2012!

Happy New Year!



YES! I finally tried Ton Kiang! It was underwhelming but look at the quality of this napkin!

tartine+woodhouse

Spent the past month working on...who knows what! Must I take photos of nothing but food! /cry

Despite many burnt croissants, I quite like Tartine.


Brioche bread pudding topped with fruit ^o^


The morning bun. Really jealous of my friend, Stella, who lives nearby. I would be tempted to buy this morning bun or that bread pudding with some coffee every morning. Yummmmm~!


Croque monsieur with spicy pickled carrots.

Funny thing about Tartine. Not a lot of people seem to know that tartine means open faced sandwich in French. It's no surprise that the tartines are good at Tartine.


Thirsty.


The banana creme pie we took home :x &Brian's fancy new shun paring knife.

Some time after, we went to Woodhouse on Fillmore. Our usual place :) I bumped into Leslie at Fraiche! Not quite bumped but more rushed into Fraiche upon realizing that it was her that I saw there. The dog next to her barked at me, lol.


Our usual order of oysters. It goes by so quickly. It's actually quite saddening.


Yum, SLURP!


Got around to trying the crab roll. Really looks like a taco. They stuff the crab in a slice of bread and topped it with cheese and crab. Pretty generous. I got some greens so I wouldn't feel so bad.


SO MUCH CRAB.


Brian got cioppino. He's wanted it since the end of his summer job 2 months ago.



I planned to buy Nikon's Series E lenses but failed. I give up. I'm going to buy a 35mm af-s f/1.8 lens after all. I've been hunting for the Nikon series e lens for a week or so (I know, not long but my patience is waning) and have not been able to win any bids at all. I think my chances will be better with the AF lenses. :(

Moleskine and washi tape pr0n

I give, I give! I'm using moleskines, finally. I prefer their volant and cahier series. Volant for the fancy perfect binding and cahier for the paperback. I love both because they're super thin. Thin notebooks means = likelihood of completing is higher. I'm not good at completing journals or notebooks but with the size that I'm using, I think I can do it. I'm already filling them with my incessant babble!

I'm swimming with ideas lately and I finally lifted my head for air to start this:





I don't think my moleskines will be completely unique from others but I'm soo happy with these right now. So happy. I will still use my Rilakkuma notes but right now I'm all about the cahier and volant moleskines~! :)

I leave you with some washi tape porn.





And no, these have not been instagrammed..or edited for that matter! My room is just very poorly lit (hence the grainy photos) lulz.

I just realized that I should be embarrassed for taking these photos on my bed. Oh well.

Ferry Building today and everyday!!!

I am sooo fortunate to have a big sis and bro in law that will 1: wake me up early in the morning to, 2: take me to the ferry building and buy me TWO COFFEES at blue bottle ^o^~ wibble~ (you want me to do TWO things?? -bender) If there were two Margarets, I would not be so hyped up on coffee, bbq darling, bbq.


caffe latte on left, half finished new orleans on right


sweet baguette from acme ^o^~ (random passerby while Margaret was taking photo: "that's a long baguette!")

We went to Chinatown after since it was right up the street from the Ferry Building :) Parked right next to the Panaeng Garden where they served Durian Chicken soup! My grandma loveddd the Durian Chicken soup here...everyday I miss her.


Random dog we passed by while walking up Washinton. He was so fat and cute I had to snap a picture ...albeit a bit blurry.


Inconceivably inexpensive blueberries! I had some last night and they were soo yummy. We bought 4 boxes. (Sign says 2 for $1.50) I think more than 50% are too ripe now :( but it's okay, will make really good blueberry muffins ~ :)


Acme cinnamon black currant toast. Cheirie berry says that it's too sweet but it's going to be soo good with English Breakfast! I had wanted to go to KW's today for tea and toast but she's a little busy bee.

I have not been doing anything but lazing around since classes ended. I'm not even playing WoW. Way. Too. Lazy. I'm pretty happy that I got to go out for a little bit to snap a few photos. Classes are starting soon and I still have not gotten the DAI fundraising shenanigans started. Once I get some work done, I'll feel better. I think I should take my time. I already talked to one of my very trusted (and loved!) instructors so I can't lose confidence now! がんばれ, がんばれ, がんばれ!!! 無論如可, 一定要加油 ^o^~

No...no, anything but that

Last day of classes until the 24th tomorrow! The joy, the sorrow..etc.






I can't wait to sleep and play WoW ... and get the DAI fundraisin' shenanigans ready!

Hm, in other news, been listening to a lot of pop due to all the k nights :)

Uh, also, about that floppy disks: it seems that SFSU is recycling old electronics and these floppies were hanging out away from the group :( feels kind of 1990s apocalyptic.

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Happy birthday :)

This is the tres leche cake from Tartine. Oh boy. I did not expect Tartine lines to be so unnecessarily long. I had a bite of their croissant as well. I have not yet had a really delicious croissant before but this is probably as good as it gets in S.F. Nice sound when you break the bread apart and kind of a crunch when you bite into it. Brian (Happy Birthday!!) says that a croissant is suppose to be flaky? How do you attain that type of perfection?

I've been waiting

For the sun to come out! The fog took over the Bay Area last week so the few hours of sun is nice. These flowers look happier in the sunlight too :) I pass by these flowers while running around and finally took some time to admire them close.



Surprisingly, this is just some foliage hanging outside of the Fine Arts and Caesar Chavez buildings.



Classes are going well. Design is fulfilling. Though I feel something missing.

Speaking of design, I'm planning on making the shelf that I mapped out last year. I'll try to sand down the wood this weekend. It won't take much of anything except brute strength, consistency and determination...Things that I typically lack on a weekend. Well, I already glued the wood together. This was harder than I thought without adequate space. I wish I had worked on a table or .. not in my dad's garage next to his Acura.

^o^