happy new year everyone :]
it's the year of the dog.

i am just posting to write about my accordian, which i named aña. she is pearly pink and only plays in one key, hahah. but it's ok, it's something new and when you translate your ideas into a different medium, the results are always surprising and have the potential to lead to something better than you have imagined.

actually, my accordian is just one of the many things to happen to me--

i am also an aunt (again) to samuel chi hong :] le squiggly
i went to poughkeepsie to see my sister and the baby, as did the rest of my family, but he had all of us waiting. on the day of my departure, the little boy decided to race his way out of the cavernous womb to say, "WUDDUPTITA" which sounded like a little "WAH!"  our meeting was short, but at least i got to see him fresh and new. he is super cute--really.

with work, i'm a little jaded. i don't ever have to be someone's coffee goon as some people assumed, but there is a creative box that i have to work in that gets me discouraged about entering the real working world. with school, i'm constantly being challenged to work toward a smart solution whereas at work, they give me assignments where they expect me to make corrections and plug type in a template. i work with real professional designers, but i feel like they've sold away their soul to the man, hahah. yes, i am coping with all of this, reminding myself that God put me here for a reason and it is/will be a great blessing. yah!

one more-- i had a kumquot today. they are so strange, but delightfully delectable citrus fruits. they are grape-shaped oranges of which you eat the peel. ISN'T THAT CRAZY?