tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37964672011-04-21T19:21:15.387-04:00head in the cloudsCHOCOHOLISM SHOPPAHOLISM AND OTHER HEDONISTIC TALESGirl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.comBlogger3661100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-58299335381669033162007-02-16T02:38:00.000-05:002007-02-16T03:17:36.636-05:00Psyched:About going to Morocco next week. It's a pipe-dream of ten years coming true! Ever since my first sighting of Elle Decor photo spreads at the tender age of 16, cushion-filled plush interiors draped in gem-coloured fabrics, floors covered with every shade of blue geometric tiles, interior courtyards with lush landscaping and fancy fountains (small urban oases of calm) and dark atmospheric Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-89734884761995064852007-01-27T02:39:00.000-05:002007-01-27T02:48:34.223-05:00Small maneuvers to make myself feel better while not doing much in actuality:This is it. Cumulo-nimbus' 2.0 done on a whim, under time and effort constraints.The facelift has been on my mind for a while, but I never got around to learning CSS. Or for that matter, sitting down to write anything meaningful ever since I changed jobs, moved house, and found myself in a slow descent to becoming a Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1146552542937436252006-05-02T02:12:00.000-04:002006-05-02T22:16:38.336-04:00More brushes with the rich, famous and fabulous:Since working on Anglomania, my celeb-spotting rate has been increased by an infinitesimal amount. Just this morning, Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols popped in to have a look at the setup, and to check over the costumes he lent for the exhibit. As my co-worker Jessica says,"I can't believe he just said 'Peace mate!'" Very un-punk indeed.Then there Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1146161273062489072006-04-27T13:45:00.000-04:002006-05-02T02:12:34.666-04:00In the presence of fashion greatness:Seeing Natalie Portman, Woody Allen, Hilary Clinton and Michael Bloomberg at MoMA and at the Met was already a high for my teeny-bopper self, so I didn't think I could top my celeb-spotting any further. That is, until I stood right next to Anna Wintour, editor of US Vogue, aka the High Priestess of Fashion / the alleged monster-boss from "The Devil wears PradaGirl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1143530401455052102006-03-28T02:14:00.000-05:002006-03-28T02:24:40.586-05:00My personality as an Abstract Expressionist pic:Faithful ArtistFor the lack of interesting updates to write about, I bring you the PersonalDNA test. A colorful, fun and actually useful variation of the Myer-Briggs palaver.Surprise surprise, I'm a faithful artist.Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1142190851495538642006-03-12T13:40:00.000-05:002006-03-12T14:15:52.106-05:00Qui etes-vous, Polly Maggoo? ... was a strange movie. Was motivated to see it, only because I've had a postcard of this still since I was 16, and had no idea what or where it was from. Typical of the French New Wave, it's deconstructed, hard to follow, lots of neurotic self-examination. But its visual richness sets it apart: full of wacky whimsical visuals, and the panache of it all!It's a totalGirl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1136133162937094892006-01-01T11:24:00.000-05:002006-01-01T11:33:50.873-05:00Happy New Year everyone!!!Golly. 2006 used to be a number far, far away in the future. As in, post-apocalypse if you, like me, used to believe in Nostradamus' predictions. Alas the world hasn't quite ended yet, so life must go on.New Year's Eve saw me dressed as a half-hearted, eye-patch-less, wooden-leg-less pirate. There was plenty of bad disco dancing to Abba and the Bee Gees from my uncle andGirl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1133512679474560562005-12-02T03:23:00.000-05:002005-12-02T03:37:59.486-05:00Christmas nostalgiaThe sight of the Met's Christmas Tree, the choir fence in the Medieval Hall, and an a cappella concert by the wonderous, amazing Chanticleer (which is the closest thing to a 6 foot fully-grown-men's answer to the Vienna Boy's Choir, btw) brought back warm and fuzzy festive memories of yore. "In the bleak mid-winter", "O little town of Bethlehem" and all this choir business Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1133234544609850332005-11-28T22:08:00.000-05:002005-11-28T22:22:24.626-05:00Random point of art historical interestLearn a few weeks ago that the Director of the Met, is in fact, a proud descendent of Marquis de Sade. (As in, the 18th C French nobleman who put the "sad-" in sadism - half of sadomasochism, more commonly known to Hongkies as SM) Word amongst employees is that he likes to see naked ladies in in-house video productions. Hmm....Which reminded me of the Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1132199484600655152005-11-16T22:46:00.000-05:002005-11-16T22:55:40.213-05:00To write or not to write...It's occurred to me that my blogging has become a lot more self-centred and uninspired since I left school. What happened? Have I stopped being interesting all together? Or am I just too busy and happy to write anything meaningful anymore? Perhaps the killer combination of pausing my globe-trotting, and the day-to-day repetition at work, is what sent my inspiration downGirl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1131431170572866702005-11-08T01:20:00.000-05:002005-11-08T01:26:10.583-05:00Back with a Bang!!Am funky, alive, and.... 25. Sheesh. When your mother addresses you as a "thousand-year-old egg" in her e-mails, you know you can be officially deemed ancient.Have finally received new, shiny laptop with new, shiny 14" 16:9 widescreen, and am still learning which of its new, shiny buttons does what.Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1125697397264328962005-09-02T17:37:00.000-04:002005-09-02T17:44:27.940-04:00Absence:Have just learnt from the laptop repairers , after paying $80 for an initial diagnosis, that the motherboard on my laptop is a gonner. Since IM-ing or blogging on the computer at work seems inappropriate corporate behaviour, I will be away from the cybersphere indefinitely for the time being.Until someone decides to a) give me a new laptop; b) volunteer to fix mine up for me =pIn other Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1122435960044700682005-07-26T23:28:00.000-04:002005-07-26T23:46:00.050-04:00Imminent digital death...as the power jack to the motherboard of my laptop seems to be dying. What am I to do without my entertaining, brain-cell-zapping blackholes of time? (AKA ICQ + AIM + e-mail + eBay + blogging + Flickr) *horror* The thing is, getting my laptop serviced here will prolly set me back 1/3 of my meagre salary, seeing how they might have to ship parts from outside the States, asGirl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1121550152525273322005-07-16T17:26:00.000-04:002005-07-16T17:42:32.533-04:00Down with flu:The sub-zero office AC has finally taken its toll. Maybe it's the meatlocker cold, maybe it's povery-inflicted malnutrition, maybe it's my Norma-no-mate loneliness, anyway my immunity caved in at the beginning of the week. First it was pains and aches in strange places (Armpit? What am I supposed to make of that? Breast cancer? When I have no boobs to speak off?), then it was the Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1120762216744395632005-07-07T14:39:00.000-04:002005-07-07T14:50:16.750-04:00London's burningShocked to hear that bombs went off in London Madrid-style this morning. Am worried for my high-school mates who are living / travelling there; the bizarre thing is, London seems disturbingly and relatively unfretted, according to Chezzz who is holidaying there at the moment. Could it be that Londoners have seen it all? Could it be that after the 2nd World War air raids, IRA Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1120620729790428352005-07-05T23:29:00.000-04:002005-07-22T00:55:37.733-04:00Dumped by boy and other misadventures on ManhattanThe former part is not as bad as the first time, but it still bites. Especially when he did it over e-mail. Where are thou manners, inferior homo sapien?Besides that small glitch, had a brilliant July 4th weekend, eating, drinking, dancing and burning cash to oblivion. With Alex, a high school friend visiting from upstate, and Casta, my roomie Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1120104071555705362005-06-29T23:35:00.000-04:002005-06-30T00:03:53.086-04:00Now that I actually have some form of life, I have no time to blog about it.To summarise my past week, I've slap dashed together:Flushing- Got totally lost with Alice in my supposed culinary homeland, given it is the abyss of Chinese immigrants and therefore cheap authentic Chinese food. It really is a different planet once you leave the ickle island of Manhattan. A + I stuck out like sore thumbsGirl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1119585442471362232005-06-23T23:27:00.000-04:002005-06-23T23:57:22.480-04:00Scatter Brain-dead~ Food-induced homesickness:I am re-living summer '03, when I had the most fantastic time in Lucca, Italy, but missed home sorely as I couldn't find any Asian food whatsoever. Maybe it's just Upper East Side / the Met's neighbourhood, but where are all the cheapo Asian eateries and food trucks hiding? Even ghetto Hardford, Connecticut, where my bro lives and where there is Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1118972260659208412005-06-16T21:26:00.000-04:002005-06-16T21:37:40.666-04:00First paycheck!... and I haven't even officially started work yet. My life thus far consisted of:1) lots and lots of in-house tours and lectures (that is, at the museum)2) more visits to other museums3) picnicking in the park for lunch / free opera(s)4) unpacking boxes and assembling new furniture, thus acquiring countless number of bruises on me' shins in the process.Once I finish setting up myGirl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1118216016636694632005-06-08T03:22:00.000-04:002005-06-08T03:33:36.640-04:00v.v.v.v. busy... setting up new life. Furniture costs burning a big fat ugly blackhole in my wallet. NYC crazy sweltering hot. Air conditioning in apartment not functionning as well as it should. Still living out of boxes and sleeping on the floor as I try to assemble furniture. But I love every bit of my job so far.It's most likely because I'm still in Orientation, which is basically two weeks Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1117917758953721572005-06-04T16:38:00.000-04:002005-06-04T16:42:38.960-04:00Chapter 4 : New York CityAnother two weeks of haggling with movers and previous tenant of my tiny rented room, have moved belongings into apartment. Said previous tenant / stranger bitch still has her furniture in my room. Grrrr. What is wrong with people?On an upside note, new roomie seems really nice, as are her familia. I just hope her cat, ironically named Angel, won't throw up randomly on myGirl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1117073047623007332005-05-25T22:00:00.000-04:002005-05-25T22:04:07.626-04:00Abode settledFinally got my housing situation sorted after 1.5 months of non-stop apartment hunting and far too many Chinatown bus trips to NYC. Going to sign my new pseudo-lease on Monday.Will be sharing a duplex on East 88th with a 23 year old Dominican / Puerto Rican girl student, and a cat that alledgedly cries a lot at night when it gets hungry. At least I won't be living with a granny type!Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1116246249019074552005-05-16T08:18:00.000-04:002005-05-16T08:24:09.026-04:00Wishful thinkingDream job + Dream Man = too good to be true.I was mistaken in thinking that my blank-as-a-sheet-of-paper love life, for once, would change for the better. I so should have seen this coming. *sssssiiiigh*Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1115829368294559882005-05-11T12:19:00.000-04:002005-05-11T12:36:08.390-04:00The side effect of romanceAm getting very accident-prone and breaking things left right and center. Should get my eyes checked out to see if I've been blinded by love, or what seems a lot like it.