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[kurapikaschai]

just a girl and his coolata about to take over the world !!

[ID: Two selfies of a niqabi in turquoise and heart-shaped glasses holding up a blue raspberry frozen drink. End ID.]

[autisticempathydaemon]

What song are you fixated on at the moment? What lyric or verse, and why?

‘You’re Gonna Go Far’ by Noah Kahan, I know these songs are kinda trending rn or at least they are on my fyp lmao. But I absolutely am obsessed with this song. So many of the lyrics are superrr relatable to me but I really love the lyric, “You’re the greatest thing we’ve lost” isbwieneo it’s so personal to me fr fr.

What is your Enneagram type?

9w1 :)

Tell me about your childhood imaginary friend.

ok, ok, so. my imaginary friend was a girl with red hair. She was a little shorter than I was and I can’t remember if I had a name for her or not. She’d always match what I was wearing and we would play with my Polly Pockets all the timeee. Since I have a sibling I would more so play with them but my imaginary friend came to visit sometimes. She was really sweet. More outspoken than I was…if an imaginary friend can be outspoken.. She definitely had more confidence than I did.

If you had to change your name, what would it be, and why? (In tandem, if you have changed your name, why did you pick that one?)

I’d change my name to Drew, I just feel like my name is so basic. My dad always said if my parents had a boy they would’ve named him Andrew. And while i’m comfy with my gender I’d still love to change my name. It seems easier to change it to something that my parents already kinda considered.

What is your favorite of Redacted’s audios, and why?

While I love all of them. I think my favorite is ‘Comforted by an Arrogant Incubus’ it was the first audio of Erik’s that made me feel safe. I think it was the first audio I cried too tbh. I just love it so much. I also feel like my mutuals will be shocked that I didn’t pick a different audio.

What Redacted boy holds no appeal to you, and why? Like, not the one you hate but the one who you don’t get the hype for. (I won’t judge, I promise.)

…I love him so much, and i’m saying this because i’m like him. And it scares me how alike we are sometimes. But Guy… I LOVE GUY!! Please don’t get me wrong. I just don’t understand the hype. I’m also a lot like him so that might be the reason…I don’t think i’m all that so maybe my feelings towards myself translate to him. But do I listen to everyone of his audios? Yes. Do I enjoy them? Also yes.

Tell me about that one book/movie/tv show you know all the words to.

‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ I KNOW EVERY WORD!!! Every single one. I had a marvel obsession and let me tell ya. You turn on that movie and no one will see me blink for the full duration of the movie. I won’t move from my seat. This movie has a chokehold on me fr fr

Which Redacted boy are you platonically attracted to? Like- forget dating, which dude do you want to be your best friend?

I really had to think about this one. Would I date this person? Yes. Do I think it would go well…Maybe, but i’d rather be friends. But Im picking Sam!!!! I feel like he’s the dad friend and I need that in my life. He’s the guy that i’m calling if my car breaks down or if I do. He’d let me come bother him at all hours of the day while also forcing me to take care of myself when I busy with college. I love him so so so much and want to be his bestie so badly.

Do you have a go-to thing you ramble about when you’re tired, and if so, what is it? (For example, my boyfriend knows I’m ready to sleep when I start talking about space.)

I start to ramble about how not tired I am. Like i’ll be actively falling asleep and will be telling the person i’m having a convo with that i’m not tired and i’m not going to bed. Only to be asleep thirty (30) seconds later. I also get really cuddly when i’m drifting off and normally Im not that cuddly cause of how warm I am.

Tell me your go-to gas station and drink combo.

White cheddar popcorn, those chewy smarties ropes, and a coca-cola icee. it slaps fr

Tell me about your favorite playlist at the moment. 

It’s a playlist that my best friend made when we took a twenty (20) hour round trip, road trip. It’s twelve (12) hours long and i’m obsessed with it. We had so many great unhinged moments during that drive. We still text about them to this day and the road-trip was last year lmao. We were slightly crazy to drive that much in a 36 hour span but it was worth it. We’ve got memories that we will talk about for the rest of our lives.

