BLOGS - 2022
→ ༄ ‧₊˚ ❝ MY COUNTRYSIDE ❞ ༉‧₊˚✧ (11 July 2022)
If you are from Mongolia, you know that basically every single Mongolians go to the countryside during the summer. I happen to be one.
Ever since my brother was born, my mother became obsessed with the countryside and will always force everyone to go it. I get it why; a newborn child needs to have some clean air in the woods but I didn’t know that we would spend EVERY SINGLE DAY at the countryside.
I’ve been stuck at my countryside house during the summer since 2019. There is absolutely nothing to do here. Some people have countryside friends but I don’t have one. Not because I’m some socially awkward weirdo who refuses to go and make friends.
It’s just that all of them are little kids. Like little tiny kids around the ages of 2-9. So, I’m all alone. Also, another thing I despite about the countryside is how much insect they have.
I hate insects. I loathe them. My mom tried explaining to me that they are part of nature and if it wasn’t for those 8-eyed weird looking creatures, we won’t be here today.
And I have an answer to that. I would have preferred to be ‘not here today’ than to live with these disgusting creatures.
I’m fine with insects that actually help the environment like; ants, spiders and bees etc. But what is the purpose of other insects? Like, moths. What do they do that help the environment? Eat our clothes?
It seems like I would find different kinds of species every single day. Today, I saw a butterfly that also looks like a fly????
Oh, butterflies. Let’s talk about them because I HATE THEM. I don’t care what anyone says, they look terrifying. Absolutely horrendous. Everyone is like “Ooh, butterflies. They are so pretty with their colorful wings—blah blah blah.” SHUT UP!!!!
Just because their wings look like a 2-year-old’s drawing that does not make them beautiful. HAVE YOU SEEN THEIR FACES??? YOU CALL THAT BEAUTIFUL????
Ants are okay. The red ones bother me because why are they always biting me? Spiders are scary but when I learned that spiders eat 2000 mosquitoes and it actually helps with reducing malaria, I was okay with them.
Bees are also okay. As long as you don’t threaten them, they won’t sting you.
WASPS THOUGH. If god ever gave the option to stop the John F. Kennedy assassination or destroy every wasp that exists, I would choose the wasps. (Sorry John)
✎ᝰ┆Written by a 14-year-old Mongolian girl.
→ ༄ ‧₊˚ ❝ BOOKS. ❞ ༉‧₊˚✧ (09 July 2022)
I’ve talked about movies and TV series on this blog but I don’t think I have ever talked about books before. So, let’s get into it.
Books. Some people despite them, some people love them. I happen to be one of those who is in between. I don’t have much opinions on books but I’ll tell you this.
Reading book doesn’t hurt you. Reading is actually great! Who thought some ink on paper would lead you to wonders of imagination?
One of the things that have helped me advance my English was actually books. The first ever English book I’ve read was a children’s book called: “The Little Ghost”. The book is originally written in German but was translated into English.
This book was really cute. If you are a beginner, this book is perfect! The book doesn’t have hard words and anyone with basic English can read it!
The next book I read was Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s stone. Now, when I tell you Harry Potter made me who I am today. I am not joking.
Harry Potter was my first ever obsession. I could go on days talking about my experience with Harry Potter but I’m not sure if people would be interested.
The franchise really helped and advanced my English. I don’t think I would have this much nice words in my vocabulary if it wasn’t for Harry Potter. I learned so many new British slangs and words to the point where I would talk in British accent.
Even though, I’m not as obsessed I was back in 6-7th grade, Harry Potter will always have a special place in my empty cold heart.
It really made me realize that, books aren’t that bad. It’s actually amazing how much imagination goes through my mind when I read one.
If it wasn’t for books, I would have never known I will find comfort reading.
✎ᝰ┆Written by a 14-year-old Mongolian girl.
→ ༄ ‧₊˚ ❝ MY COUSIN. ❞ ༉‧₊˚✧ (07 July 2022)
So, I've had this page for almost a year now and I don't think I have mentioned my cousin. And she has been bugging me to write about her for a while so here you go!
