Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Friday, December 25, 2009
Day 24, 25 + 26: E V E, Pasko + Boxing day!
I'm busy being joyful, celebrating the birth of Jesus! not much time to make creative stuff.. tis the season to be jolly falala lala lala la laaaaa
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Day 23: no thing. nothing.
didn't make anything today.
i grew up listening to this song on Dad's 90s mixtape in the car:
MLTR's 'Sleeping Child'
nostalgic!
i grew up listening to this song on Dad's 90s mixtape in the car:
MLTR's 'Sleeping Child'
nostalgic!
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Day 22: Fringe festival. Oh yes it's back.
Vancouver Int'l Fringe Festival you say?
no.
sorry,
the party's on my head.
i've been meaning to cut my fringe since it grew out months ago.
i have this thing with my hair where i have to either get it coloured or cut every 2-3 months or else i'd become quite the wacko.
i've never had a haircut in vancouver ever yet, and i'm quite scared to. to tell you the truth, there are only two people i ever trust to cut my hair - two of my favourite hairstylists in Dubai. i don't even trust myself to cut my own hair,
but
i DID.
finally TRIMMED MY FRINGE in the wee hours of the morn. i just had to. ever since October it'd always been bugging me, screaming relentlessly to get the chop off my head. and now, oh oh oh my forehead feels lighter, much lighter and happy to have something adorning it, blocking its way of glorious shiny-ness.
some of you might've seen me sporting my new blunt look. i'm actually quite proud of it for it's uneven straightness. oh my hair doesn't have to be perfect.
i call it the unique MARYCUT.
ah, and tonight i actually came from a dinner with a great bunch of friends. A friend of ours, lets have him go by the name The TyteLid (i make you sound like a pro wrestler/boxer. hahaha!), was back in town from Ontario for a visit and we couldn't not have dinner with the amazing TyteLid!!!
ate at a vietnamese resto, which i don't really fancy but nevermind that. time spent with friends is more valuable (ack! i'm being slapped continuosly by a big blob of cheese at the moment) but it's true. hanging around with great friends beats anything, even more than the kind of happiness pocky gives you.
doodoodoo - so after dinner our after party was a coffee shop i don't know the name of. per the usual, i try and stray away from coffee because of caffeine highs that may make me burst in energy (nobody wants to see that), and ordered a hot chocolate. and oh, i just realized, i might go on a sugar high instead of a caffeine one. and now i am. here, alone at home, dancing, jumping, headbanging like there's a pool of silverfish on the carpet beneath me.
i had a good night :) got to meet a turtle, got hot chocolate, chilled with good friends and finally got out of the house after two days of hibernating inside the warmth of my apartment.
dear fresh air, you made my day!
this song is one from a fave band i grew up listening to. the word 'bottom' popped in my head tonight while heading home because a friend, CarCar, thoughtfully turned the heater on the passenger seat to warm my bum.
no.
sorry,
the party's on my head.
i've been meaning to cut my fringe since it grew out months ago.
i have this thing with my hair where i have to either get it coloured or cut every 2-3 months or else i'd become quite the wacko.
i've never had a haircut in vancouver ever yet, and i'm quite scared to. to tell you the truth, there are only two people i ever trust to cut my hair - two of my favourite hairstylists in Dubai. i don't even trust myself to cut my own hair,
but
i DID.
finally TRIMMED MY FRINGE in the wee hours of the morn. i just had to. ever since October it'd always been bugging me, screaming relentlessly to get the chop off my head. and now, oh oh oh my forehead feels lighter, much lighter and happy to have something adorning it, blocking its way of glorious shiny-ness.
some of you might've seen me sporting my new blunt look. i'm actually quite proud of it for it's uneven straightness. oh my hair doesn't have to be perfect.
i call it the unique MARYCUT.
ah, and tonight i actually came from a dinner with a great bunch of friends. A friend of ours, lets have him go by the name The TyteLid (i make you sound like a pro wrestler/boxer. hahaha!), was back in town from Ontario for a visit and we couldn't not have dinner with the amazing TyteLid!!!
ate at a vietnamese resto, which i don't really fancy but nevermind that. time spent with friends is more valuable (ack! i'm being slapped continuosly by a big blob of cheese at the moment) but it's true. hanging around with great friends beats anything, even more than the kind of happiness pocky gives you.
