5 Things
Sometimes artists need to help to get inspired or stay inspired. The same thing can be said when it comes to blogging. A few days ago, my pal, Mel aka the Dishes of Melicious told me about a blog she always reads called Cupcakes and Cashmere. The blogger has a nice category she always updates called “5 Things” where she just picks 5 things and take pictures of them. I decided to do that, too. I think it will help me to blog more and to also take pictures.
I was rummaging through my room when I found some stuff I wanted to share with you all. Well, not REALLY “share” as I won’t be giving you guys any part of my stuff, but share my stories.
Big Buttons
I’ve had this jacket for years, but never, hardly ever wore it until this past season. I really love this jacket and I wear it on most casual-Fridays at work. I love the large buttons. I think its the best part of the jacket. Well, the buttons + all the pockets.
Butter
I like smelling fresh. This scent is “pink grapefruit”, and I love it! I started to like the smell of pink grapefruit when I got a “grape seed” facial moisturizer. I really wish I could find that certain moisturizer, but alas, it has been discontinued. Le sigh (which is me sighing in French). I like smelling my arms after I put this on. I think I look funny when I smell my arms. haha!
Heart
A friend of mine, Diana gave me a bag of “Valentine Goodies” for Valentines day when we were sophomores in high school. Included in the bag was candy, a card and this hole puncher. I can’t believe I’ve had this for so long, but I absolutely LOVE this hole puncher and am so glad that after all these years, I still have it. I really like using this to punch out the price on price-tags whenever I give presents. I haven’t talked to Diana in FOR-EVER. I think she’s married now- like, she just got married this weekend. Or maybe next weekend? D, if you’re reading this- thank you!!
Old Letters
Speaking of high school, I decided to go through an old trunk. Inside, was this box that held old letters people wrote me. I smiled so much while looking through this box. I used to always write letters to my pal, Stacey. I remember the first time I met her- we were in Freshman Studies together. I didn’t “know” her yet, but i knew OF her. Stacey’s older sister, Julie was friends with my sister. So, my sister had told me to look for Stacey. When the teacher called her name when he took roll, I looked up and Stacey met my gaze. She mouthed to me, “Irma?” and mouthed back, “Stacey?” And from that point we became friends. I always hassle Stacey when I see her, telling her, “Remember when we had English together and you were talking and talking, but I ended up getting in trouble for it?” The little booklet you see hahah… Good times. Stacey is engaged! 
p.s. Hello to my cousin & sister!! That’s them! If you gals are reading this, do you remember where that picture came from? OMG! Kerokerokeroppi! LOL!!
Caricature
I’ve always wanted to get a caricature done of myself. Not until I went through the box above did I find this. I honestly, don’t even remember having this drawn of me. I suppose its a good likeness of me. That was my hair cut in 1998 and I thought I was going to have a career in computers. And in 1998, I DID get my ears pierced again. Are the two black dots a part of the smile, or are they my moles on my face, which happen to be on those parts of my face? I don’t know! But, when it comes to caricatures, the artists usually find a feature to exaggerate. Did he exaggerate my eyes? Or are the eyes always draw in that large? The optometrists always comments on how large my eyeballs are… OR are they moles?!
One question lingers- who drew this? There was no signature and like i said- i don’t even remember doing this.
Here’s to more “5 Things” posting. More blogging. More photos!
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Today, i had to say a speech for my Toastmasters club.
I racked my brains for 2 weeks trying to think up a structured speech, one that has an intro, body and conclusion. Kaye gave me the idea to talk about a recipe i like making. GOOD IDEA, GAL! THANK YOU!
Small Potatoes
In a future blog entry, I will post up the recipe that uses these cute, tiny small potatoes. The recipe I said a speech about.
Did you guys cook anything for dinner last night?
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Pictures, pictures…
I hope everyone had a nice Mother’s Day!
Our Mother’s day was nice and quiet, sorta. We decided to eat dim sum. We waited an hour to be seated, and they didn’t serve everything they usually serve. My sister said, “it’s cuz we went on such a popular day. They’re only serving the popular stuff.” that made sad, and I told myself after she said that, “we should have went yesterday! Le sigh…”
We learn. We live. We laugh. Is that the right saying? Anyways…
My sister bought our grandmother an orchid. Here:
I texture-ized it in Photoshop using a pre-installed filter. It’s cool, you know… Whatevs…
Happy Mother’s day!
One of my fave things to do is eat Korean BBQ, especially the All You Can Eat kind!
At one place I’ve visited, they give us kimchi fried rice at the end. I had a hankering to make it yesterday, so I went to the store and bought all the ingredients.
I haven’t actually tried it. It was very late when I made it that I just put it in a bowl, took a picture of it and then put the rice back in the skillet. I will make this again (but prob won’t post a picture of it) and change my cooking strategy a bit.
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MCP’s Week 18 Theme: First Thing in the Morning
Focus: water drop.
I regret Day 125. I had multiple opportunities to take a photo, yet I didn’t. Sigh.
“It’s 10:30pm, what do i take a picture of?
WHAT.
DO.
I. Take a picture OF? Oh. Laundry”
meh.
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Hmmm…
I actually enjoy writing in my blog. I enjoy taking time out to post photos or share stories with people I know and people I don’t know, but choose to read whatever I decide to write– or at least I like to think they’re reading what I’m writing.