When I first arrived in Mongolia after living in Japan, I had no one (except for my grandma). I had no friends and no one wanted to be friends with me since I only spoke Japanese. So, when my aunt and uncle heard that, they took me to their countryside.
It was my first time ever in the countryside so I was a bit excited. When I first came out of the car and opened the gate. The first person I saw was a girl about my age in a purple dress.
We glanced at each other nervously but after a few minutes, we were best friends. She became my first ever friend in Mongolia, even though I only spoke Japanese. I don't even remember how exactly we started to become friends. All I remember was, us meeting in the countryside.
And that was a start of a beautiful friendship.
When I was around the age of 6-10 I would go to her house, ALL THE TIME. No kidding. I just loved going to their house for some reason. Me and my cousin would always find something fun to do.
One thing, we loved doing was building forts. Like, we would bring out lots of bed sheets and then connect them with chairs to make a big fort. It made a lot of mess, though.
We also drew a lot. We would always have these competitive drawing contests with each other and then made one of my cousins: the judge, and force them to choose the winner.
Also, we would have tons of sleepovers. The sleepover could be at my house or hers, doesn't matter. We had so many sleepovers to the point where we don't even ask our parents for permission. They just allowed it and we didn't even have to tell them!
But, all of this is from years ago. Back when we were kids. Now, we are both teenagers. We don't go to each other's house every 2 days, we don't have endless sleepovers because we grow up!
But, we are still close. After all, she is my cousin.
We hang out a few times a month, or sometimes we even call each other and gossip. She will always be my best friend ♡
✎ᝰ┆Written by a 14-year-old Mongolian girl.
→ ༄ ‧₊˚ ❝ CATS. ❞ ༉‧₊˚✧ (29 June 2022)
Growing up, I was never really a fan of animals. Sure, I thought they were cute but most of the time, I was scared of those furry little animals. But, that all changed on May 6th.
Let me explain.
It was May 6th and the new marvel movie had just come out: Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness and I was super hyped to see it. My plan was to go watch the movie with my friend after school and return home. Seems simple, correct?
Since my school is a 2-minute walk from my home I had enough time to change into some comfortable clothes. While me and my friend were always towards the bus stop we came across a yellow cat. Of course, me being scared of any furry animals, I backed away.
But, my friend didn't. See, here's the thing about my friend, she grew up with animals. Cats, dogs, and even rabbits so she approached the cat and started petting it.
Now, I know what the majority of you guys might say. "Stray cats are disgusting!", "Stary cats carry diseases!" etc but it doesn't hurt to touch them a bit.
Since we were going to watch a movie, we had money to buy that cat some cat food. It took me a while to get comfortable with the cat but once I started to pet it, and feed foods to it, I loved the cat.
The movie already started but I didn't care, I was cuddling with the cat. Like, cats purring are the most precious thing ever. Me and my friend couldn't get enough of the cat. But, we were supposed to watch a movie so we knew deep down we had to leave the cat behind.
But, we left the cat at a playground nearby. Now, we had a new plan: watch the movie and ran back to the playground to check on the cat.
It was already 5 p.m.
The movie was great! I'm thinking of writing about my reviews and opinions later on. Anyways, back to the cat. Surprisingly, the cat was still there and some 4-year-old gave the cat some blankets which I thought was so cute.
I tried convincing my mom to get that cat and raise it but she declined. She was furious that I wanted a cat, and then we tried convincing my friend's parents and that didn't work either so we had no choice but to leave the cat.
It was bad, I know that. Getting too attached to a stray cat but I just couldn't help it.
I'm writing this to show how quickly people can change. One minute, I was terrified of furry animals but now I adore them and I want to raise one in the future since my mom won't allow it.
✎ᝰ┆Written by a 14-year-old Mongolian girl.
