About

WHO SHE IS • katy. chinese. resides in beautiful british columbia (richmond / vancouver). designer. avid day dreamer. introvert. bookworm. realist. perfectionist. shopaholic. unshamefully materialistic. collects books & make up. digitally inclined. love my life. 25 things about me.

WHAT SHE DOES • part-time freelancer: design for web and print. full-time shopaholic and interface designer.

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over his library, “The medicines of the soul.”

THE MEDICINES OF THE SOUL • lord of the rings (j.r.r. tolkien). the lives of the mayfair witches (anne rice). children of the dust (louise lawrence). the chronicles of narnia (c.s. lewis). his dark materials (philip pullman). sword of truth (terry goodkind). harry potter (j.k. rowling). winter of fire (sherryl jordan). prisoner of tehran (marina nemat). madame chiang kai-shek: china’s eternal first lady. [high] fantasy. science fiction. historical ficion. biographies. gothic novels. thrillers. +999236423131646… more.

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

STUFF • designing. shopping. reading. writing. monkeys.

BIG SCREEN • lord of the rings. breakfast at tiffany’s. what dreams may come. amelie.

COUCH POTATO • i love lucy. kendra. girls next door. grey’s anatomy. lost. 24. ctv news @ 5. documentaries. biographies. food network. slice. discovery. tlc.

KOREAN DRAMAS • my girl. boys over flowers. queen seon duk. my lovely sam-soon. queen of housewives. goong. only you.

FASCINATING PEOPLE • audrey hepburn. lucille balle. madame chiang kai-shek. bill good. coco chanel. victoria beckham. marie antoinette.

BEAUTIFUL • alfons mucha. salvador dali. pete harrison. typography. art nouveau. victorian & french creole architecture. greek revival. minimalistic web design.

UNSHAMEFULLY MATERIALISTIC • rock and republic. chanel. mac. marciano. true religion. zara. bebe. forever 21. benefit. stila. mimi mcqueen. urban outfitters. american apparel. smashbox. designer denim. scarves. gladiator sandals. flats. statement jewelry. cocktail rings. boots. winter/fall fashion.

I LIKE TO GET FAT • poutines. lychee, watermelon & cherries. fresh mangoes. korean seafood pancakes. soondubu. bubble tea. asparagus. sunday brunch at the pan pacific. anything brocolli and cheese. dim sum. breaded zucchini sticks. japanese tapas. lobster. fine dining. dark, rich, bitter chinese teas. grandma’s sticky rice (and everything else she makes). his mom’s cooking. i like my eggs done sunny-side up.

SOUL FOOD • asian music. k-pop. j-rock. SS501. f.t. island. epik high. drunken tiger. tvxq. 2pm. brown eyed girls. kara. after school. big bang. 2ne1. charice, phil collins. bryan adams. electronica. country. lady gaga. phantom of the opera. hip hop.

RANDOM • ? korean dramas. asian culture. UDPP. the bill good show. snowboarding. early morning work outs. piercings. world history. [ancient] egypt. ancient civilizations. fascinated with the holocaust & hiroshima. loves 18th century france, 20’s and 50’s. don’t like creepy and annoying people.

LOVE; 5 years + and still going strong. Michael Trieu Phan. ? we live together. we play together. we travel together. we shop together. we laugh together. we cry together. we love each other.

Some may hate me for some of the things I write on here but it’s my opinion. Honestly, if you can’t handle it, what the hell are you still doing here? I know I use to write things that were offensive to people and I don’t regret ANY of it at all although I will make an effort to try stop (no guarantees though). I don’t take myself too seriously on here, so if you do… you need help.

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site info

Blog started on • December 25th, 2004 (at Design-360.net).
Domain (24c) registered on • March 16th, 2006.
Registered at • Godaddy
Hosted by • Hasweb
Blog Platform • Wordpress
Cameras used • Canon Powershot SD1100, Sony Cybershot T20, Canon Powershot SD200, Fuji Finepix A500
Smilies • JC
Graphics • Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Imageready CS2, Adobe Illustrator CS2
Layout Images • Elle.com, Smashing Magazine
Coding • Editpad Lite
FTP • WS_FTP LE, Cute FTP Pro
History • I use a lot of premade themes and sometimes customizing them (or not) so the following isn’t really a complete history of TwentyFourCarat.net because I didn’t bother screen-shooting a lot of the themes I didn’t make or customize.

Simple header image I made for the debut of this domain.

A set of rotating banners for version 002.

First theme featuring the Dior Haute Couture image collection:

Old images from when 24c was back at Design-360.net: