--- HELLO (:

Today is December 4th, 2011. I haven't written in my blog for over two months. I'm sorry to say that I was very very busy (lies. i forgot about my blog whoops!). Anyway, I feel very peaceful at the moment because of this song. Death Cab for Cutie- You are a Tourist (Songs with Friends cover). I just love this song. It calms my mind (:

I don't have much to say... The only thing I want to mention is how.. life feels no different than it was when I first created this blog. "My parent's anniversary" haha. Well, the hearts that I glued on the front door are still there. And I see them, and smile at them every day. Even when I'm late for school haha.

OH. I have something to share. I found a very beautiful christmas tree in my living room when I came home today. Apparently, my mom set it up when I was in Carefree Lodge. Under the tree were many dolls that celebrate Christmas with my family every year. Among all of them were three dolls that I share precious memories with. Mouse, Black Bear, and Brown Bear. They are very important to me (: I give them a clean shower once a year when I see them out of the storage room. They are drying in the washroom right now! The excitement that I feel every year when I see them under my Christmas tree, I can't replace it with anything in this world. They were part of my childhood, are part of my teenagehood and will be part of my adulthood, as well as my elderhood (yeah i made that up haha. i wonder if it's actually a word). 

Can't wait for Christmas this year. 

Merry Early Christmas!

--- If I could do one thing...

I would totally get away from my life, make up a name: Emma Bridgewater (WHY THE HELL NOT? :D), and live in Italy for a month. Learn Italian and just, ENJOY LIFE. Meet a very handsome Italian man, and make him take me to places. Of course, I am about 25 in my imagination. I wouldn't want to be called a whore or a slut or anything LOL. 25 will just do. I will buy myself a little notebook and write little notes. Little inspirational notes. With pictures taped next to them. I would totally make new Italian friends and lie that I was born in California. I would simply forget about my life and start a new one, which would last only about a month because I'll start missing my real life. Anyway, all I'm saying is that I want to get out of here! Here as in North America. I am sick of Canada and USA! Oh no, please, I love those two countries, it's just that I need a little vacation by myself, you know? Some quality time with myself- as Emma Bridgewater - and random Italian girlies and one handsome lad. Of course, in 10 years I would actually be in Italy. Just not by myself ;) But you know, I wrote this post without thinking. So... yeah. Anyway, this would be fantastic :D

--- Facebook is evil!

I don't know why, but whenever I log on to facebook, I find myself looking at other people's profiles (which I think is very normal). But it doesn't end there. Facebook makes me feel so small and unexperienced everytime I log on. Is that weird? Maybe that's why I don't go on facebook anymore... because it's pure EVIL. It's very good when I use it to socialize with my close friends (inbox, msg, events, etc) but it's very very noxious when I begin looking at seriously pretty people on facebook. They're just pictures, I know! But they still demoralize me quite a lot D: That is why I will... quit facebook. Maybe even deactivate it? You have no idea how much of an influence I get from it.. In order to get back to my happy self, I shall ... okay fine. I won't deactivate it, but I'll go on it very rarely. Alright, that is my solution. Don't hate on me, facebook-lovers.

--- Re: The Amateur Foodie!

Since stupid blogspot won't let me comment on other people's blogs, I'll do it here. I love how you ran out of vegetables, because i just ran out of them too. I was making kimchi kalgook soo, but I couldn't find anything in the fridge except for anchovi powder (flavouring the soup) and kimchi (well, it's called a kimchi kalgook soo). Anyway, the carton of egg whites is really cool. I didn't know that you can purchase it in a supermarket!  Or I knew but forgot that such thing existed.

It's like this except it's more spicy and it has kimchis in it

--- boo! and yay!

BOO!

1) I still didn't go to wonderland yet... (I have seasons pass)
2) I have an English test tomorrow
3) I was sick yesterday
4) My mom won't let me dye my hair dark brown
5) My room is messy and I'm too lazy to clean it up
6) I wish it was 7 p.m.
7) I wish I didn't have a test tomorrow
8) I want a white pomeranian puppy
9) I don't have any books to read at home
10) The 400g cream cheese tube that I bought for sale in Costco turned out to be cream cheese spread. and not a block. So I can't use it in recipes D:

YAY!

1) I'm going to wonderland this friday and next friday
2) My test will be over by tomorrow
3) I'm perfectly fine right now! My body managed to win against the cold
4) My mom's letting me straighten it
5) I'll probably feel like cleaning it tomorrow
6) An hour later I'll wish it was 10:21, so I might as well enjoy the moment
7) Again, it'll be over by tomorrow!
8) I'll buy her when I move out
9) I can borrow books tomorrow or read Sundays at Tiffany's again for the hundredth time (I still love it)
10) I can make my "10 p.m." snack whenever I want!

--- AM I HAPPY?

