Bienvenue!

reading back on lj, wow. i posted up my new year's resolutions for 2010 - goals that were of course, achievable. but without motivation, even the simplest things can be impossible. i was doing alright -

Mar. 4th, 2010
january - Freaknomics
january / Feb - lovely bones
february - blink
february - dear john
march - love in the time of cholera

blood test - first week jan
gynecologist booked - march

chinese cook book: first week jan (same week as blood test)

classes - march 16 (photgraphy).

my whole world crashed and fell apart in march 2010. someone help me bounce back?

http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/82/nominees.html

* “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
* “The Blind Side” Nominees to be determined
* “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
* “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
* “The Hurt Locker” Nominees to be determined
* “Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
* “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
* “A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
* “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
* “Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers


UP made it whhhhat! that's awesome. (it's not going to win though)

4 movies to see and then i'm set. although i did fall asleep during the hurt locker - i'm sure i can fill in the blanks.

$1.02 away from free shipping indigo. ugh.

birdie says hello - "HELLO LJ! long time no see!"

New Year's resolutions?

Go to classes - a relevant marketing course (i.e. Essentials of Competitive Intelligence ...$$$ @_@) or special interest (photography or maybe that makeup and esthetics with co-worker). still looking at options and $$$. it's all about the moola's and everything is expensive. although...there are the tax receipts..

Learn how to cook for future moving out - ideally some asian cuisine so it's just like my mama's. and also how to jazz up cheap foods like pasta and canned tomato sauce. i quit baking but i've recently bought a hand held mixer on boxing day. i might try again since i don't have to mix with chopsticks/forks/spoons/magic bullet that i jammed.

Read more books - i've bought a few on amazon and finished the two Malcolm Gladwell books (Outlier and What the Dog Saw). I will move on to Freakanomics next. let me know if anybody wants to borrow anything! and any recommendations of your favourite reads!

Learn a language - ideally chinese. and i don't mean mandarin just because it's "the language of business". cantonese would be nice since that is my mother tongue after all. maybe i'll just watch a buttload of drama! and continue to touch on that french - because me translating through Google for work just ain't cutting it! lol

Be healthy - everyone wants to exercise more for each new year's resolution. i quit the gym in 2009 so that was a fail! and i p90x-ed yoga once. but as a start, i need to go to my gynecologist! and get a blood test to see if there is anything abnormal going on. and yes - i will try to get the exercise in. but winter i rather curl up in the ball and sleep. we'll delay the exercise bit to spring summer.


there are lots more but these are the main ones. you making any this year?

Happy 2010! :D

Great show with all their classic slow jams:) We were smack center in section J and the seats in front of us were empty which gave us a great view.

great vocals! and great OLD SCHOOL dancing!

CASABLANCA

i've managed to use lots of random things to hold my jewelery - castle peaks of a snowglobe - mini wired buggy - martini bar light - cupcake holder...

but i think this is the best yet:

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a great road trip with the entourage - brb lj.

such a tearful memorial :'(



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tai decides to fly my kite 4 years later...
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