| You unwrap Christmas gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping (and especially those bows) next year.
You only buy Christmas cards after Christmas, when they are 50% off.
When there is a sale on toilet paper, you buy 100 rolls and store them in your closet or in the bedroom of an adult child who has moved out.
You have a vinyl table cloth on your kitchen table.
Your stove is covered with aluminum foil.
You use the dishwasher as a dish rack.
You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times.
You eat all meals in the kitchen.
You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers.
You use grocery bags to hold garbage.
You always leave your shoes at the door.
You have a piano in your living room.
You twirl your pen around your fingers.
Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to throw away the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them.
You don't own any real Tupperware -- only a cupboard full of used but carefully rinsed margarine tubs, takeout containers, and jam jars.
You also use the jam jars as drinking glasses.
You've eaten a red bean Popsicle.
You bring oranges (or other produce) with you as a gift when you visit people's homes.
You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel.
The condiments in your fridge are either Price Club sized or come in plastic packets, which you save/steal every time you get take out or go to McDonald's.
Ditto for paper napkins.
You never order room service.
You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes). These travel snacks are always dried. As in not just driedplums, dried ginger, and beef/pork jerky, but dried cuttlefish (SQUID).
Your parents vehemently refuse the sack of gold coin oranges that their guests just brought just to be courteous.
Your dad thinks he can fix everything himself.
You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine or law. Thank god no..I'm my own woman :p
When you go to a dance party, there are a wall of guys surrounding the dance floor trying to look cool.
You live with your parents and you are 30 years old (and they prefer it that way). Or if you're married and 30 years old, you live in the apartment next door to your parents, or at least in the same neighborhood.
You don't use measuring cups.
You feel like you've gotten a good deal if you didn't pay tax.
You beat eggs with chopsticks.
Your parents' house is always cold.
You have a teacup with a cover on it.
You reuse teabags.
Your mom drives her Mercedes to the Price Club.
You tip Chinese delivery guys / waiters more.
You're a wok user.
You like Chinese films in their original undubbed versions. (This applies to all foreign films except for animated films)
You have acquired a taste for bittermelon.
You like congee with thousand year old eggs.
You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached -- it means they're fresh.
You never call your parents just to say hi.
You always cook too much.
If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten rice, even if it's midnight.
Your parents tell you to boil herbs and stay inside when you get sick. They also tell you not to eat fried foods or baked goods because they produce hot air.
Your parents never go to the movies.
Your parents send money to their relatives in China.
You use a face cloth.
Your parents use a clothes line.
You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don't eat the last piece of food on the table.
You starve yourself before going to all you can eat sushi.
You've joined a CD club at least once.
You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewelry or electronics.
You never discuss your love life with your parents.
Your parents are never happy with your grades.
You keep most of your money in a savings account.
You've been on the Love Boat or know someone who has.
Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin.
You love Chinese Martial Arts films.
You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing.
Shao Lin and Wu Tang actually mean something to you.
You love to go to $1.75 movies.
You love to go to $1.50 movies even more.
You never order sweet-n-sour pork, egg foo young, or chop suey at a Chinese restaurant.
You hate to spend more than $5 for lunch.
Someone in your family drives a Honda... with custom rims.
You have a Chinese knick-knack hanging from your rear-view mirror.
You like to eat chicken feet. TOTALLLYYYYYY!
You suck on fish heads and fish fins.
You turn bright red after drinking two tablespoons of beer.
You can get a buzz on Coors O'Douls or Miller Sharps.
You look like you are eighteen.
You only buy used cars.
You have more than five remotes in your house.
You leave the plastic on the lampshade for ten years or more.
You can't bear to throw things away.
Your dad washes his hair four times a day, or never at all.
Your unassisted vision is worse than 20/500.
You've worn glasses at least since the fifth grade.
Your parents (or some other close relative) own a grocery store or restaurant.
You drive around looking for the cheapest gas.
You add twice the amount of water recommended when making orange juice from concentrate.
You've never seen your parents hug.
Your grandmother lives with you and your family.
You never order desserts at restaurants.
You always have water when dining out.
You say "aiya!" and "wah!" frequently.
You love Las Vegas, slot machines, and blackjack.
You love to play mah jong.
You have to read all your parents' mail written in English.
You are constantly being set up with uninteresting (and usually ugly) people by your parents.
You hate eating cheese.
You have a big aquarium filled with colorful fish somewhere in your house.
Your mother is strangely obsessed with plants.
White people look at you strangely if you tell them you are Buddhist.
You notice the main topic at family get-togethers is food.
You seldom ever owned new clothes if you were a second child.
Your folks never speak under 10 decibels at family gatherings.
You never made the school football or basketball team.
You have two middle initials instead of one.
You grow your own bean sprouts in the kitchen.
Your mother made you peel water chestnuts and snow peas.
