Song For Japan - Beneath the Cherry Blossom Tree.mov
The Producers Heart and Soul and emerging hip hop artist Fyah Red present "Beneath The Cherry Blossom Tree" inspired by conversation and new ...Thursday, June 30, 2011
Song For Japan - Beneath The Cherry Blossom Tree.mov
The Producers Heart and Soul and emerging hip hop artist Fyah Red present "Beneath The Cherry Blossom Tree" inspired by conversation and new ...
Famous' Firsts - Grant Morrison
It's the first of the month, so that means it's time once again to check out the longboxes for the first time certain creators got the opportunity to work on Superman. With the relaunch coming in September, I thought it might be fun for the next three months to look at the first time the creators involved with the new titles had a chance to write and/or draw Superman.
To start things off, we'll travel all the way back to 1988 when a young upstart from Scotland first starting working with DC Comics, Grant Morrison!
He's long claimed that he is a big Superman fan, and if you ever needed any proof beyond reading All-Star Superman, you have to look no further than his second ever issue for DC as he brings Superman in for a quick cameo.
Grant Morrison had just rescued Animal Man from obscurity and was at the beginning of what would become one of his many landmark runs. The second issue sees Buddy Baker having a few doubts about becoming a super-hero again, when Superman stops by for a little unintentional inspiration on a rooftop. Well, it's more Superman just being Superman than a straight up pep talk, but seeing the master at work gives Animal Man a little extra pep in his step.
And as quickly as he swooped down, he's gone. Grant would continue to use Superman as an occasional cameo or guest appearance in all of his regular DCU work, but it wasn't until he relaunched the JLA that he really got to dig his claws into him.
Come September, it's going to be a good time to be a Superman fan.
To start things off, we'll travel all the way back to 1988 when a young upstart from Scotland first starting working with DC Comics, Grant Morrison!
He's long claimed that he is a big Superman fan, and if you ever needed any proof beyond reading All-Star Superman, you have to look no further than his second ever issue for DC as he brings Superman in for a quick cameo.
Grant Morrison had just rescued Animal Man from obscurity and was at the beginning of what would become one of his many landmark runs. The second issue sees Buddy Baker having a few doubts about becoming a super-hero again, when Superman stops by for a little unintentional inspiration on a rooftop. Well, it's more Superman just being Superman than a straight up pep talk, but seeing the master at work gives Animal Man a little extra pep in his step.
And as quickly as he swooped down, he's gone. Grant would continue to use Superman as an occasional cameo or guest appearance in all of his regular DCU work, but it wasn't until he relaunched the JLA that he really got to dig his claws into him.
Come September, it's going to be a good time to be a Superman fan.
Script by Grant Morrison
Pencils by Chas Truog
Inks by Doug Hazlewood
Colors by Tatjana Wood
Letters by John Costanza
Animal Man #2
Life In The Concrete Jungle
October 1988
Copyright (c) DC Comics
Pencils by Chas Truog
Inks by Doug Hazlewood
Colors by Tatjana Wood
Letters by John Costanza
Animal Man #2
Life In The Concrete Jungle
October 1988
Copyright (c) DC Comics
LMFAO and Ke$ha Perform at Summer Jam!
Aggro Santos. Alexis Jordan. LMFAO. Ke$ha. Put these artists together and you have yourself one messy night involving candy, happiness and some shuffling with a drug called love mixed in for good measure.
I am of course referring to the Summer Jam Fest, Europe's biggest pop/urban music festival held in the Odyssey Arena Belfast last night with each act putting on a tremendous performance.
LMFAO took the crowd by storm with their party anthem hits including UK Number 1 hit 'Party Rock'. The fact that the electro pop duo have the energy of an entire meerkat clan did wonders for the atmosphere. Not to mention their tight fitting glitter coated trousers.
Grammy nominated Alexis Jordan who joined the boys to shuffle on stage at one point was phenomenal vocally with her own hits Good Girl, Hush Hush and Happiness but the Queen of Summer Jam crown firmly belongs with Ke$ha who to put it lightly is absolutely stark raving mad.
The Blow singer completely stole the show. Prancing around like a loon, eating a fake heart and showing off in UV costumes are just some of the antics embedded in my brain by the mighty Ke$ha who performed Blow, Tik Tok, Love Is My Drug, and Dirty Picture to name a few before closing with We R Who We R. DJ Turn it up!!
Check out brief clips of Ke$ha and LMFAO performing at Summer Jam in Dublin the night before.
I am of course referring to the Summer Jam Fest, Europe's biggest pop/urban music festival held in the Odyssey Arena Belfast last night with each act putting on a tremendous performance.
LMFAO took the crowd by storm with their party anthem hits including UK Number 1 hit 'Party Rock'. The fact that the electro pop duo have the energy of an entire meerkat clan did wonders for the atmosphere. Not to mention their tight fitting glitter coated trousers.
Grammy nominated Alexis Jordan who joined the boys to shuffle on stage at one point was phenomenal vocally with her own hits Good Girl, Hush Hush and Happiness but the Queen of Summer Jam crown firmly belongs with Ke$ha who to put it lightly is absolutely stark raving mad.
The Blow singer completely stole the show. Prancing around like a loon, eating a fake heart and showing off in UV costumes are just some of the antics embedded in my brain by the mighty Ke$ha who performed Blow, Tik Tok, Love Is My Drug, and Dirty Picture to name a few before closing with We R Who We R. DJ Turn it up!!
Check out brief clips of Ke$ha and LMFAO performing at Summer Jam in Dublin the night before.
NWS in SAN PEDRO, CA
I visited the NWS Gallery in San Pedro CA yesterday. Wow, what a great exhibition space. Lovely venue and great location.I also had a fantastic Californian dinner hosted by the amazing Thomas Schaller with Penny Hill and Frank Eber. What a wonderful evening!
The meal was perfect -- along with the weather and home.
Perfect ending to a perfect day-- I couldn't have asked for better friends!
I love California!
Lots of Legs
It used to be that creatures like this would creep me out. Now I just find them quite fascinating. Not sure of the ID on this guy - some type of centipede maybe?
Discovered 06-05-10 on a morning walk at Gateway Trail - Blacksburg, Virginia
Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.
~Henry David Thoreau
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Los Angeles! Land of Stars
I have been out west-- LA... bumming and takin' in the sights and sounds of life in the big city.It's gorgeous here... and each day has been special.
I will post more pics of the trip-- but here are two from the last two days.
Beautiful skies and palms... and WARNER BROS!
Of course.... I went to the Warner Bros. production lot tour. Very interesting and fun!
I love it here.
Hopefully - it will work out for me to come back for an extended vist.
LA LA Land
The Weekly Panel of Steel #8
Wow, so we're graced with two weeks in a row where we had suitable contenders for the Weekly Panel Of Steel! I don't think that's happened since I started this blog.
This week's panel is a beautiful image, coming to us courtesy of the Flashpoint event. So far, we've been about six weeks into this story with nothing but a fleeting image of a cracked Superman logo on a bunker to keep us Superman fans properly teased.
All of that comes to an end today (well, almost) with the release of Flashpoint: Project Superman #1. This is the mini that sets out to tell us how there is no Superman in the Flashpoint universe. With the briefest of teases, and the few tidbits they've released in some creator interviews, it looked like we were going to get a Superman/Super Soldier type of story with Kal-El as a government guinea pig.
Well that's not quite what they delivered, as they managed to one up my expectations. The government super soldier angle is still there, front and center, but it appears that the Project Superman had their alien DNA long before Kal-El crashed to Earth! That's right, his ship comes crashing right into the heart of Metropolis, not long after the original Project Superman test subject has gone rogue.
