quote

"I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon, but I want to stay alive." - MADONNA, during a radio interview, on how she wants her art and philanthropy to inspire people. Can you tell that she has scored 130 points on an IQ test?

Poster

I feel sorry for this guy.

"'I don't know how I'm going to feed myself.' - R.J. Bollard
a freshman at the University of Washington, who said he had 73 cents left to his name after buying the video game Halo 3."

Quotes of the day - on time’s home page today

My Coffee Need

As I am sitting in the office missing my morning cup of coffee, I suddenly realized that the need is not simply just for caffeine, it’s the need for something to do while sitting in front of my computer working, it’s boredom, it’s more psychological than physical. Now, I know I have a history of seeking comfort in food, mostly during my college years, stress would be the thing that made me raid the fridge in the middle of the night, a few hours before a project due with hardly any of the work done.. boredom is a new one for me. I wonder if it’s developed with any 9 to 5 type of job or just my job?

Rediscover Sedaris

When I took this book off of the shelves in Barns&Noble, it wasnt becuz of Sedaris, I had no clue about him nor his writing whatsoever, I did because the cover design. As a graphic designer, I find myself buying books (or about anything) way too often based on whether or not the covers look good. Sometimes I get lucky, sometimes I waste money.
I read this book two thirds of the way through and decided that it was a waste of money. It was simply too mellow and too slow for me to even breathe. Now, I normally try hard to finish a book before starting another one, if I had to stop in the middle, it’s pretty bad.
After this book was forgotten for almost a year, I one day over my oatmeal at breakfast started reading a random paragraph in a recently issue of the New Yorker, ..very charming writing, I made a note to come back to it the next morning, um.. witty, I finally was curious enough to start the article from the beginning and found out it was Sedaris. (This Old House by David Sedaris, the New Yorker July 9 & 16 2007, p42-47). Turn out, his writing is like old wine, if you gulp it down like beer it gets a little dry, the only way to enjoy its flavor to the fullest is to savor one glass at a time. So I dug it out and savored the rest of it.

Done Reading

Let’s face it, truth is funny. “I don’t know why I lie but I just do it without thinking. It’s a thing I got from my mom.” - Christina Smith. Damn funny if you have a mother like ours. The book of Dave Eggers is full of those moments, consciousness piercing through consciousness. If you laugh cuz you recognize yourself in his story, you’re smart (staggering genius if you like), if you don’t, you’re lucky.

Rabbits

No matter how the world has changed for the humans, it is still primitive for wild animals like rabbits. They worry about living eating and breeding, instead of money, losing weight, or iphones. They are very much depended on their intuition like their ancestors from the beginning. But we, the humans, have gotten a lot more complicated, gained a lot of smarts, lost some wisdom. Albert Einstein said “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” If I should only learn one thing from the book Watership Down it is to stay in touch with my intuition as a living being.

i want i want i want

found @Hester Slaman

How long?

How long before you think you’d go out of your mind traveling in space? The first 50 mins or 5 hours or 5 days even might be fun what about the 5th month 5th year? Cuz it’s scary out there if you really think about it, you’d be traveling for lightYEARs before you get to stop at a random planet in the middle of nowhere and take a bathroom break and stretch your legs and I doubt there’s gonna be a 7-eleven for you to refill your big gulp cup. How much comfort we actually take from having a piece of seemingly stable ground under our feet that provides sense of security psychologically? A lot. Even though we don’t always realize it, not until you imagine yourself seriously asking the question “are we there yet?” in the pitch black endless space.

quote

"Strength without sweetness is nothing at all."
- Homework by Helen Simpson, New Yorker June 25, 2007)

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I dreamt of a purse.

