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The combination of the wood flooring and wood beam framework is truly beautiful. I love the paintings on the wall. They stand out yet blend in so smoothly with the theme of the space. It's sensational.

{{ jp fashion }}

unique.

{{ early grad gift }}

shhh, originally uploaded by broiche.

I am stoked.

I am very stoked.

My Sony Ericsson was pretty awesome, but it was time to say goodbye. Not only was the battery completely retarded, this piece of metal sometimes just decides not to show missed calls, voicemails, texts, etc...I started the Sony Ericsson 4 years ago - second hand from my brother. It was exciting for me because I never had a phone before then. Now that I'm old and gray and more mature and perhaps - i like to think this way- a little more knowledgeable of the world, I strive for something better.

Even though graduation isn't until May of 2010, my old phone was making me pretty miserable. On top of that, the battery for my ipod was questionable aussi. All in all, I received my grad gift early!

I should've started my paper last night when I got home around 9:30pm. Instead, I received my little surprise from my mum and I started playing with it like a little kid for a good 2 or 3 hours. It was sweet. It was very sweet. It was so sweet that toffee is considered bitter.

The cover is pretty sweet as well. I think it suits me quite well: weird, awkward, shy etc.. I love it!

I am extremely excited to have an iphone and like i said, i am super stoked.

Thanks Parents!

{{ a flickr: beyond the surface }}

The Great Wall of Bokehistan, originally uploaded by rogvon.

Things we cannot see are often scarier than the things we can see

{{ Toes out! }}

Pastel by aorukaya featuring Marc by Marc Jacobs bags

Today was not only a long, tiresome day, i encountered some weird, rude, unfriendly people. In order to relieve my stress due to academic engagements and personal affairs, i resort to 3 things: i eat, i watch films, i blog. It is too time consuming to do all three combined therefore I chose to eat, not in huge amounts, and blog. I played around with polyvore, which is something I haven't played with since 10 months ago. I kind of wish it was the summer where I can feel the sun on my skin and wear pretty shoes that can show off my toes. But summer's gone and Vancouver is already one month into its rainy season. Boohoo. Anyway, I read something in a book today that really should be the motto of everybody's life: le bon vivre!

{{ breakfast! Egg in a hole! }}

inspired by SimplyBreakfast

egg in a hole is delicious! The last time i made it, i made it in a bagel and had thin slices of yellow cheddar. Very filling.

{{ Artflick 101 }}

The Department of Art History at UBC provides movie screenings (mostly documentaries) every other Tuesday. The first film they showed was about a young kid artist who's apparently super famous. The name of the girl and the film escapes me and hopefully I'll remember it eventually. The most recent film and the first one I've actually gone to see was shown on Tuesday titled "The Rape of Europa." The documentary is based on a book The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War by Lynn Nicholas. This is a story of Nazi Germany's plungering of Europe's great works of art during World War II. This movie introduced to me a new level of history and art. I was so intrigued and interested by this emotional film that it was hard to even blink my eyes.

Hitler was mad, but he was also mad about art. This film is impetus to my interest in WWII and art. The focused paintings shown in the film that really caught my attention were Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer and Raphael's Portrait of a Young Man.

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer is a painting filled with mystery. It's a wonderfully detailed oil painting with silver and gold on canvas. Portrait of a Young Man is oil on canvas. It's beautifully coloured and displayed the intricate use of light and shade.

Raphael's Portrait of a Young Man is among the three most wanted art works by the Nazi Government. The other two being Leonardo's Lady with an Ermine and Rembrant's Landscape with Good Samaritan. Both of these two paintings have been recovered after the war and currently located in Czartoryski Museum in Krakow and in a private collection, respectively. Raphael's famous piece is yet to be found.

Art makes us human. Art reminds us of the significant of antiquary and the purity of origins. History is buried in people, in places and in things. It is continuously being made and discovered, learned and interpreted.

Earthenware

Wedgwood Icon: Portland Vase

A few facts...

• 1759: Josiah Wedgwood, "the Father of English Potters" opened up his first factory, The Ivy House Works, in Burslem, England.
• 1768: His leg was amputated.
• 1769: the Ridgehouse Estate in Stadffordshire was purchased and became his new factory, Etruria. 
• 1774: A dinner set known as the "frog service" of 952 pieces was commissioned by Empress Catherine the Great of Russia 
• Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) was the grandfather of naturalist Charles Darwin. 
  
• 1940, A 300-acre country estate near the village of Barlaston was bought and a new factory was built . It became the headquarter of Wedgwood ever since. 
  
• 2009: Wedgwood celebrates its 250th anniversary. 

c.l.i.c.k

Most famous ceramic collections: Queen's Ware (1762), Black Basalt (1768), Jasper (1774).