My fetish

Ok, this one is right. This is an image of my fetish. Pink characters mean "breast" or "boobs," black ones are "beard" or "goatees," and white ones mean "self." Yes, they are my fetish!

My brain

For those who are not Japanese speaker, this is an image of the inside of my brain. This website analyzes your brain from your name. I don't know how it works...but anyways, my brain is filled with "friends (blue characters)" "money (yellow)" "rest (white)" and "lies (red)" Hmmmmmm......

OK, it's not black. Whatever.

I'm planning to bid on this pair of Jimmy Choo on Ebay.

Cross your fingers for me.

Notes on Hawaii

Here are some notes about my vacation in Hawaii. Because it was such a great vacation that the memory is fading fast......

7/27 (Fri): I and my husband left home around 4:30am and headed for BWI by Super Shuttle. We flew with Continental Airlines via Houston to Honolulu---3 hours plus 8 hours, terrible food (e.g. frozen pizza) and no alcohol. Gah. We arrived in Honolulu International Airport around 2pm. We waited for my family (my parents, sister, her husband, and two lovely nieces) who had arrived there 3 days before from Japan. I assumed my job as a tour guide…since my family doesn’t speak a lot of English. But my mom can communicate with anyone from any country in Japanese. And my dad doesn’t hesitate even for a second to talk to locals in any country with his broken English. I love them. Anyways, then we took 40 minutes flight to Hawaii Island, a.k.a Big Island.

We arrived in Kona Airport around 6pm, rented cars and headed for a house we rented for a week. The realtor noticed us in the last minute that the house we had reserved had some sewage problem. He took us to another house instead. It turned out that we were lucky. The house was huge and gorgeous. Five bedrooms with full bathroom each, a huge swimming pool and ocean view. We were exhausted, but I couldn’t go to sleep without beer after the long day. So I took my husband to a super market nearby and got some beer and food. Then drank, ate, and went to sleep.

7/28(Sat.): I woke up very early because of the jet lag. I flip-flopped for a while, and got up around 5:30am. I heard nothing but birds singing. It was cool, around 70F. Sea breeze. Hmmm….I stepped out to the front yard and saw a mongoose. A tour guide later told me that mongooses were introduced to Hawaii to have them catch rats, which were brought into Hawaii by outsiders. But they didn’t hunt rats but instead started eating eggs of indigenous birds which became an endangered species. But the mongoose was cute and my nieces were crazy about them.

7/29(Sun): My sister’s friends arrived from Japan and joined us. But their luggage did not. Somehow their luggage stayed in Honolulu because of some lazy TSA officials. Fortunately they arrived at night after hundreds of phone calls. In the afternoon, we went to a coffee plantation owned by a Japanese coffee company, Doutor. The plantation has a beautiful garden full of exotic flowers and fruit trees. We planted a coffee tree. We hope someday we can go back there for a harvest and roast our own coffee.

7/30(Mon): My father and my sister’s friends joined a tour to Mauna Kea mountain. The rest of us enjoyed relaxed time on the beach and snorkeling nearby. We met some sea turtles there. They looked nice.

7/31(Tue): We visited a painted church and another coffee plantation. I and my husband prepared BBQ for a dinner. My sister’s friend, a hula dancer, gave us a lesson. We all had fun.

8/1(Wed): We joined a tour to the volcano area. Unfortunately there were no lava flows, but the tour was interesting.

8/2(Thu): We joined Kealakekua Bay snorkel cruise. The bay is an underwater state park and natural sanctuary. It was great. When I was snorkeling, because of the up to 100 feet underwater visibility, I felt like flying over coral reefs….super beautiful. Crew boys were super cute. And we saw dolphins, too! Their morning cruise is more popular because the afternoon weather tends not to be great in Kona area. But we enjoyed a lot, and considering that the afternoon cruise is cheaper, we thought we made a right choice.

8/3 (Fri): We said bye-bye to the gorgeous house and flew back to Honolulu. We all thought we should have stayed in the Big Island two more days instead of spending time in Honolulu.

8/4 (Sat): I took my mom to a Hawaiian massage. We saw a free Hula show on the beach. We decided we would skip Honolulu next time if we ever had chance to go to Hawaii again.

8/5 (Sun): My family left in the morning. We became a little emotional. My nieces cried. So did my husband and I. We spent the rest of the day on the beach. We had a lunch at a Japanese restaurant “Sushi-Ko.” Highly recommended. Sushi was excellent. The atmosphere and service were also great. We had some Mai-Tai again and headed for the airport…..

You Call Me "A Book"

I just recollect that one of my nieces (who just turned to 8 yrs old) told me the sweetest thing while we were vacationing in Hawaii.

My niece: "Your name is 'book' from now."
Me: "Book?? Why?????"
My niece: "Because books are my most favorite things in the world! And I like you the most in the world!"

Isn't she adorable?