doodoodoo - so after dinner our after party was a coffee shop i don't know the name of. per the usual, i try and stray away from coffee because of caffeine highs that may make me burst in energy (nobody wants to see that), and ordered a hot chocolate. and oh, i just realized, i might go on a sugar high instead of a caffeine one. and now i am. here, alone at home, dancing, jumping, headbanging like there's a pool of silverfish on the carpet beneath me.
i had a good night :) got to meet a turtle, got hot chocolate, chilled with good friends and finally got out of the house after two days of hibernating inside the warmth of my apartment.
dear fresh air, you made my day!
this song is one from a fave band i grew up listening to. the word 'bottom' popped in my head tonight while heading home because a friend, CarCar, thoughtfully turned the heater on the passenger seat to warm my bum.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Day 21: Fake Balls
made FAKE MEATBALLS today.
i really think this blog's turning quite into a food blog, eek!
i'm running out of food in the fridge and have resorted to fake meat in a bid to stop the junk going into my system (i've been eating out a lot lately because i'm just lazy to cook). and so the creation of the fakey meatballs.
the ingredients (i usually eyeball everything for cooking):
garlic, onion, ground tofu/veggie meat, beef+chicken stock (oh yes!), soy sauce, whole-wheat breadcrumbs, topped off with curry/tomato sauce i mashed up together with RICE to the side. oh i've been missing rice lately after trying so hard to part from it for a little over a week. the fake meatballs texture wasn't so great, didn't look the least bit appealing at all, but was indeed very tasty as my cooking always is. heehee.
i've been blogging about creating food mostly because i love experimenting with my quirky cooking/baking skills :}D
today, imogen heap popped up in my head consistently. imogen imogen
imogen heap
and her music are
beautiful.
and, i want her latest album 'Ellipse' for Christmas. i hope someone gets it for me *desperate cry*
i really think this blog's turning quite into a food blog, eek!
i'm running out of food in the fridge and have resorted to fake meat in a bid to stop the junk going into my system (i've been eating out a lot lately because i'm just lazy to cook). and so the creation of the fakey meatballs.
the ingredients (i usually eyeball everything for cooking):
garlic, onion, ground tofu/veggie meat, beef+chicken stock (oh yes!), soy sauce, whole-wheat breadcrumbs, topped off with curry/tomato sauce i mashed up together with RICE to the side. oh i've been missing rice lately after trying so hard to part from it for a little over a week. the fake meatballs texture wasn't so great, didn't look the least bit appealing at all, but was indeed very tasty as my cooking always is. heehee.
i've been blogging about creating food mostly because i love experimenting with my quirky cooking/baking skills :}D
today, imogen heap popped up in my head consistently. imogen imogen
imogen heap
and her music are
beautiful.
and, i want her latest album 'Ellipse' for Christmas. i hope someone gets it for me *desperate cry*
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Day 20: Rest
it's another sunday yet again.
the fourth sunday of advent.
Christmas is near!!!
and this video i stumbled across a year ago, and somehow it magically popped up somewhere on youtube while watching random videos. gotta love the hipsters:
the fourth sunday of advent.
Christmas is near!!!
and this video i stumbled across a year ago, and somehow it magically popped up somewhere on youtube while watching random videos. gotta love the hipsters:
Day 19: Falalalala lala la lah
today - another insane day in life.
first thing i did was head to Metrotown to meet up with ze girlies of The Broken Place (KokoPops + Sara-O-Bama) and Bella at noon to grab lunch and go Christmas shopping.
Weirdly enough, all my credit cards were rejected. I couldn't have maxed out early in the month already. bummer.
but window shopping was still so enjoyable! also, i went into the Forever 21 store here for the first time ever and oh my goodness their clothes were cheaper than most stores. i could not believe.
moving on, ze girlies were feeling a bit fanceyy having gone on a shopping frenzayy and so we had a romantic dinner at The Broken Place.
I was appointed the domestic housewife and we all went on a cooking frenzayy. Made ze girlies some PASTA while they made guacamole. And the best part of dinner was brie + Misson Hill's Pinot Grigio + apples. mmmyum... and on the side we got guacamole w/ tortilla chips, and sweet chili chips.
and the craziest bit of the night would be the hair colouring. no wait, the insanity started on from hair colouring the gals. again, i was appointed the hairstylist/salon lady so did Bella's + Sara-O-Bama's highlights. the result was what we called 'robby patch-insons'. umm, no explanation needed.
why they got robby patch-insons is because halfway thru i let them do each others' hairs because my back was starting to ache from shopping, cooking + being hyper for way to long, and also because i'm slowly transforming into a grandma (that's why no one can really tell how old i am). and so after the hair colouring, to add to the drama we started buffing + painting the nails - i got midnight blue on mine...
i feel so glam now.
so so so glamourous.
and after all the madness i realized it was too late to take the bus and the next bus was at 5.30AM. and so, another all-nighter sarah-o-bama and i pulled off.
into the early morn i went dancing by myself in The Broken Place's living room with only a strobe light (aka blinking christmas lights). i think the neighbours could see me from 2 sides of walls with huge windows. crazy little lady dancing.
and sara-o-bama rescued me! oh. clearly, i couldn't remember the whole extravagant day/night in chronological order, but it was amazingly r-r-rad!!!
