Alice In Wonderland

Johnny Depp - The Mad Hatter

Have you seen the film "Alice in Wonderland"???? I've been wanting to go to see it, but I have not found the chance nor partner to see it. I thought about taking my daughters with me, but I think it's a bit graphic and scary for them.

JT loves Tim Burton's films and he's seen many of TB's work. Too bad he's not here to take me right now. I think this movie will be incredible - just looking at the still photography, I get so excited - the images are amazing. Johnny Depp has done many films that cater to young children these days since he became a father. I laugh every time when people talk about "Alice in Wonderland" - "Oh, it's not suitable for kids. They must have made the movie when they were high on drugs. All the mashrooms and hallucination. It's freaky!" Maybe true, maybe not. But I've always loved the story and I can't wait to see the new version of it!!!

Yup, that mashrooms!!!!

Anne Hathaway - The White Queen

Helena Bonham Carter - The Red Queen

Mia Wasikowsa - Alice

New Official Full Trailer

So, what do you think? Do you think you will see this movie???

V-cast : "One Fine Day"

It's been forever since the weather here in FL got warm up in the 70's. We got to wear short sleeves dresses today and we decided to drive down to downtown and walk around the streets. I had my Flipcam with me, so here are some of the video clips - visiting our favorite yogurt store "White Berry" -> beach "Lido Beach" -> our favorite Italian restaurant "Epicure". We didn't get to do this for awhile (that's how much the weather has been chilly in FL) - so I decided to do everything all at once... I think it's okay to have a nice day like this sometimes, right? I was very happy to spend the carefree evening with my daughters.. :)

Enjoy the videos!

w/ Love - New Makeover

Some of you already know that I created a new business blog last year. I tried to keep two blogs going at the same time, but it's becoming totally hard. So, I've decided to combine the two. For the next week or so, you'll be seeing changes in my blog. I will be writing not only about my life with my family and friends, but I'll talk about my new business that I started past December and show you my artwork along with it.

I hope you'll like the change and continue to read my blog - I truly hope so!!!! I'm very excited about this...

By the way, did you watch Oscar??? Oh I must tell you, I enjoyed it very much. I'm planning to talk about it tomorrow:)

Have a fabulous week darlings!

xoxo

I Don't Know What I Would Do Without You....

The Winter Olympics in Vancouver is over. I'm really really sad about this. I always hear that the tv ratings get lower and lower every Olympic, but I can't believe it's true. I believe this Winter Games is one of the best olympics I ever saw. I love both Summer and Winter Olympis, but this Olympics was exceptionally exciting (except a few days last week when I decided not to turn on TV) - I coudn't wait to sit on my couch and totally gazed into the sports. There was a tragedy the day of Opening Ceremony when they lost a luger, but I think the pain and the sadness of losing the fellow athlete transformed all of the asthletes to performed better.... I respect all of the Olympians because of the endurance and strength they have - sports are amazing....

By the way, Happy Birthday Soapy!!! Today (March 1st) is my little baby Soapy's birthday - she is now "4"!!! I planned a bowling party for her with only close family and friends on Sunday, but sadly, Soapy got really sick... She only watched us play while she laid on my lap. Then we headed to dinner, but again she slept through the whole dinner. So, we decided not to open her gifts and celebrate again at grandma's the next day because we really want her to be happy turning 4... I can't wait to see her face all lit up tomorrow night!!!

So, did you watch the Olympics???? Hope you had a nice weekend!

xoxo

A Little Break

Hello my dearlies - how are you??? Well, I just wanted to let you know that I'll be taking a few days off from posting. One might ask, "Wait a minute, Maki - I thought you're doing the 365 day minus 1day post??". Yes, that's true, but I realized there are way too many things to do this week because my darling Soapy's birthday is coming up this weekend. I really want to focus my energy for her...

I know I haven't had the chance to visit you girlfriends and commenting back, I'm sorry, but hopefully I'll get to it by the end of this week after the party! I want you to know that I've not forgotten about you!!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

xoxo

Can You Live Without TV or Internet???

I can't deny that I love watching TV or surfing the internet which includes blogging. If I think about it, I spend quite a lot of time in front of TV or computer at night. That's bad and I've always wanted to change that about me...

When my daughters and I were having dinner tonight, Ju Ju spilled her drink - I was just about to tell her to stop playing with her cup when splat, her chocolate milk was all over the table. But I didn't hear "I'm sorry" from her mouth. I could careless about the spiling as long as it was accident. Things happen. But, she knew what she was doing was wrong and yet she was smiling. And when I heard "Well mommy, I didn't mean it," that was it. It almost sounded like she didn't even care. So I told her to sit in time out. I told her she can't watch TV for the rest of the night. Oh she didn't like that at all!

That's when I thought about my childhood, how my father used to play music at night instead of having us all watch TV. We had a ground rule and I barely remember watching TV when I was Ju Ju's age. What I remember is I used to watch my dad making some tea or coffee for him and my mom, smoking cigaretts or cigars (time was different back then! LOL) and listening to all his record albums. He had over two thousands albums - even though I was a little girl, I knew how amazing his collections were! And I remember it was my favorite time of the day - listening to music, asking questions and talking with my dad and my mom. I really didn't care about other things...

So, I told my daughters there will be no TV at least three whole days/nights out of a week from now on. Even mom isn't going to watch it. I think we will be able to accomplish more as family without TV or internet. I will probably read more books or do stuff around the house, all the things I've taken for granted. And you know what? My girls did just fine after dinner. They played with their toys while I played my favorite music. I'm not sure how long I can go without internet, but I want to embrace the life without tv or internet as much as I can..

So what do you think: Can you live without tv or internet???

One Life

When I'm tired, you know what I tend to post. That's right, a music clip! LOL. I don't know about you, but I like many songs that are performed by American Idol alumi.

Last year's winner Kris Allen's new single "Live Like We're Dying" is Ju Ju's "IT" song right now - she loves this song and wants to listen to it over and over. I like this song because of the lyrics, how he talks about how we take things for granted. Don't you think it's so true that we've only got one life and one shot and that's it??? I often talk about my life and how it's turning out. It's not always promising and yet it's full of hope. When I hear Ju Ju singing it out loud and fast the "chorus" part, it touches my heart. Yes, we have to live our lives to its fullest with no regret. We have to live it with all you've got.

Enjoy the music!

Sometimes we fall down and can’t get back up
We’re hiding behind skin that’s too tough
How come we don’t say I love you enough
Till it’s too late, it’s not too late

Our hearts are hungry for a food that won’t come
We could make a feast from these crumbs
And we’re all staring down the barrel of a gun
So if your life flashed before you, what would you wish you would’ve done

[Chorus]
Yeah, gotta start
Looking at the hand of the time we’ve been given here
This is all we got and we gotta start thinkin’ it
Every second counts on a clock that’s tickin’
Gotta live like we’re dying
We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
To turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like we’re dying

And if you plane fell out of the skies
Who would you call with your last goodbyes
Should be so careful who we live out of our lives
So when we long for absolution, there’ll be no one on the line

(Chorus)

Like we’re dying (x4)

(Chorus)

You never know a good thing until it’s gone
you never see a crash until its head on
All these people right when we’re dead wrong,
You never know a good thing till it’s gone

(Chorus)

Like we’re dying (x4)

(Chorus)