wii fit

Anyone who knows me knows that I never exercise. If I were to exercise, it would have to be fun, and that I wouldn't need to drive to my exercising place.

I have found a solution:
Wii Fit! It's a new game that includes a balance board. This board is sensitive to the balance of the human using it. Some modes in the game include: push-ups, yoga, step routines, dodging balls, etc.
The release date for Japan is only in one month for about 75 USD. That's about 15 dollars more than the usual Wii game. But, this game will probably be a must have as it is quite innovative. The best news is that companies like Square Enix are going to try to develop new games using this board.

I love Wii... It's really the only console I've ever gotten into.
Although, when I was really young, I remember going to my friend Soo's house to play Mario. Other than that, consoles were always banned at our house. This is also my excuse for sucking so much at video games. And, it's a valid excuse!

Red Rain Cells

Has anyone heard of red rain cells?

In 2001, they fell from the skies in India. They replicate and thrive at 300 degrees Celsius and 300 pounds per cm^2. Plus, no DNA is found! Probable extraterrestrial evidence or prehistoric domain of life?

LINK

babies

Let me start off with saying that this entry is going to be a rant, and that, I'm pro choice.

Did you know that every year over 1 million babies will be aborted in the United States?
Anyway, that alone is disturbing. But, not as disturbing as: Slightly over 10,000 children are adopted each year in the US.

I think there are far too many people who do not cherish or understand the meaning of life.

Why is it that all these women cannot and will not go through 9 months of pregnancy to allow a life into the world when they don't have to take care of the child after birth? Yea, pregnancy is uncomfortable and hindering, but there is a thing called
responsibility. If you are willing to risk getting pregnant, you should not just snuff out a child.

Now, it is still the woman's choice in the end, regardless of what I say. And, there are circumstances such as health risks, severe child deformities, rape, etc that do not apply to this.
And, I do know that there are already many children in foster care waiting to be adopted, but most of these kids are not babies. And, unfortunately, most adopters are looking for a baby. And, there are many of them. Most of them wait years before they can get a child.

I don't know when a baby is not just a fetus, when it truly starts having thoughts and feelings, but does that really matter? It's still a potential LIFE. A potential life that is halted because someone cannot be bothered by pregnancy.

And, yes, I know there is an issue with black babies not being able to find people willing to adopt them. This is a very tragic issue...

By the way, well over 50% of aborted children are committed by Caucasian females.
Also, the leading states in abortion are California at about 300,000, with New York following at around 150,000.

From this LINK :
"Abortion averages:
Worldwide, the lifetime average is about 1 abortion per woman.
Likelihood of abortion in the United States:
An estimated 43% of all women will have at least 1 abortion by the time they are 45 years old. 47% of all abortions are performed on women who have had at least one previous abortion."

It's unfortunate that there are so many irresponsible, selfish people in the world.

weekend

This last weekend consisted of a wedding (Erica and Brian). Unfortunately, the camera was forgotten at home and thus, no pictures :(...

It was a pretty nice wedding... looked like a lot of work... but it came together very wonderfully. It's always funny to see older people dancing...

Anyway, Bob came into town for the wedding and stayed over at our place. AND, I did remember my camera when we went to the park.

Red Handed

I'm not cuddling...

Ok... I was... Now stop taking pictures so we can nap!

These were taken on Sunday... now, they're wrestling again... argh..

Something scary

This is a rare frilled shark found 2000 feet down... pretty scary. It's about 5 feet long. They eat other sharks and other sea life.

The two talking cats

Miracles really do happen

We have had MaoMao for almost 2 months. We still put him in his office when the humans aren't around, or when we go to sleep. You see... upon the second meeting, my resident cat has been super to the new addition. Almost every time we let him out, Bebe welcomes him with many kitty licks. He in turn gets irritated and tries to nip. At first, he chased and wrestled with her a LOT. Now, he chases a lot less but still way too much. Their fighting or playing (I can't figure what it is) seems so aggressive, and Maomao is usually the initiator.
So, Bebe has always been wary about sitting or laying near him as he is unpredictable in his attacks. But, today, as Bebe was sleeping on the couch (I was sitting next to her on my computer), MaoMao came up the couch to join us. I thought Bebe would leave, and/or MaoMao would attack, but he laid down and she didn't leave! And, they both napped for a while, like this: :) :) :)

MaoMao is a lot BIGGER now. He eats A LOT and poos A LOT.

