tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85263869442663808002024-03-14T01:14:16.085-07:00choose happinessa modgepodge of happy things~Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348114543903670427noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526386944266380800.post-35752930449339673182013-12-15T15:06:00.002-08:002013-12-15T15:14:05.584-08:00Classical Music for the Soul + a Touch of Nostalgia<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Writing college essays really forces you to sometimes to really look at yourself and evaluate who've you become over all these years so far. To adults, 17 years old may still seem young, but it doesn't mean we can't still get nostalgic over our childhood. By childhood I mean the young young years when we were in second grade. One of my college essay prompts somehow led me to think about how I miss being young and being completely carefree. I have this one memory of just playing in my room with my stuffed animals while the summer sun shone into all four corners of my room and a breeze crept through my open window. At the time, it was just a typical day. But looking back, it's a precious memory of something that reminds me of my childhood. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now for those who don't know, I've been playing violin ever since I was four. It's been a long time and I've done a lot with it. I won't divulge into an entire resume but I have worked hard with music and I guess you can say I've developed a relationship with it. I don't practice much these days, actually basically never, but when I start feeling nostalgic or sad over sentimental things like this, I just get this urge to whip out my instrument and play something. I just had a lesson with my violin teacher yesterday and we read through the Dvorak Concerto in A minor and Bach Sonata No.1. Today I whipped out those two pieces and literally poured my heart into them. I feel like playing the violin really helps me to just let my emotions out, especially when the piece truly conveys what I'm feeling. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm going to link some famous violinists playing two movements of the Dvorak Concerto and the Bach Sonata because I think they really convey the nostalgia, sadness, bitterness, and every emotion that is related to loss. I've never really had any piece of music mean anything to me but I've finally found meaning in this one. And it helped me to resolve all my feelings in a way since I was able to just get them out of my mind and into the notes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you don't listen to classical music or just don't get what I'm saying even as you are listening to the pieces, don't worry about it. Every piece of music has a different meaning for everyone. Maybe you can listen for what the piece means to the player in the videos (:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There's a movement 3 as well but I felt that it doesn't really apply as much. If you search for it on Youtube though, you'll probably recognize it (: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Bach Sonata No. 1 is really tough as is most of Bach's compositions since Bach composed it partly to show pianists that violinists don't need them: we can play three even four notes sometimes to accompany ourselves. On violin, playing four even three or two notes is really difficult. It's also really nerve racking to play this piece, especially from memory, because there are just so many variations of the same theme and so many notes to memorize. It's a daunting task. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Stern is even sweating at some point in the video!</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Even though it may not sound totally clean the way he plays it, I think it shows the passion that he's try to convey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These are probably two of my favorite classical pieces for the violin. I hope you liked them even if they're not pop, country, alternative rock, or some other genre of music ~ Give classical music a chance (:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But what's more important is that I have finally gotten a Canon EOS Rebel t3i DSLR camera!!! I have been saving for this ever since my sixteenth birthday, which is when I got a ton of checks for a lot of hundreds of dollars. All of that dough has been sitting in my special little savings box waiting to be spent on my new beauty. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I haven't really talked about it in this blog, but one of my obsessions is photography. My first camera was one of those disposable ones that you could buy at an amusement park, then I got this Disney themed one for my ninth birthday which I was obsessed with. Overall, I've had a lot of cameras: point and shoots, one polaroid, and a couple of old film ones my parents had when they were in college. I even used my iPhone 4 for awhile to take pictures to post on instagram. But my dream was to buy one of those big bulky cameras with the lens that you could take off and change and with the high resolution that I would die to have. Black friday came and along with it, my camera. I got it from costco.com for a $700 bundle deal that had about a $1300 value. It came with a camera bag, DVD instruction, another lens (I think it's longer), memory card, a cable cord to plug into the TV, camera strap, and battery charger. I haven't stopped taking pictures with it ever since it came in the mail about a week ago, and because the first snow just landed in my town, I've been out in the freezing cold trying to take pictures. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's mainly what this post is going to be for, me sharing my pictures taken with my new camera. I hope you are all enjoying your Decembers, winters, and, if you had it, your first snow fall. Tell me what you think about my pictures! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and after the snow dusted the ground</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the colors and white are brilliant</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pine trees & snow. the perfect winter combination</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">everything looks prettier with snow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a bare branch, beautified.</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348114543903670427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526386944266380800.post-38688624080672731442013-10-10T13:12:00.001-07:002013-10-10T13:14:16.335-07:00the student life + youtube discovery!<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been about three months since my last post...all I can do is say sorry. My new goal is at least one post a month :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A lot has been happening since July (my last post). My last year of high school has begun but honestly I felt like it began before the first day of school in September. Why? Two words: <b>College Applications</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Honestly, its not too stressful as long as you really take advantage of your time. But I do find myself at the bookstore a lot doing homework and writing essays. The essays are the most stressful part but also really rewarding. I finally finished a common app essay that I'm proud of. For those who are struggling through this journey with me, it's an essay for prompt four: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wrote about Barnes and Noble and so far the feedback I've gotten (only from my mom, haha) has been good. But, for other people writing essays and looking for tips, one thing I have to say is don't let other people's opinions overrun your own. Find something you really want to write about, it can honestly be about anything, and write it in a way that you're proud of. <b>The essay really is and should be an expression of yourself</b>. When I initially showed my essays to my parents, their feedback was nice but then they started to get a little too involved. If you think your essays are a true expression of yourself, that's perfect. It's still going to take work, long hours of frustration (I can never spell this word right the first time) and rewriting. I probably scrapped about ten drafts of my common app essay until I wrote one I was proud of. Save your drafts though, because they may answer some supplemental essay or who knows, you might go back to them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you're going through some major stress right now, here's a remedy. Drink some green tea with honey (my favorite tea), eat some ramen (did today. definitely comfort food), or watch some youtube videos! This leads me to my next segment. So while getting all the college mail, sometimes you find gold in the mass heap of junk. Pomona college sent me a brochure where they showcased some of their students. One of them, Albert Chang plays violin and makes videos of covers that he writes. His videos are really good quality, really creative, and his music is really good. His username is <b>sleightlymusical</b>. Here are some of my favorites:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember, don't get stressed out by college applications if you're doing them or school work. Find little things to make you <b>happy</b> and get you motivated~ believe me, it'll be worth it in the end. Until the next post (hopefully sooner than later)!</span></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348114543903670427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526386944266380800.post-13836692412057850102013-07-03T05:58:00.001-07:002013-07-03T06:02:53.586-07:00I'm Alive & The Liebster Award<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First I'd like to start with an apology for abandoning this blog for literally ten months, eep o___o That is a very long time. My excuse, school :( It was my junior year so I had all the testing, pressure for good grades, AP tests, SAT test, SAT II tests, etc etc. Too much testing. But now that I'm done for the summer, I'm going to bring this blog back to life. Though I do have some new ideas so I may be formatting it differently. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyways, another thing that I'm really excited about is Levina from <a href="http://stardust-wishes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">stardust wishes</a> gave me the Liebster Award! Yay! (back in 2012 but still, yay!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"The <span style="color: purple;"><b>Liebster Blog Award</b></span><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"> </span>is given to upcoming bloggers who have less than 200 followers. "Liebster" is a German word which means the sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, lovely, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing and welcome." </span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I LOVE food especially bread, pasta, noodles (bc they're different from pasta), potatoes, cheesecake, and ice cream :)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I've played the violin for about 13 years. We've had a long commitment, my violin and I and a lot of adventures</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I adore movies~ I've never gone to a midnight premiere but I will go out on the opening day with my brother to watch a movie, nevermind the cost :P </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">People always describe me as quiet which I've kind of accepted since I am pretty much a quiet person in general. Though when I'm with my friends..that's another story xD</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I love going on youtube or pinterest and seeing all the diy things they make. I haven't really gotten around to making anything myself but I'm hoping to this summer</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I also love love love photography. Right now my main cameras are my Canon point-and-shoot and </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">my iPhone4 (not really good quality) but I'm saving up for a Canon Rebel, either Ti3 or Ti4. I'm not sure as of now but I'm trying to read a lot of reviews to pick the best one. (Do you have any suggestions?)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #222222;">And because I love photography, my main outlet is instagram which I've recently got this year.</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://instagram.com/infinitelee_grace" target="_blank"> Follow me! infinitelee_grace</a></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I am a dog lover. I tell people I'm going to have 5 dogs when I get my own place: 2 golden retrievers, a puggle, a shih tzu, and I'm not sure about the last one yet</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I like to keep journals though I'm as inconsistent with them as I am with my blog...So in the journal I have now, I have post all the way from 2011 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I'm never really inspired by just one person. It depends on the time and who I come across. So right now, I'm mainly inspired by <a href="http://rookiemag.com/2013/05/emma-watson-interview/" target="_blank">Emma Watson</a> (I didn't realize she was so great until recently--check out the link) and Jennifer Lawrence. Both of them are really down to earth with brilliant personalities. They're also gorgeous</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I've recently gone on a college road trip with my family and I think I've found the colleges I really want to go to! I love Duke and Georgetown ^__^</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Materialistically, I am really scared of any sharp objects like knives, needles, etc. Just thinking about them gives me shivers. But I guess my BIGGEST fear is disappointing others. I've realized I really don't like disappointing other people so I'm really motivated by people's expectations of me. Though I've realized it's okay to fall/fail sometimes :)</span></div>
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<a href="http://mymilktoof.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">My Milk Toof</a>, <a href="http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A Cup of Jo</a>, and <a href="http://thestylishwanderer.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Stylish Wanderer</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So many things, a teacher, astronaut, dinosaur (yes, my brother's influence), doctor, there's probably a lot more that I don't remember</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">OHMYGOSH. so many moments...well one was when I was really young and I accidentally hugged the wrong mom in Pre-K I think. It's hard to differentiate between persons when all you can see are their legs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In a city because I've only ever lived in suburb areas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My favorite quote: Be a fruit loop in a world full of cheerios</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I came upon some other blogs on blogger a loongggg time ago and I just loved reading what they had to say and learning about other people who were different from me, who lived in different areas, and were passionate about different things. Pretty much anyone who's blog I follow has inspired me. I'd like to share my interests too so I guess my passions have also inspired me to blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've never really thought about it...I guess the most competitive competition so I can feel good about myself :)</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348114543903670427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526386944266380800.post-81152934768379520362012-09-05T10:55:00.004-07:002012-09-05T10:55:44.900-07:00Toms and Bobs<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm such a bad person! I've barely been writing any posts :( sorry about this guys.. Tomorrow I start school though and today I went to my school's transition day to promote our club to the freshmen :) It was fun, but my voice is hoarse from all the yelling x)<br /><br />Anyways, I wanted to take some time to talk about shoes. Toms to be more exact and also Bobs. I'm sure you've all heard of Toms (those cute shoes that donate money to children for every pair) but have you guys heard of Bobs? Maybe they're an old thing, but I just found out about them online! I've been absolutely adoring Toms this summer, pinning them on my pinterest and such, but I don't have a single pair. So today I'll probably be going out to the mall with my mom to buy my first pair, possibly even two!<br /><br />Bobs look almost exactly like Toms. I'm not sure what the exact differences are but Bobs have the little flap on the side that says "bobs" instead of "toms". obvious stuff ^oo^ (<--I made a new face! its a pig!!!!)<br /><br />Oh you know what, I just found out that Bobs are actually from Sketchers who pretty much stole the design. Everything is the same, even the prices. Wow Sketchers, couldn't even be a little creative. Can you even see the differences?:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Something about these shoes just makes me love them <3. I think I'm going to get a gray pair, online they're $44 without shipping and at Nordstrom or Journeys I think has them, they're about $54 - $60. It really depends what kind of Toms you're getting. Classic, red, blue and gray, are $44. Here's some more of the <a href="http://www.leaveitbetter.com/blog/toms/" target="_blank">background story and history of Toms</a> :)<br /><br />Have a good day!!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348114543903670427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526386944266380800.post-44233847384060126792012-08-30T04:39:00.002-07:002012-08-30T04:39:13.156-07:00Crochet...<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You know what? I really want to learn how to crochet. I could've taught myself this summer but summer is literally over...I start school next Thurs -- a week away! But when I was younger, my grandmother taught me to knit. I loved it but when I got older I really wanted to make cute little things like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amigurumi" target="_blank">amigurumi</a> but for some reason, even though they can be knitted, a lot of people only crochet amigurumi. Me with my poor knitting needles, we were being discriminated against. I think I was really determined to knit amigurumi so I never got around to maybe actually learning to crochet...Well that desire is back and I blame pinterest. Seeing all the adorable little crocheted things, I'm really feeling an urge to go to Michaels and buying a boat load of yarn and a crochet needle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Look at all this cuteness!! I especially love the pink panda, winter penguin, hamburger, white bear, and little dragon, but they are all so cute. I really want to make them soon. Sadly though, many of these are from blogs that don't exist anymore so I can't even really credit them or get the patterns :( Maybe once I'm really good I can make my own patterns? Who knows, I have to learn how to crochet first! <br /><br />Have you crocheted before? What are some of your creations or patterns?<br /></span>ps. wondering where I've been? Wait for my next post! I'll explain :) (hint: lots and lots of colleges)</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348114543903670427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526386944266380800.post-11813677434098743602012-08-25T12:10:00.002-07:002012-08-25T12:12:14.840-07:00Awesome Pictures from "The Atlantic"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-align: start;">I came across some amazing pictures on the web from the magazine </span><i style="text-align: start;">The Atlantic</i><span style="text-align: start;">'s website. They look out of this world but all of them were taken somewhere on this planet.