→ ༄ ‧₊˚ ❝ GUESS WHO'S BACK?❞ ༉‧₊˚✧ (13 June 2022)
Hello there, people who breathe the same air as me! I disappeared after making a post about not disappearing. Wow. How ironic is that? But, this time I have a good reason to why I’ve been on a hiatus.
First of all: school. School really drained me out, it really sucked my soul out of my body. For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been trying to get my grades fixed up and because of that I was really depressed and unmotivated to write anything here. Luckily, all of my grades are above 85% and I passed all my exams! My math exam results were 18/20 which is 90% and I think that’s pretty decent and my Mongolian language exam results were 17/18 which is 94%.
Second of all: I lost my Facebook account which had access to “Stuff nobody reads”. Why? You may ask. Because I’m a complete moron. I logged out of my account (for other reasons) and then I forgot the password I’ve been using for the past 4 years. Yes. I’m not joking here. And because of that I had to go and make a new account, meaning I lost my access to my blog.
Third of all: being super unmotivated really had hit me like a bus. I think a lot of people confuse laziness with being unmotivated which really bothers me because you want to try your best, right? You want to fix your life but you’re just unmotivated.
Last but not least: my birthday!!! Yes, ladies and gentlemen and the non-binaries, I legally turned 14 yesterday! My birthday is on June 13th and usually around that time school would be over by then but this year, it’s not over??? Like, I heard school would be over in June 20th which is kind of sad considering you’d spend half of June at school but it’s fine, I guess.
But, yeah! I turned 14. I saw a few comments asking me when I’m going to turn 14 and now I’m 14! This means I start high school in September.
My birthday was pretty mediocre. Me and my 2 friends ate some food and played at the park and arrived at my place to eat some cake. That’s basically it. Also, I tried the amusement park’s roller coaster that everyone exaggerates about. Well, to be fair I did try it once in 6th grade but I forgot how it feels like. It wasn’t as bad as everyone has said. The 360-degree part was really crazy through.
And that’s about it! I do have a few post ideas I want to share so stay tuned for that.
✎ᝰ┆Written by a 14-year-old Mongolian girl.
→ ༄ ‧₊˚ ❝ MY FAVOURITE SONGS. ❞ ༉‧₊˚✧ (13 March 2022)
HELLO, MY LITTLE SPAGHETTI STICKS. It's been a while, hasn't it? I know that I disappeared for 3 months and I do apologize. Sometimes, I forget I have this FaceBook Page lol
BUT I AM BACK! and honestly, I have no idea what to write about so here is the list of some of my favourite songs and why I love them
1. Real Men by Mitski.
I've heard that "Real Men" is Mitski's worst song— personally, I think it’s by far one of the best, for it can be interpreted in so many ways. The song can effortlessly envision how one may feel like they’ll never be able to fit or be seen as "socially acceptable."
I think this song is beautiful and it really plays with toxic masculinity and masculine norms in society. "Praise me, make me lovely, for a little while." I think this can be interpreted as how men see women as objects but also beauty standards and how women must be lovely all the time.
I listen to this 24/7 and I'm not ashamed.
2. Liquid Smooth by Mitski.
Yes, another Mitski song. Deal with it. Whenever I listen to this I'm in another dimension. It's a holy experience. It's an amazing song, hauntingly beautiful. I replayed it over and over because I was just so fascinated by her singing. It was the first-ever song that made me emotionally attached to Mitski.
Basically, the song is about body image issue problems. Her words seem very much a reference to her acne and the issues of beauty and body image in general. It’s kind of like asking the question "What’s the point in beauty? We’re all just human."
3. The Real Slim Shady by Eminem.
Well, this took a TURN. Honestly don't know why people are still NOT talking about this song? It's a vibe. And, I am proud to say that I played this song too much to get to the point where could rap and sing along with Eminem.
I memorised every single word in this song. It's actually my most listened song on Spotify. No explanation is needed. This song is catchy and I like it.
✎ᝰ┆Written by a 13-year old Mongolian girl.