Not exactly a purse but an olive colored (yes I remember the color) shoulder bag, which is exactly what I need desperately in real life. I remember I was shopping with my mom (you could tell it’s a dream cuz in real life that never happens), and I fell in love with this purse. My mom of course represents the cautiousness in me (which I’m positive that I got from her) I guess, said it was ugly, so after a while I started to think it was ugly too. The main while, while me and mom arguing about how was the purse ugly, I lose my current shoulder bag and some gurl found it and she was going through my stuff. I was not very happy naturally, but I didn’t show cuz the gurl was being polite. That kind of reminds me of my appointment with my eye doctor yesterday for a check up. When I got there he was having fun talking to a female patient/customer/client/friend in the showroom. 10 minutes past my appointment time, he showed no sign of stopping so the receptionist went and got him, then he hurried into the exam room and spent 42 seconds with me and very politely sent me off. Naturally I wasn’t very happy because the first time around (before I paid for anything of course), he was a lot more patient and friendly.

started reading..

Watership Down by Richard Adams.
Portrait by Christina Fallara.

The Catcher in the Rye

This is the book of the moment. Holden is not your typical teenage boy, he’s very sure of his feelings. And I wonder how people get to be that way, cuz it’s very hard to find. Or at least it was a struggle for me.

Finished on Saturday, June 23. It flows, as if they were your own thoughts instead of words that you read in a book. Though I know every single thought of Holden’s is probably well thought out and structured by the author, by still it all comes so naturally it flows. The emotions are just right too.

Creativity

Haven’t been feeding my creativity, and it’s dying. you’d thought you’ve got it for life but think again! like life itself it needs to be nourished, with healthy stuff hopefully, and properly cared for. The raw material was so readily available when you were all day hanging out in the art department, you took it for granted. It is not until you’re without it then you’d have a clue.

drinking..

diet mountain dew

Priceless

Desk (Fredrik dk brown from IKEA, $119), moved from one corner of the dinner table to finally having my own space
Contact Lens (+ eye exam with Dr. Dickey, 901 Montana Ave, $139), being able to see the monitor without wearing glasses or squinting
Running Shoes (Top to Top, 2621 Wilshire Blvd, $105), feeling the extra padding absorbing the shock every time I pound the treadmill

first post!

yay!

quotes

As Alexander Pope said, a little learning is a dangerous thing.

Researchers (Hayes, Bloom) have shown it takes about ten years to develop expertise in any of a wide variety of areas, including chess playing, music composition, painting, piano playing, swimming, tennis, and research in neuropsychology and topology. There appear to be no real shortcuts: even Mozart, who was a musical prodigy at age 4, took 13 more years before he began to produce world-class music. In another genre, the Beatles seemed to burst onto the scene with a string of #1 hits and an appearance on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964. But they had been playing small clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg since 1957, and while they had mass appeal early on, their first great critical success, Sgt. Peppers, was released in 1967. Samuel Johnson thought it took longer than ten years: “Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.” And Chaucer complained “the lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.”

from article Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years by Peter Norvig

Have you heard?

They found an earthlike planet! In the Gliese 581 system which is about 20.5 light years away from the solar system. And it’s the closest thing to earth the scientists have ever discovered! It supports liquid water so think of the possibilities..there could very well be intellectual life out there on that planet! This is the coolest ever!

This is an image of the earth released by NASA in Dec.1968, but imagine there’s another one of those out there in space!
Don’t believe me?? it’s in the news

First read about it at Dilbert’s blog, of course he had something funny to say.

Untitled

found here

Pics

mushroom and cheese, yum!

rose.

flower.

more flower.

a tree.

s-l-o-o-o-w-w-w-o

feeling slow/lazy these days, my foot still hurts a little though i don’t limp anymore.

The Namesake is a good movie, worth seeing.

finally finished this book called Say Uncle by Eric Shaw Quinn. bought it at a yard sale in west hollywood for two bucks, later found out that it’s autographed by the author. the book itself is ..okay. there’s very little conflicts and no hardship in the story, doesn’t seem real. like most fictions, it’s too ideal to learn anything from ..offers no real emotions/struggles that touch your heart. dialog is good, somewhat clever, some chapters are obviously trying to create a situation comedy scene where everybody falls on top of each other with cake on the face, but there’s a reason why tv does better job at it ..some stuff is only funny when it’s visual. mr Quinn is probably better off writing sit-com scripts.