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"A streetcar in New Orleans traveling back towards The Quarter on St.Charles Ave. I held the camera against the window sill, making sure to divide the image equally between the inside and the outside." (<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">© Don Chamblee)</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"This image captures almost 6 hours of climbing parties on Rainier going for the summit under starry skies. Wind shifts during the night would cause bands of smoke from fires 100 miles away on MT Hood to pass over Rainier. This intermittent low-level haze caused the red glow seen in the sky and a Rainier that looks like it was almost painted on. Lights from Sunrise can be seen in the lower right of the frame." (<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">© Chris Morin)</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Rare and endangered Australian Sea Lions (Neophoca cinerea) swim and play in the shallows of Hopkins Island, South Australia." (<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">© </span>Michael Patrick O'Neill) </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Morning light breaking through the windows of the 'Temple of Transition' during the Burning Man event 2011." (<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">© Lars Tiemann)</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"This image was taken in wintertime in an arid area of the Canadian Rockies. Temperatures were below 30degrees Celsius, yet because there was no snow fall the surface of the lake was uncovered allowing me to see and capture the bubbles (gas release from the lake bed) that were trapped in the frozen waters." (<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">© </span>Emmanuel Coupe-Kalomiris)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"One morning while on the Big Island of Hawaii, I was exploring my surroundings to see if I could find something to photograph. I almost went back inside when something on this huge palm tree leaf caught my eye. I stayed around and it was this little gecko, startled by my presence he was hidden between the ridges of the leaf. He would pop his head up periodically to check his surroundings; as soon as he saw I was still there he would hide again. We played this game for a while until I got the shot." (<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">© </span>Lorenzo Menendez)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Flight of an Eagle owl Photo by Mark Bridger A large adult eagle owl in flight." (<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">© </span>Mark Bridger)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"This photo was taken in the Upper Antelope Canyon near Page (AZ) and it shows the amazing effect of the sand thrown in the air and struck by the rays of the sun." (<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">© </span>Angiolo Manetti)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For all of the pictures, click this <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/7Zb5Kh/:1Fnw6JYL_:QzDNCeuO/m.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/11/national-geographic-photo-contest-2011/100187/" target="_blank">link</a></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348114543903670427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526386944266380800.post-81485153731885351332012-08-24T18:16:00.000-07:002012-08-24T18:16:09.686-07:00Weekend DIY<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some simple projects to do over the weekend in your spare time :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Need: 2 large rocks and 2 smaller rocks.<br />Paint one of the larger rocks as the body of the panda. You can follow the picture above or use your own model. Then the next medium/big rock, paint as the face. Give it two small white eyes surrounded by black patches a pink nose. Next paint the 2 small rocks black for the ears of the panda. Glue all the rocks together to create a rock panda :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Find some glass marbles and then bake them in an oven at 350 degrees. Once the marble is thoroughly cracked, you can make pendants out of them by following the instructions connected to the link or keep them as simple trinkets. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348114543903670427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526386944266380800.post-26854459975575343502012-08-24T17:50:00.002-07:002012-08-24T17:50:39.851-07:00Pumpkin Snickerdoodles<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Snickerdoodles with some pumpkin~ a yummy fall treat :)<br />I love snickerdoodles, for some reason they possess me more than chocolate chip cookies do~ I could eat TONS of snickerdoodles :D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This fall recipe puts a twist on the old classic. Instead of a regular snickerdoodle, why not add 3/4 cup of pumpkin puree? Sounds good to me :) Take a look below:</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Some notes: because of the pumpkin puree addition, these snickerdoodles may be puffier and softer than classic snickerdoodles. Click </span><a href="http://penniesonaplatter.com/2011/10/28/pumpkin-snickerdoodles/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> for the original recipe and a little blurb about "cookie confidence" :)</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 cup granulated sugar</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/2 cup light brown sugar</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3/4 cup pumpkin puree</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 large egg</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 teaspoons vanilla extract</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3 3/4 cups flour</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/2 teaspoon salt</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 teaspoon ground cinnamon</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/2 teaspoon ground giner</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Beat together butter and sugars with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until the mix is light and fluffy (should take 2 - 3 min) Then stir in the pumpkin puree, and beat in the egg and vanilla</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In another medium sized bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Put the mixer on low speed and gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Make sure they are thoroughly mixed and blended together.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cover and chill the dough for at least an hour</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Preheat oven to 350 degrees.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Line baking sheets with parchment paper or anything of the like. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mix together the ingredients for the coating in a small bowl. Scoop equally sized chilled dough balls and roll them into the coating mixture. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Place each ball on the cookie sheet about 2 in apart</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dip the bottom of a flat drinking glass into water then in tho the sugar mixture to use to slightly flatten the dough balls and coat the top of each cookie with sugar.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until the cookies are baked through</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Of course you could have these cookies warm (my favorite kind of cookie) and eat them with a cold glass of milk, or if you liked them cooled down so that they're firmer, leave the cookies on the wire rack and then enjoy them :)</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348114543903670427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526386944266380800.post-71982401637587479232012-08-24T17:32:00.000-07:002012-08-24T17:32:21.082-07:00US Open TripHappy Friday everyone! I'm here to now document my epic Thursday with you...on a Friday :) Let me explain...<br />I've recently started preseason tennis practice with the girls and Thursday we took our first group trip to the US Open qualifying rounds! I was excited, I haven't been able to go as a freshman or sophomore, so now was my chance. Honestly, I was expecting something like a baseball game. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE baseball and watching it but when you're sitting in the stadium, everything is pretty slow. I thought the US Open would be like that: slow paced, big stadium, just sitting around waiting for some intense points... but boy was I wrong. The US Open was more like an amusement park. It seriously was built like one. The place was huge and surrounding a main center area were loads of tennis courts. Think of six flags. It has that main circle part near it entrance than pathways branch off from it entering into different rides and such. But instead of rides, we went to tennis courts to watch the matches. They. were. AWESOME !! Since it was qualifying rounds, it was free of charge and also there weren't really any of the big names playing ( Djokovic, Federer, etc.). But all the players were still really good. (by the way, the food is really good too! just overpriced..)<br />The first court we went to (court 4, there's I think 17 in total) had a woman player from Taiwan (did you know Taiwan's abbreviation was TPE?? I did not know that) called Yung-jan Chan v. a player form Canada, Sharon ...something (I was rooting for Taiwan..cause well, she's asian. And she was REALLY good). Here are some pictures:<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">She won the match :) I learned a lot just by watching her. She would be so smart about where to place the ball. When the Canadian opponent moved up to the net, Chan just lobed it over her head so she couldn't touch it. She had such good control over the ball. I even got her autograph at the end! I was so excited. My friends and I even tried to get a picture with her but there were too many people wanting to do the same thing... oh well, an autograph is still awesome :)</span></div>