Extra info:

I’m the baby of my family, I’m going into healthcare, I love turtles (like kind of an obsession), i’m touch starved to the max but won’t do anything to fix it, I have a weighted dino and a weighted blanket that I sleep with. If I don’t have those I will explode. Oh, and I have a fear of sleepovers. So…yeah… :).

Thank you so much for doing this!!! It really made me think about myself which was fun! I hope you are having an awesome day!!

Hmmm, this one really had me percolating over the Redactedness brackets. In the end, it’s something about your Enneagram type that really settles me with Milo as your match.

9w1s are known as the Dreamers, characterized by this optimistic and unshakable sense of justice and a sense of responsibility to uphold it, to do what’s right. This seems supported by your goals of working in medicine/healthcare. That’s hella Sweetheart-coded which makes you a perfect fit for Milo. (Also, Milo is totally a momma’s boy, and I think he’d be so delighted to be with someone who works in health/healing like Marie. Like, not in a weird way, but it’d probably feel very familiar and loving to him.)

Also, Milo, like most shifters, is the perfect boyfriend for touchstarved babes who needed weighted things to sleep. We’ve all heard his “Comforted by-” audio; we all know he would give the best head scratches, and that’s not even mentioning what a fantastic weighted blanket/animal he would make in his wolf form. You’d be so sweet together: him with his cat, you with your turtle(s), those cats and turtles and their playfully antagonistic relationship. I can very much imagine Aggro being a dick to some turtles in a fun, cartoon, Tom & Jerry way.

Song:

You know I'll treat you right/ We'll dance through the morning while everyone's sleeping/ And if you get too tired/ Just rest your lips on mine/ Lovers don't have to just kiss in the evening/ I think we danced last night till three in the morning

One of my favorite fandom headcanons is that Milo loves old-school, classic love songs of the crooning, swing dancing variety; I think it’s some combination of his accent, rakish charm, and confidence. I could easily imagine this playing through your house in the evenings, those twilight hours between night and day, between asleep and awake, when you are sleepy enough to let him lead you through a dance.

Runner-ups:

Geordi, I love for you because I think he’s an unashamed Marvel fanboy, and I love pairing nerds together; y’all deserve it. Personally, I think he’s a Spiderman fan, and y’all could have some very fun debates about Team Captain America versus Team Iron Man. Elliott would be a cute runner-up because I think it’d be sweet to put two babies of the family together- like, your energies would match- and you two could have a fun college meet-cute; that setting would really suit him.

note: thank you for waiting so patiently~

Read this post and send me an ask if you’d like a match-up of your own! 💌

[millimillimochi]

hey btw i may be a bit inactive till next wednesday ':]

[tomhollandthirst-blog]

My cousin and I made a 6 hour playlist for our trip to Reno so we put it on shuffle and let me just say, Milkshake by Kelis at 5am was an experience.

[furby-toaster]

Road trip timeee!

I couldn't get a photo but we just passed a train, and Garlic oil was very impressed by it!

[plaidshirtjimkirk]

tagged by the extremely lovely @victorian-sexstache to...... apparently show how boring and annoying i am, oof

- honey and lemon or milk and sugar (neither. coffee so dark and strong it may as well be a black hole) - musicals or plays (no preference, but i’d rather just stay home) - lemonade or iced tea - strawberries or and raspberries - winter or summer - beaches or forests - diners or cafés (i mean, i’ll go...but the way i have to eat sucks and is generally not fun or convenient) - unicorns or and dragons (all animals are the best animals, even if they’re not real) - gemstones or crystals (idk man. i don’t have a preference. they’re pretty to look at but i don’t want to own a drawer of them, yknow?) - hummingbirds or and owls (BOTHHHHH. PRECIOUS WINGED CHILDREN) - fireworks or sparklers (neither. #thanks anxiety) - brunch or happy hour (seriously, i’d rather just stay home lmao) - sweet or sour (neither. but if we talk about spicy?? hNNnn yeah!) - rome or amsterdam - classic or modern art (not my thing) - sushi or ramen - sun or and moon - polka dots or stripes (tbh thin parallel lines are wildly comforting to me) - macarons or croissants (either would make me sick D:) - glitter or and matte (BOTH AT THE SAME TIMEEE) - deg//as or seu//rat (again, not my thing. i didn’t even know who they were until now, im sorry) - aquariums or planetariums (both, but i’d rather see the sea childrens in their true habitats) - road trip or camping trip (staying home, with my dog and internet connection) - colouring books or water colour (no particular desire for either tbh) - fairy lights or candles (*consults google as to what fairy lights are* ...oh. both are pretty but i’m good with having neither around me)