300

I finally saw the movie today. Did i like it? I did actually. Some of my friends saw it and said pretty much the same thing about it - good visuals but a weak plot.

Well I am a visual person myself I could live on just the “pretty stuff” alone so a movie with good visuals is a good movie to me. They were right this movie is as visual as you can get, rich colors, dramatic lightings, characteristic looking actors, great custom design, beautiful compositions. If you’ve seen Sin City then you’d know Frank Miller and know what I’m talking about. Even though 300 is colored, they kept it very simple to fit the theme and the historical background, earthy tones, all shades of brown and gold, bronze, light and dark, all the calm mellow colors combine to creative a perfect stage for 300 flying red capes shedding enemies’ blood and the touch of blue in their eyes. Lighting was amazing! especially the scene where the boy battles the wild wolf on a snowy night with the snow falling. I thought all the actors had the right looks and body for their characters, the king, the queen’s dark long beautiful hair.. also loved the oracle girl’s dance it was beautiful. The warriors’ capes, armers, shields, women’s flowy garments simple yet elegant, the Persian king and his gurls were the best, layered with luxuries and mysteries, exotic. Pause at anytime during the movie you have yourself a perfectly shot picture with all the visual elements in a perfectly balanced composition.

So the plot was plain and straight forward, but I kinda feel that keeping it simple was a smart move for a movie with so much for the eyes. Plus it’s simple yet powerful, there’s love, bravery, hatred, loyalty, politics. What more could you ask for?

I'm typical!

When asked to pick a random number between 1 and 20, I said 17 and was called 'typical'. Though I always hated being labeled “typical” or “regular” or anything of that sort, but I guess this time I am. ..before you look, do the same thing, pick a number between 1 and 20… you ready? no cheating.. pick a number and go!

Everyone Deserves Music

Spearhead & Michael Franti sing “everyone deserves music, even our worst enemies, they deserve music, sweet music..” ..how nice of them!


Einstein & Faith
By WALTER ISAACSON, Time, Thursday, Apr. 05, 2007

Also check out Dilbert’s blog on April 10, 2007
great articles.. great minds think alike.. =P

Wow, it has been a while huh?

Since my last blog, lots happened, ..let’s see, friday I started week #9 on the schedule and ran 3 miles, but somehow I twisted my right foot and it started hurting when I walked; by saturday it got worse.

another day..

I ran 2.75miles at 5mph today.

Recently I started reading my History of Graphic Design text book from college. Art history in general fascinates me, but not art history classes. I remember sitting in the back of the lecture hall in this class tracing random type faces from this book instead of paying attention, while of course my far more talented classmates doodling the cartoon portraits of the professor. What I got out of that class was a letter grade “B” and the thought of “maybe I will read this book someday” and that someday had finally arrived.

Saw an old typewriter today when I past by this art gallery, just thought that it’s just impossible to have 'writer’s block' if you just use an old typewriter instead of a computer - it would be so much fun typing on that thing you wouldn’t wanna stop! And even better you can use the lack of back space key as an excuse to roll perfectly good paper into balls and practice 3 pointers with your trash can.

I'm back!

After almost a week of no running, today I finally came back with a 2.75 mile run at 5mph, picked up exactly where I left it. Interesting is that during the day my knees were hurting me so I was contemplating whether I should run or do the elliptical machine, then I decided to run and that magically got rid of the pain. Looks like running is the secret to healthy knees.

boing boing

i’m resisting my impulse to snatch things off of boing boing cuz if i don’t i’d be copy and pasting the whole site here. it’s just so wonderful it’s my one and only daily read.