All through the story we're led to believe that Kal-El was the origin of the alien DNA, but as we see in the last page of the story and in this weeks Panel of Steel...that's not quite how it happened.
I like the redesign by Gene Ha of the Kryptonian spaceship that brings Kal-El to Earth, as it has a nice Silver Age meets Superman movie feel to it.
All in all, this series has me excited to see how this plays out...and it's all because of that great last page!
This week's panel is a beautiful image, coming to us courtesy of the Flashpoint event. So far, we've been about six weeks into this story with nothing but a fleeting image of a cracked Superman logo on a bunker to keep us Superman fans properly teased.
All of that comes to an end today (well, almost) with the release of Flashpoint: Project Superman #1. This is the mini that sets out to tell us how there is no Superman in the Flashpoint universe. With the briefest of teases, and the few tidbits they've released in some creator interviews, it looked like we were going to get a Superman/Super Soldier type of story with Kal-El as a government guinea pig.
Well that's not quite what they delivered, as they managed to one up my expectations. The government super soldier angle is still there, front and center, but it appears that the Project Superman had their alien DNA long before Kal-El crashed to Earth! That's right, his ship comes crashing right into the heart of Metropolis, not long after the original Project Superman test subject has gone rogue.
All through the story we're led to believe that Kal-El was the origin of the alien DNA, but as we see in the last page of the story and in this weeks Panel of Steel...that's not quite how it happened.
I like the redesign by Gene Ha of the Kryptonian spaceship that brings Kal-El to Earth, as it has a nice Silver Age meets Superman movie feel to it.
All in all, this series has me excited to see how this plays out...and it's all because of that great last page!
Plot by Scott Snyder & Lowell Francis
Script by Lowell Francis
Artwork by Gene Ha
Colors by Art Lyon
Letters by Rob Leigh
Flashpoint: Project Superman #1
The Hero's Road
August 2011
Copyright (c) DC Comics
Script by Lowell Francis
Artwork by Gene Ha
Colors by Art Lyon
Letters by Rob Leigh
Flashpoint: Project Superman #1
The Hero's Road
August 2011
Copyright (c) DC Comics
How To Draw Cherry Blossom Tree
How to draw Cherry Blossom Tree
www.drawingnow.com Learn how to draw step by step in this simple video tutorial that teaches how to draw Cherry Blossom Tree. Visit www.drawingnow ...One Lovely Blog Award
I have been awarded the "one lovely blog award" by Anna @ Puppy Fly Boutique and Shannon @ Shannon Sews.
Thank You so much ladies :)
You have both made my day.
Now here is how it works:
I have to share 7 things about myself that you don't know.
hmmm... Now how deep should I go, LOL.
1. I have been married for 6 years, I got married when I was 18! Shocking huh?
2. I am the 2nd oldest out of 5 sisters and 1 brother.
3. I dream of having a big house with a huge wrap around porch with rocking chairs....
4. I love anything chocolate: brownies, cakes, fudge, ice cream, candy...
5. When I am feeling sad/depressed I clean. My house will be sparkling when I am done.
6. My family loved to Missouri, about a year and a half ago. Now I am here all alone without my mom, dad, sisters or brother. Coming from a big family, it is really hard to get used to having no one around. I miss them very much.
7. I do not watch the news because it stresses me out, there are to many bad things going on in this world and I do not want the details.
Ok, that is 7, otherwise I could go on and on.
Now, I get to pass on the love to new bloggers I've found recently, that I'd like to know more about:
These lucky people can put a copy of the One Lovely Blog Award picture on their blog, with a list of 7 things we don't know about them and pass the love on!
David Guetta 'Where Them Girls At?' Video
Swedish DJ and possible God Daivd Guetta has released the long awaited video for his new track 'Where Them Girls At?'...one question David...Where them Nicki Minaj and Flo Rida at?
Both artists feature heavily on the track but appear for about a minute in total at the very least. Nobody wants to see magic bubbles caused by Guetta's DJ ability.
I expected a Flo Rida/Minaj rap off in a club. One side filled with the women, the other head to toe in men with Guetta doing his thing in the middle. Instead we got dance inducing bubbles. EPIC FAIL.
'Where Them Girls At?' is the first track to be released off David Guetta's upcoming fifth studio effort 'Nothing But The Beat' scheduled to drop August 30. 'Where Them Girls At?' is available to download now.
Both artists feature heavily on the track but appear for about a minute in total at the very least. Nobody wants to see magic bubbles caused by Guetta's DJ ability.
I expected a Flo Rida/Minaj rap off in a club. One side filled with the women, the other head to toe in men with Guetta doing his thing in the middle. Instead we got dance inducing bubbles. EPIC FAIL.
'Where Them Girls At?' is the first track to be released off David Guetta's upcoming fifth studio effort 'Nothing But The Beat' scheduled to drop August 30. 'Where Them Girls At?' is available to download now.
Check out the video let down by Guetta, Minaj and Flo Rida below.
Studded Squids: Upcycle Earrings
Hey Pudding Pops!* It's been craftasmagoria at HerSpeak Headquarters: I'm still slicing up t-shirts and in an effort to use up some of the scraps I made a pair of punk-ass earrings! (I think they look like little squids.) To make them I cut several diamond shapes from the carcass of a pink t-shirt, bedazzled them with metal studs and attached them to an existing pair of broken vintage earrings. Here they are in action:
The fabric curls in wonky directions all on it's own. They weigh nothing and have great movement--perfect funky summer accessories for flea marketing or rock festivals...or some kind of motorbaby lazer tag. :P
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Atlas Moth - Wings on Wednesday
Like the sky opens after a rainy day we must open to ourselves.... Learn to love yourself for who you are and open so the world can see you shine.
~James Poland
Atlas moth seen at a butterfly conservatory in Georgia.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Characters Continuity Forgot #5
Quarmer
a.k.a. The Sand Superman
a.k.a. The Sand Superman
Once a major player in the de-powering of Superman in the early 70's, he/she/it hasn't been seen again since shuffling back off into the Quarmm Dimension after duking it out with Superman, Captain Marvel, and Black Adam in 1978.
Seeping into our universe through a dimensional crack that was left behind after the explosion that destroyed all Kryptonite on Earth, the shapeless being from Quarmm passed over Superman's unconscious body and was charged with his mental and physical vibrations. Slowly, over the next twelve issues, the doppelganger drained more and more of Superman's powers through a psychic link.
As it became more powerful, Superman weakened to such a point that his ability to protect the Earth was threatened. As is bound to happen in such situations, the two fight. Quarmer soon realized that there is only room for one Superman on Earth, and he departs back into his own dimension still possessing all of the abilities that he "borrowed" from Superman.
You'd think that an inter-dimensional being that contains half the power of Superman (and could destroy Superman himself with but a single touch) would have made more than one other appearance after his initial storyline wrapped up.
You'd think so, but it's just another case of a character continuity forgot.
Script by Denny O'Neil
Pencils by Curt Swan
Inks by Murphy Anderson
Superman #241
The Shape Of Fear!
August 1971
Copyright (c) DC Comics
Pencils by Curt Swan
Inks by Murphy Anderson
Superman #241
The Shape Of Fear!
August 1971
Copyright (c) DC Comics
LED Cherry Blossom Tree Light
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A potentially scary moment for Miley happened in Australia in Melbourne as a fan came on stage to greet her. I don't think the fan was trying anything malicious, but Miley's security team took action immediately, grabbing the fan and taking Miley to safety.
Trust
Everytime that I'm with my friends without Mike being there, if I call him I often ask suspiciously where he is, what he is doing, and whether he is cheating on me.
And without fail anyone who overhears my conversation will be like "OMG how can you not trust your own husband?"
