我的好姐妹們 －－＃slff

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"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy,they are are the charming gardeners who make our soul blossom"-- Marcel Proust

In Chinese, there is a saying that gold cannot buy your soulmates or best friends. I think this is very true. I don't consider myself a very popular person with many friends, but I do have 3 friends whom I think of as sisters and soulmates. With these three friends, I don't really have to be afraid to be myself and share my worries. In fact, one of them has been my childhood friend since 2 years of age. Many people often wonder, what is true friendship. By all means, I am not a professional "friend maker" but from my experience, having close friends are those who don't mind your silliness, get your jokes, laugh at the same stupid things, and are willing to give you honest advice, even if they are the ones you don' t really want to hear.

我常常聽到我媽跟爸說“千金難買好自己。“ 不知道你有沒有找到你的好知己呢？我覺得非常幸運也非常感謝天父爸爸賜給我三位好朋友，姐妹們。我們認識了很久， 其中一個我是從兩歲就認識。我們常常一起玩。另外連個好姐妹是在中文學校裡認識的。我們四個人常常會叫自己 “ Fantastic Four" 可最近不是很流行用＃hashtag嗎？我們四個女孩字還沒找到我們的“那個人“所以現在常常叫自己＃SLFF 意思就是 “single ladies friends forever" 或者是 ”single ladies fantastic four". 很搞笑吧。以前的我們常常會去追韓娛新聞和歌曲。看到 YOUTUBE 上的搞笑視頻可以笑個半天。現在我們慢慢地變得不一樣了。我們喜歡去出聊天，吃東西。 最近我們聊的事情就是為什麼我們四個還沒能夠找到我們的 “另外一半”。我們四個當中，有三位是獅子座的，一個雙子座。我想，身為其中一個獅子做的我，性格比較內向和怕尷尬。就是因為怕被拒絕而不太願意去嘗試。而我跟我那個從小就認識的朋友耶選擇了最多女性朋友的行業－－護士。可能能夠認識異性朋友的機會比較小吧。可我相信，我們四個人不會一直孤單下去吧。只是時機未到而已。我那位雙子座的好姐妹曾經談過戀愛，可是最終還是分開。就好像 徐靜蕾的 《有一個地方只有我們知道》裡面的其中一句金句說  “沒有在一起的就是不對的人，對的人，你是不會失去他的。” 在我們還沒找到我們的 “Mr. Right" 前，就讓我們的友誼快樂陪伴著我們吧。友誼萬歲！

Hello Spring. 粉絲花痴的我。

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Now that school is finally over! I can finally embrace the start of my spring/summer holidays. I think this will be the last spring/summer holiday before the real stress begins of finishing up post-secondary and job hunting. So since it is, I've got lots planned for a packed and fun-filled summer. Last week, I went to Shanghai with two of my super close friends for a week. It was really nice to just destress after having school and NO SUMMER HOLIDAYS AT ALL last year. I really enjoyed visiting China, since I have never been there before, it was quite an experience! Now I am more excited for my upcoming trip to Beijing and HK in August. Now that school is on hold, I can say... Hello SPRING, welcome holidays and of course work. Work I think is another kind of stress, but it is not as stressful as school. With Work, it comes with familiarity and routine, there is no competition or someone marking you, determining how well you do. All work is is taking full responsibility and doing your best. :)

PART II (中文）

一個 Inspirational 的偶像

我想，我們大家都喜歡過很多偶像。可是，有那一些真的會讓你覺得他或她不只是個偶像而是一個讓你像他學習的人呢？哈哈好吧， 我承認，當初留意他的時候也是因為他長得挺帥又高。可是在 我慢慢的留意他的消息之後我覺得這位只大我兩年的年輕演員真讓你覺得他非常的wise 和成熟， 讓你感到非常的 inspired。他的名字你可能最近常常的聽到，在內地他是所謂的“男神小鮮肉”。 對， 就是他，吳亦凡。
他在很多粉絲們的眼裡都是帥，都是男神。他在我心裡，他是一個我很崇拜的inspirational person。他曾經上過魯豫的節目，訪問中他說過一些我非常同意的話。 他說：“我覺得是自己選擇的事情，不管怎麼樣你就首先不要後悔，我覺得一定要努力，什麼事都要努力，一定會有回報的， 對， 有的時候它不是不報，只是時候未到。” 聽到他說那句話我特別感觸，因為我也曾經經歷過失敗挫折的我非常的有同感。這幾年， 我一直很努力的學習，工作，終於讓我成功的考上了我喜歡的大學讀我喜歡的護理係。雖然，要等了整整幾年，也經歷過很多不開心的事情，可是我的目標一直沒變過，只知道要努力，一定可一成功的。

