I'm not very good with technology, but, uhm... well i thought this was a good way for people to get to know me. Which... I've been told I should be doing now that I'm... well the Etoile partner. Oh but please, you'll have to bear with me. I don't really know where to start with these things... ehehe ^^;;

So hi, my name is Chokone Manatsu, but you all know that. as I found out today actually, a new student I'd never met before called out my name. She seemed very pleased to meet me... i do hope she doesn't expect too much from me. I'm nothing all that amazing, and all this attention... oh my.

It's been a dream of mine since I was a little girl to be an Etoile, to be a princess even. But now that it's happened, well i can't believe it. It's like something from a storybook! It's wonderful, it really is, and you're all wonderful for being so lovely to me! I just uh... I just don't know what to say sometimes when you treat me like I'm special.

Has anyone heard from Shizuka-oneesama recently? I... well it sounds odd since we're the Etoile couple, but I haven't really spoken too her much in a while. I miss her. But then again she's probably busy with studies since this is her last year...

My heart goes out to all those who were effected by the disaster with the earthquake at Miator!! Being on the Lulim campus I didn't have much to do with it, but I feel really bad for all the teachers, students and family members that were effected! I really really hope nobody got hurt, that would be dreadful! I wonder.... Spica lot a forest, Miator lost a building.... what will my dear St Lulim lose?

On a happier note, who's excited about the ball?? Oh I know I am!! You should have seen my face at the meeting with the student council when we discussed the idea of a Winter Wonderland, I was so happy! This is going to be simply amazing, I just know it! I'm helping to plan with the decorations, lots of blue and white and fairylights and ice sculptures are coming your way! Teehee~ You girls had better get your prettiest white dress at the ready!

Christmas is right around the corner too, and from what I can gather, Astraea is doing the christmas celebrations a little differently this year. but shhhhh! I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be giving away all the student council secrets... but I'm just so exited!

Did anyone spot me at the Winter Wonderland ball?? *giggles* And for anyone who didn't recognise her, in her prince-like outfit... I was with Shizuka-oneesama!!! Oh gosh wasn't the ball wonderful??? It was so pretty and there was this magic in the air... and Shizuka... *blushes* I've never seen Shizuka like that. She quite literally swept me off my feet! (I guess that isn't hard considering how small i am...)

Sadly it's the last chance I'll ever get to go to the ball with my darling prince.... For anyone who doesn't know, this is Shizuka-oneesama's last year at Lulim. And... and to be honest, I've been too scared to ask her about her plans once she graduates. I know if she leaves.... I'll be lost. I know now that you all know me, simply because I'm the Etoile partner. But... most of you didn't know me back when I was just little Chokone, the unknown Lulim student who was too afraid and too shy to talk to anyone.... And I fear that once my Oneesama is gone, I'll go back to being that frightened little mouse...

Ah! On a brighter note (because honestly i just hate that i might be upsetting you all, always look on the bright side, right?? Yes yes!) Anyway, on a brighter note I'll be returning to the Strawberry Dorms! Yes! Eeeeeeeeeep! Isn't it exciting?? I've been living at home, off campus, half of my first year and all of my second year due to illness. But now Okaachan and Otousan have decided that my health is doing a lot lot better, so Ophelia helped me to convince them to let me come back!! So I'll be getting a dorm, and a dorm mate!!!

I'll see you around campus everyone!! <3

I'm really glad I can still access this blog from where I am...

Some of you might have heard, well most of you probably, that I had to move away. Otousan got an amazing job working for a computer company in America! So I've transferred to an American school. Things are a lot different here, but since it's summer at least I have some time to adjust before starting a new year.

I really miss everyone at Astraea. The few friends that I had, and even my dear Shizuka-oneesama... Has anyone heard from her? I'm so, so sorry that I had to leave her, and I truly hope she see's this. I know she would have finished school by now though. It's funny. I always thought it would be Shizuka's graduating that would tear as apart. I never predicted this. Hopefully though we still managed to achieve our goal of returning love to the previous tarnished Etoile title? I sure hope so...

Shizuka-Oneesama, if you see this... I... I love you, and I wish you the best of luck now that school is over for you, whatever you decide to do in the future.

And the rest of you, my dear friends and the many admirers i gained as the Uke Etoile, thank you. Thank you for making my time at Astraea simply wonderful. When I first started St Lulim I was just a shy little girl who would much rather hide in her fairytales than socialise. You have all helped me come out of my shell, and I miss each and every one of you. My best wishes to the new Etoile candidates! <3