If you haven't yet heard of him, Christian Marclay is my record man:
first thing i did was head to Metrotown to meet up with ze girlies of The Broken Place (KokoPops + Sara-O-Bama) and Bella at noon to grab lunch and go Christmas shopping.
Weirdly enough, all my credit cards were rejected. I couldn't have maxed out early in the month already. bummer.
but window shopping was still so enjoyable! also, i went into the Forever 21 store here for the first time ever and oh my goodness their clothes were cheaper than most stores. i could not believe.
moving on, ze girlies were feeling a bit fanceyy having gone on a shopping frenzayy and so we had a romantic dinner at The Broken Place.
I was appointed the domestic housewife and we all went on a cooking frenzayy. Made ze girlies some PASTA while they made guacamole. And the best part of dinner was brie + Misson Hill's Pinot Grigio + apples. mmmyum... and on the side we got guacamole w/ tortilla chips, and sweet chili chips.
and the craziest bit of the night would be the hair colouring. no wait, the insanity started on from hair colouring the gals. again, i was appointed the hairstylist/salon lady so did Bella's + Sara-O-Bama's highlights. the result was what we called 'robby patch-insons'. umm, no explanation needed.
why they got robby patch-insons is because halfway thru i let them do each others' hairs because my back was starting to ache from shopping, cooking + being hyper for way to long, and also because i'm slowly transforming into a grandma (that's why no one can really tell how old i am). and so after the hair colouring, to add to the drama we started buffing + painting the nails - i got midnight blue on mine...
i feel so glam now.
so so so glamourous.
and after all the madness i realized it was too late to take the bus and the next bus was at 5.30AM. and so, another all-nighter sarah-o-bama and i pulled off.
into the early morn i went dancing by myself in The Broken Place's living room with only a strobe light (aka blinking christmas lights). i think the neighbours could see me from 2 sides of walls with huge windows. crazy little lady dancing.
and sara-o-bama rescued me! oh. clearly, i couldn't remember the whole extravagant day/night in chronological order, but it was amazingly r-r-rad!!!
If you haven't yet heard of him, Christian Marclay is my record man:
Friday, December 18, 2009
Day 18: The Palette
i've been getting too much sleep lately and now my brain's working more properly. hallelujah!
i'm inspired! how? talked to a friend, two or three (or maybe even four) nights ago about making art, and i remembered i had this book on design from Stockholm, which i had grabbed on my trip this summer to the beautiful vast country of Sweden.
i was looking through the book today and found inspiration from some of the young swedish designers, specifically Jenny Lundgren.
i'm a kid, forced to grow up because of the environment around me and my situation as a student here in Canada. Alas, you shall not stop me art school, people, world! I will create what i call IMAGINARY-LOOKING REAL-BUT-NOT-SO-MUCH FRIENDS. muhahaha.
i love Lundgren's concept - recycling, turning forgotten plastic design objects into something you can pull joy out of. i know it's been done a lot, a recycled sort of concept, but it feels great to build these small wonders. feels just like building with big lego.
and the perfect song to go along with my working condition now is Keane's 'Perfect Symmetry '
i'm inspired! how? talked to a friend, two or three (or maybe even four) nights ago about making art, and i remembered i had this book on design from Stockholm, which i had grabbed on my trip this summer to the beautiful vast country of Sweden.
i was looking through the book today and found inspiration from some of the young swedish designers, specifically Jenny Lundgren.
i'm a kid, forced to grow up because of the environment around me and my situation as a student here in Canada. Alas, you shall not stop me art school, people, world! I will create what i call IMAGINARY-LOOKING REAL-BUT-NOT-SO-MUCH FRIENDS. muhahaha.
i love Lundgren's concept - recycling, turning forgotten plastic design objects into something you can pull joy out of. i know it's been done a lot, a recycled sort of concept, but it feels great to build these small wonders. feels just like building with big lego.
