Monday, September 3, 2007
Award for Best Fruit Designer goes to....
...God! There is nothing better than a watery watermelon in triple digit temperature. I devoured at least two this weekend! The temp better let down soon -- otherwise I might eat watermelons into extinction.
Clouds over LA...
I've decided to combine the pictures I took of clouds over LA into one collection entitled -- Clouds over LA... yay, this shall be my first photographic exhibit... Gosh, I am officially an artist now!
Lately, I've been quiet fascinated by the clouds over LA. Hmmm, maybe it's the extreme heat in the area, but we've been getting some very puffy looking clouds. Anyhoo, as Bubbles from the Powerpuff Girls once said (in a very cutesy little girl voice) -- I like clouds, some are shaped like heart, some are shaped like pony and some are shaped like clouds... Ah, sometimes I wonder if angels are indeed napping inside, floating in all the puffiness...
Okie, since I am an artist now, I better come up with some self important, pretentious description of my pictures...
Existentialist Clouds -- oh the human condition, it's so fleeting so meaningless, blahblahblah...
Pretty clouds over Public Storage - they reminded me of the clouds in European classical paintings...
Going home Clouds ... ahhh, stuck in traffic.
Polygamist Clouds over the Mormon Temple, hehe.
My favorite! Puffy puffy clouds, I just want to pinch their cheeks!
Lately, I've been quiet fascinated by the clouds over LA. Hmmm, maybe it's the extreme heat in the area, but we've been getting some very puffy looking clouds. Anyhoo, as Bubbles from the Powerpuff Girls once said (in a very cutesy little girl voice) -- I like clouds, some are shaped like heart, some are shaped like pony and some are shaped like clouds... Ah, sometimes I wonder if angels are indeed napping inside, floating in all the puffiness...
Okie, since I am an artist now, I better come up with some self important, pretentious description of my pictures...
Existentialist Clouds -- oh the human condition, it's so fleeting so meaningless, blahblahblah...
Pretty clouds over Public Storage - they reminded me of the clouds in European classical paintings...
Going home Clouds ... ahhh, stuck in traffic.
Polygamist Clouds over the Mormon Temple, hehe.
My favorite! Puffy puffy clouds, I just want to pinch their cheeks!
Friday, August 24, 2007
Proud to be Petite!
I was shopping on jcrew.com. I am a petite woman -- and petites are listed under "special" sizes. WTF, what is so "special" about being petite? I am totally normal! Petite women of the world unite!
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Asian eyes; European eyes
I read an article on Chinese-American beauty pageants in NYC the other day. The writer commented that in an attempt to look more white, the contestants would clip their eyelids (so that they would have double eyelids) and put on whitening creams.
I am not sure if these are attempts to look more white. I have large eyes with double eyelids. Several non-Chinese have told me that I did not look Chinese though no one in China would ever mistaken me for anything but Chinese. I look the standard Chinese. But it seems the "authentic" Asian look to some non-East Asians is the stereotypical super small and slanted eyed look (and perhaps the buck tooth as well?).
Hey, maybe large eyes with double eyelids is a natural aesthetic preference in East Asia independent of Europeans. The people in Asia don't want to look more white; they just somehow want my eyes!
I am not sure if these are attempts to look more white. I have large eyes with double eyelids. Several non-Chinese have told me that I did not look Chinese though no one in China would ever mistaken me for anything but Chinese. I look the standard Chinese. But it seems the "authentic" Asian look to some non-East Asians is the stereotypical super small and slanted eyed look (and perhaps the buck tooth as well?).
Hey, maybe large eyes with double eyelids is a natural aesthetic preference in East Asia independent of Europeans. The people in Asia don't want to look more white; they just somehow want my eyes!
Monday, August 20, 2007
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Xinjiang, China, aka Uighur Autonomous Region
Below are some pictures my dad took while he was in Xinjiang last week. I thought I'd share them with you because Xinjiang is such an unique area in China. For one thing, the Xinjiangese or the Uighurs are not ethnically Chinese or East Asian at all.
Here is a brief history of Xinjiang: once upon a time, there was a group of people called the Han Chinese, and there was a group of people called the Uighurs, a nomadic Turkic people. They came into contact through trade via the Silk Road. The Hans eventually conquered the Uighurs and the situation in the region has been precarious ever since. According to my dad, although the two groups live in segregated quarters in Urumuqi, the capital of Xinjiang, they get along fairly well and he felt the Uighurs were hospitable people. However, southern Xinjiang is a different story. It is a very poor region and there has been strong separatist sentiments.
Downtown Urumuqi -- yep, definitely not Chinese
Kanas National Park
Kanas Lake
Some Kazakhs/Mongolians also live in the area. It seems a lot of ethnic groups converged in Xinjiang.
Interesting Landscape - the rock formation in the foreground is a result of wind erosion
Fire Wall Mountain -- Poor little camel waiting for tourists...
Uighur performers dancing for Han tourists under grapevines. Xinjiang is known for its raisins. Someone once told me that some Uighurs would travel to prodominantly Han areas and sell raisins. I felt really bad after hearing that -- raisins are cheap even in upscale Chinese supermarkets -- they must have very difficult lives to travel so far from home just to make a few bucks.
Here is a brief history of Xinjiang: once upon a time, there was a group of people called the Han Chinese, and there was a group of people called the Uighurs, a nomadic Turkic people. They came into contact through trade via the Silk Road. The Hans eventually conquered the Uighurs and the situation in the region has been precarious ever since. According to my dad, although the two groups live in segregated quarters in Urumuqi, the capital of Xinjiang, they get along fairly well and he felt the Uighurs were hospitable people. However, southern Xinjiang is a different story. It is a very poor region and there has been strong separatist sentiments.
Downtown Urumuqi -- yep, definitely not Chinese
Kanas National Park
Kanas Lake
Some Kazakhs/Mongolians also live in the area. It seems a lot of ethnic groups converged in Xinjiang.
Interesting Landscape - the rock formation in the foreground is a result of wind erosion
Fire Wall Mountain -- Poor little camel waiting for tourists...
Uighur performers dancing for Han tourists under grapevines. Xinjiang is known for its raisins. Someone once told me that some Uighurs would travel to prodominantly Han areas and sell raisins. I felt really bad after hearing that -- raisins are cheap even in upscale Chinese supermarkets -- they must have very difficult lives to travel so far from home just to make a few bucks.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Michelle and Gandhi? Ewe.
When I saw this headline - Mary-Kate and Kingsley lock lips in movie - the pukeometer in my head went up through the roof. Ewe ewe ewe. Baby Michelle and Gandhi. Fortunately, the movie is a comedy.
On an unrelated note, I officially want a lhasa apso doggie. I am in love with one named Joey.
On an unrelated note, I officially want a lhasa apso doggie. I am in love with one named Joey.
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