And now you also know what I spend my free time doing on youtube: nigahiga.
MIRTH:
Blogging the delicious, the inane, the delightful, and the laughs of a twenty-something.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
nigahiga
I thought this was cool. Its a ferry boat in SF I think...
And now you also know what I spend my free time doing on youtube: nigahiga.
And now you also know what I spend my free time doing on youtube: nigahiga.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
thrifty
On a recent thrifting trip with Sheens, she spotted this beautiful vintage Ferragamo suede clutch:
how much do you love?
And I also got these CK purple pumps (because we all know how much I fancy a purple shoe):
Usually, I don't get shoes second-hand--I have this weird thing about feet, don't ask--but these were just too fun to pass up. Something that I've only recently found out about myself is that I sort of really love shoes. Like, I will always always opt for new kicks over any other piece of clothing/accessory. They can get pricey, but I look at them as investments because honestly, you can't underestimate what a good pair of shoes can do for you. And where they can take you.
And the best part about it was that both items cost me less than $20--I LOVE thrifting! I also picked up an ugly Christmas sweater for some holiday fun, but that's to come later =)
how much do you love?
And I also got these CK purple pumps (because we all know how much I fancy a purple shoe):
Usually, I don't get shoes second-hand--I have this weird thing about feet, don't ask--but these were just too fun to pass up. Something that I've only recently found out about myself is that I sort of really love shoes. Like, I will always always opt for new kicks over any other piece of clothing/accessory. They can get pricey, but I look at them as investments because honestly, you can't underestimate what a good pair of shoes can do for you. And where they can take you.
And the best part about it was that both items cost me less than $20--I LOVE thrifting! I also picked up an ugly Christmas sweater for some holiday fun, but that's to come later =)
FINALly!
oy. Turned in my paper this morning and that was that for my work for the semester--63 pages! I can't believe that I've pretty much completed my thesis, except for the conclusion. That's mind boggling. No way I can wrap my head around that. I wonder what it will be like when I actually finish it.
BUT I still have a MOUNTAIN of papers/exams to grade by friday. Too bad all I can think about is all the fun stuff I want to do...
For instance, my movie list: bridget jones, pride and prejudice, love actually, serendipity, sleepless in seattle, you've got mail-- all those ridiculously optimistic movies about love that, for all their untruth and cliche, and my overall coldness, I still adore.
and shopping: Christmas presents, london/paris travel things, birthday presents.
and cooking: rugalach, pies, cookies, things to make in my slow-cooker.
festive things: pie from julian, Christmas card lane, hot chocolate and apple cider, ice skating, and ugly sweaters!
and other things: I've decided to take an art class--finally! I'm gonna try to take ceramics at school, but they have this stupid prereq. and because I like to fight the system, I'm going to ignore/overlook. Because I really don't think that taking "Introduction to Art" is going to make me better with clay. I don't see how taking that class will make my bowls come out prettier, honestly. But if not, I'll take it someplace else, and I have to say I'm super excited about it.
I also signed up to TA again next semester. I think I might hate it, but everyone keeps telling me it gets better after the first semester, and I think I owe it to myself to see if I can improve. Like everything, practice makes perfect haha. I don't think I can get any worse, so with a glass half full perspective, I can only get better!
OH funny story (gosh can this post can any MORE random [please think of Chandler Bing when reading that])-- so in every office there are usually 3 TAs who share 2 desks. It just so happen that this semester I "lucked" out by only having one other office mate, and thus could have a desk all to myself. I found out today that next semester we'd be welcoming a new person into the office (my officemate is also staying on)... and it just so happen to be the ONE person in the whole history program whom I CANNOT STAND! And it would be ME sharing my desk with him. For 16 weeks! Breathing the same air! Co-existing in the same space! Awesome.
Don't get me started on this guy. To be honest, if I expressed all the reasons why I don't like him, you'd call me ridiculous. Even I admit that most of my reasons for disliking said person seem foolish and a tad judgmental, but the guy irks me to no end. In any case, I was talking to the TA coordinator and asked her if she could actually NOT place him in my office, because we don't get along--yes, I made it a mutual thing, which actually may not be far from the truth, but then again, this is me passing judgment so whatever. And the TA coordinator, bless her heart, moved him out of our office, stuck him somewhere else, and now its just my officemate and myself again with our respective space and our own desks. Awesome!
Countdown to Europe: 11 days.
BUT I still have a MOUNTAIN of papers/exams to grade by friday. Too bad all I can think about is all the fun stuff I want to do...
