Beautiful gift from Japan

My brother participated in his school's Japanese exchange program last year and stayed in Japan for 2 weeks. In return, he or rather us the family is hosting a exchange student to stay at our house for this week. I can understand why they're only staying for a week rather than 2 weeks...since there's nothing interesting here...lol. Anyways, the host family and the student is suppose to exchange gifts and Takeshi's family gave us this really really beautiful plate decoration. I love Japanese art and crafts...I stared at it for a while...looking at the little details. Very beautiful. I remember back in high school I participated in this clay event(forgot what is was called) but you paint layers of paint (glaze?) over the dried clay and put it in the oven to bake. After its done, the clay turns all glossy and stuff...but that was no where near as beautiful as this. I don't know how they made this plate all metallic and textured but I'm assuming they go through similar oven glazing process?...I took a crappy pic of the plate. Seriously the plate looks a lot nicer than the pic. If I take the pic any closer, my face and the camera's reflection will show on the plate...lol

Happy Shopper!

I ordered some swarovski rhinestones end of last week to cover the front of my ipod touch and I received them today! I really ordered from a great website! Very very satisfied! I can order whatever amount, the shipping is super cheap, fast shipping, and the packaging's really great! I can't wait to start working on it!...have to wait for my glue and case to arrive first though. =(

Sigh...still waiting for my grades back from my course! This is really annoying...the instructor kept promising and delaying. Geez...don't promise if you can't do it! >_>...

Nice Weather~

ah! It's gorgeous outside today! Sunny and warm....hopefully it'll get even warmer soon so I can ditch my winter coat. =D...recently I bought some strap dresses with ruffle bottoms...they're very cute! I can't wait to wear them!! One of them looks exactly like one of my Blythe dresses...o_O

Here's a pic of Memo on my shoulder =D...I figured out normal settings on the camera will not work on her coz she moves too much! I had to adjust the setting to sports...and finally no blurry pics! I took this pic myself too...switched the camera the other way with the lens facing her. =D

sister's dog: Nova

Here's a pic of my sister's dog Nova...she dropped Nova off at our house to stay with us for 2 weeks...she's a lovable dog...likes to stick around people and don't really get into trouble...but she always has this sad look on her face....???

Anyways...she was following me around while I was taking pics of my cds...so I just turned around and took a pic of her...the pic turned out better than I expected from a quick shot. =D

Finished Exam!

ah! what a relief! Finally finished my final exam! Also handed in my last assignment few days ago...so all is left now is to wait for the grades back...let me pass!...and wait for the next course to start.

Got my USB few days ago...so pretty~!! It was worth spending 1 whole day searching for it online...this yellow case limited edition is very very limited...I'm so happy I got this version instead of the clear case encore limited edition. =D...lol I sound like nerd...talking about limited editions...=P

Here's the pic =D
Both is Ayu's new album: NEXT LEVEL. The one on the left is the yellow case limited edition USB, and the right is the 2cd+dvd that comes in pink case. The USB is really pretty~