LOL. I don't. Why should I? Name me ONE upside to blindly trusting ANYBODY. And my attitude has nothing to do with Mike. I'd explain.
Just look at all those who have suffered from being cheated upon. What do they say?
They say things like...
and most commonly of all...
And this doesn't just apply to cheating. What about all those girls with sex tapes leaked out by their ex boyfriends? You think they are stupid and they trusted the wrong dudes? That your partner will NEVER do that to you? That you are the clever one? Wake up. I've seen the MOST unlikely men cheat.
Cecilia Cheung trusted Edison Chen to never show the close-up shots of her long-haired vagina to anyone. And there is it, on the net, forever. Sure he didn't mean to distribute it - but if she never trusted that he could safekeep it forever, this would never have happened to her.
So back to me and my attitude towards trust. It seems silly to me that people put so much heart into that little word. They say "He would never hurt me. I just know. I trust him. "
And I think... So what if you don't? Is it a bad thing, really? Is that supposed to be an insult on his character? Is he supposed to be ANGRY?
Nothing to be angry about what. Everyone needs to safeguard their self-interests.
You say you trust someone... To what extent do you do that? Do you give him your bank password? Would you let him do a video tour of your genitalia? Would you place him and Megan Fox on a deserted island with a condom? Probably not. Nobody trusts ANYBODY that much, unless they are completely naive.
As for me, I trust that Mike will never choose a banana over an orange. Because he hates bananas and these things don't change. I'm willing to put a $1,000 bet on it. But probably not my whole fortune.
I trust (not 100% but maybe 95%) that Mike will not, for example, see a girl at some event and go ask for her phone number. Because I know his character is shy and he is afraid someone might see him do this and report to me. But if he is drunk... Who knows?
Trust is such a funny thing. People always say it needs to be earned, needs to be built.
After some time of interacting with something, certain things can be depended on.
Like I trust that my blackberry will push my emails on time because it has never once failed to do it in 2 years. I trust that my McChicken will taste the same as it has always tasted.
Over the course of 5 years, never once has Mike flirted back with girls who show interest in him, whether online or in real life. Yet I don't trust that he would never cheat on me. Why?
1) People change. Today he is madly in love with you. Tomorrow he is bored. The next day he is bored AND drunk. Day after that he is bored, drunk, horny and had a fight with you. Who knows? The only thing you can depend on is... People change with time. Even if their personalities remain identical, their feelings towards you might change.
2) Circumstances change. Sure, in these 5 years Mike has never met a girl he liked so much he is willing to give up everything with me. Tomorrow... Who knows? If he meets and gets to know 1,000,000 girls, there has got to one he finds is better than me, no matter how much he loves me. Right?
3) Consequences are bigger. And this is the best reason not to trust that your partner will not stray. CONSEQUENCES. It is my fucking heart at stake here! And my marriage! It is easy to trust when the consequences are small. I pay $2 to my usual chicken rice stall because I trust it will be yummy as always. Not yummy no big deal, I'd buy from another stall - net loss $2 and some time.
But if I believe Mike will never stray, when he does, I'm gonna be fucked.
You are shaking your head, thinking, "You dumb blonde, even if you don't trust, either way you are fucked. If it happens it happens!"
You are wrong. Sure, I'd still be heartbroken. But wait...
I know I've mentioned this many times.
When you remain vigilant about your partners actions, you are working hard to PREVENT him from committing a mistake. He knows you are checking his phone - there goes flirty smses. He knows you have all his passwords - can't woo girls online.
If you know where he is every minute, he can't go to a hotel without arousing your suspicion. Sure he can work his way around all these but it is hard work. That's another deterrent. If he is willing to do all that to cheat, so be it. But I sure won't make it easy for him.
He wants to go to a dirty KTV bar with his gross colleague. He swears he won't do anything with the girls there. Put your foot down and don't allow! You want to trust he won't get a hooker or prevent him from meeting one? Which has worse consequences? Explain to him why it makes you uncomfortable, then placate him with a blowjob.
And if you find out some chick is mildly interested, you confront her, shame her, threaten her. You puff up your feathers and make sure she knows you will not go in peace. Worse come to worst you be nice to her so she gets so guilty she stops her nonsense.
When you are so suspicious, won't it piss him off?
If he has nothing to hide, he would not get angry. Obviously I don't do my routine checking in an awful way. I just log in to his fb, take up his phone to read when he is sleeping. He doesn't even know. If your man gets annoyed, it is the first sign that he IS possibly cheating on you. Maybe not full out cheating, but flirting, yes. Or that he wants to be able to. He is probably hiding something. Am I paranoid? Maybe. But from personal dating experience, those demanding privacy and space are the exact ones who are cheating.
Mike has never once got angry with me when I checked his phone or facebook. "Go ahead," he says. "You are just wasting your time." And he is right, I was. And he reads my shit too, in case you think this only goes one way.
Cheating is just like cancer - you want to win it, you've got to find out early. Half the battle is won when you kill the sapling before it turns into a full grown weed, throttling your relationship.
If he is just at the "getting to know" stage with some girl - you find out, you have a talk with him to resolve things. Make sure he won't see her again. You want to wait till he is in love? Too late.
If he is already sleeping with someone else, when you find out you can plan your next step. If you are married, you can hire a PI - submit evidence to court and get half his fortune. Cease sleeping with him in case you get some disease. Cut off his penis. Or forgive him, depending on the severity of his crime.
Why, do you want to wait till he had an affair for months and impregnated the slut before you say "OMGWTFBBQ KILL ME NOW MY KID HAS A STEP SIBLING AND I HAVE AIDS"?
Some of you might be saying... Why work so hard to prevent that seems unavoidable? If he cheats, he won't be worth it anyway.
Rubbish. ALL men would cheat if there are no consequences. I sincerely believe that. Some don't because they don't wanna hurt us. Some because they are scared of losing us. Some because of kids, social ramifications, anything.
Most commonly of all, men cheat because they made a mistake, thinking with their penis, enjoying the attention - THINKING THEY WON'T BE CAUGHT.
And when you blindly trust, that's when they are most certain they will never get caught.
Every few days I remind Mike how his life will be like if he is dumb enough to cheat. And I WILL find out. Money be gone/he will never find someone as good as me again/penis cut etc. Just in case he forgets.
I'm sure a lot of you don't agree with my school of thought, saying, "You must be all sad, paranoid and worrisome all the time. That's not how love is supposed to be like. I pity Mike."
LOL duncha worry. Mike and I are happy and in love.
Obviously I *do* trust him because he is a good man with principles. But just not enough to 1) fully believe he will NEVER cheat and 2) not do my best to try to prevent it from happening.
If the day comes and he strays, I'd say "Oh well at least I tried my best. And at least I was not duped for ages."
What do you think? Do you trust your partner?
Those of you who got cheated on, did you trust your partner? Do you still trust now?
And without fail anyone who overhears my conversation will be like "OMG how can you not trust your own husband?"
LOL. I don't. Why should I? Name me ONE upside to blindly trusting ANYBODY. And my attitude has nothing to do with Mike. I'd explain.
Just look at all those who have suffered from being cheated upon. What do they say?
They say things like...
"I can't believe he would do this to me."
"I can't believe he has been sleeping with her for 4 freaking months and I didn't even know! How was I so blind and stupid?"
"All those times he said he was on a company dinner there was no dinner! I believed him for 18 freaking times and he went prostituting ALL THOSE TIMES!"
and most commonly of all...
"I can't believe I trusted him."
And this doesn't just apply to cheating. What about all those girls with sex tapes leaked out by their ex boyfriends? You think they are stupid and they trusted the wrong dudes? That your partner will NEVER do that to you? That you are the clever one? Wake up. I've seen the MOST unlikely men cheat.
