how appropriate.

"Yeah, it will be ok
Do nothing today
Give yourself a break
Let your imagination runaway"

sia - sunday.

how appropriate for my fourth of july weekend. yet again, i lie around like a bum with a goofy sidekick sister and a mundane dog. i think the only productive thing we did today was eat! so glad i suggested us go to eat hu tieu nam vang (vietnamese Phnom Penh noodles soup) We are a couple of heffers because on our way home we stopped by Kebab Korner to order our dinner. Mmm...can't wait for chicken karahi, tamarind chutney and garlic naan. perfect pre-independence day food, i know!

pre-fourth of july weekend shopping - I can't wait to sport my new swimsuits i just bought yesterday.


hubbel and hudson beer and cheese fest was a success! i got my free buzz on!current favorite beer: brooklyn's summer ale.It’s a smooth drinking, well balanced beer with just the right amount of malt and hop bitterness to invigorate the palate while sitting outside relaxing under the sun. I won’t be passing on this one again on my next trip to the store. Quite a decent pale 'summer ale', I wouldn't expect anything less from the Brooklyn Brewery. It's a nice beer that quenches one's thirst and is a nice opener to any session and stronger beers.

artistic quenching.

due to laziness and lack of time i am slowly crawling out of hiatus to blah-blah-blah. random opinions would just flutter about but here i am with nothing to show for those moments of shear brilliance. i think i needed a spark of inspiration again so i could organize my thoughts. thus, i finally got it when i went to the menil museum with an old friend and a new friend. it was a ying and yang balance, i suppose. its always fun to show uncultured people there's more to life than just video games and comic book fantasies. ignorance is NOT bliss. nonetheless...it was an enjoyable time. we leisurely walked about and went to the rothko chapel. it wasn't what i expected...it was deathly quiet and awkward as i walked and had to refrain from bursts of laughter when i saw my friends' expressions. people really did come to the rothko to get in touch with their inner spirit...i sure didn't. after the utter disappointment 0f black and purple canvases...we proceeded to go to the menil museum which semi-quenched my cultural satisfaction for art. it blows my mind how other people can put their imaginations on canvas and sculpture. crossing off the menil collection and rothko chapel off my list.

epic teen angst.

As I was channel surfing...Sixteen Candles happened to be on TBS. Classic John Hughes film that I absolutely adore. I couldn't help, but stop and watch with commercial breaks and all. Contemporary retro take on a happy-feel good ending romance. It's strange how quotes like "Donger's here for five hours, and he's got somebody. I live here my whole life, and I'm like a disease" and "She's got her period. Should be an interesting honeymoon" can be so relate-able. Who doesn't have that one boy or girl they have a crush on in fear of rejection if they confess their feelings? Overall, I think its a pretty damn hilarious movie. The Geek is triumphant in spite of teenage awkward social skills. Reminds me alot like myself. My favorite moment is when Jake and Sam celebrate her forgotten birthday! Makes me swoon for a boy who can be thoughtful to a girl he adores.  

session beer.

I am rarely in the mood these days for a boozy or remotely heavy beer.  I'd rather be able to have a "session" without feeling loaded or tired. Furthermore, there is something very special and sophisticated about a well made session beer, which is not an easy task for a brewer! I'm on a mini-mission to expose to people the beauty of a low abv, drinkable ale or lager. Bigger is not always better.

progression.

evening wear.
office casual off to happy hour wear.soft semi-formal wear.

bayou art fest.

had a lovely time with my favorite peeps at the bayou art fest this past weekend. it was a definite mind fuck to see all these different interpretations of what people find humorous, beautiful and fascinating. whether it was on canvas, organic, a sculpture, or a photograph...it was amazing! i was lucky enough to be invited by Yelp Elite to attend the VIP tent and lunch with the Mayor of Houston. free booze and food sure adds depth into looking and appreciating art. i highly recommend looking at art while inebriated with people who have a sense of humor especially those who don't have the same mind frame as you.

sincerest form of flattery.

be suspicious of flattery. the desire to be liked and appreciated makes people vulnerable to flattery. how charming. how utterly winning that someone you hardly know has lavished you with compliments or humbly confessed complete admiration. watch out. you're wonderful, but not that wonderful.

beer gear.

with the season to give coming up...why not give that special companion of yours a beer holster? a practical gift.

stealthy ninjas.

