i miss the 80s

Posted on November 17th, 2008 by lady0fdarkness
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In a world filled with blackberries, bluetooth, ipods, notebooks, guitar hero, computers, and other cool gadgets, I find myself missing the good old days—-the 80s. I really don’t know when computers came about where windows were widely used, but back when I was growing up, I could only dream of using a computer. And cell phones were too expensive and big to be carrying around. Those days were simple and fun, even without all the technologies that we have today. Here are some things I miss about the 80s.

1 .  Saturday Morning Cartoons, especially Jem and the Holograms and Thundercats.

My sisters and I would set the alarm clock on Saturday morning just to catch all the lineup. Sighh.. good times.

2.  Drive-in theaters!!! I don’t think there is any left these days. I remember watching “the lost boys” at a drive in theater with my sisters. We went in a pick-up truck and brought pillows and blankets. It was FUN!!!

3. Walkman, lol… I’ve always wanted one back in the 80s, but never got a chance to.

lol.. a prehistoric ipod.

4. Frogger and missile command!!!!!!! I know there are newer versions of these games these days, but they are so altered! I want to play the original ones on the atari!!!

We used to stay up for hours playing this!

5. 80s movies!!! My favorite is the lost boys.

6. I miss 2D animation from Disney Pictures. Well, not really 80s, but close. The ones like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, and other fairy tales.

Now.. all I see are the ones from Pixar, 3Ds. They look so digitally made.. so not magical like the ones above. Sighhh

And lastly, I miss my childhood. Miss waking up to Mom’s cooking.. looking forward to Christmas lights… looking forward to Santa Clause, even though I know he was just Mr. Park, my next door neighbor. Sighh…….. Ohhh… how I would just go back and relive those times again.

Until next time everyone.

where did everyone go?

Posted on November 14th, 2008 by lady0fdarkness
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Since it was nice outside, I took my daughter for an early evening stroll. As we strolled down the sidewalk, I couldn’t help, but noticed how empty the neighborhood was. Some houses looked like it has been abandoned with tall dead grass and dead leaves everywhere. And every other house, and i’m not exaggerating on this.. every other house either had the “For Sale” or the “For Rent” sign. Everyone picked up and left! So I wondered where’d everyone go? I know foreclosure is on the rise, but I wonder what’s behind it. Like where is everyone living now? With relatives? Leasing an apartment? Or did they just disappear?

And even the businesses like restaurants and gas stations has been boarded up and closed down. It’s like a ghost town!! I hope the economy goes back up again, because I’m beginning to worry. What an uncertained world and life we live.. Sighh

Until next time everyone.

spicy spam roll

Posted on November 12th, 2008 by lady0fdarkness
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Over the weekend, my cousin came over and made sushi. Instead of using seafood, he used spam and seaweed. And instead of dipping it into a wasabi sauce, we dipped it in hot sauce. It was delicious! The spam came from a popular snack/food that we used to always eat in Hawaii called, “spam musubi.” It is caramalized spam that has been been fried in soy sauce then stacked on seasoned rice wrapped in seaweed wrapper.

This is the original spam musubi

And these are my cousin’s spicy spam rolls

It was very satisfying and delicious. If you guys would like the recipe, let me know. Until next time. :D

the evening sky

Posted on November 12th, 2008 by lady0fdarkness
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my favorite time of day—when the land is illuminated by the setting sun. When everything changes color.

the princess’s new slippers

Posted on November 8th, 2008 by lady0fdarkness
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My baby girl’s first time wearing these type of slippers. It’s so cute!


like Auntie, like niece—my daughter and sister flaunting their matching slippers

She’s growing up before my eyes!!!! Oh how I love her…

so far so good

Posted on November 7th, 2008 by lady0fdarkness
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Not quite done yet, but getting very close. Here are my purple walls, but first here’s a before picture.  :D


Old walls.

And Purple Walls. I love it! I told my sister that she could sing Barney Song all she wants, cause I love my walls!


A little messy, but we’ll get things in order after the painting’s done.


My home office— we’re going to paint it pastel blue alost grey.

Until next time guys. Bye! :D

i had to fill the void!

Posted on November 7th, 2008 by lady0fdarkness
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Walmart and Publix are the nearest grocery stores that I go to. And no matter how much groceries I buy, there is this emptiness I feel. Sure, I can make chicken wings or hamburgers or fried eggs, but I want to eat something more! So today, we decided to head to the Asian Market all the way in Orlando. I meant to bring my camera, but I was so excited that I forgot to.

When we reached the store, I was like a kid in a candy store, cause the last time I went to the Asian Market was months ago. So can you imagine my excitement?? I was literally in heaven— there were all kinds of treats that I craved. These are the things I bought.

 

Som Moo (We ate later in the evening with hot rice)

Udon noodles!! My favorite (I can also substitute Kow Piek noodles with this)

Mi Mama — a classic; you can dress this up with just about anything.

Vermecelli noodles or Kow Poon. (I love to eat Tum Kow Poon)

We also bought cooking ingredients like oyster sauce, bamboo shoots, shrimp paste, msg, and other things. Ohh.. and my favorite vegetables, mustard gabbage. We spent over a hundred dollars at the market and when you reach a certain amount, the store would give you something free. They gave us a pound of BBQ pork, but I’m not much of a pork eater, so my fiance and daughter pretty much ate it all. By the end of the day.. I was indeed happy and fullfilled.. Now I can rest easily. lol..

Well until next time guys. Purple walls are almost done. :D

upgrading wordpress

Posted on November 5th, 2008 by lady0fdarkness
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I see that there’s an updated version of wordpress. I don’t want to go through having to install it again through my cpanel… so has any of you upgrading your wordpress? If so, what’s the easiest way to do it?? Thanks a bunch. :D

By the way, my purple walls are almost done. I’ll definitely post some pictures when everything is completed. The violet is not bad at all… as a matter of fact, I love my purple walls!

election day!!!!!

Posted on November 4th, 2008 by lady0fdarkness
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UPDATE: Congrats to the new President of America—-Barack Obama. I will brace myself for the promised ”changes.”

God BLESS America!

i love you, you love me

Posted on November 4th, 2008 by lady0fdarkness
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That’s the song that keeps playing over and over in my mind; it’s Barney’s theme song.  My sister kept singing that song while she helped paint our walls over this past weekend. She sang that song to scare me and to try and make me change my mind about the color of paint. I went to Lowe’s and chosed a “wine” color or in other words a purple, almost violet. I choosed three different shades of ”wine.” It goes from dark to light. Right now we are in the process of painting the walls—–so far, there is only one coat of paint, so when we are done, I will be posting some photos of my new walls. In the meantime, I’m going to try and get this song out of my head, but it seems like everytime I turn around, I’m reminded of the song.  Here is a before picture of the walls.   

It was yellow and orange, my two hated colors. So.. purple walls here I come!!

By the way– I went to watch Saw 5 today… and ughh.. I want to contact the producers of the movie and ask them to lessen the gore and focus more on the storyline and twist. I think it would be a nice change!