Aug
8th

• Twitter. Please don’t ever leave us again.
• F.T. Island.They are one of my new favorite groups and they’re not your typical idol group (even though they only look like a group of pretty boys) because they play their own instruments. Dun dun dun. And I’m totally in love with their music which is a mix of “ballad pop rock…insert a k somewhere in there too” (via @thematteo). Sigh.

• Cellinique. After reading Eki’s review on the products, I was impressed with the results so I went and purchased a lot of their products and this stuff works!! Honestly, I never gave a shit about my skin before but now I’m going to start taking care of it. Pam suggested me to “do how to Koreans do!!” so that’s next on my list.
• L.A. Chicken. It’s a small chicken joint on No.5 and Cambie in Richmond and it’s the best fried chicken ever!! It brings KFC, Church’s and all those other franchises to shame. The place looks like shit BUT the chicken IS the shit and the couple who owns it usually throws in a free piece of two when we order. I wonder why we never went there in high school because it was literally across the street.
• Stephen Chow. I was reading Amanda’s entry which brought back fond memories of laughing my ass off through my childhood to Stephen Chow’s movies. If you’re Chinese you probably grew up with him too and he IS a genius in the Hong Kong movie industry… I get cramps watching his movies because they’re soo funny. I just saw a picture of him and wow he’s so old now!

May
15th

• Eyeliner. I LOVE EYELINER! Mac Fluidline in Blacktrack is the way to go. A lot of people say black is too much for an everyday look but who cares what they think?
• Gadgets. I’m not one of those girls who wants all my gadgets in one so I always have to have these three on me at all times: my camera to capture those moments, my beloved Blackberry because my fingers can’t stop texting and my iPod Touch to get my dose of K-Pop whenever possible and to tune Boyfriend out when he starts talking about Mafia Wars on Facebook.
  

  I want to get a new BB but I can't find skins for the new curve. =(

• Studs. Everything about them is sexy and edgy.
  

  Okay, maybe that's a little too much studs all at once but you know what I mean.

• Strawberry Milk Tea. I’m Asian and all Asians love milk tea. Wait, Boyfriend could argue to that but whatever because he’s obviously not Asian enough.
• Asian Variety Shows. I get stomach pains and bruises every time I watch them because I always end up rolling on the ground laughing my ass off (after falling off the couch and hitting my head on the table). They make North American game shows look so boring.

  What makes these shows so good? They do a lot of pointless but freaking hilarious challenges and some of them are just plain outrageous. Who Wants to Be A Millionaire? Deal or No Deal? The Price is Right? Zzzzzzzz. INFINITE CHALLENGE! LOVE LETTER! SUPER TRIO! WE GOT MARRIED! YAY! Plus they all have funny names. Maybe it’s just an Asian thing or I’m weird because I think pointless humor is the best.

Feb
18th

• Lost. I love this show even more than Grey’s Anatomy… can you believe it? I almost cried last week because it was so good. LOL. And you know what’s even better? LOST IS ON TONIGHT! We need to have Lost parties.

  

• Post-Apocalyptic fiction. End-of-the-world scenarios and the survival of human spirit have always intrigued me but I really got into it after watching I Am Legend and now it’s my second favorite genre after fantasy. I just finished reading Warday (Whitley Strieber & James Kunetka) which is written in documentary style of the aftermath of a 20-minute nuclear war between the US and Russia that destroyed both countries. My favorite are Children of the Dust (Louise Lawrence), Swan Song (Robert McCammon) and The Stand (Stephen King). Other notable ones include Lucifer’s Hammer (Jerry Pournelle) and Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood).

  

• Doing Crunches. I do 500 crunches non-stop after each work out (10 different kinds of crunches, 30 reps each and then 200 bicycle crunches). It only takes about 15 minutes out of your life and it works although I can’t stay I have a super flat stomach because I only do them so I don’t get a disgustingly bloated belly from my love of Korean Seafood Pancakes and all things fatty. It still makes me wonder though because I know if I actually tried to eat healthier, I could have the sexy abs I always wanted… but I REFUSE to give up good food… !!!
• Snowboarding. I’m not that good at it at all but I love it. Did you know that about 45 minutes of snowboarding burns about 495 calories and not only that but it tones your entire body and is an awesome cardiovascular workout. That’s the reason why I started (and because it’s fun). Just be ready to wipe out hundreds of times, bruised knees and tailbones and the inability to move the next day if it’s your first time (falling doesn’t really hurt when your up on the mountain but it’s afterwards when you really start feeling it). All I know is that I want to still be boarding when I’m in my 50′s like my dad. Next season, my secret plan is to force all my girlfriends to learn because I don’t like going with Boyfriend and his friends all the time… they’re too crazy for me.
  

  Snowboarding uses a variety of muscles including the hamstrings and quadriceps to guide the board, start it in motion and to stop. Snowboarding requires strong calf muscles which are used to coordinate toe-side traverses down the mountain. Abdominal muscles are used to provide strength and stability. Ankle and feet muscles are used for steering and balance.

• Carbs. Don’t ever mention a no-carb diet to an Asian!! I swear, my grandma will kick you and chase you with her giant butcher knife (like she did with me when I did something bad when I was little) because we live on rice and noodles. How can you give up rice, potatoes, bread and pasta for the love of god?! Mmm. I could use some right now.

Jan
9th

My first point would’ve been Wednesdays since it’s breakfast wrap day at work (I began this entry a couple weeks ago) but noo0o0o (*insert teenybopper whining here*)… we got a new catering company to run our cafeteria and they took it off the menu. Needless to say, the past Wednesday felt extremely empty and incomplete. I hope they bring the wrap back soon.

Anyway on with the list:

• Grey’s Anatomy. There is only one word to describe Thursdays: Grey’s Anatomy (well two). It’s the only TV show that I actually try catch on TV every week and I love it so much that I work my schedule around it (I will sell you out if you ask me to do something on a Thursday night)… you have no idea how bad it was in December when they were airing reruns; my soul was slowly melting away as I craved for bloody new surgeries and Christina’s sarcastic death threats. Who doesn’t love steamy, gory hospital drama?! Not me! I just wished they would kill of Izzy (ZzzZ) and Denny (again) and bring back George’s airtime.
• Boots. I am obsessed with boots. Flats, heeled, booties, platform boots, etc. etc. I LOVE BOOTS. I was never a huge shoe person; I barely wear runners (only to the gym), stilettos, sandals nor flats during winter/fall and part of spring but I will splurge with no guilty feelings on a nice pair of boots. I even love UGGs for godsake because they are “boots.” Too bad summer is coming because it’s too damn hot to wear ‘em (I hate summer with a passion) so I have only 6 more months to wear them all out so I have an excuse to buy more next year.
• The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini. These books have been on my to-read list for years and I finally picked it up during a quick midnight trip to Target in L.A. (I know, the first thing I buy in L.A were books… who does that?! :blush: ). It’s about a boy and his dragon— classic fantasy and of course, I loved it and it made the next Terry Brooks book I read dull because I was thinking of but still waiting on book 3 (Brisingr) to come out in paperback to complete my collection.
• The Boathouse Restaurant. It’s not super classy but this is definitely one of my favorite restaurants because the service is always good and the food is awesome. I always order steak and lobster, always giving my leftovers to Boyfriend because I can never finish it especially with keylime pie for dessert coming and their Crab & Shrimp Topped Portobello Mushroom is heaven filled with a thousand delicious calories. The 5 of us are going for dinner this Saturday and it was a toss-up between Korean or Steak/Seafood and of course the latter won because we haven’t gone there in a month and Lobster Fest is on. Now please excuse me as I go sit in the corner and drool in a bucket. [Picture on the left courtesy of their website.]

Dec
4th

• Catching movies late at night on PPV with Boyfriend. NO NOT PORN! All his porn channels are blocked out anyway *insert shifty eyes here* But seriously, watching at night is so much more fun plus it’s an excuse not to sleep even though I have work the next morning. I guess the only thing is that Boyfriend can actually stay awake during the day since we have totally different sleeping patterns: he’s an early-bird and I’m a night-rat (sleep is such a waste of time) …so imagine how much we actually see each other.
• Going to the gym. It’s so damn hard getting into a regular gym routine but once your in, it’s super motivating. The only thing that makes me mad is when people leave their weights ALL OVER the ground where I want to pull out the mat to do my grueling fun 500 ab exercises (can you believe it, I actually have fun doing them now). It’s like HELLO I’M WEAK (and lazy)… I CAN’T MOVE THOSE WEIGHTS! Also when girls (and guys) hog up all the space and stand in front of the mirror and stare at themselves for 20 minutes. :@ They seriously do that. I watched someone do that last night while I was sulking angrily in the corner.
• The Grass Roots – Let’s Live For Today. I remember a couple weeks ago I heard this song in a commercial on TV and I screamed to my sister: “LOOUUUU WHAT SONG IS THAT?” She didn’t know so I googled the lyrics and now we’re both addicted. This will definitely be one of those songs that I’ll never get sick of; I just wished I was alive when it first came out in 1967 (I always wondered what it’d be like to be a hippie anyway).
• New Orleans. Writing about Anne Rice in my last entry makes me to go there even more; I just hope it’s as beautiful as she described and as delicious as the Food Network makes it look. Sigh. Plus I want to try real southern [home-style] cuisine because fried chicken can’t get any sexier than how they make it down there. Mmmm. I’ll definitely have to bring jeans 2 sizes up when I go.

  (Pictured right: House that inspired the Mayfair Manor in Anne Rice’s The Witching Hour.)

• Winning stuff (or not)! I obviously didn’t win the coolest WP blog competition but I placed higher than I thought I would’ve! I was talking to a friend on the first day and I was telling her how I was stressed out and wanted to drop out because I have too much pride than to come in last place yet I was too lazy to promote my blog to get more votes. LOL. But at least my second-favorite (other than myself, of course) won so I’m happy.