.: happy monday no more :.

That's it, I won't do happy thoughts monday again. I'll do cranky monday instead. I have no more patient for this irresponsible, selfish, silly creature. I have a long list of her sins that I may not forgive. From her extreme loud music & tv to her lack of hygiene to her insensitivity to her surrounding. I've never been this mean to a person until I met her. I was a tad guilty for speaking my mind to her last week but not anymore. How dare a person borrow somebody else's stuff without permission and broke it? And put it back like nothing happened??? I wouldn't be so pissed if she asked for permission and apologize when she realized she broke it. My roommate may chimed in since it happened to her last week, as well. This girl need a very good shock therapy. She needs to snap out of her pity-me-my-life-is-so-sad mode asap. Hey, life only sucks if you let it happened! Do something about it instead of trying to drag everyone down the rabbit hole.

.: see? always food :.

Naturally, food sunday pictures today came from last thursday's thanksgiving meal, provided by my friends. I only help with the maccaroni & salad, and they tasted good! lol. Every year I'm thankful for having a good life, it has been challenging and interesting at the same time. What are you guys thankful for?

.: how true ? :.

I started to reduce my contacts with several people. I don't hate these people, but I know how much they like to talk and most of the untimely conversations happened while I was rushing to finish my homeworks. Despite the fact that I told them I'm busy, they chose to ignore it and continue talking or asking for favors. I found it difficult to gather my thoughts and translate it into correct and proper English, and most of the time I need quiet time to think and write. It is challenging to go back to that mode after a long conversation. I am torn between being a good friend by responding to these conversations that may takes 2-3 hours or be a complete jerk by ignoring them but finish my homework in a timely manner. I chose to ignore the phone call earlier today because I was rushing to finish my homework, and when I opened my daily zodiac I found this: How weird is that? It's not that she's a higher-up but the rest of the story was accurate. Let's hope these people will understand that I don't mean to be rude at all. :p

.: the only thing constant is ... :.

food sundays. this is the only one I can post regularly every sunday, apparently. Very yummy kimchi fried rice from a small korean restaurant in Berkeley. It's right next to Sweetheart so you can grab a yummy strawberry milk tea with boba. Ah, bliss.

*droool*

.: sf Found :.

Well technically not SF, but great finds nonetheless right? I have no idea what kind of chair it is. A very decorated baby seat, maybe, but the top part is non removable. Was it a toilet seat? Something to reshape your tush? No idea. And the second picture I found reaaally disturbing. How sad it is that someone throw away a picture of you when you were still young & cute? Although....... on second thought, there are boxes of my old pictures that I wish I can burn & erase from history ... all the 80s hairdos, versace jeans... yikes. Let's hope they are lost during the move, muhuahahaha...

.: sad day :.

Today has not been the best day in the world. I won't go into too much details, but one of the reason is my cousin's dog (chester's beloved) is missing. She's very small and always stay indoor, she never wander outside the house ever because my aunt does not want her to get dirty. Their best guess was she managed to escape (since she is very small) and was taken by someone. They're very sad because they love her so much, and it's heartbreaking to see all her toys around the house. They've been asking around & went to the dog peddlers (who usually kidnapped pets & ask for ransom........ smart move, eh?) but no sight of her. I truly wish for her return.

.: food sunday :.

Kimchi Udon at Mifune, Japantown

.: youtube ...uhm.. sunday :.

Ever since they sold energy 92.7 I rarely turned on the radio, and I'm glad I did it today because I heard this one by a British band named fanfarlo. I don't really know what genre they belong to, folk? alternative? (what is considered alternative, anyways?)

.: SF Found & pics from home :.

Obviously I'm trying to catch up on blog posts in one day, so here goes:

A Damsel in Distress

I found this pink lady just 'hanging' on the fence of Scrap, SF's version of Berkeley's Urban Ore. It's full of scraps, literally. Scraps of paper, junks from offices, used student projects, used cold pressed boards, fabric samples, wallpaper leftovers. Most of the stuff don't have price on them, so you'll have to look poor & sweet when you're there so you won't have to pay more.

Breakfast at Coffee Bean - Bandung

And my mall-hopper parents sent me this picture of their breakfast meal at Coffee Bean, one of my dad's favorite coffee spot. I don't know if any US Coffee Bean offers this, but all Asian Coffee Bean's outlet offer full breakfast sets.

.: belated sentiments :.

Last week a friend of mine posted this on her facebook status after I wished her a happy birthday : "if someone/a friend really truly cares about you, they will make time for you no matter how busy they are. Saying too busy and don't have time is just a polite way of saying an excuse." I was thinking whether it was directed at me considering how often she complains about me never finding the time to talk to her, and how she's been ignoring my messages lately. She claimed that nobody is THAT busy (yap I got that a lot, lol) It makes me feel really sad. I wonder whether all my friends think of me that way, and then today I got this message:

Dear Maria,

I really enjoy reading your blog. I miss Crepe Vine a lot, and I want to see the final bird house picture, with the bird in it. I love recycled art!

