photography

Both my photographer friends David, and Nicole are simply amazing.

Photography lemme tell you is no easy thing. And i guess what made me write this is because I just went through both their flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicole-lee/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/david-yu/

and you'll know what i'm talking about.

recently my trip to the states had led me to buy my own film camera, Holga 120N. I'm still playing around with it, my first set of films came out a total failure, which was really disappointing but i'm hoping that my second set would be much more successful (:

heres my holga, i spent a couple of hours decorating it~ hahaha i guess cause i was EXTREMELY bored.

this is also one of the photos david took (: the other one is on his flickr check it out!

finally

so i've been staring at my sad lil' blog looking at how ugly and plain it looks.

and then i looked at the blogs of other people, they made it all seem so nice! so i've decided. nope, it's time for me to change my layout!

i'm hoping mabye i can use my summer productively and learn how to use adobe dreamweaver, but S: looks a bit complicated!

sumer soo far so good!

FIFA '10 exciting as ever! GO SPAIN!!!!! i'm love with Casillas, Real Madrid's goalie he is amazing + hot + amazing goalie(:

i'm guessing i'm rooting for a country i dont have any relation to is because ghana beat usa ): stupid ref made that bad call or else the game would've been very different!

back pain

i'm finally back in taiwan. all i can say there is no place like home.

as much as i love America, i still feel as if Taiwan is the place where i truly belong. however, the first few days i spent in taiwan isn't as great mainly because after coming back from the states, i started suffering from severe back pain.

it wasn't as bad at first, just a little soreness, but after a few hours, the pain started really sinking in. Hour by hour i felt as if there was a knive stabbing and wrenching around in my spine, and then i could barely stand or sit upright. my shoulders started to feel the burden and then my neck, and soon i couldn't even lift my head without feeling as if my neck might snap off. all i could do to relieve the pain was just lying on my bed. i tried explaining to my mom how i felt, but she couldn't understand. all i could was beg my dad to bring me to a chiropractic.

its kind of hard to explain what chiropractors does, but heres what they did when i went to the doctor. click here. it was a bit scary at first, but after he did it for me, my back felt a lot more relieved. however he told me my muscles around the spine were already damage and thts the most he can do is the pop the bones back to its place. right now my back still hurts, but i can go a lot longer and feel less stress.

writing about this made me feel a lot better, and i hope i pray to god everyday for the pain to go away, and hopefully it will. because i want to enjoy my summer, instead of dealing with this pain ):

the alchemist

..."It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie."

--- The Alchemist (Paul Coelho)

Even though you might feel as if your life is spinning out of control, and even though feel as if theres no hope, giving up and thinking fate will take over is wrong. If you give up, and lose the will to fight you ultimately lose. All I have to say is, your life is in own hands and you shape your own lifes, never think that whatever happens to you is because of fate, you have only yourself to blame.

i know this may sound self contradicting as i am always the one who says let fate decide, but life changing decision? no. you don't let fate decide, because you decide yourself.

las vegas

so updates on my whereabouts to whoever that cares (:

i'm in las vegas, nevada!! whoohoo the sin city, well not really a sin city for me since i dont drink, or gamble. but even though im not drinking or gambling, i've been doing so much!

So i've bene staying at this hotel called Bellagio, and almost every night i go watch shows in las vegas, in the morning i got sight seeing and all.

these are the places i went:

Hoover Dam & Lake Mead

Hoover Dam, is hoover dam, one of those places you juts have to see for yourself to know what people are talking about.Lake Mead, the man made reservior created by the dam is also amazing. It is so big, bigger than hong kong!! anyways i love feeding the fishes of the lake hahaha, its fun watching them fight for a little piece of bread.

Cirque du Soliel

So Las Vegas is famous for their great shows, and one of the greatest performers are by cirque du soliel. hoepfully you guys all know about this great group, for those who dont know, google it. Anyways the two shows i watched were 'O' and 'Ka', tommorw i would be watching 'Mystere' so excited! Basically all the shows by Cirque du Soliel is an entertainment group that performs with a mix of cirucs and street art. So they do a of things you would see in circus performance, with dancing, singing, and also great live music played to go along with the show. Anyways the 'O' (my favorite), is said to be the best show in Las Vegas, and after watching it i knew why, it is also the only theatrical show in las vegas performed in water. The cast consists of old Olympian stars (note the name 'O'), which was what i think that made the show even more fun and meaningful to watch. I can go on and on forever telling you guys about the show, but i'm too lazy. for that hehe. Next is Ka. Ka is a story about two royal twins where their family got ambushed and killed. They were seperated and they both fought through hard obstacles, and finally united. What i love about the Ka show was its 360 degree rotating stage. The rotating stage added to an interesting element to the show. I'm looking forward to tommorows show! Mystere ~

Grand Canyon

Today i went to check out the Grand Canyon. amazing. I rode a helicopter down to the colorado river, where i then took a boat trip down the river. It was the most peaceful place ever. It was also very clean! Unlike all rivers now, the colorado river was really clean, America does a great job in keeping nature as it is! I love the grand canyon, and i was so happy i pushed myself to ride the helicopter because i was a worthwhile trip. The grand canyon is one of those places you just have to see once in your lifetime!

(: time for bedd!!!

san fransisco

just three days ago i was literally half dead everday haha, cause of jetlag. Jetlag is always the part i hate about traveling, the long airplane ride, the crappy airplane food, and the time difference you have to deal with after. it's been almost three years since i've last been to the US, and i'm so glad i have this chance to come here again!

two days ago i went to check out UC Berkeley, a pretty nice university, and just yesterday i went to check out Stanford. I have to say its the most amazing university/college i've ever seen. No words can describe it's beauty, i loved it so much, everything about stanford is perfect, the campus, the food, the people, everything.

The trip to stanford motivated me to work harder, and made me realize to get in such a prestigious school takes a lot of hard work. I guess maybe aiming for stanford is a bit too high for me, but i'm going to try my best, get the best results in highschool, and at the same time have fun, and enjoy every minute of it! (:

will miss you

i haven't posted in a while, i guess cause exams were in the way, and i was too busy to find time to post. today i checked my grades, and i'm really happy with the results, i really have to say, studying makes a real big difference!

first things first i'd jsut like to say sorry to my bestest friends that i didn't hang out with today ): i'm really sorry, and i want you guys to know that i will miss you guys so much.

Right now it feels as if i will still see you tmrw, we will still have our weekly friday dinner, sat hangouts, and sun photoshoots. but i know that when school starts you guys aren't going to be there anymore and probably by then the fact that yo uguys are gone will start t osink in. and ihate it.

i'm going to miss you guys a lot a lot a lot!

i hope everything goes well for you guys in taft! cause ya'll awesome folks.

one picture a thousand words so here is:

how can we not miss both of them??

i love you guys so much! && gonna miss you guys a tonn !!

heres a lovely photo of them though~ took me quite some time to find this gorgeous photo, as you know they like taking photos like the one ^ there hehehe.

love you guys so much