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I'm taking a breather in-between batches of mochi. Yes, I'm making my very own mochi balls! Since I have my special Cultural Food Presentation on Tuesday for my "Contemporary Issues in Food Science and Nutrition" class, I'm supposed to bring something from the culture that I focused my Meal Plan project on-- Japan. I could have brought one of the recipes Mythri (my partner in the project) and I made up, but they're all somewhat labor-intensive, ingredient-heavy, and not very tasty when not served up fresh. Originally, we were going to get access to the kitchen the day of the lab, but we can't because it's already in use, so we have to bring our food prepared or nearly prepared, with only a microwave to use.

Bearing that in mind, Mythri's making curry (Japanese-style, though I wonder if there's a huge difference between Mythri's native Indian curry and the Japanese kind?) and I opted to make mochi balls. The hard part was deciding, actually; originally I was going to make green tea cookies, but I couldn't find matcha (maccha) powder anywhere, not even at the Asian market! I bought some premium green tea, which Baba said I could probably grind up to make the powder, but I don't think it's the same. I bought some Neri-An (same as adzuki, I wonder?) as a backup, and since mochi-ko (sweet rice flour) was easy to find --at Vons, of all places!-- I opted for that instead.

So far it's been pretty easy-- I mixed the rice flour with some sugar and warm water and then let it steam for a little over an hour, until it firmed into a sticky ball. I had two pie plates with cornstarch, one with some cocoa powder in it, and I've been taking golf-ball sized bits of the mochi and making circles with them, then filling them with the bean paste. I shape them back into domes and then... ta-da! I'll let them cool in the fridge as a finishing touch. I hope they taste good! I've still got a batch or so left to go before I'm out of the dough, but I bought another box for my own batch.

Today was an all-around accomplished day. I went with some girls from NSCS to a park in Granada Hills, where we worked with TreePeople and the Girl Scouts of San Fernando Valley to plant some oak trees to replace the ones that burned down in the recent fires. We had to dig the holes, make them the right shape and depth, get the root ball with the oak (which was about 4 feet tall) out of its bucket gently, and then fill in the rest with our dug-up soil. Then we made a mulch berm to stop the water from flowing downslope and we had to water 3 whole buckets (biiiig buckets, like 10 gallon ones!) into the oak!

We managed to plant two trees, which we named (because the TreePeople do that with their trees, and why not?): the first one is Kino (木野) for Makoto Kino (^_~) and the second was VI (pronounced "vie" like "Minako and Usagi vied for Haruka's attention") , for "Virgin Islands," since one of our group members is from there.

I can only hope this upcoming week --which promises to be busy and crazy-- will leave me with as much a sense of accomplishment as today did.

Well, back to my mochi!

Current Mood: happy
Current Location: Northridge, CA

I got the "Taste of Home" ultimate cookie book today. Ultimate though it may be, the only recipe in it that called for cereal was one for cereal bars-- not what I was looking for. Of course, I'm going to keep the book because it's got hundreds of other delicious-looking and sounding cookies, but the thought of that one cookie recipe I made back in Home Ec in... what, 7th grade? reminded me of the recipe folder I had-- an old purple paper folder with brads in it.

So I started to look for it and didn't find it in any of the usual places (my filing cabinet, or with any of my cookbooks), so I've started to rummage through all the giant bags o'stuff that I had stashed away in my closet. Going through them (because I'm in a cleaning mood, shocking enough), I found this:

This is a non-complaining, non-whining, non-smoking flight. If you smoke, we'll ask you to step out on the wing and you'll be our feature presentation of "Gone With the Wind" and "Bye Bye Birdie."

Later on, during the safety talk, "...stop screaming, let go of your neighbor's leg and grab the buttercup-yellow mask in front of you."

Considering the only airline I ride (let alone the only one with flight attendants with a wicked sense of humor like this) is Southwest, I'm attributing it to them. All the more reason to LUV SWA!

Interestingly enough, this was written on an envelope addressed to me that said "anti-air-flight boredom" device: To open upon flight ONLY!" I don't recognize the handwriting, though. Who was it from?

I also found a card from Eva from a birthday that's probably ages past-- probably middle school or early high school, judging by the coupon that mentions "Xander." But there's another coupon that interests me more,

cutieme4u. It's one that is valid for a whole top-to-bottom room cleaning.

...Eva, what are you doing April 6th-11th? *grins* I have no plans for Spring Break.....

