I've been wanting to make origami roses for a while now. I messed up a few times, but eventually I did it! Yay! Now what should I do with them? @_@ lol. I actually learned how to knit recently as well. I feel quite crafty lately haha.

James Jean Prada

James Jean's special edition Prada
I just saw this bag in my mom's closet. My uncle gave it to her. OMG! She doesn't even know who James Jean is! I'm not even into designer's purses, but I'm totally stealing this Mwhahaah *fangirl moment* :p

cool gadgets

new toys! I like compact things because they take up less space. I love walking around Japanese stationary stores. There are so many cute and cool gadgets. I bought some new toys. Aren't they cool? It's hard to tell what they are when they're in their compact forms, but viola! a scissor and a stapler :D so cool!

Double set of lashes

I was at Porto's for lunch and I saw a very pretty little girl. She was probably around 3 years old. She had very pretty eyelashes. They were long, thick, and perfectly curled. Even her lower set of lashes were very long and prominent. Her mother told me that it's actually a birth defect. She was born with double set of lashes. Of all the birth defect huh? Lucky girl.

When I came home, I googled it because it seemed interesting and found out that Elizabeth Taylor also had the same birth defect! It's called "Distichiasis".  

Kitten

Acting cute in my purse
About 3 weeks ago, a friend of a friend found a kitten in her backyard. He was about 2 weeks old and was covered in fleas. I really didn't want another cat, but doesn't he look like Coco? >_<. ARggggh I'm really going to turn into a cat lady. Anyways, the shelter didn't want to take the kitten because he was too small. When they're that small, you need to feed them every 2 hours, and they might still not make it. I felt bad for him so I offered to foster him, but of course I got attached. Luckily he seems pretty healthy and he's growing very fast. When he first came, he was only 6 ounces. Now he's 1 lb and 3 ounces :). I made a temporary tumblr account for him. We were calling him Moogle, but now my mom's dog (Mocha) is confused because their names sound too similar, so I might have to come up with another name for the kitten.

He seems to be a siamese mix tabby because he's a pointed cat with some stripes on his legs and tails. His eyes looked gray at first, but it's becoming more like a deep blue. It's still changing.





inside the Gelato Bar
I took him to the Gelato Bar with me. He's so good at not wandering around. I also have to take him with me to my classes on Tuesdays because I'm at school all day. He'd just be sleeping most of the day and would only wake up when he is hungry or needs to go to the bathroom. He's so sweet. Even though he's keeping me super busy, I still miss Coco so much. Nothing could ever replace my Coco. <3

Designer Con 2011

Lak messing around lol
I've never been to Designer Con before. Shame on me! tsk tsk. It's not a big convention, but if you're into Designer's Toys, you're in for a treat! I went with Lak and Gary. DKE toys (my distributor) also has a booth there. I ran into a lot of people. Who'd have thought that Jupey is in my class! We saw each other and we were like "hey! I know you!" lol. He draws super uber cute things. I also ran into another student from my class while I was walking around. Lak was surprise to see his friend there as well. she's extremely talented too!


Live painting too!

Afterwards, we went to eat and hang out. I got to talk to Lak a lot about different projects that I'm working on. Lak is super creative, so it's really fun to brainstorm with him. It was such a fun day :)

Dream: orange tears

I dreamt that I had a tiny bird the size of my palm that died from eating too much papaya enzymes T_T. He had orange tears streaming down his face. I was devastated.

Dream: Kittens Everywhere

I dreamt that I was sitting next to my bed playing with my kitten and I fell asleep with my head resting on the bed. I woke up in my dream and saw a dozen of smaller little kittens running everywhere @_@.