Sept. 23

We went ruby mining on Sept 23rd. We went through a total of 8 buckets of dirt. Only 6 of them were local buckets (not salted) and had the potential of rubies. Between the boyfriend and I, we found 60 carats. I found 45 carats. My biggest was a 15 carat, which can probably render a 5 carat cut ruby. We didn't have them cut because neither of us are really crazy about jewelry. But, the pic shows my finds. The largest stone is actually garnet... but all the others are rubies. One of Travis's sapphires was not a ruby! I think I threw out my one sapphire that was not considered a ruby because the guide told me he thought it was rose quartz... but, it really didn't look like quartz based on shape and the coloring was super strange. I thought it was pink sapphire but I listened to him and tossed it.

Here's my cutie. He is not very photogenic... I'm serious! He always looks 10 times better in real life. I hope he doesn't get offended when he reads this... It's not that I don't think he's cute in his pictures... but, they do an injustice as he is so sexy. ;) Anyway, he's holding his film canister filled with his ruby finds.

On our way back, we stopped by a local farmer grocer. The veggies and fruits there were so much more delicious than the ones that you find in grocery chains. The apples didn't have the chemical gloss and they smelled beautiful! If you think a rose smells good, you should smell a fresh tomato or apple... it's wonderful! oh... and it was super cheap.

Strange things I heard

Are the two possibly true???

From the Huffington Post:

"A study done last year revealed that a mother is 79 percent less likely to be offered a job when all other factors -- including resumes, education, and job experience -- are equal."

"Out of 173 countries, only four have no paid leave for new mothers -- Papua New Guinea, Swaziland, Liberia and the U.S.A. (One of these countries is not like the others.) Our health care system is the most expensive in the world per capita, yet our child mortality rate is 37th."

i see...

ok... so there's this little voice inside of me that always says that some men don't care about attractiveness as much as personality... etc...

But, according to an article from msnbc:
"Men’s choices did not reflect their stated preferences, the researchers concluded. Instead, men appeared to base their decisions mostly on the women’s physical attractiveness.

The men also appeared to be much less choosy. Men tended to select nearly every woman above a certain minimum attractiveness threshold, Todd said."

sad... so sad... (shaking head)
You know I'm kind and mean at the same time.
By the mean part of me, I'll explain it like this:
All throughout school, I thought people were idiots.
I still think most people don't have a sense of reality. They don't even know long division. Look at how many Americans are in debt, while people across the world have a fraction of a fraction of their earnings but still manage to live somewhat comfortably.
But, at the same time, I feel for these silly people, because in the long run, they pay for it 4 times over.

ok... so back to subject. For all those guys who told me that personality mattered more than looks to them, eat this!

SIDE note***
I think it is hard for most men to be with a wonderful woman who is ugly. They would rather be with a beautiful girl with a bad attitude. That is all that I conclude to with this post.

Also, I do know a guy from latter days who used to get hit on consistently by attractive girls, but later married a less than attractive heavy girl... so you never know...

Beautiful...

You wanted a moon rock, but instead you gave me part of a collapsing star. And, I don't even think you know it. I love you so much...

What am I talking about? LINK

update

oh... so I totally forgot. Recently, I made my first big purchase. I bought a 2007 Honda Civic LX sedan in silver. I like it a lot! It was certainly an improvement to my old car... The radiator got a leak and the free-on would slowly leak out, leaving my AC to be absolutely useless. I had recently replaced the alternator and battery! Also, it used to have issues with the coolant leaking, but luckily, this leak was located on a hose. It had a crack in the front window, a dent on the side (my mom says that someone hit the car when she was parked at the grocers)... Someone must have been going awfully fast in the parking lot for a dent of that size...

oh... and the cats... I introduced them this week... I have pics that I need to upload. But, anyway, Bebe has been pretty accepting of the kitten except he just loves pestering her. At first, she would just sniff him. But, then, after the frequent ambushes made by Maomao, she got pretty darn irritated. She hisses at him sometimes, and they both paw at each other... ugh... and at their second meeting, I found the kitten with a mouthful of Bebe's white fur.

According to the web, we have a good pairing according to gender and age. Adult female with male kitten.
People at the office tell me this behavior is completely normal... and I should just let them be while I'm at home.