So, at least an hour after I started this post (I began with Para Para 2nd Mix, and have reached the end of DDR 4th Mix Nonstop Megamix), I still haven't found my Home Ec folder from middle school with the cereal cookie recipe. I will, though, but probably when I'm looking for something else or not looking at all. That's always how it goes, isn't it?

But I have made progress to be proud of-- I've got two piles of paper, each about 18 inches high (!!) and a box full of paper to recycle. A lot of those two 18 inch piles will probably end up going the same route as that box, but I don't have the energy to sort through it at the moment.

COOKIE RECIPE, I WILL FIND YOU!

Current Mood: amused
Current Location: Northridge, CA
Current Music: Para Para Paradise 2nd Mix Nonstop Megamix - Various Artists

I would make like Happosai and go "what a haul! what a haul!" but my haul this year was meager but meaningful-- just the way I like it. From Gary, I got some gelt (and if you don't know what that means, go look it up in a Yiddish dictionary); from Mom I got a new black iHome iPod dock/radio with alarm, along with a $25 Macy*s gift card. Rochelle also gave me a $25 gift card; Eva got me "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End" on the 2-disc DVD edition (YAYZ!). Though I don't think it counted as a Hanukkah present, Dad also gave me V for Vendetta, and I bought myself the Anastasia (remember that lovely animated film by Fox? Wow, John Cusak ~_~) Family Fun Edition.

Yesterday,

azhp and I made my traditional Spritz cookies, so those of you in the Yay Area who want some, better call your dibs now! (This is being awfully egotistical, isn't it? But I'd like to think everyone's liked them over the years; I know I do.) Speaking of cookies, the Jays (the family that owns the flat Mom & Gary live in) gave us some delicious... well, they TASTE like cookies, but they look like brownies. And they're delicious! :D I'm eating a chocolate chip one, now.

I've still got gifts of my own to give out, but so far, it's been a nice holiday-- fun, productive, and not overly emotional. Heck, I even managed to get the Christmas tree up and decorated last night-- what a relief, considering this year, it seemed like it wouldn't happen (again), but this time due to laziness/too much furniture blocking the way/whatever, instead of Mom-is-a-Grinch. This year it only took her a day or so to get into the mood, and she hasn't been a Grinch since. Yay for that.

Also:
-Seems a lot of my cousins are going to be in Northridge when I go back on Thursday. And Scott's coming in the evening and staying the night so we can hang out Friday... o_o I'm hoping it doesn't somehow end up awkward in any way. (Knowing me, I've probably already jinxed it.)

-Dad made it to Northridge okay. Another day, another adventure. I wonder what we'll be doing for the time he stays?

-Managed to edit up an image for a Dragonfayth Xmas skin. Now I need to make something for New Year's. But the skins only display on the holidays, so anyone looking at Dragonfayth today, 12/25, tell me what you think! Sure, I can't claim credit for the Seto x Anzu art (that goes to

lin_ko), nor the skin base design itself (that goes to Kali), but I mashed it altogether and made it work! Eh-eh-heh...

-In my old room here in S.F. (which is now called the Tovstin, a mix of Tovsen -Gary's name- and Westin, where Mom works), Gary has some tiny fish... one of them died last night. :( I didn't want to let it sit there (which is what I did several years ago in high school, resulting in a mass fish death that day), so I disposed of it... so sad that it had to die on Christmas. What made it especially suck was that he had another fish that I thought had died when I first arrived... but apparently it was pregnant and just floating around, trying to avoid swimming too much. Gary poked it and it turned out to be alive, so I was relieved. I was hoping the same thing had happened with this other one, but... no such luck. I poked and it just floated back up again. ;_;

-I didn't get the chance to work on (let alone finish) my Aria's Ink 2003 Xmas competition entry "Information, Please!" (title subject to change now), but I've got it pretty fleshed out in my head... I think it was 4-5 chapters, and I think I've decided not to make it an AU... the drama's always more fun that way. If I did get it done by New Year's, it be a nice "opening fic" for Epiphany when it goes live.

-Gotta work on the

30kisses purge!

-Wonder if I can get that purple double-breasted pea coat from H&M tomorrow...? I'll call the main store in the morning and see if they got a new shipment.

-Many, many books to read. Did I mention I'd gone on a bit of a spree at Borders the other night? Plus, I'm about halfway through the whole "His Dark Materials" trilogy; I'm several chapters into "The Subtle Knife."It's pretty comfy just lying in bed, watching movies and/or reading. I think I'll go back and do just that right now...

