Hey there :D

Sabrina here~! Today I've chosen a topic, and plan to stick with it and not wander off into the depths of Sabrina Nonsense. My topic today is trains. Yeah, pretty lame topic, but I happen to be on one right now, so it's not terribly random.

Trains. Whenever I used to hear it, I would imagine Harry Potter with his little friends on their way to Hogwarts :) So it makes sense that that's what I expected when I went on my very first train ride. I expected individual cubbies (or whatever they're called), a grandma-like lady pushing a trolley full of candy, and scenic rides through the countryside.

Well.

For those who have ever been on an airplane before, Via Rail trains are more like airplanes than Harry Potter trains. There are plastic compartments above your head, the seats are organized into rows with an aisle down the middle (kiss your privacy goodbye), and the grandma-lady with the candy DOES NOT EXIST.

They do serve snacks, but it's usually a forty year-old man pushing a metal cart full of overpriced snacks (two bucks for a small container of orange juice :/). The snacks are delicious, I'm not going to lie, but they're just. SO. Expensive. Oh, and there is a menu in the magazine in front of your seat, somewhere in the back of it.

And just a tip for anyone who plans to buy a train ticket anytime in the future: always, always, ALWAYS get a window seat. The aisle seats SUCK! If you sit in the aisle seat, you have to get up every time the person beside you wants to get up, you have to ask to plug in your flipping cord, and you might get whacked by some clueless passenger's bag. Window seats are just better.

Also, this took me a couple tries to figure out, but when you want to connect to the internet, you must:

-connect to the Wi-Fi as you normally would

-open up a browser. Even if you're only using Skype, or the iTunes store, you need to open up your browser.

-if you aren't directed to the Via Rail website immediately, you need to try a website (example: try to open FaceBook or YouTube)

-if you get a pop-up asking whether or not you'd like to connect to the website (even if it suggests it has questionable security), click agree. It's asking because the Wi-Fi only works if you accept the User Agreement, which the webpage is trying to direct you to.

-Click on English, then Accept

-ENJOY YOUR INTERNET

This took me so many tries to get right... BE THANKFUL somebody told you!

Also, it's a great idea to slide your bag under the seat. There is nothing more annoying than tripping over your bags as you try to get out of your seat. Another thing to remember is that you have a little table in your armrest. Pull up the leather part, and underneath are two panels. The panel closest to you folds out into a little table :) Cute, right?

One more thing: the electrical outputs will either be by the window, or between and underneath both of the seats.

Hope you learned a lot about trains, hahaa ;P This LEGIT took me forever to figure out... -.- I wish somebody had told me these things... I looked like a total and utter idiot for the first couple times I took the train XP

Screw that.

Hey there ;D

I'm baaaaack :3 Inspired by Chiaki to arise from the dead and finally get another post done.

Sooooooooo. Wow, this actually feels great to be blogging again! I can just let all my feelings gooooooooooo~

Wow. Okay. Anywhoo. Today was the last day of exams! I'm so happy :3 My french exam absolutely sucked, though. It's not that I didn't study, it's just that what I needed to study for... If you get what I mean.

There are some girls in my French class that, don't get me wrong, are really nice and stuff, but all they do is giggle all throughout the class. I honestly don't mind French, but having somebody giggle in a super high-pitched voice for an hour and ten minutes, regardless of how ticked my teacher is, just makes for a bad experience. Because of their incessant giggling, my teacher hardly taught anything... For example, those COI and COD things? We learned what they are about a week before the exam, but we weren't taught how to apply them in a sentence, or how to tell which one is used when, or how to use them versus using le, la, l' or les. This is a completely different language, it would be kind of nice to know what important crap like that means.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaand I'm ranting again.

I find myself being really mean lately. Today I insulted a guy I barely knew... Behind his back, but still... Even Flavia commented on my nasty remark. To be honest, it's kind of scary. I hate being mean, but sometimes it just comes out like that when I'm frustrated with my life.

Just on Friday, my dad told me something that absolutely broke my heart, and it's all I can think about now, which is probably why I've been a total b**** lately.

*This is getting a bit too personal for a blog, but whatevs. I really need to get it out somehow.*

Exams, what my dad told me, homesickness, friend issues... It's really starting to take a toll on me. The other day, when I was taking the train home, I caught myself about to cry. In public. For those of you who know me well, this almost never happens to me unless I break a bone or something. Crying is not my thing.

Dang it, I'm even starting to write poetry again.

This is random, and not as depressing (thankfully), but I've recently realized that materials no longer make me happy. At Christmas, I got a ton of stuff; lots of money, art supplies, hair accessories, jewelry, perfume... And yet, I wasn't happy. It sure wasn't that I was ungrateful (kay, I was overwhelmed at everybody's kindness and generosity), it's just that I felt that I would trade all of my presents for just a month to spend with my family and friends.

I haven't seen the vast majority of my friends back home for over seven months now... A lot of them have changed, some of them going through depression or becoming extremely arrogant. Apparently one of my close friends is on the verge of becoming a wannabe hooker, and my other friends are drifting apart from each other. It sucks how some people change for the worse when they hit High School.

I've changed alot too, but I *think* it's a good change. I'm not a pushover anymore, I don't retaliate the way I used to, I'm better with school... Stuff like that.

Shucks. This blog is the opposite of what I wanted it to be. It's all dark and depressing... *Puts on some happy japanese music and continues*

There we goooooo <3 ^_^

Happiness!

I love you guys. I really do.

Like, I just wanna hug all everybody that's read my blog before. Even if they hated it.

I just wanna go outside and dance!

Wait. No, Sabrina. Not at 11:15 at night.

Bad Idea.

Okee. Dancing in my room will suffice :3

...

I have been fulfilled.

I love makeup, butterflies, cherries, pink, polka dots, Studio Ghibli, Rapunzel, TV, frilly stuff, dresses, nail polish, tea, cake, cookies, cinnamon rolls (<3), toaster waffles, cream puffs, caramel, ink bottles, paper that doesn't buckle, bristol board, lotion, sugar plums, vitamins, rhinestones, earrings, jewelry organizers, jeans, boots, my friends, my family, *coughthatsupercuteguythatIseealotcough*, straightening irons, shampoo, conditioner, peach-scented soap, rainbow brushes, and tweezers.

Oh gosh. I think I'd better stop before I start puking up rainbows.

Looooove youuuuuuuuuuuuu <3