Thank you! 2011!

Yes yes yes! It's almost 2012! One more silly thing I'm doing is to count down with the world. That gives me a lot of new learning too! The first country and also the last to have new years is Samoa. I started from Apia, Samoa and then keep going west.  New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Taiwan... After 8am in the morning counting down with friends and family in Taiwan, I was so beat. Now after a good 5 hour sleep, I'm back on track to count down at Iran, Athens and now it's closer and closer to us!!!! Overall 2011 is really a great year! There was a lot of things going on. We're all hoping for a better life in a new year. Which makes everyone so excited. The concept of "tomorrow is better" definitely is giving people hope and energy! Thank you 2011! It's been a wonderful year! 2012, here we come!!!

Dress: Giambattista Valli for Impulse
Short Cardigan: Club Monaco

Happy Holidays

Ahhh... It's almost end of the year so it's been really "busy" for me to celebrate the holiday seasons. I'm not 100% sure what I've accomplished but overall I tried a lot of new different things and I got married (okay, that was the major accomplishment.) Work has been busy for a while but it's warming down as Christmas was around the corner.  What's gonna happen next year?? One major thing we're going to do is to have our sabbatical!! 8 weeks of vacation, we're planning to go to Europe!! It'd be "Amazing Race" style no kidding. We'll be hopping through cities.  My dear friend Jakey and his wife are in South France now so I couldn't wait to meet them there! It'd be a hell of an experience!! Although it's still too early to talk about next year's plan. There are 15 days to the end of the year and I have couple major things to do.  Celebrate my hubby's birthday, Christmas, send out all the wedding Thank You cards, oh and we just ordered our first holiday cards!! Hopefully they'll come in time for us to send them out. Life is full of joy in holiday season!!

Cashmere Top: BCBGSkirt: T by Alexander Wang
Ankle Boots: Kenneth Cole
Wallet: Samantha Thavasa  

Coat:Club Monaco

28 Degree. Winter is definitely here!

I know I'm not living in cities like NYC or Chicago and I have no rights to complain about cold weather. But I really have to say 28 degree is definitely already FREEZING for me!! It's probably great for the holiday season but there's no snow either!! I guess that's the only thing in winter that I'm looking forward to.  Although Intel factories here definitely creates its own climate.  Because the moisture that the fab produces, even it's completely dry somewhere else, if it's cold enough, we'd have "Intel Snow" in a mile range. It's actually really pretty. I have been noticing that it's not as festive this year as past few years.  Maybe because the economy is so low that stores and streets are not decorating excessively with holiday decors.  Christmas songs are definitely occupying the radios, but it's just not as joyful.  Hopefully the holiday spirit picks up a little bit.  I guess I could start from myself? Alright, that's a good motivation to send out our very first holiday card this year then.

Trench Coat: i.n.e.
Ankle Boots: Kenneth Cole
Purse: Black by Moussy
Sunglasses: Versace

stylish trench coat