Current Mood: cheerful
Current Music: Sarah Brightman　★　A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Radio Edit) (A Whiter Shade Of Pale / Question Of Honour)

Yay, two out of three finals done! Believe it or not, my JOUR 371 (Women, Men, and Media) final didn't really feel like a final so much as a normal class session where she was lecturing and asking for discussion. I asked her after class how I did, and if I was looking at the right line of her gradebook, I got two checks, and one check-plus, which translates into a B, I'd say-- that's just for this portion of our grade, 10%; more of it is made up by the media deconstruction, the media critique (50%), 30% by other tests, and 10% by participation/performance. Overall, I'd say I'll probably get a B, which makes me happy, especially since this was a particularly difficult class.

Moving on, I also got "conditionally approved" for a Chase loan, which means I can go to Washington if I get the money on time. If that works out and I get the appropriate academic credit (hopefully 12-15 units worth; at least 6 from Journalism; it's working out just how the other 6-9 will be applied), then YAY, WASHINGTON D.C. HO!

But if not, I'm going to try not to be disappointed. I think I might be biting off more than I can chew again, even if WII and ISLP are both great opportunities for a number of different things. The great thing is, it's not like if I don't go to WII, I'll be doing nothing here at CSUN-- I got accepted into Take XX, part of the New Student Orientation Leaders team, and I'd still be working with NSLS and NSCS. I definitely don't want to stop being involved with either of them, even if I do go to Washington.

Now, if I do, there's another choice to make: to go to Macworld Expo, or not? If I do, not only can I see my friends and/or parents (most likely the latter, since... to be honest, guys, would any of you want to want to go to a Macworld Expo with me? Dad I know would, MAYBE Mom --but not together, no way, no how) again, but it's just plain fun. Plus I could always cover it as a Special Contributor to the Sundial, maybe? I applied to be a Copy Editor there, too, but I didn't officially GET the position even though the new editor-in-chief asked me. Basically, everything hinges on WII.

If I do go to WII, I'd only have Jan 14-16 to be at the Expo, since I have to check in in Washington, D.C. between 9am -5pm and be at the informal mixer by 6pm. Two days at an Expo isn't bad... but again, it's about money. Then again, if I go to WII with a loan backing me, money won't be so much of an issue anymore. It'd be icing on the cake if I managed to get a paid internship.

Speaking of icing, I really want some cupcakes... Baba said we can buy cupcakes and/or cupcake mix on the way home. I think my holiday baking spirit is getting kicked in. And crafting, too. A certain someone shall be receiving a handmade card soon (hint hint: that person is on this FL!)...

What else? Well, I've gotten some of my Secret Stalker gifts from Aria's Ink-- I decided to participate this year on a whim, and it's got me not only working on Epiphany, trying to revive a better version of Mare Serenitatis, but also looking over my old SM fics (let's be honest, except for maybe "24," and the beginning of "Quicksilver," they ALL suck; my writing has come SUCH a long way). I also did some fanart, but ssh! No one can know my secret stalker identity until the event is over... I might even try to resurrect an old idea and work on the 2003 Aria's Ink holiday competition contest.

Well, what with my tablet semi out-of-commission, coloring anything in Photoshop's a real bitch now (doing it with a mouse is... ugh, it's like taping my fingers together and trying to paint), so the fanart might have to wait until I get a new one, or unless I take the marker-colored version I did AFTER the scan and fiddle with that... but personally, I'd rather Photoshop the color in, as my inking process... well, let's just say it didn't go as well as I wanted. I'm not too much of an artist... ;_;

I'm feeling a bit more hopeful today than I was yesterday, so I hope I can channel that into studying a bit for my last final and then working on some creative (and possibly cleaning) endeavors tonight, whatever form they may take... there's always a lot on my plate, frosting or no. :)

Current Mood: hopeful

Well, I did it. I spent ¥11,920 on my hair-- more expensive than I thought, because according to the stylist (who was a super-nice, gentle guy with nice style), a "C-Curl" (the kind I was hoping for) wouldn't produce the effect I wanted (something that I saw in Mina magazine-- sort of loose curls on the bottom half of my hair, with the rest being semi-wavy). What I ended up doing was paying ¥9000 in cash and putting the rest on my card, and I was hoping it didn't hit yet, but my account is already showing the deduction as on hold. To make matters "worse," the Skype payment that usually takes more than 2 weeks to go through went through, as did the charge for a taxi ride I took MONTHS ago. I still have enough for the extra suitcase on the way back, BUT ONLY ONE. I will raise holy hell if I have to if they even THINK about making me check my stupid blanket-and-cat in a bag, or if they say any of my bags are "overweight" (even though I do want to try and stuff the contents of some of my mailing boxes in my suitcase; I'm going to do my laundry tomorrow and put all my clothes in except for the Mon/Tues ones and my pajamas, and I hope there'll be enough room leftover for the stuff in the box so I can save ¥6000 that way).