Oops,

i don’t think i ever told you what the surprise really was huh? hahah sorry i’ve been having too much fun with it, it’s just perfect! perfect shade of red, perfect size, perfectly cute! anyways, it should be pretty easy to figure out, ..here is a clue, look into my 'master chef' blog. it should be pretty obvious. hahah

Week #8

first run of week #8, 2.75miles at 5mph

OMG!!

i didn’t blog on the 19th!! i resolved to blog every day and have done so for 9 consecutive days and i just missed a day!! i totally forgot about the time and now it’s 43 minutes too late! ah, all that work, wasted..

HA! I am the master chef!

oatmeal for breakfast

this is what’s for lunch!! some mushrooms wrapped with thinly sliced beef. coated with olive oil, salt and pepper, ready for the grill!

Yum… doesn’t it look good??!

today i..

went to ucla to run on the track, it was awesome!! the cool breeze of the night felt so good on my face and something about being outside in an open field made it so much more enjoyable that i wasn’t so much aware of my speed or the distance or even the fact that i was running! my mind was so clear and i felt so good physically felt like i could just run forever! at one point i even lost track of how many laps i had ran, think i did either 2.5 or 2.75 miles. definitely will do this more often!!

Mars!

so NASA people found a way to photograph this huge body of water ice close to mars’ south pole. if there’s water, could it be possible for people to live there? with lotsa lotsa sun blocks? are we a step closer to making mars the 2nd earth? maybe in my life time, i’d be able to take a vacation on mars, even own a condo there! ..take a look at the article, they have a lot of related stuff on this website. it’s really cool, and very exciting!!

running

2.5 miles at 5mph.

it has arrived!

surprise

i have a surprise for you. can’t tell you now, you’ll see.
anyways, i’m very eager to find out what color this surprise really is. i hope it’s not the color in the product images that they show online. i’d kill myself! ..or i just have to cover it with stickers. anyways, i hate it that they don’t give you detail information for colors, that’s very annoying!! all i need is a hex value or a pantone number, not just “red”. there are a gazillion reds out there, which one??

oh

2.5 miles at 5. don’t ever take your days off lightly that’s the key to a successful training program. also make sure you can see the tv in the gym.

purple sun

NASA’s STEREO-B took a picture of the moon passing in front of the purple sun. isn’t it pretty??

skirt!

so hot today i had to dig out my skirt and flip flops. it’s like the moment we put our clocks forward an hour we put ourselves forward a season and into summer instantly. my toenail is doing pretty good thanks for asking! and my thoughts on not going to the gym today ..well i figured even though i didn’t have a satisfying work out yesterday, but i did stick to my plan of going every other day, so today is my day off. i can’t cheat myself out of day offs then i would resent and get angry with myself and the result would be not going to the gym at all. now we wouldn’t want that to happen, would we??! ..thought so!

anyways, an article in new york magazine talks about internet and the young users who live their lives publicly on it. this article says that the massive usage of internet among the young people is creating the biggest age gap since early age of rock ‘n roll. pretty interesting.

just couldn’t run today

for some strange reason. only did 3/4 miles before i had to stop. i think it’s the heat. today was a hot day, and it was even hotter inside of the 24 hour fitness on wilshire. last time i came here was the same thing, i had this strange feeling after only 1/2 mile.

overworked myself

went to the gym after work today. last time i ran was monday i did 2.25 miles continuously which is the last day of week #6 on this running schedule i have been following. according to the schedule i should start week #7 today and run 2.5 miles non-stop. but because i skipped the last 3 days plus i didn’t eat much before i went workout, i found it really hard to even finish 2.25 miles. and afterward i felt this sickness in my stomach and i knew i overworked myself. from now on i’m gonna run every other day cuz it’s just hard to get back on track after even a small break so i’m gonna take this seriously and get to the 3 mile mark in 3 weeks.

about the schedule: i found this online few weeks ago, it’s the first link listed in google if you search for “running schedule”. at that time i was already running 2 miles with a 3 min walk in between so i figured i’d just start from week #5. it actually works. first i thought from the first two runs of week #5 and the last run (2 miles non-stop) was a big jump cuz though i ran in total 2 miles but i didn’t think i could do without a small walking break, but i tried and i did it. that was a big breakthrough for me, probably more so mentally than physically but it felt really good.