My favorite 2D animations are Disney's classics.  My favorite 3D animations are of course done by Pixar.  I also have a favorite commercial firm and that is Psyop.  I love Psyop's commercials. They're so good.  Their commercials make me so happy.  I've known about them for years because whenever I see a cool commercial that I like, I'd find out that it's made by Psyop.  Recently,  I saw another one of their commercial, so I thought I should post about it.  It's been years, and they are still continuing to amaze me.  I'm so jealous of the people that works there.  It must be super awesome to work in such a creative place :).

http://smugglersite.com/psyop

http://www.psyop.tv

Bottega Louie

My aunt and uncle took us to Bottega Louie today.  It was overwhelming.  The place was beautiful. There were so many desserts there and they actually were tasty and not too sweet.  The packaging reminds me of Laduree. They were very fancy. The pancake there were also very good.  I still like BLD's ricotta pancake a little more than this one, but everyone agreed that the pancake was one of the best dish here.



Best Chocolate Souffle ever!




Fancy Waiting List Book



Bonus Pics: These are very very good :o~~~

Coco in my dream

I dreamt of Coco's last night. We had an adventure together. He was in a little red cart and we were sliding down from this grassy hill. He was enjoying the breeze and and then he hopped down to go into a little burrow on the side of the hill. He went in there and grabbed a little black and white kitten out. There was also a brown tabby kitten that followed. The kitty mom came out and ran away, then another yellow cat came out. I think the yellow one was intruding upon the mother cat's hiding area, so Coco was trying to help the baby. I ran after all the cats, and eventually went home. When I got to my room, I looked at my bed and Coco was sleeping like usual. For some reason, at that point, I realized that I already had cremated him, so I ran to the bed and put my head on his stomach (which is something I usually liked to do. He's so soft and fluffy). He started to purr very loudly immediately. Coco would always purr the moment i touch him. I was so excited, and I kept petting him. At the same time, I knew it was a dream but i was hoping it wasn't so I tried to open my eye. I thought I might be petting another cat in my sleep thinking that Mewmew or Abby is Coco. I was thinking No, Coco's fur is longer than Mewmew and Abby is a lot fatter. This has to be Coco, but as I opened my eyes, he was disappearing and I was holding on to nothingness. T_T Yea.. it was a dream. It felt so real though. His fur was so soft. He was so warm. His purr was super loud and I felt like I was hugging him for a good one minute. *sob* If that was really his spirit, I wish he'd come and play with me every night.

Memory of Coco

My cat, Coco has been with me for 21 years. I love him more than anything in the world. 3 years ago, he was diagnosed with CRF (Kidney failure), so I have been giving him SubQ fluid injection almost everyday. Then he had hypertension, so I had to give blood pressure medication day and night. Eventually he became blind which really saddens me. He still seems happy despite all these conditions. We lived happily until this Labor Day weekend. He suddenly got sick again. I took him to the emergency hospital and he was there for 3 days. They think he might have some kind of bleeding in his GI track and the treatment didn't work. He also has a small tumor on his neck and something in his throat seemed to bother him whenever he eats. After 3 days on IV fluid and 2 blood transfusions, his numbers were still bad, so the doctor recommended that I put him down. I was very sad, but I really didn't want him to be in pain. At that moment, he was still hydrated and he just had blood transfusion, so he was ok.. he wouldn't last though because the blood count was still dropping. I took him home that night and we slept together for the last time. Then the next day I took him in. He was so floppy and weak. Up to the last minute on my lap, he'd still purred for me and gave me kisses. We were always together.
*I remember when he scratched my leg really badly. I stuck my leg out to protect a dog that he was about to attack, so he got my legs instead. Then he felt super bad and started to act extra cute to make it up. I was never mad at him. He's too cute. :)*
I took him to get a private individual cremation at S.O.P.H.I.E which was a beautiful place. I watched the whole process and made sure I got his ashes back with me. The whole ordeal is very hard, but I really couldn't have asked for a better ending. He didn't have a seizure, he wasn't in pain. He just slept beautifully. Everyone that took care of him were so kind and gentle. He looked beautiful before he went into the crematory as if he was gently sleeping in his usual curled up position. The nurse was kind. The old man that cremated him handled him so gently. I got to see everything from the beginning to the end.

It's been 2 weeks now and I'm still so sad. I won't ever forget him. He's forever my soulmate. Forever~~ *hugs his ashes*

3 days in the hospital. Look at his poor arms :(

Cardboard Coffin before cremation
Mewmew will miss his buddy.