Sunday, January 31, 2010

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Pour deux..

It's better for/with two!






Think happy!

I totally have to print this and stick it on my wall..


http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/30-pieces-of-inspiring-funny

I totally live by this!
I don't suggest you get rid of all drama in your life ..sometimes, it helps you too, in a strange way.

Amen to that!


http://loveyourlife-quotes.xanga.com/

"Nobody is perfect until you fall in love with them"

Most of you that are in love or have been in love probably have perfect examples of this I am sure?

I once asked..



Here's something gross I want to share.
I had to take FRESH stool samples for three days for my physical health examination in December.

I was dreading it and I thought, if I didn't want to do it myself, other than my mom, who else would dig through my crap for me?
I asked him..would you take my stool samples for me if I asked? He said YES.

ok ok, I know that that is not the meaning of this note but I'm thinking more literal :)

Don't we all?



What is your latest secret?

Mine is..

I really wanted to finish that last piece of soup dumpling but I was too nice to take the last one.

and..
You smell.

Teach a man..

Upsetting because I luv sooshi.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/jerm9ine/4167169586/

Sins: Greed or Gluttony..

Friday, January 29, 2010

Whale high-five!


http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2009/08/whaleBAR_450x592.jpg

Wahh..This is so cool!

Steps to achieve this:
-Scuba dive certificate
-Buy sailboat and name boat Keiko.
-Learn how to use boat.
-Voyage to warm mystic Hawaiian waters
-Find whale..specifically a humpback whale.
-Whale can be replaced with other whale species.
-Have a cool boat partay and charge people lots to pay off debts.

I know there's more violent shit in the world

but I just wanted to share my thoughts..

http://news.wateen.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6524

A 29 year old woman murdered her own mother to collect insurance money to pay off debts..as well, as her husband and mother-in-law.. Her own mother??
I mean.....More comprehensible to kill the mother-in-law..but her own mother?
None of them deserved to DIE to pay off her gambling debts.

It was also reported on the news that she also got hefty insurance for her own son (4 years old) and offered to buy insurance for her sister-in-law as well!! And officials suspects that she was probacly gonna kill them for the same purpose.
Cold cold cold hard kill...

Crazy Taiwanesies.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Stop thinking "If Only"

"If only I could get a better break."
"If only I had some money."
"If only I would've married the right person."
"If only I worked for the right company."
"If only I had the right parents."

Do you pull back from taking full personal responsibility
for yourself? Many of us do. We think that a parent, a
teacher, a friend, a boss, a spouse, the company we worked
for, or some governmental program should shoulder our burden
for turning our lives into what we want them to be.

This approach can't get the job done. Other people and
organizations have too many pressing challenges and
priorities of their own.

What does this mean? That you'll always be disappointed when
you depend on others for the things you must do for
yourself.

It's so easy to justify the temptations of freeloading, to
slide into being a follower, to fail to see the hidden price
tag in the handout. Unless you take complete control of your
life and assume full personal responsibility for yourself,
who will? No one will.

Every dollar you earn is worth ten given to you. Earned
money creates the self-image of self-reliance; given money
creates the self-image of other-dependence. This is why some
families stay on welfare for generations.

Hangers-on and free-loaders are the most frustrated people
on earth because they have created their own frustrations.
You can't be successful and happy until you earn the respect
of the toughest, hardest to fool, and most important judge
in the world: yourself.


Column By Tom Hopkins

Monday, January 25, 2010

Cutest pic..not stolen from web!! Taken by my sister!

This is Poofy..sitting beside his and his brother's ball of hair.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Get a room MELPAT! Geez..

By the wind damper on top of the Taipei 101


Hey, wanna meet up?

While in China, I was most delighted to meet up with old friends especially when you want to hang out with someone other than your boss..Spending 7 days a week with the same people can really be a pain the ass!

Hanging out in Beijing with Xiang for good food and shopping was so memorable.

In Xia Men




While traveling in Shanghai..I got to meet up with Dean and rant about the insanity of working in China.

At the Hyatt

+ and -

I've been contacted for the third round of interview but I feel bad that I don't really want this job ..weighing in the + and -... I never thought it would be a problem...I guess I can always decline.

It's a temporary job ..7 months for Expo 2010 in Shanghai...but what am I going to do after that?

It's time for me to look for a full time/permanent job right?

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Scandal at Sea Mio?

