10 year anniversary

I just realized I havent been blogging in over six months!
well, I dont know where to start. Ive accomplished a lot these past couple months, but recently my husband and I just celebrated our ten years together. dont get mistaken for our wedding, we've been married for only three years. my husband asked me to be his girlfriend ten years ago on october 5, 2002, right after high school. believe it or not, he was my first and only boyfriend. what can I say? I was lucky. I found the right guy and married him.
anyways, so for our ten year anni we went to vegas, mainly b/c it was close and it saves time and money, with ny being the only breadwinner in the house. yes, I am still going to school because Im trying to get a teaching credential. oh yea, surprise! I also graduated as a geographer. I feel proud of myself because not only I am the first in my family to obtained a bachelor degree, but also one of the few asians in the geography department. ok, Im a little off topic here, like always, but here are some pictures of our little vacation.

my handsome husband of. he really knows how to make me happy doesnt matter how bratty I am

been wanting to take inside this store for the longest time! sadly it wasnt all that great like I expected. I say its nothing compare to zara. maybe its just too edgy for me? Im more of a conservative, girly-girl type

I tend to over-pack when I travel. I can never pack enough makeup!

beautiful isnt it? no need to go to paris! jk.

I thought I looked really cute here with my red lipstick and new blonde hair color ;)

a glimpse of our room. I love the hot tub! so relaxing after a long day of walking 3+ miles

I love making funny faces when taking pictures with him

originally I wanted to dress up, but then I wanna walk comfortably down the strip, so mickey mouse sweater and shorts it is

star wars fan here!

this mini mouse seemed a little off... she smells lol

one of my favorite stores

Hi!

anniversary gifts? more like a shopping spree

and there he is trying to win some money

prime rib with steak on the side please! we're crazy for buffets in vegas. dont even wanna talk about how much weight Ive gained

lastly, the hubby stopped by alien beef jerky b/c he knows Ive been wanting to go that store. he surprised me on our way back while I was sleeping! haha ahhhhhhhh I love this guy!!! <3 p="p">

outfit of the day!

so Im gonna start doing this more often now.

I need a new perfume. just when I thought I found my signature scent, this chanel eau tendre is starting to hurt my nose. I was never a scented person in the first place . although I have very bad nose, I cant stand scented stuff (e.g perfume, scented lotion, body spray etc.). but when I spotted this I thought this is it! it smells so light and refreshing; not too floral-y, not too musky, and not too citrus-y, it has the right amount of class and delicate scent. after all delicate is what people think of when they see me. thats ok though cus there's nothing wrong with looking delicate.

speaking of which, I just signed up for a mud run. the date is set up on April 14. yes, that means it will be coming up in about a month. Im very excited because I wanted to participate in something out of my comfort zone. I was always a lazy person. I dont like to work out, I only want to eat! this mud run will definitely kick my ass as it is consists of many obstacles.

here's a video of merrell mud run from 2010

new project

I want to re-decorate my bathroom!!

just recently I found a theme that I really want and I cant stop thinking about it. I found this collection and I was totally in love, simply shabby chic. I was never really into the whole cottage romance theme, but this collection looks so tasteful dont ya think? I love whole etched glass and brass look for some reason so I decided to re-create my entire bathroom into this theme. now, I dont want to do the whole crazy cottage look cus for some reason it's kinda creepy. I dont like everything to look all old and white and pastel-y, I just want it to be "vintage" yet modern with personality. I will post a pic of my tiny bathroom once I get everything all set. the problem with that is it can be so expensive! this set below is from target, and when I add everything together it's over $100!! yes thats a lot to me considering I shop with coupons nowadays

a little shopping haul

so this weekend I spent some time shopping even though I really shouldnt. actually, I shopped for some of these stuff awhile back online but just received all of them this week. anyway, that makes me a lot happier since I havent really shop for the longest time. the best part though, I scored some nice discounts.

so you probably wonder why I have that purple flower vase and that plant there. well, my friend, I bought that from Ikea and total for about $5!!!

the most expensive thing there was probably the false lashes which I bought from a japanese cosmetic store. once in a while I like to indulge in my beauty routine and get dolled up, and false lashes are my favorite!

the pink box is skin79 bb cream that I got from amazon for $15, shipping included. I love this stuff. I ran out of it couple months ago and I gotta have it again. this thing is not only acts like a tinted moisturizer but it acts as a skincare product as well. I cant rave about it enough so imma stop it here

I got stila eye palette and smashbox blush/bronzer from sephora. I got these two for a pretty sweet deal; stila palette was only $14 and smashbox blush was only $7 (online only!). when I saw it I was like I dont know what Im gonna do with them, but I gotta buy it lol!