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We wandered around some more on the meandering paths, ate some lunch consisting of sandwiches, delicious waffle fries, and Ben & Jerry's ice cream, and somehow we ended up at a place where they were having interviews. Guess who was being interviewed?? ROGER FEDERER !!!! Gosh that was amazing. He was literally right. in. front. of. me. :o </div>
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The one with half his face turned this way is Federer. Isn't it cool? I wonder if it's legal to post all these pictures on here...oh well :) That's why this US Open is so awesome. During its qualifying rounds anyone can come in free of charge, see amazing players play some matches and practice and it's just an awesome experience.<br />Next in one of the big courts, we saw the last few minutes of Bobby Reynolds', an American player, match. We really only caught the last few excited cheers since Reynolds won and then we saw him being interviewed by, I guess, some news reporter. </div>
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You can actually see my coach in the above picture. She's the one on the right side with the white hat, dirty blonde hair and has her hand sticking out with her iphone trying to take a picture :)<br /><br />
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We got down where the crowd was too so we could get Reynolds autograph and I have to admit, I took some creeper shots of Reynold:<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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He gave his towel away to some excited boys. Is it wrong to say that I was a tad jealous of them? Their first comment was, "Wow! His towel! Ew, it's all wet with his sweat../grin/" Bet they were thinking of selling it on ebay...<br />Our last couple of hours at the US Open was spent watching Andy Murray practice in the official court where the actual US Open takes place:</div>
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That's Andy Murray! I'm not sure what his rank is exactly but I know it's definitely in the top 20 or 10. He's VERY good. My favorite shots are the bottom two: him drinking water and him hitting an overhead :)<br />Well that was my epic Thursday adventure. I didn't get any pictures with my friends and me in them, I was too busy taking action shots x) If you get the chance, you should get yourself to the US Open qualifying matches. They're completely free! & the matches are awesome. Also the seats you get are REALLY GOOD. I sat right behind where Andy Murray was seating :D<br />Okay, well have a good weekend!!! Another week is done and it's now a week closer to school....</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348114543903670427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526386944266380800.post-35331062631369866632012-08-20T16:23:00.000-07:002012-08-20T16:23:15.951-07:00Day in my Life..<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">hi everyone, I haven't been posting much...I realized how hard it is to commit to posting often. But today I went to 2 college tours since the hectic admissions year is slowly coming my way.<br />We didn't take much pictures but the campuses were amazing. The college I went to were Haverford and Swarthmore, both in Pennsylvania and close to us somewhat :) I REALLY liked these colleges.. Sure I've visited Princeton, Harvard, Yale, etcetc. those Ivies, and it would be great if I got accepted, but these colleges seemed more to fit ME. I could actually imagine myself taking classes there, walking on the sidewalks, studying there. We even got to see the Swarthmore dorms and they weren't that bad. The only problem is the lack of AC :P I already experienced that in my 3 wk camp earlier this summer and it's only bearable if you have a good fan that's on most of the time and the window open. Everything else was really nice though, I wish I had pictures to show you! I think I'm really leaning towards Swarthmore, they had this awesome space called the amphitheater and it was AWESOME. It was all grassy, looked all greek and really cool. It had lots of trees too. I'm pretty sure there was one in a korean drama I watched a long time ago...maybe Boys Over Flowers? But again, it has one con that will drive me crazy. MOSQUITOES Dx WORST BUG ON EARTH. They love my blood too much, literally when the campus guide warned us about the mosquitoes I looked down at my leg and there were two already sucking my blood. Dx awful awful awful. But the rest of the campus is really nice, beautiful. It's so green and everything with lots of trees, I think that's what I like about the east coast so much compared to the west. Sure palm trees are awesome but you really get the feeling of being free in the outdoors here, you know? I live on the east coast by the way if you haven't already guessed :)<br />Haverford was nice as well, from the little glimpses of the campus we got. We didn't get to go on a campus tour but the information session made me like the college. I think I'll probably apply to Swarthmore as well as to Haverford. Besides they have this whole consortium thing where they and Bryn Mawr College sort of have this partnership where you can go to any one of their campuses to take classes, socialize, and even eat. It's pretty cool and they're only about 1/2 an hour away from each other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After we got home though, I got myself some POPS cereal and zoomed upstairs to my room where I read for 3 hrs a book that I have been just addicted to. It's called Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen. I think it's pretty old, this is actually my 2nd time reading it, but I didn't remember it at all until one part where I was like, wait...this sounds familiar. I would definitely recommend it :) It's a really touching story about family but you also start to feel for the characters and connecting with them. The people in the book are awesome. *SPOILER ALERT* but I would love to marry the guy who is the sister's husband in there..he's so awesome x) But you wouldn't understand what I just read if you haven't read the book, so go read it!<br /><br />Here are some fall pictures in preparation for school and the wonderful season. I think suddenly, strangely, unexpectedly Fall has become my favorite season. As well as winter. Maybe its just the holidays. Anyways, here you go!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yesterday was a food shopping day with my mom. I always call an event, if it's with only me and my mom, mother~duaghter bonding time ^ ^ and the added bonus was the food :D &&&! My mom got me a big stuffed teddy (i think they call him "Costco Bear", oh yeah, we went to Costco and Wegmans) that I've been wanting since last year! Here's our little excursion:</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">free samples :) nacho chips w/ salsa. pretty yummy</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wegmans has these new things called baby cakes? $6, they look pretty cute :)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">wegmans fruit P: I want watermelon~~ my favorite fruit<3</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">bread we were going to get...but alas...it look so yummy</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">BENJAMIN! my new big brother :) He's helping us carry kettle corn, yum <3</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Isn't he huge!! I put on his seatbelt for him, but he can hardly fit in the car!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">home sweet home <3 I didn't think he was that big... and so heavy!<br />yup that's me, literally still in my bed clothes and everything :P ignore my face</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">big brother Benjamin sitting in the chair...he's going to have to lose some pounds!<br />I'll put him on my exercising regime :)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"hello! my name is benjamin! i think you'll be seeing more of me!"</span></td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348114543903670427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526386944266380800.post-61323177804071273262012-08-14T08:38:00.002-07:002012-08-14T08:38:30.374-07:00Fall Hard for Keds: green!<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">um wow. So I am literally shocked right now and because of that I've spent literally all morning on the internet...on polyvore. I got added to their top sets!! It's so amazing, I was not expecting that xD It's nice to know that I'm doing well though~ I look back on my past sets from when I first joined (only 12 days ago!!) and they're so different to what I do now. Here's the set that got posted to Polyvore's top sets:</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was initially for one of their contests....maybe I'll win now?? That would be amazing, but I won't get my hopes up. It's enough for me to be even on top sets....just wow. Well what do you think? Is it really that good? Personally, I just love the sweater and the backpack~ and the sneakers are just awesome. Tell me what you think!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348114543903670427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526386944266380800.post-44058258069939448222012-08-13T22:48:00.001-07:002012-08-13T22:48:48.878-07:00Late Night Indulgences<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi everyone! It's late, 1:02 am, but I can't go to sleep. My teeth kill because I put my retainer in for the first time in about two months, and I really should be tired because I was exhausted the entire day :P But I digress. Let's see...why have I decided to post something this late, or this early in the morning? Well, I've started to use stumbleupon.com which is a really great internet tool if you are extremely bored, or if you are like me, who just wastes time on the computer..It's like the gps of the internet: it takes you where you want to go and what you want to see :) I've found so many awesome websites through it! You simply mark your interests (I marked a lot of food, recipe, crafts, diy, etc so I'm getting a lot of amazing diys and recipes :) and the "stumbleupon" button takes you to websites that involve your interests! </span></span></div>