-------------------------------------------------Housing search updateThe Williamsburg, Brooklyn dream loft (see pix below) is simply too far from work. I love living in cool architectural environments,Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1115337829206462062005-05-05T19:53:00.000-04:002005-05-05T20:05:50.193-04:00The Mythical Holy Grail of NYC Living?!After weeks and weeks of viewing crappy overpriced hole-in-the-wall-type so-called apartments, I come across this posting on Craig's List. Rent is for $900 - $1200 per month!!! Is this guy for real?!!!Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1114635763208209202005-04-27T16:56:00.000-04:002005-04-27T23:02:13.580-04:00Puta...Want to die after receiving the contract for the Met's internship. For a meagre salary of US$22,000 per annum, as per 50 35-hour work weeks, I receive:- no health insurance- no paid holidays- no pension plan- no housing assistance (!!!!)Which basically makes NYC-living close to impossible, as my apartment search has revealed that I need to:- have an annual salary 40 times my monthly rent [Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1113897861638148992005-04-19T03:52:00.000-04:002005-04-19T04:04:21.640-04:00Making "compact" living work for youAnother hurdle crops up after I clear my first towards ideal-living in NYC.With a limited budget, and even more limited space, I need some serious inspiration for creating my dream pad in a shoebox. Apartment Therapy's Smallest Coolest Apartment Contest gives some great examples (and some mediocre ones too) of how real people (ie. Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1113604177866294332005-04-15T18:14:00.000-04:002005-04-15T18:34:56.646-04:00EMPLOYED AT LAST~~!!!!HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE MET FOR THEIR 12 MONTH EDUCATIONAL MEDIA INTERNSHIP! Woohoo!!! *jumps around the house*It's a huge relief to know that I am a worthy human being after all. Thank you everyone for your tremendous support over the past year. It's been very trying for my self-esteem. I've had good and bad working experiences, and I've learnt from all of them. Thank Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1113324840169087922005-04-12T12:42:00.000-04:002005-04-13T02:13:06.376-04:00WKW WeekBeen on a non-stop Wong Kar Wai binge this week, with Eros screening at Kendall and the big Retrospective at Brattle Cinema. Watched As Tears Go By 旺角卡門 on Sun, Eros 愛神 on Mon, then Fallen Angels 墮落天使 + Chungking Express 重慶森林 today.The Hand, WKW's bit in the Eros trio of shorts was as gorgeous and lush as expected. As a spinoff of 2046, his signature 60's style and Chris Doyle's Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1113233141283167612005-04-11T11:17:00.000-04:002005-04-11T11:25:41.283-04:00Cookie Monster to cut down on cookies?!Man, that's just atrocious. All that low-carb nonsense has to come to a stop - what's the fun in gorging on fruits and veggies?If it's fat kids you're trying to target, ditch MacD's, switch off the computers and TV's, kidnap them outdoors and make them throw frisbees and ball-shaped objects around. Denying any kid of their occasional cookie only creates Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1112336575332363642005-04-01T01:06:00.000-05:002005-04-01T14:19:42.896-05:00Unintentional sci-fi-comedie-noir in the kitchen: Blue grey goo batterNote to self: Do NOT use frozen blueberries for pancakes EVER AGAIN.In a gleeful bout of euporia after a meeting with my freelance project bosses that went surprisingly well, I ambitiously decided to make blueberry pancakes, with a Food and Wine recipe that I had cut out at Yao's, at 6.30 pm as a late-brunch-carb reward to Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1112330799660406652005-03-31T23:40:00.000-05:002005-03-31T23:47:30.210-05:00Will pimp for gainful employmentBooyakasha. It's truly bizarre how roller-coaster-up-down my days are becoming, depending on whether I hear anything from prospective employers. After days of fruitless electronic and telephonic harrassment to HR bods at Art + Auction and Christie's, I got an e-mail for an interview at.... THE MET! Repeat after self, must wow their pants off, must wow their pants Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1112338196939932642005-03-31T05:30:00.000-05:002005-04-01T14:30:53.793-05:00Bostonian sunrise:Check out the amazing view at the fabulous (albeit temporary) pad. Too bad this place isn't mine. Am staying at Jess's while she works on a project in NYC. Thanks a tonne!Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1112225820949341032005-03-30T18:13:00.000-05:002005-03-30T19:00:42.296-05:00Pictorial SpaceDecided to jump onto the donkey carts of Flickr, as Blogger's own Picasa is just a pain in the arse to use. The catch is that I'd have to pay to use their unlimited bandwidth version, and right now, I have no credit cards, as my one and only has been hacked and cancelled. Bummer.--------------------------With luck like mine, it's only natural that the movies I've been wanting to Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1112338180338950822005-03-28T01:49:00.000-05:002005-04-01T15:20:13.413-05:00Eye candy for my daddyLovely curvy vintage motors from Ralph Lauren's personal collection at Speed, Style and Beauty exhibit at the MFA. Not a car buff myself, I didn't take notes on model numbers or anything, so just enjoy their shapes.the Bentley Bowler. Love the big 8 at the front. Very Chinese.A 1930's Alfa Romeo Black Bugatti's from the 20's / 30's a 1938 Black Bugatti. Buggie beauty Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1111784929432203652005-03-25T16:08:00.000-05:002005-03-25T16:27:29.173-05:00Michel Gondry to speak at MIT!!!*gasp* The genius behind the early Bjork videos, all that wacky stop-motion music video yumminess [see Steriogram's Walkie Talkie Man], and Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind to speak onApril 5, 2005Co-sponsored by Office of the ArtsMichel GondryMusic-Videomaker, MIT Artist-in-Residence"Exploring the Mind of Michel Gondry"Oh man oh man oh man...