#GeminiMeetUp

So if you care enough to be here, then there's a large possibility that you're already aware that I'm in an online singing group called Gemini, which uploads under the username SoujiStar on youtube.

It is comprised of 6 members:
Me [Eva] / waterpixieva (California, USA)
Chiisana / ChiisanaChanx3 (California, USA) <--my irl best friend
Mimi / x3LoveyDovey (New Jersey, USA)
Ryan / RyanEatPho (Toronto, Canada)
Jay / JaySingYou (Ottawa, Canada)
Jeffrey / unaffection (Sydney, Australia)

I actually had the opportunity to meet Jeffrey, when I visited Australia in June! (As recorded at 4:13 of my Australia vlog.)

Unfortunately, Jeffrey couldn't join the rest of us due to all of the clashing circumstances (his location..on the other side of the world, school, young age, costly price of travelling and no income) ... however, in August 2012, we had our first official #GeminiMeetUp.

Basically I housed everyone as they flew here to Northern California. :'D
Mimi arrived first on July 30th, and our first week of fun taimuz was basically...

MonJuly30: Mimi arrives at San Francisco airport~ Her boyfriend Benton (AcceleratorOne) picks her up. We all meet up with Chiisana and go to the theatres. Chiisana sleeps over at Eva's house, so our first night is a Gemini girls sleepover<3 (when this picture was taken)
TueJuly31: Eva goes to work. We meet up for Korean BBQ dinner with Chiisana.
WedAug1: Mimi, Benton, and Eva pig out on lots of stuff
ThuAug2: Eva goes to work.
FriAug3: LAN party sleepover at Benton's house feat. Benton's friends who're all pro gamers
SatAug4: Second day of LAN party aka nonstop League of Legends
SunAug5: Mimi, Benton, Eva, and Chiisana go to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk with Benton's friends.

AAAAAND then on Monday, August 6th, Ryan and Jay flew in from Canada--marking the official start of our #GeminiMeetUp 2012. ;u;!!



I'm really fortunate and glad that my parents allowed me to house everyone... although it was a lot of responsibility to be a host ;; and I was scared about having to be a leader and to be the main person driving everybody around. BUT IT WAS SO FUN, and I really enjoyed having 5 members of Gemini living under the same roof. <33

The best 11 days of my life:

(or at least, my personal memory of it)

MonAug6:
Mimi, Benton, and Eva pick up Jay and Ryan from SF airport. They plan to surprise JR, but JR ends up surprising them from behind instead.. ._.;; Meet up with Chiisana for sushi dinner!
SPEND REST OF DAY PLANNING AND SHOPPING FOR MYST'S BIRTHDAY SURPRISE. xD Myst (mystraven) comes over to my house to deliver cookies. We surprise her instead with a cake, serenade, card, and plushie. CAKE LIGHTS ON FIRE AND RUINS OUR "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU" HARMONIES..........
(one of the more memorable moments hehehehe)

TueAug7:
Shopping at mall (during which Jay and Eva sat outside a fitting room while Ryan spent a lifetime trying on clothes then proceeding to come out to ask for our opinions), then Wingstop dinner. That night, we play a Pokemon board game... |DD;; and Benton sleeps over as well because the game ran til really late.

WedAug8:
Chill day at my place~ Was SUPPOSED to be movie+recording day, but was a flop. That night, Ryan, Jay, and Eva watch the Pokemon episode in which Ash chooses to leave Pikachu behind with a pack of Pikachu. Jay falls asleep. Eva cries even though it wasn't even that sad. Ryan is essentially unaffected.

ThurAug9:
SAN FRANCISCO ZOO :D!! We name animals after Pokemon and pronounce Mimi a Pokemon Master. (Jay's first time ever going to a zoo.) That night, we watch Lilo and Stitch. Jay falls asleep again. Mimi and Eva both cry. Ryan is essentially unaffected.

FriAug10:
Dim sum for brunch, then surprise visit at the milk tea store that Myst works at. We yell, "Happy birthday, Myst!" and confuse all her coworkers. Random Walmart stop during which we all crowd around one Bop-It game and tried to beat the high school but failed. Mimi buys a 1000-piece puzzle.
Then we go up to Berkeley to watch Chiisana's theatre performance in which she was adorable //A//.. This is Chiisana's last day of this theatre program, so from this point on, she's present a lot more.
First night with all G5 sleeping under the same roof. <3
That night, we watch Lilo and Stitch 2 while puzzle-making. Jay and Chiisana fall asleep. Mimi, Ryan, and Eva leave them there in the living room.

SatAug11:
Apparently, Mimi woke up and found Chiisana staring at Jay sleeping. (Not creepy at all.)
For lunch: GeminiEatPho. (feat Benton)
Then exploring San Francisco's Japantown! Crepes and looots of purikura!<3

SunAug12:
Mimi goes to watch the League (IPL) tournament with Benton. The rest of us pig out on jjajangmyeon and patbingsu at Korean food court. Then Cheesecake Factory dinner. Neither Chiisana or Mimi sleep over.

MonAug13:
aka Running Man Day!
aka San Francisco Scavenger Hunt.
An event that covered Westfield SF, Union Square, and SF Japantown. Working in teams of 3 to find as many of the scavenger hunt items as possible. (The team of Benton's friends--Corey, Leon, and Elaine--wins. ^^)
Neither Chiisana or Mimi sleep over. That night, JR records lines for [HOPEFULLY] Gemini's upcoming upload, at my house.

TueAug14:
Eva goes to work. :c
JR is picked up by Mimi, Benton, and Gino (OksoitsGino). They go to arcade together.
That evening, Gemini5, Benton, Gino, and Myst (mystraven) meet up for KARAOKEEEE PARTY~
This is the last night that Gemini5 all sleep under the same roof. So we squish onto the floor of one tiny room together to sleep <3 (Slightly a disaster.)

WedAug15:
G5 and Benton go to California's Great America! :> an amusement park.
JAY AND CHIISANA are surprisingly the bravest out of everyone despite being the two shyest and most moe members. They go on a lot of scary rides with no problem. .-.;; We all rode the Rapids together, got SOAKED, then paid $5 to enter a human dryer. We had funnel cake!!
Udon dinner at Eva's house, but none of us have an appetite--including Ryan the eating machine--except Jay who eats when sad. Myst comes by to visit! We take our last group pictures. We say our goodbyes "see you later"s. ;;
Mimi does not sleep over, but Chiisana does. MYST ENDS UP SLEEPING OVER TOO ON A WHIM..

ThuAug16:
We wake up early (to an alarm of Mimi's voice saying traumatizing things). Myst goes home. G4 goes to the airport to send off JR. Chiisana and Eva almost cry as they give their final hugs in front of the gate entrance.
THEN CHIISANA NOTICES SHE'S STILL HOLDING RYAN'S WALL SCROLL.............. WE FREAK OUT AND FORGET THE SADNESS. WE CALL OUT FOR HIM AND WAVE BUT HE DOESN'T LOOK BACK. We ask the airport people to page Ryan. His name is announced to the entire airport O A O but it's too close to their boarding time, so he doesn't come back. We're going to mail it. ^^
Mimi also departs, that night.
And #GeminiMeetUp of Summer 2012 comes to a close.

(I am going to leave this post at that, because me being me, I'm BOUND to blog billions of times more regarding this trip. I have so much more to say, and I still have to post pictures and all the videos!

I'll be labelling all of these with #GeminiMeetUp so if you'd like a complete collection of all related posts, here you go~
http://waterpixieva.blogspot.com/search/label/%23GeminiMeetUp )