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Well tonight, or I suppose this early early morning, I've found a really nice food/craft website tonight using stumbleupon and I thought I'd share. The pictures are almost food porn: the gooey chocolate-ness, yummy bread, cinnamon, sigh..I really want some chocolate right now. They're all delicious looking recipes, so if you got the time, go let your inner chef take over and get baking :)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Literally a cookie in a bowl, late night snack if you will. It looks so good ^o^ As the website explains it, this recipe is perfect for those "I-need-a-cookie-right-now-or-I-die" moments. And all the "baking" pretty much takes place in a bowl!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">yumyum, they look so soft and chewy~ This recipe combines the double fudge cookie and the original chocolate chip cookie :) The best of the best all in one delicious cookie~ <span style="font-size: x-small;">{<a href="http://www.howsweeteats.com/2011/12/brown-butter-double-fudge-chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-cookies/" target="_blank">original, original recipe here from howsweeteats</a>}</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm getting a little ahead of myself thinking of Christmas, but these would probably be perfect for the holidays! Just look how sweet and delicious they look. I'm pretty sure that's some jam inside there with powdered sugar sprinkled over it, it just looks so sweet. Definitely going down in my holiday recipe book. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As the website claims, "this is a very healthy dessert with nearly no calories at all." ....true or not true? Oh, I read on and they say "okay, that's not true...but wouldn't it be awesome if it was?" Yes my friends, yes. That would be extremely awesome. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">SO DELICIOUS LOOKING. BREAD <3 The website calls it "a gift from heaven". It LOOKS like a gift from heaven, I bet it tastes even better. I like how it's not in perfect slices; perfect for just tearing at. Plus I think the unevenness adds texture when you eat it. When something is just crumbly and not perfect, it just tastes more delicious, you know? Maybe not. This is probably just confusing. If you make this though, tell me how it tastes! {and mail me some! :D}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last recipe and last picture of deliciousness. This is probably the best idea ever. A cake in a mug. How innovative could it get? It's like the first recipe: all the baking takes place in a cup. How simple :) A lot of thought was put into this recipe by the maker so I think this is definitely a must do mug-cake. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well now that I've given you all the goodies, why not make some of them or just get a snack and watch a movie? It's not the weekend anymore and school may have already started for a lot of you, but maybe on the weekend for just one last time of fun before you get really into the books you can eat merrily and watch a good movie. What movie? This one:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />Okay everyone, good night! Time for me to finally go to sleep x) I leave you with the one message below & have a good rest of the week!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi everyone! Hope you're having a great Saturday!! So far the day has been good for me~ I've rearranged the furniture in my room and it looks a lot bigger, watched a lot of Olympics of course, and Korea has been doing well!! LOL, my family and I get more worked up about Korea winning than the US x) Right now we're watching handball: Korea v. Spain, and it is INTENSE. They're in OT right now...xP I'll probably know the results at the end of this post.<br />Anyways, yesterday I went to the best place after my SAT class. My mom treated me out to korean shaved ice at a korean cafe called Sol Levante!! You might have heard of the k-cafe Paris Baguette. I still like that one better but Sol Lev was still nice. And they're patbingsu (shaved ice) is AMAZING ^^<br />What's patbingsu? THE BEST ICE CREAM IN THE WORLD. Here's some pictures I took of ours:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;">yumyum, so delicious. Patbingsu is pretty much korean "ice cream" but really it's shaved ice with sweet condensed milk and sweet red bean sauce. That's the basic part. Then most people nowadays add lots of different fruits (above its mangoes, kiwis, pineapple, and strawberries), mochi (the sweet chewy things that Japan has, so good), and any type of ice cream on top. All that white sauce you see is the condensed milk, really sweet milk. And the reddish-brown sauce you see are the red beans. They're REALLY good, sweet too! Basically, this dish is just a sweet, yummy, delicious...</span>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is after we mixed it all up, still yummy but not as pretty looking :) Oh god...I want some right now<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">♥</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">here's a spoonful! mango, kiwi, red bean, ice, mochi <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">♥</span> </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Patbingsu isn't the only thing at the cafe though! Mainly there's bread, but also there's pretty cakes and cookies!</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">See those little metal things in the front? Those are..what do you call them..clampers? Anyways you take a tray or bag and use the "clampers" to grab the bread. The bread is pretty much on display on the tables, freshly baked :)</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">this is the bread we bought: some apple pie bread on the top,<br />mocha roll cake in the middle, and some nutty crumble bread<br />on the bottom</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, we finished our patbingsu! All of that deliciousness gone in a minute~ If you ever come by a korean cafe, definitely go in and eat some patbingsu or buy some bread. Patbingsu is seasonal though, only summer :(<br /><span style="color: purple;">Hope you liked all the pictures and the food!! Have a g'day peeps!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These are the cutest treats ever! And really simple to make for gifts, lunch, and even just a snack for you right now.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>All You Need is:</u></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Funnel</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Rice Krispie Treats (homemade recipe below)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tin Foil (opt.)<br />Slip of Paper with message (opt.)</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">RKT recipe:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Ingredients</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> - 4 cups (1lb bag) of rice krispie cereal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> - 5 cups (16 oz bag) of mini marshmallows</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> - 1/4 cup butter or vegatable oil<br /><br /><u>Instructions</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> 1. Melt the butter thoroughlyin a medium sized pot, then dump in marshmallows</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> 2. Keep mixing until the marshmallows melt and no longer have shape.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> 3. Add rice krispie cereal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> 4. Stir quickly to make sure all the cereal gets covered in marshmallow. And...you're done!</span><br />
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<u style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">Instructions for RK Kisses</u><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. If you're using Rice Krispie Treats from the store, break them up and pack them into your funnel until its full. Or for the homemade Rice Krispie, just pack it in tightly until the funnel is full.<br />2. Put in fridge for about 5-10 min for it to harden slightly. This makes it easier to get it out of the funnel without breaking. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Gently with a fork (or chopstick, what I used) separate the edge of the funnel and rice krispie and gradually take out the entire Rice Krispie. It's okay if it breaks a little, you can fix it once it's all out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4. If your Rice Krispie Kiss needs some touch-ups, add some rice krispie mix or pack it more tightly. If you want, you can also round the bottom to make it look more like a Hershey kiss. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">[or eat it now :]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5. For gifts and packaging, put the Rice Krispie Kiss onto a square piece of tin foil (size depending on size of RK Kiss) and place a bit of the end of the slip of paper with your message underneath your treat and raise it as you fold the tin foil up and around the RK Kiss. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now you're done! You're Rice Krispie Kiss is ready for being given to a friend or family member or ready to be munched on by the maker :) Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi everyone!! It's been weird today not spending all my time on gmail, pinterest, blogspot, & other random things you can do on the internet :P Instead I was studying hard in my SAT class! ...right... My last post about the handwriting experimente gives you a good idea of what I actually do...didn't get to do any left hand writing today though. Friday is my last class and I'm so happy...I just have to get good scores on the final tests xP The studying and homework is not over -.-</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But for a cheer-me-up, those who don't know what PoD is, it's the Picture of the Day! I found one today online, it wasn't taken by me. Actually it's not really an actual picture at all :3 the H in front of the PoD stands for happy :) So today's picture is going to be a happy picture!!! Here ya go:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What makes you happy?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'Blackadder ITC';"><span style="font-size: large;">Random Links</span></span>: <div>
