~NEW!~

I have decided to change my blog location to Wordpress. So please visit the new blog and stay tuned~~~

~final~

This is supposed to be the most hectic week of the semester.
Well, it must be for everyone but me. I'm done with school. No more finals, no more projects.

So what to do now?
1. Pack! I do regret that I've bought so much clothes. So much that, now, I'm having a hard time packing them into 2 suitcases and fly to London. A BIG thanks to vacuum bag.
What's up with that new luggage policies that all airlines are having? Air traveling is convenient but it's definitely not comfortable sometimes.

2. Clean up! This is a long and painstaking process of wiping, moping, scrubbing toilet, vacuuming. Since my parents are coming, I better make sure the house is shinningly clean!

3. Work out! I'm OUT of shape. Where are the sleek arms, smooth shoulder and flat tummy? I need to get ready for summer. Picture season is in!!

4. Make detail plans for our family's trip! I've been to many places in the US but this time will be different. Tulip Festival in Pella, shopping in Minneapolis, sightseeing and eating in DC and NYC have to be planned out perfectly. Traveling with your family is different to traveling with friends. They don't walk all day and then hit the bar at night. Dad doesn't like walking, Mom doesn't like stuffy places, sister doesn't like bad foods. All in all, it's a stressful task to complete but it's gonna be all worth it. Four of us traveling together, again! =)

Damn, that's a lot already!!! Get going.

~criticism~

People asked what you thought of them. Let's say it's someone that you do not favor. what'd you say?
Well, clearly you have 2 choices
1. Lie to their faces and say all those sugar-coated words just to keep peace
2. Say what you really think about the person (yes, say the Bitch word if you need to) and booom! you might just have declared a World War 3

and those who asked also have 2 choices of showing their reactions
1. To quietly listen, openly accept the criticism, and process those thoughts in their mind, or
2. Pretend like they're listening and try to argue word by word just to defense themselves. Then after the so called "constructive conversation" they start to show you that cold war and awkward emotion.

I pity those who dare to ask but dare not to listen to the answers that might make them unhappy...
you will always be as miserable as you're now if you can't change that attitude.
Maturity is proven by your actions, not by you saying that "I'm more mature than my friends!"

Good night!

~mimosa~

I'm happy! Yes! After choosing many dark colors for the title "Color of the Year" in the past few years, finally, Pantone announced Mimosa to be the 2009 "it" color. =)))



I'm expecting to see many bursts of yellow on the Spring/Summer 2009 catwalk. Yes! Mimosa, as in orange-hued yellow.

Luckily, they did not choose black to symbolize the dismal housing market, ongoing war in Iraq, and perils of global warming...
or beige to represent the hesitation with which fashion designers are creating their collections, fearful that shoppers won't buy anything that's too out there.
But yellow. Searingly sanguine yellow.
Mimosa "represents hope and optimism — buzzwords for the new year after a 2008 full of instability and upheaval," - British Vogue.

~ToT~

Snow in April + Migraine + a sucky job + a lot of assignments + other shits = life in hell!

Im sleeping. Will take care of business tomorrow. Sigh.
Why, again?

~Year of a Million Dreams~

When we were young, we all wish to be a character in a Disney movie. Or at least I did. It was where the bad would be punished, the good would live happily ever after. It was where all the magics happened. I loved it, and I still do (though I don't believe in it so much anymore)

So when Disney published their "Disney Dreams Portrait Series" for their "Year of a Million Dreams" in 2008, I was very much curious to see those Hollywood celebrities playing Disney characters. Rewinding some childhood memories?

But when I found out that the photographer was going to be the renowned Annie Leibovitz, I was beyond excited. I always admire her artworks. And yes, she did not disappoint me this time.

Enjoy!! These pictures were taken in 2008 but they definitely worth looking at. You might see some familiar faces...


"Where The Magic Begins"
Julie Andrews as the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio and Abigial Breslin as Fira from Disney Fairies


"Where You're The Fairest Of Them All"
Rachel Weisz as Snow White


"Where Every Cinderella Story Comes True"
Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella


"Where Your Every Wish Is Our Command"
Whoopi Goldberg as the Genie


"Where A Whole New World Awaits"
Jennifer Lopez as Jasmine and Marc Anthony as Aladdin


"Where You're Always The King Of The Court"
Roger Federer as King Arthur from The Sword in the Stone


"Where Dreams Run Free"
Jessica Biel as Pocahontas


Fantasea inspired by Ariel from The Little Mermaid
Julianne Moore as Ariel and World Champion swimmer Michael Phelps as an adoring merman


"Where Wonderland Is Your Destiny"
Beyonce as Alice, Lyle Lovett as the March Hare


"Where Imagination Saves The Day"
David Beckham as Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty *muaks*


"Where You Never Have To Grow Up"
Mikhail Baryshnikov as Peter Pan, Gisele Bündchen as Wendy and Tina Fey as Tinkerbell

~TGIF~

Thanks God It's Friday!!!
Everybody loves Fridays. I love mine cause I have class at 12 and they end at 2, a decent schedule for Friday classes. Unfairly, some lucky buggers don't even have classes on Fridays. But anyways, I don't complaint, as long as I get my food and sleep, everything is all good.

What now? Laundry, shower, meeting (Friday meetings suck) then some poker and Minneapolis tomorrow!!! I'm a bit worry about my appetite lately. I eat a lot at times but lose my appetite in between. Weird!

Anyway, TIGF! Happy go Lucky =) =)