我也變成他的粉絲了

讓我知道這個人的存在也多虧我的好朋有雅婷兩年前來我家開了一個YouTube視頻讓我看又吱吱喳喳的說“你看那個人超帥超 ‘HOT’ 的，你知道嗎他懂得講粵語的，從溫哥華去韓國發展的，他是 Kris！！” 當時我並沒有很在意因為我不那麼喜歡EXO，因為老實說，韓國的偶像團體多的是，我哪有時間追那些Kpop的消息啊。 當時我只 “喔，Kris” 了一聲 也在沒有去留意。 好像是在去年的五月吧，美國韓娛網站 AllKpop 報導說這位 Kris已跟SM公司正式解除合約。我看了就想到： 他不是雅婷說的那個超HOT的人嗎？” 腦海裡也突然想到韓庚。我因好奇就去看看這位又為什麼要解約，難道也是因為得到不人道，不公平的對待了。就這樣我開始留意著他的消息了。後來不久，又有消息說他張會出演電影，當男一號。我心裡有像， 不會吧，他才剛剛解約，而演戲的經驗應該不多，可以當男一？！（因為在偶像團體不是每一個團圓都可以有機會去拍戲的）。因此，我又好奇了起來，留意著他新片的消息。後來護理係的功課多到我快要崩潰，就不了了之給他忘了，直到九月份，我坐巴士回家的時候在我手機裡看 Facebook的更新posts的時後看到一個 特別的 post，照片是吳亦凡演的那部戲 “有一個地方只有我們知道” 我心裡就像，怎麼我住的城市裡從來都不放中文片的，哈這部也應該沒得看了。就在我上往下一條update看的時候突然看到我住的城市的名字出現在那個海報上面。我把那張照片放大，就非常的驚訝，竟然這部戲會在我城市裡地一間電影院會播！從來沒在加拿大的電影院裡面看過中文片的我就心癢癢的想要出看那部戲了。我跟我另外一個好朋友去看了以後，就被這位高冷男神迷住了。UH OH。我感染了粉絲花痴病了 ＊嘿嘿＊。

好久沒用微博的我也開始每天去留意吳亦凡的消息。就在一月份的時後有人在微博說吳亦凡將會跟劉亦菲合演暢銷小說“原來你還在這裡”。我想： 天啊！劉亦菲跟吳亦凡簡直就是完美的搭配，女的漂亮男的，哎， 不用說了.....。因為被主角陣容吸引，我就開始在網上查查到底哪裡可以買這本書看。就這樣讓我認識辛夷塢這位作者。因先入為主的關係，我無法再去想像那男女主角的樣子，腦海裡一直就把吳亦凡當作是男主角，劉亦菲事女主角的樣子。我心總是覺得戲還沒開拍我只好看小說讓我想像吳亦凡跟劉亦菲在一起會是怎麼樣的。我喜歡看書，什麼書都看，但中文書很小會完完整整地讀完。辛夷塢的這本讓我非常的投入，是一本讓我從頭看到尾的一本。說真的，網友沒騙我，這本書的確好看。我真的非常期待看看吳亦凡的演出，期待看他跟劉亦菲會在屏幕上擦出什麼火花來著！就讓我這位粉絲花痴瘋狂下去吧哈哈 ：）

Hello Again!

It has been too long since my last post! School and work has been extremely busy yet fun. Now that finals are approaching and Summer holidays is coming my way,  I hope to be able to blog more about my travel adventures! It seems as if it is a tradition, I love blogging and procrastinating before exams, which increases my stress level, but it just always happens that way! Well, this blog definitely needs some updating and changes. Thank you to all who still visit my blog. I will be making changes and updating my pages very soon!

Oh yeah! Count down to Shanghai trip--> 7 more days.

Cheers!
Little Stars

P.S. Smile!

Stand By Me Doraemon

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Happy New Year! Welcome 2015!