You have an lonely unmarried relative who frequently drops by during dinner time.
You received little red envelopes containing money on special occasions.
You use the underside of a porcelain bowl to sharpen your knives.
You cut your own hair or had someone in your family do it.
Your grandmother has a lot of gold teeth especially in front. Well my grandmas have a few
You keep fresh garlic and ginger in the kitchen at all times.
You know what the term "lemon" or a "banana" means.
You only have to shave every other day.
You wash and reuse ziplock bags.
You know at least three people named Alan Wong.
You never drank milk after eating cherries.
Your parents collect jade jewelry.
You always drink tea after a meal.
Your dad owns at least one bird.
Your parents grow vegetables in a garden.
You use doilies to decorate your furniture.
Your grandmother rapped your knuckles with her chopsticks while reaching food with your fingers.
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| THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING A WOMAN ARTIST:
Working without pressure of success.
Not having to be in shows with men.
Having an escape from the art world in your 4 free-lance jobs.
Knowing your career might pick up after you're eighty.
Being reassured that whatever kind of art you make it will be labeled feminine.
Not being stuck in a tenured teaching position.
Seeing your ideas live on in the work of others.
Having the opportunity to choose between career and motherhood.
Not having to choke on those big cigars or paint in Italian Suits.
Having more time to work after your mate dumps you for someone younger.
Being included in revised versions of art history.
Not having to undergo the embarrassment of being called a genius.
Getting your picture in the art magazine wearing a gorilla suit.
-GUERRILLA GIRLS | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
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| Excerpt from CBS 2 news :p
Sex is more satisfying in countries where women and men are considered equal, according to an international study of people between the ages of 40 and 80 by researchers at the University of Chicago.
Austria topped the list of 29 nations studied, with 71 percent of those surveyed reported being satisfied with their sex lives.
Spain, Canada, Belgium and the United States also reported high rates of satisfaction.
The lowest satisfaction rate — 25.7 percent — was reported in Japan.
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| Myspace scares me more and more each day. It's like a new garden of eden for child predators. Soooo I'll most likely delete it soon. I like facebook better anyway :D.
I'm coming back to Jersey May 14-15. My dad is gonna drive from NJ to Chicago to pick up all my crap. I won't be needing an apartment while I'm out of the country.
I dunno what else to say. Lately, Dede told me that I'm apathetic and disheartened. I can tell too. AND I don't like it. It's as if I don't care about anything beside my school work *bang head. I blame Chicago bitter weather. But my 5 months summer break should cheer me up!!!
Hmmm what else....I'm going to enter the 2006 Adobe Achievement Awards (digital photography category) and I currently won some local Illinois art competition. Yay...money toward my tuition. I hate tuition going up every year. It just makes me wanna shoot myself. My younger sister is attending a university next year "good luck dad". O yea..I recently screwed up with the plane tickets to Greece which I blame expedia.com for being misleading! I'm supposed to arrive a day earlier..not later...$250 penalty......sorry this update is like mumble jumble. I just haven't updated in a while. Oh and I think Zoey is transferring to my school fall 2006!! YAYY!! That shall be fun!!!!!! I now will have a gallery buddy!!! | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
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| | WAHHHHH I'M GOING TO GREECE!!!!!!!!!!!! >>>>><<<<<< After being on somewhat of a waiting list, I can now go on this Greece Summer Study Trip!!! So I'll be taking 6 credits (3 credits Studio & 3 credits Art History) from June 19-July 8... :) | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| Two Names You Go By
1. Chen
2. Moy Moy (Funny story- I'm not supposed to be called this since it means "little girl, younger sister" but I keep calling myself that throughout my life so my relatives gave in :p)
Two Parts of Your Heritage
1. Chinese
2. .......American
Two Things That Scare You
1. Spiders
2. Mouse poop on the floor
Two of Your Everyday Essentials
1. Gray long underwear
2. Apple PowerBook G4
Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now
1. Forever 21 suede vest (fuzzy in the inside)
2. Necklace (Portrait of a hillbilly girl) from a vintage store :p
Two of Your Favorite Bands or Musical Artists (at the moment)
1. F.I.R
2. Black Eyed Peas
Two Things You Want in a Relationship (other than Real Love)
1. Comfort
2. Closeness
Two Truths
1. Apples are better than coffee
2. Being open-minded is the way to go..seriously
Two Physical Things that Appeal to You About the Opposite Sex
1. Pretty eyes
2. Pretty butts :p
Two of Your Favorite Hobbies
1. Sleeping
2. Napping
Two Things You Want Really Badly
1. Apple iSight (...$149)
2. To see Richie
Two Places You Want to go on Vacation
1. Australia
2. Greece
Two Things You Want to Do Before You Die
1. Own a gallery
2. Set the post office on fire
Two Things You Are Thinking About Now?