<a href="http://www.humansofnewyork.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Humans of New York</span></a><div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is probably the most interesting photography blog I have ever seen. It is seriously awesome. The photographer/blogger is so creative with his pictures (they're all of people, but some are VERY interesting :) & his captions! His little notes on the bottoms of the pictures make my day :D Here are some of my favorites~</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She's just fixin' her melon.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These guys were default league champions because all the other teams forfeited out of fear.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's tough out there alone.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let's hope HIS name is Ken, and not his barber's.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Everything in moderation, including moderation.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"May I take your photo? You look beautiful."<br />"OK, just make sure you can see the bag."<br />"Oh, I didn't realize you were advertising something."<br />"Isn't everything beautiful advertising something?"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The painter heard me laughing, and without looking down, said: "Boogie's looking at you sideways, isn't he?"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"You're all going to be famous!"<br />"Famoso?"<br />"Famoso!"</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had to stop myself from putting more!! They're all amazing, creative, and funny. All thanks to <a href="http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A Cup of Joe</a> who shared this on her blog :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another random link...if you go on this, it will help the world...: <a href="http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1444" target="_blank">FreeRice</a><br />If you're bored but still want to be productive, go on <a href="http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1444" target="_blank">this</a> link. It's literally an english quiz, asking you what certain words mean (it's really really easy, ex: penny------answer: cent). And for each question you get right the website will donate 10 grains of rice to the World Hunger Programme to fight world hunger. That's actually a lot more than it sounds because the questions are so easy!!! I got 100,000 grains before I stopped. I didn't even get one wrong...and I was really bored :P Play some!! It'll be one little step in helping the world :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ally Raisman gets the bronze and gold!! So amazing!! She just squeezed in a bronze medal on the beam and performed perfection on the floor :) Her movements were so graceful and effortless. It was probably the best day of her life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finished my scrapbook of letters!! It turned out way better than I expected and the post will be coming soon!!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Also, I spent yesterday making some origami boxes and things. Some of them were pretty cool (well as cool as boxes can get :) I'll post some tutorials and pictures of them.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope you guys are having a good day~ mine's nearly over..just need to go and watch more olympics!! (volleyball!!!)</span><br /><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Be Happy</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> everyone! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;">✿</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">click <a href="https://www.google.com/doodles/hurdles-2012" target="_blank">here</a> to play!<br />Don't know if this will be available after August 7th so enjoy it while you can! :D<br />I got one star, 18.3 s...I'm not good at hurdles :P<br />What did you get?</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348114543903670427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526386944266380800.post-53212818358863372772012-08-06T21:55:00.001-07:002012-08-06T22:14:32.660-07:00DIY: The Rainbow Edition<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Going on to Pinterest is literally my inspiration. These days I've been finding so many DIY projects that are a must do!! But these four projects have something in common; they all involve the colors of the rainbow :) Here they are!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">thank you <a href="http://www.photovisi.com/" target="_blank">photovisi</a> for letting me make this collage!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cranes of all colors of the rainbow! I love how they're all different shades. You can find the full how-to <a href="http://www.apieceofkates.blogspot.com/2012/05/origami-crane-mobile.html" target="_blank">here</a>. You can use as many cranes you want, even of different sizes and colors (make a shades of pink or purple one, or the rainbow!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">origami paper <span style="font-size: x-small;">(different colors if preferable)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. First make however many cranes you want. I recommend doing this while watching a movie or at least listening to music while you're folding lots and lots of paper x)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Poke a hole in each origami crane in the very tips of its back. Or you could maybe put the hole in its head <span style="font-size: x-small;">(that sounds more vulgar than I wanted it too)</span> or maybe through its tail or wing so it can look like they're all flying!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">& you're done! Now hang it up in your room, library, anywhere and watch it twirl in rainbow colors :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can make these for parties, home decor, or just for fun! It's very simple to do~ and look! The colors of the rainbow :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">balloons <span style="font-size: x-small;">(doesn't matter what color)</span></span></div>
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clothes hanger</div>
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1. From your yarn, cut 20 pieces of 3ft long strands. Blow up a balloon however large or small you would like. Then next mix equal parts of water and glue in a disposable container.<br />
2. Cover your work area with first newspaper than wax paper over top (this keeps the glue easy to peel off). While holding one end a strand of yarn, dip the other into the glue mixture and wrap it around the balloon. Continue to do this with the other strands, randomly wrapping, tucking, and overlapping until the balloon is mostly covered.<br />
3. Use the clothespin to keep the balloon from the ground and pinned to a clothes hanger. Dry overnight (be careful of drips! so cover area below with newspaper :)<br />
4. Once the glue is completely dry, gently poke your balloon to ease the air out while pulling it away from the string as it deflates. </div>
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5. Finally hang your balloon yarn ornament with ribbon! Wah-lah! Finished!</div>
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Once you make this pretty design you can frame it and hang it in your room, or just do this as a fun craft with kids if you're babysitting or anything :)</div>
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1. Working over a protected work area, paint your leaf with the colors you desire. It can be rainbow colored like the picture above or use any color that your heart so desires :)</div>
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3. Lift up book and gently peel back the leaf. There on the paper you should see a print of the leaf in all the different colors you painted it! Marvel in your good work!</div>
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Melting crayons...who would've guessed! But the outcome is amazing and its fun to do! I don't know about the smell though...does it smell? :P<br />
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many many CRAYOLA* crayons <span style="font-size: x-small;">(preferably all the different colors of the rainbow)</span></div>
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hot glue gun</div>
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small/medium/large paint canvas</div>
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1. Pick all the colors you will like to use and line them along your canvas. Make sure all space is taken.</div>
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2. Use a glue gun to stick each crayon to the canvas. Put one long line of glue along each crayon, from top to bottom. Remember, the crayons are part of the finished product! Place each crayon pointing downwards on the canvas.</div>
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3. Now its time to melt! Cover the ground and walls with newspaper b/c wax will splatter. Experiment with your hair dryer. Put it on high & warm settings & low to see which works better. Different kinds of hair dryers will work differently on this project.<br />
4. Concentrate on one area at a time, waiting for the canvas to look how you want it. Each section will probably take around 5-10 min. It's a LONG process.</div>
