Day 171

June 29, 2009.

Yellow rose on our dining room table.

Day 170

June 28, 2009.

SAO love.

Day 169

June 27, 2009.

I visit the East Bay Humane Society (animal shelter) with some friends. I liked this dog, very much. She also had the best lit "cell" in the place.

Day 168

June 26, 2009.

This is the lightbulb my old housemate Jimmy rescued from the socket. It had melted so much we couldn't unscrew it. Hence the burned, darkened portions. It doesn't work anymore... but it makes for an interesting artistic escapade.

Day 167

June 25, 2009.

Shadow reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock film I watched with my friend Toral tonight. I screamed my head off. You can watch it here and scream too. Then we'll compare notes.

Day 166

June 24, 2009.

After being poked fun at for my fashion designer book (shown) inspired shots, I hold it up in silent protest.

Day 165

June 23, 2009.

I borrowed a book on fashion designers (Fashion Now 2)from my friend Elizabeth and got inspired. I think style is more about the personality and implicit beliefs than anything else; in other words, attitude and confidence. So with my tripod, geisha bob and PJs, here's my fashion statement for the day: live creatively! And funnily. We'll probably enjoy things more that way.

这样说，让我发觉有的原则很怪。跟着从前讲的“没有男朋友真糟糕”的想法，跟这些照片比，不能再说自己因难看（或无聊或不'cool'等等原因）而吸引不了别人；就是说，不能说别人是因为任何不满意的点而拒绝了我。不是我不够怎么样，就是时间还没到了么，那我及什么呢？

Day 164

June 22, 2009.

Clips from one of my favorite MVs and my favorite Taiwanese singer, Jay Chou (周杰伦）。This one's called "Aromatic Rice Fields" （dao xiang) and you can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUFgRqxDNd4. I like singing along as though I were in Taiwan too, practicing for my next KTV session.

我今天发现自己说不出话来的时候需要用中文来说。好像是因为语言带来它自己的意思，自己的习俗风格，如此创意自己独特无二的环境。 哈哈，或许只是因为我只对妈妈讲中文，所以习惯了抱怨！Hmmm...

Day 163

June 21, 2009.

Father's Day. I trekked out to Castro Valley with my housemate, Alice, to celebrate with her family. Food ruled the day, from pad thai to fresh fruit to ice cream. Satisfied and full I headed back to Cal to prepare, mentally, for work the next day. 谁知道什么时候能完全准备好咯。

今晚也跑去踢足球；踢得愈来愈烦恼，因为一直对自己说“我踢得好烂啊！”就让我踢得更烂，等等如此踢下去。但是一位朋友很耐心，教我如何踢球。慢慢来了，慢慢来。

只剩下一件让我生气的是，就是我的室友太吵了，好像一点也不在乎，也不在意他们周围的人。我明天晚上在 house meeting 该说什么呢？不知道呀。。。

Day 162

June 20, 2009.


Everyone likes to be a movie star. Ahmed, Frank, Amy, Roxanne, Austin + I go to see "Up" in 3-D and practice our famous actor / actress moves.

Day 161

June 19, 2009.


I come upon two tabby cats as I walk along Etna Street, who are happy to grace me with a moment of their time and insert some play into their busy schedule.

Day 160

June 19, 2009.

DAY 160! Aiyah! I remember a few months ago I was excited to get to Day 60, let alone Day 10.

Today I took off work again, per doctor's orders, and relaxed. My friend Cecilia (above) brought over some soup and we went off on a nature walk. Feeling inspired by a book I was reading (The Stories of Eva Luna, by Isabela Allende) I picked up some Eucalyptus leaves and branches and together we created the 'forest' pattern on my living room wall. It's free, it flows; it suggests a kind of wilderness and wildness. I like. I hope to integrate more creativity into my life and live creatively. No boring numbness for me. Here goes... two-hundred and five days left!

Day 159

June 17, 2009.

This is my friend Maria, who came to see me from Sweden. We lived in the same place freshman year, when she was an exchange student at Cal, and got weekly lunches. I felt terrible today and entered the hospital, but when dinner time came around I got out of bed and went to meet Maria。 Amazing what a friend and food can do.

不晓得将来会到什么地方去，会干什么事去。连明年毕业后也不晓得想怎样过--其实，我知道我想要怎样过，就像旅游，想去泰国学做泰国菜，想去日本，中东等等地方。我想要让我生活有去一些。最近练习的是不要跟别人比生活。也不用活的跟别人，跟照常一样，比如说，很多人问我怎么还没有男朋友；有时也感到自己“应该”有个男朋友。可是没有男朋友又如何呀？没什么啦。。。我表姐，在她跟台湾亲戚在一起的时候，常被问，“妳怎么还么结婚啊？”可是她过得很开心--开心不就好了吗？开心不是目的吗？Hm。