Cecilia Cheung trusted Edison Chen to never show the close-up shots of her long-haired vagina to anyone. And there is it, on the net, forever. Sure he didn't mean to distribute it - but if she never trusted that he could safekeep it forever, this would never have happened to her.
So back to me and my attitude towards trust. It seems silly to me that people put so much heart into that little word. They say "He would never hurt me. I just know. I trust him. "
And I think... So what if you don't? Is it a bad thing, really? Is that supposed to be an insult on his character? Is he supposed to be ANGRY?
Nothing to be angry about what. Everyone needs to safeguard their self-interests.
You say you trust someone... To what extent do you do that? Do you give him your bank password? Would you let him do a video tour of your genitalia? Would you place him and Megan Fox on a deserted island with a condom? Probably not. Nobody trusts ANYBODY that much, unless they are completely naive.
As for me, I trust that Mike will never choose a banana over an orange. Because he hates bananas and these things don't change. I'm willing to put a $1,000 bet on it. But probably not my whole fortune.
I trust (not 100% but maybe 95%) that Mike will not, for example, see a girl at some event and go ask for her phone number. Because I know his character is shy and he is afraid someone might see him do this and report to me. But if he is drunk... Who knows?
Trust is such a funny thing. People always say it needs to be earned, needs to be built.
After some time of interacting with something, certain things can be depended on.
Like I trust that my blackberry will push my emails on time because it has never once failed to do it in 2 years. I trust that my McChicken will taste the same as it has always tasted.
Over the course of 5 years, never once has Mike flirted back with girls who show interest in him, whether online or in real life. Yet I don't trust that he would never cheat on me. Why?
1) People change. Today he is madly in love with you. Tomorrow he is bored. The next day he is bored AND drunk. Day after that he is bored, drunk, horny and had a fight with you. Who knows? The only thing you can depend on is... People change with time. Even if their personalities remain identical, their feelings towards you might change.
2) Circumstances change. Sure, in these 5 years Mike has never met a girl he liked so much he is willing to give up everything with me. Tomorrow... Who knows? If he meets and gets to know 1,000,000 girls, there has got to one he finds is better than me, no matter how much he loves me. Right?
3) Consequences are bigger. And this is the best reason not to trust that your partner will not stray. CONSEQUENCES. It is my fucking heart at stake here! And my marriage! It is easy to trust when the consequences are small. I pay $2 to my usual chicken rice stall because I trust it will be yummy as always. Not yummy no big deal, I'd buy from another stall - net loss $2 and some time.
But if I believe Mike will never stray, when he does, I'm gonna be fucked.
You are shaking your head, thinking, "You dumb blonde, even if you don't trust, either way you are fucked. If it happens it happens!"
You are wrong. Sure, I'd still be heartbroken. But wait...
Prevention is better than cure
I know I've mentioned this many times.
When you remain vigilant about your partners actions, you are working hard to PREVENT him from committing a mistake. He knows you are checking his phone - there goes flirty smses. He knows you have all his passwords - can't woo girls online.
If you know where he is every minute, he can't go to a hotel without arousing your suspicion. Sure he can work his way around all these but it is hard work. That's another deterrent. If he is willing to do all that to cheat, so be it. But I sure won't make it easy for him.
He wants to go to a dirty KTV bar with his gross colleague. He swears he won't do anything with the girls there. Put your foot down and don't allow! You want to trust he won't get a hooker or prevent him from meeting one? Which has worse consequences? Explain to him why it makes you uncomfortable, then placate him with a blowjob.
And if you find out some chick is mildly interested, you confront her, shame her, threaten her. You puff up your feathers and make sure she knows you will not go in peace. Worse come to worst you be nice to her so she gets so guilty she stops her nonsense.
When you are so suspicious, won't it piss him off?
If he has nothing to hide, he would not get angry. Obviously I don't do my routine checking in an awful way. I just log in to his fb, take up his phone to read when he is sleeping. He doesn't even know. If your man gets annoyed, it is the first sign that he IS possibly cheating on you. Maybe not full out cheating, but flirting, yes. Or that he wants to be able to. He is probably hiding something. Am I paranoid? Maybe. But from personal dating experience, those demanding privacy and space are the exact ones who are cheating.
Mike has never once got angry with me when I checked his phone or facebook. "Go ahead," he says. "You are just wasting your time." And he is right, I was. And he reads my shit too, in case you think this only goes one way.
Cheating is just like cancer - you want to win it, you've got to find out early. Half the battle is won when you kill the sapling before it turns into a full grown weed, throttling your relationship.
If he is just at the "getting to know" stage with some girl - you find out, you have a talk with him to resolve things. Make sure he won't see her again. You want to wait till he is in love? Too late.
If he is already sleeping with someone else, when you find out you can plan your next step. If you are married, you can hire a PI - submit evidence to court and get half his fortune. Cease sleeping with him in case you get some disease. Cut off his penis. Or forgive him, depending on the severity of his crime.
Why, do you want to wait till he had an affair for months and impregnated the slut before you say "OMGWTFBBQ KILL ME NOW MY KID HAS A STEP SIBLING AND I HAVE AIDS"?
Some of you might be saying... Why work so hard to prevent that seems unavoidable? If he cheats, he won't be worth it anyway.
Rubbish. ALL men would cheat if there are no consequences. I sincerely believe that. Some don't because they don't wanna hurt us. Some because they are scared of losing us. Some because of kids, social ramifications, anything.
Most commonly of all, men cheat because they made a mistake, thinking with their penis, enjoying the attention - THINKING THEY WON'T BE CAUGHT.
And when you blindly trust, that's when they are most certain they will never get caught.
Every few days I remind Mike how his life will be like if he is dumb enough to cheat. And I WILL find out. Money be gone/he will never find someone as good as me again/penis cut etc. Just in case he forgets.
I'm sure a lot of you don't agree with my school of thought, saying, "You must be all sad, paranoid and worrisome all the time. That's not how love is supposed to be like. I pity Mike."
LOL duncha worry. Mike and I are happy and in love.
Obviously I *do* trust him because he is a good man with principles. But just not enough to 1) fully believe he will NEVER cheat and 2) not do my best to try to prevent it from happening.
If the day comes and he strays, I'd say "Oh well at least I tried my best. And at least I was not duped for ages."
What do you think? Do you trust your partner?
Those of you who got cheated on, did you trust your partner? Do you still trust now?
LACMA- Tim Burton Exhibition
I went to the Los Angeles County Museum of Modern Art and saw the Tim Burton exhibition.I skeptically went-- not sure that it was worth the effort and money. However, to my surprise and delight.... it was more cool than I ever imagined!
What a genius he was/is!
So talented and insightful from his high school days in Burbank CA.
The show incorporates drawings, maquettes, doodles, designs, costumes, props, stages... everything... that gave voice to his creative spirit and energy.
I was completed overwhelmed and delighted with the retrospective of his work -- and I thoroughly recommend anyone who might be sitting the fence about seeing it -- to go!
Yay for such an artist as Tim Burton!
The museum wouldn't let you take photos in the exhibit -- so you can only document at the beginning and end of the show.
I think it's featured through August.
LACMA
Los Angeles
Melody Thornton Shines at BET After Party
Looking every bit the glamor puss, ex-Pussycat Doll Melody Thornton certainly looked like the cat who got the cream at the BET Creme of the Crop after party if the pictures posted by Melodydaily are anything to go by.
Wearing her favorite Giuseppe Zanotti rhinestone heels, the Love Gun singer paired them off with a sleek and short nude number that rapped around every part of her body. Melody also sported fuchsia ring, necklace and earrings to complete her 60s inspired styling.
Melody is currently working on her first studio album 'Hit the Ground Running'. Melody's debut single 'Sweet Vendetta' is available to download now.