so right now i’m doing 2.25 miles at 5mph for non-stop runs, if i take one walking break then i do a burst of 1/4 mile up to 7mph at the beginning of each mile and the rest at 5 or 5.3. my goal is to hit the 3 mile mark in 3 weeks/1 month, then gradually bring my speed up to 6mph, then maybe increase the distance to 5 miles each run, 7 tops, and run every other day.

what i’ve done in the last 24 hours..

just finished a bowl of oatmeal. before that i was sleeping, from 730 until 430? yeah pretty much. before that i was at work from 1230 yesterday til 630 this morning, 18 hours straight. some of my co-workers were there too, trying to get some stuff done before a very important presentation this morning, at 10 in new york (7 LA time) which already took place and heard that it went very well.

the whole time i was working on a new design for our player so that it’s uniquely us instead of just a generic player. though i think being generic is important due to the very nature of our service but a branded one makes sense too. so over the 18 hours i played around with my design like a thousand times, going back and forth trying different things, couldn’t make up my mind. normally i don’t have this kind of problem i stick with one design and make decisions along the way and that’s the one you get and you better like it. but once in a while i’ll run into a project where i don’t have a clear vision of what it’s going to be like so i become indecisive. and this is one of those cases. so after hours and hours of agonizing over this, i finally came up with something which i wasn’t completely satisfied but good enough to show and within what time permits. at that point, other co-workers were still working on some functionality that’s more important than the new design and couldn’t get to it before 7. so in another word, i could of gone home had dinner and slept in my own bed, but the design was supposed to be done and i’m glad i finished it, did my part.

more time please!

i wish there are drive-thrus where you can go and “super size” your regular day and make it a 26 hour jumbo day. too often i stop at night and realize it’s already the 26th hour of the day and the reading is too exciting i can’t stop just yet and that i am cutting into my precious sleep time. but i have no choice, there are just too many things to do and too little time! if not being able to go to bed early easily is a sign of not satisfied with your life, then i guess i am not satisfied. i wish i could read more, play more, think more, eat more, do more each day, and still be able to sleep more. more more more more more!

am i too greedy?

LINK!

i think this was originally from boing boing

the perfect snack!

yes cornNuts! they are tasty, they are crunchy, and they are healthy! there’s no trans fat, little saturated fat, and there’s almost no sugar in it, carb, protein, good fats, and fiber, everything’s perfectly balanced and it’s like a health bar only fun to eat! and it’s good, did i mentioned that it’s good? it’s sooooooooooooo gooooooooood!!!

storm!

yeah mammoth got hit pretty hard. the storm started before we even got up there so saturday we had a clear day with lotsa powder, ..yes it was like heaven. that night it started coming down real hard again, with wind. we prayed and prayed that it’d stop by this morning, or at least the wind will, but it didn’t. couple of friends backed down and decided not to board, but we said eh let’s go. 1st run was not bad, still snowing hard and stuff and couple gusts of wind here and there but it was okay you could still see 10 feet ahead. 2nd run was a blast considering the amount of powder and the openness of the hill. but by my 3rd run the wind blew so hard it turned all the snowflakes into small blades attacking from all directions and howling like a mad person. visibility was down to nearly zero. it was just white everywhere, no perspective of light and dark, movement or speed, time or space, whatsoever. the entire world became a giant white tornado and you are alone in the center of it, feels like traveling through time in this white tunnel. i don’t know how i got down to the bottom but i did finally, then i found out my strap broke off somehow during the last run. so it was it for me for the day, got 3 runs in, not bad for a bad weather day like this. heard that this storm will stop by wednesday, so if you’re planning on going, this coming weekend will be amazing! every time i go snowboarding i wish i could just spend the entire season there and be a bum, or at least go every other weekend, but once i get back to LA so many things distracting i just don’t seem to find the time. ah! why can’t life be perfect??!

