August 2009 Archives

Jobs, jobs, jobs. As September is fast approaching, that's all I have been thinking about lately :( So, when I was bored the other day, I came up with a list of pretty interesting/fun/cool/thashizzlemynizzle jobs. Screw being a CA/marketing analyst/ibanker :) Have you considered other options? Such as...  

My top 10 "jobs":

1. Professional blogger - Isn't it so amazing to be paid for just... expressing your opinion? No need to go through mundane stages of editing and proofreading from higher-ups. Freakin' XiaXue gets paid thousands of dollars just for a single advertorial. I can't even begin to imagine how much money Perez Hilton makes.
   
2. Resort tester - Lying on the beach, relaxing in the spa, and fine dining for every meal. At the end of your "work week", you do a write-up on how your week went. If that isn't the best job in the world, then what is?
   
3. Restaurant/movie critic - If I could get paid to eat or to watch movies, I'd be a very rich (and obese) woman. Nonetheless, there are very few things in life that trump food and entertainment. And you get to try it first, before anyone else gets to.
   
4. Children's book author - Write a few words, draw a few characters, get published, cash in. All sounds too easy. Except for the publishing part, of course. But, it's definitely fun and rewarding, knowing that kiddies everywhere are reading your work.
   
5. Parent of a child star - If you can't make it as a children's author, no worries. MAKE ONE (a kid, that is). Put them in a diaper commercial and cross your fingers that your kid will grow up famous (hopefully not for nude shots though *ahem*). You'll have a steady income until they turn 18, of course! :)
   
6. Professional Photoshopper - Help celebs look good. You'll get the inside dish on which ones actually rely on makeup and software to look presentable. Pretty fab if you ask me.
   
7. Beauty pageant judge - Get paid to check out hot girls, need I say more? 
8. Professional corpse actor - No lines and no need for movement. You don't even have to be a "good" actor. Just roll over and literally play dead. Shows like CSI are always looking for new "bodies" to play their corpses, so if you have some spare time (ideal for aforementioned Parent of Child Star) you could make some quick bucks.
   
9. Mystery shopper - Calling all shopaholics! Becky Bloomwood would be delighted at this opportunity. You basically pose as a customer and do whatever a normal shopper does. Ask questions, buy things, and even file complaints if necessary.
   
10. Video game tester - Most of these jobs are geared towards the female audience, so this one's for the guys (I'm aware I'm generalizing, but whatever). I know that among my circle of friends, if one got invited to test an unreleased game, they'd be automatically hailed as a god. It's like the holy grail of the male existence.   

Anyhow... Toodles my nooodles! (Honestly, is there a less awkward way to end my entries?) Yours truly? Sincerely? xoxo? I shall sleep on that one.

I used to hate that song until I read the lyrics (for all who don't know, my last name is 何, or.... Ho). Now it's like, my theme song :D

GUESS WHAT! I made a podcast today :) This time, I'm gonna actually update it once every 2 or so weeks. You can subscribe to my feed to the left! You can either click on the link or manually subscribe to it on iTunes (Advanced>Subscribe to Podcast>enter URL). It will also be available in the iTunes store in a couple of days. :D

But, the main purpose of this entry is... *drum roll*... My new toyyyyy (cameras). Actually, "toy camera" is a serious misnomer 'cause... There's really nothing "toyish" about it. It works just fine. But they're so cuute and ahh... My latest serious obsession. It started a while ago when I first got my hands on a Polaroid One600, but realized that they discontinued it :( Then in Hong Kong, I got another instant camera, the Fujifilm Instax Mini 7S.

... BEST INVESTMENT EVER. I love love love it to death, and I bring it almost everywhere I go. You never know when you'll bump into celebrities, y'know! You could get them to sign your photograph promptly afterwards... How convenient ;) *Is now vindicated from my impulse purchase* I bought about 150 exposures, enough to last me about a year, I think! :D

While I got lots of new stuff, on the other hand.... I also broke stuff :( Omg, I broke my beloved pink button Audio Technicas the other day. I WAS SO CLOSE TO CRYING... The closest I've been to crying in a long, long time actually. I was so sad... Anyone know how to fix it? Will superglue work!? Argggghhh!

