"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. But today is a gift, that is why it is called present".---Kung Fu Panda

Group meeting...going sidetrack

Conversation from my Friday sub-group meeting:

While we are discussing Swedish pronunciation of brand names

Me: So how do you say "Ikea" in Swedish?

Swedish colleague: It's EE-KEH-AH.

My boss: So tell me, how do you use those four-wheel shopping cart in Ikea?

Swedish colleague: uh, you can use either wheels to turn it...

Other colleague: It's actually better to have the four-wheels, you have more degrees of freedom, rotational and translational.

My boss: Yeah, but every time I try to turn the cart, one of the wheels goes the other way. So I have to work against that momentum to get it to turn. I mean, they just won't turn!

Me: Hahah, just go where the cart leads you. :)

The puppy in my lab

This is the new lab member to my group, a puppy named Sarang (?). It means 'love' in Korean. I didn't know until now how puppies love to chew on everything when they are teething.

Purple is back

I recently read a blog article on {this is glamorous} about my favorite color, purple, being the it-color this season. I think purple has always been an underrated color. Back in the middle ages, the mauve dye had cost more than gold at one point because it was so hard to make that color dye.

Found these cool pics from that blog.



And other random things that I always adored: lace design, peonies (yes, pictures taken from the same source).

I love reading this site: http://mymomisafob.com/ So funny!

My latest iTune download

THE WAY I AM
Written by Ingrid Michaelson

If you were falling, then I would catch you
You need a light, I'd find a match

Cuz I love the way you say good morning
And you take me the way I am

If you are chilly, here take my sweater
Your head is aching; I'll make it better

Cuz I love the way you call me baby
And you take me the way I am

I'd buy you Rogaine when you start losing all your hair
Sew on patches to all you tear

Cuz I love you more than I could ever promise
And you take me the way I am
You take me the way I am
You take me the way I am

In the mood for frivolity

The trailer looks pretty funny. It's like "The devil wears Prada", but crazier.