profile Firmly believes in life after death. Secretly addicted to Gossip Girl & ATNM (oh, the shame). Finds painting own nails therapeutic. Takes an eternity to make a decision. Likes to swim. Fancies self as seasoned chef in manner of Masaharu Morimoto. Hates driving during rush hour. Feels happiest waking up to bright sunny mornings. Is afraid of cockroaches and balloons. Dislikes awkward silence. Buys too many dresses and not enough comfortable shoes. Is convinced that people only appreciate what they have to work hard for. tagboard archives February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 August 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 skin by: Jane |
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 10:11 AM
Now I Know... When we were in Stuttgart and sorta wondering which gallery to go to, we sorta stumbled upon one of the ugliest galleries ever. It's not really an exaggeration. The floors were so neon green it gives an unhealthy glow to everything, the poles were bright pink, and there was a yellow banana right next to its sign at the entrance. Not a metaphor, a real image of a banana.  Like this. Yes I cut myself off, coz the attention should be on Ze Bananaa ppl. Focus! =P At that time, we were pretty much baffled by the building structure of the ART galley by itself, but the banana... (-_-;) GOsh I gotta stop expressing myself in emoticons. Anyways, my point is, I found the answer to the mystery fruit!... I was working on my design presentation for tomorrow, and I was focusing it on Andy Warhol, that eccentric, uber famous Pop Art figure, so naturally I came across a lot of his works. I even found some that we saw in the Staatsgalerie!  Like this one. Hammer and Sickle. I remember debating with Sean whether it was a photograph or a painting. Obviously it's a painting. =P But I dunno, Warhol alwiz blurred the lines between the two mediums. *shRug* Then I came across...   THE BANANA! I'm still not sure why they would particularly put a signature Andy Warhol work right at their entrance, coz it's not a Andy Warhol exhibition or anything, hMmm... But it's so cool to see the real works of an artist, and recognizing 'em! It's like, a secret club for Art Snobs or something, lol~ Hey, maybe that's the whole point of the strange banana at the entrance. So people who understand art can go 'aaHhh' and chuckle knowingly, while people who doesn't know heck about art can get all haughty and say, 'you call this an Art Gallery? Pfft.' Teehee. I'm... in between, I guess. 0=) ________________________________________________ For a li'l fun fact session... Did you know Andy Warhol was the one who started the '15 minutes of fame'catchphrase? "In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." - Andy Warhol Cool huh? Monday, March 27, 2006 @ 9:20 AM
Lost... We got a new couch. A futon couch. Was a huge pain trying to get it from David's place to ours, but we did it, and by we, I am excluding my sis who took off to Toronto for the weekend, leaving me with Ailam to do the donkey work. Bleh. It's great to finally have a proper couch in the living room, instead of sitting on a mess of old blankets, pillows and sleeping bag while eating in front of the TV. =P Hahah nevermind~ Found it~!! Thanks, che. *bEam* Thursday, March 23, 2006 @ 4:07 AM
Juz Playin' Roll your mouse over the pics and sEe~! 
Can you guys tell the difference? That's the castle we walked all the way to in the rain... and found out it was past their open hours. (-_-;) 
Pwetty flowers. 
MMmmm... muaCks! 
Sean making fun of the cleaning lady?! Hehehee naah that's juz a famous sculpture. ...Or so he told me. =S 
Lol~! Am I the only one who finds this funny? Hehehee I can go on and on with this new (to me) trick... but I think I should stop while I'm ahead. =P Tuesday, March 21, 2006 @ 6:43 AM
Correction: My sister would like to make it clear that her winning mocktail recipe was canned lychees, pears and GINGER ALE, not Mountain Dew, as I'd so erroneously reported. =P A mocktail is a mocktail is a mocktail. Bleh. Sunday, March 19, 2006 @ 2:40 PM
Easing Back To Routine Finally got new headphones for my mp3 player~! My original Creative one was gonna tear apart on me anytime, even good ol' cellotape din work so... plus, haven't you heard, earphones that you plug direct into your ears can cause permanent hear loss. Says so in Time Mag. ;)  Innit a beauty? *gRin* It matches me player even~ Hehee.  Our friend Ryan just had a break up so me sis and I sorta called him up to hang out some. Watched Pride and Prejudice (pirated DVD from Toronto XD) and I made shrimp and mushroom pasta~!! With Alfredo sauce~! Turned out so good I was a li'l surprised, actually. Hehehee.  Sis whipped up this li'l mocktail out of canned lychees and pears AND mountain dew. It sounds kinda weird, but it tasted suPeRb~ Lookit how big those pears were! The new United Live album rawks~ Thanx, Steffie! =) Wednesday, March 15, 2006 @ 12:01 PM
