憧れ : 조정하 / YEOREUM'S BARBIE

< 憧れ / JO JEONGHA >
"yeoum-ah, you have to know that every single thing that you have done for me, i treasure them eminently. you're beyond compare the supreme bestfriend i will ever have and i cross my heart that you will always hold a special place in the organ that pumps my blood. i swear by the name of heaven, lea cho yeorum, i ing love you. i'd trade all of my tomorrows for just one yesterday with you. but it seems like god loves you more."
 
< / FULL NM > jo jeongha [조정하]
< / ALIASES > 
   monk    : you could say by everyone who notices her existance and that includes strangers who just walk past her calls her this but jeongha is not a buddist, she just likes to meditate which probably derived from watching avatar: the last airbender series. [스님]
   yenim    : (yes-nim) she made a big mistake of being a very vague person. in her history class, she was called out to answer a question and when her teacher ask jeongha if she can elaborate it, she simply just said yes... with no elaboration at all. thus, it stuck with her until now. [예님]
< / BRTHDAY > may, 20
< / ETHNCTY > korean
< / BRTHPLC > gyeonggi-do, south korea
< / LNGUAGS > 
   korean    : being a stand alone for most of her lifetime, she could not get a grasp of modern slang and usually talk and text in a full sentence. people says that she is pretentious but when you are bad in math and science, good literature is all you have.
   english    : loving western culture is what makes her wanting to learn more about them. jeongha tends to be up to date over everything that happens in western countries and that includes their musics, their new films and even stuff that goes viral. damn daniel but she still cannot finish a sentence without 20 'ah's
< / FACE 01 > the ark's halla
< / FACE 02 > laboum's solbin
< / prsnlty > 
   sparks fly    : confident, calm, open-minded, nonchalant
   sparks off    : possessive, envious, irresponsible, vague
   archetypes  : lawful neutral, the nerd, false quiet kid

   famous quotes by jeongha    :
; "yeah, you're probably right"
; "yes."
"amen. let's go."
: "why are you drinking my coffee?"
: "i'm sensing the aura that you're lying."
"please don't touch my things. i don't like it."
: "you. little. piece. of. shi- shrek.
 
< / trivias > 
  one   in elementary school, jeongha is more obvious nerd with the braided hair and big round 5inch thick rim glasses (long-sightedness). but after she met yeorum, she gave jeongha a full makeover to the point that she got more attention than before. yeorum always lends her clothes to jeongha and she used to always teach jeongha about hair care tips and how to do makeup. this makes jeongha and yeorum to always be seen together.
  two   jeongha likes to write and so in her school, she is the best when it comes to literature but the worst in mathematic and science with the teachers claimed that the would want 'to give extra marks for beautiful explaination' but they can't because she never gets to the point
  three   jeongha is not sure where to pursue her study but she wants to be in a university majoring in creative writing and have at least 2 bestselling books.
  four   she is fond to nice-looking notebooks, her favorite one is a crescent moon. she named it so because obviously, there are moons and roses on its cover and because both crescent moon and roses symbolizes a new beginning, a fresh start which happened right after she met yeorum. crescent moon is, however, not a diary, it is more like a book for story ideas from all of the bittersweet memories with yeorum. deliberately sectioned between weeks
  five   jeongha is not particularly quiet. she is just vague in a way that frustrates other people. however, being vague, is never shown in her numerous stories that she made. she had won multiple short story competition and had sent many stories to magazines. she is 
said to have a distinctive style of writing by her teachers, readers and friends. she is also now in the making of a young adult novel.
  six   vulgar words are not really her type but she never seem to show any reactions when her friends use those words meaning that she does not really care about other people using bad words. somehow, at times, jeongha would still use the words if she is extremely sad or angry.
  seven   most of the main characters in her stories are mainly based of yeorum since she is her sole inspiration but none of them were actually named as yeorum so in giving gratitude for yeorum herself, jeongha was planning to create one during their roadtrip but she never get it done because self-explanatory.
  eight   jeongha experiences sleep paralysis quite a lot that it became normal for her. even so, she still freaks out when it happens which leads jeongha to no sleep after it and makes her feel all sluggish. but having sleep paralysis is not all bad, it also helps jeongha for horror story ideas to write and to tell. meditating is how she lessen the sleep paralysis from happening.
< / cnnctns >
 
      lea cho yeorum (bestfriends)      
 
"jeongha. if you want, i can help you present better."
"i- yes. yes of course. i mean, yes please."
 
"aww, that's a cute notebook!"
"thanks. i bought it yesterday."
 
"why are you wearing legwarmers on your arms?"
"i'm trying to set a new trend here, you know?"
 
"you name your notebooks? can i name this one?"
"yeah, sure."
 
"what look am i going for today?"
"it's your cousin's wedding. i think... hm... you're going for punk rock!"
 
"how about red moon?"
"oh! i love that one but what about crescent rose?"
 
"don't let me wear that glitter socks. please"
"hey, barbies never defy their professional stylist."

"i love your diary, it's unique. words makes me sleepy but yours makes me feel... grateful for living."
"i'd rather call it story ideas but diary is okay too."
 
"i'm just wondering, yenim, did you ever feel sad when they call you grandma?"
"not really. greatmas are great."

"look, i respect your decisions and professional sense of fashion, yeoum-ah. but i'd love it if you'd stop doodling bras on crescent rose.
"they're sunglasses, thank you and no i will not stop."
 