*almost spazzes Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1111111458578812042005-03-17T20:43:00.000-05:002005-03-17T23:37:35.170-05:00Back to BlogsphereApologies for going M.I.A. for almost two weeks. Have been living out of a suitcase in NYC / Connecticut, where I went to an interview and visited my bro respectively. Many thanks to Ssshuang who hosted me inspite of her crazy 24-7 work schedule as a $$$-making i banker. Due to the inclement snow / sleet / winter drear induced non-stop eating, I only managed to squeeze in two Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1110052887905295662005-03-05T14:17:00.000-05:002005-03-05T15:07:37.606-05:00Last Life in the Universe:This has got to be my first superb non-mainstream film of 2005 [to be fair, I haven't seen many so far, as the selection in Hong Kong, where I spent Jan. and Feb, is rather limited.] Pen-ek Ratanaruang, the director and the co-screenwriter, is genius. Everything in the film came together nicely: the eccentric OCD-clean-freak-suicidal male character; a plot that drifts Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1109182213457256282005-02-23T13:05:00.000-05:002005-02-23T13:10:13.460-05:00In anticipation of the brutal Bostonian cold:Am wearing my 16-yr-old white fur hat in lukewarmish HK at 16'C. Call me a freak ( and a fur-wearer! *o the horror*) but I NEED to make that kid-sized hat fit my giant head, so I won't die of cerebral hypothermia when I land in Beantown.Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1108930460316500472005-02-20T14:12:00.000-05:002005-02-20T15:41:47.973-05:00Catching up on cultureThe HK International Poster Triannual at the HK Heritage Museum - Only caught a glimpse of the show, but I liked what I saw:witty collage posters by Alain LeQuernec.Christo's The Gates at Central Park - I'm sure on the other side of planet, every self-proclaiming artist and their mothers must have seen the installation by now, and I'm likely to miss it all by the time I get Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1108891581383515602005-02-17T17:35:00.000-05:002005-02-20T15:35:11.653-05:00The Wishing Tree seems to be doing wonders...to my career prospects. One week after the New Year holidays, and I am finally receiving calls for interviews: one for an Asst. Buyer position with hip local chain I.T; (Martin Margiela! Ann Demeulemeester! Commes des Garcons!!! It really is every anti-fashion fashionista's heaven) another is with the prestigious Art + Auction mag in New York. Life is Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1107984939510289542005-02-16T16:17:00.000-05:002005-02-20T14:05:49.343-05:00A Belated Happy Chinese New YearGung Hei Fat Choi!This is, uhm, two weeks late. But squeezing in time for pain-in-the-ass picture-loading with Blogger's Picasa, away from my freelancing project [currently re-engineering some marketing brochures for an engineering firm] proved to be difficult between all the festivities and eating.It's been a looong dozen years since I last spent New Year's at Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1108893050881265112005-02-14T04:50:00.000-05:002005-02-20T13:04:34.650-05:00A little lovin' from my bathtub....If no one else will, at least my bathtub will tell me "I love you" with a heart-shaped blob of bubbles.(Sssshush you, don't ruin my wishful thinking!)Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1107168764268582832005-01-31T05:37:00.000-05:002005-01-31T06:22:52.393-05:00Goodbye Mr. Architect-with-Ubercool-Specs: Philip Johnson, 98, passed away last Wednesday. [nytimes obituary - registration req'd, but it's free] {Via UnBeige - reading design news via the flaky broadband at home means I'm half a week behind everyone else on the planet.} Philip Johnson is the only textbook Architect-God I have ever met*, and even though we only spoke for 10 seconds, I could Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1101746534297807412005-01-29T17:20:00.000-05:002005-01-29T05:01:47.943-05:00Born into Brothels: Have been meaning to blog about this ever since I saw the documentary on my last day at Christie's. The movie felt like a calling, and I knew I had to tell people about this. Back in 2000, Briski, upon witnessing the daily horrors experienced by children living in Calcutta's red light district, founded Kids with Cameras: - Fascinated by her camera, Zana thought it would beGirl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1106757128293118682005-01-26T11:23:00.000-05:002005-01-26T11:32:08.293-05:00My bookcase is raining.... Dead termites. GROSS. *shivers* The exterminators came round, sprayed the study with insecticide, and now them maggot-like creepy crawlies are falling out of the half-eaten wooden bookcase in the study, like rice grains. Right next to the computer, where I HAVE TO DO MY BLOODY JOB APPS. *sigh* the inconveniences of unemployment.Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1106331516558695982005-01-21T13:10:00.000-05:002005-01-26T11:22:06.446-05:0014 Alleged Chinese "terrorists" roaming free in Boston With news like this, there's no hope for a yellow-faced girl like me to ever get hired as: Puma Assistant Footwear Designer / Elle Decor Editorial Assistant / Gagosian Gallery Archivist / Intern at the Met or the Dia Art Foundation / Matthew Marks Gallery Asst. / Yoshi Gallery Asst./ McKee Gallery Asst./ WGBH Asst. Producer for Curious Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1106207086285541502005-01-20T02:42:00.000-05:002005-01-20T02:44:46.286-05:00So you wanna work for Jeff Koons? A crazy lil' gem I came across on NY Foundation for the Arts while browsing for jobs. Actually, it's more like a 10 carat D-grade diamond. Too bad I can't paint to save my life. Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1105522204662803212005-01-12T04:20:00.000-05:002005-01-12T04:31:26.576-05:00RIP cyw555@mit.edu 1999-2004 *waves a teary goodbye to my school e-mail and my free Athena webspace* That's it. MIT's spitting me out. For anyone who still cares about my existence, they are very welcome to show their sympathies and compassion by writing to: seewhy at gmail dot com.Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1105339279742821792005-01-10T01:31:00.000-05:002005-01-10T01:42:40.073-05:00Kafka on the Shore Spotted in the bookshop next to my neighbourhood post office. Mental note: add to my things-to-read list, after Colour: A Natural History of the Palette (which is taking me forever to finish) and Life of Pi.Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1105096086979452342005-01-07T05:51:00.000-05:002005-01-07T06:08:06.980-05:00Death by Chocolate Simply couldn't put this record down when I spotted it in the Clearance section of the store. How can any self-respecting chocoholic not fall instantly in love with the band name? AND they do that 60's psychedelic go-go thing, which is totally up my vintage alley. Pitchfork might hate them for their monotone singing and crappy lyrics, but there's nothing better than "togetherGirl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1104174138691634722004-12-27T13:40:00.000-05:002004-12-27T14:09:33.906-05:00When mixed blessings turn into absolute curses You know things can't be right when you find yourself sobbing in the office in front of just about everybody (including the cute boy sitting right next to you.) EVERYDAY. Like you were born with hyperactive tear ducts that can't afford to rest. I've never thought work can fill me with so much dread and despair: it ate away my social life, my familyGirl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1104168840931934422004-12-27T13:27:00.000-05:002004-12-27T12:39:32.356-05:00Checkpoint Just looked back at the entry on my 23rd b'day - older.... and not a bit wiser (not even a leetle beet): arg. 23. aaaaarrrrrgh. *in denial* Judging by conventional measures of success for a person in their early 20's, here's a brief summary of how I measure up: Degrees earned: none Long-term Jobs held: nil Significant other: nope Driving License: nope Automobiles owned: nil Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1102957762820921062004-12-13T11:58:00.000-05:002004-12-13T12:09:22.820-05:00Resistance is futile for me when I read the back cover of THIS BOOK - :: Seeking :: Qualified applicants looking to build their careers on sand. Requirements: a bachelor's degree worth a fraction of the debt you've incurred. One to two years of clerical experience working for a harridan who has sucked your very life force. Fluency in at least two major jargons. Primary responsabilities includeGirl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1102956683898467032004-12-13T11:48:00.000-05:002004-12-13T11:51:23.896-05:00I'd like to apologize if this blog degrades into a humdrummy rant about life as a lowly radio programme asst. in the near future - ie. the rest of 2004 and 2005. 1.5 weeks and already it's getting to a point where work = life. Hmm. Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1102222538993161642004-12-04T23:19:00.000-05:002004-12-05T00:08:30.176-05:00How Teddy Ruxpin ruined my so-called life Funny how one of my fav toys from when I was 6 or 7 can ruin my beautiful breezy Saturday morning as a fully-grown adult. Ever since I started my new job as a programme assistant at HK Commercial Radio, I've been needing to dig up long forgotten Hongkie culture trivia for the "Street Smart" game segment of the show. On Friday, the boss said we needed Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1101920530145823072004-12-01T11:33:00.000-05:002004-12-01T12:02:10.146-05:00There's bad, but here's worse They ain't telling tall tales when they say you gotta be careful what you wish for, 'cos you might just get it. A few weeks ago I babbled something to my mum about becoming an apprentice cook to a friend of her friend, a well-known local DJ / food critic / celeb chef / columnist; then all of a sudden, I magically find myself working as a programme assistant at a Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1101146217530516142004-11-22T13:56:00.000-05:002004-11-24T11:14:33.650-05:00Growing up and Selling out? UPDATE: [11/24] Wahaha. Christie's actually retracted their offer and filled the opening with someone else, since I took two whole long weeks to tell them I'd take the offer. *Phew!* I've been spared from corporate slavery! One reason to make this legit: I put on 5 lbs since I started my intership. Imagine what will happen if I work there for 2 years...-> 80 lbs of Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1101036561786720022004-11-21T06:29:00.000-05:002004-11-24T23:08:32.383-05:00Tadao Ando x Louis Vuitton exhibit at the Mori Art Museum in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, as yet another celebratory act for the 150th anniversary of the world's most counterfeited monogram. It didn't occur to me that cool architects too, like household-name artists, can collaborate with luxury brands on projects other than flagship store designs. Well worth exchanging that hard-earned mileage for... Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1100318326535735242004-11-12T22:39:00.000-05:002005-01-27T05:45:04.010-05:00Not so Haute anymore? After Todd Oldham, Cynthia Rowley, Isaac Mizrahi, Matthew Williamson and a whole generation of late 90's UK designers, Karl Lagerfeld too is jumping onto the crossover bandwagon of chainstore collaborations. This November sees a post-diet, Hedi Slimane cladded Lagerfeld dallying with H&M. The result? Sleek silhouettes decked in black and white, reminiscent of 80's New Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1099917820192458952004-11-08T07:43:00.000-05:002004-11-08T07:43:40.193-05:00The only reason to live in the States. Right now. Bridget Jones, single working Everywoman, Western femme-dom icon is returning to the big screen on Nov 12th. How long I wonder, will it take to reach these shores?Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1099678120986089182004-11-05T13:08:00.000-05:002004-11-05T13:14:31.283-05:00Nostalgic for not-at-all-bad Brit food Am direly craving for a proper Sunday roast after accidentally catching BBC's Food Heroes: Another Helping, hosted by Rick Stein. Why wasn't roast pork with apple sauce so cracklingly good looking back in my boarding school days? Saliva glands continued to work hard as he piped up apple pancakes with custard and cider =d Hmm custard... perfect comfort food.Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1098982560771254922004-10-28T11:57:00.000-04:002004-10-28T13:11:21.316-04:00Goods of Desire: Worked till I dropped yesterday & today, as Christie's HK is holding auction previews till Sat., then auctions on Sun and Mon. Being an intern with not much to do (or rather, an intern so inexperienced that she's unfit to handle fired clay worth a cool US$ 2.5 million) I happily sneaked into the 20th c. Chinese art, Asian contemporary art and SE Asian painting sections, rooms Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1098984475697815012004-10-27T10:12:00.001-04:002004-10-28T13:30:35.056-04:00In the name of Art?! Interning for approx US$ 8 per working day. Either faxing / "film queen"ing by the photocopier / filing / cutting and pasting old catalogue pictures onto cardboard sheets for archival, or worse, polishing windows on knees for entire afternoons before auction previews. Earning less than the Filippino maid at home. All this after spending US$ n00,000 on tuition. *despair* Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1098111437144152542004-10-18T10:25:00.000-04:002005-01-27T05:49:17.660-05:00The trouble with living in a high culture vacuum is that whenever anything of vague significance takes place, the whole town flocks to see it. This past Sunday, I joined other fellow sheep citizens to see Picasso's Parade, a mofo-sized three-storey-tall painting (or rather, to put it correctly, a ballet theatre screen) , the artiste's largest known work, displayed in all places, at the IFC mallGirl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1097858259104878132004-10-15T13:30:00.000-04:002004-10-15T12:56:01.936-04:00Team America: As recommended by my bro. Looks like a fun, silly, piss-taking ride. (Apologies to Stateside folks, I now live in the Land of Narrower Bandwidths: little contact with Internet -> delayed news. Ya know, Fahrenheit 911 is only just released on these shores.)Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1098008292884617812004-10-15T01:22:00.000-04:002004-10-17T06:28:36.073-04:00Sam Hui, the People's hero 許冠傑 人民英雄 : Thanks to me mate Peaks' generosity, I finally got to see Sam Hui live in concert, 12 years after his retirement. With 40 odd sold-out concerts and a total audience of 420,000 (that's 7% of HK) , there can be little doubt that Sam Hui's still the King / Godfather of Cantopop. And for a 56 yr old singer who hasn't publicly performed in more than a decade, he Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1097380198381011852004-10-10T11:15:00.000-04:002004-10-09T23:51:16.060-04:00Movie watching... the old skool way Rewatched Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 classic, Battleship Potemkin last night. This time round, instead of watching the Soviet silent film in a cramped classroom with popcorn being passed back and forth, I watched it in a concert hall with live music: Dmitri Shostakovich's symphonies 5, 10 and 11 played by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. With heroic bits Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1097213195623321082004-10-08T01:18:00.000-04:002004-10-08T01:28:51.483-04:00Gonna stay in HK till Thankgiving at the earliest, as have decided to do a non-paid internship at Christie's Hong Kong, just to see their upcoming auctions, learn about their operations and what not. Think I'd be working in the Chinese Ceramics dept... not as exciting as say, Fine Jewellery or Watches and Clocks, but it sure beats being unemployed. So I'd be donating myself to the elitist Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1096971648131930132004-10-05T05:25:00.000-04:002005-01-27T06:12:45.920-05:00Movie magick: Woah. Still mildly star-dazed from meeting two heavy-weight names in the HK film industry today. Thanks to Auntie Linda, sister to Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu (comic actor / director / producer) , I got to meet Hai Chung-Man, of art direction / costume & production design fame in hits like Three Extreme: Dumplings, Golden Chicken I & II, and erm... The Twins Effect @_@ [that trashy Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1096782891003250532004-10-03T01:39:00.000-04:002005-01-27T06:41:33.513-05:00People Mountain People Sea: Popped up to Guangzhou yesterday. Was overwhelmingly crowded (roughly 3x the flow in Mongkok or Causeway Bay) as it was the National Day long weekend. Being pushed by and shuffled along the flow of a slow moving 10-million-strong human trampede can be overbearing after 5 mins - but now I know why EVERYONE wants to break into that Chinese market. Irony spotted - A Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1096604830425565672004-09-30T23:58:00.000-04:002004-10-01T00:27:10.426-04:00Appalled a) by the way interviews are conducted here. I really hope the experience is not representative of recruiters in HK. The interviewer didn't shake hands, didn't handout their name card, and, openly bashed the person who referred me. I can understand the first two irregularities - HKers are not usually known for being friendly or wellcoming- but the last part was down right rude. b) Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1096485550531795832004-09-28T14:58:00.000-04:002004-09-29T15:27:39.040-04:00Nobody Knows (aka Daremoshiranai: official Japanese site) Caught this at the Arts Center. The film was delightful - the kids were so cute that I couldn't helping smiling. The whole film, in spite of all the tragic incidents, has a lightly happy and sweet feel to it. The kids' optimism radiates across so naturally that it is easy for the audience to forget how unfortunate they are. Nobody has aGirl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1096263416605016292004-09-27T01:10:00.000-04:002004-09-27T01:47:24.670-04:00Exciting week! 1. Mid Autmn Festival (tomorrow) Hadn't