Summer is escaping through my fingers

I just want to start off by saying that I really LOVE my family. There really is never a dull moment in the Sun-Lai-Chen-Fu Family.

My uncle randomly wanted to treat me for dinner. He claims it's a celebration of completing the first year of college (telling him I got straight A's over dinner was just the icing on the cake), and he also wanted a going-away dinner before I left for my dreadfully long vacation in Asia.
*After today, I will never underestimate the food at Outback Steakhouse again. I haven't been there in years, and I was really shocked at how good everything tasted. Or it could have been the fact that I was extremely hungry. *

I have noticed that I am definitely the favorite in the family, and I am seriously reaping the benefits of being the favorite niece and granddaughter. hahah I feel evil for admitting and acknowledging the favoritism that's going on, but I feel like it's not undeserved. I am the only one who can speak Mandarin fluently. I also am the oldest. I was a good student and still am. I am very nice to my little cousins. I am extremely talkative when it comes to adult issues. I always say the right things at the right times. I buy my cousins ice cream and take them to dumb kiddy movies. I drive people around. I was everyone's flower girl.

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It has come to my attention that the Internet is a scary thing. You really can't control it. People will see what they see, and people will most definitely judge you based on what they see. We just have to be careful, and we have to learn not to be embarrassed. I know posting some of this personal stuff will come back to bite me in the ass later. But you know what, I'm at the point in my life where I can care less about what people are thinking. (uhhhh I might not feel the same way for long).

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These shoes, by the way, are actually $945..... yeah definitely worth going back to the house for! Didn't Louise say they were $400, then Carrie corrected her and said they were $525??? Well they were both wrong!



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My summer ends tomorrow!!! I am so sad. Then I'm off to Taipei and Shanghai until the 28th of July. I'm going to miss my friends. They really are the best part of my life right now aside from my family.

I couldn't help but wonder...

Yes, I'm a Sex and the City fan. Aren't we all these days? But in case you're not, the title of today's post is an homage to Carrie Bradshaw's column.

Anyway, I have seen the movie twice--in a span of 7 days! You may judge me all you want. Obviously, I thought it was fabulous, and so far, I don't know anyone who would disagree. It was certainly darker than the series but definitely a feel good movie.

The one thing that really bothered me though was that with such an extensive wardrobe budget and the abundant amount of free clothing from all kinds of glorious designers, why did Pat Field recycle the shoes on all the women? It was most evident with Sarah Jessica Parker's outfits.

Exhibit A: The Zebra Print Manolos


Exhibit B: The White Sigerson Morrison Booties


And finally, with the most appearances, Exhibit C: The Dior Shoes


In case you want these for yourself, they're available on Neiman Marcus's website.



Did you count them? That's 4 different outfits with those shoes! Pat must have LOVED them. But I must say that this is quite realistic and practical. Real women would and do wear their designer shoes over and over again with different outfits. These shoes make it easy by being so versatile because they can do both dressy and casual. And at $780, I would definitely wear them more than 4 times. WAY more.

Cleaning Out the Closet

When I got home yesterday, without even thinking, I decided to throw all of my clothes onto my mom's bed simply because my own bedroom is way too small. (*sigh* this is where I start missing my room in Irvine). After the birthday celebrations were over, my mom forced me to put all the clothes away. Problem is, we have no closet or drawer space to accommodate all of it. I guess my wardrobe increased significantly in the past few months while I was at school, but I was totally unaware. Well, I should have foreseen this happening since I spent a lot of time at South Coast and Irvine Spectrum in attempt to cure my loneliness. If school were more challenging or if I actually had a social life, I could have saved myself from spending so much money. Oh well.

So, I reluctantly began to clean out my closet yesterday. It shouldn't be a big deal since I don't wear a single thing in my closet anymore. All the things in there are from my painfully dedicated preppy Abercrombie days c. 2002-2005. Although I've certainly grown out of that style (and of the clothes physically!), I can't bear parting with them. What if pleated plaid skirts and striped oxford shirts become fashionable again? And what about all those sherbet colored polos? I decided on packing them away for the future. But the hot pink fleece zip-up from Gap Kids can definitely go...

In the process I found my frayed denim shorts from 10th grade. Miraculously I can still squeeze into them, but HOLY SMOKES they are so short!!!! Can you say "skanky"? I cannot believe I walked around in public like that. The only time I will wear these again are at the beach where you can get away with wearing almost nothing. It's kind of mortifying just thinking about it.

Garage sale happening sometime in the future. Most definitely.

Goodbye 74 Sandpiper and Hello Summer '08

I finished my last final of my first year of college this morning at around 8:50am. Got back to my empty apartment (it's actually more of a house) and started to pack up. Let me tell you, it was a bittersweet process. As much as I hated school this year, I'm too damn sentimental not to feel a bit sad about it ending. Well, it's mostly because I enjoyed having my own room for the last quarter and then having my own house, essentially, for the last 2 weeks. It was such a nice, spacious bedroom--such a shame to have to leave it. That, and I also have no where to live next year... but let's not think about that right now.

Today is also my mother's 50th birthday! What a way to start the summer. I don't think she'll appreciate me announcing this on cyberspace seeing as how she very rarely discloses her age to anyone, but it's not like people would believe her. She does not look anywhere NEAR fifty. I only hope to look half as good as her when I get to that age.
Took a long shot today by buying her some balloons, a cake, and a card. We never celebrate her birthday so this will be a good surprise. I'm just afraid she is going to think that this was a waste of money, or even worse, I'm afraid she'll be angry at me for reminding her of how old she really is.

The card I got her sings!!! I'm such a sucker for useless things, but at least it's cute. Now I just have to wait until she gets home from work!

We All Move On

I officially declare the death of my fashion blog. Over the past year or so, my passion for fashion has evolved. I've always known that my love for clothes was just that. I never harbored ambitions to create clothes. This blog was sort of bordering the creating aspect of it...sort of. While I am still the fashion blog whore I was 2 years ago (more so than before I think), I can't continue doing this while the rest of life itself is out there calling for attention.

But...I'll continue to blog. About other stuff.

Quotes of the week:

"What does the 'M' in MTV stand for again? Mature?"- J. Wang

"It's more like eating cream cheese with bagels on the side." - J. Huo

"I doubt I'll be able to say that I love my job." - J. Hsu

EDIT:
I'm supposed to be studying. Finals really are the worst.
I can't concentrate because I drank probably 4 cups of coffee in one day and I feel incredibly dizzy. The only thing I CAN do is sing Lindsay Lohan's new song.........

It's actually not that bad, but it's the worst song to have stuck in your head. Here's a sampling of the lyrics:

I'm just a little bossy
I get it how I like, when I like, and that's how it is
I'm just a little bossy
You got a problem with it?
If I want it I get it now
La la la la
la la la la

OKKKK. I didn't say it was the most meaningful song I've ever heard. In fact, this song cannot be more unfitting for me. Since when did I get what I want?