Something to know...

I got this from my sister's fb page. You can tell I'm really bored at work lol

—YOUR BOY SIDE—-
[x] You love hoodies.
[x] You love jeans.
[x] Dogs are better than cats.
[x] It’s hilarious when people get hurt.
[ ] Shopping is torture
[x] Sad movies suck.
[ ] You own a car racing game.
[ ] You played with Hot Wheels cars as a kid.
[ ] At some point in time you wanted to be a firefighter.
[x] You owned a DS, PS2, N64,or Sega.
[x] You used to be obsessed with Power Rangers.
[x] You have watched sports on TV
[ ] Gory movies are cool.
[ ] You go to your dad for advice.
[ ] You own like a trillion baseball caps.
[ ] You used to collect hockey cards.
[x] Baggy sweats are cool to wear.
[ ] It’s kinda weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people.
[x] Green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favorite colors.
[x] You love to go crazy and not care what people think.
[ ] Sports are fun
[x] You talk with food in your mouth.
[ ] You sleep with your socks on at night.
[x] You have fished at least once

—-YOUR GIRL SIDE—-
[x] You love to shop.
[x] You wear eyeliner
[x] You wear the color pink.
[x] You go to your mom to talk.
[ ] You consider cheerleading a sport.
[ ] You hate wearing the color black.
[x] You like going to the mall.
[x] You like getting manicures and/or pedicures
[ ] You like wearing jewelry.
[x] You cried watching The Notebook.
[ ] Skirts are a big part of your wardrobe.
[x] Shopping is one of your favorite hobbies.
[x] You don’t like the movie Star Wars
[ ] You are/were in gymnastics
[x] It takes you around one hour to shower, get dressed, and make-up
[x] You smile a lot more than you should.
[x] You have more than 10 pairs of shoes.
[x] You care about what you look like.
[x] You like wearing dresses when you can.
[x] You like wearing high heel shoes.
[x] You used to play with dolls as little kid.
[x] You like putting make-up on others.
[ ] You like being the star of everything.
[ ] Pink is one of your favorite colors.

• Appearance •
[x] I am shorter than 5′5″.
[x] I have many scars.
[ ] I tan/ burn easily.
[x] I wish my hair was a different colour.
[x] I have friends who have never seen my natural hair colour.
[ ] I have a tattoo.
[x] I am self-conscious about my appearance.
[x] I’ve had/have braces.
[x] I’ve been told I’m attractive by a complete stranger.
[ ] I have more than two piercings.
[ ] I have / had piercings in places besides my ears.

• Embarrassment •
[x] I’ve slipped out a “lol” in a spoken conversation.
[x] Disney movies still make me cry.
[x] I’ve snorted while laughing.
[x] I’ve laughed so hard I’ve cried.
[ ] I’ve glued my hand to something.
[ ] I’ve laughed ’til some kind of beverage came out of my nose.
[ ] I’ve had my pants rip in public.

• Health •
[ ] I’ve gotten stitches.
[ ] Broken a bone.
[ ] I’ve had my tonsils removed.
[x] I’ve sat in a doctor’s office with a friend.
[ ] I’ve had my wisdom teeth removed.
[ ] I’ve had serious surgery.
[x] I’ve had chicken pox.

• Traveling •
[x] I’ve driven / riden over 200 miles in one day.
[x] I’ve been on a plane.
[x] I’ve been to Canada.
[ ] I’ve been to Cuba.
[x] I’ve been to Niagara Falls.
[x] I’ve been to Ottawa.
[ ] I’ve gone to Sudbury.
[x] I’ve been to the Caribbean.
[ ] I’ve been to Europe.
[x] I’ve been to Florida.

• Experiences •
[x] I’ve gotten lost in my city.
[x] I’ve seen a shooting star.
[x] I’ve wished on a shooting star.
[x] I’ve seen a meteor shower.
[x] I’ve gone out in public in my pyjamas.
[x] I’ve pushed all the buttons on an elevator.
[x] I’ve kicked a guy where it hurts.
[x] I’ve been to a casino.
[ ] I’ve been skydiving.
[ ] I’ve gone skinny-dipping.
[ ] I’ve drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour.
[ ] I’ve crashed a car.
[x] I’ve been skiing.
[ ] I’ve been in a musical.
[x] I’ve caught a snowflake or snow on my tongue.
[ ] I’ve seen the Northern Lights.
[ ] I’ve sat on a rooftop at night.
[x] I’ve played a prank on someone.
[x] I’ve ridden in a taxi.
[ ] I’ve seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
[x] I’ve eaten Sushi.
[x] I’ve been snowboarding.

• Relationships •
[ ] I’m single.
[x] I’m in a relationship.
[ ] I’m engaged.
[ ] I’m married.
[x] I miss someone right now.
[ ] I’ve gotten divorced.
[ ] I’ve told someone I loved them when I didn’t.
[ ] I’ve told someone I didn’t love them when I did.

• Honesty / Crime •
[x] I’ve done something I promised someone else I wouldn’t.
[x] I’ve done something I promised myself I wouldn’t.
[ ] I’ve snuck out.
[x] I’ve lied to my parents about where I am.
[x] I’ve cheated while playing a game.
[x] I’ve ran a red light.
[ ] I’ve witnessed a crime.
[ ] I’ve been in a fist fight.
[ ] I’ve been arrested.

• Death and Suicide •
[x] I’m afraid of dying.
[x] I hate funerals.
[ ] I’ve seen someone / something dying.
[ ] Someone close to me has attempted / committed suicide.
[ ] I’ve planned my own suicide before.
[ ] I’ve written a eulogy for myself.

• Materialism •
[ ] I own over 5 rap CD’s.
[x] I have an unhealthy obsession with anime / manga.
[ ] I own designer purses, costing over $100 a piece.
[ ] I own something from Pac Sun.
[ ] I collected comic books.
[ ] I own something from The Gap.
[ ] I own something I got on E-Bay.
[ ] I own something from Abercrombie

• Random •
[ ] (aparantely) I can sing well .
[ ] Stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant.
[ ] I open up to others easily
[x] I watch the news.
[ ] I don’t kill bugs
[ ] I sing in the shower.
[ ] I am a morning person.
[ ] I paid for my cell phone ring tone.
[ ] I am a sports fanatic.
[ ] I twirl my hair.
[x] I care about grammar.
[ ] I have “?”’s in my screen name.
[ ] I love spam.
[ ] I’ve copied more than 30 CD’s in a day.
[x] I bake well.
[ ] My favourite colour is either white, yellow, pink, red, blue, black, purple, or orange.
[x] I would wear pyjamas to school.
[ ] I like Martha Stewart.
[ ] I know how to shoot a gun.
[x] I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
[x] I laugh at my own jokes
[x] I eat fast food weekly.
[ ] I’ve not turned anything in and still got an A in a certain class.
[ ] I can’t sleep if there is a spider in the room.
[x] I am really ticklish.
[x] I like white chocolate.
[ ] I bite my nails.
[x] I’m good at remembering faces.
[ ] I’m good at remembering names.
[x] I’m good at remembering dates.
[ ] honestly have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.
[x] All my answers were totally honest

Feature Artist: Rhea Singh

I was fortunate enough to meet Rhea Singh when I was in my second year at York University, studying Visual Arts. She was in my painting class - the one person who I thought knew how to mix all types of flesh tones (yes, I didn't know how to mix flesh tones when I was in a figure painting class lol). She helped me out sometimes... and was always kind of about it.
It was not until we found out that we were going through a very hard time in our lives (well, back then it seemed quite important) that our friendship really blossomed. Devastated that our ex-boyfriends left us for another girl, we were alone, heart broken and just wanted someone that knew what we were going through - we found eachother. Ever since then, we've been really good friends.
Not only do I know her as a personal friend, I know her as an artist - a painter, a multi visionary who tackles emotional, personal and social issues through her mediums. She comments on social and political issues that challenges the viewer to really think of what they're seeing. She captures the very essence of emotion and depicts it in such a graphic yet subtle way.
Her technique can only be defined by her. It is not like paintings you would find at the York University's painting studio where everything is polished and tradional. It is truly something from her, from her inner peace and something that you will find from her.
Here are some great examples (in my opinion) of her work:

graffiti


panning


contemplation


indecision

york noise
pencil, marker, acrylic on stonehenge


pin-up girl
commentary of little girls beauty pageants; Drawing in pencil, marker & acrylic paint on stonehenge/foamcore


soulja boy
reference child soldier

interpretation of 'De Stijl' (3'x3' Wooden frame & canvas)
"I fully constructed the fragmented frame and stand by myself.... and I hated every minute of it"

Some of her best best best works were not posted.

I would have to say, her last year and half at York were one of the best works I've seen. I've seen her develop from the mere visual arts student to the what she has become now.

She will be continuing her education in event management and hopes to persue a career with the United Nations.

The Xmas Crunch Meetings are here!

