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Country: United States
State: California
Metro: San Francisco
Gender: Female


Interests: desserts, messing with people's hair


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Member Since: 7/7/2004

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Friday, July 21, 2006

Words that reduced me to a sobbing mess, 7/18/06

I, Yushan, give myself to you, Xinyi, and receive you as a precious gift from God. 
I will love you more each day than I did the day before.
In the presence of God, our family and friends, I offer you my solemn vow to be your faithful husband, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, from this day forward, until death do us part.

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Boy, am I going to look ugly on video:P.


Friday, June 30, 2006

The Offside Rule, explained for women;)

Got this from a forum I frequent:

T
he OFFSIDE rule:

In preparation for the World Cup, the "offside rule" explained for women:

You're in a shoe shop, second in the queue for the till. Behind the shop assistant on the till is a pair of shoes which you have seen and which you must have.

The female shopper in front of you has seen them also and is eyeing them with desire. Both of you have forgotten your purses.

It would be rude to push in front of the first woman if you had no money to pay for the shoes. The shop assistant remains at the till waiting.

Your friend is trying on another pair of shoes at the back of the shop and sees your dilemma She prepares to throw her purse to you.

If she does so, you can catch the purse, then walk round the other shopper and buy the shoes!

At a pinch she could throw the purse ahead of the other shopper and "whilst it is in flight" you could nip around the other shopper, catch the purse and buy the shoes!

BUT, you must always remember that until the purse has "actually been thrown", it would be plain wrong for you to be in front of the other shopper and you would be OFFSIDE!

You now have no reason to not understand the offside rule!.


Monday, June 26, 2006

A Hot-Air Balloon Trip

In a bid to celebrate my upcoming birthday, Ambi swept me away on a surprise hot-air balloon trip at Napa Valley this past Sunday. We arrived at the gathering place bright and early (ok maybe not bright, since it was 5.30am;p), and had a ball of a time (corny pun intended), wrapped up with a complementary champagne breakfast.

Instead of writing a full recount, I'll just let the pictures do the talking.


Our balloon in the sky



Posing as others are taking off



Balloon descending at a vineyard, as we get ready to board



The fiery burner


On the balloon



Reflection of our balloon on the lake (?) below


Monday, June 19, 2006

小池徹平っぽい?


For those of you that do not know, I love messing with people's hair (Just ask my poor dad).  I'd been wanting to try my hand at styling Ambi's hair for some time now, and we decided to try out some new styles for him for the upcoming wedding. On Saturday we went down to Japan Town's Kinokuniya to pick up a men's summer hairstyle magazine (yes, there're magazines devoted to that). After browsing for a while, I chose a magazine called 「Men’s ベストヘア400」, and we spent sometime today examining the instructions, and letting me experiment with Ambi's hair .

We proceeded to pick out several possible hairstyles to try, agreeing not to pick those that look too slovenly. After finally deciding on one, I plopped Ambi down in front of the bathroom mirror, eager to start. Eyes gleaming and hairdryer in hand, I carefully followed the instructions on the magazine, blowdrying his hair with warm heat in tiny bunches, and then repeating the process with cool heat. With the shape more or less defined, Ambi's hair was (lovingly and painstakingly) styled with hair gel (again in tiny bunches; was supposed to use hair wax, but we had none), and then set with hair spray.

Tada~


His new look.


ポイントはここです。
I swept most of his fringe to the side, leaving a few strands.


A look from the top.


Okay, I know I forgot to take a Before picture, but you can just take a look at the pictures posted below;p. I was unable to create a more volumized effect as the hair on the top of his head was too long, but hey, I did my best.

(As for the title.. yea, I got my inspiration there. )


Sunday, June 18, 2006

Currently Reading
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle : A Novel (Vintage International)
By Haruki Murakami
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Xinnamon: Hey look! We actually have a "romantic white dove release" option for our wedding.

Ambi: How much would that cost?

Xinnamon: Crazy talk, US$100 for two stupid doves!

Ambi: And they can't even be eaten! Even roasted ones don't cost $50 a piece.

Xinnamon: ....



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