last but not least. the silver tin on the bottom.. it's just a stationary for my greeting/thank you cards. I thought the box is well made and the design is too cute to resist. if anyone knows me, they should know that I love anything geographical/map related. the box and the cards have pictures of butterflies but in atlas form. I dont know who to describe it, but it's definitely me

I totally forgot about this blog!!

so anyway, since I have time right now I will start to blog again just because. again, Im not a writer so my blog will consists of only pictures of me and maybe other things..

so the other day Ny and I were talking about me and my personality. Ny said he feels bad for me because I am blunt, opinionated, and way too straightforward. how can I make or keep friends this way? well my dear, I dont. and I dont care. true sincere friends are not there to receive compliments, and certainly should not only want positive feedbacks. true friends will give one another reality check. and quite frankly, I am happy being alone from the beginning. whats wrong with having only four friends? if Im happy thats all that matter. actually when I tried hanging out with a lot of folks, drama had its way to get in anyway. so four friends it is.

so in a couple days will be new year. new year means new start. like every year, I dont have new year resolution. this year, however, I am going to start dressing different. I want to look more mature and approachable. I dont want to look foreign anymore. well see how that goes because for some reason I always go back to being me....

so anyway, since I love me so much here are some more pics of me. I was just playing with makeup, but I think I kinda like this new look

lifestyle project

Lifestyle Project Week One

Before starting Lifestyle Project I would never thought that our normal everyday activities would make such a big impact on environmental footprint. Food consumption, for example, requires tremendous amount of energy, physical labor, and water just to produce a tiny fraction of food. Therefore, in attempting to participate in this project to reduce my environmental footprint, I decided to work on food consumption, waste generation, and car usage all simultaneously for three weeks.

Food consumption is probably the hardest part of the project because I am a regular meat eater. I do not remember the last time I had not eaten meat for a day. Instead of going cold turkey vegetarian, I decided to just cut down to being a pescatatrian for three weeks. Instead of red meat I would substitute seafood and lots of vegetables and fruits. I was never a fan of chicken so chicken will not be on my diet at all for these three weeks. My rice and carbs consumption will stay the same because there is no way I can cut down on that.

Waste generation would probably not be that difficult since the project days are pretty reasonable. However, I do tend to buy stuff without thinking and would end up with piles of trash around the house; it could be anything from potato chip bags to makeup boxes and/or clothing bags from the mall. This is something I really need to work on. Instead of buying stuff without thinking, I need to think ahead and plan my days accordingly without generating any trash at all on those project days. I will only buy things that I can recycle and if not I would not buy anything at all unless it is for personal hygiene.

Car usage is probably the easiest to do since public transportation is easy accessible in my area. I will cut down driving by not driving at all on project days. Instead, I will use public transportation to school and other places around Long Beach since CSULB offers free pass to anywhere in Long Beach. On weekdays I usually do not go anywhere other than school so it is quite easy just to take the bus around.

Monday October 10, 2011

Today is the first day of the project. I am excited since I have never attempted to become a “vegetarian” at all. Just thought of it already challenge my brain. While being a vegetarian occupied my mind the most, I do realize that I have other two lifestyle categories to work on as well. Conserving waste is not as easy as I thought. The first thing I had this morning was a banana, and this makes me feel uneasy because after I finished my banana I do not know whether it is ok to throw away the peel. But I figured since I already purchased this days before I did not contribute to waste generating on project day, or at least I hope so. Going to school was quite a breeze. I walked to the nearest bus stop which is only about two blocks away from where I live. The bus goes straight all the way to school without me having to make any transfer to different buses. I also took the bus back home since I had only one class on Monday; and I skipped lunch for today. For dinner I had fried fish with ginger and soy sauce. This is something I’ve always loved so it this is a win win situation. So far so great; I feel great that I survived the first day with a breeze.

Tuesday October 11, 2011

Today is also school day for me so I took the same bus to school again. For lunch I had cup noodle. This is the challenge: after I finished my lunch I realized that I had to throw the Styrofoam cup away. Although I did great on the part that I did not consume any meat I still messed up about my waste generation. I did, however, use a reusable water bottle instead of the plastic bottle that I had always bought at school. Although the water bottles at school are recyclable I still think that it is better to just reuse everything I can since it does generate energy to recycle materials. I took a different route going home today. I carpooled with my husband because I figure it gets quite dark after I got off of my last class. My husband got off work at 5p.m. and it took him about 40 minutes to get to CSULB so I waited for about 40 minutes at school until he picked me up. When we got home we had grilled fish and stir fried tofu with veggies for dinner. I felt like my change of diet affect his as well but he has been very supportive of this project. I am proud to say that I survived the first week of this lifestyle project with not many problems at all.