During the summertime, there was a new meal delivery service for Sea Mio residents. My mom and her friends had ordered before and I was encouraged to try ordering from them if I were ever feeling lazy. So I did! I ordered this horrible lunchbox porc dish and never ordered again. However, it wasn't only because the food wasn't good but also because the delivery boy made me uncomfortable when he started hitting on me. He had tried to make conversation and asked plenty of questions when I was making an order. I remember having Dave on voice chat with me to make sure nothing was going to happen to me when that boy came. After that, he called my cell a few times to ask me out or just to talk. I always found an excuse to decline/ignore. He told me he lived in LA before and was very straightforward about asking if I wanted a boyfriend..or if I was interested to date him. I managed to tell him off and he never really bothered me again.

So apparently, he has been arrested and no longer lives here.

My mom heard the story but had forgotten to tell me but today, she heard the story again from someone else and remembered to tell me. The delivery boy and his twin brother had been arrested for sex scandals and fraud. Apparently, their arrest made it in the newspapers. My mom doesn't know the details but she was told that they lied to girls about being from America to add some special factor, gains their trust, gets to be their bfs, gets them in bed, and then frauds them for money. A girl at Sea Mio lost 200 000 nt or something and other victims elsewhere in Taipei. Bah..

Dirty dirty bastards. Anyway, my mom told her friends that the boy also tried to get in my pants too but failed...She did not say 'get in my pants' ...

Monday, January 18, 2010

The eternal optimist

I didn't make any New Year resolutions this year but it would seem like a good excuse to start a list and see where i should be by the time 2010 ends.

Finding a job, I would like, but it won't be on the list because that's something i'm always trying to get anyway...

Last year's resolutions helped me settle into my life here in Taiwan, get into a routine, improve my Chinese, get in touch with my "roots", find new interests, care for my health and really appreciate the people around me... So although I didn't find a full time job, it doesn't really matter..

I'm going to make a list for 2010 but it won't be easy ...

Friday, January 15, 2010

Think happy!

It's the most devastating thing when you can't do anything about it anymore..

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

New diet

"I'm on a seafood diet. I see food and I eat it." ~Unknown

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Today is the day to...


....writer letters, drink coffee, believe in more, read books, take a walk, eat fresh fruit, let go, kiss your bf, plan on a cupcake, make a list, dream of trips, finish something that is still unfinished, believe you can....

Monday, January 11, 2010

I am the proud daughter of Mr. Robert Chou..

This video was taken on New Year's Eve when our family went on a ferry boat ride on the Danshui river which, returned to shore after the countdown. We also saw the Taipei 101 fireworks from afar.

One of the activities of the night was belly dancing.
When asked to come to the front to dance...Chou baba was not shy at all :)



He will turn 66 in two days!

Because no one judges when you're on top of the world..




91F

Shoot shoot shoot

I didn't know where to start..I've got more than a thousand pics I took while I was in China and stories seem endless and too long to tell in one entry.
So..to start.
Here's a collection of all the mobile pics I took ninja-style during filming of the docu-drama...mostly in Wudang but as well as Beijing and Wuhan.

We shot just about anywhere..in sun and rain, hot and cold, in high altitudes and low..out in the open air and in itsy bitsy bathroom spaces..We shot in places where prlly not one soul has been, such as a lonely cliff up in the Wudang mountains and places touched by millions such as the Beijing international airport and one of the 4 main BJ train stations..We shot in a Wuhan concert halls, Wudang/ BJ/ Wuhan trains, "planes", temples, ...


In BJ East train station


In an Air China building with model airplanes where staff training takes place..


Wuhan concert hall


On a train from Wuhan to Beijing


The actors had to climb that small cliff-near Golden temple in Wudang


one of the final shots -at the Purple Temple in Wudang.


Lives are put in danger..at the Monkey valley in Wudang ..This location is a very popular place for shooting kung fu movies because it embodies aspects of ancient times in China. This was also the same place where "Karate Kid" shot several scenes from.


Grand master's chamber


Temple


Girls' dorm room


Playing the erhu

The dead one is 1/2 price..


Taken in Wudang street market..

The greatest gift of all for a woman to have...

I hope I have not lost that gift...

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Fooling around on top of the Taipei 101..

MelPat and Hsini..
just doing our thang on top of what is now the third tallest building in the world...

Animal cruelty