Toy Story

Hi everybody it's Mickey Mouse! LOL

First of all sorry for the lame intro hahaha I just have to type that because it is the first thing that popped in my head. Okay so today I wanted to talk about Toy Story. If you don't know because you are living in a desert or something, Toy Story is an animated Disney movies which I enjoyed watching when I was little.

So I know most of you probably love this movie but if you know me, you know that I think too much and I did think too much after watching this movie as a kid. I enjoy watching it until now but back then but a part of me is terrified after watching the scene where Woody (the cowboy doll) scares Sid (Andy's mean neighbor). The first time watching it, I was like "He is mean! he deserves that" but after watching it again as when I was eight or so, I am terrified.

Well around that age, I rarely play with my dolls and I have a bunch of them. I am so scared that all of that doll is going to attack me while I was sleeping. And they did (in my nightmares of course hahaha) which scared me even more! Plus I didn't remember who actually came up with this idea but me and my cousin ended up watching the scariest thing ever after watching toy story. Guess what? I watched the Chucky doll movie. It was on marathon and we watched it.

So from that day I kiss each of my dolls good night for months. Then I got lazy (typical Mich) and said "Good night every one" instead. And I got over it after a year or so after I watched Chucky. In conclusion, do not let your children watch Chucky under the age of twelve after watching Toy Story. Trust me. It ain't fun.

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Crave

For all of my female readers out there, I present you the PMS ice cream that I know you need.

Honestly, I know that some girls who don't crave or be overly sensitive before having their period but it is super cute idea and cute packaging. I love the design and the name for each flavor (I want the strawberry one so bad). And zoom in the picture bellow to see the cute details of the jars.

This PMS ice cream is created by Parker Jones, a college student in Oklahoma. She is actually a design student who got a suggestion from her professor to make a ice cream package and from there the PMS ice cream was born! 

So I'm sorry to say that these ice cream is not on stores ladies but don't frown because you'll never know if she will be teaming up with Haagen Dazs or Ben&Jerry's. I'm just curios will she make another ice cream package for the broken hearted? (just saying)

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A Letter

Hey you!

The final exam is finally over! I am so glad that it went well because if you didn't know already I work my ass off for it. I study study and guess what? study on my holidays.

Well starting this day, I will not have any classes in school and will be back next month for my graduation. Yep my graduation from high school! I am really happy that my stress and pressure is somehow lifted. *sigh* I still remember my first day just like it was yesterday.

My first day was fun, I was super duper excited going to school wearing my uniforms and all that, seeing my friends, meeting new friends from different schools, seeing friends from my elementary school after separated for years, entering my new class and seeing my new....everything. I love them all.

I love all of the memories sitting and enjoying classes in the tenth grade. And spending my Saturdays dressing up for a sweet seventeenth birthday parties or dinners. I remember the stressful days where we have too many test and assignments even on the holiday. The days where we all curse and asking the world "why the heck people say that high school is the best years of your lives?!" or desperately joking that we would actually prefer to get married (although we were all single) instead of studying LOL.

And then my senior year, we all seems to have our own path.  Having our own goals and dreams which is getting much more closer. Many of us entering various preparation courses to enter the university of our dreams. I remember those days we spent applying to the university, creating our personal statements, having the entrance test and anxiously waiting for the result.  Then came our tests, practical exam and our final school exam. We were studying even harder to graduate. Even tough we are super fed up with our try outs and exercises, we still did it anyway.

Finally our last duty in as a senior high school student, the national exam. Three years in studying is suddenly examined by a test which consist 40-50 numbers. Three years and 40 numbers. Wow. Afraid? Heck yeah. Now it is finally over.

After years stressing, studying, joking around and laughing in the same school, the same halls, the same classes and that same friends that grow more and more over the years, I can finally say that high school is and always will be one of the best years of my life. And for that I also say thank you for being a part of my high school days.

Sincerely, 

Mich

Smart Tech

Smart phone has been a big part of everyone's life. But now I think all of you probably know there are more smart gadgets emerging within the past decade and smart phone is only the beginning. Today I want to share smart gadget that some people probably didn't know before so no, I am not going to talk about the Apple's smart watch.

The first one on my list is a smart suitcase! So there is a tech company called bluesmart who invented this fist ever smart luggage which is going to be released in October. I found out about this from a youtuber Sonia Gil in her channel Soniastravels which is filled with travel tips that helped me so much when I am traveling around.

Okay what is so smart about this suitcase? well it has cool features such as :

✿ Digital lock

Digital locks are great because nobody can't mess around with your stuff. And bluesmart have an app connected to your luggage so you can lock and unlock them from the app.

✿ Battery charger

This smart luggage is not only used for keeping your clothes but also charge your phone and other gadget which is cool because everybody know that not every airports have enough charging stations and you can't have your phone with a low battery since you are carrying a luggage with an app connected to it and accessed by your phone. So well thought bluesmart! (Oh I forgot to mention that this post is not a commercial thing where I get paid etc, so I just posted this because I want to share the awesomeness of this luggage)

✿ Location tracking 

Location tracking is very useful in my opinion because I know there are some unlucky people out there who experienced losing a luggage which sucks so worry no more you can track them and catch the culprit I guess.