"you said we're going shopping for new clothes today. where are you?"
"oh, i did? i'm sorry jeongha, i feel hella sick. let's do it next week."
 
"congratulations yeorum for graduating. i'm happy."
"yeah, thanks. hey, monk, i think that guy is calling for you. better check him out."
 
"roadtrip? sounds nice. count me in."
"yeah, i'll be inviting my other four friends. is it okay?"
 
"yeoum-ah."
< / reaction to the "incident" > 
“yeoum-ah.” her voice came out as a whisper. she was holding her tears as if the earth will never accept her if she ever drops one. her lips was trembling as much as her legs was shaking. she did not feel the blood running down her face. not even her broken arm, her broken fingers bothered her. the feeling of emptiness, a feeling she could never explain even in a million years, was overpowering every senses in her body. the world was painfully slow in her vision with no sounds at all. discerning some of her friends unconscious. seeing some of them crying on the ground. staring at yeoum, being carried away into an ambulance. there was shards of glasses on her face and so much blood. she still has more blood than us five combined. it was hell scary. jeongha was not sure if it was solely yeorum's but hell she was praying that at least third fourth of it was someone else's. but she was wrong, big time. the second she stepped into the chaotic hospital, she saw the tensed face of a person wearing blood-stained white coat desperately trying to find her pulse, claiming that he lost her and she was not breathing. hearing a voice denying and said that they must try, jeongha immediately lost all of the strength in her leg. she knew right there and then, she will never hear yeorum’s voice anymore unless some movie miracle s happen. she fell down holding tight of a person's arms near her and cried uncontrollably. what was all in her head was that she lost yeorum. forever. and she is never going to see her again.
 
< / how are they after "the incident" > 
"i'm not fine at all. i'll try to be." that's exactly what she would say if somebody asks her about her well-being. jeongha is not going to deny anything.  she knew that doing that is not going to help her get any better. she never tries to hold her tears. she is not strong like yeorum's other friends. yeorum's death did took a terrible tool on jeongha. she tries to act like how she normally would, continue her routinely activities like how she normally would too but in the end of each day, she will fail miserably. most of yeorum's friends always get mad at her stating that she will not 'revive yeorum back' by crying and that seeing her cry makes them look heartless. jeongha never intends to make them feels like so, it is just jeongha is weak. after that event, jeongha locks herself in her own room, away from them so that they know jeongha is not trying to disrespect them. jeongha stops writing, partially because she has broken arm and fingers but mostly because of yeorum. she could try to learn to write with her other hand but she would rather rest and return to it after everything settles down but she doubt her stories would be as good as before. her sleep paralysis had too, gotten more frequent and scarier. it leads her to sleepless nights and if it continues, she might going to have imsonia. but after yeorum's death, jeongha is more focused about learning how hard yeorum had to suffer that she ultimately became an esteemed silent warrior and how strong yeorum was to endure it all. jeongha had respected yeorum before and she will always respect her until it is jeongha’s turn to die.
 
< / what were they doing before it happened > 
“i can't really remember. it feels like bits of the memory is fading and being taken away.” jeongha claimed. she tried so hard to forget those memories. she still cannot believe that when yeorum was dying, jeongha did not do anything. the least she could do was to hold her hands in her last moments and she did not. now, why the hell does she has to recall again. she scrunches her face. but if telling them will help somebody then she'll try to get it out.  jeongha rummaged in her bag, and took out her notebook.
 
“i used to write stuff in this.” she said. carefully turning the pages like it was fragile little glassware. the notebook (or crescent rose jeongha likes to call it that) has a lot of, for what it might have been jeongha’s memories but in drawings and messy scribbles rather than in neat paragraphs. she finally stopped turning at a particular page, the only page of the book, that is folded in. she gasped lightly as the incident perfoms vividly infront of her eyes again. her eyes started to get watery as her shaky hands trying to unfold it. jeongha took a slow, deep breath and gave the book for the person to read. it was messier than usual as she writes in a hand cast. why did she write it? it was selfish of her to think that the 'incident' was a good plotline for a story and she hates herself for it. 
 
“i remember i was -” she gulped, “i was singing along with the my friends. one of them brought along a guitar so.” she blinked furiously, wiping the tears off her face. her voice changes ever so slightly, 
 
“i never knew that yeoum was crying until someone told me after everything settled down.” there was a pause. she bit her lips and finally lost it. she looked down and let the tears fall freely, 
 
“she was always there when i need her but when she needed me, i was never there. i feel like a jerk. i feel like- i feel like i took her for granted.” jeongha gripped the hem of her shirt hard. 
 
“yeoum-ah, i- i'm so, so sorry.” she whispered under her breath
< / commnts > first and foremost, i's like to apologize in advance for all of the grammar mistakes and i hope this application meets your standard at least. i love angst but unlike my character, i can't write nor speak english or korean or my own language very goodly. god i hope, i really hope i don't embarrass myself. i love you. and yes the last question of the interview, the answer seems to be... amissed. *sighs* oh well. *throws laptop out of the window*
 
   yeorum's barbie    : i am not saying that jo jeongha is perfect like a barbie. i'm trying to use the concept of a barbie doll which is to dress them up so i'm depicting that yeorum likes to dress up jeongha but not inhumanely, you know. more like letting her tries yeorum's clothings giving her lectures about hair care and skin care tips. jeongha likes that yeorum's sense of style too so she never really complains.
< / questns > do you think that if you hover on the very first picture of this blogpost, it will show a very secret information? how are you btw? will you love me bcs i love you? did i depicted yeorum right?

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