→ ༄ ‧₊˚ ❝ MY LITTLE BROTHER. ❞ ༉‧₊˚✧ (06 Jan 2022)
If you are a frequent reader of mine, you might know that I'm not an only child. I have a 2-year-old brother (soon to be 3 years old). So, let's talk about him.
Growing up, I was the only child. My home was literally so quiet, no chaos, pretty neat household. I never had a problem with it, in fact, I actually enjoyed being the only child.
My mother would spoil me since I was her only child. Our financial state was pretty great, no sharing. It was great, living my best life UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENED.
So, you know in elementary school when your classmates buy or have something you really wanted to have so when you get home, you cry and try to convince your parents to buy it? Yeah, like all of my classmates had siblings.
As being a little jealous bitch that I was, really wanted to have a sibling so I would fit in with the others or whatever. I don't remember how my mom found out that I wanted a brother but on my 9th? 10th?(I don't remember which birthday) I wished for a little sibling.
And guess what. My mom was pregnant. Little me was so happy and excited. Every day I would ask my mom when is my brother born.
He was born early in the morning, I was staying with my grandma when she got a call at 3 a.m. Turns out my mom's water broke.
I had the option to go to sleep or go to the hospital with my grandma. Now, I was a 10-year-old dumb kid who was tired and wanted to sleep so you know what I did? I went to the hospital.
After 3 or 4 hours, my brother was born.
You know how everyone is always like "awe your baby is so cute." NO. all newborn babies look like a burnt potato, prove me wrong.
Enough about how my brother was born. Let's talk about him. He is a tiny asshole. I don't know how to describe it, he is 2 years old, doesn't have the function to work a brain but somehow, is an asshole.
Spoilt, annoying, screaming all the time. I mean, he is a literal baby buy you know, like grow up!!😒😒
HAHA I'M JOKING. don't worry, all jokes. He is annoying though, he would cry when things don't go the way it does. One time, I wanted to use the TV and he wanted to watch his cartoon AND HE STARTED SCREAMING AT ME.
My mom got mad and said something like, "Don't upset your brother."
I will and I can, why? Because I'm 10 years older than him and I'm his big sister. He should LISTEN to me.
All jokes aside, he is my brother and I do love him.
✎ᝰ┆Written by a 13-year old Mongolian girl
WHY MEGAMIND IS A CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE (06 Jan 2022)
(This is a repost of my old writings)
If there is one DreamWork movie that has seen massively belated, acclaim over the years, to the point where it can easily consider to be a cult classic. It's Shrek.
Okay, I guess a lot of DreamWork movies have that status but none have been quite as prevalent as of late; Megamind.
I thought it was good as a kid but not much else. It didn't stick with me like other dreamwork films that I really liked and that's kinda how the general public felt. It came out the same year that DreamWorks concluded their most profitable franchise; Shrek Forever and After.
And the same year DreamWork started their most respected franchise; How to Train your Dragon.
This film kinda got lost in the shadow as a result of realising so close to these two franchise toppers.
I revisited Megamind recently and I can now see the emotional intelligence, wit and even artistry at work in this underappreciated movie.
So, Here's why Meganmind is a cinematic masterpiece.
One of Megamind's qualities is the shockingly mature story it decides to tell with its characters. This movie has a lot of reflection, connection, inspection and misdirection. The bottom line is the way events unfold in this movie are a kind of novel for an animated comedy made for kids.
This is another one of those kids movies that very rarely talk down to its audience. So, just like superman: Megamind is a baby on a planet that's gonna blow up.
He gets escape potted away but it turns out this other kid had the exact same idea. Metro-man ends up with a loving family that seems to have a ton of riches and notoriety. Perfect household to raise an egotistic child.
But Megamind goes to prison. He just lands in prison and they just keep him there. I feel like right off the bat, this movie contains undertones of the whole nature vs nurture debate.
The debate essentially boils down to the question: "Is bad behaviour inherited or acquired?"
In this case, we don't really know anything about the traits that Megamind or Metro-man inherited from their families or home planets. For all, we know Metro-man could have come from a planet of evil space aliens, kinda like superman.