Camwhore time! Huhuhu... I think the last time I posted photos, I still had my extensions. Well, now they're gone and I'm feeling balder than ever. A lot of people don't notice it (I assume so 'cause they don't ask), but still. The other day, I saw that it costs $700 to get extensions here in Toronto. OMG. $700? I might as well go back to Hong Kong for $800 and just get it done there instead, for not even a quarter of the price.

Hmmm. I should really make my blog more of a priority. It's like.. e-collecting dust at the moment D: Anyway, so everyone's seen the "20 things" post that was popular on Facebook eons ago... I couldn't really think of anything interesting to say (not that I do now...), so I gave up rather quickly. I'm actually in the middle of several blog entries right now, but too lazy to finish... So I figured I'll just write this up for the time being. I mean, I'm not paying $80/year for nothing D: Alright, so here goes.

What are 20 random facts about Joan?

1. When watching (English) movies, I always select subtitles for the hearing impaired. I don't have any hearing impairment.
2. When watching said movies (or TV shows), I HAVE to be knitting something. I feel utterly useless when my eyes are just glued to the screen.
   
3. My family actually sorta has a shoe room! Two years ago, I owned 80+ pairs of shoes. Haven't done an inventory count since then! 
4. I need a minimum of 10 hours of sleep every tonight, or else I'll look really bad or be cranky... or both.
5. I'm super paranoid. As a kid, I'd avoid stepping on cracks on the sidewalk, fearing that it'd kill my mom, dad, or both.
6. When I like something, I get super duperly obsessed with it until I get sick of it. For example, for several months I had gamjatang (pork bone soup) every day for lunch 'cause I really liked it.
7. I'm super anal about brushing teeth... I can single-handedly use up a bottle of toothpaste in 2 weeks.
8. I hate being photogenic, because that means people are always disappointed when they see me D: D:
9. I can eat more than the average male. Not something I'm proud of...
10. I'm one of those "nice, forgiving girls", but I'm trying to change. :)
    
11. I'm super anal about ID3 tags on mp3s!!! I could spend an entire day updating album artwork to make my iTunes pretty :X
    
12. Urbandictionary.com is LOVE. How else would I know what "D.I.A.F" and "wenis" mean?
13. I get EXTREMELY jealous when I see someone's beautiful artwork/photography.
14. Special skills include bug killing and wearing contact lenses in a moving vehicle. Similarly, I can also gauge your driving abilities by whether or not I can apply my eyeliner in your car :)
15. I'm super ditzy. I'm literally like... a walking accident about to happen o_o
16. My pride is in my ability (mainly perseverance) to self-teach. HTML, Photoshop, podcasting, knitting, digital painting are some to name! 
17. In order to make it to my Top 25 most played songs on iTunes, I must have listened to the song at least 180ish times.
18. I loooove making lists. To do lists, shopping lists, where to travel lists, top 20 lists, top 25 most played lists, everythinggg! Except I'm having trouble with this one... 
19. I can gain and lose weight really, really easily. I don't do anything and my weight can fluctuate plus/minus 10 lbs.
20. I do a lot stupid, stupid things, if you could follow me all day you'd find me very amusing. Just last week, a classmate told our group to guess a number from 1-20, and the closest guess will have first dibs on choosing a topic to work on for the class. Low and behold, I chose the number 1. Woooow. 

Artsy updates:

• Finally developed my first set of lomo pics! Here's a sneak preview...? You can see the rest of the set in my new flickr account here!
  
• Did a bit of singing (solo covers). I'm currently working on a collab with Mike. Hopefully we'll have that done asap! :)