:\\\\\\\ i’m extremely all-or-nothing with my interests/things i like and i’ve always been this way, sorry for that

[nyrator]

And thus ends another Kresnyan week of wonders

It was quite an eventful week so buckle up for tons of photos, mainly arcade photos~

okay so I talked about Monday already

Tuesday was good, first thing in the morning we play F-Zero GX to wake us up, and somehow managed to beat the Ruby Master Cup with Silver Rat. What an awful, awful character, and yet such a good game for rewarding good mechanics.

Then we went around town exploring the local shops, got led into a strange pawn shop where the entire building was covered with junk, you had to shimmy through a small hall of junk to get through the place, and the owner followed in behind us without us realizing, pretty strange. Also entered a quiet little music shop and had Kresna serenade me with his good accordion skills, then visited my workplace and discussed seeing fireworks with them (we decided not to and instead played EDF and then more DDR, I also even bought a dance mat + two PS2 DDR games that day)

speaking of I got a second PS4 controller and so we played EDF 4.1 and over the course of a few days managed to 100% Hard mode with me as a Wing Diver and him as a Fencer, good times, lots of me dying and him saving me. Reminded me a lot of the PS2 one we played story-wise which after looking it up is a form of reboot of it, so neat. We decided to go straight to Inferno after that and managed to get up to about mission 23 before he had to leave, but man, we were decimating that mode (let’s ignore the having to deal with dragons in the future)

Bit disappointed we didn’t unlock Geist D because as dumb as it is I love the Geist, but mannn, got a sweet laser and Thunder Bow/Sniper 40s that I like to use

Anyway, Wednesday, the big event.

Round1

So initially it was a three-person trip that’s been planned all year, Kresna, Spade, and myself, though sadly but understandably Spade couldn’t make it this time. But mannnnnn.

So, we get up, struggle waking up, and head out on the two-and-a-half hour drive to Exton~

there was lots of neat street signs

there was also a Batman Road but couldn’t take a picture in time

also tons of great sights I forgot to take pictures of, but man, wouldn’t mind living in this area honestly, very pretty and very tree, we took a bunch of detours to avoid tolls and it was a very nice trip

but yes

round 1

this place is massive

this is what we first see going inside

that’s probably less than half of the cabinets they have

you got the shooting and driving cabinets to the right of the entrance, to the left is all more simplified games like pinballs and other popular brand ones, down the hall is the bowling alley which is adjecent to a bunch of claw grabbing machines for things from plushes to anime figures, past that you got the billards with karaoke booths, the fighting game cabinets, and at the mall entrance you have all the dance and musical cabinets, and mannnnn

see when I heard of this place I figure “oh yeah they advertise their bowling alley and also have karaoke, probably an arcade on the side, yeah”, no, this is an arcade feat. special guests bowling and karaoke

we got there at 1PM, took a small food break halfway through, and left around 5PM

my dudes, this place is amazing

I admit, I’m not much of an arcade gamer, but mannnn, what an amazing place.