And Megamind could be from a world of civil blue people, like that live-action Pocahontas remake James Cameron made. (Avatar)
I personally think that Megamind was not destined for evil nor did he come from some sort of evil planet. Is Megamind destined for greatness? heroism? destruction? What? Well, that's up for him to decide or I guess for society to decide.
This is where the nurture element comes in. Where the two sides start conflicting. Megamind is raised to think: Burglars are good and cops are bad (which you know, that last thing is kinda true sometimes.)
But, let's not worry about that.
Megamind has been nurtured to be bad and use his mind to do bad stuff but his nature suggests otherwise. He's excited to go to school and fit in amongst his peers. He wants to impress them and be loved but is constantly being rejected because of his dangerous failed inventions and people being racist towards blue people lol
It makes him doubt himself and turn back to the things he's been taught. He gives in to how he was nurtured. Despite, his nature being good at heart.
Later on, in the movie, he slowly starts getting reformed through the positive influence in his life that is Roxanne but once she discovers his true identity and rejects him, his immediate impulse is to go back to the villainy that defined his life for so long.
He's convinced himself that being bad is simply in his nature when that couldn't be further from the truth. Everyone in the metro city thinks that however. Everyone reinforces this idea through their hatred and rejection of it.
It's no surprise that he internalizes that idea for so long but it's not just negative reinforcement that could warp the way a person perceives the role in the world.
Let's talk about the "Good guy."
The way Metro-man is developed throughout the courses of the story is also really interesting. In a story about a sympathetic villain who always loses to his beloved hero. The movie would usually end up making the hero the movie's antagonist
Not necessarily evil since that'd be weird but you know, a big asshole. This movie doesn't go in that direction, however. Metro-man is kind to citizens while simultaneously coming off as very egotistic and self-absorbed.
It's clear from his smug looks as a kid that he adores attention and he kinda lets it go through his head. The ceremony celebration at the beginning of the movie is one of the best character establishment scenes I've ever seen in an animated film. He's modelled after Elvis Presley and he clearly has some rock star flair.
But the way, he uses his superpowers is kinda questionable. Like, when he jungles babies, it gives the impression that babies are just props to him and he is so overconfident in his abilities that he has no problem tossing babies up in the air and flinging it back to their parents at high speed.
Like, what a great way to show off this guy's arrogant nature. I love how the mothers aren't even concerned because of how much everyone worships him.
The citizens give him adoration and praise, even though he really doesn't care about saving them and this becomes obvious when he fakes his own death and lets Megamind and Titan take over the city without doing anything because he is tired of being the "hero."
He really only cares about notoriety. Well yes, and no. It becomes evident that Metro-man never aspired to be a superhero and you can kinda understand him when he says he was never really given a choice and always had to be what the city wanted.
It's understandable that he couldn't handle the societal pressure to be one thing forever but at the same time, it signifies that he's not really deserving of the title of a "superhero."
If you remember. In Spider-man when MJ said: "Peter didn't ask for his power but he chose to be spider-man." Peter is naturally god at heart ad he uses his powers to help others and make a difference which is what made him a superhero.
Metro-man really only cared about the fame that came from stopping Megamind. Society moulded him into this egotist but never really gave him a choice in the matter. So, when he chooses his passion for music over being a superhero. Is it selfish or it's good that he chose his feelings over what society wanted?
The movie doesn't really pick a side either way about whether or not Metro-man's choice is justified or cowardly. It's up to the audience to decide which I really like.
Hal Steward a.k.a Titan. Honestly, this character was kind of ahead of its time since we live in the age of "nice guys" who feel this bizarre sense of entitlement to women because media and society made them believe that they deserve the girl no matter what.
In Hal's mind, the only thing holding him back from being with Roxanne is a lack of superhero powers. Roxanne tells him that they'll never be together and he throws a temper tantrum and leaves. He's unable to accept the idea that the problem wasn't his lack of power, it's his creepy and perverted personality.
