209*365 Grateful-Thank You 2011

The last day of the year. It has been a wonderful year filled with love and gratefulness. Thank you 2011.

208*365 Grateful-Haircut!

Had my hair chopped off .I know I look blah, but at least I love my hair! :D

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket.

207*365 Grateful-Treadmill

Here's to wanting to become a better person and getting back into shape.

206*365 Grateful-My Dream That I'm Working On.

"I may still not know what I want to be when I grow up, but I do know that someday I want to live in a house filled with my books and travel souvenirs. And the walls that aren't covered in bookshelves will be covered with photos of my family and friends. When I leave the house I will be going to a job I love, and I'll return to a person I love. So, that's my dream I'm working on."

-Amber Morley

205*365 Grateful-Noodles and Toy Camera Effect

Trying the Toy Camera Effect on Ki-chan. Winding down after a long day and spending quiet moments with the family. :)

輝ちゃん。

Ki-chan's first few shots. Not bad!

Details on Ki-chan's case that Noreen gave me for Christmas.

204*365 Grateful-Boxing Day!

The sun was shining, the snow was melting, and (almost) everything on SALE! Then a thin blanket of snow fell down this afternoon just in time for the season.

And oh, meet my new friend, Canon ELPH 100 HS named 輝 (KI which means Radiance).

PS: I returned Haruhi (SONY WX9) that I bought last summer, ages ago.

203*365 Grateful-Merry Christmas!

The warmest season of the year. Happy birthday Jesus. :)

202*365 Grateful-'Twas the night before Christmas. :)

I love Christmas, everything's so festive! Christmas Prep! :D

Merry Christmas everyone!

201*365 Grateful-And It's Warm And Real And Bright.

Focus on the mug.

This is my second cuppa coffee for today. Huddled up in my blanket, sprawled on the floor, and watching yet another Kanno Miho drama called Guilty-Akuma to Keiyakushita Onna.

Focus on the screen.

夢

200*365 Grateful-Power Nap!

Naps are so blissful when you have no deadlines/exams/assignments to worry about. Reading George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones in bed and then falling asleep. Teehee.

Marbles.

My friend's baby, a 3-month-old Pomeranian named Marbles.

Riding on the back seat with Marbles.

199*365 Grateful-December 21st.

Christmas Party. Everything's just so fluffy, for lack of a better word. It was great fun, everything is. It's like, we're just kids, enjoying a Christmas Party just as we should. No stress, no worries, no nothing. Maybe except the curfew and what-not. I just feel so blessed. Blessed to be surrounded by so many amazing people and that's the best gift I could possibly have this Christmas.

198*365 Grateful-Breathe.

Been doing nothing all day and I love it! There's nothing more precious than having a peace of mind; with no school stuffs to worry about. I love Winter Breaks! :D

197*365 Grateful-The Last Exam Of Fall 2011

Finally finished with exams for this term! Fingers crossed for the results but I am truly grateful that I can finally breathe easy, even just for a while. Today's weather was lovely too, cold but not too cold and one of the best pseudo-Winter (it's still Fall) skies this year.

196*365 Grateful-The Day Before

Finally done with studying for tomorrow's Finals on PSYC 2440-Behaviour Modification Principles. Fingers crossed. Relaxing and downloading songs now. :)

195*365 Grateful-Baby Gabriel

Celebrating a birthday and an afternoon with the family. Smiles and hugs from Baby Gab makes me happy. :)

194*365 Grateful-For Good Luck.

One more exam to write!

193*365 Grateful-Urgh.

That blasted coffee! It did more harm than good. PS: Cream on coffee. I'm lactose intolerant. They do not go together.

Pretty much the same picture as yesterday's but I'm using a different camera. I love that little clover chain that I painted this summer on my blank, blah wall. One more exam to go!

192*365 Grateful-Hello.

One more exam to go and I can finally go on my Winter Break! Please exams, please be good.

191*365 Grateful-Tea and Cake. :)

And... I'm done for the day! Lord, whatever happens on the Exam tomorrow, I'm offering it up to You.

190*365 Grateful-おかかおにぎり

Still lots to do and still so many things to study for, but we're getting there. Taking a break, okaka onigiri with tea. :)

189*365 Grateful-I WILL NOT PANIC!

I lie. I am panicking now! I just started answering the practice Final Exam Questions for Child Development and it hit me in the face of how much studying I still have to do. I have approximately two days to study.

Olympus Trip 35 + Fujifilm Superia 400

188*365 Grateful-Christmas Oranges

Because they're extremely sweet this time of the year. Here's to having another warm day inside the house. Cheers!

Fact: In cold countries, when fruit was scarce, an orange was often given at Christmas. In England, it was traditional to stuff the toe of a child's Christmas stocking with raisins, almonds and oranges.-Wikipedia

And a little story about Christmas Orange.

187*365 Grateful-Eight Below

I was watching a movie called Eight Below and I want a Siberian Husky now, more than ever.

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"Never settle for the path of least resistance."-Lee Ann Womack's I Hope You Dance

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My favourite sweater. I've been using it too much and the zipper finally gave out. Now it's back from repairs and looking spiffy. I'm just glad to have it back.

186*365 Grateful-Wrapping Presents

Two more exams to go, but I'm grateful that I have no more classes to go to and I could stay warm and snug inside the house. Wrapping presents and getting into the Christmas Spirit.

185*365 Grateful-Last Day of Class-Fall 2011.

Two exams done, two more to go. Here's to finally having enough time (again) to take pictures and taking long naps before dinnertime. :) It's back to work tomorrow. But for tonight, it's time to relax.

184*365 Grateful-ガガ!

I was having a bad day and SMAPxSMAP with Lady Gaga sure was a quick fix. Now I'm all げんき! (^_^)v

Lady Gaga playing with the soba knife and Kimura Takuya scolding her and telling her it's dangerous (Abunai) 「あぶない」.

「コラ！ガガ！」-"KORA! GAGA!"

You could tell Lady Gaga loves Japanese food and I love her work ethic and her passion for her work. It was interesting and fun, yes, but it was heart-warming too.

183*365 Grateful-Bus Rides

Because talking about our future, personal lives, dreams and everything in between always seems to happen when we're on Bus 16. :)

182*365 Grateful-Penguin!

Snug and warm! And procrastinating too. Sundays are loverly. :)

181*365 Grateful-♫♪Oh, this has gotta be the good life...♫♪

Last Song Syndrome. :)

♪♫Day turns to night/ Night turns to whatever we want/ We're young enough to say/ Oh this has gotta be the good life♫♪

-Good Life by One Republic

180*365 Grateful-Spread a little love today.

Went out to eat lunch this afternoon and while we were walking towards my friend's van, this was tucked in one of the windows.

Random and beautiful. :)

おなかいっぱい！

Had too much tempura to eat this afternoon. (T_T)

PS: Yaotome Hikaru turns 21 today! :D

Hello Panda Po!

179*365 Grateful-Nappies and Ruined Plans

Been napping all day and only managed to finish reading one chapter of Research Psych but it's okay, it's Thursday anyway. :)