Ever since school ended, I've been on the go every single day.
So far, I've met up with every single of my girlfriends except for one - yes, this shout out goes to you Kay! I am truly sorry for cancelling our date yesterday but I promise we will meet up! Our schedules are just too conflicting lately. I do miss our relaxing sauna talks! We have lots to catch up with!

Yesterday, I went downtown with Joo for some shopping. Our date was long overdue (since my birthday). I wanted to go shopping before xmas/boxing day in fear of having nothing else left in the store. It was crazy down town at Eaton's Centre. We couldn't stand it anymore so we decided to go back to Queen St. and shop there (and also get my jacket from spoof ---> see twitpic).
But yeah, It felt so nice shopping with Joo. He was actually surprised with me because i didn't take forever in stores (well, except for Costa Blanca) and it was like, wham bam thank you m'am type deal lol
Anyhow, I still have a lil' more shopping to do. I didn't break my budget. I only spent 3/4 of it so I'm due for another shopping trip downtown! =D This is what I got thus far:

• Mavi dark faded skinny jeans - I was debating if I should get these jeans. I went into numerous stores ie bluenotes, quicksilver, etc etc to look for cheap skinny jeans but they just didn't fit. I finally settled for Mavi
• Gray cardigan, black skirt, wife-beaters & scarf from Costa Blanca
• Thick tights for winter
• 3/4 sleeve wool bomber jacket from Spoof
• Tshirt & bra from Jacob
• Nike tshirt

and I think that's it! I still need to use the Lululemon gift certificate the girls got me. I tried on one of their shirts but didn't buy anything because they didn't have the shirt they wanted the colour I wanted.
I was quite dispointed at Costa Blanca though. They didn't have any dress pants whatsoever nor were there any dress shirts! arrrggghhh!
I also wanted long leather gloves from Jacob for my new bomber jacket but they were too expensive :( I tried looking in Aldo but they didn't have my size :(

I guess that's it for now :)

New Things Make Me Happy

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I also need/want (whatever you want to call it)

• shorts or halter top from Lululemon! lol

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Do you guys like the new layout?
I got really tired of the old one (had it for so long!) that I decided to change it.. even though it's a template from the blogger wesbite, at least it's a friggin' change, right!?!?!?

Anyway, yesterday katie and I went to yorkdale for some shopping! we were just gonna do some shopping for other ppl but just looked around for ourselves lol
and yes ppl, i returned my dress!!! lol
There are a lot of sales out there! I got these really beautiful pair of high boots from Aldo (can never go wrong!). It is truly sooo nice! I can't wait to wear them...! I have one problem though.. I don't have anything to match it with!!! Do you know what that means?... YES, SHOPPPINNNNGGG!!!!
Now, you might think I'm selfish for shopping for myself and not for other people. You are wrong, my friend... you are wrong.
Firstly, I don't quite celebrate xmas. I don't believe that Jesus Christ nor the Virgin Mary is my savour. Secondly, my family has more important things to do ie. catering business (which is the most busiest time for us) so we spend our days working and catering to you folk who believe in the all might lords. Thirdly, I do shop for other people - ie my close friends and family! This is what I got them:

• Mom&Dad - costumized Ralph Lauren towels that has their name stitched in them =)
• My older sister - a knife set for her place & a Ralph Lauren costumized towel that has her name stitched on it lol
• My younger sisters - I brought them shopping and a Ralph Lauren costumized that has their name stitched on it
• My younger brother - The new Super Mario game for the Wii (yes I got it! mostly for myself too! lol) and you guessed - the Ralph Lauren blah blah blah
• Joo - lol I actually got him the whole bathroom set of Ralph Lauren towels... lol so everything is gonna be decked out in JYL
• My (not-so) Secret Santa - lol I can't tell because she actually reads this! HA! i got you there! (You know who you are!)

So that's it. I'm done...

Except for me! =D
As I indicated in my earlier posts, I still have some money/gift certificates that people have given me for my birthday. On top of that, i returned my dress thus my new purchase on the boots.
Yesterday, I saw a lot of things I saw that I wanted...right now, I'm definately in my all grey mode. Some general things I want:

• black thick tights for winter
• tights for summer - or tights to wear with skirts etc like nylons
• long gray large button cardigan
• cardigans in general - any colour!
• dress pants - dark gray, light gray, striped & black
• dress shirts - striped, white and black
• lots and lots of fitted sweaters - dark gray and black
• high collar casual zip up sweater
• going-out high hell, high knee boots
• skinny jeans - solid black and dark denim colours
• really warm gloves!

Katie and I went into Danier (We saw the sale sign) and saw this beautiful leather jacket. I can't find the image and I don't want to print screen it and upload it.. so I'll just give you guys the link. It's absolutely beautiful
http://www.danier.com/eng/Women-ShortJackets/104030379
We are thinking of splitting the jacket aka she buys half and I buy the other half & splitting the time with it. We didn't get it but decided to sleep on it... I still want it though... arrrggghhhhh!!!

Blindside

Incredible movie and story!!!! 

Trust me on this one... this movie touches on many social issues:

• racism
  
• clash of social classes
  
• moral and ethical issues
  
• political (not a lot but still lol)
  
• learning disabilities

and on top of that, it is a true and touching story! I absolutely recommend you to watch it!!! 

2010 will be a year of...

ever lasting fun with my girlfriends!
This year, we had a tremendous amount of fun and good lovin'! and I am definately looking forward to spending more time with them!

school, school, school, eat, school, school, sleep, school, eat, school and shit.
This year, I'm not taking any semester breaks! I'll be continuing school until winter of 2011! I gotta work extra this year! So far, I'm getting all A's in all of my classes... except for 2!!

good health
I'm lovin' the classes at goodlife right now. About a year ago, I dreaded going to the gym but now, I just can't wait! lol sometimes, I just wished my body recovered faster so I can weight train more! lol
Lil and I have discussed that we should start a pact to achieve beach-ready bods!! like killer, killer, athletic bods!!! (not just skinny) anyone wanna join us!?!??!
and I guess I'll try cutting down on those cigs too, huh?

Hmm at the current moment, there's really nothing else I want o add. I'll just leave it as is until I think of something else to improve in =)

ps. the pic was just oh so sweet!

Can't wait for...

1. I seriously cannot wait for this movie to come out. I saw the trailer last week when I went for my weekly movie night with the guys and absolutely fell in love with it.

Also, the director is Rob Marshall aka the director of one of my fav movies of all time, Chicago. Yeeee I really can't wait for it!!! Anyone wanna come watch it with me? If not, I'll drag Joo to come and make him suffer through a muscial!! hahaha

2. I also cannot wait to watch this movie. I love action movies so this one should be good! The guys and I will probably go watch it next week! yaaaaaah!

3. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. I love carnival/travelling show-type things like this. I think they really fascinate me.

Nonetheless, Heath Ledger is also in this so it has to be good.

4. Who could be more perfect to play the Mad Hatter than Johnny Depp??? I thought so, no one. Even though this pic really freaks me out, I'm willing to suck it up and watch the movie damnit! lol

So I think that's it. These are my top 4 movies I really want to watch so far. I can't wait to see them!!!!! =D

The thing about Christmas...

is that it's been soooo commercialized that I'm so sick of it. Frankly, I'm glad that my family doesn't celebrate Christmas...

But how do you tell your little brother that there's no Santa Claus? && that he won't get a present under our imaginary Christmas tree?

That's the thing about Christmas.

My little brother is smart and clever. For instance, he saw the super mario wii on tv. he turns to me and asks,

- Chi Linh, can you get that for me for my bird(th)day?

- Brae, you're birthday has already past.

- Chi Linh, doesn't Joo have a wii?

- Yep.

- Does he still play with it?

- I don't know, Brae, you might want to ask him.

- Maybe he doesn't play with it.

- Maybe

- Maybe he wants to give it away?

- maybe

- Maybe he wants to give it to me?!!?!?!?!?!?

lol yeah, calm down there brae.

See, my brother is clever but at the same time, I try to tell him today that there's no Santa Claus and he probably won't get a present from me nor anyone in the family because we don't celebrate xmas. He's been stuck on this mindset about getting presents for xmas that it upsets me because I can't get him a present. && who would want to give a 4 year old a wii??!?!?!? lol exactly!!! lol

anyhow, the clock just stroke 11pm and now I gotta get out of my warm house, drag myself out to the freezing cold and pick up joo. what a girlfriend I am!!! lol

kk tata!

After school but before xmas

I only have about a week left of school and i'm extremely excited!!! I have so much work to do that I can't even imagine how this week is gonna turn out... on top of that, there has been major drama between my class and this one particular professor. I won't bore you with stuff like that.

Unlike my cousin, I'm not the xmas type of person. My family never really celebrated xmas... it is more of a stressful day for us because of my mom's catering business... but yeah.. whatever.. i just want school to be over.