If you don't have a lover, it's a problem. If you do have a lover, it's another kind of problem. Lovers don't solve problems. Rather, they add layers of complication and difficulty whether they are absent or present. Dont kid yourself. All lovers are unpredictable shadow-warriors capable of snapping your soul like a matchstick.

brad.

a girl friend and i went to two rows (local micro-brewery that closed down) for the last hurrah. we saw a bartender that was above average on the attractive scale and made a hypothetical name for him: BRAD....unassumingly thinking that every chiseled cute caucasion guy goes by that name. as for the fine-looking young model in the above photos, his name is brad too.

third time's a charm.

I'll allow someone to lie to me three times before I withdraw my trust. For some people, one lie can destroy a whole relationship. I'll allow three because most of us tell little fibs for innocent reasons, or because we can't remember details. But three --significant lies-- is my limit. One of my friends has a five lie limit, thankfully, which is why we're still friends. I'm on lie three with him. It's important to set a limit on how much dishonesty you can tolerate in your relationships. Stick to it.

Don't worry if people hate you.

They'll survive, and so will you.

threads.

artistic garble.

salvage.

Me: My new H&M dress I got in San Francisco – Silk. Hot iron. BURN….can you make this into a top?

Raven: [slight hesitation] I’ve never sewn on silk before. BUT since you already effed it up, sure I’ll give it a shot ;)

Thank you to my talented and beautiful seamstress friend, RAVEN, for making a kick-ass top from my poor burnt dress. It's amazing how people can astonish you with their mad sewing skills. I was bummed when I ironed a hole on a polyester dress and the first person that popped in my mind was Ravestar! The top was a little short on me but hey! it was my eff up.


I traded her labor for a Corinne Bailey Rae ticket at the House of Blues, which was an AMAZING concert! I took my cousin, John, and my sister along too which they thoroughly enjoyed. I'll never forget this concert. Here's a silly mini-photoshoot of the finished product. As you can tell, I'm not a model by all means.

wishful shopping.

1.} anthropologie. Grasby Gardens Dress

2.} anthropologie. Unaligned Bands Dress

3.} anthropologie. Feliciana Dress

embrace it.

OK...i'm not the typical skinny asian girl. I live to eat and eat to live. My workouts are based on the many calories I consume a day. I love fried chicken and cupcakes! Can't take that away from me unless my health was in detriment...

I do give a shit about how my body looks, but what girl doesn't?!? I have a ba-dunk-a-dunk and embrace the hell out of it! I've always been self-conscious of my assets just cause its so big and round. I may not like how my junk in the trunk looks in jeans sometimes, but I've come to terms that I slightly overfill them. That's why I must be blessed with this booty?!? I have this tendency to always do that butt check in the mirror when I walk away and then just pout in disappointment how big my arse looks. MUST STOP DOING THAT! Screw society and how they view beauty in slender and thin women. It's all about curves! Do guys really want a flat pasty ass grinding against them or a nice juicy firm ass bouncing off them? I would take the latter anyday if I was a dude. It's possible to be envious my own ass, isn't it? NIKE ad courtesy of my homie, JON, and his appreciation for girls with a small waist and big round booty!

i'd do it all again.

Ooh, you did it all again, you broke another skin
Its hard to believe this time, hard to believe
That my heart, my hearts an open door... See More
You got all you came for, baby
So weary, someone to love is bigger than your prides worth
Is bigger than the pain you got for it hurts
And out runs all of the sadness
Its terrifying, life, through the darkness
And Id do it all again, Id do it all again

- Corinne Bailey Rae

Her music is so soulful and beautiful. I can't wait to see her in about a week!

found in translation.

My first class of ESL wrapped up this month and a new one begins tomorrow. Ever since i started teaching english after work, I have found a new respect for my students, peers, and myself. it's damn hard work to speak in correct english, but to teach it to people who have an utter lack of understanding in a foreign secondary language is a HUGE struggle! If you have a passion to learn something, just go for it! Don't wait.

"You need a certain amount of openness and non-conformism to be creative. People who are considered mad have not been taught by life to wall up their openness and they have more direct contact to their unconscious." - Anonymous