✿ Built in scale

Over packing is a huge problem because you have to pay more just for packing too much clothing. I think this feature is very useful especially when you are packing for your journey back home because when you are packing at home before your trip you could easily scale them with your scale but not every hotel has a scale laying around and you don't want to scale them in the airport right?

✿ Proximity alerts

Another cool feature is a proximity alerts, so the app can give you a reminder or alerts if your luggage is to far from you. Pretty cool huh?

It is not released yet but I love them already! I didn't know many details about it but here's the promotional video

The second smart tech I want to share is a smart pen by  another company called Livescribe. No it's not a stylus but it is a pen connected your iPad or other gadget such as laptops. Like the luggage I have mention this pen is also connected to your iPad with an app which is always great. It is just like a regular pen where you can use them on paper but what ever you scribble and writes will be transfered digitally in the app. I just knew the existence of this product few days ago but it is apparently been here since 2008! And today we have the third edition which is crazy for me because I never heard of them!

Okay so basically, if you purchased this pen, you will also get a notebook where you could write on. I don't really know about this but I guess you can transfer your writings if you write on this special notebook they give. I think this is kind of a disadvantage for this pen because you have to buy a special book (and special ink cartridge apparently). BUT I think it is also a good thing because the book also have some cool feature, they have buttons on the bottom (it is not a three-dimensional button but more like a printed picture) that you can tap with your pen to record what the teachers are saying which is pretty cool to have and really helpful for studying.

I think this smart pen is great because from a student perspective it is a great learning experience. And I would love to convert my writings into text and then copy them in the lecture power point or a soft copy from a teacher also insert the audio of the explanation. I think it is a really great way to study. Enough for now, I actually have more but this is a long post already hehehe. Okay, I hope you have a lovely day! And happy April!

Sources:

http://bluesmart.com/

http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/

'92

Okay this is silly and weird but I just realized (after a long term research) that……there are so many appealing male celebrities born in 1992. Don't believe me? well here are a few names : Alexander Ludwig, Freddie Highmore, Dylan and Cole Sprouse, Nathan Kress, Logan Lerman, Taylor Lautner and Nick Jonas. See? well not everybody born in 1992 is handsome or cute. Many of my local celebrities and relatives is not as appealing as Taylor Lautner hahaha #sorrynotsorry but seriously it is a weird yet amazing phenomenon right? . Well okay, honestly this post really sucks but I have a reason why I post it anyways. It is because I have this thought since forever and need to share this to you guys because I know you didn't realize this not-so-important-but-you-gotta-know fact. So your welcome.

Long live tortoises!

Galapagos islands is a bunch of island in the Pacific Ocean which is known for the place where Charles Darwin visited in his voyage on the HMS Beagle. I am sure that you already know this but what you probably don't know is the fact that Galapagos island is also known for their giant tortoises.

Galapagos giant tortoises is the largest living species of tortoises. These species have many subspecies, one of them is Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii which is called Pinta Giant Tortoises that live in Pinta / Abingdon island. 

Galapagos tortoises is a rare species that live long before us. It is poached and slaughter because of the fact that these guys can live without water or food for a year so people start to take them from the islands. Black rats (which introduced by humans to the Galapagos islands) is also a cause for the extinction as a predator of the egg and baby tortoises. So the Pinta tortoises was assumed extinct until they discovered that there is one male species left in 1971. 

He is called Lonesome George. Yes that is his name alright and it is true he is all alone. Many biologist had tried to save the species but George never reproduce or find a mate suitable until he died in 2012. Now we still can see the preserved Lonesome George in the American Museum of Natural History as a reminder for us, humans, to do something to save other species of tortoises. Over the years, tortoises has become more and more endangered and can extinct any moment.

But thanks to the Galapagos conservationist, who terminated most of the black rats since 2012 on a on going project of rat eradication, biologist had found baby tortoises hatching in the Island of Pinzon for the first time in a 100 years! They found six baby tortoises which is not much but actually good enough because baby tortoises is rarely found. So if we found six that means there are more out there. I really think this is a good news for everybody because nature just gave us a second chance to conserve these tortoises so long live tortoises! And kudos to you guys in the Galapagos Conservancy!

Get Motivated

Hello! It's been a while since my last post hasn't it?

For you guys who has been following my posts probably know by now that I was having my exam week which ended yesterday! Yeay!

But I still won't post much because I still have my national examination on April! So I need to study as always #studentlife. Well I must say that I study super hard for my school exam because I pretty much failed the previous exam (It is the final semester exam week which ended five days before the actual school examination started LOL). 

Guys listen up, I always think that multiple choice test and exams (which is the type that I get for my finals and exam) are stupid because we actually know more beyond our answers BUT I also think that this is not an excuse when you have a bad score. So I actually reflect on how I study when I had my semester finals and I concluded that I'm not motivated enough. I didn't try hard and give my best. I know it is hard to give your best while studying something you hate or studying in general, but I think from now on we all should get motivated because you know what? at the end you will be much happier compared to the time when you failed your test.

