Trees

As you can probably guess already, I love taking pictures of nature especially trees.  Here is a quick snap I took somewhere in Springfield, IL last month while out traveling with my family en route to Missouri.

Heath Ledger

I know that I have not been blogging for the past months. Not sure how long but it did seem like an eternity before I feel that I am once again ready to blog. I was just being lazy and bored that I have decided to take a break from blogging. Gawd! I missed ranting!

Well, for the most part I have been busy with my so-called life. Been working like a maniac, sleeping whenever I get the chance (what? am I a vampire now?) and enjoying the summer season while I still can. As you already know, we have a very short summer season here in the States (in Illinois)…just 90 days to be exact. Actually, I didn’t feel like it’s summer because I don’t think we have suffered so much heatwave compared what we have last year. But, I don’t wanna randomly talk about the weather right now. I will have plenty of time to talk about the dismal weather in my upcoming post.

I was utterly surprised and somewhat devastated with Heath Ledger’s passing earlier this year. I am not a huge Heath Ledger fan though I’ve seen some of his movies and it is quite clear to me that he got a lot of talent. I really admire him in A Knight’s Tale and The Patriot. I have not seen 10 Things I Hate About You though. My buddies thought he was exceptional there. I swear I have to rent the movie next time because my curiosity is killing me!

Anyway, I had the chance to watched the new Batman movie–Dark Knight last week with my friends. I honestly, have no idea what to expect since it’s another Batman movie. The Dark Knight was a very brilliant and fantastic movie! I highly recommend it to anyone who are having second thoughts of watching the movie. I think the movie itself is perfect—except that I had a terrible time trying to understand Batman. I mean, what the fcuk with that weird voice? It was very annoying. I just wanted to smack Christian Bale right there and then! Oh, Heath Ledger’s Joker portrayal was so morbid and quite disturbing too. My whole Batman experience was no doubt one of the finest…this year!

Back from hiatus

After a few months of hibernation, I can finally say that I am back from my untimely hiatus. Having not so much to write about in my blog, I have decided to get a little break from blogging last year. I don’t know if anybody missed me or not but nevertheless, I am back with such vigor and my writing cap seems to be back in full force. I just hope that I won’t bore anyone with senseless blab from me. Let’s keep our fingers X’s then.

Where should I start? A lot of things happened in my life during my absence. No…no…no…I am not married yet nor in any kind of relationship or whatsoever. I am proud to be single (singles unite!) and just basically enjoying my life. I’ve spent so much time in bed before and after the holiday rush (Christmas & New Year’s) late last year. My allergies were so bad and I definitely had to take a lot of allergy medicines (which I really hate) to cope up with everything. Not much of an excitement honestly and the weather didn’t help either. I guess, I pretty much had a maddening holiday. I don’t want to waste anymore of my breath by writing how bored my holiday season was so let me write something else.

I will be attending my very first Anime Convention here in Chicago next month (hooray!). I am excited because I am going with my anime/manga buddy Sharon. I have always been an anime and manga enthusiast ever since I was in diaper (hahaha!) but I am starting my New Year with a bang. I will definitely post pictures here in my blog so just wait and hold your horses fellas.

KUDOS to fellow bloggers, surfers, lurkers for visiting my site. Special thanks to those cyber kadas who dare left messages for me (while I was in hiatus!).  I won’t mention any names but you know who you are guys! You guys rock! Thanks!

Random Quote 2-6-08

“Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family. Most of us would give our own life for the survival of a family member, yet we lead our daily life too often as if we take our family for granted.”

                                                    -Paul Pearshall-

I happen to read this meaningful quote on my sister’s “mini calendar” (Daily Calendar 2006) sitting on my computer desk. I have so much stuff piled up on my desk that I sometimes get overwhelmed with all the unnecessary clutter.  Yesterday, I did a little bit of “cleaning up” on my desk and I was about to throw away the mini calendar. Knowing myself, I would just carefully read things over and over before I would finally decide to shred every piece of paper that I have on my desk. I am glad that I didn’t because I actually love reading quotes and reflect on what I read.

I grew up with my siblings together with a bunch of cousins. Most of my cousins that I grew up with are married and have their own family now yet I still missed all the good and bad times of my childhood. I learned a lot about myself since I started living here in the States. I become more independent that I sometimes think that I can always conquer anything on my way. My independence has its pros and cons, too. It’s hard for me to ask for help when I needed one and I feel invalid if I do. I feel weird depending on anyone especially my family. No one has ever call me selfish before but I feel that I am becoming one. Is it just my way of thinking or am I really becoming selfish?

I hope not…..

8 Things

8 THINGS I’M PASSIONATE ABOUT:

1. Chocolates 2. Cooking

3. Reading books

4. Movies

5. Karaoke

6. Photography

7. Blogging

8. collecting junks (re: used stamps, comic strips, postcards etc)

8 THINGS I SAY OFTEN: 

1. hey, what’s up?

2. holy cow!

3. hell no!

4. dang!

5. shoot!

6. geez

7. i dunno

8. are you serious?