Today I came across a thought. A very simple thought that caused me to contemplate about it for a very long time. Am I happy? I mean, I'm writing a freaking blog about happiness... shouldn't I be happy in order to write happy posts? But, what if I'm not? What if I'm a depressed and miserable person who doesn't know that I am depressed and miserable? What do I do then? Should I quit writing on this blog and make another one called theSadMorning? Wow..the name is quite discouraging.. I'm not particularly sad or anything, I just happened to think about the question. How do we know whether or not we are happy? What if we're just deceiving ourselves into believing that we are happy when we are not? You know, it's highly possible that all of us (humans) are living under a black, evil fog. Have you ever thought about that? It's REALLY possible... Perhaps, I'm becoming a little... crazy. I hope not. I think I ate too much snacks today. Two packages of chips are beside me. One is Corn flavored and one is Potato flavored. Which one do I like more? I don't know.. what do you think? Wait... how would YOU know? You weren't with me when I was eating those delectable chips... Oh wow..I want another package. OKAY. IT'S OKAY. It's 9:34 p.m. Oh wait... I'm not that hungry though... Maybe I'm just pretending to be crazy because this post is a little weird to begin with. What was this blog about again? Happiness. Wow... I digress a lot, don't I.. Anyway, back to the point. Am I happy?  Well, it depends on what you mean by "happy." The denotation for this word is: characterized by or indicative of pleasure, contentment, or joy.  Hmmm... well in that case, I think I'm... in the middle. I'm not happy, I'm not sad. I'm not laughing, I'm not crying. I'm not ROFL-ing, and I'm not D: -ing either. So I guess I'm in the middle. I should come up with a name for this "middle feeling." The name should be... a combination of "happy" and "sad." So, I think I'll call it... sappy. It's awesome right? I guess I got better at coming up with new words based on two different words because I played the "coming-up-with-a-new-word" game with Jen a lot of times on saturday. I think the words that we came up were; tibbit (tiger + rabit), dots (dogs + cats), and ... I don't remember all of them. But, we created many interesting names. Do you remember, Jen? Anyway, oh gosh... listen to me, I'm talking about something totally irrelevant to my topic. ANYWAY, my conclusion: I am sappy. And if you managed to focus on this post without getting distracted, you should know what that word means.

TREES :)

*Word of the day: sappy. Definition: characterized by a mixed feeling of joy and sadness.

--- Random pictures of everything

Hello, hello. Today I looked through all of my photos on my camera and because of the fact that most of them brought smiles on my face, I'm going to post about them. The first picture contains a cheesecake that I made for my mom's best friend's family that visited us from Korea, stopping by on their way to some other place. I got my recipe from this random korean video on Naver a year ago and I have been using it ever since. I simply topped it with whipping cream and strawberries.

The second picture was taken spontaneously. For no reason at all. I guess the beauty of the sunset enthralled me into taking the photo subconsciously. I took it from my balcony.



The third one is a picture that I took quickly before going to Baton Rouge. My mom's friend's family, my family and I was just below the CN Tower and the angle just seemed perfect to me at the time. So, I just had to push the shutter button.

The fourth picture was taken in Baton Rouge. We ordered a Chicken Tender Salad as an appetizer. By this time I realized the "BS" button on my digital camera and my curiosity urged me to press it. The "BS" stood for Best Shot - not the swear word - and it had many different options, such as food, buildings, self-portrait, two - people picture and etc, of taking a picture. Obviously I chose the Food option because I was going to take pictures of... food.

Here is the fifth picture. Ahhh, this is what I ate. A Deluxe Hamburger. "8 oz. of Angus Pride chuck, garnished with shredded lettuce, tomato, chopped onions,dill pickle, mayonnaise and mustard. Served on a fresh toasted bun."

My mother, craving for food that contained less fat, chose the Seafood Linguini: Sautéed jumbo Black Tiger shrimp and North Atlantic Sea scallops tossed in a classic rosé sauce. Tasted AWESOME, but perhaps too creamy for my taste.

My sixth (?) picture: a bit blurry, but whatever. This picture was taken in my balcony when I was charmed by the city-ness of the area. This is my favorite picture, I think.

THE SEVENTH PICTURE: My Potato and Leek ( I used spring onions) Soup with the magic of Philadelphia Cream Cheese. Again, it was too creamy for my taste, but my friends loved it! They ended up finishing the last drop of the soup from the pot, which of course made me happy.

Eighth Picture. I took this photo excitedly when I saw the "very" awesome, huge lemon decoration on  top of the store. The amiable workers sold me vanilla ice cream on a cone (: Did I tell you that I really like ice cream?



Anyway, that was my post "displaying" what I've been up to for the past...I don't know, three weeks? Well, from the pictures you can tell that I was busy, so dont be mad at me! Cheers!