So here's what i have to do before xmas rolls around:

• secret santa with the girls: we have to meet up to actually pick our secret santa and all! I can't wait! I'm thinking of proposing a night of finger foods (I got a costco membership!!!! lol), martinis and games =D lol I wanna get cranium just for that night lol
• go secret santa shopping
• i don't xmas shop... BUT i love shopping!!! lol i wouldn't mind tagging along with someone when they xmas shop lol
• go shopping with joo. my bday this year was spectacular!!! I love you guys sooo much! this year for my bday, i bought myself a marciano dress which i will probably not wear ever again... so i have decided to return it (haven't yet). on top of that, joo, my sisters and the ladies have all given me a gift certificates to go shopping! I can't wait! The last time I went shopping was when I went to Florida... but I spent my $500 budget on my parents and siblings. I only spent about $100 on myself.. which wasn't much :(
• go skating - i love going skating. Joo and I usually go skating during the holidays at the harbourfront centre.
• go the gym everyday. Yesterday, I went to a new step class. It's major cardio but a lot of fun!!! it didn't feel like an hour because the tracks are longer and you're basically jumping around doing stuff. I can't wait to bring kay! She'll love it!

mmm i think that's it for now.. Gotta head out to meet cher and do our project. Seee yaaaasss!!!!!

THANK YOU :)

for making my birthday a wonderful and loving night out

I h<3t>

I apologize to everyone who reads this blog and anticipates (well, not really) an entry.
I am not making up excuses for the lack of entries these couple of months... but I've been terribly busy with a lot of things:

1. school - sucks. Next week, I have major, major projects due:

• type - 10 spread book - we have to make our own book, like stitching and all with at least 10 spreads - this is major part of our mark. It's supposed to incorporate everything we have learned in the last 2 semesters =S My partner and I hasn't even started producing the work... and we just found out last week that this is due NEXT WEEKKK!!! eeeekkk!
• design - seneca brochure - i think it's just a filler in the course, nontheless, it's time consuming and pointless
• design process - a pop up book. Yep, I have to MAKE a friggin' pop up book... due when?? TMR!!!!! arrrggghhh
• photo - photo illustration project - to photographically depict a short story... eerrrmmm?????
• software - pointlessss!!!!! this half of the semester, we are learning indesign... in which.. everything that has been taught to us was already taught to us last semester... yet we still have to do these tideous projectsss!!! arrrgghhh
• history - bookplate - since our prof cancelled last week's class, we really don't know when this stupid bookplate is due. The week before, I spent 8-10 hours working of these stupid, stupid, intricate floral designs... and since this prof does not even know what week we're in, I feel as if he's losing track of everything thus we would rush to get this finished :S

2. work:
I received bad news today at work.
As you may know, I used to work for a small internet and telephone company that has been bought out by a major telecommunications player. Ever since of the acquisition, there were a number of people who quit, moved to other locations and positions within the new company, or stayed on the old company's side to deal with things that needed to completed.
I was offered to move to another location to start a new position but I felt that the new location would be too far for me to work as a part timer. I have been quite grateful to still be employed for only working once a week...
Up until 3 weeks ago, there have been major cuts for those who have decided to stay with the small company. All directors have been cut. Recently, managers have been cut. Because a lot of departments who handle our old company tasks has been relocated, we don't really know what's really going on. It's even harder because we report to the larger corporation's managers/directors who are at other locations, thus our reporting "managers" don't really manage us. They don't truly understand what we do and frankly, I don't think they really care. This being said, we are all worried about our jobs. It wasn't until this morning that we have realized that we are vulnerable to losing our jobs. I say this morning because one of the managers (there are only two) at my location has been laid off.
It's quite deceiving to us smaller folk due to the fact that we sincerely have dedicated our time to help the larger company try to ease their acquisition and hopefully once everything is done, we hope to receive a better position. We are quite wrong. My folk have been cut one by one... and we really don't know if our jobs will be secure in the new year.

yaaayy for acquisitionsss!!!! =S
fuckin' shit!!!!!

sigh with all of these changes going around at the my work place and at school, I feel I'm in a very vulnerable state.

Great Design

Last week, an Applied Design magazine rep came to Seneca to promote the magazine. She didn't need a lot of "promoting" because Applied Design magazine is one of the very few design magazines that recognizes, appreciates & inform enthusiasts of all sorts of design mediums such as photography, packaging, branding and of course, advertising.

Through her, students were able to subscribe to this magazine for a year for only $40.00 which is an incredible price... considering that their annual advertising awards issue is $25 alone (I got this addition too!). Whenever I went into chapters, I always wanted to buy their issue but was never could afford it.

Anyway, I was going through their annual students awards issue and found some really amazing stuff. As I was looking through these stuff, I thought to myself, I could do this - I could be really great if I put my mind to it.

Before I started my program at Seneca, my goal was to get a's in all of my classes.... so, I have been and this "a" business is quite easy to achieve... so with this in mind, to further my strengths and skills in design, I have decided to push for something further, something more and greater - to win an award. Yes, I have decided that before graduating from Seneca, I will win an award. =) Wish me luck!! =D

Working on my Fitness

Ever since I started attending BodyCombat and Pump at the gym, I feel invigorated. I feel like my energy level has gone up and my productivity at school has really increased. I no longer have any sleepless and stressful nights. My body just feels like it's full of activity and energy that some times, I don't know what do with it.

My friend, Fontane, has also been working on her fitness too. She's been going to hot yoga and has been going to the gym regularly too. She started to eat healthy... and I can see that there were some positive changes.

Even though she initially started to work out to lose some weight, I can tell that she is transitioning into a fitness freak. She is uber aware of what she eats and how many times she works out. I think Fontane is stepping away from the the goal of losing weight to becoming a healthier person in general.

&& I notice that a lot of people who start this trend... to change their lifestyle and not stick to a fad diet that that is what they will have or will become - to change their lifestyle to becoming a healthier person.

She approached me last week to ask if I wanted to join her in training for a 5km run. I hesitated, thinking that my cardio is extra bad. Even when I was a kid, I never liked running and I was always short of breathe. Thinking of my fitness level and how much I approved since I started going to the gym, I thought to myself that I should start pushing myself even more. With this in mind, I am training for my 5km run in spring. Yep, I have officially announced it. Hopefully by writing this, and posting it online, I will continue to train. &&& it helps because Rico and Justin will be joining me and Fontane.

Yesterday afternoon was our first meet. Unfortunately, not a lot of people showed up so Fontane ran by herself. I couldn't go because I couldn't make it to her house... so instead, I jogged alone in my area. It wasn't as bad I thought it would be. Yes, I was short of breathe but I kept pushing myself.

Along with jogging, I have decided to broaden my fitness level by swimming. Swimming not only helps you condition, burn and tone your body, it helps with controlling your breathing - which I need to do. I remember when I was in high school, I trained for dragonboat 3 times a week, two of the practices were in the pool. We trained extensively in the pool and also did strength training outside. It was major hard work but i realized that that was when my body was the most lean.

Lately I realized that my bodycombat class hasn't been given my what I wanted. There was something missing in that class. But don't get me wrong, i still the love the class. I love it so much that whenever I get home, I show jooyong what I've learned. It helps that your boyfriend is a 3rd degree black belt in tai kwon do because he can teach me proper technique that I haven't been able to learn in class. However, as I mentioned earlier, I want something more. I am considering of taking tai kwon do classes to further approve my strength and endurance. && knowing that I am super paranoid and chicken shit, these classes can help me improve on my self defense skills as well.

But first, I need to do to focus on my 5km training.

Ok, so I'll be doing my second run in 5 mins! Wish me luck!!!

The Last of my Reading Week

By request, I am posting something new :)

& I am terribly sorry about it. I've been super busy lately and the fact that I didn't work this week didn't help either :S

but but it doesn't mean that I wasn't thinking about it!! =D

sooo let me know tell you why i haven't been updating... I'll start by the where I left off from my post about reading week:

Day 5 & 6: I I went to the malls those days to look for Halloween stuff and Lilian's gift. (That's why I didn't post earlier just in case Lil read it.) I was quite unsuccessful and was just exhausted by doing errands that I just wanted to stay in bed to catch up on my lack of sleep the weeks before.

Day 7: I went to STC to look for our Halloween tees =D I was going to also look for Lilian's gift but it turned out that I told her I was at the mall (which I was not supposed to do!) and turned out that she was the exact same mall as I was! lol I couldn't say no to not chillin' with her!!

By the time we were done, I had to go home to get ready for Jessica's birthday.

lol it was quite funny that night actually! Jessica was quite a funny character that night! I cannot stress how much she drinks! If you think Joo drinks a lot... Jessica is probably a bit more than he is!!!! && she only just turned 21!!!!! hahahaha

Day 8: I met up with Kaleena to go shopping for Lilian's gift, black shorts and other things as well.

After we went over to her house to work on our project tee. We went to pick up Joo and decided to continue our project special tee over at Joo's place. We spent sooooo long perfecting these tees! we were sooo ambitious to have these tees look great that I dropped her home in the wee hours of the morning! lol

Day 9: I was scrambling to put together Lil's gift and get our accessories for our costumes. I got home, got ready, then headed out the door. Rhea & I headed over to rolling pot for Lil's bday dinner.