I'm bi-partisan

I and my friend had a very important political discussion this morning. Which politician is f**kable and which one is not. Yes, there was the same conversation in a SATC episode. This morning, this photo of Putin prompted the conversation.

For me, he is definitely f-able. Bush might also have a good body, but No-no. It's nothing political. I just can't do him. Bill Clinton, yes-yes. Whatever people say, I still think he is sexy. Among 2008 hopefuls.....maybe Obama after having seen his "beach babe" photo.

Oh, I saw Ari Fleisher on today's Washington Post. Well, he is not a politician, but I've always thought he is sexy. See, I'm bi-partisan on this matter.

I'm leaving for a business trip tonight. I'm still working on the post on Hawaii vacation....never ending.....

My search for a perfect pair of black boots continues

How about this Jimmy Choo?

Sports Bar and Karaoke Bar

Saks shoe floor dwarfs Imelda Marcos collection

Diablo sent me this link. I have to go to NYC. NOW.

Last night was so much fun. We missed you, though, VUBOQ. I joined Mike, Darryl and Atul at this new gay sports bar Nellie's after work around 7PM. I usually don't like sports bars, but this one was surprisingly cozy and nice. And $2 Snow Queen vodka drinks Happy Hour! We had several rounds of drinks on the first floor, then moved to the roof top. It was soooo nice. We had more drinks, and more laugh. We became hungry and decided to eat downstairs. Food was again surprisingly good. We shared Mac&Cheese fritters (yes, it's fritters! Again I usually don't like mac& cheese, this one was good), Buffalo Wings, Caesar salad (I and Mike couldn't eat this because of the lack of silver ware) and mini burgers. We ate like baseball players.

Then we walked, walked, walked......to go to see Atul's friend working at a Karaoke bar. I don't remember the name of the place, but apparently everyone had been there before. It was an interesting place for me...people were singing Karaoke and TV was showing...."Family Feud." And some people were very friendly in very strange way.

We left around 11:30PM, I guess, and sweet Mike gave me a ride home.

I'm planning to go to hair cut today....to Hair Cuttery. Then I'll visit my friend Miho who recently bought a town house in Rockville.

Oh, where is my long post about my vacation in Hawaii? It's coming, coming....

Search for Perfect Boots Just Began

I'm looking for black boots this year. The first one is my dream boots which I won't be able to afford (Roberto Cavalli....$2,000).

Many boots are not yet available on Zappos.com, so I may wait for a while to choose THE boots for this year.

Stay Tuned

I'm working on a looooong post about my Hawaii vacation. I'm hoping to finish writing it this weekend....Stay tuned.

BTW, I've got DSL at home! Yey.

From Today's Washington Post "Reliable Source"

'The Invasion' Takes a Few Liberties Around D.C.

By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts

Thursday, August 16, 2007; Page C03

Remember how excited we all were when Nicole Kidman camped out in D.C. for six weeks filming "The Visiting" in fall 2005? She was all over town: snubbing extras, buying underwear, spotted with soon-to-be-hubby Keith Urban at 1789. We figured if the crew spent that much time hanging out, the movie (renamed "The Invasion" -- third remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers") would get Washington right. And it does (D.C. police cars and uniforms; there really is a Fort Dietrich biological warfare lab in Maryland) -- except for a few bloopers we spotted at Tuesday's screening.

· Kidman, who plays a D.C. psychiatrist, buys magazines at one of those big sidewalk newsstand kiosks -- the ones all over New York but not on any corner in this town.

Where's that Walgreens? Nicole Kidman sprints through the Cleveland Park Metro (or "subway") station in "Invasion." (Warner Bros. Pictures) Save & Share Article What's This? Digg Google del.icio.us Yahoo! Reddit Facebook

· Her fabulous downtown office window looks out on a bunch of skyscrapers.

· Kidman and her hot single doctor love interest ( Daniel Craig before he was Bond) pull into a big empty parking space in front of her fabulous Georgetown house. Ha! Happens once a decade! Oh, and he lives across the street in an equally fabulous house. Not even on doctors' salaries.

· The two attend a formal dinner at the Czech Embassy (really the residence of the ambassador of Chile), where they're seated next to each other -- at real formal dinners, couples are seated at different tables. And everyone is served black caviar, a gift from the Russian ambassador. Nyet. He'd save the good stuff for his own party.

· While escaping her alien ex-husband, she runs past a Walgreens drugstore in Cleveland Park. Not there.

· On the Metro, the announcer says, "The subway doors are now closing." Subway?

· To get from Georgetown to Cleveland Park, she drives through a tunnel. Seems like the long route. Oh, it's also rush hour and there's no traffic. In our dreams.

· She's got the most awesome cellphone since "24's" Jack Bauer -- no dropped calls, never needs charging.

Some images from my Hawaii vacation

I'm back! Here are some photos from my trip to Big Island of Hawaii.

Saturday Afternoon Mai-Tai (SAMT).













Papaya tree.






















Artificial lake at a Japanese coffee plantation, Dourtor Mauka Meadows.









Painted church.