I also made chocolate chip cookies, and they turned out pretty damn good if I do say so myself. I don't have to guilt over not giving Chisato or Hiromi a present from Hong Kong; I'll give them handmade chocolate chip cookies! Also, Holly's advice on using pancake mix to substitute for the baking powder (because why buy such a giant can when no recipe ever calls for more than a few teaspoons) worked quite well!

That said, my hair is SO DARK now, I wonder if it's even darker than my natural color. It's all ONE color, so I'm glad-- I'm done with all those crazy highlights and streaks and such. But as Holly said, from behind, you probably couldn't tell me apart from a Japanese person. And Baba will throw a fit, because she thinks I should be blonde. :P But I like it. It's a little frizzy and not as nicely curled as I hoped the perm would be, but I think if I buy some Product (mousse or wax or something), I can keep up the curls. I'm sure none of the pretty Japanese girls get those dos without ANY work involved... maintenance is key for all things beauty, no? Maybe on Monday I can use my bun-maker thing to roll up my hair so it'll curl overnight. :) I want to be pretty when Scott sees me, even though I'll be on an 11-hour flight...

What's left?
-Mail the Yahoo! modem back on Monday
-Mail some postcards and 2 packages, one to each parent (hence the reason why I'm hoping I can avoid paying the ¥6000 SLOW METHOD for the larger package)
-Finish every last shred of packing (that would include the random toiletries, a few pieces of dishware, and my bears which I could probably shove in the bag with Toro-kun)
-Pay the current Yahoo! BB bill (it seems as if my roommates were able to find out SOMETHING, but they couldn't take the faulty BBTV charge off, because I *DID* leave the set sitting around for a week, even though I never could connect it and take advantage of the most expensive thing on my last bill-- the Basic Channel Pack. But whatever, water under the bridge. They also couldn't find out what the next month's bill will be, but I have to arrange things with the Intl. Center and send THEM the money-- an International Postal Order, probably.)

I also updated Epiphany to eFiction 3.1 soon, but I have yet to finish deciding all the categories I want, creating ANY custom pages, creating a FAQ, or making the category images I want. But at least it's a step in the right direction.

And I got to see "Firewall" at last-- does Paul Bettany *EVER* play a good guy? I mean, he's so good at being evil. I wonder if that's just the way he looks-- something about his eyes, he just looks like the perpetual bad guy. Not that I think any actor should be consistently typecast-- they always manage to surprise us-- but from what I know of him, he's always playing some sort of bad guy.

Meanwhile, I still love Harrison Ford, even if he gets his ass handed to him more in "Firewall" than he ever did in any given "Indiana Jones" movie. I respect the guy a lot, and I enjoyed the movie. :)

And now... I'm actually pretty damn tired. I fell asleep a few times while I was getting my hair done, but it'll certainly be nice to sleep in FOR REAL tonight. Except ugh, I think the cookie dough's catching up with me...

ONLY 3 MORE DAYS!

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Location: Tokiwa University International Exchange Hall, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

Whoo-woo! I just beat Levels 12 and 9 in Star Ocean: The Second Story's Cave of Trials!! (even though it's 3am here and I should totally be in bed...) Actually, I beat Level 12 and the annoying Phoenix bird a few hours ago, but the mage on the 9th floor (the formerly-Sealed Coffin) was giving me real issues with his trio of Dreampeace time-stopping terrors. So I switched out my mainly-fighter party (Claude, Opera, Chisato, Rena) with a Mage-based party (Claude, Celine, Leon, Rena) and within 5-7 minutes, that mage was TOAST! It was a welcome relief, considering I'd been going back and forth to that spot, doing that battle, and getting wasted by Shadow Flare EVERY DAMN TIME.

I don't know if the Phoenix will be there on Level 12 again when I go back down to kick Gabrie-Celeste's butt (and I have a super-secret method I'm DYING to try out-- it's not on *ANY* of the FAQs on ANY of the Gaming or RPG sites, but my Japanese friend Yuta INSISTS it will work), or if he'll force me into a party of two, but... I'm so overloaded with a sense of accomplishment and achievement, I can go to sleep very happy.