I've never actually went out for hot pot. It was quite an experience. I'm not a huge fan of hot pot before but I think I can handle this lol :)

After we went over to Lilian's place present our hard working gift to her =) she loved ittt!!!

I would have to give photo credit to Kay because she rocks photoshop skills!!!!

Rhea, being a kind person and loving person she is, she drove Katelyn, Kaleena and I to Finch station. It was out of her way. Thank you Rhea :) i hearts you.

Well we headed over to Circa... and what a night!!!!! We rocked out SWAT costumes like no otherrrr!!!! mmm hmmmmmm! that's right! lol

A very special birthday shout out to my girl, Lilian :) *muahhhzzz

Day 10: I stayed at home lol I've been so busy with everything else that I absolutely forgot to do my chores. lol I could tell my parents were getting annoyed lol

The last few days have been the regular school grind again. I had a midterm Monday on photoshop and other homework that I was supposed to catch up on.

On a happy note, my next design project is a magazine spread of Ghandi. I can't wait!!!!! wahooooooo!!!!!!

Lift this weight off my shoulders

I know I blogged earlier but I just wanted to get this off my chest.

Lately, I've noticed that there has been quite a few deaths around Toronto. I mean, not people that I was close to but deaths in general.
I was reading The Star just now and found out that a 13 year old teen died unexpectedly from the H1N1 virus this morning. You can find the link here:
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/swineflu/article/716657--teen-died-of-h1n1-health-officials-say?bn=1
Even though I don't personally know the teen, I feel this sense of pain for him and his family.
I don't know why and I don't know how. I just feel it. I feel like the whole world is slowly dying before my eyes and I can't do anything about it.
I think it all started in the summer. Here are a few events I have encountered:

• One day in software training class, my class mate just bolted out of the classroom, looking quite upset and emotional. I see him all the time in class and he was always so cheerful - until that one day. Another classmate, Marco whom I talk to often, also ran outside looking quite upset. Afterwards, I found out that my classmate's best friend who lives in London just passed away from an overdose of drugs in the forest. He was only 20 years old.
• A man was beaten to death by a group of guys in my cousin's old neighborhood over some territorial disputes. He was my age.
• My friend whom I've known since I worked at Athlete's World told me last week that a person who I knew back in the day recently died of cancer. He was just a year or two older than I am.
• two years ago, I came into the office one morning and found out that my HR rep had passed away that morning because of a car accident. Apparently the other vehicle was speeding in traffic (it was raining cats and dogs) and got away with little injuries.

No, I'm not depressed nor suicidal. It's sad how one's life can be lost in just an instant, especially when they're so young.
I feel like I need a good crying to remember these people who had families, friends, relationship and... life.

I have a lot to blog about today. I hope you're ready for a treat! lol

Day 1, 2, 3 & 4 of study break!

Day 1: As you know, I went over to Katie's to play some wii :)

Day 2: I didn't accomplish a whole lot that day except for eating a lot. Around 9pm, I felt kinda sluggish at home so I called Ram and Sam to see what they were doing. They were at Champions betting on some horses. As I felt soooo restless at home, I decided to meet up with them, regardless of what they were doing.
Ram wanted to go to the casino that night... Why not, right?!?!? I didn't have anything to do that night nor the next day. So after when we picked up joo, we headed out to Blue Heron. It was almost 130am and Sam & Ram wanted to go "pound some brews" before last call was done. We went to 3 different bars in Markham and all of them were closed!!!! WTF!?!?!? so whatever, we headed to Blue Heron.
Driving with Jay-Z's Blue print III album, I felt like this was going to a crazy weeekkkk! I remember when I was at York (and didn't have million and one things to do for school), Ram, me and Joo would go on these crazy random adventures at the middle of the night... aka - casino with kay; horseshoe with katelyn etc etc it felt sooo invigourating and liberal at the same time!
We finally got to Blue Heron at 3am. I didn't play anything but the guys played some roulette and blackjack. Joo lost his money in an hour, so we decided to head over to the restaurant to get a snack to eat. Everything was so expensive - BLT & fries for $6.00! In hopes that we would get big portions, we decided to stay. The hostess greeted us at the door and showed us our table. As we got there, she looked at us and said, "Go ahead and get your food. I'll be back with drinks later." We looked at eachother and thought, "Omg, this is a breakfast buffet!!" A little intoxicated, we excitedly headed over to the buffet section where they had every single piece of breakfast item you could think of - sausages, bacon, home fries (btw, are soo good!) cereals, toast etc... what made it even better was that there was an egg station where someone would cook any type of eggs you wanted on the stop - omlettes of any kind and toppings, fried, scrambled, sunny side etc etc any eggs! lol
so we scramble to get to our table to start eating... we literally at for a good 30 mins, only to stop to go get some food... we didn't even talk to eachother except for a 1 min conversation about our day lol
As we were getting full, we wondered how much this was. We easily thought 20-30/person... but found out that it was only 5.00/person!!!! such a great dealll! lol I was soo full afterwards that I barely move lol

This isn't a very good picture but of the buffet... this was me slowing down...

Day 3: I got home from the casino at 8am sunday morning. Jooyong called in sick because he couldn't make it to his 1pm shift lol tsk tsk so we headed over to Boston Pizza to watch the football games... it was actually me just sitting there, watching the guys watch football. I was so bored that I decided to start doing my hw lol
We went over to Rico's place.. there, I watched my Bleach :)

Day 4: Monday felt like another day of the weekend for me. I had some dim sum with my girl, Rhe... then headed home to clean up my room. After, I headed to a bodycombat&pump class... I didn't do much that day because I just wanted to relax.

Eminem's Relapse Album

Along with Jay-Z's Blueprint III album, I've been listening to Eminem's Relapse album as well. As you may know, Eminem was out of the scene for 5 years because of his addiction to valium. I wouldn't say it's a type of album that you would hear at a club... but it's definately an album that tells his story about his struggle to over come his addiction. It is quite fascinating - not to say that I find addicts like specimen on a research paper - but something more than that.
Ever since I took a course at York called Addiction in Contemporary Society, I've been quite interested in the study of drugs and how one can or can be proned (yes, that's right!) to be addicted to some sort of drug. It is quite intrigueing how the general society has this negative connation on addicts because they believe it's a choice. From what I've learned about this, it's not a choice. It's a choice for one to try and experiment and not a choice for one to be addicted to it. Anyhow, i'll explain later about what I mean in later posts.
Back to Eminem... I find that his previous albums had this sort of sense of humour like his first one.... his later ones were all about him and the pressure of the music industry and how he coudn't "take a shit in the washroom without someone starting" at him etc etc... with this one, it was almost he like he poured his heart into this album. you could really hear his struggle with drugs and how he's trying to cope.
I just love the lyrics. Have a look (sorry I tried to select a few lines but I couldn't; it's that great of a song!):

Lately I've been hard to reach
I've been too long on my own
Everyone has a private world
Where they can be alone
Are you calling me, are you trying to get through
Are you reaching out for me, and I'm reaching out for you

I'm just so fu-ckin' depressed
I just can seem to get out this slump
If I could just get over this hump
But I need something to pull me out this dump
I took my bruises, took my lumps
Fell down and I got right back up
But I need that spark to get psyched back up
And the right thing for me to pick that mic back up
I don't know how I pry away
And I ended up in this position
I'm in I starting to feel distant again
So I decided just to beat this pain
Up and tried to make an attempt to vent
But I just can't admit
Or come to grips, with the fact that I may be done with rap
I need a new outlet
I know some shits so hard to swallow
And I just can't sit back and wallow
In my own sorrow
But I know one fact I'll be one tough act to follow
One tough act to follow
Copy One tough act to follow
Here today, gone tomorrow
But you have to walk a thousand miles

Walk my shoes, just to see What it's like, to be me All be you, let's trade shoes
Just to see what I'd be like to
Feel your pain, you feel mine
Go inside each other's mind
Just to see what we find
Looking shit through each other's eyes
But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful
OoOo They can all get fu-cked. Just stay true to you sOoOoo
Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful OoOo

They can all get fu-cked.
Just stay true to you I think I'm starting to lose my sense of humor
Everything is so tense and gloom
I almost feel like I gotta check the temperature in the room
Just as soon as I walk in
It's like all eyes on me
So I try to avoid any eye contact
Cause if I do that then it opens a door to conversation
Like I want that...
I'm not looking for extra attention
I just want to be just like you
Blend in with the rest of the room
Maybe just point me to the closest restroom
I don't need fu-cking man servin'
Tryin to follow me around, and wipe my ass
Laugh at every single joke I crack
And half of them ain't even funny like that
Ahh Marshall, you're so funny man, you should be a comedian, god damn
Unfortunately I am, but I just hide behind the tears of a clown
So why don't you all sit down
Listen to the tale I
'm about to tell
Hell, we don't have to trade our shoes
And you don't have to walk no thousand miles

