After months of collect photos and finally motivated again by Ngoc Lan to create Mot Chut Qua Cho Que Huong. Feedback please!

We are in the process of selecting the right person for the web design position at Vassar. Resumes are pouring in like crazy. We have looked at around 15 resumes from hundreds of them. So far we haven’t seen anyone uses XHTML or CSS layout. We haven’t found any work that inspired. No one has come close to Keisha. It’s going to be a hard one.

I’ve been extremely busy these days. Currently working on three web design projects for Vassar. Just created a new theme for iLoveNgocLan.com. That site takes a whole lot of my time but I am glad to see my hard work is appreciated. I spend more time on that site then this. Oh well, what I can say? I love Ngoc Lan and I will do anything for her.

My lovely visitors, you won’t have to hear anything from me for the whole week. Aren’t you glad? I know you will miss me (yeah right!) but I need a break. You all know I have no life but I try to do things once in a while. Yep, I’ll be heading off for week. I have no plans. Probably going down to Virgina Beach or do something with my family. I need to get away for a little bit. This G4 is eating my life away day by day. Anyway, have a good weekend a nd a great week y’all. I am out the here, baby!

In the article Put Weblogs to Work, the author compared 7 of the top weblog systems such as: Pyra Labs’ Blogger Pro, the open-source GeekLog 1.3.7, Lifli Software’s iBlog 1.2.5, the open-source LiveJournal, Six Apart’s Movable Type 2.63, pMachine’s pMachine Pro 2.2.1, and UserLand Software’s Radio 8.0. He didn’t mentioned anything about b2. B2 is one of the best blog tool out there. It is one of the easiest to install and customize. It has all the great features that all the other blog tools have. B2 still rocks, baby!

If you are new to CSS world, Cascading Style Sheets: The Designer’s Edge is the right book for you. The book is easy to understand so you will be able to pick up css quickly. Molly’s writing style is clear and concise. Her clean and attractive personal site demonstrates her skills on css. Oh wait! Her site is designed by 1976design. Whoops! Not practices what she preaches. Usually I don’t recommend people who doesn’t practice what he/she preaches but this book was well written so I made an exception. Once you’re done with this book and would like more advance css book, I highly recommend, Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design. His personal site, Meyerweb really demontrates his skills and mastery on css.

Well, what have I stumbled upon?! Another clean and attractive site called Ixnay from our very own…, you know who. I remembered the first time reading the touching story about her ‘Ong Ngoai.’ I was inspired and hooked on her site ever since. Nice job, pal.

Just finished watching 30 episodes of Twisted Fate, a Chinese soap opera. It’s a great film. I really like the evil character. She has it all: money, beauty, intelligent, independent and evil. She is currently a top executive for a large firm but her goal is to be the CEO of the company and she is willing to sacrifice everything to reach it (even her love). She is good at hiding her emotional and is best at using men for what she wants and toss them after she is done. She works hard for everything she got and absolutely independent. At the end, she lost everything and even her life. She had no friends or family members left. Even though it’s just a movie, I can’t get her evil character and that pretty face out of my mind.

My Gosh! listening to Ngoc Lan brings back so much memories. Chuyen Phim Buon, Giong Song Que Huong, and Xin Thoi Gian Qua Mau are always on my mind even though I haven’t listen to them for years. I am so glad that Ngoc Lan’s fans still have these songs for me to reminisce the good old days. Chi Lan, I wish you’re still here to read all the lovely poems your fans wrote about you. They touched my heart with their expressions just like the way you touched mine with your voice. I miss you so much and will mourn till I join you.

Yes, you can call me a ‘filmatic’ if there is such a word. I watched 4 movies over the weekend. Yeah! What a life huh? I am going to give a quick review for each of them.

Let’s get the bad one out of the way. Wrong Turn is a horror film starring a group of young good-looking teenagers, which reminded me of Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer series. I hate horror films. They don’t scare me and the storyline is so predictable. The reason I watched this film because I missed ‘2 Fast 2 Furious.’ Instead of wasting my time walking around the mall for two hours, I wasted my two hours on this movie; therefore, I am not going to waste my time writing a review for it.

Next, 2 Fast 2 Furious is very entertaining. The storyline is out the window once again. Why would a top dog drug dealer (Carter played by Cole Hauser) hire two racers to deliver his money for 100 Gs each? Isn’t it safer to deliver the money by himself since he is a drug dealer anyway? Beside the storyline the film pretty stands out with hot racing cars and sexy chicks. Racing scenes are great. Tyrese’s performance was quite good with charisma. Monica Fuentes is absolutely sexy. 2 Fast 2 Furious is an enjoyable film after all.

Pixar once again created a masterpiece for Finding Nemo. Wish I could watch this film in an Imax 3D Theater. It’s such an inspirational film with gorgeous colors and fantastic motion. The storyline is very cute also. I was thinking of Sammy the whole time. I will take her out to see this when I go home. She would love this movie. Man, the characters are so real that I felt in love with them. It’s such a pleasure movie.

Lastly, The Italian Job is not that bad. It’s funny and entertaining. Mar Wahlberg and Edward Norton performances are not that bad but they are not that great either. I like the computer genius played by Seth Green. He is so funny and the whole ‘Naspter’ thing is hilarious. It’s not a bad film at all.