We were once talking about Louboutins, my brother over heard us and said, “What? Is it Louis Vuitton or Louboutin?”. He doesn’t really know or care about brand name leather goods. Or even leather goods. Or watches. Or shoes. But he figured it was time for him to start learning. Once he found out that my father liked Louis Vuitton, he started wondering if it was something he could one day be interested in. I was showing him my new epi 4 key holder in grenade (pink!) and he laughed saying he would find this very useful because the coin purse section of his wallet held more keys than coins, but he also commented that a 4 key holder would never be enough for him. Well, there are bigger sizes!

As for my father having an interest in Louis Vuitton, well, even I did not know that until very recently. I knew of his sophisticated sense of style, his cuff links, sunglasses and so on. He had a very specific glasses frame that rarely changed over the years. I wouldn’t be able to describe them now but I’d recognize them on first glance. But at the same time, he found it funny that people seemed to want to work so hard on having their clothes match their shoes, bag, make up and hair accessories. So when I was younger I used to wear shoes and carry a bag that didn’t match each other or the rest of my outfit and went to show him. He would laugh, give me a thumbs up and say that I looked great.

I realize that perhaps this may be the first time I ever wrote anything about my father here. It took me a long time to be comfortable enough to actually talk about him or bring him up in convernsations in real life, so I guess an even longer time to bring him up in my blog. And gosh, the title of this post is SO not related! It was just a song that came up, hehe.

Anyway, today I wanted to tell you guys about the camcorder I snagged over eid holidays some weeks ago. It serves the purpose we got it for pretty well, but I’m not ready to share any videos yet. This morning it was used to record our riding lesson and it gave us all so much insight about how we do things. My heels are much better than I thought, but I’m not sure I like them at the canter. I know I got the hang of this problem at the end of my last “riding season” but at least now I’m a lot more comfortable to search for my stirrups if I lost them at the canter. I get so stubborn. No, I’m not going to stop cantering, and yes, I WILL find my stirrups! I just need to work on using softer aids so that I can be comfortable riding more advanced / more sensitive horses. My lesson today went so well, though. Usually when we sit the trot I like to slow down so that I can sit at a comfortable pace (especially since his saddle is so uncomfortable…). I pulse with my calves at every step and sponge the reins… and there it goes! But then other people in my lesson catch up to me and complain that if I don’t speed up they will have to go past me. I think I managed to slow down the pace of my canter, too, once K got in his head that no, we are not stopping, we are not going to go and stand with the other horses, and the fact that his head on the outside and body on the inside does not actually mean that he already finished what we were doing! (inside joke, I guess).

So now, without further ado, the Sony Handycam!

Well, I have a confession to make. I renewed my subscription to Right Bite except this time, it isn’t for losing weight. They are giving me larger portions that, to be honest, I can’t seem to finish. However, I like them because my meals are diversified so I don’t get bored. I’ll see if I can get my portions reduced at my next appointment. Tonight I had Chicken Couscous with Basil for dinner, and it was delicious! Usually there would be something that I wouldn’t eat in almost every mean. This one, though? All that’s left is licking my plate!

My copy of SATC finally arrived some days ago. I only had the time to watch it yesterday, though (when I had an exam today, no less, lol). The best situation for watching a movie is having literally no expectations at all. While watching the first segment I still didn’t know what to expect, but I had speculations. I didn’t trouble myself with them too much, that is why I stopped being so into movies in the first place. While doing that, it was still fun to see everyone’s choice of clothing, shoes and handbags. I think I still love Charlotte best! And, of course, Carrie’s teeny tiny little green birkin! From here on, there will be possible spoilers of Sex and the City.

The wedding being planned was almost like a dream. You almost don’t notice that Big was not included in most of it. That is, what we think, caused him to choke up. After that, I think the style of narration changed. Like bits and pieces of someone’s waking hours in between fever. It didn’t go back to normal till Carrie started going back to her normal self. It’s Sex and the City. You can tell it’s there, even though it’s not that similar to the series. We also think that the characters were allowed to grow in the way they would have if the series was still on. Moreover, I think I need not mention this but: when Carrie gave her assistant her Christmas present, it brought tears to my eyes. I’m not a fan of the bag itself, but I do love Louis Vuitton.

Photobucket now allows custom themes! It’s great because now our albums can actually feel personal, even though it’s private. I didn’t have the time to mess around with this when I first realized it, but I think I will now. I just can’t seem to decide between image borders, that is if I even end up using them. The problem is that it takes such a long time to apply these themes to my entire album… or maybe my album is just too big.