Recently Stumbled upon a trailer for the movie "Stand By Me Doraemon". Having grown up with Doraemon anime and manga, I was super excited and surprised to see the trailer. It is absolutely too cute. It's great to see a change in the format of Doraemon, giving its fans and audience an experience with amazing 3D effects. Definitely going to order the DVD online if it gets released in the future.

A really sad thing that happened a few days ago was that the voice actor for Doraemon (in Hong Kong) passed away just 3 days ago. I think that a lot of fans of Doraemon in HK will definitely go and watch this film. According to online sources, the Cantonese Version will be released during Chinese New Year which would be in February. The movie, however, was realesed in other places much earlier-- it was released in August 2014 in Japan.

 As for myself, I think I will need to wait till the DVD is released and I would love to buy the HK version of it... (if that ever comes out that is), that will be the last works of Lam Po Cheun. Just wanted to say Thank you Mr. Lam for making my childhood so much fun and memorable with Doraemon, thank you for the gift of your amazing voice talent!

It has been too too long since my last post, and as for a 2015 resolution, besides staying fit and eating more healthy is to blog more, as a form of stress relief! I think University has been extremely stressful and will definitely need to chill and rant in some form or way. Well better enjoy the last week of my holidays before all that nursing stress comes back!

In the meantime, enjoy the OST for Stand By Me Doraemon movie. In love with this song right now....

Little Stars

Snowy Spring and thoughts...

One really special thing about my city is its love for snow. No, really, I am being serious here. So the weather did warm up this week but I was trapped in my house the whole time studying for my final which will commence on Monday. Honestly, it really needs to stop snowing, as much as I love skiing and snow, Spring really needs to kick in.

Spring Skin Care Products Online Purchase

Recently went on yesstyle and purchased a bunch of skin care products from brands like The Face Shop, Etude House, and Skin Food, and TonyMoly. The whole reasoning with this adventuring was cause I had a online coupon for it, last time I forgot about my coupons and they expired, so that really sucked. This time, to prevent that from happening I decided to order a bunch of beauty products. I haven't actually tried Korean skin care products before so I am pretty excited and maybe a little weary about the results or whether my skin will have a reaction to it. Honestly, I will need to find out!  But then again, I am not too worried as I use TonyMoly's CC cream and I love it! So I should be okay.Once those products arrive I'll be sure to share a little bit about my thoughts.

Exam on Monday...

Meh, it seems like I always blog before an exam, did that last year, the year before. Well yeah thought I'd ramble a bit, first time I've experienced back pains from studying for long periods. But honestly, nothing is sticking in my head. So I have no idea if I am super ready. 

Well better get back to the work before I head to church. To all students who still have exams... GOOD LUCK!

God Bless!
Little Stars

Love and Remember....

The past week has been a bit gloomy in my city, a major even happened that shook the whole city. The whole city mourns  for the loss of 5 young people in a tragic stabbing. I want to dedicate this post to those 5 young people whose lives have been taken away too fast. I pray that God will give them grace and happiness and that they will find eternal harmony and peace in Heaven.

This serves as a great reminder for us all, that we should all value and cherish each moment we have with our families and friends. We should always smile when we can and make the best of everyday.

May we all be blessed this holy Easter season with love, peace, joy, and grace.

God Bless!
Little Stars

終於"Shipped" 啦！

兩個禮拜前， 我在YESASIA 訂了四本書。我等了好久才收到消息他們終於processed了我的order然後今天寄出了。你可能會很好奇的問我： “ 你不是土生土長的加拿大人嗎？幹嘛訂中文書來看？你大概不會讀中文吧？!"  哈哈我告訴你，其實我可以寫和讀很多中文！這個也要感謝我爸媽多年來不計較地每一個星期六都載我去中文學校，讓我學中文。現在我可以用中文寫部落格都要謝謝他們啦！竟然我對中文很有興趣·，我就決定尋找一些有趣的中文書。最近，在網路上遊覽，發現一位非常有名的作者，名字叫桌韻芝。我看了好幾篇reviews關於她得作品，覺得很有趣，所以就決定買她的 prose pieces 來看。

I Miss Hong Kong!!!

