History of Fragrances

I am now waiting for my new perfume coming to my home... While I was thinking of which fragrance could be my new scent of the year(s), these perfumes came up in my mind. Hmm, I admit myself pretty classic & conservative as I see my old fragrance friends in the past..

Nina Ricci's L'Air du Temps should be found almost anywhere... I remember the small bottle had been sitting in my mom's vanity case for ages when I was in between mid to high school. (she never wears any perfumes) and I sometimes snuck out with it. The bottle is peaceful and eternal, isn't it?

And then I was given a perfume by Tiffany back in early 1990s. It might be still somewhere in my parents' house if my mom doesn't throw it away... She hates perfumes as she gets a headache. Poor mom.

Soon after I realized Tiffany was a bit too much for a high schooler, I guess I ended up wearing Cacharel's Anais Anais and Jazz by Yves Saint Laurent according to occasions. Anais is really sweet and I loved it... I think Jazz was kind of my adventure and surely enough I never used it up.


My late teens and early 20s were spent with this One by Calvin Klein.

After I came to the U.S., I think I started wearing Nina by Nina Ricci for quite a while. One big drawback was that they didn't make it any more so I had to look for it at every single perfume store in the city and did extensive web search.. I finally gave up finding last year although I still remember how nice, gracious and lovely the scent is.. I truly cherished the bottle originally designed by Lalique.

It was a great departure for myself to switch my signature fragrance (ha ha). When I was browsing in the perfume section in Saks Fifth Avenue, Opium by YSL turned me on instantly. It smells like "hooker" perfume!;P

I also use Bath and Body Works' Japanese Cherry Blossom EDT for my backup scent, i.e. for my clothes or when I forget spraying before I leave my home. Actually, I like its body splash version better..


I won't tell you what perfume would be the next, as only those who shall hang out with me will recognize! ;)

Hello Mango

First time in my life to babysit a bird... His name is Mango, 3yrs old, male (that's how I was informed)... So fluffy and handsome, friendly and of course, he has a beautiful voice to express himself. I think he is a parakeet with delicious orange colored belly, pistachio wings and adorable yellow eyes. We hung out together to watching movies: John Water's Hairspray and Buffalo '66. We had an awesome time!

Love Stories

Happy Valentine's Day!

Romance films are not my cup of tea however these movies have stuck in my heart.

Gosh, I forgot when I watched 37°2 Le Matin: Betty Blue (1986) ...I was pretty young and I remember that I was dreaming of this kind of love life I could experience some day.. It's actually very bizarre, unpredictable, out of control. Betty's too-straightforward love really struck me and its ending is unbearably painful, sad, yet beautiful. I have to watch it again.

Brokeback Mountatin (2005) tells us the poignance of love. If you don't feel anything after watching this movie, especially at the ending, you better hurry to start dating with someone. You need to have your heart broken... Love is tough and patient therefore it's very special and precious, isn't it?

I was totally blown away by Lee Chang Dong's Oasis (2002) as I didn't have any information beforehand. It is challenging but so cute and we can't stop loving this couple marginalized by the society. Sound and light play very significant roles in this film as if we are also with her confined to her room.

Actually, two out of these three movies end very very sadly. I wonder if endings of love stories tend to be tearful in helplessness, despair, disppointment,,, you name it. Remember, this is about movies, our real love stories should be happy and hopeful!

Friendship

Why Men Have Better Friends


Friendship Between Women:

A woman didn't come home one night. The next day she told her husband that she had slept over at a friend's house. The man called his wife's 10 best friends. None of them knew about it.

Friendship Between Men:

A man didn't come home one night. The next day he told his wife that he had slept over at a friend's house. The woman called her husband's 10 best friends. Eight of them confirmed that he had slept over, and two claimed that he was still there.


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