Here are some of the games we playeddd

Kresna with his Tetris Grandmaster skills~ He played it three times, but man, given enough time he can easily top the scoreboards for sure

Some Outrun 2 SP~ My first time playing and I am bad at it but Kresna did pretty well

I tried playing some of that Gunslinger Stratos game I’ve heard about (aka saw there was Kuja costume DLC some years ago) but unfortunately the gun cursors were awful on the machine I used, all over the place, still beat two missions somehow with the girl in the giant robot, but mann, those cursors

heck yeah, some dekarissss and boy I absolutely am awful at tetris I am so sorry Kresna, the giant joysticks are fun though but man, multiplayer dekaris was suffering for the Kres

for reference, his solo attempt

there was also some rhythm heaven which was neat, Kresna again amazing at it and me not-so-much

we also decided to play this to fulfill our DDR thirst before taking a break

also SHOUTOUTS TO MUSIC GUNGUN, a simple but fun game with lots of good music and Kresna and I love it and may have to buy a cabinet, probably my favorite game there

after the break was more games but less photos to save battery life and repeating some of the aforementioned games, some that stood out

playing lots of Mario Kart DX, I won a grand total of once at the end but I’ll take that, thanks Waluigi and curse you Rosalina

I tried playing some Gitadora but failed miserably, my high school guitar hero skills were not enough for Medium Gitadora

meanwhile Kresna and his incredible talent at Beatmania

we finished the day at Round1 with some last bit of Music Gungun and trying out two-player Dancerush Stardom

and thus ended the trip to Round1, where we decided to head... east

East into New Jersey.

There was one more cabinet we needed to play.

Have some foliage that I forgot to take earlier to show how trees PA is~ There was a ton of nice foliage driving on the way there like I mentioned, just did not get to photograph ittt~

After another hour and a half drive (most of it spent in Philadelphia traffic, I will have you know that I am scared of heights or at least get vertigo easily, as well as being terrified of cars, and being in Philadelphia traffic is still absolutely terrifying to me)

I tried taking a photo of the Delaware but mannn could barely look up out of my seat because crippled with fear (seriously it’s only gotten worse the older I get for some reason)

anyway, just past 6:30, we finally arrive

Tilt Studio at Voorhees, NJ.

I admit, it had some neat cabinets, like Luigi’s Mansion, but nothing like Round1. However, we played none of these other cabinets

Kresna and I (mostly me) had a mission, and that mission was one cabinet

F-ZERO AX, BABYYYYY

look, you don’t understand

f-zero ax

I don’t have an addiction okay

anyway I brought my Memory Card (except I have unlocked basically everything in GX already so hm) and played with my custom vehicles~

and in just under $20 dollars worth of credits (with some used by Kresna of course) I managed to race every single race and I got my name on every single leaderboard (though they’re probably erased at the end of the day at this point)

yes we drove basically four hours to play F-Zero AX (plus Round1 goodness)

was it worth it? Yes

Sadly there aren’t any more licenses (to be expected though), but Kresna and I may have to buy our own cabinet, but a Deluxe Cabinet- the kind with moving seats and two-player actionnn

(it’ll happen you’ll see)

So then, the journey home, a night drive through NJ and bed

Thursday was firework day, though it was mainly EDF day for us. What a good game, EDF. Got some ice cream and hung out and was nice

Friday things began to slow down, EDF feat. more pizza and DDR dates~

Saturday was also pretty slow, slightly stressful day, including blahs from both of us, struggling at Inferno EDF and suffering my bad gameplay, and getting a flat tire on the way back from our last DDR trip of the night (oh boy), though we decided to watch a movie at least~ Genocidal Organ, based on a book Kresna read, it was pretty good~ Got Netflix to watch it (and Spy Kids 3D in honor of Red Square), though sadly SK3D didn’t have an anaglyph 3D option, and Genocidal Organ wasn’t on US Netflixxx, but we watched it through other means instead~

Today we finished the day with some car repairs, window shopping, and eating a big meal at a diner~ This is notable for being my first time eating somewhere in public and eating something that wasn’t just french fries (I had a blueberry pancake with whipped cream~)

Speaking of foods, this visit I tried sardines for the first timeee, not a fan but it was edible, my first time ever eating something fish-y~ Otherwise some neat treats from the Kresna involving many eggs and toasts and even an english muffinn

it was a good first anniversary week, and being with Kresna is always wonderful

And now to await the end of August, where I will finally migrate north and visit the Canadian lifestyle...

[chefbstrikesagain]

Chasing Waterfalls: 3/4 White Water Rafting

Currently sitting in 'restoran muslim' hotspotting from my iphone sipping on my new favorite drink- lemon panas. There is a slight breeze that dries my sweat and wafts curry over my way. The restaurant workers all recognise me and welcome me with smiles, this place feels like home. 

Last weekend marked the 3/4 way point for my Fulbright grant. It is starting to scare me with how fast time is going by here. Questions have turned from 'how are you getting along there' to 'what day are you leaving' and 'what will you do when you return home'. All very scary things to think about considering I still haven't planned my August break coming up in 2 weeks. Malaysia has definitely changed me from a 'let me plan the next year of life on paper' to I guess we will see what happens- a mindset I thought I'd never adapt. The purpose of this weekend was supposed to address those feelings of concern, be an opportunity to 'check in' with one another, and of course to have a good time. 

Joey, Martin, and I began the all too familiar drive to KK on Friday after school with a quick pit stop at Claire's open house. We met her family and some students from her and Caroline's school which was great. I got to use my lame jokes on students who weren't already sick of them. After eating a lot of food, and making small talk for 5 hours, we decided to continue on our journey to KK. We arrived around 8:30pm and headed right to the waterfront for drinks. We spent a few hours trying to trace our steps backwards and how every small decision we made seemed to be a foundation for a new experience. I was talking with AJ about my application for Fulbright and how on a whim I mentioned I was scuba dive certified, which was the one key thing AJ was screening all applicants for to live in Sabah. If I didn't mention that I may not have been placed in Sabah at all. Pretty crazy to think about. We wrapped up the night around 12:30 and headed back to our hostel where we got 4 hours of shuteye before our alarms began blaring at 5am. 

The drive to Beaufort was brutal. I managed to wake up early and gave myself just enough time to grab a cup of kopi and roti telur for the road. Joey, Martin, myself, and Caroline began the 2 hour drive to the train station where we watched the sunrise and listened to The Lumineers. I guess the morning could have been worse. We got out of the car and after waiting a bit- we got our train tickets and boarded a 2 hour boxcar ride (on the ground) to the rafting spot on the Pedas river. My butt fell asleep countless times. The train ride was fun and we played a few different games to make the time go by. Upon arriving we were given a brief safety talk and then split into boats. My boat was Me, Martin, Joey, Janna, Katie, and Allison. The river was low that day so we only experienced level 3, out of 5, rapids. Our guide was great and loved that we spoke Malay and ended up calling us team "Gila orang putih' which directly translated means team crazy white people. Our guide had a blast scaring us with tales of crocs and leeches the size of our fingers if we fell out of the boat but nonetheless, we had a great time. After about 2 hours of rafting we left our boats and sat for lunch on the shore. After eating we attempted to dry off and catch a few rays before our boxcar train ride home. 

We left the train station around 4pm and I drove us back to KK getting us back just after 6pm. We checked into our hostel and immediately headed to El Centro to calm our impatient appetites. After pitchers of Margaritas and pizza- we headed to the waterfront again. Are we predictable? 

Janna, Martin, Joey and I decided that we were going to have a treat yo self Sunday. This started off with ~sleeping in. AKA I woke up at 7:45 and was ready to go. Janna and I got Acai bowls which had a berry base, almonds, shaved coconut, chia seeds, and banana in it as well as Juices. We took these up to the rooftop pool where we listened to acoustic covers and enjoyed the morning rays. After a few hours of relaxing we decided to grab pizzas from Pizza Hut and sneak them into the movie theatre where we saw Spider Man 3. Talk about a good afternoon! But, before we knew it, it was time to head back to Ranau (back to reality). 

The weekend was a blast and most people were dreading the upcoming week but this week has been awesome for me! I had school sports week which essentially means no classes and just hanging with teachers and students. I also booked my flights to India, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Super excited for the trips I have planned but still trying to live it up while I have time in Ranau. I think I've overstayed my welcome. Not many people come into this restaurant and occupy a table for so long with a laptop. Until next timeee -B