Moved

to www.yayigotit.com, come visit! =)

Cracker pillow cracks me up

Pillow idea for my couch. Found here.

Frito-Laid

Miami based company Ecoist is turning Frito-Lay wraps and packaging into handbags and purses! Found via Los Angeles Times: All The Rage.

Trailer Home

Homey trailer space designed by Interior Designer Jane Hallworth. Read article and see more pictures: Los Angeles Times Magazine: Heaven on Wheels, February 2010.

2010 Vancouver Olympics - Warm Up

Winter Olympic moments in history: bottom picture is Suzy Chaffee with her teammates in Grenoble (1968); top is Dick Button at the St. Moritz Olympic games (1948). See more here - The New York Times: Winter Wonders - Olympic Stars of Yesteryear. Can't wait to get scared watching the figure skaters making jumps in Vancouver!

in the news today

So 'Ugly Betty' the show is getting canceled. I don't watch this show really due to lack of time and a TV, but just thought it was cute, especially the first season. Read the news and watch the latest episode here. Also in the news, 'Catcher in the Rye' author J.D. Salinger dies.

Kseniya Simonova - the sand animator

What a story teller! With just sand she tells a story so touching. Medium does not matter, the story matters. Some of the Hollywood productions could use a stronger plot and less expensive special effects. "Content out", just like how you write clean HTML/CSS code.

Bye, grandma.

These huge paper things are made out of many little pieces of colored paper and paper flowers, glued onto a frame that's made out of bamboo sticks. In China, when people pass away, relatives and friends of the family would send these to show condolence. They are normally too big to go indoors so often left near the entrance of the apartment building and would make a scene in the community. Until the day of burial or cremation they'll be brought to the mortuary and be burnt. In her 93 years of life, grandma had earned respect and love from many many people. Barely 5 feet tall and with feet that's almost only the size of infants, she'd walked a long hard journey, and touched all of our hearts with courage and kindness. Bye bye grandma, you'll always be in my heart.

Barn Living

Check out this beautiful home converted from an old barn by window display artist Corey Gash. Open space with lots of lighting, re-purposed found items, earthy colors, wooden texture, and an outdoor shower! Such creative and comfortable living space.
found through Los Angeles Times: A family of four, a 700-square-foot barn, and a bowling lane table

Road Trip 2009 - LA to NY

Been back since the 18th..
I knew I was back as soon as I stepped out of the plane into the warm air of the early evening in Long Beach Airport. My boots felt a tad too warm, jacket a bit too heavy. And when I slept, I slept straight into a beautiful 87 degree sunny Southern California day. I squinted looking up to the blue skies, the sun made me a little dizzy .. I couldn't remember whether I had really been gone for three weeks and driven cross the country. The memories of the road trip seemed to be blurry little pieces that had faded in distance, had those grey rainy days of the east coast really happened or it was all just a dream?