Fun discovery: This year's Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (also known as Moon Festival or Lantern Festival,) lands on my birthday, September 22, 2010. It falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunisolar month.
Mid-Autumn Festival is a time of reuniting with family and celebrating life and happiness. In my family, there is usually a dinner if not party involved the weekend before or after. I've missed more than a few of course.
I've been feeling a bit down and poopy about carving time to celebrate my 30th (as you can tell from this blog). With all the wedding festivities, it just seems like there's enough celebrating (not to mention planning) to manage. What's to celebrate anyway- My eggs drying up? But maybe there is something to celebrate. I never really intend on my birthday get-togethers to be about me. It's just an excuse to get all my friends together and have fun. I like what Mid-Autumn Festival stands for and I think I'd like to carry-out the tradition. After all, I am becoming a real adult (or something like that) and tradition is important to observe.
How did this all come about? From the mini moon cake I ate this morning.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
40 days to 30
Found this on an Australian blog. It's a decent list. Let's see what I need to do in the next 40 days...
30 things to try before you turn 30
1.Channel an old school movie and throw a drink in a man's face. Done
2.Delete the words “like, random and totally” from your vocab. Will try
3.Break someone’s heart; similarly, have your own broken. Done
4.Divorce toxic friends. Have done and getting better at it
5.Drink a champagne cocktail in a Paris bar. Isn't the fact that I've been to Paris good enough?
6.Master the art of choosing the perfect wine. Done
7.Confess that (present or past) crush on your best male friend. Well shit I guess I need to do this. This requires some brain power.
8.Drive a wickedly cool car, even if you have to rent it. I think test driving a GT-R counts
9.Use an alias for a day. I use the name Brittney at bars sometimes when I don't care to give my real name. Brittney because I couldn't look more opposite than a Brittney and I like the juxtaposition.
10.Visit a strip club. Done (female, duh)
11.Have a favourite book which isn’t chick-lit. Done
12.Quit a job, without having another one to go to. I seriously contemplated this a week ago. But it ain't happening, unless by miracle I suddenly come into a large sum of money in the next 40 days. And by large I mean shitloads.
13.Buy a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill and a black-lace bra. That last one- will need to do. This is the year of new bras after all.
14.Learn who you can trust, who you can’t and why you shouldn’t take it personally. I need to learn not to take it personally.
15.Live by yourself (for at least six months). DONE and doing it again.
16.Travel somewhere by yourself – a foreign country, another city or just a road trip to the country. The move to college and LA subsequently was pretty isolating and I did it alone. I consider it done.
17.Forgive someone who wronged you; apologise to someone you've wronged. Hmm, thinking.
18.Master cooking one impressive three-course meal. Adding to the list.
19.Learn to change a tyre. My dad showed me once, does that count? I know how to dial AAA.
20.Buy an original piece of art. I've been meaning to do this! I guess now is the time. See how I need that job to afford these goals?
21.Volunteer for a charity you care about. I want to do this
22.Break-up with a man who you know is bad for you; similarly, have a fling with a man who you know is bad for you! Done
23.Dine solo in a restaurant – no phone, book or notebook allowed. I do this all the time
24.Run a marathon. Sorry, not happening. How about a 5K?
25.Pay off your credit card(s)/HECS debt/car loan. Okay.
26.Spend a whole pay packet on a pair of shoes. That would be so retardedly awesome. I could get myself a pair of Loboutins. Yeah right.
27.Have a killer joke you tell perfectly ready to use for those awkward moments. Will work on this.
28.Try something you always said you’d never do – whether it be sky-driving or eating escargot. Rollercoaster? Yeah, it needs to be done.
29.Learn how to stand up for yourself, rather than silently seething when you receive poor customer service or someone makes a snide remark. Getting better at this.
30.Have a one-night stand (or more than one). Done and done.
2.Delete the words “like, random and totally” from your vocab. Will try
3.Break someone’s heart; similarly, have your own broken. Done
4.Divorce toxic friends. Have done and getting better at it
5.Drink a champagne cocktail in a Paris bar. Isn't the fact that I've been to Paris good enough?
6.Master the art of choosing the perfect wine. Done
7.Confess that (present or past) crush on your best male friend. Well shit I guess I need to do this. This requires some brain power.
8.Drive a wickedly cool car, even if you have to rent it. I think test driving a GT-R counts
9.Use an alias for a day. I use the name Brittney at bars sometimes when I don't care to give my real name. Brittney because I couldn't look more opposite than a Brittney and I like the juxtaposition.
10.Visit a strip club. Done (female, duh)
11.Have a favourite book which isn’t chick-lit. Done
12.Quit a job, without having another one to go to. I seriously contemplated this a week ago. But it ain't happening, unless by miracle I suddenly come into a large sum of money in the next 40 days. And by large I mean shitloads.
13.Buy a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill and a black-lace bra. That last one- will need to do. This is the year of new bras after all.
14.Learn who you can trust, who you can’t and why you shouldn’t take it personally. I need to learn not to take it personally.
15.Live by yourself (for at least six months). DONE and doing it again.
16.Travel somewhere by yourself – a foreign country, another city or just a road trip to the country. The move to college and LA subsequently was pretty isolating and I did it alone. I consider it done.