had mooncakes at an appropriate location (ie. on this side of the planet) for... 12 years! That is, with full moon, paper lanterns, plastic lanterns (in the shape of Hello Kitty's, Powerpuff Girls etc etc) and mooncakes of all varieties (besides the traditional lotus seed paste ones, we now have "ice skin", which I've never had, but suspect Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1096018250834596932004-09-24T05:13:00.000-04:002004-09-24T05:30:50.833-04:00The kitchen fridge at home is not dissimilar to a time capsule. Digging through the mid-sized General model is a bit like an archeological dig in Pompeii, back in the day when it was still buried in volcanic ash. Look! Roman aged bread and wheat preserved in ashes! In the case of the Wong's Residence, thanks to my mum's obsession with NOT throwing anything away, EVER, the deceivingly small Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1095651759309465612004-09-19T23:35:00.000-04:002004-09-19T23:42:39.310-04:00Woohoo! Successfully delayed return date to the States to 10/4, since interesting job leads have been popping up. Meanwhile, I'll continue to enjoy all the family pampering, the superb food (in taste and variety), non-laundry-doing and non-housecleaning, shopping for cheap Marc Jacob suits, and of course, catching 2046 when it comes out =D Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1095423357351991202004-09-17T08:14:00.000-04:002004-09-17T08:15:57.353-04:00Gay Republicans Isn't that an oxymoron? Had no idea they even existed.... Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1094671525259106282004-09-08T15:21:00.000-04:002004-10-05T05:24:11.893-04:00Celeb spotting: On the way to lunch at 鼎泰豐 Ding Tai Fung at Hong Hum, walked behind 方中信 [Alex Fong] from the parking lot to the elevator. Was vaguely exciting cos I always thought the man was a bit of a dish - tall, clean cut and lanky... just how I like them men ;) All the better if they play firefighters on telly. Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1094200524578143812004-09-03T04:30:00.000-04:002004-09-08T15:47:55.926-04:00BOS>HKG>SGN>NHA>HKG: Back in Hong Kong, after a short detour in the form of a 5-day family holiday in Saigon & Nha Trang, Vietnam. Vietnam was wicked. Just like in Tran Anh Hung's films - leisurely slow, lush and saturated with tropical colours. Well, maybe not the crazy traffic in Ho Chi Minh City. But, I did have a superb time. The particularly noteworthy: Petting sea turtles at the Nha Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1094665280134447902004-08-28T13:44:00.000-04:002005-01-27T07:18:01.680-05:00Frank Gehry's $300 million white elephant? Figure as an architecture student, before I leave MIT for good I should at least take some pics of the new Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab (aka CSAIL or Stata Center), the latest multi million addition to the school campus. Afterall, my tuition must have contributed, however insignificantly and minutely, to this overbudgeted architecturalGirl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1093316415353535772004-08-23T22:38:00.000-04:002004-08-23T23:29:28.956-04:00Oldie but goldie: Since the start of the moving season, I've discovered that I have a new talent - scavenging. In the past two weeks, I have gathered myself a handsome booty of two matching night stand tables, a garment rack with them rolly wheels and an armchair. I found the armchair outside a lab two blocks away from my dorm, so I carried the bloody thing home with my two bare arms; and damn Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1093242350379757122004-08-23T02:18:00.000-04:002004-08-23T02:31:32.176-04:00CLC's got its own Xanga blogring: If Xanga blogrings are anything to go by, Cheltenham Ladies' have gone down the toilet. Not that my high school ever produced any real ladies, but hell now the daisy-entangled "ladies" are a bunch of hoes and skanks partying with wannabe yigger homies. *shiver* Lots of ppl blogging about their A Level results. Memories, memories.... how quickly have the last 5 Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1092891141291049532004-08-19T01:39:00.000-04:002005-01-27T07:29:19.320-05:00Domestic bulletin - News from the soon-to-be-ex-dorm front: My marshmallow plant is finally blooming! The 3' plant / tree is finally giving v. v. pale pink flowers. Too bad they aren't edible like their namesake sweets. (What was that game called when you try to speak with a mouth stuffed full of marshmallows? Runny bunny??) New kid on the block Say hello to a new tenant at 488B. Faye, my Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1092697592287287442004-08-16T18:38:00.000-04:002004-10-09T23:57:25.813-04:00Awe-inspiring, must see films for artists and architects: Digested a big chunk of brain food over the weekend - My Architect: A Son's Journey: made by Nathaniel Kahn, the illegitimate and only son of the great Louis I. Kahn. In an attempt to better understand who his father was 25 years after his death, the filmmaker trekked across the States and the world to see his father's Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1092506941453078322004-08-14T14:06:00.000-04:002004-08-14T14:16:55.146-04:00The virtue of Idleness: Why my parents should stop worrying. Forget what they've been teaching you ever since you were born - according to Tom Hodgkinson, laziness is bedfellows with greatness. Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1092326842261397222004-08-12T11:04:00.000-04:002004-08-13T14:04:29.620-04:00L.A. was very fun. Better than what I had expected (then again, last time I went I was 8 and don't remember seeing anything since I pretty much slept through the whole trip) I hearted: - the giant Asian supermarket in Koreatown. Was amazing. They carry every snack I loved as a child. Went on a mini snack binge with Jenn and had a hotel room picnic. Just like the old boarding school days :d - Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1091379500540321442004-08-01T12:48:00.000-04:002004-08-01T13:02:32.473-04:00Westward Ho! Will be heading out to The City of Angels next Sat for so much needed fun in the sun. Now what should I pack for 5 days in the West... bikinis, boob tubes, short shorts, sunblock and shades? Where on earth can I get one of those foldable, roll-upable seagrass / straw beach mats on the Western hemisphere? In other news, I got through the first round of auditions for Hell's Kitchen Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1090349730708776832004-07-20T14:29:00.000-04:002004-07-26T13:03:19.013-04:00Misc   Am feeling terribly homesick after calling my grandad to say Happy Chinese B' day this morning (his real / Western calendar b'day is this Thur). The whole family was getting ready to go to Koki Kiku (thx KK for correcting me), the new Japanese place that took Benkay's place in Landmark. Wish I were home :(( Got inquired on my relationship / bf / prospective marriage status. Arg. Sorry Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1090074098181359602004-07-17T10:19:00.000-04:002004-07-17T10:28:01.846-04:00Haruki Murakami - The Folklore Of Our Times:   Short story carried by the Guardian Aug 2003. Lucca! What a strange coincidence... does that mean Murakami could have been in the same small Italian town as me when I was working there?! =o Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1089951078673554732004-07-16T00:09:00.000-04:002004-07-16T00:11:18.673-04:00Cute monkey, (some) cute monks and a beautiful Tibetan sand mandala at HiMonkey.net. =D Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1089946561351640782004-07-15T21:59:00.000-04:002004-07-15T23:08:18.000-04:00A day in the life of a 臨記/奇哩啡/extra on the set of Lewis Lapham's The American Public* In a moment of undue boredom I answered a posting on Craig's List calling for extras in a "dramatic-documentary musical" with Lewis Lapham, the editor of Harper's Magazine. A few days later I found meself on a Bean Town trolley "acting" as a tourist / space filler bod listening to Prof. Howard Zinn, of A Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1089522364521339962004-07-11T01:41:00.000-04:002005-01-27T10:40:45.536-05:00Jelly Belleys Went to the New England Aquarium this afternoon. My last visit was 6 yrs back when my parents were taking me on the college tour. Thanx Yao & Taka for an afternoon of aquatic fun =D Moon Jellies Upside-down Jellies with simbiotic algae in their tentacles so they don't have to move to eat. (hmm wonder if I can stick leaves on meself so will be fed on photosynthetic sugar) Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1089073371388280822004-07-05T20:19:00.000-04:002004-07-05T21:28:32.030-04:0020 Questions to a better personality Woah. The diagnosis on my personality is half DEAD ON, half "What?!": Wackiness: 24/100 Rationality: 26/100 Constructiveness: 30/100 Leadership: 34/100 You are an SEDF--Sober Emotional Destructive Follower. This makes you an evil genius. You are extremely focused and difficult to distract from your tasks. With luck, you have learned to channel your Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1088916713874044512004-07-04T00:41:00.000-04:002004-07-04T00:53:59.096-04:00And...a Happy July 4th to y'all Good god. No wonder this country is in shambles. It's run by pot-bellied men who like to do renditions of YMCA...*covers face in hopelessness* Colin Powell prancing away on stage after the closing gala at the ASEAN security meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia [from Wonkette via Yahoo News]Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1088529663964303032004-06-29T13:15:00.000-04:002004-06-29T13:26:51.823-04:00Coming to a cinema near you in fall Hayao Miyazaki's latest creation \^o^/ - Quicktime trailer for Howl's Moving Castle (via Lossless) Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-108852918690107202004-06-29T13:04:00.000-04:002005-01-27T11:09:11.566-05:00CY the potato farmer My 3.5 ft potato tree [see 3/15] finally gave in and flopped on itself. As I unearthed its roots to give it a quiet burial in the trash can, I found out it had given birth to some baby taterlings at the bottom of the egg nog carton box that I've been growing the plant in. Perhaps saying goodbye to familiar things isn't always bad.... who know what lies beyond (or under). Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1088429721610271232004-06-28T09:08:00.000-04:002004-06-28T09:43:37.413-04:00How my life can be linked to a Manchurian eunuch's... (or 北京北長街的故事) Sometimes, my Inbox is like a box of chocolates, as Forrest Gump puts it - you never know whatcha gonna get ;) Last week I got a mail from my mummy, telling my family about the story of my gran's childhood home in Beijing, a traditional 四合院 (four-home courtyard house) that's quickly disappearing: My mum asked my uncle how my Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1088178882177432422004-06-25T11:43:00.000-04:002004-06-25T11:54:42.176-04:00Why do Englishmen always mess up in the sports they invented?? *Sigh*. England's out of Euro 2004 before I even had a chance to sit down and watch a match. Will have to wait till World Cup 2006 to watch Rooney in action. For disgruntled footie fans, FlipFlopFlyin's Euro Mini Pops might cheer you up a bit and help recap some national pride.... last but not least - why football frenzy is good Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1087500134793930792004-06-17T13:52:00.000-04:002004-06-17T16:14:07.316-04:00NYC old favs, new discoveries Time is compacted and condensed in the Big City - the things one can do in 1.5 days would translate to 1.5 weeks in the outside world. After my blink-and-you'll-miss-it interview, I spent the rest of my day either trotting around the Upper East Side or lying on grass in Central Park looking at the sky, after which I took the ferry to Staten Island to hang out with Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796467.post-1087526468123817602004-06-15T01:38:00.000-04:002005-01-27T11:07:18.056-05:00I've adopted five orphans of the piscine kind... say hello to the world, fishies: Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708365802729611179noreply@blogger.com0