Check out an rather cute interview with Melody on the BET after party red carpet below.
Wearing her favorite Giuseppe Zanotti rhinestone heels, the Love Gun singer paired them off with a sleek and short nude number that rapped around every part of her body. Melody also sported fuchsia ring, necklace and earrings to complete her 60s inspired styling.
Melody is currently working on her first studio album 'Hit the Ground Running'. Melody's debut single 'Sweet Vendetta' is available to download now.
Check out an rather cute interview with Melody on the BET after party red carpet below.
Britney Spears 'I Wanna Go' Video
Britney Spears finally seems to have grabbed a hold of that old personality of hers and decided to shove it into a video. Thank God. The new video for 'I Wanna Go' dropped last week and despite Britney looking like a rejected Avril Lavigne throughout, the clip is actually rather good.
The clip sees the Womanizer singer attend a press conference, telling the media to F**k off alot, flashing herself in the street,getting frisked by a cop who looks like he's just arrived from a Calvin Klein shoot and then Miss Spears does battle with a few terminators. All in a days work.
The only thing really missing is a cameo by the one time Governor of California himself but due to custody/paternity/child support proceedings he was unavailable. "Come with me if you want to make illegitimate children". No thanks Arnie. No Thanks.
'I Wanna Go' is the third single to be featured from Brits' seventh studio release and billboard number one 'Femme Fatale'. The track is out now. Britney kicked off her Femme Fatale Tour alongside Nicki Minaj on June 16.
Check out the hilarious video for 'I Wanna Go' below.
The clip sees the Womanizer singer attend a press conference, telling the media to F**k off alot, flashing herself in the street,getting frisked by a cop who looks like he's just arrived from a Calvin Klein shoot and then Miss Spears does battle with a few terminators. All in a days work.
The only thing really missing is a cameo by the one time Governor of California himself but due to custody/paternity/child support proceedings he was unavailable. "Come with me if you want to make illegitimate children". No thanks Arnie. No Thanks.
'I Wanna Go' is the third single to be featured from Brits' seventh studio release and billboard number one 'Femme Fatale'. The track is out now. Britney kicked off her Femme Fatale Tour alongside Nicki Minaj on June 16.
Check out the hilarious video for 'I Wanna Go' below.
Yes. I read another book. And watched another movie.
So, are you confused?
Is this not supposed to be a blog following my 101 List accomplisments? Why does it look so much like a book/movie review blog?
Are these questions you're asking yourself?
I know. Enough with the books and movies already, right?!
But that's all I seem to be doing on the 101 Adventure these days. Watching movies and reading books. What a wild ride, eh?
I swear. Summer is here, and I'm going to start doing some more "adventurous" things. Maybe zip-lining? I'd like to go to High Falls. Hoping to wiggle in a trip to T.O. some weekend, and might even go by train. Camping? Boat ride? Spider dogs? All possibilities in the months to come.
So stay tuned.
But for now, I'm going to tell you all how much I love love loved Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen, the eighth book crossed off for #19 - Read 10 books in one year.
I missed out on seeing the flick while it was still in theatres, so I decided I'd better read the book before the movie came out on DVD. My local library got the book in a few weeks ago, and I just happened to be there the day it arrived. The librarian offered me first crack at it, and I'm so glad I took it.
It was one of those books. It swallowed me up and I became totally engrossed with the story. It was a completely different time, a completely different world, and I was entirely intrigued by it.
The story begins at the height of the Great Depression, with young Jacob Jankowski receiving the biggest jolt of his life: the untimely and tragic death of his parents, only days before he's to write his finals at Cornell University, where he is about to graduate as a veterinarian. After discovering that his father, also a vet, had no savings and was mortgaging his home in order to pay for his son's education, Jacob realizes he is completely lost and alone. Caught in a whirlwind of pain, he runs away and jumps a train in an attempt to escape his misery.
Jacob discovers very quickly he has landed on the train of the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. He has literally, though unintentionally, run away with the circus. Jacob survives the first few uncertain days as several kind-hearted members of the Flying Squadron take him under their wings, but when the owner of the traveling circus catches wind that he's a university-trained veterinarian, Jacob's stock goes up, and he's offered full employment with the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth.
Jacob then meets Marlena, the star of the Equestrian Show, and her husband, August, the animal trainer with a mean streak. Throw in a temperamental elephant named Rosie, a dwarf named Walter, a dog named Queenie, and an old cripple named Camel... and then the adventures really begin for Jacob.
I seriously couldn't put it down. I'm usually a "chapter before bedtime" reader, but I was forgoing television for this book. That's big. It also helped that I got to picture Rob Pattinson as Jacob, and Reese Witherspoon as Marlena. Now I really can't wait to see the movie!
I also got one of those tricky letters crossed off my list for #30 - Watch 26 movies I've never seen before starting with each letter of the alphabet. On Friday night, Lindsay, Ryan, and I ignored the Great Flood of 2011 and went to see X-Men: First Class in theatres.
I know. I don't look like an X-Men kind of girl, right? The truth is, I'm not. Usually. But I bought the first three movies on DVD during the most crazy part of my James Marsden phase. (He plays Cyclops.)
YUM.
So when Lindsay suggested going to see First Class, I jumped. Find out how the mutants originally began? Sure. Why not.
It was entertaining. The whole plot was tied in with the Cuban Missile Crisis, so it was a neat way to integrate history into the fictional story, which is the prequel of the battle between 'good' mutants and 'bad' mutants. The origin of the relationship between Professor Charles Xavier (Professor X) and Erik Lensherr (Magneto) is discovered, as well as some of the mutant characters we become familiar with in the trilogy. We also find out the reason Professor X is in a wheelchair. ( And probably a ton of other little bits and pieces that X-Men diehards would pick up on that I did not).
I enjoyed it. A little disappointed that Cyclops didn't play a role in it, but a fun movie nonetheless. And very happy to get the "X" movie crossed off, because how many other movies could possibly begin with the letter X?!
Highly recommend both Water for Elephants and X-Men: First Class!!
Is this not supposed to be a blog following my 101 List accomplisments? Why does it look so much like a book/movie review blog?
Are these questions you're asking yourself?
I know. Enough with the books and movies already, right?!
But that's all I seem to be doing on the 101 Adventure these days. Watching movies and reading books. What a wild ride, eh?
I swear. Summer is here, and I'm going to start doing some more "adventurous" things. Maybe zip-lining? I'd like to go to High Falls. Hoping to wiggle in a trip to T.O. some weekend, and might even go by train. Camping? Boat ride? Spider dogs? All possibilities in the months to come.
So stay tuned.
But for now, I'm going to tell you all how much I love love loved Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen, the eighth book crossed off for #19 - Read 10 books in one year.
I missed out on seeing the flick while it was still in theatres, so I decided I'd better read the book before the movie came out on DVD. My local library got the book in a few weeks ago, and I just happened to be there the day it arrived. The librarian offered me first crack at it, and I'm so glad I took it.
It was one of those books. It swallowed me up and I became totally engrossed with the story. It was a completely different time, a completely different world, and I was entirely intrigued by it.
The story begins at the height of the Great Depression, with young Jacob Jankowski receiving the biggest jolt of his life: the untimely and tragic death of his parents, only days before he's to write his finals at Cornell University, where he is about to graduate as a veterinarian. After discovering that his father, also a vet, had no savings and was mortgaging his home in order to pay for his son's education, Jacob realizes he is completely lost and alone. Caught in a whirlwind of pain, he runs away and jumps a train in an attempt to escape his misery.