I had all these grandeur visions of them cuddling together and kissing each others' noses.... hopefully, it isn't too far-fetched.

disgust

George Goodman, who wrote the old "Adam Smith" stock market column, wrote: "Men play all kinds of games to give their lives meaning. The game women play is Men."

This is sick, but it's so da** true. Sometimes, I'm really sickened by people's behaviors, and today, I am disgusted with the stereotypical woman.

I guess you can read the above quote in two different ways. You can interpret it as: The women have the real power because the men are underneath their control, or you can interpret it as: Women don't care about anything except attraction, love... etc.

I tend to interpret it the second way.

**If you think this is a feminist post, you are dead wrong. It is the exact opposite.**

As little girls, we play with barbies, already obsessed with proportions that are only possible in photoshop. In fact, the proportions are so ridiculous that when women do attain them through plastic surgery, they end up looking like circus freaks (such as Dolly Parton or Pamela Anderson <--highly doubt they would ever frequent my blog so I will be rude). Let Ken take out Barbie. Barbie bakes him a pie, takes care of the doggy and baby.
In the teens, girls beg for the revealing clothes. It's HARD to find a teen bra that isn't heavily padded. And, why the heck do we have pre-teen thongs that say, "delicious" or "sexy?"
Why? Because the marketers know that most women just want to be attractive to men. It becomes the singular goal for women, and it's sick! If all women were this way, I'd have to say that women ARE inferior to men.
Even as adults, females lack to see that oxygen, and lifetime focus on men. How to get a date, how to dress attractively, bad evil men who take advantage of poor innocent sweet women. To tell your daughter to have scholastic goals is stupid when your own behavior says otherwise.
Doctor barbie has NEVER been popular while shopper barbie flies off the shelf. And, the Lifetime and Oxygen channel will never emphasize on career goals.

It truly makes me wonder if there is another reason why women get less promotions.

It's true that a lot of men (especially young men) put a whole lot of emphasis on looks. But, do we really want to spend our lives with a guy who wouldn't give you the chance if you weren't above a B-cup bustline? Of course not. They are despicable in their own way and do not deserve any time.

I know a lot of girls, personally, that spend hours each morning to get ready. One for hair, half for makeup, half to pick an outfit, etc. And, it's true, men love the results. But true love, what women supposedly strive for, can never be acquired by this.
If a girl is smart and carry her own in any conversation, has passions and can be with/without a man, then, one can really fall in love with this.

True love is important, but it has nothing to do with thongs and baking. It has to do with goals, passion, and uniqueness of the individual.

It is not to say that wearing thongs or watching a lifetime movie is evil. It has more to do with knowing our priorities and not striving to be ditzy.

Hot Computer Stuff

oh... sometimes, I feel like a 6 year old again. Remember when you were little and always wanted to go to Mcdonald's since they had a little toy made in China that was really useless and always ended up under a bed or sofa cushion?

Well, there is a line called "Active Crystals" made by the alliance of Phillips and Swarovski. This is what resulted:

Such beautiful memory sticks... (sigh...)... I guess heart beat and heart ware are worn as a pendant and carry 1GB of memory. This would be an awesome mother's day present. Fill it up with family photos and give her the stylish heart. (oh... btw, to the boyfriend: I would never want something like this. It is way too much for what it actually is worth).
It's curious that this lead crystal glass is so popular and expensive whereas cubic zirconia which is even more beautiful never caught the high price tag or prestige... they're both synthetic... Marketing is clever brainwashing...
Anyway, the design is beautiful nonetheless:

oh... and this is a little off the topic, but I LOVE LOVE the ferrari redbook. It's about time they start selling colored laptops in the US. So freaking late! Maybe, we'll start getting some cool cell phones other than the i-phone soon. One can only hope...

Bebe hates MaoMao

oh no....
So, one of the ladies in the office said that her new kitten and resident cat got along immediately. So, yesterday, I decided to open the door wide open and Bebe saw MaoMao... lots of hisses from Beebs... oh no! So I closed the door... she resumed, nonetheless. She still every once in a while goes to the door of the room that MaoMao is in and hisses... Our sweet Bebe REALLY doesn't like the new kitten! Well, it will take time, and some cat psychology techniques to hopefully turn her around.

Here are some pics of both of our lovely cats.

Here is Bebe being her crazy cute self.
She used to be the sickest kitty at the shelter. :(

MaoMao just looks like a little boy, don't you think?