For instance, my movie list: bridget jones, pride and prejudice, love actually, serendipity, sleepless in seattle, you've got mail-- all those ridiculously optimistic movies about love that, for all their untruth and cliche, and my overall coldness, I still adore.
and shopping: Christmas presents, london/paris travel things, birthday presents.
and cooking: rugalach, pies, cookies, things to make in my slow-cooker.
festive things: pie from julian, Christmas card lane, hot chocolate and apple cider, ice skating, and ugly sweaters!
and other things: I've decided to take an art class--finally! I'm gonna try to take ceramics at school, but they have this stupid prereq. and because I like to fight the system, I'm going to ignore/overlook. Because I really don't think that taking "Introduction to Art" is going to make me better with clay. I don't see how taking that class will make my bowls come out prettier, honestly. But if not, I'll take it someplace else, and I have to say I'm super excited about it.
I also signed up to TA again next semester. I think I might hate it, but everyone keeps telling me it gets better after the first semester, and I think I owe it to myself to see if I can improve. Like everything, practice makes perfect haha. I don't think I can get any worse, so with a glass half full perspective, I can only get better!
OH funny story (gosh can this post can any MORE random [please think of Chandler Bing when reading that])-- so in every office there are usually 3 TAs who share 2 desks. It just so happen that this semester I "lucked" out by only having one other office mate, and thus could have a desk all to myself. I found out today that next semester we'd be welcoming a new person into the office (my officemate is also staying on)... and it just so happen to be the ONE person in the whole history program whom I CANNOT STAND! And it would be ME sharing my desk with him. For 16 weeks! Breathing the same air! Co-existing in the same space! Awesome.
Don't get me started on this guy. To be honest, if I expressed all the reasons why I don't like him, you'd call me ridiculous. Even I admit that most of my reasons for disliking said person seem foolish and a tad judgmental, but the guy irks me to no end. In any case, I was talking to the TA coordinator and asked her if she could actually NOT place him in my office, because we don't get along--yes, I made it a mutual thing, which actually may not be far from the truth, but then again, this is me passing judgment so whatever. And the TA coordinator, bless her heart, moved him out of our office, stuck him somewhere else, and now its just my officemate and myself again with our respective space and our own desks. Awesome!
Countdown to Europe: 11 days.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Masonator.
I'm sitting here staring at my paper and can't bring myself to write so I thought I'd post my most favoritest baby ever.
credit: chrissy kim photography
credit: chrissy kim photography
Sunday, November 29, 2009
shakira shakira
It may seem to you that I am in a place, where I am losing the direction of my life, but I'm sure this is nothing more than a phase.
there are so many things to love about this video and about shakira.
Monday, November 23, 2009
A Day in the Life of... ME!
This idea comes from the ClothesHorse-- to take one picture every hour for one day (starting from when you wake up because who wants to see 8 pictures of you sleeping?). I thought it would be a fun experiment for me, at least, to see what it is that I really do everyday and how I manage my time. I tried to be as honest as I could be with a "typical" day.
Here's what Tuesday looked like:
6 o'clock hour: Despite me saying that I would try my hardest to show a "typical" day, things from the get go started out atypically. I had waaay too much caffeine and so I was up until 2pm doing absolutely nothing but wasting time on the internet. Surprisingly, I woke up around 6AM when it was still dark out. Yes, I'm in my bring green PJs again.
7 o'clock hour: This is the only part of my day that is not typical at all. But I had been feeling all sorts of crappy about myself that I decided to take out my deflated stability/exercise ball and do something with it since I haven't been to the gym in like years. I put on an exercise workout on youtube while jamming out to Kpop~ CL & Minji's Please Don't Go. "Yeah I'm the baddest female seoul city ever had..."
8 o'clock hour: Fixing the eyes (and face) and getting ready for school.
9 o'clock hour: Spent most of the time driving, but got to school in time for second breakfast. I must have tea in the morning!
10 and 11 o'clock hours: Spent in my office. I was holding office hours and thus nothing really exciting was going on except me talking to students. As you can see, I'm in extra casual wear today as 1) my hair was a pain this morning and 2) I'm taking 2 hours of my 9 day Thanksgiving break to go to school for students--the last thing I want to be is uncomfortable!
Noon: Students are gone, and I'm back on you tube! I'm sort of obsessed with this song, "The Look" by Ryan Tedder, and I particularly like this "improvised" version. It's "improvised" because he doesn't know all the words (which he admits to) and so its more like a snippet, but its still nice.
One o'clock hour: Bundled up like its not 75 degrees outside. But off to the library to get some more reading materials, incognito, of course.
