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    Happy Valentine's Day!

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This is actually the first Valentine's I'll be spending with Jacky, so it's superrrr exciting for me. I was in Hong Kong in 2008, and last year he was at a John Mayer concert -.- But this year... No excuses! I prepared two gifts for him. The first one is...

....a panda adopted in his name! Wahhh!! So cute, right? ;)
I've always wanted to "adopt" an animal, and how awesome is it to adopt one in your boyfriend/girlfriend's name? I did it a bit late though, so I don't think the plush toys and certs will be on time.. But it's the thought that counts!

My second gift is.. a scrapbook! :D I didn't intend to go all out on it, but I've always wanted to make one.. and what better occasion is there than Valentine's Day? I hope you like this as much as I do, Jacky :) Enjoy!

P.S. The scans are a bit off - I swear it looks 10x better in real life!

























Each page took 1~2 hours because I really didn't know what I was doing =/ This is seriously the most intense thing I've done in a looong time, but I'm loving the result! Wheeee!!! Wish you all a very very happy Valentine's day! :D much love, Joan

    A lot of shopping & knitting!

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I'm behind yet again, so this is gonna be a loaded post. A lot has happened this past month or so, but I'll try to be brief :D Anyway, so I used to love keitai, so I had a Toshiba 908A. It used to be a really pretty mirror phone but it died after two freakin' years (longest time I've ever had a phone). I tried covering up with bling but it looked worse.


I've been staving off the whole smart phone thing for as long as I can, but I needed a new phone and I didn't want an iPhone or Blackberry.. So, I got a Nokia E72i. I love it, it's so pretty!  It cost me $400, which is decent.


Since September, I had been tutoring two students, Julia and Steve. They had needed help in preparing for the in-school English speech contest, which took place last month.


Steve won first prize and represented our school in the provincial competition! :D


He didn't win the provincials, but we were all really proud of him :D It was his first speech contest and he did amazing!


Last month we also had a Halloween potluck at Ahmed's. It was awesome.. Amazing food!


Steve, Celeste & I made mashed potatoes.. Mmmm. I attempted to make instant curry but it did NOT turn out right at all so I scrapped it D:


A cute pumpkin that Ahmed carved LOL... and Dana cooking her 3rd dish of the night?


Ford, Whitley, Desiree, me & Taide :D


Ahmed & Ford with his beloved jack-o-lantern.


Ryan & Whitley... Love this pic!


Last week I took Katelyn to get eyelash extensions! It cost 120rmb and it includes a free refill. They claim it lasts up to a month.. We'll see about that.


A photo of me before the extensions.. Man, I haven't camwhored in a looong time.


Eyelashes after the extensions. No makeup and no Photoshop. I love it!


Photo of me after the extensions.. Excuse the bright flash.


Also got my nails diddd :) 60rmb.. The quality is just so-so though.


Annnnnnnnnnnd Steve & I got two hammies!!!! We were passing by a pet stall on campus and I randomly decided to get a pet. Anyway, meet Penny!! 


...and Lenny!! Guess who we named them after....?


Steve playing with them :D We sort of agreed to a joint custody kinda thing... Sort of....


Remember the scarf I started last last entry? Well here's the finished product... Excuse my face, too lazy to blur it out.


I also started a couple other ones. I'm INSANE. I've completed 4 scarves already this past month.


This one took me only 3 days... I'm crazy. Anyway, I like it a lot, but I think I'm gonna give it away for Christmas or something.


A new pattern I'm working with.


Another cable scarf :)


Whee, that wasn't so bad. Another update soon, I promise!