1. Why is Dede talking to me about Norman Rockwell's wife dying from alcoholism...
2. What am I going to cook tonight?
Two places you shop at
1. Urban Outfitters
2. Pearl/Utrecht
Two people you haven't talked to in awhile
1. Zoey
2. Belinda
Two favorite web sites
1. youtube.com
2. wikipedia.com
Two cars you owned
1. ...subway
2. ...Taxi...heh
Two pets you had/have
1. Dino!!!
2. Black and white striped kitty I had when I was still living in Philly
Two Favorite Sports
1. Ping Pong
2. ...Pickel Ball :p "I own balls"
Two People who will fill this out
1. *pokes Jan-chan
2. ZOEY
Two things you did last night
1. Embroidered
2. Watched "Office Space" and "What Dreams May Come"
Two shows you like to watch
1. Fear Factor
2. The news
...Sooo how are things going?...I got bored and filled out another survey :p. I should really stop that and start putting interesting entries in. Well lately I've been researching about London because I'm trying to fill out this Study Abroad Application Form. The personal statement ask what we know of London and how it'll benefit me. Three words....Young British Artists!!!!...if you don't know them look them up at wikipedia.com. They are currently my newfound love :) Let's see..I also recently got hired to "gallery-sit" for the school's Gallery X every Thursday for 5 hours. It's not much but I think it'll serve me well in my resume. ....and.......I'm going to attend a meeting tomorrow about the OX BOW summer program. I dunno if I wanna stay in Michigan for the summer. BUT. If I get that fellowship...I'll take it...nice way to save money. | | comments: Leave a comment |
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| 1. FIRST THING YOU DID THIS MORNING?
Ate leftover birthday pizza (BBQ chicken, red onion, and cheddar cheese) :p
2. LAST THING YOU ATE?
Rolled rice noodle with beef briskets
3. IS YOUR CELL PHONE A PIECE OF CRAP?
Headphone is
4. WHAT'S THE THING YOU LOOK FORWARD TO MOST IN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS?
Long summer break with my family and friends. Also hoping to have a good amount of paintings done.
5. WHAT'S ANNOYING YOU RIGHT NOW?
Itch under my arms
6. WHAT'S THE LAST MOVIE YOU SAW IN A THEATER?
Sound of the Mountain (Mikio Naruse) at Gene Siskel Film Center
7. DO YOU BELIEVE IN LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS
In one now :p
9. IS THERE SOMEONE YOU MISS?
Many
10. WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
Art books and Art museums
11. IF YOU COULD PUT TOGETHER A CONCERT OF 5 BANDS OR ARTISTS WHO WOULD THEY BE?
Erm....Stevie Wonder...Bobby Darin(deceased)..I dunno who else
12. SONG THAT SUMS UP YOUR LOVE LIFE?
Probably one of Bobby Darin's songs
13. WHAT ARE A FEW THINGS YOU WISH YOU WERE BETTER AT DOING?
1. COOKING (esp chinese cooking and wanna learn italian cooking)
2. Writing/Grammar
3. Better eye contact
4. Killing spiders and mice
5. Being more aggressive (..seriously):p
6. Saving money
7. Playing Ping Pong
8. Painting and experimenting with other mediums
9. Loving my family
10. Keeping my teeth looking good..
14. IF YOU COULD BE ANYWHERE THIS SECOND, WHERE WOULD IT BE?
Richie's house
15. WHAT'S YOUR MOST VIVID MEMORY FROM 6TH GRADE?
A project for english class when I had to make a small restaurant model. I think I made the kitchen stove out of aluminum foil. The teacher liked it so much that she ended up keeping it.
16. LATEST ADDICTION?
Seaweed snack and Twislers
17. HAVE YOU EVER HAD THE SLIGHT URGE TO KILL SOMEONE?
My old roommate :p (kidding)
18.HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD YOU SAY ARE INTERESTED IN YOU?
*shrug
19. WHAT DO YOU LOVE DOING?
Making and eating good food, being with my boyfriend, warm/semi-hot showers, oil painting, making conceptual art (esp with sculptures), visitng art museums, reading good books, watching dvds on a free day, being inspired by art books, making people laugh (with my dry humor), being pimple-free :p, good conversations, not waking up so early for class, playing with cousin baby Tiffany, and going to airports.
20. DO YOU THINK SOMEONE THINKS ABOUT YOU DAILY?
Richie :)
21. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU SAW OR TALKED TO?
I think my roommate
22. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
A fine arts artist and working at art gallery until my artworks can fully support me. And being a fantastic cook!
23. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FOOD?
Favorite??...well it always has been the typical pizza.
24. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU KNOW WITH THE SAME NAME AS YOU?
Bahah..no one. Closest would be Chun Li from Mortal Combat :p
25. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU SPILLED?
Bubble Tea and Green Tea at a Chinese restaurant this afternoon...Tea mania! | | comments: Leave a comment |
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