'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!

food hybrids

I am all about food trends and I love many creative food hybrids. For y'all that don't know what a food hybrid means, it is basically a hybrid (combination of two elements) made of food! The first food hybrid I know is a rice patty burger I ate when I am in elementary school which I found it really unique and cool because at that time it is rare to find food hybrids. Now it is very easy to find food hybrids and there are so many of them!

My ultimate favorite food hybrid is the legendary cronut created by Dominique Ansel. I think cronut is even the start of the food hybrid trend. In my lovely country, it is still hard to find food hybrids that's why I wanted to share the most popular ones that I have eaten before :

✿  Rice Burgers

  Burger with rice buns which is the first food hybrid I ever     

  eaten. I ate it at MOS Burger a Japanese fast food restaurant

  which create the rice burgers.

✿  Cronut

  Croissant and donut which I think is the start of this food 

  trends

✿  Pizza Cone

  A pizza shaped into a cone which is pioneered by Konopizza

✿  Cookie Shots

  Basically a shot glass made of cookie dough and filled with  

  milk which is also created by Dominique Ansel

✿  Ramen Burger

  It is almost the same as the rice burgers but the buns are made 
  of ramen. This hybrid popped up in Smorgasburg food market in
  New York

And now since the cronut there are so many hybrids that I haven't tried before such as the ramen pot pie, cruffin (croissant muffin), mac and cheese dumplings, ramnut (ramen donut), mac and cheese quesadilla, s'morn dog (marshmallow and milk in the shape of a corn dog), ramen fries, ramen poutine, wonut (waffle donut) and many more!

I know most of it from POPSUGAR's food youtube channel and a website called Culinary Bro-Down who actually invented ramnut. There are also loads of recipes in the internet so I think you should try them out or invent your own hybrids!

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Orange

Orange. Lately, people have been commenting on how orange I am. Not my skin but because of my backpack, water bottle, purse and pouches (plural as in all of my pouches I carry to school). At first I didn't realized it but I now I am aware of how orange I am LOL. And honestly most of those items came from different person as in a gift so that's why I didn't realized it.

I don't hate it but many people do. Since I'm the miss orange in school, I just wanted to say that orange is not that bad in fact only a certain person can rock it and you will found yourself rarely see orange clothing because of it. I think it is uncommon to see a girl dressed in a plain orange dress rather than a plain pink dress. Monochromatically, orange is not the best option but I really think there is a cool combo you can make with the color orange such as pink and orange, orange and white, etc.

In my opinion orange is a nice color and you shouldn't judge it as a bad color because you haven't see the specified color of orange. Like I said before in the previous post, color is not limited by the seven colors of the rainbow. Each color of the rainbow can be specified into a better color and vise versa. This also applies to orange, orange can be specified as vermillion, dusty orange, tawny orange, etc and I am sure that at least you will like one of them.

So before you hate a color, see their specification first because I am sure you will like one of them. But I also think otherwise, I think you will found something you really hate so from now on if somebody ask a color you hate just say a color specifically hahaha.

P.S.

I forgot to mention that this is almost the end of my blog (I have one or two posts left) because my blog is actually a school project due at the end of February which is just around the corner. I haven't decide wether I should continue this blog or not but I will announce my decision on March.

les colours

Colors. Every time I heard someone asks me what is my favorite color, I honestly can't decide. I love every color but in a certain shade. I don't think color is just limited by the colors of rainbow. It's not only seven but more than that. I love colors in general because all of them have their own uniqueness.

So when somebody ask me what is my favorite color, I can't decide. I like all of the seven color. I like purple because I love lilac, I like blue because I like sea foam color, I like yellow because I like baby yellow and so on. Some how I have a certain phase where I am obsessed with a certain color. I often change my favorite color because every time a person ask me what is my favorite color, I will say my favorite color at the moment so it will differ every time.

Ok about colors, I come to think that girls like myself probably have the same opinion about colors. It is not limited by those seven colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) it is more than that. Why I say girls? well because the majority of girls will say maroon instead of red or turquoise instead of blue when they see them. Another reason, in my opinion, is because of the fact that girls love shopping. If we are looking for a certain clothing or bag we will most likely decide based on their design and color. We usually commented on how dark or bright it is, so maybe girls created the idea of naming colors specifically in the past and that's why there is an authority on colors PANTONE. 

For all of you who are not familiar with Pantone Inc. , it is the official authority on colors. They created names for colors and decide the color of the year (2015's color of the year is marsala). They also created the code for colors so it is easier for designers to give a specific color to another person without changing the hue or anything. Pantone also made color chips and books. Fun fact: Pantone also decide the color of the day and today's color is lavender mist (Link to today's colorstrology). Cute name right? that is why I love to read their color specifier book because I can know cute names of each color such as Honeysuckle, Dry sea grass, Tiger Lily, etc. 

Now I think we clearly know that there are so many colors in our life but some of them are just unavailable for make up right? Well recently I found out that it is possible to print make up! I can't believe that I just found out about this because it is almost a year after the founder, Grace Choi, officially launched the printer called Mink! Here's a video of Grace explaining her creation.

That's the end of my post! I hope this post is not just a random thought but also informative for all girls in desperate need of colorful make up (by the way this is not a promotional post or anything) hehehe. Okay, hope you all have a great weekend!

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Delphie

It is exactly 31 days to spring and many fashion brands are giving a preview of their spring collection and I just adore Mulberry's Delphie bag!

First of all. No, I am not a girl who owns branded bags and clothing but I love looking at fashion look books because it usually gave me some fashion inspirations. So I saw a video on youtube posted by Mulberry yesterday and I am so so in love with the bag they are promoting. It is a bag called Delphie which I think is perfectly designed based on the size, variants of colors and fabric. I think it is a definition of a perfect go-to bag.

What I love about it is the fact that it is flipable (is that even a word hahaha well you get what I mean) as shown in the video I mentioned.

It's sure nice to have that bag because it is like owning two bags in a form of one. But I think it is still pricey since it's the new arrival. The only thing that I don't really like is the push lock because I never really like it but hey that's only my opinion and design wise, it's nice and unique to have.

(Picture of a delphinium which is the flower that become the name of the bag "Delphie")

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