Jacob discovers very quickly he has landed on the train of the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. He has literally, though unintentionally, run away with the circus. Jacob survives the first few uncertain days as several kind-hearted members of the Flying Squadron take him under their wings, but when the owner of the traveling circus catches wind that he's a university-trained veterinarian, Jacob's stock goes up, and he's offered full employment with the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth.
Jacob then meets Marlena, the star of the Equestrian Show, and her husband, August, the animal trainer with a mean streak. Throw in a temperamental elephant named Rosie, a dwarf named Walter, a dog named Queenie, and an old cripple named Camel... and then the adventures really begin for Jacob.
I seriously couldn't put it down. I'm usually a "chapter before bedtime" reader, but I was forgoing television for this book. That's big. It also helped that I got to picture Rob Pattinson as Jacob, and Reese Witherspoon as Marlena. Now I really can't wait to see the movie!
I also got one of those tricky letters crossed off my list for #30 - Watch 26 movies I've never seen before starting with each letter of the alphabet. On Friday night, Lindsay, Ryan, and I ignored the Great Flood of 2011 and went to see X-Men: First Class in theatres.
I know. I don't look like an X-Men kind of girl, right? The truth is, I'm not. Usually. But I bought the first three movies on DVD during the most crazy part of my James Marsden phase. (He plays Cyclops.)
YUM.
So when Lindsay suggested going to see First Class, I jumped. Find out how the mutants originally began? Sure. Why not.
It was entertaining. The whole plot was tied in with the Cuban Missile Crisis, so it was a neat way to integrate history into the fictional story, which is the prequel of the battle between 'good' mutants and 'bad' mutants. The origin of the relationship between Professor Charles Xavier (Professor X) and Erik Lensherr (Magneto) is discovered, as well as some of the mutant characters we become familiar with in the trilogy. We also find out the reason Professor X is in a wheelchair. ( And probably a ton of other little bits and pieces that X-Men diehards would pick up on that I did not).
I enjoyed it. A little disappointed that Cyclops didn't play a role in it, but a fun movie nonetheless. And very happy to get the "X" movie crossed off, because how many other movies could possibly begin with the letter X?!
Highly recommend both Water for Elephants and X-Men: First Class!!
Brother and Sister
Just back from a week in Georgia. Our son had his Turning Blue Ceremony and his OSUT Graduation. He goes on to Airborne training from here. I am VERY Proud of him!
Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
Monday, June 27, 2011
Gone Fishing...
...will resume regular posting when I get back from the old fishing hole.
Script by Gerry Conway
Pencils by Dick Dillin
Inks by Frank McLaughlin
Colors by Jerry Serpe
Letters by Ben Oda
Justice League Of America #1
While A World Lies Burning
September 1979
Copyright (c) DC Comics
Pencils by Dick Dillin
Inks by Frank McLaughlin
Colors by Jerry Serpe
Letters by Ben Oda
Justice League Of America #1
While A World Lies Burning
September 1979
Copyright (c) DC Comics
Miley tweets new Photoshoot Pic
Miley Cyrus posted this picture on Twitter of a new Photoshoot she did with photographer Vijat Mohindra in Sydney.Source: Miley Cyrus TwitPic.
Miley Cyrus with Ryan Dunn
Miley Cyrus posted a picture of her with the late Ryan Dunn.Just found this picture of me cracking up at Ryan Dunn. What a happy energy he had. RIP =[Source: Miley Cyrus TwitPic.
Miley Shops on Oxford Street - June 27, 2011
Miley Cyrus and mom Tish did some shopping on Oxford Street in Sydney, Australia on Monday.Credit: Celebrity-Gossip.net.
Beyonce Blows Glastonbury Away
Beyonce Knowles has caused many people to be blown away utterly and completely from her showstopping routines, but last night the Single Ladies star's televised performance at Glastonbury had to have shaken the world to the very core.
Queen B shone on stage both vocally and stylishly in a shimmering gold sequined blazer kicking the show off with a slowed down version of signature tune 'Crazy In Love' before moving into the uptempo shoes of a Destiny's Child medley.
What followed was a hit filled set compiled of global successes such as Single Ladies, Naughty Girl, Baby Boy, Telephone, an amazing cover of Kings of Leon phenomenon 'Sex On Fire' and new songs Run The World (Girls) and Best I Never Had.
Following Honey B's crowd pleasing spectacular, celebs took to twitter to show their appreciation of the RnB Queen.
Comedian and chat show host Alan Carr posted "You Go Beyonce." Music legend George Michael tweeted " Great artist, writer, singer, person..." whilst X-Factor star Ollie Murs told his followers how he was currently making 'To the left' gestures in light of 'Irreplaceable'.
Beyonce dedicated fansite beyoncedaily.us posted "Fireworks, slick choreography and all the hits – Beyoncé didn’t put a foot wrong during her Glastonbury headline set"
Who Run this Motha? It is without a doubt Beyonce friggin Knowles!
Beyonce was the first woman to headline the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury. Her fourth studio album '4' was released today. The full 90 minute set is available to watch via BBC iPlayer.
Queen B shone on stage both vocally and stylishly in a shimmering gold sequined blazer kicking the show off with a slowed down version of signature tune 'Crazy In Love' before moving into the uptempo shoes of a Destiny's Child medley.
What followed was a hit filled set compiled of global successes such as Single Ladies, Naughty Girl, Baby Boy, Telephone, an amazing cover of Kings of Leon phenomenon 'Sex On Fire' and new songs Run The World (Girls) and Best I Never Had.
Following Honey B's crowd pleasing spectacular, celebs took to twitter to show their appreciation of the RnB Queen.
Comedian and chat show host Alan Carr posted "You Go Beyonce." Music legend George Michael tweeted " Great artist, writer, singer, person..." whilst X-Factor star Ollie Murs told his followers how he was currently making 'To the left' gestures in light of 'Irreplaceable'.
Beyonce dedicated fansite beyoncedaily.us posted "Fireworks, slick choreography and all the hits – Beyoncé didn’t put a foot wrong during her Glastonbury headline set"
Who Run this Motha? It is without a doubt Beyonce friggin Knowles!
Beyonce was the first woman to headline the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury. Her fourth studio album '4' was released today. The full 90 minute set is available to watch via BBC iPlayer.
Take a look at a clip of her amazing performance below with Run The World (Girls).
Hongkong 2011
Woohoo!!!! As some of you already know I went on a trip to Hong Kong and Otaru, Hokkaido with Cheesie!
The reason why we went together is because this is a sponsored trip and the kind sponsor, Park Hotel Group, has a hotel in Hong kong as well as Otaru!!
THIS TRIP WAS AWESOME OMG. The service was fantastic, shopping was awesome, our hotels were so cozy, and I couldn't have asked for a better travel partner wtf.
Seriously! First, Cheesie and I have the same interests and like the same stuff be it food or shopping - so none of that visiting cultural sites crap. Then at the crack of dawn or something Cheesie bolts awake with her alarm (she does not EVER snooze) and by the time I'd done with my 15 min snooze she is already done with her makeup and has begun camwhoring. -_- And she plans everything. Usually planners are useful but picky and authoritative but she is super easy-going. And then she can speak fluent Cantonese (which I can too) AND Japanese (which I can't). Ok I'd stop with the Cheesie praise wtf this is not a cheesy advert.
Anyway I arrive about 30 mins before Cheesie who came from KL, so I picked her up at the airport:
And this is our matching luggage wtf. I was planning on bringing my American Tourister one but it's just a tad too small for a 7 day trip and I wanted to be matchy with Cheesie so I took my giant pink one!
Here's the interior of our room!! I was surprised at how spacious it is considering how small HK hotel rooms usually are! It had a living area and an extra toilet too! Love it.
Actually we were given a room each but we bunked together. Such a waste! We contemplated secretly selling out the other room to a random tourist, but didn't.
