Skype~ness

Ok so Skype.
Maybe I'm just a techno-phobe,
but I never really have gotten the hang of it.
Name anything else, like Facebook, blogging, making websites, Paypal...
All that I'm good with,
But Skype-
ughh it's like my technical nemesis!
Sure it's not a whole lot different from MSN or AIM
but I don't know, there's something about Skype
that specifically handicaps me when I try using it.
None-the-less...
I did it. :D
I kicked Skype's butt and made an account,
even managed to find a contact or two in Ukraine.
(Even if I accidentally added complete strangers too, gonna have to fix that...)
And the best part;
I TOTALLY MADE A VIDEO CALL!~~

So...
While I still detest Skype a bit,
I can use it too.
And that actually comes in handy :D
ESPECIALLY when you have an uncle visiting Ukraine
asking you what you want him to bring back for you ;) hehe!~

Dear Skype;
"Truce."
...for now...

-Kalynka~san♥

The Beginning ~~

In the beginning there was 7.

It was the 7th month,
I was 7 days overdue.
It was 7am when I put my mother into labour,
at which time she demanded 7 pillows from a nurse,
and at 7:11pm I cried "Wah!" (hi there!) to the world.
Being 7lbs. and 11ounces,
I slept for 7hrs straight.

Surprise, my nickname isn't seven.
But it does have seven letters,
"Kalynka".

I sometimes ponder;
maybe my lucky number is 7?
Wonder where I got that idea...

I used to think that I was Ukrainian
and Japanese of decent.
Since my mother was Ukrainian,
and my known father was half Ukrainian
and half Japanese.
This brought me pride for a number of years
(17 to be exact), knowing how unique my blood was.
That is, until I came face to face with the truth
that the father I had known all my life,
while he had his own family and lived in a different province,
was indeed NOT my biological father.
*sigh* turns out I'm just Ukrainian and... ugh-Irish :(
I apologize to any of you from Irish heritage,
at my distaste, I simply felt rather disappointed.
Regardless, since I knew nothing but the surname of my 'real' father
and since I was so very close to my Ojiichan♥~
I've continued to live in the fantasy that maybe somehow
I can still call myself 1/4 Japanese.

All of this brings you to the 18yr old mutt
blogging here today.
I'm still learning Japanese,
and I'm still planning to visit my Ojiichan (grandpa) in Kyoto
this summer,
and yes, I still consider him grandpa.
Furthermore, I still LOVE tea (mainly of the green variety),
I still make 'kawaii' Obento from time to time,
and of course I still obsess over Masaharu Fukuyama♥ and all
my other Japanese music, movies, and dramas.

However,
I do still speak Ukrainian,
and I live with my Baba♥ (grandma) after having visited Ukraine with her.
I still make perogies and cabbage rolls.
While I have taken one year off for University,
I still Ukrainian dance,
I still sing along to Ukrainian CD's in my car,
and I still celebrate Ukrainian Christmas, New Years, Easter, Etc.
Attending all of the communal events in embroidered Ukrainian fashion.

And so I consider myself,
Kalynka~san.

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