17.Forgive someone who wronged you; apologise to someone you've wronged. Hmm, thinking.
18.Master cooking one impressive three-course meal. Adding to the list.
19.Learn to change a tyre. My dad showed me once, does that count? I know how to dial AAA.
20.Buy an original piece of art. I've been meaning to do this! I guess now is the time. See how I need that job to afford these goals?
21.Volunteer for a charity you care about. I want to do this
22.Break-up with a man who you know is bad for you; similarly, have a fling with a man who you know is bad for you! Done
23.Dine solo in a restaurant – no phone, book or notebook allowed. I do this all the time
24.Run a marathon. Sorry, not happening. How about a 5K?
25.Pay off your credit card(s)/HECS debt/car loan. Okay.
26.Spend a whole pay packet on a pair of shoes. That would be so retardedly awesome. I could get myself a pair of Loboutins. Yeah right.
27.Have a killer joke you tell perfectly ready to use for those awkward moments. Will work on this.
28.Try something you always said you’d never do – whether it be sky-driving or eating escargot. Rollercoaster? Yeah, it needs to be done.
29.Learn how to stand up for yourself, rather than silently seething when you receive poor customer service or someone makes a snide remark. Getting better at this.
30.Have a one-night stand (or more than one). Done and done.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
How to turn 30?
Here's an instructional article from eHow. Difficulty is categorized at "Moderately Challenging." Things needed, according to Andreya, are moisturizer, sleep, and plenty of cash. I've got the first two covered. The latter I'm working on.
How to Turn 30 With Grace and Aplomb
When you're in your 20's, you are allowed to mess up, party often, make youthful indiscretions, date wildly and party recklessly, wear glitter and dye your hair pink, stay out all night, throw money away, defer student loans. Turning 30 marks official adulthood. It is no longer "cute" to behave that way. Thirty means SPF 30 (religiously), IRA's, Retin-A, and 2.5 (kids, that is.) Time to face aging, family, and responsiblity. Career and finances are taken quite seriously, or should be anyway. Time to trade in the little sporty coupe for a nice, reliable sedan... or is it??
How to Turn 30 With Grace and Aplomb
When you're in your 20's, you are allowed to mess up, party often, make youthful indiscretions, date wildly and party recklessly, wear glitter and dye your hair pink, stay out all night, throw money away, defer student loans. Turning 30 marks official adulthood. It is no longer "cute" to behave that way. Thirty means SPF 30 (religiously), IRA's, Retin-A, and 2.5 (kids, that is.) Time to face aging, family, and responsiblity. Career and finances are taken quite seriously, or should be anyway. Time to trade in the little sporty coupe for a nice, reliable sedan... or is it??
- Step 1
Buy earplugs. Not literally, but it is more than okay to suddenly become annoyed by the loud music you previously could not live without. If you find yourself shouting "God, it's too loud in here, I can't even talk!" to your friend at the local pub, it's perfectly normal.
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Step 2Re-evaluate sleep. Remember being able to stay up until 4 A.M. without a problem? Oh man, that isn't going to be so easy anymore. Even if you are a night owl like me, you may also find yourself falling asleep to movies after 10 P.M. Yeah, and you thought only you're grandma does that. So did I. Another word of warning, this is the time when snoring may manifest.
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Step 3Moisturize. Eye cream, face cream, body lotion, foot lotion... (When did I get dry heels?) You didn't need all this stuff before, but it's hell getting older.
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Step 4Take inventory. The fun, cool, "pretty" people in your twenties may have been a blast to go out with, but now you may see that some (or most) of them are superficial, selfish, fake, and/or never going to grow up. Friendship in your thirties is different. Don't be surprised if you want to associate with real, "together" people who are intelligent, interesting, and have integrity.
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Step 5Embrace restlessness. It's a big world out there with tons of options: Stay together or break up? Get married or stay single? Kids now or later? Career or family? Family or travel? Fast track or slow down? Stay here or move there? I feel your pain.
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Step 6Upgrade. Now is the time to enjoy the fruits of adulthood... Sheets with a high thread count, wine that costs more than $40, nice kitchenware and gadgets, furniture that you don't put together yourself, clothes that are not on sale. Go ahead, enjoy the good stuff.
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Step 7Ask yourself what you want. In your twenties you were probably trying to figure out what the opposite sex wants. If you are single, now is the time to figure out what exactly YOU want.
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Step 8Love yourself. Love 30. As cheesy as it sounds, now is the time to enjoy being in your own skin. You know yourself better now than in your twenties, and should be more comforable being you. The twenties are not by any means easy... Trying to figure who you are, what you want to be, who to love, where to live. Ask anyone a few decades older, and they will tell you that your thirties are the perfect mix of youth and wisdom. Enjoy.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Plus Zero
Formal invites to both weddings are in and I have the option to bring a guest. Well guess what? I don't have a plus one. Apparently I'll be the only bridesmaid that doesn't plan on having a guest.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Chippendales: check
Cheesy, I certainly was expecting. Kinda of hot, I was not. This is a must-do for every woman before turning 30: watch an adult male revue, preferably in Vegas. Just do it. Of course, you'll need a birthday or bachelorette party as a legitimate reason to go.
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