Nobody asked for life to deal us
With these bullshit hands with doubt
We have to take these cards ourselves
And flip them, don't expect no help
Now I could have either just Sat on my ass and pissed and moaned
But take this situation in which I'm placed in
And get up and get my own
I was never the type of kid
To wait but I know to unpack his bags
Never sat on the porch and hoped and prayed
For a dad to show up who never did I just wanted to fit in
Every single place
Every school I went I dreamed of being that cool kid
Even if it meant acting stupid
Aunt Edna always told me
Keep making that face till it gets stuck like that
Meanwhile I'm just standing there
Holding my tongue up trying to talk like this
Till I stuck my tungue on the frozen stop sign poll at 8 years old
I learned my lesson and cause I wasn't tryin to impress my friends no more
But I already told you my whole life story
Not just based on my description
Cause where you see it from where you're sitting
Is probably 110% different
I guess we would have to walk a mile
In each other's shoes, at least
What size you where?
I wear tens
Let's see if you can fit your feet

Wedding Stuff:

I was going through my cousin's design/wedding blog this morning (here's the link: http://yescinderella.tumblr.com/page/1) and I found this incredibly beautiful veil:

Isn't that incredibly beautiful?!?!?!? I went on to source that she stole this from (http://www.saragabriel.com/) and found such classy, beautiful peices! I also found this incredibly beautiful pearl along with headpieces:

I'm not the type to be very flashy nonetheless put anything in my hair but I just fell in love with this piece. I think I will have to get a series of these headpieces for my bride's maid as well as a gift :)

I don't know where my cousin finds all these wedding stuff but I love them! I can't wait until I get married (just the ceremony, not the whole relationship thing! lol)

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So I guess you're probably sick and tired of reading stuff... sorry I tend to blog a lot when I do blog. Ok, see you later!

STUDY WEEK IS FINALLY HERE!

This semester has been a tough one for me - actually for everyone in class. It seems as though the second semester is going by so slow compared to 1st semester. Last semester seemed like it went by like a flash with tons of things to do and work on. However, this semester has been quite the opposite - well no - we have so much more things to do now...!

But on a brighter side, i'm happy that's it's study week (aka reading week for you uni's out there). I can finally start and finish things that I was supposed to do such as:

• chill with my homies - Katie, Lil, Rhe, Kay & Rob
• work on my fitness everyday
• clean up my room
• chill with my mom
• new layout for my blog
• new blog for my design projects
• my re- grand opening of my restaurant!
• cook dinner for jooyong (& maybe katie!)
• & maybe, just maybe do my hw lol
• oh oh & I can now join the guys for movie night on tuesday!!! yaaayyy!

whoa.. when i think about it... that's a lot of things to do in a week! lol oh goodness.. sometimes i think i'm way too ambitious! or just really excited that i actually have some time off for change... or maybe because i'm scared that I have TOO much time off that I really don't know what to do with myself and the fear of me just staying home and doing nothing... yeah just scares me <----- hahaah omg, that was such a temporary break down of my feelings.. just because i'm scared of doing.. nothing? hahahahahahahah wow, I need to get out more! lol

at least i completed 1/4 of one thing yesterday night :) I met up with my home girl, katie (yes, this is your shout out katie! lol) we had some dinner at moxies by fairview... i never knew that moxies was such a busy restaurant (esp at fairview) until now. I mean, it kinda sucks. We waited 45 mins for just a table of two for either the lounge OR the dining room yet it was still packed. But it was ok I guess, i mean, the hostess gave us the detector thingy -a-jing where it vibrates when they have a table for you. It was kinda funny because when she gave it to us, she said that we were "allowed to go anywhere in the mall - except for the lower level & anywhere pass the guest services desk" wtf!?!?? that's not anywhere in the mall! hahahaha ok whatever... we were just surfing around the mall, went into a couple of stores... we went into sephora and found their beautiful lash lines

(ps, you can't click to enlarge because I stole these images off this website. They have really pretty and extreme lashes for Halloween - in which, i'm quite excited forrrr!!! )

After dinner yesterday, we decided to go back to Katie's place to play some drunken wii. I had such a blast! We finally reunited with our rockband! lol and played some baseball. I also tried out the wii fit for the very first time! I loved iiittt! I think i'm gonna buy it.. but joo said that there's not point of me buying it because I pay for a gym membership... booohoooo

Anyhow, that's it for me! I hope everyone has a great week! I shall see you, home girls some time this week! *tata!

ps. if you've been craving some more blog readings, here's dorkkly's page =)

perfect-bound

Shorty is like Bonnie to my Clyde

A couple of weeks ago, Jooyong downloaded Jay-Z's new Blueprint III album (along with Eminem's Relapse album)... I started listening to his album and I have to admit, the album is really really really friggin' awesome!!!!!! I can't even explain in words how much I love it!
You would imagine that Jay Z would be washed up now.. especially since he's been in this industry, rapping and all for more than a decade.. but nope! he still has his swagger!
When he dropped his first single, DOA (Death of the Autotune), I absolutely fell in love with it! Then it was Run This Town with Rihanna... lastly, Empire State of Mind with Alicia Keys....
If you like his releases, his entire album is like this... different sounds, different beats.... everything is equally good!
I'm personally hooked on songs such as Thank you and On to the Next One. One to the Next One is also produced by Swizz Beats who I adore as well which makes this song soooo gooooood!
&& you now his song is pretty awesome when you want to go to NYC just because of a song! hahaaha like, c'mon... who wouldn't want to go to NYC where "all the dreams are made of!" lol
&&&& it's so cute when he mentions Beyonce in his songs.. he refers to her as the wife, BK etc etc... awwww now that's sooo romantic!

Even though I hate Beyonce.. ok maybe not hate.. tha's a strong word.. ok maybe yeah hate... It kinda sucks how one of my favourite rappers is married to someone I hate :( I personally think that he can do better... but when I thought of this.. I was like.. seriously? Who is BETTER than Beyonce??!!?!?!?!? She's a friggin' powerhouse! JayZ AND Beyonce are their own powerhouse entities.. so with them together, they're like an explosion of the highest grade of nuclear power! They just don't go boom.. they go BOOOOOOMMM PPOOWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! hahaha
&& they look soo friggin' hot with eachother! ssheeessshhhh

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Request from my cousin to blog.. here it is! Lately, I don't know what to blog about? Everything has been the same ol' for me... school, homework, joo and work. I rarely have a social life... and yeah - that's it lol
How about I write randomly about stuff... I usually jump around from subject to subject so try to keep up with me ;)

Me & Lil - taken summer 2009

Lilian's birthday is next week!! wahooooooooo! My lil-a-boo is turning 23! Do you know what this means? We've known eachother for 10 years now! Well, maybe 11! We met when were in middle school in grade 7... I think that's 12 years old, right? yeah yeah, it is!
hahaha I remember we spent sooo much time together! We were desk buddies for 2 years... To tell you the truth, what I love about Lilian is her generosity and kindness to others. She is truly a genuine person. If you ever meet her, be privileged to have met her =) She is one of a kind. I heart you :)
On to her birthday festivities! I'm excciiiittteeeeddd! especially because:

1. We're going to hot pot... Even though I'm not a hot pot fan, I excited and anxious to have it! lol maybe because I never go out to hot pot... My mom usually makes it at home so it's probably quite different!
2. Her birthday is close to Halloween so we are obviously dressing up up :) I just wished that we were all able to dress up as a SWAT team together... but this year, i'm broke :( def next year! =D
3. All of the girls are gooiiinnnnngggggg!!!! waaaahoooooooooo! i'm sooo exciteeeddd! When I mean, all of the girls, I mean Re, Kattie, Kay, and of course, lil! wahooooo!
4. Continuation of #3 - I am determined to get a beautiful picture of all 5 of us!

Hmm speaking of birthday festivities.. I wonder what KAY will be doing for her BIRTHDAYYY!!! huh? huh?
I'm not joking! Kay, you better do something! and I mean it!

I think that's it for now. Don't be surprised if you see another posting today lol

Until then.. tata!