word of the day

she did a good job demonstrating it with her nooby facial expression too.

lazy ass

major headache! after waking up around 730 this morning, i tried to go back to sleep, but my dear friend called at 745, awfully early for conducting business don’t you think?? ..sigh, some people just don’t get it how people could sleep past 7, like how i don’t believe that anybody could even function that early in the morning. surprisingly i was feeling pretty sharp so i got up and started reading some blogs online. i have been doing a lot of that in the past couple of weeks, it’s kinda addictive but only if you’re reading someone who’s good. yesterday i decided to give myself a day off, it’s president’s day + chinese new year ..two semi-good reasons made it a valid official holiday in my book, i spent the whole day catching up on my reading and it was nice. the side effect is that i’m having difficulty switching back to work mode! every day i make my coffee run to starbucks seeing all those people having absolutely nothing to do but sitting outside reading a book or a magazine newspaper and sipping their coffee, i just wanna quit my job and join these lazy asses. but i know it’s not an option, i might have time to read but i won’t be able to afford coffee, and that’s just not gonna work.

griffith observatory

i went to the Griffith Observatory today with two of my best friends from high school. my first time there was with the same two gurls, we were still in high school back then. hard to believe that it has been nearly ten years. the Saturn we saw through the telescope last time probably hasn’t changed much, but time has transformed us from the naive teenagers that we were then into the independent mature young adults we are now. seventeen to twenty seven, those are the most precious and most dramatic years of most people’s lives. the gang of friends we came with last time somehow drifted apart over the years, it’s kinda sad but at least the three of us stayed together!

the observatory is much more “techie” and modern after the renovation and became an even bigger attraction for many tourists. we were in huge lines for the shuttle to take us from the zoo to the site. then we were accompanied by a lot of people at the main hall for the space-related displays. then we were in line again to get tickets for the show at the planetarium. 15 minutes after that line we got in yet another line waiting to get into the actual planetarium. but, the show turned out to be worth all the waiting. with visuals of the stars and the space projected onto the dome shaped screen, the audio program briefly explained the history of Astronomy and the physical structure of our solar system, the galaxy and the universe. the dramatic lighting and the dynamic visuals all made it seem so real. Imagine yourself being in this huge darkness of the space emptyness of the universe being surrounded by planets floating in distance and just thin air, miles and miles years and years of it, you realized how small how irrelevant how vulnerable you are, you wonder if anything matters or if anything you’ve ever known is even real, you hear your own heart beat you feel your veins popping, you know you are alive but what’s the difference? it’s merely a breath. you find yourself being once again impressed by how out-of-imagination-ly huge this universe is and examining your life in different perspective and realize.. we are probably not as important as we think we are. it’s good to be reminded of that once in a while so you won’t take small matters too seriously and enjoy life more.

writing

the massive amount of reading on/about/of blogs i did last week taught me so much, then left me feeling empty. i find myself once again standing at a intersection, don’t know which way to go. though most of the blogs out there are not quality writing, but the few that’s good humbled me, and reminded me of my love for this form of art. i love music, i play cute little songs on the piano, but really i am only standing outside of the door admiring it. i love art, i design stuff, but being visual is only part of me. i love literature, i think that might be just the thing that can complete me. how do i go about pursuing it though, i am so far behind? reading, massive amount of reading, spend your every waking second reading! and stick to it! that’s the part that i’m most likely to have problem with.

beach

i went to the beach today, during lunch.

it has been a while since i started working in santa monica, 10 blocks away from the ocean, yet i haven’t even once taken the advantage and gone to the beach. such a waste! i remember my college years, when i was still living at home, i’d drive 45 miles to santa monica just to dig my toes in the sand. it’s extremely satisfying i tell you, like hugging a tree, laughing out loud, or eating two scoops of chunky monkey. i don’t know how it is, but the feeling of the cold air the salty dampness in my hair, the soothing sound of the waves repeating on the background, the broad body of blue water escaping the corners of my eyes beyond my heart’s capacity for greatness, it is just good, subtle yet powerful, therapeutic.