This was such a long week but I’m glad it’s over. One of the things I’m glad are over is a project that I have due this upcoming week. My group is simply amazing, we’re all mostly done early now and I’m thankful. Even though I do feel that some really jumped up, took charge, and started giving orders at least this time I wasn’t talked down to or treated like I don’t know what I’m doing. Each member’s good points were taken into consideration and used in a way that brings out how hard everyone worked on this.

Finally, I wanted to show you guys the book that brought my interest back into the world of literature. In the Shadow of Lady Jane by Edward Charles. I enjoyed this book so much that once I started reaching the end, I put it away. Thus is my sad story with reading over the past few years. I find myself so engrossed in a fictional world that I don’t want it to ever end. However, this time it ended and I am determined to find more worlds to enjoy for a short amount of time.

All of a sudden, I find myself really nervous about something that is supposed to happen tomorrow. How am I going to explain to them that it won’t work out? If I’ve learned anything in the past few years, it’s that my gut feeling is usually right on the money. Of course, this doesn’t stop me from hoping & wishing that I could be wrong, so I end up not acting on it. This time, however, I have a goal. And it’s not just a personal goal. It is for the greater good. I just really hope it goes well. I know that once this whole thing blows over, I’m going to want to push this entry away from the main page, lol.

To take things in another direction, I thought I’d take this opportunity to announce that I finally put up some written work on DeviantArt. It took me a while to find that missing flash drive, even though I knew where it was all along. I would love it if you guys could give it a read. It was something that I’ve been cooking up in my head for years and I mean that literally. However, I can’t really recall what happens next…

I finally decided that it is time for a new phone. Don’t get me wrong, I love my current phone and I wouldn’t have been using it for two years if I didn’t know that it was perfect. But here’s the catch – it’s not so perfect anymore. The sounds are totally messed up as a result of several “accidents”. We’ve been browsing mobile phone shops we are familiar with but nothing much has tickled my fancy. There is always a flaw with its appearance. I say appearance because really, what more would I want of a phone? Talk? Send messages? Take pictures and videos? Set up custom ring tones (no I’m not giving up my steel samurai ring tone!)? Alarm & calendar? Bluetooth? Really, that’s it. And that can be found in almost any standard phone these days. Normally I like clamshell phones best but I guess it would be ok if I used something else.

My favourite nokias are the Supernovas. At first I liked the prism, but I ended up finding something that I don’t like about them. I haven’t used nokia for quite a while so it’ll take a while to get used to it if I end up choosing between them. The ones I did see at the store were Nokia 7310 Supernova and Nokia 7610 Supernova. I almost got the latter in purple but I decided to wait on it. I want to see if they ever recieve the Nokia 7510 Supernova too… although as a clamshell, it really isn’t attracting me as much. There are a few Sony Ericssons that I am slightly interested in, but I just really can’t decide. In the end it’ll probably be one of the first two I looked at.

Here is my current favourite nail polish. Please try to ignore what a crappy job I did applying it, and the fact that my nails desperately need a manicure. If you’re interested in trying it, it’s from Nars and the colour is called Boccacio. It’s the only polish I have from Nars and I think it’s great!

Je voudrai ecrire un post en francais de temps un temps. Je suis un peu fatigue aujourd’hui, mais il ne pas un problem. Il ne pas grave.

Quelques semaines avant, nous sommes alle a Festival City avec mes amies. Nous avons fait le shopping a quelques magasin. Mes amies m’aide trouvees les chaussures. Ils ont tres magnifique, mais je n’a pas un photo maitenant. J’ai trouve des collants, des chaussettes et un petite sac pour le maquilage. Voyez-vous!

As per Rory’s recommendation, I started watching Seigi no Mikata, and I think I love it! Perhaps the main reason that I found it enjoyable lies in the fact that the main character lives in a Japanese style home rather than a modern apartment. The character Makiko is genius. How she can think something and act in the exact opposite is a concept that I was rarely ever to do. However, it was obvious from the very first episode that Makiko simply followed her mother. That yes, she might be meaner than her mother, but the way in which she was able to conceal the truth from her husband was actually taught to her. Think back to the first episode, when the mother was doing some ironing and then claimed it was really hot in order to have her husband do it instead. I’m just about to watch the final episode now.

I’m not sure whether to be proud of the fact that I managed to upload my entire nail polish collection on Poupee Girl or embarrassed by it. What should come next? Make up? Toys? Bags? Nah, I’m officially bored.

This is the charm of the moment. I’ve had it for a long time now, and my sister has one that matches while my mother has one in a similar style just not Sanrio related.