Goals for Twenty-Thirteen

I was actually going to start a new blog but after looking at this one and revisiting everything, why start a new one right? (Plus, I'm beginning to think it was too much work to start a new one anyway.)

So, let's talk about goals/New Year's Resolution. To be honest, I hardly stick to them but this year, I think I'm going to try my best to keep them.

And this year's missions are:

1) Stop shopping too much. - I admit it's getting kind of out of control. I found some clothes that still has tags on them. That's not good.

2) Wear everything in the closet. - Maybe shopping the closet will help me kick the shopping addiction to the curb.

3) Stick to a $50 shopping budget a month. -  Baby steps, people. BABY STEPS.

4) Work out for at least 30 minutes a day. - Not just for losing weight but for the sake of being healthy and preventing myself from having some sort of heart disease someday.

5) Travel more. - Experiences are worth much more than tangible and material things.

6) Finish a project first before starting a new one. - Ugh, I have so many projects to do right now.

7) Be closer to family. - Call my Dad and my Grandma every weekend even for a few minutes. Send birthday cards.

8) Stop. Being. So. Damn. Lazy. - Because being lazy is the reason why I get overwhelmed.

9) Keep writing this blog. - Consider it as another project; it needs to be finished.

10) Take more pictures! - What kind of an idiot buys an expensive camera and not use it? Um yeah, that would be me. Must stop being an idiot. :)

Okay 2013, bring it on!

In Memoriam

"For love of country they accepted death..." ~James A. Garfield

SOTD(s): In honor of Earth Week

April 17 -23 is Earth Week.

Images were taken at the California Academy of Sciences Museum in San Francisco, CA.





Are you doing anything in honor of Earth Week?

SOTD(s): Random Crap on My Desk

I don't really know what else to take pictures of lately. I can't wait to start traveling again. I need a change of scenery.

Anyway, I've been cleaning the house. I created this list but for some reason, I find myself roaming from one room to another. Instead of finishing up the kitchen (the first room on the list), I end up organizing the dining room, then putting crap away in the living room...then organizing my desk. What the hell is wrong with me? I can't seem to stick with one task!

I got bored from cleaning and organizing so I took pictures of some random stuff on my desk. I had these things forever! Normally, I throw away anything that clutters my desk but I held on to these things.

I think this R2D2 plastic figure had candy inside. I meant to give it to a good friend but I didn't get the chance to do so. The candy inside was pretty crappy from what I remembered.



My German slang book. I remember my high school German teacher hated it when I used some of the phrases in class. Ha ha ha ha ha, good times! I wish I can take more German language courses. It's such a fun language to learn.



My beloved San Jose Sharks (Generic) Bobble Head. I think I got this for free and I can't remember what I did to get it.

Well, this is it for now. I need to get back to cleaning this damn house. I can't believe it's taking this long. I'm actually second-guessing the idea of getting a bigger place. House cleaning sucks!

My Husband = Captain Awesome

I really have to share this with you guys. Usually, my husband doesn't get me surprise presents because he knows I'm really, really, really picky. But man, he did a helluva good job on this one. Look what he got me from Atlanta!

Please excuse the crappy picture. It's not really a "shot of the day" material. Anyway, I am obsessed with keys as jewelry lately and I love that he paid attention to that.

I love my husband. *sighs*

By the way, this weeks has been pretty crazy for me hence the short blog entries. I've been writing a KSA for a job I'm applying for and it's quite a pain in the ass to do. If you have writer's block and if you're an overthinker like me, it's pretty challenging. Actually, I'm applying for another position so yup, more KSA writing for me! I also failed the 15-Day Picture Challenge (dammit) but I figured I might as well continue it. I have another picture challenge in mind and I'll tell you guys about it one of these days.

Thanks for reading and have a great day!

SOTD: Busy Friday!

Happy Friday everyone! My husband is coming home today from that loooooong training in Atlanta. I can't wait to see him! I'm currently tracking his flight online and his plane is flying over Bozeman, MT at the moment!

We're also driving to Portland, Oregon and staying there for the weekend as soon as he gets home from the airport. So yup, busy day today!

Here's the shot of the day. That's my husband's hand holding a teeny-tiny crab. This was taken at the shores of Puget Sound.


Hope you guys have a good weekend!

S(hots)OTD: Harry Potter Land

My husband and I went to Orlando, Florida this past February and we checked out the Wizarding World of Harry Potter inside the Universal's Islands of Adventure.

The Harry Potter area gets pretty crowded! Good thing we got there pretty early because as the day went on, Universal had to hand out tickets to people in order to prevent overcrowding in Hogsmeade!

Man, what a fun day! I took lots and lots of pictures.

Here is the entrance to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter/entrance to Hogsmeade.

Here's a picture of a street sign inside Hogsmeade with a little bit of Hogwarts in the background.

This is self-explanatory.

This is another view of the castle.

That's all for now. I took so many pictures and I'm still in the process of looking through the films...err, files. I'll post more pictures some other time. Thanks for looking!

15-Day Picture Challenge: Day Six

"A picture of your favorite band or artist."

My favorite artist right now is Lady Gaga but I already talked about her before so let's talk about a different artist/band. Let's talk about Blink-182, one of my most favorite bands of all time.

I love, love, love, love Blink-182. I've been listening to their music since high school. I actually have their entire discography in my car's MP3 player right now. I listen to their stuff during my drive to work sometimes. Some of you might think I'm too old to be listening to this band but I don't think I can stop jamming to their music. Their music cheers me the hell up!

My husband and I's first date is at a Blink-182 concert in Raleigh, NC. We both love the band. I remember my cheeks were hurting because I was so happy to be there. I remember being pretty upset when I heard the band broke up in 2005. I also remember being super-duper happy when the band got back in 2009. The very same year of their reunion, my husband and I drove all the way to Vancouver, B. C. to see them live in concert once again. Ah memories, great, great, great memories. I freaking love Blink-182.

By the way and just in case you're wondering (you're probably not but just in case), I decided this past weekend that I'm only going to be doing the 15-Day Picture Challenge and Shot of The Day blog entries during the weekdays. Usually, I don't have time to blog during the weekends. I was able to write blog entries this weekend because I was bored due to my husband being out of town.