i don’t wanna brag

but I AM A RUNNING MACHINE!!! =D

2 miles, 1 at 5mph 1 at 5.3, not bad not bad.

finally!

drinking coffee and putzing around at work should be encouraged. and this is why.. Be smarter at work, slack off -”In a world of too much work and too much multitasking, the best way to beat the competition may be to do less.”

starting my day..

yeah i know it’s already 1:30 but that’s when i start my day okay? and you think i’m late well let me tell you, nobody’s at the office yet! 12 is the new 9 here (wait that was last week, this week 2pm is the new 9). anyways, since i’m not fully awake yet, i’m sure my boss wouldn’t want me to start working right away, so i’m sipping my latte and shopping online. need to re-order a pair of pumps from target. i never really trusted buying clothes/shoes online, but since i saw the actual pumps at a target store (though not my size but yes must have them!) so for once i thought it’d be safe to order online and guess waht? ..yeah they sent me the wrong size. i was kinda disappointed but i can’t be without those pumps!! they are sooooooooo cute, i close my eyes and imagine myself in them with some black stocking and a short skirt! hahaha, okay i’ll stop right there, you get the picture. yeah so i’m hoping in 3-5 business days i will receive them lying in a box of tissues perfectly my size and ready to kill!

my beloved miata

after 3 days of riding bus to work, i finally got my car back today. a new cable for the speedometer cost me 120 bucks, versus 30 for the same part for hondas. timing belts need to be changed soon too and they probly will cost me 3 times more than it normally would. sigh. don’t get me wrong, i love my car it’s my baby, but when it’s old everything needs to be changed, you start to realize how costy it can be. i guess that’s the price you pay to drive a car unique like mine.

color is a learned thing

i came to realize that no matter what kinda palette i create someone has already created something similar. so true that there’s only so many different color combinations that look good. even though there are different hues to the same color, still they speak the same feelings and emotions. they might have a different hex# but they look the same next to the same purple/red/blue/yellow/whatever. i don’t even log into my colourlovers account anymore, i kinda just browse through the new palettes and they pretty much all have been done before. so much for this craze it’s just a phase.

5.5mph!

yay! i am a running machine! (okay you! yeah you, stop laughing! i didn’t start at the same place you did 5.5 is pretty darn good for me okay?!) it was hard when it got to the 2nd half of the mile but i knew i could do it so i kept on reminding myself and i did it! yay! and i got a better idea of where i am, .. 5.5 is a good work out, 6 would be a challenge. oh i think what helped was the orange juice. i normally have oatmeal+milk before i go work out but that takes longer time to digest (the protein) and according to what i read was too fibery, the result was either i didn’t wait long enough to go to the gym ended up upsetting my stomach or i simply just got distracted while waiting ended up reading books or putzing around online. so liquid juice with high sugar content would be perfect! it took me 30mins to feel ready to run.

oh and the leaks in the bathroom and the kitchen are fixed. and i’m eating complex carb healthy yummy shredded wheat, umm.. sooooo good!

not a bad start for the day huh? now all i need is coffee..

2 addictions

colourlovers.com and DDR (dance dance revolution).

you know you’re addicted when..

working out

i tried to run a mile at 5mph today and i did it, and it didn’t kill me. i never really thought of myself as strong or athletic or really fit so when it comes to exercise i underestimate myself more often than not, but surprise surprise i’m actually better than i thought, so no excuses for not doing my best from now on!

dance revolution

i give up, ..

okay so this little graphic thingy i kinda did it at work today, my thoughts ideas style change too often it’s hard to really get good at one thing, but i guess in a sense that’s my way of resisting to become one certain type of an artist, like right now i’m kinda into grunge stuff, it has that energetic and busy rich look which i like but i try not to become too grungy i’m too afraid of being categorized i wonder if thats a good thing? sometimes i feel lost..

strawberries..

