yess!! it's finally here!!

i've been looking forward to this craft fair ever since i missed the winter one from last year..
it's the RENEGADE CRAFT FAIR!!
just imagine all the great homemade goodies that are out there right now!!
i can't go today, super sad face, but will be there bright and early (at 11) tomorrow morning!
you will be there??

with love,
t

tickle me love: long skirts

there's just something wonderfully classy about long skirts, from knee length to the ankles and everything in between.

all images from pinterest, the sartorialist, and lookbook.

with love,
t

pink gradient birthday cake

it was my sister's 20th birthday last month.
and i thought what could be a better present than a cake made with love from scratch?!
so the search for the prettiest cake was on!
after going through a couple of sites i found this amazing looking cake from call me cupcake.
just look at all the layers!
i basically just short-cutted everything by using cake mix and store bought frosting...i didn't have time between work and the party!
and this was my end result:

i had a minor hiccup trying to make the cake even, but it turned out gorgeous, if i don't say so myself! :)

plus, my sister loved it..and so did our family and her friends! 

success!!

with love,

t

the search for..great vietnamese food

j LOVES vietnamese food. so being 6 hours away from mom's home cooked meals, we've decided to roam around berkeley (and probably to oakland) for the best vietnamese food which will remind us of home while being away from home.

this was our first restaurant: Little Saigon. it was a quiet place and it looked promising (i was solely judging from the name). 

we got goi cuon as an appetizer. j got a bowl of pho tai and i had a bowl of bun bo hue.

the goi cuon didn't have any meat, but tasted ok. kind of bland with just shrimp, vermicelli and lettuce, but the peanut sauce was pretty good. the pho was a disappointment according to j, he didn't like it at all! although he did finish his whole bowl. and lastly, i thought the bun bo hue was decent. not as spicy as i would have liked it, but even the soup wasn't comparable to orange county's little saigon.
so the search continues!

with love,
t

peek a boo

a little peek into our tiny loft

a new coat rack..and only 7 dollars!!! best purchase ever!

until next time!


with love,
t

san fran revisted

good evening all! since i've moved here all i've been doing is study study study!! anatomy is pure memorization. and i've been stuffing my brain with bones and muscles and tissues. thank goodness we have a four day weekend!! time to relax, if it's only for a little.


with my first weekend here at berkeley, my wonderful sister took time off her busy (not really) work schedule to come up with me. we had a grand time exploring san francisco. there wasn't much time to explore everything, but we were able to hit the golden gate bridge, the castro district and yummy yummy ike's! and here are the pictures to prove it.

 ike's sandwich...a little piece (half a sandwich) of heaven in my mouth! mine without avocado.

the sister, next to a supposedly fake banksy art. still, to us it was real!


thus ended our great one day adventure in san fran.
i can't wait for the next time my sister will be able to come up.
more adventures to come!


with love,
t

a new home, a new start

hello hello! it's been a while since my last post. since then, i've moved away from home to an amazing place called berkeley. it's been such a crazy move, but im so excited to be here. a new step in life and an opportunity for anything to happen. yes, be jealous everyone, because this place is just too amazing for words.

no, this is not out of a magazine, this is our lovely yellow sofa in front of two huge windows that looks out into the busy but usually quiet street. there's so much more to this place, which i will of course be posting up later. but this is your little sneak peek into my new life.


he's been wonderful to me, he even surprised me with flowers. 
im loving this life of mine. and im loving him even more.