What's my Secret Recipe?

So many things to do, so little time...

Early in the morning I woke up to the annoying scream of the alarm clock. I should be glad it's the weekend but when my mind cleared after a few moment I realize the reason I can't seem to bring myself to enjoy the crisp Saturday morning...

I have to work...again...today. What a bother, especially since I slept pretty late last night after a fun night out with some friends at Tea Station.


When I finally managed to drag myself to the office I perked up a little bit. There were several beautiful dogs in the house! Today we are supposed to shoot an introductory show about dog training. The Taiwanese Dog Association brought in 4 dogs, 2 of which were Taiwanese Gao Shan dog, the other a golden retriever and the last one a wolf dog (?).

I have to say it ain't easy filming dogs as you never know when they're in the right mood. Besides that we had to take several reshots as sometimes the dogs do not act the way you imagined and have scripted for. However we captured all the footage anyways as it is a documentary about training dogs afterall. We need to show some cases of failures as well so that new trainers wouldn't be discouraged if their dogs do not act the way as they wished initially.

After several hours of panting and running around with the dogs, we called it a day since the dogs were exhausted. Not to mentioned my poor arms from assembling and hoisting around all the cumbersome equipments.

Nevertheless this is not to say my work was over. We had yet another program coming right up after that. We will be collaborating with a Taekwondo Center to film a teaching series. So several of us will be going through some vigirous Taekwondo training to become the spokesperson for both ours and their company.


It is pretty invigorating to learn something entirely different and challenging. It is also a formidable form of art to acquire as Taekwondo is instrumenal in practicing self-defense. Currently our biggest challenge is to figure out a combination of the art and some captivating sequences to yield an alluring yet intriguing series.

After some serious kicking and punching, I surrendered and trotted home to the comfort of a soothing warm shower. When I thought I can finally have some peaceful quiet moments, my roommates came knocking on my door inviting me to a nightout in downtown Los Angeles.

Now how can anyone give up such an opportunity, right? So again I scampered out the door to a night of relaxation and excitement. It's been awhile since I last went on a shopping excursion so the thought of exhaustion flew instantly out of the window.

A whole bunch of us headed up to The Grove in downtown L.A. Upon arrival all of us were awestruck by the beautiful scenery in front of us. The place was enclosed in a plaza and the streets were lighted with little cute bulbs. In the middle of it all was a fountain with water shooting out constantly. Even the shops looked elegant and dainty.

The four of us gals meandered from one shop to another in search of good bargains and exquisite purchases while the boys (or rather men?!) sat out in a corner chatting away. Unfortunately our determined rummage proved to be unfruitful.

Since we had a friend who drove up from San Diego visiting, she insisted on checking out the bar scene in L.A. Everyone else seemed to be in for the night to go on so we headed to our next destination--downtown Hollywood. It was another whole new world out there where there were people who dressed in bizarre outfits and hairdos.

After wandering about soaking in the scene, we decided on a bar humorously named Pig Whisper. It's not too big yet comfortable enough since there weren't any aggravating drunk-ies in sight. We even took on the dance floor! To our surprise, more and more people joined us as the night drew on.

When we finally called it a night around 2am, I was tired but in a happy state =) However exhaustion hit close to home while I was brushing my teeth. I fell asleep almost instananeously once my head touched my soft and fluffy pillow...zzz...

Laziness...

I just realized that I haven't been updating my blog as regularly as I'd wish..hmm...okay..not 'just recently'..but I've just been tied up with other stuff. But I promised myself to write more often.

So what have I been busy with of late? Well, there is the fact that I'm at work practically 9-10 hours a day. And realizing that it's too dark outside (and a tad too cold now) to take a jog when I get home, I wake up earlier in the morning. I love the feeling of after-workout. Besides feeling rejuvenated, I feel relaxed physically and mentally.

Since I'm always sitting at work, my muscles feel tight after a long day. This is especially so for the work that I do. When I'm editing video or pictures, I refrain from making any major movements because editing requires absolute accuracy in terms of timing and framing.

Recently I took up the task of graphic designer as well! I completed the design for my company's news webpage today and I have to admit I'm proud of myself =) I sort of played around with different designs and learnt from others as well.

My next goal is to revamp the company's front page because I think it's simply too abominable and unprofessional..haha..It's a good thing my boss trusts me wholeheartedly ^^

Oozing blood

A big pool of blood is flooding my mouth.

I took the plunge and extracted 4 wisdom teeth at one go.

My usual dentist advised me to extract 2 on 1 side the first time and then come back for the other side later on. However the dental surgeon that he referred me to told me to extract all 4 at once. Silly me thought might as well.

I'm beginning to regret...Oh well...

It is kinda scary since blood is still oozing out of the huge whole left behind. My mouth is still numb from the 4 anesthesia injections that the surgeon treated me with. I've heard from friends who've done it that their mouth swelled like a melon days following the operation. Dear me...

I am supposed to work OT tomorrow but I think I just might rethink and stay home instead. I probably shouldn't scare people. haha! Furthermore I can't even speak properly as of yet. It is one huge task to open my mouth and talk normally when my mouth is still numbing and I've got gauzes stuck in them.

I feel like I've got a heavy weight closing in on my mouth, preventing me from opening it. It was embaressing when I was asking for my medication at the front desk. I was like...ngor ngaa maaa...etc.

After this harrowing experience, I really appreciate the ability to speak what's on my mind and speak them out loud!