My New Nook

So, Barnes and Noble is doing this Nook promotion:

It's a pretty sweet deal. I considered getting it... but then, I found out nook got no eChinese Books - or at least, not yet! (aww, I like to read in both Chinese/English!)

So, I went ahead and got this one - Ta-da~ meet my new "Nook":

Yep, the Arcadia Library actually has a pretty good "International Language" section filled with Asian Language books~ : )

The Nook prides itself for their large collection of eBooks that you can download either for free/lower prices than the same titles' "real book" copies.

But, guess what? MY "Nook" gets me anything I wanna read from THEIR collection FOR FREEEEE~ Some even comes in COLORS with a lot of pictures too!! : P

Another Pet!?

I really like this betta fish tank. But, 1.) I m not sure if it's spacious enough for a betta to live happily ever after in there. 2.) I already have a zoo of 1 sugar glider, 2 rats, 2 dogs, 2 turtles, many herb, vegetable, and succulent plants.

Whee~ Summer Time~

::*15 Billion Things* I ♥ to do for this Summer~::




♥ Plant some herb and succulent, Chicken wire my plants,

♥ harvest my plants, cook, buy organic.

♥ sleep before 11/12am, get up at 8/9am

♥ Get an Air Purifier,

♥ Potty Train Puppy, Hike with doggies, Go to Dog Parks regularly,

♥ Have a Reading Corner, Move my Books out to the Living Room, Have a desk/study area in the living/dinning room, find the perfect desk,

♥ change all bulbs to green bulbs, take out excess bulbs, green my house

♥ make my kitchen look like a cafe, maybe its time to start on coffee too...(?)

♥ Go to Norcal, Go to Canada(?),

♥ have fun in LA, flea markets, museums, BEACHES!

♥ Reach lvl 80 and get me some nice gears, lan party,

♥ sale/recycle excess belongings,

♥ start paying more attention to my appearance, Have a make up table in my room,

♥ look into my thesis topic, register for classes, full-time/part-time job for networking and make some MONEY!, research/practice,

♥ yoga, meditate, exercise

♥ paint, arts and craft, jewelry making,

♥ change my credit card, random errands.

♥ oh n WORLDDDDDDD CUPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!

Ways to Start Our 2010 Greener- Healthier- Cheaper Eating Habits!

Hey! We all gotta start somewhere~!

"8 Ways to Eat Green by Slashing Your Grocery Bill" is an easy-to-read and practical article. It is loaded with tips and related links to motivate us to support our local businesses, make our own easy (lazy) tomato sauce, mix our own nutella, start our own little container veggie garden, and even "reuse" our leftover food!

Hmmm... this article got me interested in growing my own little zucchinis~ Ha~!

I sense some zucchini planting pictures coming up!! ; )

Zucchinis... tbc~!

[imagine linked from http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/green-slashing-grocery-bill.html]

On the Topic of Food: Dumpster Diving!

Did you know 1 in every 10 people are at risk of hunger everyday in the county of Los Angeles? And, each year people of Los Angeles toss away 2.9 billion pounds of food waste.

Where do all those food waste come from? Is there something we can do as individuals to help feed the hungry mouths or at least start reducing this shocking amount of food waste?

Filmmaker Jeremy Seifert's DIVE! the File documented his effort in fighting the above statistic. He began his battle with dumpster diving, retrieving good food from grocery stores' dumpsters to save edible food that would otherwise end up in the landfill. Later on in his mission, Serifert made attempts to speak with several supermarkets' managers/CEOs encouraging them to reconsider throwing food products away before they became truly inedible, sitting in the dumpster, being left to rot, and getting buried in the landfill...

You Are What You Eat!

Ever give much thought to the food inside of your fridge? Assuming we are being good, and we are not wasting food. All those food in our fridge should be consumed, then eventually became part of our bodies, part of us. Taking a honest good look into our fridge's content, not only we could gain a little glimpse of our personal dietary habits. We could also get to have a feel of how conscious we have been with our dietary choices. Do we like what we see in our fridge? Is it time to pat ourselves on the shoulders to recognize our self-caring skills? Or, is this 2010 the year we establish healthier grocery shopping routines to nurture ourselves with better food selections?

One thing I know for sure: my fridge is packed with leftovers!!! I gotta start buying in smaller quantity and order less when I eat out!! Looking at all these eco-unfriendly take out containers; makes me feel a little bit bad about myself... : (

Picture Show: You Are What You Eat, by Mark Menjiva, is an intriguing photograph collections highlighting the content inside of American's fridges across the country.