PS: I miss my friend.

Yonius (how can anyone not love this guy, seriously?)

And I constantly got BB messages from my best friend updating me with her pregnancy, and another one sending me silly jokes. I am probably too busy trying to balanced out school and life, and I probably forgot to return a call or two, but these real friends still reached out for me. They didn’t leave me just because I’m busy. They understand, and we’re still friends although we don’t talk and meet every week. How lucky I am to be friends with you all, and I hope when this (a.k.a grad school) is over, everything will be back to normal. And then you can shoot me for being ‘too busy’.

Oh FYI, that girl who posted the fb status: she never call me first, never asked me how I’m doing. Whenever we talk, she spent a good half hour scolding me because I never called her. And then she talk about her achievements since the last time we talk. So I guess in a way it was an excuse :p

.: happy thoughts monday :.

Oh what a happy monday! My class is cancelled today due to a happy circumstance: my teacher's wife just gave birth to a baby girl, named Olivia Grace. Isn't it a very lovely name? I can use this spare day to do ... even more homework, lol. At least I don't have to rush everything, and right now I'm just sitting down while hugging my stinky pillow, typing these words, and drinking good coffee. I found joy in simple things, do you?

.: hungry much? :.

Scrambled Tofu from Crepevine : all my favorite veggie in one dish. yum

.: crafty saturday :.

I'm wondering why my professor ask us to build a recycled birdhouse, completely out of waste materials. How does that relate to graphic design? My best guess is that he wants us to get familiar with different kinds of materials available to us, and get our craftmanship in shape.
I have three ideas for this birdhouse : a tim-burton-ish circus, a shakespeare cottage, and a love nest. I'm leaning towards the circus theme because I'm very much into festival, circus-y graphics. I do have terrible craftmanship skill, so hopefully I'll be better after practice.

.: BART fashion :.

He was wearing a fully embroidered shirt, with an aviator & matching blue headphone (same as mine!)

I wonder wether green pants & red shoes are 'in' right now,
because I saw two different girls wearing them

She's wearing pattern allover, top with a white knit cap full of fabric flowers

.: look what I got! :.

My mom just sent me this picture yesterday. Chester is officially a very girly boy now. At least his hairbands are in his favorite color. :)

.: and another one ! :.

This is the last one of the week... I promise!

.: another one! :.

.: live like you'll die tomorrow :.

I never saw this video nor heard this Radiohead song, so naturally I was amazed. Simple yet effective (I use these words a lot lately, I noticed) Here's the lyric:

When I'm at the pearly gates
This'll be on my videotape
my videotape

When Mephistopheles is just beneath
And he's reaching up to grab me

This is one for the good days
And I have it all here
In red blue green
Red blue green

You are my centre when I spin away
Out of control on videotape
On videotape

This is my way of saying goodbye
Because I can't do it face to face

No matter what happens now
I won't be afraid
Because I know today has been the most perfect day I've ever seen.

.: left or right :.

Do you use your left or right brain the most? I kinda know the answer already but I still took the test :) Obviously I'm right-brained, I almost got no logic whatsoever in my head.

.: ideal vs real :.

03, originally uploaded by lucy rose

This post is kinda cheating because it's already Wednesday, but oh well! :D A phone call with Yon always trigger deep conversation (weird, eh? even if we talk less than 5 minutes, the topic is always serious!) Yon & I got into a conversation about not losing track of our ideals while pursuing what's real. The creative types are in big trouble because we're idealistic to the core. Logic rarely work charms on us. We challenge logic. Let's all be honest here: we all have hopes and wishes that we sometimes have to sacrifice for the sake of keeping what's real. We abandoned what we really want for something that 'makes sense.' Every disappointment, every unfulfilled wish, everything that we deemed as 'childish' and ignored, are going to add up and eventually 'kill' you. It's never okay to loses focus of who you really are just to make people 'likes' you. When the right one comes along, every single piece will fall into place. These people should never stop make efforts, constantly showing you how they really care about you, and strive to make you happy. Love is not a word; it's all about the action. The gestures, the sweet little things they do for you, the random flowers sent to you, the supports whenever you fall (and never say I told you so), how they're sincerely interested in everything you do and say. They have to make you feel special. It's not naive to wish for someone like that. That's real.

.: blog revamped :.

I've been ignoring this blog for sometimes now because I have mixed feelings about everything that has been going on in my life and I don't want to write something that I may regret afterwards. This blog needs revamping, it's so random like me :p

Right now I plan to have :
Happy Thoughts Mondays
My Sentiments Exactly every Tuesday
You-tube Wednesdays
Pics sent from Home every Thursday
Things I found around SF every Friday
Random crafts on Saturdays
and I save the best for Sundays: Food Shots!

Of course every once in a while I'll throw a picture or two of random things.

This week's happy news is that I got my new headset (thanks to beb's parents) so I can use my phone to actually call someone and talk instead of texting.