Took this back in May 2013, during my HK trip.-- 幸好我回去的時候那個可愛的鴨鴨還沒被ｄｅｆｌａｔｅｄ！

剛剛過去的暑假我去了香港探望我的姨媽和朋友們，跟我一起從加拿大回去的朋友非常熟識香港（因她常常回去香港探望親人）就帶我去了大埔超級城裏面的一個書店看。我發現，我對中文的書感有興趣，所以從那天開始我就常常會去找一些中文書來看，希望可以讓我的 中文進步一下下。我覺得自從回去香港一趟，我對中國的文化的興趣大大的增加，真得很想從以些書籍裏面感受一次香港的生活和熱鬧的氣氛！

Fall Trends....秋季流行什麽？

嘻嘻，我最近買了兩本　ＥＬＬＥ　雜誌！

我常常會去買一些時裝雜誌來看。其中　“她雜誌”是我最喜歡看的一本。上個禮拜在我家附近的華人超級市場看到台灣版的ELLE雜誌，封面人物還是笑容迷人的彭于晏，於是，就買了回家看-- (T.T 對啦！我承認是因為封面的關係所以買了台灣版的ELLE)。我翻了好幾頁發現台版跟加拿大的版本有些不同。內容更加的豐富。可能是因為是中文版的關係吧，覺得很新鮮·－－而且還有一個我認識的大明星。說真的，我是一個土生土長的加拿大人，可是不知道爲什麽，　那些北美的明星總是不會惹我關注。從我開始懂得寫和讀中文以後，我就超級喜歡關注亞洲的明星－－－例如 Twins、 飛輪海、台灣的數多的演員跟歌星、還有日韓明星／歌星、等等。好像，他們都沒那麼的複雜吧。每一次看北美的娛樂星聞不是說某個明星跟那個交往了還是，哪個明星被起訴吸毒什麽什麽的。還有，好像中文的流行曲沒那麼多髒話。不管怎麼樣，我還是比較喜歡注意亞洲的娛樂圈吧！　

Anyways, 回到正題，我看了好幾頁台版的ELLE跟加版的ELLE發現今個秋季非常流行 attern design. 秋季通常給人一種微微的憂傷感，所以顏色也會從夏天的火辣顏色變得比較深沉和平淡。例如 beige、burgundy、white、black、 grey、 copper、 plum、 dark blue 、等等都是秋季熱門的顏色。可是，因為天氣變比較冷，也沒有那麼多的陽光，時裝就可以幫助我們讓我們的每一天變得繽紛一點。Wear pattern prints to brighten up your gloomy days. Yeah, the leaves are falling and the skies are turning grey, but you can be the one to brighten up the atmosphere. 今年秋季又開是流行千鳥格 <<mono houndstooth>> pattern。黑白色配起來有一點ＣＬＡＳＳＹ優雅的感覺。可是，我不那麼喜歡穿黑白色的衣服。我本人比喜歡warm一點的colours. 漸漸變冷的天氣讓我想穿warm colours. 譬如說，burgundy colour. 最近去逛了Forever XXI, 買了一件sweater 是burgundy colour with black /navy dary strip pattern prints（我超喜歡!）。我打算用這件sweater 來配我的denim blouse 和dark skinny jeans跟light-yellow brown ankle boots。　秋季真的是一個很好玩的季節，可以讓我們隨意搭配我們的裝束。天氣漸漸變得比較涼，我們可以穿多幾件layers來保暖！

看完 【分手合約】的感想。。。

 

最近不知道爲什麽，很想看一些電影。在網上翻來翻去看看找不找到一些好的電影。就在幾天前，讓我找到了【分手合約】　這部關於愛情的電影。當初在網上看到那部電影的海報的時候就以為 是一部有情人終成眷屬的電影。誰知道，看完了以候，我心裡覺得很悲傷卻又很感動！

