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(Video and images from J.Crew)

QOTD: Don't mess with me

This is an oldie but a goodie. I think it is from two summers ago. I cannot remember the exact subtext but it is not that important.

My sister = Y                             Her best friend's bf = C

C: Can I pay you back later?

Y: Sure. But ya better remember to give it back to me.* Or else I'll tell my sister to come after you.

C: Umm. Ok.

Y: She's REALLY fierce. You DON'T want to MESS with her.

I did not know whether to be pleased or insulted but I was definitely entertained.

* My sister speaks really ghetto English in informal situations (i.e. with her friends or me).

Currently Loving: Joe Zee

Currently Loving: French food

(Cooking Dinner Vol. I from William Hereford on Vimeo via the Bedlam of Beefy)

Have you seen Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? The movie with Johnny Depp in it? There's a scene with Mike TV where there is this machine which can break up things into little particles which are then transmitted through the air to reappear on the tv. You can then reach into the tv and grab the object.* I really pray that one day this will really be invented. And then I can just grab fantastic French food off my computer screen.

My heart was beating really fast when I watched this video. I think I am in love.**

*I love Ronald Dahl. I have read and watched all versions of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory several times.

**With the FOOD. The scenes with the duck were just ... (blush)

Currently Loving: French Lingerie

(all images from the Cherry Blossom Girl)

Cutie with an attitude

She really reminds me of my sister. Really cute but somehow already has a semi-bitter attitude towards life (or at least towards being photographed)

(all images from Stephie says)

Lunch Hour Quickie: Paris

Le Flâneur (feat. The XX) from Luke Shepard on Vimeo.

Happy (Belated) Valentine's Day!!

(Image: Katie Armour via Her name was Lola)

A New Take On A Valentine's Favourite

Love Is Lame Shit Bitch Bear, $12.99 to $23, available at Love Is Lame.

(image from Love is Lame via Refinery29)

Happy Chinese New Year!

The year of the Tiger has finally come to an end (and hopefully my bad luck as well) and the year of the Rabbit has arrived. Chinese New Year is one of my favourite celebrations because it is basically a non-stop eating marathon. Daikon cakes, fried sweet dumplings, and abalone with chinese mushrooms-its hard to stick to a strict diet with these temptations in your face. My mom tells me not to eat so much (or at least not so frequently) on the regular so I was kind of irked when I saw this decoration (on the left) hanging on my bedroom door a couple of nights ago. I thought that she might have been trying to send me a message implicitly.

With her usual contradictory behaviour, my mom made me realize that the decoration was more appropriate in representing her. I found her eating a bucket of ice cream one night at 10:30pm. Yes, she was not finishing the last two spoons of ice cream. There was enough ice cream for three double scoop waffle cones. And no, she was not crying over her broken heart.

Just a little reminder not to over-indulge. Happy Chinese New Year!

(image from me)