Two and three o'clock hours: Late lunch at olive garden, and still at olive garden. I didn't realized until later that I had actually deleted my "2pm" picture, so that's why there's only one. This is actually a coaster from olive garden.
Four o'clock hour: Dusk, and home sweet home.
Five (and six) o'clock hour: This was literally taken like five minutes before I passed out! Not getting enough sleep takes a toll on me.
seven o'clock hour: I had overslept by 30 minutes and was late to this meeting at panera! luckily for me, the place is seriously 2 minutes away by car--I had planned to walk there originally but oversleeping really just nixed that idea. This was a "london planning" meeting--did I mention I'm going to london for a week after Christmas? I'm laughing in this picture because my sister caught me and kept saying "what are you doing? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"
eight o'clock hour: London underground and remnants of a chocolate chip cookie.
Nine o'clock hour: After I got home, I was busy looking up flight/rail tickets for a side excursion to paris. But an extra $250 just to get there? I need to get rich, like, now.
Ten o'clock hour: Time for bed!
So I learned I spend an embarrassing amount of time in front of my computer, and that it really isn't easy taking a picture every hour. I would always wait until the later part of the hour--because I wanted the picture to be representative of what I was actually doing at that time-- and sometimes I would just forget or couldn't really do it because of meetings, dinners/lunches. If I do this again, I'll do it when I'm off doing something cool so that it's more interesting haha.
Here's what Tuesday looked like:
6 o'clock hour: Despite me saying that I would try my hardest to show a "typical" day, things from the get go started out atypically. I had waaay too much caffeine and so I was up until 2pm doing absolutely nothing but wasting time on the internet. Surprisingly, I woke up around 6AM when it was still dark out. Yes, I'm in my bring green PJs again.
7 o'clock hour: This is the only part of my day that is not typical at all. But I had been feeling all sorts of crappy about myself that I decided to take out my deflated stability/exercise ball and do something with it since I haven't been to the gym in like years. I put on an exercise workout on youtube while jamming out to Kpop~ CL & Minji's Please Don't Go. "Yeah I'm the baddest female seoul city ever had..."
8 o'clock hour: Fixing the eyes (and face) and getting ready for school.
9 o'clock hour: Spent most of the time driving, but got to school in time for second breakfast. I must have tea in the morning!
10 and 11 o'clock hours: Spent in my office. I was holding office hours and thus nothing really exciting was going on except me talking to students. As you can see, I'm in extra casual wear today as 1) my hair was a pain this morning and 2) I'm taking 2 hours of my 9 day Thanksgiving break to go to school for students--the last thing I want to be is uncomfortable!
Noon: Students are gone, and I'm back on you tube! I'm sort of obsessed with this song, "The Look" by Ryan Tedder, and I particularly like this "improvised" version. It's "improvised" because he doesn't know all the words (which he admits to) and so its more like a snippet, but its still nice.
One o'clock hour: Bundled up like its not 75 degrees outside. But off to the library to get some more reading materials, incognito, of course.
Two and three o'clock hours: Late lunch at olive garden, and still at olive garden. I didn't realized until later that I had actually deleted my "2pm" picture, so that's why there's only one. This is actually a coaster from olive garden.
Four o'clock hour: Dusk, and home sweet home.
Five (and six) o'clock hour: This was literally taken like five minutes before I passed out! Not getting enough sleep takes a toll on me.
seven o'clock hour: I had overslept by 30 minutes and was late to this meeting at panera! luckily for me, the place is seriously 2 minutes away by car--I had planned to walk there originally but oversleeping really just nixed that idea. This was a "london planning" meeting--did I mention I'm going to london for a week after Christmas? I'm laughing in this picture because my sister caught me and kept saying "what are you doing? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"
eight o'clock hour: London underground and remnants of a chocolate chip cookie.
Nine o'clock hour: After I got home, I was busy looking up flight/rail tickets for a side excursion to paris. But an extra $250 just to get there? I need to get rich, like, now.
Ten o'clock hour: Time for bed!
So I learned I spend an embarrassing amount of time in front of my computer, and that it really isn't easy taking a picture every hour. I would always wait until the later part of the hour--because I wanted the picture to be representative of what I was actually doing at that time-- and sometimes I would just forget or couldn't really do it because of meetings, dinners/lunches. If I do this again, I'll do it when I'm off doing something cool so that it's more interesting haha.
BANGIN'
Just got my bangs cut (finally!) but I only one side looks decent...because my hair hid some of my nasty out-grown bangs, and so the hair lady didn't cut them! I didn't realize it until I got home...and had to cut them myself haha. And yes, I'm wearing bright green PJs.
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