故事大概是這樣的： 話說，女主角 何俏俏和交往多年的男朋友李行分手，理由是因為李行不能給她物質上的滿足，所以，就立下了一份 分手合約。合約條件是如果雙方彼此在五年內都沒有找到另外一半 就會結婚。 五年過了，沒有跟別人交往的俏俏收到了李行的電話。心裡以為李行還是單身的她興高采烈地接了電話。但是，李行卻告訴她，他要結婚了。傷心又氣的俏俏決定從上海飛往北京看看李行和他的未婚妻，表面上是去祝福他們，心裡卻抱著希望--希望可以跟李行複合。 到了北京， 抱著極嫉妒心情的俏俏和李行發生了一連串的搞笑事情。後來，在李行給俏俏喜帖的那一天，俏俏卻發現，喜帖上面的名字是她跟李行的。原來李行一直都沒有變過心。五年來，他一直努力地改變自己，希望有一天俏俏會再次接受他。可是，當俏俏和李行決定在一起的時候，俏俏的癌癥又複發了 （真的是天作弄人！）。李行後來透過俏俏的好友毛毛發現原來五年前，俏俏只所以跟他分手是因為他得了肺癌，怕他會傷心，所以才跟他分手的。所以，在俏俏離開之前李行跟她結婚了。

雖然，這樣的故事好像沒有什麽新鮮感，這樣的橋段好像在許多電影或者書都有出現過。可是，我覺得這部戲含有非常感人的信息。 俏俏和李行的愛讓我明白，如果你真的愛一個人，哪怕你們要分開五年還是十年，你都會願意等他／她。如果你還在等著你人生中最重要的那個人，請不要急，因為那個愛你、疼你的人也是在等著你。我雖然還沒有找到我的那個 “他”，可是我相信，總有一天我也會遇上一個懂得珍惜我，接受我的優點和缺點的人。

在此， 我祝福所有情侶幸福快樂！也祝所有還在尋找他們的幸福愛情的人.....不要放棄，幸福會在你不知不覺的時候出現的！
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 "Little Did I Know"... something funny to share

 好七八年前我媽很喜歡看台灣劇，常常會告訴我有一個演員是她最喜歡的－－－他就是彭于晏。當時，我還在吹著飛輪海的風的時候（～ＬＯＬ～）都不會理會其他的台灣演員。我媽常跟我說，“那個演員真的帥，他的眼睛很迷人！”　我聽到的時候就翻了白眼，心裡在想，好一個師奶殺手呀.... 我媽又來了！可是，現在，七八年後，我開始注意他演過的戲覺得他蠻帥的！有著一張 baby face 的他卻又從滿了很MAN 的體型，我想很多女生都喜歡這種類型的吧，連我這個不怎麼留意他的小　fans 都忍不住開始留意他的戲了。So don't ever judge your mom who thinks a certain actor is good looking because sometimes, what they say can be true，　because over time, you begin to get used to their looks.....哎呀！是否我也開始老了，我的ｔａｓｔｅ好像越來越像我媽了！(Just Kidding!)

祝所有visitors 有一個愉快的晚上！


God Bless!
Little Stars

I am "Me"

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Every morning you wake up and the first you probably due is head to the washroom to get ready and when you're there you'll wake up to see yourself. YOUR TRUE SELF. Messy hair, no make up, no heels or nice clothing. Just you and your comfortable PJs. Nowadays, so many people focus on how important their image is and stress about how others see them. Numerous advertisements, in  fact, promote and sell the idea of the "perfect" image. Young boys and girls whom are now attached to their hand held devices such as smart phones and tablets etc are exposed to such ads everyday. You click on YouTube on your iPad or computer and you'll be forced to look at an ad of some sort, and out of the thousands of ads you'll probably be exposed to  one that talks about how to achieve perfect hair, skin, body structure etc.

I don't think many of us can step outside without wearing a nicer piece of clothing, not wear any facial products or makeup, and have our hair fixed the right way. It's true, no company, no public place would accept the fact that a person heads out looking like a bum.  If there was a person who just wore a big t-shirt and baggy pants or just PJs with messy hair and bare face, people would probably look your way and judgemental thoughts would be racing through their minds like " what's wrong with him/her?" right away.We cannot control that. However, there is one thing we have control of, our acceptance of ourselves. If you can accept that maybe you don't have the perfect skin like the model of the Olay ad does, or maybe you don't have the perfect wavy dark brown hair the model of Pantene does, or maybe you don't have beautiful blue eyes with  curled eyelashes like the model on the mascara ad in the magazine does; you have learned to love who you are. If you can look in the mirror in the morning and say, "Hey, I actually look pretty good without all that product slapped on my face." Congratulations, you have learned to accept your true self. You have learned that no one else is as special and as unique as you are.... you can be proud and say "I am "Me" and I am unique!"

Love yourself, have fun!