8 BOOKS I’VE RECENTLY READ:

1. The Road (Cormac McCarthy)

2. A Thousand Splendid Suns ( Khaled Hosseini)

3. Socrates In Love (Kyoichi Katayama)

4. Prep (Curtis Sittenfeld)

5. Water For Elephants (Sara Gruen)

6. Running With Scissors (Augusten Burroughs)

7. Hot Gimmick (Miki Aihara Volume 1 to 12)

8. My Antonia (Willa Cather)

8 THINGS TO DO BEFORE I DIE:

1. Fall in love

2. Live life to the fullest

3. Travel around the world

4. Learn different languages esp Japanese, Korean and Portuguese

5. Be successful

6. Keep in touch with childhood friends

7. Have my own family (re: future hubby/kids)

8. Meet Dalai Lama

8 SONGS I COULD LISTEN TO OVER AND OVER AGAIN:

1. Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Eva Cassidy)

2. What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)

3. Ever Since The World Began (Survivor)

4. Smooth Operator (Sade)

5. For Sentimental Reasons (Nat King Cole)

6. Gravity of Love (Enigma)

7. Fields of Gold (Eva Cassidy)

8. Fast Car (Tracy Chapman)

8 THINGS THAT ATTRACT ME TO MY FRIENDS:

1. Trustworthiness

2. Sensitivity & sincerity

3. Good sense of humor

4. Down to earth

5. Open-minded

6. Realistic

7. Adaptable to any situation

8. Understanding

8 THINGS I LEARNED FROM LAST YEAR:

1. The world is not flat yet not so round.

2. I am surrounded by weirdos.

3. Love songs are not corny.

4. I learned how to lose and gain weight in 365 days without gaining any positive results (ha!).

5. I am broke.

6. I still suck at arithmetic.

7. I am becoming more senile

8. Google and Mapquest rules!

Another snowstorm

Yet another winter snowstorm in the Midwest. Are we even gonna get a break? Maybe not. The worse has yet to come…

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Lone car in a driveway

This is what I can see outside looking through misty-glass window (inside my place). What a dreary, soggy, cold and depressing weather we have today. I feel like napping all day long and just forget about the snow I have to shovel later. Hmm, a hot cocoa with marshmallow on top will do…for now…

Apologize

From the very first moment that I heard this song played on the radio I became speechless. The song has impacted me so much that I even thought of myself as selfish and self-centered. I know that I am not a perfect person and I may not always be right on decisions that I made in the past but I do think about the people that I may have wronged. If there is one thing that I could change about myself I would say that I wish I was wiser back then. If only I could relive my life I would’ve been more expressive and open about my feelings towards the people that I care. Is there such a thing as reading people’s mind? Will I ever know the logical reason why some friendships fall apart? I guess, everything happens for a reason. Ah, life is like a cryptic puzzle. The more I think about it, the more I become mystified by my own enigmatic life.

Btw, band’s name is OneRepublic (featuring Timbaland)

 

 

 

 

Reasons why I blog…hmm..is there?

Reasons Why I Blog

There is no doubt in my inquisitive mind that I am now becoming a blog addict. I started writing diaries during my freshman year in high school and what started as simple writings about “boys of my dreams” evolved into something deeper throughout my adolescence and abnormal maturity. Back then, I didn’t have access to the world wide web nor am I aware it even existed. Words like cyberspace, internet, ISPs, emoticons, email, E-bay, and blogging sounded strange to me. Well, not anymore.

Blogosphere reminds me of my inner-childish-self. Who would have thought that by writing my thoughts and having my own online diary would help me grow as an individual? I could write endless and numerous reasons why I blog and people will even get tired of me blabbing nonsense. I don’t really want to bore you to death and I certainly don’t want you to die from boredom so relax, be merry, have fun and read on…

1) Blogging has become my stress reliever. After a stressful day at work who wouldn’t want to blog?

2) Blogging is sharing. Sound familiar? You bet! Through blogging I can just randomly write about ANYTHING on my mind, share my views on broad and sensitive subjects (like porn? Hehehe), what I agree and not agree on.

3) Blogging holds freedom of speech for anyone, everyone regardless of sex, race, status etc. Blogging is another way for me to let you know that I am also a sucker like you.

4) Blogging is also an additional alternative for me to absorb new things from fellow bloggers, wackos, and nerds alike. It’s fun and exciting to read entries from bloggers who are just “world wide web apart.”

The world probably know now that I simply blog for fun. I blog mostly about my dysfunctional self, my misadventures, my frustrations, my never-ending quest for knowledge and fountain of youth, my insecurities, and of course, the missing link: LOVE LIFE (lol). Whatever reasons I may have forgot to include in this post, I sure hope you enjoy reading and continue blogging.

After all the heavy snow…

You probably noticed by now how much I adore living in the Windy City. I never get tired watching all the beautiful and world famous Chicago skyscrapers. Sometimes I do get tired of the  urban life I lead but I feel lucky that I am able to enjoy my life. By the way, in this picture I’d like to show you the famous Chicago River (we color the river green during St. Patricks holiday) and the bridges where all trains going to the Loop (downtown) meets.

Both pictures were taken earlier this morning (Saturday) while I was on the Brown Line Loop train using Samsung t629 camera phone. Its funny because I always see this lone park every single day but I’ve never been in the park, actually. We usually get a lot of snow every winter but only after we had our first major snowstorm this year that I have finally appreciate that there will always be a certain calmness after each snowstorms. These pictures made me ‘feel’ the tranquility I am looking for in my once-chaotic-urban life.