Medieval Warfare

We are 5-12 year-olds who built this LEGO Kingdoms set. :)

I should have had these kinds of LEGO sets as a kid. My brother's set was a lot of bricks that I didn't know what to do with... hehe...

Happy Halloween!

Halloween - the one day I can show who I truly am...

(Photo spooked at picnik.com)

Elijah's Promise

Empowering Lives, Inviting Justice, Alleviating Hunger - That's Elijah's Promise, a local charity that does soup kitchen and other programs to help the poor and underprivileged in our local community. I'm part of a team that's raising funds for Elijah's Promise through the 2nd annual Turkey Trot, and today we had a soup sale on campus.

- One, two, three... we had NINE crock pots of soup!-

Thank you to everyone who showed up for the soup sale and supported us - we raised $820! I'm ashamed that I did not do as much as my other team members, but I'm very proud of them! Thank you also, to Dr. D for being so supportive...

Please support Elijah's Promise if you can; every little bit helps :) The link to my fundraising page is at the top of this post.

Through the Looking Glass

Backyard

My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no Totoro)

My gift arrived on Friday ::heart::

Randomness

Acrobats on my window blinds.

Mushroom cloud cheesecake. :D

Do Not Bend

The photos make me happy.

The orange makes me happy too, and the simple design.

Work in (Very Slow) Progress

This will be ready by the winter. Just not this winter. ;)

Dollar Menu

Pizza dough from scratch... yummy! (Photos from one of the girls.)

Beginner's Whole Wheat Batter Bread

The second type of bread I now know how to bake! :) Recipe from One Perfect Bite.

Wine & Cheese

GRROWR!!

Venus fly trap from Longwood Gardens, PA.

P.S. Yes, appearance here will be sporadic henceforth. Still appreciating today, just not capturing everyday. ;)

Lost, not yet Found

First, I lost my muse. Next, I've lost my camera. :'( It's been missing ever since the weekend of 4th of July...

Happy 4th!

Some tea and sympathy on the 4th of July.

"One thing in this country

That really bothers me

Is the inability of Yanks

To make a good cup of tea..."

The poet compared "Yank's" tea to gnat's piss! LOL

Two teapots from a whole array of colorful ones.

One part of Highline Park.

A lesson in geometric shapes and patterns.

Fat Witch brownies... mmmmm!

A Walk through Central Park, NYC

Peachy!

We came here originally to get some fresh fruit and/or veggies, then we saw that we could pick our own peaches for $1.29/lb! (We ended up with some 9 lbs...)

We stopped at this house on our way home because they were advertising baby rabbits for sale, but no one came to answer the doorbell. Nevertheless, it's a cute house with the pink lanterns. :)

Missing Photo Week

June 26, 2010 - July 1, 2010: I'm out of photo subjects... :p this town is so...blah after a while.

Hidden Stream

-coming soon!-

We found a little trail away from the farmer's market that led to this stream and a bamboo grove further inside. Good job, Eagle-Scout-who-set-the-trail!

Lunch on the Green

-coming soon!-

Weed Collection

A flower/weed picked up on a walk through the park. (Photo by ML, because my battery wasn't charged... :p)

Windowsill

This is what my computer sees over my left shoulder in lab. :)

Missing Photo Days

June 21, 2010 - Inspiration, why hast thou forsaken me?

June 20, 2010 - Recovering from Jin's birthday celebration.

A Birthday in NYC

Happy Birthday, Jins! :) I had fun here and the crispy duck dinner was excellent! (Photo by ML)

June 18, 2010 - I... forgot?

Malaysian Restaurant Week

FJ and I inadvertently happened on Malaysian Restaurant Week (June 14 - 20, 2010) at Penang Restaurant. Curry mee... Mmmm....

Qualifying Exam Results!

I was delaying finding out the results, hence random mushroom picture on my walk to where the results were posted. :p

ML took this. I was just relieved I wasn't below The Line ie, the one that separated those who passed from those who didn't. Phew!

Bumblebee!! I've never seen one before, much less taken a picture of it. :) It's a good day...

Day 1s

June 15, 2010 - Day 1 of the Evolution & Population Genetics Conference.

June 14, 2010 - Day 1 in lab again.

The Roundest Watermelon

That is seriously the roundest watermelon I've ever seen. It's globular.

I don't know why it's fuzzy like that. There's no dream setting on my camera...

World Cup 2010

Karate Kid!

This was so much fun!

By the Sidewalk

While on an impromptu date, sidewalk flowers popped out at me.

The Return

Four days after my last post, I got the assigned papers for my qualifying examination, so over the subsequent two weeks and a few days, that consumed most of my time (ie, the time that wasn't spent procrastinating). Quals and studying for quals really put me out of the mood to take pictures, so here's one from today and the few that I did take during that time.

My "collection" amassed from about two days before quals.

May 31, 2010 - Auntie G and her flowers. Photo taken by ML (at my request ;)).

May 25, 2010 - Cuties I won at the Point Pleasant boardwalk a couple of weekends ago.

Another May 25, 2010 - One of my favorite ML dishes - lasagna.

May 21, 2010 - very successful second attempt at beer bread.