Spring Break in Germany For those who din know, and most din coz it was such a impulsive decision and I only booked the tickets three days before spring break hehee, I was in Germany last week~! Was awesome - stayed with Yean Yik, endured crazy weather, visited tons of places, met new people, etc etc... This is like a summary, I have more pics in my Multiply site, if you guys are interested. =) DAY 1  Leaving Detroit behind~  Finally~! Met Yean Yik and Sean. And I'll say it a million times if I have to - I'm not short, they're just too tall. =P DAY 2  Umm... playing with blocks in the cold.  On the way to the Schloss, meaning Castle. Muahahah, yes I know German. 0=)  Die Residente Schloss~  Was raining the whole afternoon. But we kept walking. Lookit my hair, gak~  Dinner at Sophie's Bauhaus. Food was really good oh, hehEe~ DAY 3  Admiring Picasso, can? ;) Went to the Staatsgalerie - that was one huge gallery.  The black square is actually a painting. I am so not kidding.  Amazing piece.  At the Porsche Museum. Yes, that's everything. =P They're building a bigger museum though. Day 4  At Schwarzwald, aka the Black Forest~  Teddy gettin' some luv. ;)  Eating The black forest cherry cake. =D  Up in the middle of the Black Forest...? I think. lol. There was a frozen lake. 0=)  In the bahn (meaning train lol), on the way to Mannheim. DAY 5  Tulips~ The only kind of flowers I care about. *bEam*  At Heidelberg, on the way to the castle waaaaay up the hill. Can see?  Eugene and Mitchell. Get a load of those pork knuckles. Typical German food - tons of meat.  Sean tackling ze knuckles. DAY 6  At Worms. The place is called Worms la. *sniCker*  Leaving adi... *sOb2* DAY 7 Back to MSU...~  Yean Yik was uber nice to accomodate me at such a short notice, so must give her muchos credit here. Hee. And she's a heck of a planner too. ;) So glad that we could meet up~!  And Sean too, moi tour guide cum translator cum companion, especially when Yean Yik was at work. He took most of the 400 photos too, lol~ Danke schon! =D Saturday, March 04, 2006 @ 10:22 AM
Strawberry Shortcake  Caramelized strawberries with shortcake and frozen vanilla yogurt. Hee~Friday, March 03, 2006 @ 5:00 AM
Dr Magazine My professor came in with a messy white wig, a pair of ancient glasses and a dramatic old wooden cane with a clenched fist as a handle. Drove right in in his 1925 bicycle. No wait, it's the jetplane he flew in from millions of miles away, and the trip had reduced the jet into dinky old bicycle. And actually, that's not my professor. That's Dr Magazine. Dr Magazine, is actually this character that my professor's been building up since the beginning of the semester. He'd rave about the Doc's qualifications and fame and credibilities for hours, and then he'd pass out the Dr Magazine Envelope where we can put slips of questions we want to ask about the mag industry, writing, whatever, which will remained sealed, for p& c reasons of coz, until Dr Magazine pays MSU a visit. Never once did he tell us any concrete details about the doc, but some people asked him if the doc's even real, and he was like, hell yeah he's real. With the straightest face ever. So ok. Everyone took that as a sign it can't be a hoax. Dr Magazine is in italics coz my professor never says mentions the doc's name without pausing for five whole seconds, in which we are all supposed to widen our eyes and go "Oooo." So finally, last week he told us Dr Magazine is coming... Back to today's class. I totally couldn't believe my eyes - here is this fifty-year-old man, dressed in a white lab coat and green polka-dotted bow tie, riding a bike to class. I don't even know where to put the italics anymore; it's just insane. Everyone had this incredulous look on their faces, but it was just the beginning. You'd think that after the outrageous entrance, he'd walk to his chair and go, "Ahha! Gotcha!" and then take off his wig and coat and everything, but noooo. He stayed in character for the next two and half hours, slamming tables, poking the ceilings with his wooden cane, answering all the questions in a sing-song voice like he's in a musical. He even had rhyming poems and tunes all prepared! It was pretty entertaining, although I kinda felt embarassed for him as it went on. The act is fresh only for the first half an hour, y'know? But he kept at it, speaking in this over-the-top, dramatic way, and soon we were doing the Yawn Chain. A yawn chain is when someone starts yawning and another sees it and continues, and so on. Funny stuff. It's easier in this class coz we're seated in a circle, so everyone can see each other. At one point I even saw five people stifling their yawns at the same time. I wish I'd taken a picture of him. He was like a cross of Colonel Sanders and Bill Nye the Science Guy.   |