Actually, today was a pretty damn productive day, even if I have been home all day, sitting in my pajamas. I managed to finish packing one of my boxes that I intend to send (I have two others that I need to buy bubble-envelopes for: a gift for Mom and Gary, and a gift for Dad), throw out a lot of my old trash, and clear out two of my desk drawers. Pretty much all that's left are some of my books and my clothes. I haven't packed any of my 3 suitcases yet, mainly because my blanket/printer combo will take up the most space, and I need my printer for this coming week's essays.

(I still don't know WHEN my internet will get cut off when I call Yahoo/NTT on Monday; I know I have to send everything back when I get money on Thursday/Friday, though, which is when I intend to send EVERYTHING.)

Tomorrow is when I focus on those, plus studying for the upcoming Japanese test-- broken into several parts (written and speaking), though thankfully the written test isn't cumulative, it's just for the past 3 lessons, the same way we've been doing it for the rest of the semester.

Even better, this Friday, campus is closed, so I'm going to go bowling (probably) with Kevin and my tutors (I really should find something to give to Chisato; I ended up giving Ikumi -one of the other nice girls here- the present I intended for Chisato, but I forgot what Chisato looked like, and I didn't want to be rude and NOT give a present to one of my tutors but not the girl sitting next to him! People have told me Chisato's probably unaware or not that upset, if at all, but I still feel guilty, and when Mer feels guilty it's like having slugs all over you. So... yeah, I want to do something, even if it's just "make cookies."

Speaking of which, I need a simple cookie recipe so I can get rid of some leftover baking ingredients that I have:
flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon
I also have raisins, and I'm pretty sure I'd need to buy actual butter, rather than the margarine I already have. But I don't want to buy a whole can of baking soda/powder, cream cheese, or anything I've already managed to use up (and most assuredly WON'T be able to use up within the next week). Does anyone have any suggestions?

And I have to hang onto enough money for Saturday, which is when I'm going with one of my roommates to Access Moon, a hair salon near Akatsuka Station. They have some sort of New Year's campaign and special 3-set deal where you get a cut, color, and perm for a fixed price. It translates to around $76 US, so it's a damn good deal, considering for just a cut and color, I've paid upwards of $200 back in the States. I just have to budget properly, considering this upcoming paycheck will be a lot smaller than the other ones. Food is priority 1, Mailing is 2, and Hair is 3. Much as I hate to say it, but if I don't have enough, I'll have to cancel the hair appointment and go back to the States looking... less pretty. :(

...I also need to get some more milk, juice, Cola, and something dinner-like (more rice, salad, and/or microwave veggies?) because I'm almost out or out already. Man, Thursday can't come fast enough! I hate being broke!

But at least generally speaking I'm healthy, I'm positive-thinking, and I've got things to do. It's not like I'm sick, trapped in a tsunami (that was Hokkaido guys. Look at a map of Japan sometime, and you'll see Mito is that little dot just above Tokyo. Seriously, I hardly even felt a JIGGLE of that earthquake the other day. I thought I was imagining things), or bored out of my skull. I'm really looking forward to going home, but I've got a lot to do to make sure that when I get back I don't have a panic attack.

And to get started on all that stuff, I need a good night's sleep and hopefully some normal dreams. :)

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Location: Tokiwa University International Exchange Hall, Mito, Ibaraki

Shamelessly stolen from

kitesareevil.
"So if your life was a movie, what would the soundtrack be?"