Bleach

My new favourite show. It's actually really really really good! If you were into Dragon Ball Z or even Sailor Moon back in the day, you would like this one. It's a very sophisticated anime show...
Looking at this in an artistic standout, it's friggin' amazing!
The main character is Ichigo - the one with the orange hair - but i personally like the badass red head ;) lol

So I guess I'll blog about my Thanksgiving weekend... It started Friday night, having dinner with Joo's parents... His parents don't speak english so Jooyong had to translate for me... but he was terrible at it. lol I literally sat there, getting drunk on wine with his sister lol
Saturday afternoon, I started making our family turkey dinner... for the first timmee! ;) It came out really well! it didn't turn out dry at all! =D
Saturday night was such an epic fail -_- It was sooo trashed with only 1 bottle of wine and a few shots of disaronno... boohooo I am officially a light weight -_-
Sunday, cleaned up the house and just went over to Joo's at night...
Monday... cleaned up my room then headed over to Kim Kim's for dinner with the guys...
I had quite a relaxing weekend although school was constantly yelling at me to do it! lol

I'm absolutely broke nowadays but my shopping list keeps getting bigger :( I think the only thing I really want this year is a tablet. The other day, joo and I went to best buy to check out this new screen protector for his iphone that is supposedly really good (and quite expensive). As we were looking around, Joo pointed out to the tablets.... I was really tempted on buying one but realized that the one I wanted was way too expensive. He offered to buy it for me for my bday... and I'm quite considering it... but not sure if I should ask for a winter jacket instead. or or wait until next year to get the latest model. Right now, Bamboo recently came out with a "touch" tablet... where you can use your fingers to navigate through your screen - great technology - but I already have these touch features on my mac already so i'm not sure if it's worth it for me.
maybe i'll buy a really cheap one with play around with for school and once i'm getting serious with all the programs, i'll upgrade myself to a $2000 one but we shall see =D

The other day...

I was driving through Main St. Unionville. It was a beautiful cloudless evening. The sky was shades of purple, orange and yellow. This sort of rustic, antique emotion came over me. That was when I appreciated the colours of the autumn breeze.
As I passed the railway tracks, I noticed a couple, followed by a photographer, walking down the tracks. It gave me this warm feeling that I have never felt before. I thought to myself... that this would be a perfect place for engagement photos.
I think I'm getting to that age where everyone around me is growing up! This is the age where everyone is either in their last years of school and is getting ready to graduate or has already graduated and started/found a full time position at where they want to be in their life. We grown up.
That scares me.

On to something new... It's been about a week since I blogged... For some sort of reason, I only blog at work, well, because... 1. I'm bored 2. This is the only time I get to recollect my thoughts and surf the net freely without any stress of homework, homework and more homework.

sidenote: On the topic of homework... I do apologize to all my friends who hasn't seen me since school started. I didn't know that the workload for this program would be so tough on me. Even though I won't see you as much as I would like to, I will for sure be in contact via fb (of course), twitter, and texting if you need me. && I will definately reorganize my schedule for all birthday celebrations! that means that you HAVE to celebrate your birthday this year *ahemkayahem*

Anyhow... frig, I absolutely forgot about what I was supposed to say prior to the side note... damn! haha i'm horrible.. my thoughts are all jumbled up now...
ok... so since I haven't seen you lovelies in quite some time, I guess I'll categorize my life thus far... I'll start off with:

School:
Yeah, so it's been hectic so far.. I have tons of things to do every single night. I just finished a project for a promo card for the ROM which I find was easy yet complicated at the same time. Other people's stuff in class has been quite excellent!
My next project is a poster for a shakespeare play. I think I'm going to Romeo&Juliet. I think that reflects my personality a bit more...
I'm thinking of starting a new blog that features my work. I don't really care of people take my ideas or not because all this stuff for school doesn't really count anyway. But most importantly, I'd like feedback about my work.

Boyfriend:
If it weren't for his support, I think i would've gone mad.
We've been really strong these past couple of months... I would say stronger than ever... Our 4 year mark is coming up :)

The non-existant social life:
Last weekend, I wanted to go to Nuit Blanche but due to my sickness, I couldn't go. I stayed in and watched some bleach with joo instead. It's ok, I heard it was shit anyway.
Surprisingly, I don't even want to go out any more. Sometimes I just want to snuggle in bed with my laptop and simultaneously do homework, go on rc and watch bleach at the same time lol I know, I'm such a nerd *snort snort lol

October:
I can't wait! October is usually the time where Lil plans her bday.... & the next week is Kay's.... and then it's mine, Rico's and Sam's, not to mention xmas, new years... and BAM! a new semester starts and the cycle goes around again!
This is usually the month where every thing goes by in a flash for me.

So i guess this is it. I really wanted to blog about this one topic but I couldn't find the appropriate pictures for (very key). Until then, have a lovely day my loves! =)

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I absolutely forgot to metion about my time at the gym! lol this was the topic I was supposed to blog about earlier haha

I think it was two weeks ago... that I tried on this beautiful, very sophisticated dress at le chateau... when I tried it on, it didn't fit me :(
At this point, I came to the realization that I need to work out more. I need to dedicate my life to a lifestyle that keeps me healthy and active... especially because I want to fit into cute dresses and clothes.
I've been going to the gym ever since. I notice that my bodypump class has helped me to become stronger. It has also toned my muscles a lot more.
Yesterday night, I was showing Joo the new moves I learned from my bodycombat class. (They integrated this dragon ball z move which I find so funny lol) In the same class, they make us do pushups right before our cool down. I wanted to show Joo my push up form to see if I was doing push ups correctly. I usually do the "girly" pushups where I'm on my knees... I was about to show him that but then he was like,
"Why don't you do it the normal way... start off strong and work your way up... because that's the only way you can go!"
Well, he didn't exactly say that lol he only said for me to do the push ups normally but the expression on his face told me that I can do it and that if I try hard enough, I will suceed my goal.
I go on the floor, started to do push ups. I showed him the push ups where I go half way down, up, fully down and then up again.
He then challenged to do as many push ups as I can (no cheating!) so I go on the floor again and counted... 1..2..3...4......5.........6........7! phew! It might not mean a lot to you but 7 pushups for me was a huge accomplishment! Jooyong was very proud of me... and I think that's where the motivation starts.
From now on, I'm going to work on my pushups every night, regardless if I go to the gym or not. My goal is to increase my number of pushups by 5 every week.
I love going to the gym now. I feel a sense of accomplishment when I go. I feel a lot stronger. Even though my weight hasn't changed, I feel as if my body is getting trimmer and a lot "neater." This is my motivation.

"When a woman hits a certain age, it's only natural for them to consider plastic surgery"

really, huh? only natural?

naturally... because there is no such thing as woman being NATURALLY beautiful at ANY age.

I was looking through youtube today and came upon a 90s make up tutorial that began with that. wow!

That is all.

[ PISS OFFF!!!! ]

stupid kids!

I'm so pissed off right now! I'm currently at Joo parent's convenience store in scarborough... I was sitting in the front of the store behind the counter where no one can really see where I am... but I can see them. Jooyong was in the back getting some inventory to stock up....

The magazine rack is right beside the door.. by the window

This kid was wearing a black hoodie and a back pack, took a porn magazine and just left!!! He rand off!!! WTF?!?!?!!?

I didn't know what to do. I was in a state of shock... thinking to myself if the kid actually did it.

He did.

I called Jooyong, he ran after him but he was too late.

I'm so upset that I couldn't do anything sooner. I couldn't. I'm so upset at myself now... I should've done something.

damn those stupid kids!!!! arrgghhhh!!!!

Winter is coming...

I'm not prepared for the bitter cold coming at all! Today, I wore my long trench coat to work and I was still freezing!
The only thing I look forward to during winter is my birthday! I know, I know, it's literally 2 months away and I still need to decide what to get for Jess, Lil & Kay. Not to mention all the guys - 'hesh, sam, rico (to name a few)...

Yesterday I asked Jooyong what he was thinking of getting me for my birthday. Last year he spent almost 400 on my beautiful, comfortable & waterproof boots. It was very useful as I don't like wearing running shoes. lol the year before that, I spent the whole winter wearing ballet flats! hahahaah yes, it was freezing but at the same time, I didn't know what warmth felt like until I got the boots! lol
Anyway, he mentioned things like another pair of boots, jeans, sweaters and a winter jacket. I think I have decided on a winter jacket because 1. my long collared one is missing a button :( 2. the other winter jackets are def out of style aka my brown jacob one, my white, warm aeropostale bomber... and 3. I want a long, warm winter jacket this time. Those TNA jackets are soo friggin' warm but I can't bare to see myself in them. aarrrgghhh I gotta go winter jacket shopping with Jooyong soon. I can't wait! Maybe we'll hit up Eaton's Centre and Queen's street some time :)
Since we're on the topic of my birthday (excitttinnnnnggg!), what do you guys want to do?
I'm thinking of dinner on Friday at my fav all-you-can-eat sushi place, Sushi on 7... I was there last week... wonder if they would like me make reservations for like, 10+ ppl; I think the whole restaurant seat only 25-30 :S
Now, I don't like eating a full meal before drinking so I'm thinking of doing a night out on Sat to
1. a club with bottle service (of course!)
2. a kareoke bar with all you can drink! It's near my house too! =D

I guess I'll decide on that later... but now, I gotta think of what Lil's doing for her birthday? A club? Halloween? Dress up? What should I wear? If all the girls go, maybe we can dress up as a group... like be hot cops! hahaha

Oh the other night I dreamt that my cousin went alllll out for halloween! This was the costume that she was wearing:

Sexy huh? hahahaha

I myself, always wanted to be catwoman for Halloween:

OR

But I need a killer body! Don't think I'll have my dream body for Halloween :(

Or... maybe if the girls want to dress up together, we can be SWAT, like this:

I mean, with this one, we don't need to go all out.. we can just find some really tight bum-huggin dress pants or maybe even a skirt, a black halter, a baseball cap that says SWAT on it and some really cool sunglasses! or or we can buy different types of black tops (like halter, tank, tee etc) and just iron on SWAT on it.. and we're good to go! lol i'm gonna propose this to them! hahaha

Ok, i'm getting out of hand now lol

I should get back to work. Ok see ya!