are good with whipped honey, lox is good just by itself, or with eggs on toasted bagel, and some hot miso soup, ..sucks i accidentally pressed back key and a lot of my writing got lost ..giant leafy salad is the secret to a good poop, carbs are very important don’t ever get on a none/low carb diet please, for your own good, physically and psychologically but make sure it’s the healthy complex carb not the stuff that goes right into your blood stream.. food is a magical thing, it nourishes it comforts, it brings people together, it tells people apart, it heals it poisons, some starve some over-do it, it’s the most universal religion it’s the common joy everybody’s entitled to, it’s an art form it’s science, it’s physical logical it’s emotional, ..it’s too late into the night to write about something like food, i should of told my toenail story instead..

just do it

i should write more, like use more words to describe each thing i write about, as a way of practicing and as a way of “finding my voice”. okay that sounds good. i mean i do like writing, but a lot of times i don’t have much to say. i have thoughts too during the day but none of them i really really wanna write down. but i should just start writing, about something small, like my toenail (btw, i do have an interesting story about my toenail, but that’s another blog). and not to analyze too much because it’s all about letting your thoughts/who you are flow on paper and finding your voice and apparently it’s something you cant engineer but only “find” through writing. okay so i guess i'll “just do the damn thing!”

oh have you seen my new aim smileys?? they are so cute!

yeah so back to the writing thing, i think i’m just gonna do it!

diedrich coffee closed down

bought by starbucks back in sept 2006.

yesterday was the last day their santa monica location (on lincoln and montana) was open. made the routine run for my last cup of diedrich’s coffee and a poppyseed danish. diedrich has been serving me good coffee since my college years. esppcially the store in brea, witnessed a very emotional time in my life and the tremendous amount of growth that followed. since i started working a few blocks away from their santa monica location, diedrich turned me, the occasional drinker into a believer. now as i throw away the empty cup from my desk, diedrich becomes history.

i’m a bobbing bobcat

with an average time of 0.2742 seconds, what about you?
>>shoot some darts at some sheeps

jan 1, 2007

i spent the first 4 hrs of my first day of 2007 at the giant party in downtown LA. we walked into the party literally 2 mins before the count down we wished each other happy new year. then we went from tent to tent to find ferry corsten and catched most of his set. of course it was awesome as always. i just love the guy’s energy when he spins he seems so into it he dances to his own music smiles at the crowd constantly waves according to the beats and that is contagious. we were right in front of the stage the whole time dancing even thought it was tightly packed. armin van buuren came up at 2am, he was doing a good job i must say, very strong beats that my body follows without much effort. we stuck around until finally we couldnt stand the gurl next to us blowing smokes and screaming “amin i love you, i want you” anymore, she was beautiful and very friendly but sorry we cant hang gurl. we tried to sit down at the sitting area but poorly designed the area was not heated, we tried to get some chicken kebab but it was so freakin expensive and still so many people waiting in line to get ripped off, we tried to walk around and play some games ride ferris wheel but it was too cold to do anything outside. we had to go back in the tent and check out sasha and john digweed’s 6 hr marathon set. i’ve never cared much for these two, but i can see why people like them, there is a reason why they are the world’s top djs, their music has some melodic variation but never loses that strong bass line, loud, so loud you feel the vibrating sensation throughout your body. it was the first time i wore ear plugs to a party and didn’t wear my contact lens so much of the experience was through my other senses but it was fun nonetheless. lots of our friends were there too as i found out later, but many of them left early and we didn’t get to hang out together. korean tofu house were “cleaning the kitchen” when we got there. we were too tired to point out how lame the excuse was and just went straight home and crashed.

slept til 2pm got up made french toast, ate, went back to sleep again, got up made some noodles, ate, putz’ing around on the internet.

according to the chinese culture, what you do what you say what you eat on the first day(s) of the new years could well present what you will be doing for the rest of the year. so now that the first day of the new year is almost over, i’m thinking.. it could be a good year, if i just party, eat, and sleep, then it will be a good year indeed.