I’ve been on business travel the last few weeks. I’ve been going to the desert to do some testing. I’m not always there, so i come back to the office a few days a week. But i was there on Monday and yesterday. I made it a point to take a picture on on those days.
No, it’s not a huge brownie. It’s the cracked desert ground! I like the blueness of the sky combined with the sun rays coming in.
The desert I go to is a huge stretch of land… HUGE!
I decided to park the car on the side of the road and walk about 50 feet to this cracked area. I think my co-workers who were there passed by and saw me taking photo. haha…
After spending 12 hours at the facility, I was finally free to go home! Yipee!
I was on the road and saw this tractor ahead of me. It made me smile.
Hey, the desert needs to be maintained, too, you know. hehehe…
I got this cute little guy from my friends, Michelle & Henjie. They recently vacationed in the Philippines and gave this to me over the weekend. They are so sweet. Henjie said, “You gonna put this in your car?” And i said, “Oh, of course!!” I named him Enrique and Kitty gave him his middle name, Javier. My pal Kaye said, “I feel like i want to call him ‘Francisssco! It’s a fun name to say!’ I got it from “Elf”"
Everyone, I want you to meet Enrique Javier Francisco, aka EJ Francisco!
My mini-project is going to be “taking a photo each day”. lol.
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I’m updating 2 projects in this blog.
Remember when I said I’d be “backlogging” the MCP Project: 52 weeks? Well, i’m doing so now.
For Week 16, the theme was: Furry Friends
I had to capture my pal, Puddles. He’s my sister’s dog and while she and my bro in law traveled to Europe, Puddles stayed with us. I asked myself, “What interesting way can I show Puddles?”
I think he was a bit sad because he misses his mom, and I was almost out the door to leave for Barstow when I took this. Why did i have to capture him? Because i love him! I like his paws… Furry, pawy friend.
There are a few things I have totally been enamored with lately.
1.) The B&W photo I took of myself. But its not because it’s ME, its because of the lighting and the composition! And
2.) My nails! OMG!
Is it just me, or does it say “L.A.” in my thumb nail?
Come on, you guys see it, right? Yes? Look closely!!
(sing-songy) “I loooOove L.A.!”
I painted my nails “Pamplona Purple” and bought this nail polish called “Shatter”. You paint one layer on your already-painted nails and watch the nail polish “shatter”. It’s cool! It’s as if there is a message hidden in each of my nails! What you don’t see are my other nails. I think Bob Marley’s in there, someone running, a palm tree, L.A., and a V… It’s awesome, guys!
3.) Brandon Routh.
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Hi Pals,
I hope everyone had a nice Easter Holiday.
I think I had a nice few days. I went here and there and hung out with this person and that. Family, friends, family-friends.
Bootsie came out for a bit to help me remember my last few days. In no particular order except chronological…
My cousin, Christina’s best friend, Patricia and her husband own a brewery. They celebrated their 3rd anniversary by having a secret-special beer tasting party! It was awesome and by the 10th sampler, I was feeling great!
My cousin’s baby, Ethan!! Oh, his cheekeroos!
Two thoughts occur when I see this picture.
1. HE is ADORABLE!! He likes to eat fruits over candy and LOVES to help his mom clean up! He is such a polite sweethearty little guy!
2. I need Latise. You know, the eyelash growing stuff?
Dusk.
I had to go do the desert for work. I stayed in Barstow and as I prepared to go back to work at 7:45pm, I shot the picture. Mind you, I had to be at work at 5am the same day. Needless to say (although, I’m saying it right now), I was pooped when I arrived back at my hotel at 12:30am.
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Something different.
Jho came to visit our office yesterday and I saw her nails. They were so awesome looking!! She used a new line of OPI nail polish called Krackle or something. It got me thinking, “I wanna paint my nails with the OPI I have! But I gotta prep my nails first. I think I will take a photo of my nail polish!”
I had struggled a bit, trying to figure out how to post this photo. The original colors in the photos were all weird and whatevereverever… I was playing around with Photoshop and settled on a “cutout” filter.
It took a really long time just to get this shot because I waited FOREVER for that drop of nail polish to fall, and believe it or not… it never fell! I had to get a q-tip and add more polish to the brush just so I could get the accumulation!
Hello, 111.
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Sometimes, at work I see things like this:
Other days, I see these:
I work with spacecrafts.
I used to work in contingency planning. The pre-event stuff.
Now I work on analyzing data when something happens. The post-event stuff.
Sometimes I’m in the office behind my desk where I see managers running around.
Sometimes I drive to JPL for business and see deer walking around.
Other times, I drive to the desert to work in the “field” and see burros just hanging out waiting to be photographed.
Sometimes I go under here:
and just observe whats going on…
What do you guys do?
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Oh MY! Has it been 10 weeks since I last participated in MCP’s Project: 52?
Unfortunately, sadly, yes, it’s true. But, as YOU are all my witnesseseses, I shall “backlog” the weeks I missed and I will post them up here. I hope to find the time… and I hope to find my inspiration.
Week 15′s theme is: How Others See You
I usually have my camera, Bootsie, with me, but sometime she doesn’t always come out to play. A few people associate me with a camera, that one day, I showed up without my camera (and glasses) and no one could figure out who I was.
I really like this photo. Like, REALLY like it. I think the lighting of the photo is really fantastic and the sharp focus on my hands is really great! And the feel of the black & white process is wonderful and classic.
Its the wallpaper on my iPhone, guys