Little Stars

Summer... the splash of fun begins!

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I love the summer months, with the hot weather we can enjoy lots more activities, foods, and the best part... staying up late while the sun is still up when its 21:26 at night. AWESOME. Summer in my opinion is the most colourful, liveliest, and exciting seasons of all with bugs all over the place, people wearing short shorts, eating ice cream for breakfast, and just having the permission to be lazy and relax. I am a summer baby... I was born in August and so to me the Summer like "my season" I feel like I am more involved and I actually have something to look forward to!

Somethings I really like to do during the summer months is waking up early and heading to the pool and excercising, second of all evening walks after dinner (yah, even when mosquitoes feed off of you like you're a piece of juicy steak), and thirdly, the numerous possible things you can do with your wardrobe from mix and match to patterns, to the basic plain t-shirt and jeans with a pair of ankle high sandals. =^___________^=

While the warm weather is still around, head out and have your splash of fun before it's too late!!!!

P.S. Please pray and support Albertans affected by the Flood 2013 that occurred in June! Help and support is much appreciated for numerous families who have lost their homes due to the severe damages of the flood.

Thanks!
Little Stars

Back from HK and Japan!

Finally back from a fun filled trip full of adventures and fun! At the end of April I jetted off to Hong Kong to visit my Aunts I haven't seen for 12 years and got to squeeze a tour to Tokyo for 5 days during my 3 weeks stay in HK. This year was really a year I solely traveled alone with my childhood friend (of 18 years)...no parents! Let's just say without your parents behind taking care of things, you become a lot more cautious and careful. But then I must emphasis how much fun I had...no curfews and no pre-made plans, just me and a friend and we would go wherever we wanted!

Just wanted to say thank you to that very special friend of mine for a fun trip! It was really a great trip and I look forward to more adventures with you in the future!

I will hopefully pull some time out of my work schedule and update the travel log page with some funny things that happened during my 5 day stay in Japan!

Cheers!
Little Stars

6 More Days Till the Fun Begins!

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Stress. Exams. Anticipation. Hope. Excitement. Nervous. All of these words summarize what I am totally feeling right now. Just six more days till I get to go see my Family in Hong Kong and enjoy traveling all over again! For some of you who have visited my blog before or know me personally will probably know that one of my favorite things to do is to travel. This year, I will be able to travel back to Hong Kong, and possibly Japan or Taiwan (during the trip) and enjoy my summer which will be in less than 6 days! One of the unfortunate things are that the original plan of heading to Korea are being put on hold once again due to some insecurities occurring over in that area. However, I guess, that will just give me more hope that in the near future I will be able to go!

Some recent adventures... well, first of all FINALS have started. Oh yes, the joy of stress all over again, and the lack of motivation to study! But well at least I know one of my most important subjects have been done and over with and I only have one exam left to prepare for....trying to ignore the fact that  I will heading onto a plane pretty soon with my awesome childhood friend/sister.

I am extremely excited, stoked, and at the same time a little stressed out that I still have exams and am totally not fully packed for the trip yet. But well I have to admit, I do like the anticipating sensation that is running through me these days, it keeps me motivated.

Cheers!
Little Stars

Got tickets to Hong Kong and Seoul!

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 I love traveling. Better yet, traveling with friends! For the past 3 years I have been wanting to travel to Seoul, however, after many attempts to save money it failed. However, this time, my friend J and I are actually going! This will be awesome because like my Spain trip, I went to two countries at once too, Portugal then Spain. BUT instead of destination Europe, its destination Asia. This is super exciting for me cause I will get to meet up with my family from Hong Kong as well as my Teacher who now lives in Seoul!
(T.T) the down side to this is that I am so distracted with planning and day dreaming about my trip, I haven't been staying focused. So, I promised myself that after this blog post I would concentrate... well hopefully.

Any recent adventures... to be honest, not really. But I finally went to Starbucks and tried out their refreshers. The Berry Hibiscus drink. It was actually pretty good. I don't really get why people kept saying they dislike it. It's the last few days of Reading week and right before my midterm. I am acutally quite pissed off at myself for procrastinating so much this break. I just hope I can review everything before the test. Seriously, I like cardio anatomy but I am not a fan of Cardiovascular physiology. It makes me want to ZZZZZZ.