We were able to pick up MaoMao on Tuesday after they removed his balls, and did a thorough check.

It turned out that MaoMao had coccidia, which is a parasite that causes diarrhea, and in some cases, it is bloody poo... Anyway, it isn't bloody. And, yesterday, his poo became normal shaped. But let me tell you, his poo is gigantic! They are bigger than Bebe's and she is almost 9 pounds, whereas he's probably a measly 1 lb!
And, he had kennel cough and is pretty sneezy.
This is so amazing... the place that we went to adopt him provided us with the medicine for the kennel cough and the coccidia. I know that if I had to go to the vet for those and the check up, it would have been at least 300 dollars. I know this because when we adopted Bebe, she had kennel cough too, and after a 50 dollar coupon, it was something around 90 dollars. And, they missed the fact that she had ear mites!

MaoMao does not have contact with Beebs, so needn't worry about transferring anything. Plus, she's got the shots against kennel cough, etc, and adult cats generally don't catch coccidia.

MaoMao is so funny. He runs so fast for such a little body and goes, "argn argn" instead of "mew."

New Kitten!

So, this weekend, we went to Fulton County Animal Control Center, or also known as Fulton County Pet Services.

This place has approximately 400 animals in need of a home. You definitely get a great selection, and it's very sad seeing all the little animals vying for you attention. Bebe came from the Atlanta Humane Society, and they didn't nearly have such a big selection. Pretty much all the kittens at Humane were spayed/neutered already, because most are pretty much guaranteed a home. It was weird. The humane society had lots of people coming in and out. But the control center had very few people, and many many adorable pets. If you're looking for a small kitten, or a little dog, you'd have better luck at the control center too. Plus, the humane society charged over 100 for Bebe. But, the control center, complete with microchip, spaying/neutering, shots, free bag of food, deworming, etc was for $65!!! That is cheap! I takes a lot of loving souls to even make that possible.

Bebe is an extremely needy cat. She's now 1 year and 3 months old, and she still loves to constantly play and be paid attention to. If you are not dangling a feather toy, or holding her and nuzzling her cheek, she is meowing constantly. So, we got her a little brother!

His name is going to be MaoMao, which means cat cat in Mandarin. He will be coming home either on Tuesday or Wednesday after he gets neutered. He is so tiny, and super sweet. When he got our attention, he started climbing the cage door and mewing constantly. And as soon as I took him in my hand, he was purring like a little motorboat. And he was nuzzling Travis instantly.
I hope he's ok, at least as much as he can be with the neutering process.

It was a heartbreaking experience. There is no way that a person can't walk out of that place with at least one kitten or puppy. It's sad that so many defenseless, sweet, and loving creatures are put to sleep each day.

I will be posting pics as soon as the little fellow comes home.

hahahaha

woo... things to change your mind...

favorite necklace:

I'm one of those girls who have never been that much into gems... but wow... that's beautiful.

And, then, I took a look at their line at bulgari.com... amazing... I didn't even bother to try to find out the cost.

fav bracelet (this is the coolest thing and would ensure myself of being robbed...)

fav ring

I don't understand... why can't they make rings that look like this in yellow gold and cubic zirconia??? This is actually an infamous Tacori ring.

It's funny how I know all the famous brands but refuse to purchase them. And, you know how I feel about gems. I prefer the fake over the real.

But... wow... I LOVE LOVE that bracelet!

I am a good daughter!

oh man... I was driving my car to work today and they had a funny discussion over the radio. They had people call in and talk about how they had pretended to attend college and collect money from their parents.

This is ridiculous! I couldn't believe people did this; and, I couldn't believe it happened so much!

All this time, I thought I was a bad daughter. True, I was lazy to an extent and my workload paled in comparison to that of my parents' childhood tribulations, but at least I didn't collect their hard earned cash while pretending to get an education.

That is grand theft!

This one girl would register for classes, have her parents pay, unregister for the classes, and finally, collect the cash. But, guess what she did with the money each time? She'd go get plastic surgery!
Her first operation was to get big boobs. Afterwards, she landed a classy job at the local hooters. At least she did not opt to become a stripper. Her parents have to be proud of her on that one!

See... all this time... I was a good girl. True, I did forge my parents signature for a bad grade... which couldn't have been lower than a B... and I DID get caught... ugh... my hand writing is only so good when I'm 6...

This Is Charley

Check this out!

