is Marinette a good friend to Alya?" . And I don't mean in a "oh Marinette is so terrible to Alya" way, but well... there's definitely a double-standard among the saltdom, in what constitutes an unforgivable sin and being a toxic friend.

I still remember the discourse that was going around about how Alya totally, definitely, pressured Marinette into babysitting for Ella, Etta, and Chris while she and Nino went off on dates, without the knowledge of her parents and without paying Marinette. Became the premise of a few fanfics too, unsurprisingly. Despite that really not being held up in canon, with there only being two instances at the time of Marinette helping Alya or Nino with babysitting, with taking care of Chris while Alya and Nino went on a date in Chrismaster (and she very much was NOT busy that day, she spent the next few hours working on Adrien's 35th birthday present) and then being scheduled to babysit Ella, Etta, and Chris while DJWifi dated in Timetagger, only to cancel at the last minute because she was too busy, which Alya was totally cool with. And there's no evidence or much reason to believe this was done without parental permission at all.

It got frustrating when that line of Alya-bashing started to rear its ugly head again with the Simple Man preview, with Alya and Nino getting accused of taking advantage of Marinette once again. Thankfully that pretty much died out once the episode came out, since both Alya and Nino were very clear that they'd cancel their date and help Marinette with babysitting if she needed it, and Marinette ended up being the one to shove babysitting off on someone else in order to hang out with the person she loved anyway, but it was still frustrating to see again.

I actually ended up writing a Prime Queen canon divergence AU one-shot because of that discourse restarting, where Alya discovered that Marinette had lied about talking to parents and had called her over in order to trick Alya into babysitting for her, since dammit, I wanted to use something that actually HAD definitely happened in the show to have Alya be justifiably upset at Marinette, get to work through it, and set some boundaries. To just... really focus on Alya's thoughts and emotions and perspectives. I get why Marinette thought that tricking Alya into babysitting for her was the best option - she couldn't just tell everyone she double-booked herself since it involved her secret identity, and if everything went right with her plan, everyone would be happy and no one would be upset or disappointed with her - but I still thought it was a good opportunity to ALLOW Alya to be hurt and to feel that hurt, to see things from her perspective.

Just... I love putting myself in different characters' shoes, understanding what they're thinking and feeling to make them do what they do, even when it's not always the best decision. To think of them as being people who have their own perspectives, insecurities, emotions, and ways of seeing the world in general.

Which means that when a character's demonized and treated as deserving to be hurt or suffer for relatively minor grievances that no one would give a second thought to if a character they cared about, who they empathized with and related to did that thing, it hurts. A lot.

Just gonna leave this ask as is because hard same to all of the above 😔

(But also I read your fic and it was amazing and everyone else should read it too!)

[wa-royal-tea]

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@thebrixtons​​

Glam Street, Britechester (9:30pm)

Catalina (text message): I’m done with my group meeting. Heading to Starbucks rn. Do you want anything?

Alfie (text message): Nope, I’m heading back to the City. Mum called and said Grammy’s at the hospital.

Catalina (text message): Oh my god! Is she okay? Why didn’t you wait for me?

Alfie (text message): She fainted. Sorry, I was in a hurry and left immediately.

Catalina (text message): I hope she’s fine 😔 Keep me updated, please.

Alfie (text message): I will. Talk to you later, I’m driving rn. Don’t forget to lock the doors since I’ll be home late or probably tomorrow morning.

Catalina (text message): Okay. Drive safe.

Alfie (text message): Alright. Take care, Lina.

Catalina (text message): You too.

Catalina *thinking*: I hope grammy’s okay...

Barista: Can I get your order, Miss?

Catalina: I’ll have an extra dark chocolate cake and a caramel macchiato, please.

Barista: Will that be take out or dine in, Miss?

Catalina: Dine in.

Barista: Alright, your total is—

An hour later...

Catalina: *mumbling* What’s taking the driver so long? It’s getting late.

???: Hey there, sweetheart. You look like you need company.

Catalina: S-sorry, I’m waiting for my…fiancé to pick me up.

Drunken Man: Fiancé? I don’t see no ring.

Catalina: Sir, please stay away.

Drunken Man: Come on, sweetie. I don’t bite.

Catalina: Don’t—

???: Hey, honey~ Did you wait long?

Catalina: What—

Leon: *whispers* Play along.

Catalina: Huh? O-oh! Yeah! What took you so long?

Leon: I met a friend on my way here and got distracted. Sorry. You ready to go home?

Drunken Man: This your girl?

Leon: Yeah, back off. Let’s go, babe. It’s getting colder.

Catalina: O-okay. Let’s go.

Catalina: Thanks for helping me out.

Leon: Yeah, no prob. Are you okay?

Catalina: A bit shaken but I’ll be fine.

Leon: You really shouldn’t have gone home so late, y’know?

Catalina: *groans* I know. I had work to do and lost track of time.

Leon: *scoffs* Well, sorry for being a concerned citizen.

Catalina:...

Leon: Do you want me to drive you to your place or do you have someone else for that?

Catalina: I called for a ride but I think the driver cancelled on me.

Leon: Give me your address then, I’ll drive you there.

Catalina: I don’t want to trouble you.

Leon: Don’t worry, it’s no problem. And besides, who knows what other creeps you'd meet if you wait here alone.

Catalina: You mean like you yourself?

Leon: Hey, that’s mean. I was just trying to help.

Catalina: *chuckles* I’m joking. But my place is nearby so you don’t have to trouble yourself.

Leon: Oh? You live in this area? My apartment is around here too.

Catalina: Huh.

Leon: Come on. I’ll walk you to your place. I insist.

Catalina: *sighs* Fine.

Rosemund House

Catalina: We’re here. Thanks for accompanying me.

Leon: You’re welcome.

Catalina: Before you go, can I know your name?

Leon: Oh? You want to know my name?

Catalina: Yeah. You helped me and I want to thank you properly.

Leon: Oh...my name’s Leon.

Catalina: I’m Catalina. You can call me Lina.

Leon: Lina...nice to meet you.

Catalina: Nice to meet you too. Is there any way I can repay you for tonight?

Leon: You don’t have to. I just wanted to help.

Catalina: I insist. I don’t want to be indebted to anyone.

Leon: Hmm...maybe lunch with me? I’m new to this place and it’d be nice if you could show me around since you look like you know your way here.

Catalina: Okay...how about this weekend?

Leon: Sounds like a plan.

Catalina: Cool, I’ll see you then. Goodnight, Leon.

Leon: Yeah. Goodnight, Lina.