Monday, April 20, 2009

偶像劇啊

是真的當了家庭主婦吧
開始愛看偶像劇....
劇情越瞎越愛看
覺得那些編劇可以編出粉紅色泡泡真厲害
現在的年紀
充分了解浪漫情節不切實際,有錢有才華又專情的帥哥不存在
是得看清這一點,才有可能抱著少女情懷看戲的啊
是重返青春期
當個老少女也不賴....

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Classic Nivea Creme

Everyone loves a good classic.

Nivea 一直是家喻戶曉的品牌
其中又以Nivea Creme最為經典
research之後發現他的歷史還真悠久
有興趣的人可以看一下
http://www.nivea.com/history

可能小時候媽媽有在用吧
它的香味帶給我熟悉的安全感
進而莫名其妙的信任它
但這東西能歷經歷史的考驗不是沒有原因的
它真的是好用又萬用
而且便宜的要死

Here are some advice on how I use Nivea creme~
  • Hair Cream- sometimes i just need something for my dry ends without hold, it moisturizes the hair and leaves a matte finish! my favorite hair product so far, and it doubles as a fabulous hand cream!
  • Makeup remover-dab a little with Q-tips and erase your makeup mistakes, or smooth all over the face and massage to remove full make-up, gently wipe off and follow with face wash.
  • Lip Mask- apply a thick layer to lips and cover with plastic wrap, leave it on and hop into the shower.
  • Super moisturizing Mask- it's a great base for mixing your own masks, add honey, essential oil...etc.
  • and of course it's great to apply on any dry skin like it's invented to do, just find out in can also heal minor injuries, pretty awesome huh?
經濟不景氣,試試好用的便宜貨吧大家~

Nivea people, please contact me about compensation.


Recession = Depression?


Joseph Hirsch, Lunch Hour (1942)

Louis Lozowick, Brooklyn Bridge (1930)

Blanche Grambs, No Work (1935)

Mabel Dwight, In the Crowd (1931)

Mable Dwight, Banana Men, n.d.

Nicolai Cikovsky, On the East River (c. 1934)
Raphael Soyer (1899-1987), Furnished Room

James N. Rosenberg, Oct 29 Dies Irae ("Days of Wrath"), 1929

Alice Neel, Investigation Of Property At The Russell Sage Foundation (1934)

check out these art works from the depression era
Dark eh?

it's just the other side of the happy-joy-commercial scene
it's real and it exist
all over the world
people do suffer
recession or not
it's just life.

but of course, if you live in a time between WWI and WWII like them
your life sucks more.


Friday, April 3, 2009

尋根 tracing back to my roots

you have to be away from your roots to get back to the roots.
that's when you realize who you really are.

不知道別人的國家怎樣
但台灣還真不賴
這就是為什麼很多ABC都愛回台灣玩或工作
即使不是在那出生長大,也能找到莫名的認同感
台灣人也特別愛ABC不知道為什麼

NY其實也有這優點
自由度高瘋子又多
不像我在台灣容易收到異樣的眼光
我剛來的時候就覺得, 我找到了,適合我的地方.
where I can be myself.

so I started to be myself.
I youtube 康熙來了+王牌大間諜(有其他好看的要告訴我)
I cook 滷肉飯+肉羹 (我的媽呀好屋好吃)
最近練的歌~海海人生+愛到才知痛(沒錯是陳盈潔跟黃乙玲)
start a blog and 開始靠杯我在紐約的生活
開始作一些我在台灣時從沒做過也不會想到要做的事

記得在New Zealand的時候
we have to drive to video shop to rent Taiwanese shows
租的是一個月前的龍兄虎弟錄影帶
now with youtube and all the Chinese sites
節目根本快要同步live了
the distance of time adds confusion
好近又好遠

I love my life in NY
part of it it's because it's totally different from my life in Taiwan
在台灣的生活好像是上輩子的事
I've changed and transformed
away from home but closer to my roots

I'm a Taiwanese living in New York.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

大師













自從來紐約生活之後,最開心的事就是能跟很多厲害的化妝師一起工作.
其中我最喜歡的就是Stephane Marais.
他一向是業界的傳奇,自80年代一直到現在.
he ranks as one of the world's most famous make-up artists.
我一直覺得我怎麼這麼lucky可以跟到他.
He's a true artists with impeccable skills and taste.
also with a big personality.

跟他合作的攝影師跟髮型師也一定來頭不小.
Steven Klein, Solve Sundsbo, Craig McDean....
Julien, Garren, Eugene, Luigi, Yannick.....
可以跟這些人一起工作,在有才華的能量中長大真好.

而且他都化一線大名模,
有二線以下的就讓我們化,
但是注意了....
他的二線都已經是其他工作碰不到的大牌了,
幫名模化妝還真有不同的成就感.

跟他真的學到好多好多.
不管看了多少次他化妝,每一次都還是會打從內心的驚呼....哇....也太美了...這個妝是有靈魂的....
跟了他三年的助理Asami也說,
she tried to do every step like him, but it always looks somewhat different.
whenever Stephane puts his fingers on the face, the look transformed.

anyways,我有他的簽名書.

bilingual

so this blog is going to be bilingual.
like how it is in my head.

no it wont be translations,
coz there's no reason to repeat.

but I think most of the times it'll be in English.
just because I can type faster.