da big Rehearsal

Today, I was at the dance studio in Campbell from 11:00 until 5:15. What a long day! First, we had a the big group photo shoot, then we had photo shoots for the individual dances that we are in. I'm in three dances: an Afro-Brazilian piece, a jazz piece and a tap piece. After the photo shoots, we rehearsed our numbers. I operated the CD player when I wasn't dancing or changing outfits. It was a long day; however, it was also fun.

For the next few weeks, I will miss my Monday evening hula class because I will have extra Afro-Brazilian rehearsals. I will miss my hula sisters; however, I'll see them again in April.

This will be my schedule for the next few weeks:

Monday: Afro-Brazilian dance and Jazz
Tuesday: Afro-Brazilian dance
Wednesday: Tap
Thursday: Tap
Friday: Afro-Brazilian dance

An Evening of Hula

Tonight, two of my relatives and I attended a special Crab Feed fund raiser for the competition Wahine group at our hula hulau. I ate pretzels, rolls, pasta with sauce, and salad. I allowed myself some fruit punch because it was a special event. I didn't eat any crab, because shellfish doesn't appeal to me. I didn't have any dessert because the fruit punch gave me too much of a sugar rush.

The music and dancing were excellent. All of the competition classes performed at least one dance. The kitchen staff and the servers (all from the halau) did a great job.

I'm falling behind on my lessons; however, I believe that I can catch up before March 30.

Hallmark's new Journeys line

Hallmark's new Journeys line


currently only available at Gold Crown stores.

map

another great anime song

This is the opening song for Vision of Escaflowne, a Japanese anime series with elements of fantasy and romance.

#7 (Week 3). Create a blog post about anything technology related

iPod
Originally uploaded by kchapman.

I have an iPod that I purchased a few years ago. It still works fine, and it the original battery is still going strong. I'm tempted to purchase one of those new video iPods; however, I am patient, and I don't really need one. Perhaps after tax returns, heh heh.

#7 (Week 3). Create a blog post about anything technology related

PatLabor is a popular Japanese anime about a futuristic police department that uses Labors (mecha) in order to fight crime. Here is the catchy end song from the tv series. Happy listening!

#6 (Week 3) flickr mashups

Okay, I'm off my soapbox. Today, I had some fun with the Warholizer

It works now. Yay!

stepping on my soapbox for a bit

I don't always think about the big things - natural disasters, mass starvation, genocide, etc. because these are not part of my day to day life. I do my small part to help, whether it's writing checks to non-profit organizations, having money from my paycheck earmarked to go to specific non-profit organizations, or writing letters to politicians.

One thing I do on a somewhat regular basis is to help homeless people in small ways. I have some $1.00 McDonalds gift certificates, bottles of water and pamphlets published by the City of San Jose that list resources that help homeless people. When I see a homeless person at a gas station, convenience store, etc., I give these things to him/her. I used to do this out of self-righteousness; now I do this out of compassion. I still find it difficult to love everyone, however, my compassion for people has increased quite a bit in the last few months. I believe that compassion is close to love.

Happy Valentine's Day

Flower market 5
Originally uploaded by Zemzina.

Have a wonderful Valentine's Day, and celebrate friendship, love, peace, happiness and all that good stuff.

Interesting but pessimistic

what to do after I retire...

Your Career Personality: Empathetic, Loyal, and People-Oriented

Your Ideal Careers: Chef Corporate trainer Designer Events Coordinator Librarian Politician Psychologist Small Business Owner Social Worker Teacher

The Quick and Dirty Career Test

just seeing if this works

#5 (Week 3) Flickr

Flickr is pretty interesting. I typed "library" in the search box, and look what was the second picture!

ah...the mysteries of life...

another cool thing from youtube

This is a fascinating montage set to the tune of one of my favorite songs. This montage shows the grandeur of nature and a bit of the diversity of humanity. I got goosebumps!

Calming Montage

a note to my friends and relatives

A note to my friends and relatives who are following my blog:

This is an optional and educational work assignment.

If you are interested in learning more, please visit:

Exercises

and

The 23 Things

Have fun!

Intereting picture

I found this picture on Color Fields Experimental Colr Pickr

I like these pictures

Here are some pictures of my home away from home. My husband works here too.





I found these pictures on flickr.

This is very trippy and very cool

I think that this might be the best video I've seen on YouTube so far.

Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us

Parts of it remind me of the book Information Anxiety by Richard Saul Wurman that I read back when I was in graduate school.

#4 (Week 2). Register your blog on and begin your Learning 2.0 journey.

I sent my email. I'm catching up. Yay!

#3 (Week 2). Set up your own blog & add your first post.

This blog is fun. I might change the format later.

#2 (Week 1). Discover a few pointers from lifelong learners and learn how to nurture your own learning process.

The presentation is very interesting. Habit 3 "View problems as challenges" is a tricky one, and the one that I need to improve upon. Habit 6 "Use technology to your advantage" is easier for me. All of the habits are good habits for me to strive for.

A touching article about Iraq’s National Library and Archive in Baghdad

Baghdad Day to Day: Librarian’s Journal

After reading this touching article, I decided that dealing with dust, food crumbs and occasional graffiti isn't so bad after all.

Who am I?

My very first blog, compliments of Diaryland

My MySpace page

My Wikipedia User Page in English

My Wikipedia User Page in Spanish

My Wikipedia User Page in French

...possibly more than you may ever want to know about me...

Please note: the web pages listed on this entry were done on personal time at a computer a my house.

#1 (Week 1). Read this blog & find out about the program

I like the podcast and the blog. I'm starting later than I intended. Better late then never, right?
This will be fun.