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5. More specifically about the hair dryer, aim the heat right at the mid to bottom of the crayons (where the tips are) and once the wax starts melting, move the dryer around to prevent splattering and to keep the wax traveling straight down the canvas. The entire melting process will probably take 50-60 min. Different colors will melt at different speeds! (chemistry :)</div>
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6. After all the crayons have generally melted, you can go back and do touchups. If you want the wax to spread sown a little more, add some more heat to that area.</div>
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And that's the end of my discovered Rainbow DIY projects! Hope you liked them and will try them! Tell me about how it went or send me a picture of your project ^^ Thanks for reading and commenting on my post!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;">❤</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;">ps. my soon to come version of the scrapbook of letters project I posted earlier about is about to come! wait for it! ^^</span></div>
</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348114543903670427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526386944266380800.post-48950301191868366192012-08-06T09:22:00.000-07:002012-08-06T22:17:41.507-07:00Handwriting Experimente<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's so bad, I should be paying attention to class :P But my hand just seems to wander around the page with a pen and does whatever...Usually it's more pictures and doodles but today my hand felt like practicing my signature and trying to teach my left hand how to write. How did that go? not so well...<br /><br />While I was doing this though I got this idea in my head...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What if I could teach my left hand to write, in other words be ambidextrous which would be pretty awesome, but use different lettering? Like my handwriting from my right hand would look different from my left. Is that possible? Your hand memorizes movements you continuously do but does mean your <i>other </i>hand would do the same movements? Once I learn how to write neatly with my left hand, would it take a similar handwriting to my right? So I'm going to try an experiment (: I'm going to teach my left hand how to write, but instead of making it look similar to my right hand's handwriting, I'm going to make it memorize slightly different ways to make the letters. I wonder if this will affect (learned the difference between affect v. effect today thanks to my SAT writing teacher Mrs. Boytim ^^) my right hand's handwriting. If it does, then I'll know that it'll be impossible to have two different handwritings and that the brain connects both hands in a way. If it doesn't, then I'll know that each hand is completely independent based on what I do with it! I think that will be pretty cool~ Let's see how it goes :D</span></div>
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<br />Do you want to try this with me? Try teaching your left hand to write, but differently from your right hand. Or vice versa if you're a lefty (:<br /><br />Ps. To all lefties, how do you hold your pencil? I'm confuzzled about that ;)<br /><br />PSS. Here are some cute and funny pictures from the beach I found on Pinterest!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Honestly, this movie has had so much impact, all around the world. And I can see why. The topic this movie addresses, the abuse and dehumanization of the diabled, is something so explicit, something that wouldn't be publicly shown in Korea and it applies to the whole entire world.The seriousness of such a topic is just utterly mind blowing. The impact this movie has had however is a turn for the better. Silenced has had so many views in box office and so many people have come together to try to persuade the government for new legislature defending minors' and the impaired's rights that change has happened. The "Dogani Law" was passed in Korea, protecting the rights of impaired children. Many newspapers and papers have reviewed the movie saying that it is a huge impact on the future human rights of Korea, possibly even of the world. Here's a short synopsis:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Taking place at a deaf school in remote town Mujin, new art teacher Kang Inho (played by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_Yoo" target="_blank">Gong Yoo</a>) come to teach. But barely through his first day, he is struck by the eeriness of the school. The kids are very closed and ignore or avoid him. His introduction to the principal and the principal's twin, Chief Lee, is a also a bit unnerving. And at night, as he is leaving the school, he hears what he thinks are the screams of a child. However, he is only told that the children make strange noises because they are deaf. But witnessing the brutal treatment of one of the hearing impaired children by the school's "residence counselor", Inho begins to discover the school's dark secrets. </span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The child, Yon-du, witnesses to the horrifying things that have happened to her at the school, no short of sexual and physical abuse. Inho and a cop he meets called Yoojin begin to investigate and find two other children, boy and girl, who have been raped and molested by the principal and teachers of the school. They have also been seriously physically abused. Both adults file a lawsuit against the offenders but what makes this situation so much more difficult is the fact that all of the children have no parents or parents who are mentally disabled. The children themselves have some disabilities including hearing inability. Another struggle involving Kang Inho is also present. He struggles to make enough money for his mother and sick child. But this case threatens his job and security of his family. He must choose what to do: support his child and ignore everyone else's problems including the abused childrens' or help the children find justice. This heartwrenching and saddening movie brings to light a problem of disabled children's schools and their rights.<br /><br />As you can see, this movie is not for light entertainment. The topic is of utmost seriousness but I think the movie gets it point and purpose across without getting to gruesome. There were actually some parts that I covered my face, not because of explicit scenes but just because the scenes depicted so much of the fear and pain the children went through. <br />I totally forgot to mention but this movie is actually based on a true story. That I think is the scariest part of this movie. These things have actually happened to these children and are still probably happening to children all around the world. <br />Also about the acting, some critics have said that Gong Yoo's, the teacher's, acting is not the best but I have to argue with that. I think he does well conveying the inner struggles he must go trough in order to see justice happen for others. His character, unsure of what is right and wrong, tempted by money for the betterment of his family, is more relatable than that of an outright hero who does not question whether he should support the children or not at his own risk. Plus if you have some background knowledge on Gong Yoo, you'll know that his acting positions have a lot of variety. Recently he was in the korean drama Big which is extremely comical, completely opposite of Silenced. His acting I think should be respected and admired because he had depicted so many different characters. But I must admit, the child acting is out of this world. They convey the feelings and everything so well, they are truly the stars of this film. To be given such responsibility of depicting these abused children's fear and pain is such a huge pressure but they did an outstanding job. If you want to see amazing child acting, this is the movie to see it in. That is if you don't mind the disturbing topic it is about.<br /><br />Seeing this movie, I think, is good for awareness. Movies like this make you aware of the problems of this world and makes you want to help and do something. We can't go to Korea, we can't get rid of all these awful people who commit crimes like this but we can do something to help. One, spread the awareness! The more these issues are exposed and known by people, the more power there is for there to be change and hope. Two, there is now an organization called Break the Silence and you can buy a charity tee on <a href="http://timelessbrand.net/?wpsc-product=break-the-silence" target="_blank">timelessbrand.net</a>. The money directly goes to a charity that helps fund the hearing impaired children directly affected by the actual case in the movie. All profits go to the Holder Center in South Korea, an organization that has been providing shelter for the victims. They have even gone beyond just providing shelter, but have provided a home. They have been educating them, buying clothes, and taking them on trips like a family. Try to buy a tee, I definitely will be. Here's a picture of the design:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One final thing. This movie made me appreciate what I have and made me realize how lucky and blessed I am to be in supporting and loving family and have a great community. All of these children need help from people who can give it but usually their problems are veiled from our awareness. Now that you are aware try to do something. Make some impact on the issues of this world, and it doesn't have to be only this organization! It can be a totally different charity, organization, a totally different issue, but let's make some change in this world. We have some ability to make this happen and the first step is to spread the awareness :) [click this <a href="http://www.hancinema.net/silenced-released-in-north-america-on-nov-4-34863.html" target="_blank">link</a> for more info :]</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348114543903670427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526386944266380800.post-9970098834339678862012-08-06T06:36:00.000-07:002012-08-06T07:40:29.798-07:00Monday