Jessie jots...
I apologize for being hiatus again. But I promise I will be back. I have tons to write about but not now. Gotta go to the Mpls today and to go to MIA ( Not missing in action but Minneapolis Institute of Arts) And I get to see Jenny after so many years! I'm so excited I've gotta go pee. Ok BYE
Jessie jots...
It's super cheesy, it's super lame but it was my first and I had fun learning how to put a video together. Thanks for watching ;)
Jessie jots...
If you're wondering how I spent my weekend, that's how it goes. Some pictures to share and to narrate what I did.
Prepared my portfolio review on a 5 ft wide wall displaying a variety of foundation work with a friend, Katie. My interview is on this Wednesday. The review will determine my major in Graphic Design, so wish me luck!
On another note, I went to take pictures of another gallery.
One of my selected artwork on display now in the Breaking Stereotype Juried Show. Artwork name "Moods of self-portrait", if you can't already tell that was me! LOL
My favorite piece of all three. Reproduction of Vereschagin's "Uzbek Woman in Tashkent" done in Gouache paint.
Last selection is the Market Nostalgia, done in charcoal and pastels of our very own Penang morning market scene. Earned itself the 'People's Choice Award', thanks to all the votes.
Got grocery shopping done and then off to get Chinese New Year dinner cook before all the hungry ghosts, I mean guests come.
A scene of prep here but somebody is stealing my box of vanilla ice-cream which I'm suppose to put in my Honeydew Sago. Luckily, I manage to stop her in time before we don't have dessert later that night.
The 5-hour preparation coming to feast our eyes. Some dishes on the table are sour vegetable with pork soup, stir-fry mengkuang with some lettuce to wrap, mix vegetable fry with tomyam paste (by Vanessa), stir-fry cuttlefish with dark soy sauce and dried chillies and the highlight was the very own recipe down by yours truly, honey and five-spice powder duck! Except for looking a little burn, it turn out to taste really, really good! The only downside to that is, we don't have any leftovers the next day.
The anticipated Honeydew Sago coming into form for dessert! It's really easy to made and it's so delicious. I got the recipe from a friend many, many years back but never had the opportunity to make it. This time was no excuse and everyone love the sweetness! :)
Daniel and Victor being gay. haha Man, I laughed so hard I couldn't even take that picture. He was trying to make us guess the word 'Pinata' from the board game, Cranium.
We ended our night playing Cranium after much white wines, peeling tangerines and doing just that until 3am. My aging body is catching up now. Eventhough I manage to get up at 10am, I was too drain to do any workout. So I had to say sorry to my body, I'm doing you bad. I will get back into the groove after this chaotic week.
Jessie jots...
I'm in a really bad crunch time. Again, so many things due each week and this week is
1. Portfolio review
2. Valentine's Day Fundraising sale
3. Computer studio Photoshop assignment
4. Chinese New Year food shopping for Saturday dinner
On top of that, I'm also due to exercise everyday.
You see, I've made this new year resolution, well not really a resolution but more like a "do-good-to-yourself" thing. I've just seen too many people my age juggling medical bills and aches that I think if I have a pair of legs and hands, why shouldn't I avoid that problem and stay healthy? So then, I've been doing a at-home DVD workout with Hushby that is called the Power 90 by Tony Horton. It's called the bootcamp style workout, but I'd say it's pretty mild compare to the real-life bootcamp. I have to admit though, the style and the way the DVD is set up, the workouts are like bootcamp. You do what the army does: jumping jacks, plyometrics, push ups, crunches plus lots and lots of weight training. I'm now taking about 8 pounds of dumbbells on alternating days, working from abs, triceps, biceps, glutes, quads to back. Hushby has been showing signs of being ferocious lately, flexing his cheeses to me but I, cutting down sugar and cutting down on rice, not even a hindsight of a mosquito bite. Not fair.
The good news is HOWEVER, I lost 2 inches off my waist and a pound. Pathetic as it sounds, I am glad it is losing somewhere somehow. I'm so, very motivated with what I saw this morning... yup, THAT very digit 2 and that 1 pound I lost over the course of 3 weeks. Even more pathetic, right? Well whatever it is, I'm just going to keep pushing PLAY everyday.
6 days a week, 45 minutes a day. Although life has been busier with this new schedule, I'm still going to push play.
Ok, gotta go. Have lunch and then off to class.
PS: If you want to have a look at my photoshop assignments, click here.
City Tree by Dan S, inspired by stiletto.love.