All you Starbucks junkies...

Starbucks has decided to go instant. Yep, you can now brew your own Starbucks coffee at home without the hassle of going to a shop.
I'm not a huge starbucks drinker not like a lot of those addicts out there... but I do prefer their coffee over Tim Hortons. With the high calorie intake I usually consume - I usually order a tall white chocolate mocha, skinny please! - it's not worth it sometimes but it does beat Tim Hortons coffee! Not to mention, the amount of cash you literally hand over to those barristers, compared to the Tim Hortons prices.
I don't really care myself if they had instant coffee or not. I have to admit, this new product does affect their image. I mean, one goes to Starbucks for their high end coffee, along with enjoying the quaint atmosphere of it all... but having instant coffee? Is that a step down for them?
Another thing they opened up was their drive through. Convenient? Yes. Innovative? No. Denies their image? YEAAAHHH!!!!!
So with all this being said, what do you think of all this buzz? Do you think Starbucks is going downhill because of the recession?!?! Or do you think they're appealing to more of an (affordable) masses?

Yesterday, joo & i took a nature walk after dinner. It was incredible beautiful - well, not to mention that i was freaking myself out because joo said that there were snakes but that is beyond the point. I love my bf, regardless how much he annoys me and how much can be such a jerk.

I can't wait to move out of the house! hahaha not because i have problems with my parents, in fact, they spoil me to death sometimes and i really do appreciate their hard work...

This can be a little superficial... the only reason why I want to move out is because I want to start designing my future fabulous kitchen... and not to mention the washroommmm!!!!

ahhhh whenever I think about it, i get soooo excited!

k, gotta get to class! *tata!

Twilight

I finally saw the movie, twilight!

My cousin referred me this book a while back - before it became big - read it... at first, I thought it was good but as I thought about it... I realized that it's not my type of book at all. I didn't like the character Bella - I thought she was annoying and immature - and I thought that edward was too perfect sometimes! lol not realistic at all...

now in terms of the movie... here are my thoughts:
- they captured the atmosphere of the book very well
- bella wasn't what I imagined in the book; same thing with edward
- i thought bella would be a little bit more perky and not so dead; edward, i thought would be a lot more handsome, more dark-haired, deep voice... in the movie, i felt some awkward times which i felt didn't capture the essence of edward in the book at all... aka, i think they should've picked a better actor to portray edward!
- they mixed up some plots in the book
- i thought edward's house was wayyyy too modern for their family! it wasn't white enough!

& something on the side:

vs
In the movie, they're complete enemies... in real life, they are both considered really friggin' hot!
I have to admit, once Cam entered the movie, I couldn't take my eyes off of him!
I don't even think Robert is even attractive... I find him soo awkward, so clumsy... kinda like a clown, espcially with all that white make up on him! lol although, somtimes, there were parts of the movie where he was attractive... but...
Sorry, Robert, I think cam took my heart away! oh how I heart cam... he's soooo friggin' sexyyyyyy!!!!!! Just look at him! he's such a bad ass!

There was something that I wanted to say.... but then my mind was interrupted by reading my cousin's blog that I totally forgot! arrrgghh, it's killing me!

oh yes... I remember now...

This is what my boyfriend (not a frequent facebook user) said when I told him that I changed my profile pic on facebook:

"You are so busy on facebook! You have to manage a restaurant, a farm, change your profile pic... reply to messages/wall posts/events...!"

As he said this, I was like.. whoa! that's sooo true! Facebook does consume my life and it's such a pity because well, that's the only interaction I have with people outside my group of friends! hahaha how pittiful of me... oh well!

that's kinda creepy! lol




On Friday I went to the Manifesto with Rhea... It was good! It was different than what we're used to at York... There was a lot of urban and street art... much of it, looks like from urban youths... nothing like we're used to at our up town, classical training at york at all!
I wished I took more pics... but this was the only one i took (from twitter).
I wouldn't say that a lot of these works were very profound or very political/etc... I think it's more like aesthetics if anything, but I could be wrong.
So with this, I wonder what is urban art anyway? I mean, does it have to be graffitti? spray-painted? various mediums? Illustrations? Does graffitti even constitute as art?
What I'm trying to get at is... what is art? What constitutes as art?
For example, a lot of people can argue that design is not art but others might disagree.
I understand, fine art and design are completely seperate from one another even though - in my opinion - they are under the same large sphere of visual communication...

Last year's Nuit Blanche was... well I wouldn't really know myself! hahaha This year should be good. I'm trying to gather a group of people to go.. hopefully everything works out! :)

itching, itching!

to post something sooo inspiring that you will think of...

i have nothing

womp womp womp....

it's crunch time at school again.. I've been busy-ing myself with assignments and projects. On top of that, I can only work about 8hrs/week aka i'm broke like a mofo :(

I had my photo critique today :D it went VERY well (according to my smile over <----- there )

I would really like to post my work up but sadly, I am too afraid of people stealing my ideas. I know, i'm so selfish lol

On a bright note, here's a vid of a really funny video about type! lol

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1823766

Dear Mr. West

I've been thinking about your actions and I do believe that you went on stage sporadically, not thinking about what Taylor would feel. With this being said, we all know - including yourself - that it was such a selfish and evil act you did.
After reading your first blog entry, I truly did not feel that your apology was quite sincere. You contradicted youself by indicating that you "GAVE [your] AWARDS TO OUTKAST WHEN THEY DESERVED IT OVER [you]" which meant that Taylor did not deserve her award and Beyonce would have won. You know what, that's your opinion. I respect your opinion but your could have gone about in another sincere way. Perhaps in the future, you would consider keeping mean actions or thoughts to yourself.
Now in terms of you being "real," I agree, you were being real but everyone does not need to know how "real" (aka an asshole) you can be.
After seeing your Jay Leno interview, I am convinced that you are truly sorry, especially when Leno asked you how your mother would have felt if she was here with you. You choked up. You couldn't answer the question. I understand how you feel, especially if you lost your mother to a mere restorative surgical procedure. And I am sure that if she was here, watching that clip, that she would feel quite embarrassed that she has a son that would do such a thing. There is no doubt she would have lectured you until you realized that your big head does not consume the world. But hey, maybe if she was here, you would not have done it. Who knows?!
I apologize for my rude manners in this letter. I am sure that you probably heard all the horrible comments that people have shared through facebook, twitter and all over the internet, television and radio stations.
As for Kelly Clarkson and what she said on her blog, you deserved it. But Ms. Clarkson, it was a little harsh.
As for your rude ways - this was definately over the top - please consider other people's feelings.
As your 99th fan (sorry I'm truly not your number 1 fan - even before this whole thing), I was very disapointed. You are a very talented man whom every kid aspires to be you. Think about how your actions have affected little kids. You are a celebrity, nonetheless.
I hope this letter helps your realize how your actions - not only this one - affects not only you but other people in the world as well.

Sincerely,
Ms. Tran

p.s - I was a big fan of your first album. Your music lately has been pumped out of the pop machine. Please make more meaningful and sincere content that just does not talk about yourself.

School's back!!!

& I'm sooo happy to be back!!!!

My first class was photography. I came in late but thank god Cheryl saved me a seat right next to the door. It's so nice to see everyone again. Along with the busy-ness of school, I also missed everyone in my class.

I truthfully think we have such a great class! Everyone is friendly to eachother and helps everyone out. However, with this being said, I know that everyone (ok, maybe just me) is still thinking of our competitive internship program in 6th semester. I want the best placement I could find. Hopefully they keep me as a full time employee after the internship =D

But I leave this quote:

Creativity is Curiosity

Labour Day Long Weekend

mmmm I had a great long weekend. I was quite a busy beeeee. Here's what I did :)

Friday - After work, Joo and I went to STC to get those dollar balloons for my lil' brother who turned a whole six years old! We then headed over to Wasabi for dinner. When the server came out with the ice cream cake and everyone sang happy birthday, b was soo shy lol he was sooo cute! hahaha
After dinner, re came to pick us up. We headed over to Wegz for Josh's birthday. I played flip cup tournament for the very first time and I got drunk! hahah I wasn't supposed to drink that night but I thought the tournament would be really fun (which it was). hahah getting drunk randomly is soo much fun! hahaah

Saturday - I brought my sisters to STC to shop for some jeans. Bluenotes has really nice jeans for only 20.00!!! I wanted to buy a pair but I figured that me having the same jeans of my younger sisters was not cool lol
After, me, rob and lil went for dinner at congee queen. We spent a while there.. It was great because I haven't seen rob and lil for a while :)
I then headed over to Dave&Busters for Prathap's farewell. He left for the states yesterday to study as a chiropractioner. Quite proud for him as he wanted to go to med school for a while now!