Anyways, I better get on with studying. Don't forget to visit my other pages! I will be updating some new music, recipes, and faith sharing pretty soon.

Have a great day and don't forget to SMILE.
Little Stars

First Post of 2013!

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Hello Everyone!
Welcome to my blog! And yes, welcome to 2013! We have survived the so called "end of the world" and we are all here for a new start and a new beginning... yesterday, because I was in a rush of making a quick post before heading out for a New Years Eve Party, I made a really small post with regards to new years resolutions. Well, since I have lots of time today, I thought I would start my first post of the year with a list of goals and dreams for this year...

1.  To spend more time with my family and friends.
2. To do super well in school
3. Strengthen in Faith and care for those in need
4. GO TO KOREA and visit my awesome teacher Amy
5. NOT PROCRASTINATE
6. SAVE MONEY and be financially smart
7. Get an iPad... wait that kind of contradicts the previous resolution....
8. To meet new friends
9. To exercise more and stay fit!
10. To get good a sleep every night!
11. TO STAY organized!
12. Get my drivers license 
13. To be HAPPY and accomplish my dreams and goals 
14. Get my braces off. Seriously, I think I have had enough of them
15. To smile everyday
16. To face obstacles like eating cupcakes.... BRING IT ON
17. To master my Chinese Zither playing skills
18. Read more awesome books
19. Watch more awesome movies
20. To SMILE everyday even when the blues come!

Well that's it for now. Well there are a lot more other things I want to put on this list but well there is just so much I could go on for like 10 more posts with the list. I hope you will also be able to achieve at least 5-10 of your goals you have set this year!

With a smile and a wink!
Little Stars

Happy New Year!

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I can't believe it's the last day of 2012! This will be my last post of 2012. There are just so many things I want to say. Well, let's start with the a word of thanks. First of all, I want to thank the Lord for all that he has given me. This past year has been a really wonderful year, yes there were times of difficulties and disappointments, however, I found that the obstacles God has thrown towards me has strengthened my faith and helped me mature even more. Secondly, I want to thank my family and friends for their continuous support for my academics and work. Without their care and help I don't think my past year would have been as successful!

Some New Years Resolutions....
I don't have much however, it is just to achieve my dreams and goals and be able to have a happy and healthy life with my family and friends. Talking about friends...

This year, I have broken the tradition of the family celebration of New Years! Instead of just celebrating with my family, I am going to celebrate with my close friends! This will definitely be a fun experience!

I wish everyone a very Happy New Year and may the Lord bless you all to guide you and give you his grace and love in the new year!

With joy and smiles!

Little Stars

Let the Holidays Begin!

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I can't express how happy I am to be done Final exams and on holidays! After weeks and weeks of constant studying, battling with a nasty cold, and sleepless nights, I can now actually enjoy my time and take a break.
There are just so many things I want to do this holiday, from meeting and catching up with friends to shopping, putting up my Christmas Tree to full blasting Christmas carols on my iPod and CD player at home. Finally, there is a sense of joy and happiness within the air. No longer am I bombarded with stress of having to review human anatomy and physiology everyday--well at least up until next semester which starts in January!

Tomorrow, I will be going Christmas shopping, I am seriously running late on schedule for this, but well it really is not my fault since I never got a chance to enjoy the beginning/ start of the Holiday month since in the Post Secondary education world is a time where EXAMS creep your life and take away your opporutnity to sleep well.

Well, here I come Christmas holidays, and man I am just so relieved to be FREE from stress! Seriously, I prefer holiday stress over exam stress big time.

Merry Christmas! I hope that everyone will have a fun, safe, and warm Christmas!
Little Stars

Stress in the Air

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My most favorite time of the year is finally here! Once December 1st hits, everything outside including people's houses, the malls, and just the atmosphere in general becomes all festive and bright. The malls are filled with Christmas decorations and merchandises. In fact, people are busy here and there trying to get gift shopping done and buy materials for their parties etc. It's all the fun stuff. However, behind all this happy and jolly atmosphere, I think a ton of stress builds up. Students in post secondary like me are bombarded with finals as the Fall semester comes to an end. In fact, with all the planning and buying, people tend to get overwhelmed and financially distressed. So, what can we do to cut ourselves some slack through this busy time of year? Here are some tips I'd like to share...