Morning Thoughts<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's only the morning and I have so many thoughts in my head! It hasn't been a good start to the day but hopefully it'll become a happy one :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm taking SAT classes right now but this morning I woke up and just felt AWFUL. Sore throat and stomachache... I got dressed and everything, took some motrin, gargled some salt water (and that was not pleasant :(), but I still felt really sick and my throat burned something awful. I stayed home but my dad told me something before he left for work that really made me think. He said that if everyone stayed at home when he/she felt sick, nothing in this world would get done. You must force yourself to do what you have to do and believe you can do it. Most of the time even, when you don't feel your best, you feel much better once you'</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">re outside and working. He said he has had times when he woke up and felt awful, but once he dragged himself to work and started doing things, he felt better. We as humans have the ability to bear through things so we should use that ability and get things accomplished, make our dreams become true. </span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I actually missed a lot of school last year because of illnesses. Some really major but I have to admit there were some minor things I could have gone through school with :/ It's really hard to push yourself to do something when you feel like you can't. My throat still feels awful and since I dumbly drank some benedryl too, I feel drowsy :( But I know what my dad means. You can feel so much better when you're around other people, especially your friends. They cheer you up! And I think there's something about doing things, learning, being active that just wakes up your mind and says we're going to ignore this pain and let you do what you have to do. And in order for me to accomplish my goals, my dreams, I must bear through it all. I promised myself today that this will be the last day when I let sickness overtake me. If I feel a little sick, that won't be enough to stop me from doing what I have to do. And if I really end up being seriously sick, then I can just go home! My mom and dad have always said to call them if I seriously don't feel good; they will always come out of work to take care of me <3 I have lovely parents ^^ </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So has this ever happened to you? I feel really lazy staying at home like this, not going to class. Do you have any tips for getting through extreme laziness or sicknesses? What would you do if you felt sick but still went to school or work?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Some more thoughts on other random things, I think my next post will be a movie review of a korean movie I watched last night with my friends. We randomly found it on netflix but I heard of the movie before, so has my friend. It's called </span><u style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Silenced</u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> or </span><u style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Crucible</u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. Heard of it? It's a movie that brought major awareness of abuse of minors and the impaired in some korean schools. It takes place at a deaf school where children are being sexually molested and two amazing people are trying to bring the offenders to justice. The topic is very serious and the movie is made to bring out the i-hate-these-bad-people-and-want-to-do-something-about-it feeling in you. It's a really serious movie, sometimes almost scary! But it was still good, I guess because of the goal of the movie and its purpose. It definitely moved me. But more of this on a movie review post! You may read it if you think you'll find some interest, but if you're feeling happy at the moment, I would recommend it for later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Also I finally watched Thor! FINALLY. I love superhero movies and Thor is pretty much the only one I haven't watched xD btws..do you underline movie titles? Random question but back to Thor. It was a lot, LOT shorter than I thought it would be. And a lot less action-y. But whatever, I love superheroes and that is enough for me. Natalie Portman is in it too and I love her! And I can see why everyone loves Tom Hiddleston. He's good :) But what I forget is <b><span style="color: red;">{spoiler!}</span></b> if the bridge to Earth is broken, how does Thor come back in The Avengers? I totally forget that part. Anyways, Chris Hemsworth has pretty eyes :) So blue!! The second Thor movie is coming out next year too! It's called Thor: The Dark World. I am DEFINITELY seeing that~ you should see it too! Who's your favorite superhero?? (I love all of them so I can't choose! AH)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Final thought of this monday morning :) I've been looking at other people's blog (they're all so wonderful!) and they all have little pictures. Like a thumbnail that represents their blog. I'm jelly, I wish I could have one too x3 So I'm thinking I should make one soon...I searched 'choose happiness' on google for some ideas, here they are:</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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</tbody></table>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348114543903670427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526386944266380800.post-9120013894284507102012-08-05T09:24:00.000-07:002012-08-06T07:41:04.089-07:00Haul from TJMaxx<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I haven't been shopping in a loooong time. I've had camp since the beginning of summer and literally the day I got back I had to start SAT classes three times a week :P But I finally got to go to TJMaxx for a little bit~ it was mainly for buying presents (two sweet 16's this weekend!!) but I also got some stuff for myself! Here's all of them :)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">picture frame my mom got for me~ i love frames,<br />
they store all my pictures!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another set of post it notes and pen for my other friend</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my new converse all stars <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">♥ </span>multi-colored! </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is from the first party I went to on Saturday! We did not take the best pictures but it was a lot of fun x)</span></div>
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<br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348114543903670427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526386944266380800.post-38195549082254345162012-08-05T08:11:00.001-07:002012-08-06T07:39:05.673-07:00Making Totoro(s)<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was on my Pinterest today, looking for more things to pin, when I realized..I have a lot of making Totoro tutorials! I think I'm obsessed or something..But I've decided to make a spot for them on here :) Now they can all be together and I can maybe make all of them one day ^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This Totoro is a basic sewing & stitch pattern. You cut out the pieces from fabric or felt, there are even printable patterns to follow, and then you stitch them together! I think this Totoro will be really easy to make :) It's from <a href="http://cheekandstitch.com/diy-totoro-plush-tutorial/" target="_blank">cheek and stitch</a> and guess what! She has other <a href="http://cheekandstitch.com/my-neighbor-totoro-plushies/" target="_blank">Totoro tutorials</a> too :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For the crochet lovers out there, this is a pattern for you :) This pattern is from <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/account/login" target="_blank">ravelry</a>, which is pretty much a site where knitters, crafters, crocheters can share their patterns and crafts. There's two Totoros here! And the creator, Lucy Ravenscar has patterns for each of them! I don't know if the white one is exactly a Totoro...I guess you could call it a cousin? ~<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/crochet-white-totoro" target="_blank">Crochet White Totoro (Cousin :)</a> ~<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/blue-totoro" target="_blank">Crochet Blue Totoro</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">More crochet patterns! This is Hello Kitty in a Totoro costume~ still very cute. I found this on etsy...but I think you have to buy the pattern. It's in PDF form and costs $6. So if you really think this is adorable and you have to make it, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/62385871/pdf-amigurumi-pattern-kitty-in-totoro?utm_source=Pinterest&utm_medium=PageTools&utm_campaign=Share#" target="_blank">here</a> is where you can go and spend your $6 :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The final Totoro buddy! This guy is a mini, as you can see compared to the finger. This is also from etsy and sadly there isn't a pattern again. You have to buy it already made for a whopping $30! So if you enamored by this cute little Totoro then <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/76267390/micro-gray-totoro-tiny-mini-dollhouse" target="_blank">here</a> you go! The maker also has other mini crochet creatures too if you want to buy more :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sorry the last two didn't really have patterns. I guess we'll have to buy if we ever want them...But try making the first two! I think I'm going to try the first one because I have yet to learn how to crochet but I know how to sew really well because of my grandmother :) Have fun guys! If you have any other Totoro tutorials send them to me or comment the link below :)</span></div>
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