So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie

Opening Credits: Friday on My Mind - Noogie (I believe this was the opening song for the "A Walk To Remember" movie, so I suppose it fits in its own way)
Waking up: Strider Vibe Victory OCRemix - Quinn Fox (Hey, this kind of works. It's kind a kind of slow start, and then gets a bit peppy.)
First Day of School: Going Under - Evanescence (Yes, school really was that miserable for me.)
Falling in Love: E.V.O. Evolutionary Means OCRemix - Russell Cox Hehe, it's weird to have an OCRemix for a life themesong, but I knew it would happen; I have over 1200 OCRemix songs in my library, so of course one of them would end up in here. But it kind of sounds cute enough to work.)
Getting it on: Ai no Uta - Do As Infinity (The name of the song might be "Song of Love," but it's not that kind of smexxing song. o_O)
Fight Song: Secret of Mana/Time in the Clouds DX OCRemix - Kailem (Okay, so I'm a pretty magical girl with a battle scene that involves lots of sparkles and magic attacks.)
Breaking Up: Stayin' Alive MAX - TWO MIX (Hahaha. It almost works.)
Prom: Goodbye Until Tomorrow/I Could Never Rescue You - Norbert Leo Butz; Sherie René Scott
Life: Open Your Mind ~spread the small wings~ - Yoko Ishida (Hm, it works to a degree.)
Mental Breakdown: Got The Jitters - Don Redman & Orchestra (This is just pure irony. This is like the "I'm going mental but in a 20s silent picture with the orchestral music in the background.")
Driving: Final Fantasy 6/Kefka Goes Carnival OCRemix (This should have been the theme to the last one.)
Flashback: The Comeback Card - Yu-Gi-Oh Sound Duel 4 (Flashing back... to Ancient Egypt!)
Wedding: Around the World - ATC (Techno wedding for the win! I think I must have listened to this song ENDLESSLY during my sophomore year of high school. But not by choice-- I think Cassie loved it so much, she always had it on repeat.)
Birth of Child: Green - Edie Brickell (It's a song about ENVY. What?)
Final Battle: Final Fantasy X-2/Labyrinth - Square-Enix (A battle filled with mystery and confusion!)
Death Scene: Canta Per Me - Yuki Kajiura (Ooh, I have a really dramatic angsty death filled with violins, cellos, and Latin! And possibly a gun battle!)
Funeral Song: Causing a Commotion - Madonna (Because that's what I did. My whole damn life long.)
Closing Credits: Light One Candle - Cast of "Fiddler on the Roof" (The irony is that it's Hanukkah, and I lit some candles earlier to help me not cry when I was chopping onions.)

Speaking of Hanukkah, I successfully made latkes! I was worried because Japanese potatoes aren't as big as American ones, and as I discovered while grating them, they're also a hell of a lot more watery. But I continuously got as much water/starch liquid out of them as I could, using both a colander and paper towels. Then I chopped up an onion, added some salt and pepper into the egg and matzoh (crushed) mix, and mixed it all up. Then I fried them in extra virgin olive oil. I decided to eat the first two for myself (lunch), and they turned out good, even if the potatoes were grated into something more like mush and less like the strings of potatoes I kept seeing in the recipes.

But they're okay! So I've got to make more for the party, which is in about an hour and forty-five minutes. My eyes still sting a bit from the onions, though. :P

For those of you who said you would enter the ygo_novella contest, you're 5 days late! If you're reading this and have either quit or need an extension, PLEASE COMMENT NOW!

Current Mood: creative
Current Music: 98 Degrees - O Holy Night (This Christmas)

Scott text messaged me FROM TURKMENISTAN a while ago. I was so thrilled so I tried to respond to him immediately. Whether on Vodafone or DoCoMo, my short message in the Outbox refused to go through. I thought, maybe it's because I'm on a US phone (U.S. number/SIM card), using a Japanese carrier, sending to a foreign country?

So I tried to reformat the number, which had arrived as +993 (Turkmenistan's country code), the area code (6), and the number. I decided to add USA's "out" IDD prefix, 011. That allowed the message to be sent, but I don't know if it actually went to the right cell phone (Scott's host father's cell). Doesn't the cell phone concept of the + sign eliminate the need of entering an "out" number, regardless of where you are? In other words, the IDD is not necessary, right? Part of the number may have been both an area code and a city code; I'm not sure how it's formatted.

But I am confused. I don't see why +933-6-the number wouldn't have sent... but maybe SMS have different rules? Can anyone help me out?

Edit: If you are in the U.S. or another country (besides Japan), please text message me (the link should be on my LJ User Info, available for all those on my FL to see). I want to see how your number appears in my Call History, and then see if I can text back. Then you can text me again to let me know that you got my reply.

Note of absolutely no importance to anyone (I would think): So in getting ready to make pumpkin mini-pies for my shared EC group with Christine tomorrow, I bought a cupcake tray and liners to make mini-pies in. Stupid me forgot that we'd be using a multi-function microwave, which has a very limited size capacity. So of course I spent 940 yen on a tray and liners which I can't use, BECAUSE THE TRAY DOESN'T FIT! I just got back from a quick run to Kasumi to get a new 22cm normal pie tray. It's sad that I was getting hyped up about the mini-pies, but there's no other choice. I doubt people have a bigger microwave that doubles as an oven here in the dorms, and I'm pretty sure the communal kitchen doesn't have an oven-- just gas ranges.

So I'm thinking my first eBay auction from Japan will be a never-used cupcake tray with free "Color Cup" liners in delicious pastel colors! What do you think?

Current Mood: confused

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