1. Turn off your phone! Yes, as a smartphone user, with all those apps and things we have saved within the phone such as emails and texts, it can be very tempting to have it on. However, reserve 15-30 minutes a day to just yourself! You may not notice, however, with our phones on 24/7 and having us constantly texting during the day/night, we really are not at rest alone. When an email or text arrives, we become alert and it decreases our chance to really relax our busy minds.
2. SLEEP! Oh yes, as a student, I love this term, yet my life lacks of this so much. When you have the opportunity to sleep early or maybe sleep in a day or two, do so! Psychologically and physically let our minds and bodies take a break. Seriously, you'd be surprise, even when we're asleep, our brains don't stop working. But at least, when we're asleep, we don't really stress about upcoming plans etc.
3. Exercise. Oh man I feel guilty saying this, since school started, I haven't really had the chance to squeeze in some exercise. Oh yeah, and xbox kinect games don't count. If possible, try to give 30 minutes a day (if not once a week) some exercise. Many studies have shown that if we exercise, our brains work a lot better. Hey it's a win win situation here, you exercise and become physically fit and well it helps fuel your brain too!
4.  Watch a movie. Gather some friends, take some time off and just go watch a movie. Trust me, meeting some friends and talking about the stress you're experiencing helps! Don't be surprise how your friends might be going through the same thing as you!
5. Just smile. Yes, with stress, we become weary and grumpy. However, if we keep a positive mood, we won't feel too beaten up after a long day's work. After all, smiling makes everyone look 100 times more beautiful. :)

Have a great day!
Little Stars

Being a "snow angel" For Once...

My snowy neighborhood... was on my way to
school and I took this pic! WINTER WONDERLAND!

It is a little embarrassing to say, but honestly speaking, out of the whole family, I am really the only one who seldom goes out to shovel the snow off our driveway, sidewalk, and stairs. I mean well, I think I have a valid reason to say why I am not a fan of shoveling snow. It is not that I am lazy, but way back when I was younger... probably in my elementary/ junior high (middle school) years, I was always eager to help out. However, being a kid, shoveling snow was not a "chore/duty" rather, it was "fun time" so when my parents went out to shovel our home's driveway I would tag along and use my mini shovel to "help". By meaning "help" I mean scooping all the snow that was shoveled off to the side back on to the driveway. Of course, my parents were enraged since their hard work was being destroyed by my little hands.


The city that  I live in, the way we as citizens term its weather conditions....we call it "PMSing" it changes frequently so it can be really warm one week and crappy cold the next. This is what happened last week, it warmed up from the cold and was as high as plus 7 degrees Celsius, but this week it got really cold again all the way to minus 15 degrees Celsius. GREAT. Heavy SNOWFALL. Yup, and which means our driveway is covered with snow again. I am rather picky with regards to safety with sidewalks etc since my accident back in 2009 (slipping and dislocating my tailbone). So, out of the blue, I decided I would shovel the driveway and walkway. Funny thing is, no one was home when I got home this evening so it meant that I had to do it all by myself. I dressed up super warm and was extremely eager to be a "snow angel" and be nice to my parents and help them out a bit.. after all I am older now and I am pretty sure I won't scoop more snow back onto the driveway anyways. Well, conclusion? Let's just say I am really glad I helped out, at least I know when I leave tomorrow morning for my weekend activities, I'll have a clean driveway to walk on--one less worry of slipping. In fact, it just means that my awesome dad won't have to shovel the snow by himself again. At least, he got to sit and relax and watch T.V. for once! There is always that saying of how we should all be "one good Samaritan". With the winter months laying ahead, let's all warm each others' hearts through acts of kindness!

Little Stars

Fooling Around with Some Nail Art

One of the best things about my Fall semester is that I don't have school on Thursdays. Which means more personal time to relax and just forget about school stress for a little bit. Since it's November now, snow has already greeted my city. It happens so that today is one of those heavy snowfall days. Well, because of heavy snow, being a bear I am, I decided to "hibernate" in my house. With midterms over, I don't have much to study for, and well I didn't feel like cracking open my textbooks and notes anyways. So I started to fool around with my nails and I painted them, trying out some newbie nail art. On cold days like this I like to just relax and have fun while I full blast Korean dramas and have tea. What do you like to do when you're at home alone and simply have nothing to do?

Have a wonderful evening!
Little Stars