It was about 12am by the time we arrived so we went out for supper at a restaurant near the hotel. Super shocked that a lot of them are actually still open!
Park Hotel is located in Tsim Sha Tsui. Super convenient.
Here's my after-flight look. I brought only 1 comfy tee (which I am wearing) so that I'd be forced to look pretty the rest of the days. Fail. I wore this tee for about 4 times.
After our meal we went to buy some dessert from a very famous chain called 許留山. We bought durian mochi and bird's nest egg pudding!!
... Only to realise that the hotel already provided us with blueberry cheesecake, cookies, and fruits for dessert. -_-
Durian mochi is yummy! Pudding I don't like... Has a gingery taste. Cheesie said "Eat the top, that's where the good stuff is", pointing to the birds' nest and proceeded to goggle it up.
Taiwanese sausage potato chips at the back really tastes like taiwanese sausage. LOL!!
Next day!! Can't believe purely by chance we brought such similar skirts to wear lol. Hers also has the same lace up thingy as mine. And I have that same bag and also almost took it to Hongkong wtf.
Here's my camwhoring shot again. Cheesie said my fringe is super weird and kept laughing at me. So I took a pair of scissors and trimmed it. Problem solved.
And since I'm using a lot of Cheesie's photos from her camera I thought I'd just include one of her camwhoring shots too, plus PS it swee swee for her.
And it's time for shopping!!!!! If it's your first time to HK, just remember that shopping malls there only open from like 12pm onwards. Some malls even open at 1 or 2! So plan your morning doing other nonsense.
Once you step out of the rather peaceful and quiet hotel, you will suddenly land in the bustling, noisy city outside:
It cannot be in a better location!! Super a lot of food, shopping, cabs... Anything you can possibly need. I love hotels that are close to convenience stalls too coz I love to buy food back to snack on.
We wanted to go to this shopping mall called 新の城 which has supposedly awesome shopping with loads of gyaru stuff but we were in a bind wondering how to pronounce it when it has a Japanese "no" in it.
So I thought of writing it on the iphone and showing it to the cab driver:
It's located on Argyle Street. None of us could pronounce that word so we were just like "that Arrghhh place" the whole day. LOL
Both of us bought a super expensive maxi dress at about $50 at the first shop we went to, called "C.S"
And you guessed it. Only to realise every other shop was selling the same dress for LESS THAN HALF the price. We were so freaking pissed and Cheesie insisted on going to the shop to confront the salesgirl. I thought she'd be yelling and making a loud din, refusing to leave till we get another dress free or something but instead she spoke in such a soft little gentle voice lol the salegirl made up some excuse that her boss set the price not her so we had no choice but to leave. Oh well.
But don't buy from them!!
Otherwise the shopping went well, as you can see:
LOL a photo of me waiting outside the toilet for Cheesie. I couldn't take it anymore and had to sit down... Next to some lady's veggies. To her credit the veggies were very fresh-looking. But they were super out of place in a shopping mall!
After putting our shopping down Cheesie and I try a roast goose restaurant just below our hotel. It's a famous one!
Ok you see Cheesie smiling away very happily right? Wanna know the reason?
"He" is just at the right of the picture. There is very funny story attached to this picture ok and I swear, what is the best pun I've ever heard, at the end of it.
So basically, when Cheesie walked into the restaurant the dude, who is quite cute, smiled at her. For goodness knows what reason she chose to sit on that side of the booth, so I had a clear view of the dude while she doesn't.
Now throughout his entire meal (eating alone), the dude was giving this REALLY grumpy face. Like seriously, so grumpy that I considered maybe he got fired or was severely constipated.
I kept telling Cheesie I cannot believe he smiled at her coz he did not once look over at our direction nor give any indication he is capable of smiling.
And then the dude's straw dramatically rolled off his table.
He tried to catch it but it fell on the ground. He considered picking it up, but decided to just scowl.
Like I've NEVER seen anyone give THAT exaggerated a reaction to something as silly as dropping a straw. He rolled his eyes to the back of his head and gave a giant sigh!
After I described his reaction to Cheesie, she looked at me for a moment... And she said...
GOOD OR WHAT?? After this we laughed for a really long time and couldn't stop.
Erm and I spilled some food on my white top so I went to change into a new dress that I just bought:
If you noticed Cheesie at the background ALSO changed her entire outfit (AND hair) - not out of necessity but vanity. LOL
Seriously lor she is one of the vainest girl I've ever met. Ok, she is not THAT vain, but usually when you think of a vain person they are mostly quite lazy, right? But Cheesie is vain AND hardworking. Which is a lethal combo lol.
I love it. Without her being so zealous about dolling up I'd have slacked the whole trip!
Didn't take pictures inside. The shopping is good but it's most quirky stuff like ornaments and novelty gifts. Also menswear.
After that we proceed to fa yuen gai... Translated as Garden Street.
OMG! I love the fruits there!! I've never ever seen such ginormous lychees in my life! Bought a pound and seriously those are the juiciest, yummiest fruits I've ever had wtf. I love lychees but giant lychees are WAY better. Burst in your mouth and 100% sweet. Not sour at all. GAH want some now.
And since we were not hungry for dinner yet, we decided to go for foot reflexology!
Best decision EVER. After a long day of shopping, nothing feels better. Except that some weird old Arab dude was sitting next to Cheesie and chatted her up. I told her in Chinese: "Please stop talking to him or he will stalk us back to the hotel and rape you. Which is fine but he might rape me after." Cheesie replied that she is too polite for her own good.
Carrot cake very good too. But Dynasty's prices are not cheap so we were considering for a bit if we should order a "luxurious" dish. We gave in and did:
Here's Cheesie posing with a giant $200 Duffy. She wanted to buy it. Ridiculous. I told her Duffy is like so over, please don't.
Which is ironic coz I bought a little duffy to hang on my bag. LOL! What? I wanted a puffy thing to accompany me on lonely plane rides and this Duffy comes with a bag strap and a little zip where I can put stuff into! #excuses
And p/s: Our flight was SUPER empty so we both had a whole row to ourselves to lie down on!! BLISS x 100000
Envious of my trip?
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The reason why we went together is because this is a sponsored trip and the kind sponsor, Park Hotel Group, has a hotel in Hong kong as well as Otaru!!
THIS TRIP WAS AWESOME OMG. The service was fantastic, shopping was awesome, our hotels were so cozy, and I couldn't have asked for a better travel partner wtf.
Seriously! First, Cheesie and I have the same interests and like the same stuff be it food or shopping - so none of that visiting cultural sites crap. Then at the crack of dawn or something Cheesie bolts awake with her alarm (she does not EVER snooze) and by the time I'd done with my 15 min snooze she is already done with her makeup and has begun camwhoring. -_- And she plans everything. Usually planners are useful but picky and authoritative but she is super easy-going. And then she can speak fluent Cantonese (which I can too) AND Japanese (which I can't). Ok I'd stop with the Cheesie praise wtf this is not a cheesy advert.
Anyway I arrive about 30 mins before Cheesie who came from KL, so I picked her up at the airport:
And this is our matching luggage wtf. I was planning on bringing my American Tourister one but it's just a tad too small for a 7 day trip and I wanted to be matchy with Cheesie so I took my giant pink one!
Park Hotel staff picked us up in a LIMO so of course I just had to camwhore with the car.
Here's the interior of our room!! I was surprised at how spacious it is considering how small HK hotel rooms usually are! It had a living area and an extra toilet too! Love it.
Actually we were given a room each but we bunked together. Such a waste! We contemplated secretly selling out the other room to a random tourist, but didn't.
It was about 12am by the time we arrived so we went out for supper at a restaurant near the hotel. Super shocked that a lot of them are actually still open!