Much like how Metro-Man stuck with the hero gig in order to gain adoration. Hal only wanted to become one to get the girl he likes.
When that doesn't happen, he becomes bad because it's just in his nature to be horrible. Now, he finally has an outlet to do horrible stuff without any concern for potential consequences.
Okay, last topic: Romance.
It's kinda weird that I went this long without discussing the actual story. To be honest, I kinda wanted the best part to be the last. In the beginning, I said that Megamind is only a villain because society deems him to be one.
No one has ever been given a chance to be anything other than evil. It's the only thing he's good at because it's the only thing he's allowed to do. So, when he takes over the city, it's no surprise that he quickly becomes bored of it.
Metro-man was the only person that gave him meaning in life but now that he's gone. He has no meaning.
Now, that I think about it success is kind of meaningless in the sense that doesn't give you true happiness. Happiness comes from connecting with others, forming bonds, sharing experiences and making each other happy.
This isn't strictly tied to romantic interest. It's just in our nature to seek a relationship of any kind. That's what Megamind wanted while growing up, to be loved and accepted by his peers. Just like Shrek, he's an outcast due to society's preconceived notions about him and his nature.
Meaning, he has no choice but to be the monster people expect him to be. Now, that his evil ambitions have been achieved. Of course, he's unhappy. He never aspired to be evil until society convinced him that's what he wanted.
It's almost poetic that he finally found genuine purpose with Roxanne. Yes, he kidnapped her a bunch of times but that's the villain gig. Kidnapping someone that is close to Metro-man to draw him out.
So, when he accidentally inspires her to disguise as a librarian, Bernard and she returns that kind of kindness by being kind to him for the first time. You get the feeling that he deserves a second chance in happiness.
They both deserve happiness after what they have been through. And now that there is someone in Megamind's life, treating him with genuine affection. Megamind finally has a chance to grow as a person and improve himself.
He makes the city a safer place, all to make Roxanne happy. This is what a loving companion can do. Help you become the best version of yourself. Yeah, he's technically lying to her but it's not to hurt her and there is no way she would give the villain who murdered a superhero a chance.
She is totally justified in thinking that. So, when she does finally find out, it's Megamind and they have an emotional confrontation where she tells him all the horrible things he had done. It's brutally heartbreaking.
You know, she's right but you also know that Megamind become such a better person, thanks to her. This isn't some forced scene that tears two characters apart before they reunite. This is an honest moment that speaks to the emotional maturity of this animated blue Will Ferrell movie.
That's it. This was long my fingers hurt from all the typing. Bye for now.
✎ᝰ┆Written by a 13-year old Mongolian girl.
→ ༄ ‧₊˚ ❝ Anxiety ❞ ༉‧₊˚✧ (06 Jan 2022)
→ ༄ ‧₊˚ ❝ HAPPY NEW YEAR! ❞ ༉‧₊˚✧ (06 Jan 2022)
Happy new year, everybody. I originally going to post on January 1st but guess what happened. I got sick. And then I was going to post around January 2nd but decided to take a break. Then I got kinda busy.
I apologize for my messy posting schedule, I'll try to fix it someday.
On New Year's eve, all of my families reunite and for the past few years, we have been celebrating it at my house. But this year is different, we all decided to do it at our cousin's place.
It was really fun but mostly I spent the day on my cousin's iPad playing Roblox. Do you guys remember that game? do, I used to be obsessed with it. Every day after school, I would go straight to my mom's laptop to play some dumb games.
And Roblox was definitely one of them. I really appreciate how this game taught me a little bit of English because I was talking and making friends in English so it really helped me to communicate English better.
Also, fun fact I made my first ever REAL online friend on that game. I have no idea if she still plays the game or not but we were like two peas in a pot.
So going back to playing Roblox filled me with so many memories and nostalgia. Anyways, my point in this post is that Happy New Year!! I'm grateful for every single person reading this and giving it feedback.
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✎ᝰ┆ Written by a 13-year old Mongolian girl ♡
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