Cute Produce

I thought the Japanese only made square watermelons... Well, I guess it would make sense to make them all sorts of shapes

Its price is somewhere between 50,000 and 80,000 yen.

Guess what these are for...

There are molds for cucumbers!

Why all the fuss? So you can get CUTE cute salads like this one!

Call me weird... but I like it... If I ever get a yard, I'm going to make star and heart molds for my cucumbers!

Being an Asian Girl

No...this isn't me... I don't hardly have any baby pics.. but if I ever get a few from the parents, I'll post them.

I love being an Asian girl! I wouldn't have it any other way... I might even be considered a little ethnocentric... but I am NOT racist.

Anyway, I found this on facebook... and it made me smile.
It was under an Asian girl pride group:

we r proud of ourselves because...
1.we r smart
2.we r fit
3.we r not bitchy(most of the timeXD)
4. we always look young
5. we cook real rice
6.we have better skin
7. we have long,straight sleek looking hair
8.we are caring:)and we take care of u if u are sick :P
9. we have pretty and unique eyes =D
10. we are sweet and gentle:)
11.we are loyal
12.we r pretty inside and out, its more than just meets the eye:)
13.we are petite and cute
14.we are good at math so we know how to manage money right:D
15. we can do house chores much better
16.we respect and care for our family alot
17.when we like a guy, we sacrifice alot for him:)
18.we are sensitive
19.we always listen to ppl and we give good advices
20.we are good babysitters! cuz we always babysit our nephews and niecesXD

3 and 15 don't really apply to me... but I do know how to cook a lot of yummy stuff... like the best dumplings that my boyfriend's had... I'm afraid of taking him to China... then, he'll know what are REAL good dumplings... yikes.

The death cat

Check out this article at associated press. It's about a cat that predicts when people die...

And, then, there is this article that just made me so sick... I hate people who are cruel to defenseless animals. It happens more often that one would think. Someone had put in cats into the dryers at one of the dorms at my college. SICK!
And, then earlier this year, there was a highly publicized story about how these kids had put a puppy in an oven.

Anyway, this article is about how these "sexy beauties" (more like disgusting, ugly, immoral women) are filmed stomping live animals to death with their high heels. These Chinese films I guess cater to a fetish... That's freaking messed up! And, look at the ugly (inside and out) lady in the photo... How can that be construed as attractive?
China really needs to put some regulations up for animals! They have all these other strict rules, but some things are completely disregarded... Sick, absolutely disgusting... I can't believe these films that are sold at about 2 dollars are said to be popular!

Hula Hoop

Here is my attempt to do a little exercising.
But, no, I can't be normal, I have to buy an Asian hula hoop. Oh man, is it painful.... I filled it with rice so it would weigh 4 pounds... I initially put in enough where it was 5.5 lbs... way too painful!

Here it is:This picture is funny because my cat is TERRIFIED of the hoop. Everytime, I pick it up, she will either hide under some window drapes, hide under the trampoline or run into the farthest room from where I am at... It's a good thing that she's scared of it, because it would be so bad if she ever got hit by it.

This is why it makes it so painful... The crazy bumps on it!

July 4th!

Happy 4th of July!
Actually, the first few pics are taken on the third. I thought we were going out to watch fireworks as they were being set off on both dates... But, after taking the effort to curl and fix myself up, I found out, we weren't going... We did go get sushi though... YUM!
Ok... haha... The first pic is my eye normally (with makeup)... the second pic I photoshopped to have the circle lens that I talked about earlier in another post.
with circle lens:
Eh... I don't really understand this whole circle lens thing.... eh whatever. Below are pictures of my full face (first: without circle lens, second: with).



Ok... So the real 4th of July started off with us going to Robocup! My boyfriend has very good coverage of this event. Actually, he was even linked by Engadget. He took more pictures of humanoids, videos, etc. I took a bunch of silly photos. Go to his page for more coverage. The dancing robots was a Junior event, so it's pretty impressive that young kids were able to create these robots. The robots' movements are actually a lot more sophisticated than one would expect. Here is team China with dancing peacocks.
This was Israel's, performing a traditional dance... pretty neat actually when in movement.

Some crazy soccer playing robots:

humanoid:
For the night, we joined some friends to watch fireworks.
I don't know how this picture came out, but talk about a bad picture of myself! I don't know how the bf knew to put on a scared face... we didn't plan this photo turning out the way it did.