oren lavie | h e r . m o r n i n g . e l e g a n c e

i think this video is one of the coolest and most creative videos i've ever seen (it's up there with mutemath's paper darren video in my opinion). i love everything about it!

i actually really like the music too. it's just the right amount of mellowness and strings for me, and the perfect song to listen to on a rainy day or a carefree sunny one. :) check out his myspace - i think his other songs are fantastic as well.

thanks justin, for sending me the video and introducing me to mr. lavie! :)

book nook: the old man and the sea

the old man and the sea
ernest hemingway

so far 2009 has been a year of reading for me. it's still january and i've already finished three books! (you know you're a geek when this excites you. :P) but honestly, there's nothing better than curling up with a good book on a cold wintery night. :)

anyway, i picked this book up at the library because i figured it couldn't suck since it's a classic. it's basically the story of an old fisherman, some bad luck, a skiff, and a big fish. (hemingway puts these things together a lot better than i just did, haha.)

it's a short book (at around 100 pages its what they call a novella - thank you wikipedia) so it didn't take too long to finish at all. overall i must say that it's a pretty good read although, to be completely honest, there were some parts that i thought were a little slow. nevertheless, if you haven't read this book yet, i think it's one worth reading.

hit the road, rat.

happy chinese new year! hope you had a good one. :)

click here for some awesome chinese new year shots courtesy of The Big Picture (this site is full of so many amazing photos)

i especially like...
1, because the shot is set up so well
4, because it's just so china (haha, oh the stools)
25, because i love dumplings!
28, because i think the fake plastic burberry cups are funny
30, because the little boy is cute and i really like the polka dot shadows
35, because it looks like a GIGANTIC moon

ugglies

sometimes you have no choice but to eat your words. for example, crocs and uggs: i used to hate them both with a passion and told myself i'd never buy such horrible ugly shoes...and now i own a pair of each. :P

anyway, i wore my uggs out for the first time today (i figured it was a good day to try them out since the weatherman said it would feel like -20c) and i was really impressed with how warm they were! and they were so comfortable too! it kind of felt like my foot was in a cloud of stuffed animals, haha.

yes, uggs may put the ugg in ugly, but i'll take warm, toasty toes over cold, numb ones anyday. :)

book nook: the undomestic goddess

the undomestic goddess
sophie kinsella

lately i've been itching to read again. i tried a couple of books since the last time i posted a book review (it's been far too long), but i couldn't get through any of them. ughh. that's another post for another time. anyway, i went to the library all ready to borrow books recommended by my cousin, maxine, but it turned out that they didn't have any of them. boo.

instead, i picked up this book (along with three other ones) and i'm glad i did. it's set in england and basically follows the journey of a high-profile lawyer in london who, after making a huge mistake, leaves her job, stumbles upon another job, and starts new life. well, there's a lot more to the story, but i don't want to give anything away.

this was my first sophie kinsella book (she wrote the shopaholic series along with some other stuff, but i never read any of them...yet) and i actually really enjoyed it! it was an easy read (only took me a few hours to finish), light, funny, and it even had one reference to harry potter (bahaha, i laughed so hard at that part). sweet. :)

so for anyone on the look out for some good chick-lit, i highly recommend this book.

what matters to you // me?

great video. i really like the quote at the end:

"I wish to do something Great and Wonderful, but I must start by doing the little things like they were Great and Wonderful" - A. Einstein

smart man.

two.zero.zero.nine

happy new year everyone! :)

i still can't believe that 1999 is already a decade away. i think that's one of the reasons i feel i'm becoming old and frail. that and the fact that i was so tired and could barely keep my eyes open at 1:30am yesterday. o_O

this just in: mother nature is a drunk.

heehee, i know this article is about the weather, but the writer was so amusing i just had to post it. my favourite part?

"You can almost see her, if you squint hard enough: Mother Nature passed out in a snowbank with lipstick smeared across her cheek and a half-empty bottle of whiskey by her side."

bahaahhahaha. now, where's that intervention banner?

it's christmas time in the city...

hope that your day is full of happiness and so much love as you surround yourselves with your family, friends, and other loved ones.

merry christmas from me and the snowman on the bench! :)

i <3 phil

even after listening to it over and over again, this song is still so freakin' fantastic. and really, how can you not like the 90s-ness of it all? hahaha, love it.