Sunday - I volunteered for the South Asian For Life organization. My friend's mom is suffering from leukemia and has been in and out of the hospital for nearly 2 years now. With this event, I had to supervise people for swap tests to ensure they do it correctly.
Side note - If you'd like to donate blood or perhaps under go a bone marrow donation, please let me know. About 2 hundred odd people are in waiting for you to save their life. Save a life.
After the event, I headed down to the Howard Johnson Hotel for a great night of just us girls! We had appies and infinity amounts of drinks lol By the time we were out of the hotel, we were stumbling to get into the club. Cabana was a disapointment. There was no one there at all! arrgghhh!

Monday - We had some great dim sum at pmall... (I had my tofu-fa! yaaayyy lol) I dropped everyone home, headed for the shower then went to go pick up jooyong. We went over to his place, took a nap, went out for dinner then headed to ram's for some poker/jitz/ufc.

When I woke up this morning, I was sooo excited to go to school. I can't wait to leave work now and head over to see everyone at school! yaaaayyy!


The other night, me and joo had a serious conversation. I think we will be undergoing another milestone in our life. (Please inquire within if you are curious).

Stats About Me

I found this app on fb through one of my friends' status... so with my curiosity, I tried it. This is what I found out:


According to http://www.statsaboutme.com I have 220 friends, 100 more than average. 64% are male, 36% are female. 34 are single, 56 are dating or married. If I contracted a deadly variant of flu, I would likely infect 10 people, 1 of whom would die. ...If I died today, an estimated 410 people would try to attend my funeral. Based on my Facebook profile, I have a 90% probability of getting married. I am likely to earn US$3.6 million and have 2.2 children over my lifetime.

Here are my thoughts:
- I can't believe my male friends encompasses more than half of my total friends! hahahah I guess I am very charming! lol i joke i joke!
- only 10 people eh? lol You know what, those ten people would most likely be joo, my cousin, katie, lil, re, sam, rony, ram, rico & perhaps rico... or maybe even lx because he would probably contract it from my cousin... and he gets sick pretty easily too! lol I think the person who would die would most likely be joo (knock on wood) just because he's so close to me. hahaha
- WHOA! 410 people!!!! fawk, I don't think I even know 410 people!!! ahahahahaha I think more than half of them would probably be male as well! hahahaah
- yeah, let's stop at the m.
- and yes, 3.6 mill isn't a lot for a lifetime. I would rather earn 3.6 mill a year! hahah
- and you know what, i don't understand how these stats are calculating .2 of a person? maybe miscarriage? but 2 children is likely because I do want a boy and a girl... or just two boys in general.

Changing subject...

Yesterday night, my cousin and I headed over to the sauna after our bodycombat class. We planned to be in there for only 10-15 (recommended) mins but ended up staying for an hour. After we headed out for dinner at congee queen near the gym. It took us 2 hours to leave the restaurant. For the whole night, I had such a profound and intelligent conversation with her about various things in life. This is why i love her so much! She points our perspectives and theories that I haven't even thought of yet she understands what I try to say <3 (She pointed this out before but) I feel like her relationship with her bf and exactly a mirrored version of my relationship with jooyong. Very rare, I know.

other than that, I'm posting to the world that I lost my versace sunglasses. I am truly sooo sad right now =(

Masters

One of my friend's status' today was "nervous/anxious/excited to start school next week!" She graduated from York last year and is now moving on a post graduate certificate in a college (i believe).
With this is mind, the thoughts of me getting my masters are currently emerging. To persue a higher level of education is what I think I want but not sure if I should go ahead and apply after my program at Seneca.
This morning, I was researching into master programs and here's what I found:

- Master of Design at York University
The Master of Design (MDes) program is a two-year, practice-based program that investigates cultural, social, cognitive, and technological dimensions of communication design, information design, interaction design, motion graphics and design studies within the parameters of Visual Communication/Graphic Design. It prepares graduates for careers as designers, design theorists/researchers and educators by engaging students in design practice, theory, methodology, research and management strategies.
The program provides strong supportive design studies courses which provide a foundation for doctoral studies in the rapidly developing areas of Design Research and Design Theory.
The program embraces intellectually curious students interested in experimental and investigative approach to design practice, theory and research in Visual Communication/Graphic Design.

- EMDes in Advertising at OCAD
The Executive Master of Design in Advertising (EMDes) degree is a unique, cutting-edge program available through the Ontario College of Art & Design. It is specially designed for advertising and marketing professionals who want to improve their thinking, advance their knowledge and become leaders in a rapidly changing industry. It is the only advertising executive master’s program that allows you to keep your job while you pursue an advanced degree.

- Interdisciplinary Masters in Art, Media & Design at OCAD
The Interdisciplinary Master’s in Art, Media and Design challenges students to investigate, research and produce creative works that combine art, design and cross-disciplinary academic study to create new, hybrid forms of visual and social research and production. Each student’s primary discipline and chosen emphasis between studio practice and theoretical inquiry will determine whether the degree earned is an MFA, MDes or MA.


I know, I know what you're thinking... "heck, just go find a job and stop going back to school..." and yes, I am very eager to go to work but i'm also eager of learning something more. I felt like my 4 years at York didn't do much for me... and even thought I just finished my first semester at Seneca, I feel as though the competition of earning a decent job after graduating is increased. Heck, I'm not even worried about getting a job... I just want to learn more... learn more on a higher level other people... and learn more about what i love to do....

I am considering of applying for the Interdisciplinary program at OCAD after when I graduate because I can fully utilize my honours fine arts degree and my advanced design diploma.

Please let me know what you think about this. Am I just going through a phase or do you think I should wake up and smell the coffee?

I am terribly bored at work.
and no, I don't want to actually do work today...
My supervisor is on vacation this whole week until next Tuesday and the billing department manager is on vacation today prob to recover from his daughter's wedding... and I doubt that once he returns from his vacation tmr, he wouldn't give a poo about me doing work or not... lol I shouldn't be posting this crap here but meh, i'm sooo bored.

anyhoo.. since i'm here, I'll let you know how my weekend was :) Sorry to burst your bubble, but it was actually not as exciting as you may think:

Friday - I went to Chris' party at his girlfriend's Dana's house in Missassauga. It's a really nice house (from the outside). It's in one of those very exclusive estate neighborhoods. We were escorted to the back, to the basement... in which, I must add was very nice too! There was food and drinks provided by the hosts which made the night seem as if you're at a club :) Oh, and yes, the theme was beauty and geek lol joo had to dress up at a geek... a couple of weeks ago, we went to value village to hunt for the perfect outfit... and it was sooo incredible! :) all the guys dressed up as geeks! it was hilarious!

Saturday - After a night of drunkness, Joo & I woke up at 2pm... (I know, that was half our day gone already!)... we went to the bench and jean machine sale (thanks to my cousin :D)... I got two bench sweaters and two pairs of jeans... jooyong purchased his first pair of mavi AND buffalo jeans! I'm soo proud of him! lol just because well, I consider myself a veteran of jean machine (since JR high) and for my bf to part of this materialistic world makes me happy hahahaha
We then went out for some chakos with my siblings... which was alright... i think we're getting really bored of kbbq lately

Sunday - I really didn't do anything on Sunday. I woke up, ate, watched weeds, napped, watched weeds, ate, watched weeds, took a shower, watched weeds while getting ready, watched more weeds then went to go pick up jooyong from work lol
my family had a really big dinner that night... mmm it was good.

lol so that was my weekend!

So i've been thinking... I think my life is interesting enough to have a reality tv show. what do you think? lol

school starts in about a week! wahoooooo! I can't wait! although, i'm not looking forward to having classes everyday :(

I wish I had some mcdonald's hashbrowns and sausage mcmuffin right about now... they should consider of having their breakfast all day

i haven't uploaded my florida pics yet on fb... sorry! once i'm over my laziness, i will try to do this.. ok, actually, i promise i'll do it tonight :)

wow, this day has been hella long.. i can't wait to go home and watch more weeds... and play photo hunt! :D

*tata!

I find this pretty funny... but seriously, who would want to do that? lol

How to dump your best friend:
1. Sit down and make a list of things you don't like about your friend (even trivial things such as, "I hate her voice").
2. Return to the list after a few days and cross out things that no longer apply.
3. Give your friend a head's up that you want to talk about your friendship so she can prepare herself.
4. Rehearse what you're going to say to her so you don't over-talk.
5. Meet in person and acknowledge that the conversation will be uncomfortable.
6. Pay her a compliment to set a nicer tone.
7. Share some things from your list - but only a few.
8. Give her a chance to respond.
9. If she cries or is upset, say you're sorry she's hurt, but don't backpedal.
10. If you run into her in the future, say hi and be civil, but don't feel like you have to do more than that.

Jodyne Speyer, author of Dump 'Em: How to Break Up With Anyone from Your Best Friend to Your Hairdresser.