Piercing Update

 Hi twinnnn,

Ok so update, I GOT THEM PIERCED WOOOO! 🍒

Based on my experienced, yes they hurt like hell omg. I'm lowk so grateful that my piercing was a rly rly nice lady who kinda knew how to approach me during my appointment even tho I was sooo anxious. The first piercing hurt but wasn't actually too bad. Then the second one.....omg I cried.... It was like the first piercing pain times 10000. The rest of the day I was walking like a frozen sloth lol and driving, man I looked crazy I was grippin the wheel and my seatbelt lol. 

The day after I was completely ok! I'm honestly so surprised that I didn't have any pain for the rest of this week. So far only the when I got them day of, the cleaning was a bit annoying, but after that everything seems pretty normal! I lowk stared at myself in the mirror was like "damn...I'm jealous of myself" LOLLL. If yall are thinking of getting them, DO IT!!! 😏 (but maybe one at a time if ur scared for the pain of the second one)

xoxo,
mei 

A New Perspective on College

 Hey y'all, it's been a hot minute. So I started my 4th year in college about two weeks ago and based on my current schedule, I feel like I'm going insane with such minimal homework. It's so weird! I even told my parents that I'm like practically bored in class and they both said "yeah that's normal". Like HUH? No one has ever told me that taking major classes = less "busywork". I know my major isn't too crazy but still, not having homework is oddly irritating? It's like I suddenly have all this free time I don't know what to do with myself lol. Who would've thought my last couple semesters would look like this. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Is This The Right Class???

 Yall, it's already the second week of school. On two occasions I've encountered ppl asking "What class is this?" and genuinely it baffles me. One of my first classes last week, a guy came into lecture like an hour late. Decides to sit right in front of my chair (while there were plenty of other seats open too btw...). He turns and whispers to me, "what class is this?". And I'm thinking, what the hell how you not know? More importantly, did you just walk into a random class just cuz? or like? So I whisper back telling him what class it was. He waits for my professor to take a pause in his talking and then he gets up and leaves the class. Inside I'm highkey laughing lmao, like what just happened. 

Fast forward to today, second class of the semester. This girl walks into lecture also an hour, hour and a half late. Based on the placement of the door, everyone can see her enter lol. So she comes in, stops right in front of the classroom asking the teacher, "Is this 103? 101?". And the teacher, being stopped mid lecture lmao, goes quietly "yes, this is 101". Again, in my head I'm like, theres no way. Not only did you basically disrupt the whole class, but what???? How do people not know what class they're in? I mean I get that I'm a very type a person but man, zero preparedness ig? On top of that, this class has mostly maybe 3rd or 4th years of college students. So I feel like, we kinda get the gist of how school words (I'D HOPE). Honestly, maybe I really am making a big deal out of this but it just makes me so confused I wanna laugh. What do yall think? lol

Also, this was highkey me last week during syllabus day. I am quite literally taking a packaging class lol. We spent 15 mins watching a documentary of how tomatoes were processed and packaged. My major is so silly sometimes. 

Urbex Diaries (#1)

"Urbex" - urban exploration, the hobby of visiting man made abandoned places...

Last night I went out with two friends to go explore this abandoned train. From the tik toks, this place seemed sooooo cool. Based on our experience, we had a bit of a rocky journey as we were trying to figure out where the train was. First we circled around the old train station, but there were cameras and a lot of signs warning us of trespassing so we decided to bail lol. Then after like an hour of walking in a circle/around the other trains, we finally found the train we were looking for. It was so

diva train <3

beautiful. Highkey, someone, probably even a few days ago, had just painted a new piece of cheetah print art all over it. Based on the videos we saw online and when they were posted, it was actually crazy to see how much the area has changed with visitors... As we approached closer, we kinda noticed there was a car blocking the entrance to the train. MIND YOU the whole area is fenced off in an open area, so how the freak did the car get there????? #creepy If the car wasn't there, we would've explored it but sometimes you gotta know when to bail T-T. I think I like exploring these places more from an art perspective because I think graffiti is very interesting. Both as self expression but also creativity. I'm more of a chicken when it comes to the "being fearless" or getting caught part LOL. If any of you decide to urbex, please do your research and explore safely!!! Also enjoy these cool pics I got (click to view them clearer) <3

the sunset, chefs kiss

I've never seen people making graffiti art live before, very cool

tmi rant...

 yall.....guess who just booked an appointment to get 🍒's pierced......IM SO SCAREDDD!! PAIN IS TEMPORARY, SWAG IS FOREVER 😭

Yearning for Chamber Music

 Lately, I've been yearning so much for a good chamber music group to play with. I haven't played cello period in quite a few months, oops. I really miss the days where I used to go to a music school and there would be other kids my age, we would make amazing music together everyday (soooo taken for granted). 

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If you aren't into classical music, I would totally suggest listening to some of my favorite pieces (I've played every single one of these!!):

1. Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1

I'm a bit biased, but this is one of my favorite pieces I've played like ever. Why? It's written for 8 cellos! A very rare and unique piece. I prefer the second movement the most because it sounds very bittersweet.

2.  Borodin - String Quartet No. 2"

This Borodin string quartet is very popular. It was actually written as a love letter to his wife, Ekaterina Protopova. The first movement is very delicate, but you can definitely hear the love pouring out in the third movement as well.

3. Dvorak - "American" String Quartet

Another very popular string quartet. Dvorak, pronounced like deh-vor-zhak, wrote this piece a year after moving to New York. I think the melody in the first movement is quite interesting. The main motif just sounds fun to me. In the second movement, the best part is at time stamp 12:00. You can hear the intense pain in sadness throughout the piece but also something that kind of feels like relief. 

4. Mendelssohn - String Octet in E flat major, Op. 20

Yet another iconic piece, you don't come across octets as much in chamber music but this is probably the most well known one. When I played this piece, not only was it fun to almost act like 2 quartets playing at the same time but also simultaneously in certain parts (idk how to explain it lol). The first movement's character is very proud and then towards the fourth movement it feels more carefree. 

5. Dvorak - Piano Quintet No. 2, Op. 81

This piece takes you on such a crazy journey honestly. I lowk don't even know how to describe it because it feels so intense to follow the story the music tells you. #banger

6. Grieg - String Quartet No. 1, Op. 27

This one is ACTUALLY crazy intense. The character of this piece is very animated as it feels both very direct/hard hitting and youthful. The beginning will blow you away.

7. Turina - Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 76

If you like something more mysterious this piece is for you~. Turina is not actually considered classical because he is a 20th century composer. I'd describe this piece as very colorful and shimmery (specifically the first movement). 

8. Mendelssohn - Piano Trio No. 1

In my opinion, this whole piece is very moving. Lowk if you skip to the second movement holy sob fest  (9:47). T-T

9. Smetana - Piano Trio in G minor

Another very fun sounding piece, the first movement definitely requires strong players to convey the feeling of grief and anguish. I also just like this piece because smetana means sour cream LOLLL.

10. Debussy - Piano Trio in G major

Best for last, this piano trio is very romantic!!! Very flowy and young is how I'd describe it. Chat, if y'all read this with your fanfics or wtv, trust, it'll make you yearn. I lurv the first and third movements, however the second one tells a different story to my ears. It feels more like tiptoeing romantically, so sort of cautious or hesitant. 

If you would like to see any recordings of my performances, feel free to email me and I'll send you a link!

Meow

 First day of school yay… Technically first day of senior yr in college but I have an extra semester. So would that make me a “fifth year” by the time I graduate? Hmm 🤔