and the perfect song to go along with my working condition now is Keane's 'Perfect Symmetry '
Day 17: Hoorah for Doughy goodness!
man o man i think my creative blog's turning into a cooking blog. my love for food is slowly beginning to uncover.
a a and today's special is... EMPANADA!!!
oh how they remind me so much of the Philippines. love love love
i remember how on vacation every year i would go to a mall in the Philippines like Greenbelt 5, Power Plant mall or Shangri-La and always search for empanaditas that they usually sell in SM malls.
oh SM. it's always some of the most overly crowded malls in the Philippines but has the best food in booths spread across the mall. they say that in the Philippines, more so Manila, there is not a minute that goes by where food is not mentioned/seen.
oh Philippines. i really love the Philippines no matter what. I've never stayed there for more than a month - a dream of mine is to live in the Philippines for a year or so one day.
and because of my trying hard to be vegetarian side, i made veggie empanada. the filling i created by mixing in some veggie meat (tofu), beef stock (w/out msg), portobello mushrooms, garlic, onion, spices, bay leaf and brie cheese! the weirdest combination probably to date in the empanada history, but oh it tasted good. the crust i made by myself too and it was perfect. texture was crispy yet soft and the flavour was great because the veggie meat tasted like meat. really.
Publish Post
will be off to a jam sess this evening to hang out with friends. yes, another chance to sing + enjoy live music :)
while i was a baking this song was a playing:
a a and today's special is... EMPANADA!!!
oh how they remind me so much of the Philippines. love love love
i remember how on vacation every year i would go to a mall in the Philippines like Greenbelt 5, Power Plant mall or Shangri-La and always search for empanaditas that they usually sell in SM malls.
oh SM. it's always some of the most overly crowded malls in the Philippines but has the best food in booths spread across the mall. they say that in the Philippines, more so Manila, there is not a minute that goes by where food is not mentioned/seen.
oh Philippines. i really love the Philippines no matter what. I've never stayed there for more than a month - a dream of mine is to live in the Philippines for a year or so one day.
and because of my trying hard to be vegetarian side, i made veggie empanada. the filling i created by mixing in some veggie meat (tofu), beef stock (w/out msg), portobello mushrooms, garlic, onion, spices, bay leaf and brie cheese! the weirdest combination probably to date in the empanada history, but oh it tasted good. the crust i made by myself too and it was perfect. texture was crispy yet soft and the flavour was great because the veggie meat tasted like meat. really.
Publish Post
will be off to a jam sess this evening to hang out with friends. yes, another chance to sing + enjoy live music :)
while i was a baking this song was a playing:
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Day 16: Edgy Eggy topped off with Chocolatey
12 hours of sleep today and I'm feeling so alive.
made EGGS BENEDICT today for lunch. hoorah for buttery + eggy goodness!
i regret eating it now. all that fatatat - real bad for my heart.
and i had dinner with a bunch of friends today. one of our friends on exchange at UBC is leaving soon before Christmas so we kind of had this farewell dinner for him at this quaint little resto by W Broadway and Heather called 'I Cafe'. I wasn't that hungry having eaten my eggs benedict for lunch at 4.30pm and dinner at 8pm. but then we headed over to Blenz and had this EXTREMELY INTENSELY CHOCOLATEY RUSH from a 'hot dark belgian chocolate' drink. IT WAS AMAZINGLY CHOCOLATEY in a good way. i couldn't have tasted anything more chocolatey that that in my life. worth the money too because it filled me up and warmed me from the cold rain out.
and a warm warm song for these nights of cold i recommend is this:
made EGGS BENEDICT today for lunch. hoorah for buttery + eggy goodness!
i regret eating it now. all that fatatat - real bad for my heart.
and i had dinner with a bunch of friends today. one of our friends on exchange at UBC is leaving soon before Christmas so we kind of had this farewell dinner for him at this quaint little resto by W Broadway and Heather called 'I Cafe'. I wasn't that hungry having eaten my eggs benedict for lunch at 4.30pm and dinner at 8pm. but then we headed over to Blenz and had this EXTREMELY INTENSELY CHOCOLATEY RUSH from a 'hot dark belgian chocolate' drink. IT WAS AMAZINGLY CHOCOLATEY in a good way. i couldn't have tasted anything more chocolatey that that in my life. worth the money too because it filled me up and warmed me from the cold rain out.
and a warm warm song for these nights of cold i recommend is this:
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