Park Hotel is located in Tsim Sha Tsui. Super convenient.
Here's my after-flight look. I brought only 1 comfy tee (which I am wearing) so that I'd be forced to look pretty the rest of the days. Fail. I wore this tee for about 4 times.
Cheesie and I with our dimsum. It's not bad but not crazy fantastic.
Siew mai with quail egg. Har kow.
After our meal we went to buy some dessert from a very famous chain called 許留山. We bought durian mochi and bird's nest egg pudding!!
... Only to realise that the hotel already provided us with blueberry cheesecake, cookies, and fruits for dessert. -_-
Durian mochi is yummy! Pudding I don't like... Has a gingery taste. Cheesie said "Eat the top, that's where the good stuff is", pointing to the birds' nest and proceeded to goggle it up.
Taiwanese sausage potato chips at the back really tastes like taiwanese sausage. LOL!!
Next day!! Can't believe purely by chance we brought such similar skirts to wear lol. Hers also has the same lace up thingy as mine. And I have that same bag and also almost took it to Hongkong wtf.
Here's my camwhoring shot again. Cheesie said my fringe is super weird and kept laughing at me. So I took a pair of scissors and trimmed it. Problem solved.
And since I'm using a lot of Cheesie's photos from her camera I thought I'd just include one of her camwhoring shots too, plus PS it swee swee for her.
LOL!! That woman seriously took like at least... 100? camwhoring self-shots!!
Us at the hotel brekkie!
Love their porridge!! You can put unlimited amount of whatever egg you want inside! :D
Will we ever stop?
Buffet line
And it's time for shopping!!!!! If it's your first time to HK, just remember that shopping malls there only open from like 12pm onwards. Some malls even open at 1 or 2! So plan your morning doing other nonsense.
Once you step out of the rather peaceful and quiet hotel, you will suddenly land in the bustling, noisy city outside:
It cannot be in a better location!! Super a lot of food, shopping, cabs... Anything you can possibly need. I love hotels that are close to convenience stalls too coz I love to buy food back to snack on.
Wanted to dine at this cafe but didn't have the chance to.
We wanted to go to this shopping mall called 新の城 which has supposedly awesome shopping with loads of gyaru stuff but we were in a bind wondering how to pronounce it when it has a Japanese "no" in it.
So I thought of writing it on the iphone and showing it to the cab driver:
Er... Turns out the の is pronounced as 之. Vomit blood.
It's located on Argyle Street. None of us could pronounce that word so we were just like "that Arrghhh place" the whole day. LOL
Cheesie and I buying matching mustard hair bows.
Both of us bought a super expensive maxi dress at about $50 at the first shop we went to, called "C.S"
And you guessed it. Only to realise every other shop was selling the same dress for LESS THAN HALF the price. We were so freaking pissed and Cheesie insisted on going to the shop to confront the salesgirl. I thought she'd be yelling and making a loud din, refusing to leave till we get another dress free or something but instead she spoke in such a soft little gentle voice lol the salegirl made up some excuse that her boss set the price not her so we had no choice but to leave. Oh well.
But don't buy from them!!
Otherwise the shopping went well, as you can see:
LOL a photo of me waiting outside the toilet for Cheesie. I couldn't take it anymore and had to sit down... Next to some lady's veggies. To her credit the veggies were very fresh-looking. But they were super out of place in a shopping mall!
Cabbing back to the hotel! I love HK because you can easily, and affordably cab everywhere. :)
After putting our shopping down Cheesie and I try a roast goose restaurant just below our hotel. It's a famous one!
Ok you see Cheesie smiling away very happily right? Wanna know the reason?
"He" is just at the right of the picture. There is very funny story attached to this picture ok and I swear, what is the best pun I've ever heard, at the end of it.
So basically, when Cheesie walked into the restaurant the dude, who is quite cute, smiled at her. For goodness knows what reason she chose to sit on that side of the booth, so I had a clear view of the dude while she doesn't.
Now throughout his entire meal (eating alone), the dude was giving this REALLY grumpy face. Like seriously, so grumpy that I considered maybe he got fired or was severely constipated.
I kept telling Cheesie I cannot believe he smiled at her coz he did not once look over at our direction nor give any indication he is capable of smiling.
And then the dude's straw dramatically rolled off his table.
He tried to catch it but it fell on the ground. He considered picking it up, but decided to just scowl.
Like I've NEVER seen anyone give THAT exaggerated a reaction to something as silly as dropping a straw. He rolled his eyes to the back of his head and gave a giant sigh!
After I described his reaction to Cheesie, she looked at me for a moment... And she said...
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"Maybe it's the last straw."
GOOD OR WHAT?? After this we laughed for a really long time and couldn't stop.
Super yummilicious double boiled soup
Vulgarly delicious looking roast goose. It could have been crispier but it's still good.
Erm and I spilled some food on my white top so I went to change into a new dress that I just bought:
Might as well change hairstyle too.
If you noticed Cheesie at the background ALSO changed her entire outfit (AND hair) - not out of necessity but vanity. LOL
Seriously lor she is one of the vainest girl I've ever met. Ok, she is not THAT vain, but usually when you think of a vain person they are mostly quite lazy, right? But Cheesie is vain AND hardworking. Which is a lethal combo lol.
I love it. Without her being so zealous about dolling up I'd have slacked the whole trip!
We are ready for part 2 of shopping!
DNA Mall... Located right smack beside Park Hotel!
Didn't take pictures inside. The shopping is good but it's most quirky stuff like ornaments and novelty gifts. Also menswear.
After that we proceed to fa yuen gai... Translated as Garden Street.
OMG! I love the fruits there!! I've never ever seen such ginormous lychees in my life! Bought a pound and seriously those are the juiciest, yummiest fruits I've ever had wtf. I love lychees but giant lychees are WAY better. Burst in your mouth and 100% sweet. Not sour at all. GAH want some now.
Us shopping for shoes...
And since we were not hungry for dinner yet, we decided to go for foot reflexology!
The water did not turn that colour due to my dirty feet.
Best decision EVER. After a long day of shopping, nothing feels better. Except that some weird old Arab dude was sitting next to Cheesie and chatted her up. I told her in Chinese: "Please stop talking to him or he will stalk us back to the hotel and rape you. Which is fine but he might rape me after." Cheesie replied that she is too polite for her own good.
We dine at this restaurant called Sweet Dynasty. I suspect Cheesie chose it coz it's also a pun.
For non-Chinese readers, the Chinese name of the place is "Tang Dynasty". Tang also means
sugar/sweet. #punexplained
SUPER yummy porridge!! Better than Crystal Jade's (which I think is already super nice).
Carrot cake very good too. But Dynasty's prices are not cheap so we were considering for a bit if we should order a "luxurious" dish. We gave in and did:
Broccoli with scallops. It was good but not luxuriously good.
For dessert this pudding thingy which tastes like soya beancurd
And back to the hotel for one more night... Because next morning... We fly to Otaru!
Rise and shine! Best part about the Hong Kong airport?
THERE IS A DISNEYLAND STORE.
You don't even need to enter Disneyland to buy Disney stuff! And they have Duffy!
Here's Cheesie posing with a giant $200 Duffy. She wanted to buy it. Ridiculous. I told her Duffy is like so over, please don't.
Which is ironic coz I bought a little duffy to hang on my bag. LOL! What? I wanted a puffy thing to accompany me on lonely plane rides and this Duffy comes with a bag strap and a little zip where I can put stuff into! #excuses
OK I bought it because it is super cuddly and cute. Look, it's looking up at me with adoration!
And p/s: Our flight was SUPER empty so we both had a whole row to ourselves to lie down on!! BLISS x 100000
There's our plane! Next post will be about JAPAN! :D
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