Studying hard doesn't mean studying 24/7 but more like giving more time for studying than spending our time with our gadgets. So I just wanted to give you some study tricks that I used in my exam weeks

✿ Love what you are studying

I think before we study, we should love them first. I know it is really hard to love math, physics, etc but if you enjoy what you are doing you'll study much faster. I know this because when I study my favorite subjects, I tend to finish it faster because I enjoy them so never hate and at least try to like them first before you study.

✿ Change your mindset

You got to change your mindset! don't put something negative in your head about studying that subject you absolutely loathe. if it is too hard to love them as I said before, well think of it this way : the faster you started the faster you'll be finished.

✿ Enjoy it

Why stress when you can enjoy your time studying? There are so many ways to enjoy your time studying. Some people like having snack, playing music or just simply have a cup of starbucks. Every body have their own ways so do you! but if you like snacking, I suggest choosing a healthier snack. I mean you don't want to gain weight just because of studying right?

✿ Have breaks

Having breaks can change your study life. Seriously. A break doesn't have to be that long and I suggest not too long. I usually take a 15 minute break every two hours of studying. But when I have to study something like civics education which needs you to memorize, I take breaks per section or pages. I found it easier to memorize per 20 pages rather than 100 pages all at once. I used to spend my time watching youtube videos which is hard to stop so recently I spent them by making myself a snack, eat a snack, water my plants, or feeding my pets. But again, do what works for you if you like watching youtube videos try to limit yourself.

✿ Have enough rest

I must admit that sometimes I stayed up late to study and I know that some of my friends are turning nocturnal and having the worst dark circles. It is very hard not to but actually you can try to start earlier so you can have more time for your rest. I don't know but staying up late is not good for your health and your concentration while doing your test. I have experienced it and it made me sick on time. So don't push yourself too hard, your body have their own limit.

Finally I just wanted to say that every body is different so the tricks I used may not suits everyone and I know some of you do better studying at night but you must remember to enjoy yourself and stay healthy! Good luck J

Tchaikovsky

Classical music has been a big part of my ballet days and the most frequently played are those composed by Tchaikovsky, a Russian composer known world wide. So yesterday, I tried to be that smart girl who study with classical music hahaha (which didn't make me smarter apparently) and I played Tchaikovsky's compositions. I always love his ballets because it is full of emotions also beautiful story.

I started with the most popular song which is The Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy then continued with The Nutcracker and Swan Lake that I used to danced along with when I am in my ballet classes. Those three are the only ones that I knew but because I spent so much time on studying, I listened to some composition that I never know before. So I listened for another couple of hours and finally concluded that his work is amazing! 

I rarely listen to classical music because I never thought of them being this interesting and made me wanted to know a little bit more about each famous composers. So from this day on, I am determine to listen more classical music and hopefully I can tell each of the famous composers' style. Okay enough for today. This is only a random thought inside my head but it is worth sharing because I just wanted to say that classical music is not as bad or boring as you think.

The famous Four Little Swans in Swan Lake

mochi ring donuts

So yesterday, my mother bought a box of dunkin' donuts and I was all excited to eat them and when I opened it I saw something that I never tried before. It is a uniquely shaped donut, the ones that I used to see in my Japanese comic book (it's Kocchi Muite! Miiko by Ono Eriko if you're wondering).

At first I only thought that it is just an ordinary donut with a unconventional shape just like in my comic books but when I touched them...it's squishy not like an ordinary donut! And best of all I can torn them apart into small balls of squishy donut hahaha. The texture of it is different from the ordinary dunkin' donut, it is less airy I guess. I love them and I can't believe that it was the first time for me to eat that.

Because of my curiosity, I search the name of them in the internet and it is called mochi ring donut which is available in Dunkin' Donut located in Asia and another place called Mister Donut. First of all for those of you who don't know what mochi is, you are gotta try them ASAP (can't you tell that I love them?). It is a Japanese glutinous rice cake which is usually filled with nuts, chocolate, etc. But mochi ring donuts are not made of mochi, it is made of chewier donut's dough which is very interesting and made my day.




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Hey!

Hey! It's been a while. Well like I said before I didn't know wether continue this blog or not because the purpose of this blog is nothing more than an school assignment due a few days ago, but now I decided that I want to stay blogging! Yeay hahaha

BUT. I still have many things going on since I am still in my senior year in high school (I don't know how I'm supposed to feel about this, I'm happy and sad at the same time) so I won't post as frequent as I used to especially because I will have my school's exam week soon. And by soon I meant next Monday. Great.

Because it's been a while, I actually have a lot of thoughts to post about but I forget most of them hehehe. I am planning to post most of them before Monday and have a gap like the last time. FYI I have that gap the last time because I had my exam try outs (today is the last day) which is why I wanted to use this "free" time to do something I love which include blogging surprisingly. Okay then I have more posts soon!