guess who

 未完成の状態なんだけど、だれでしょう～～！！

i made black over-the-elbow gloves after i took this

moni

Halloween 2010

今年のハローウィンは、友達のBeverly Hillsの家でパーテイ☆

まりも

ルームメイトと私♥  KINU

Happy Halloween!

before we start exchanging halloween stories can we just take a quick minute to discuss...

ハロウィン関係ないけど、リアーナの新しい髪型が可愛すぎる件について。

パンクっぽいBoyショートも似合ってたけど…

超ガーリーな rihannaもスゴイかわいい！今のこの長さがフレッシュじゃない？！しかも赤！

このビデオ、すっごい少女<3 乙女な気分の時に観てね～！

moni

Its the HALLOWEEN WEEKEND!!!

I will be RAINBOW BRIGHT!! if i had the body.. i would defiantly do this but my boyfriend would not let me out the house lol!!! so I made couple adjustments. im so excited about my costume and the plan is to go bar hop with friends on my street because its the street to be for Halloween. all the dance clubs are going to be so pack and my boyfriend doesn't like clubs anyways. Will take lots of picture.

what are you going to be? and what are all your plans????  

MAD tv - Bon Qui Qui at King Burger

Last Friday, I went to Bonqieqie/real name-Angela Johnson's stand-up comedy in downtown.
She is super tinny and cute in person. I don't know if you girls remember my friend the Reggae dancer MOMO-chan? They have a similar shape and even style like the B-girl style skinny jean, t-shirt and high cut J's. so adorable!!! I love this girl, I'm not much of a comedian fan because they make alot of jokes about fat people and other races. BUT this girl right here? This girl right here? she. is. good!!! she was recently in a movie call Our Family Wedding playing America Ferrera's little sister. By the way LANCE GROSS is my future husband he plays as America Ferrera's fiance.

anyways check this video out "Welcome to king burger, you can have it your way, BUT DON'T GET CREAZY!!"  I know it words by words hahah I'm not even kidding you guys! I think I'm her biggest fan!!!

p.s. also, Angela Johnson-Nail Salon, check it out on youtube!

今シーズンのパリコレ

Coming to you this fall,

the new Chin Sling!!

Match it with your favorite scarf,

wear it arabic/grecian style and become an INSTANT hit among those cultural intellectuals,

here's the latest arrangement as seen in Sex and the City the Movie 2,

then take it straight to the runway with this Audrey Hepburn look!!

the Chin Sling,

comes complete with an internal ice pack,

this fall available at an orthodontist near you!!!

So, what had happen was....I just got my wisdom teeth pulled today (all four at once.) And, it wasn't (or isn't, i guess I should say) hardly as bad as I thought would be :D But, it's only day one and maybe I shouldn't speak to soon...

Anyways they gave me this rockin' ice pack, which hangs off my head, so I thought I'd share that. Call me silly, but I blame it on the meds lol

Oh man, I look forward to having real food again....

Hahahehe

I can not lie, I am a sucker for stand-up comedy!


Yes, the language isn't always great, with n*&^% this and n%$#@ that, which I don't agree with.


And it is so unfair how funny they make that stuff sound in a skit!


One of my favorites right now....

Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire

この曲すごく好き！！！


KINU

Yesterday in down-town Houston. Puerto Rican & Cuban fes!
the live ban was great. luv latin music!!! 

天秤座の女

Thank you girls for wishing me a happy birthday. Its been AWHILE since I actually talked with each of you on the phone during my birthday-week! 

I've known you all for eight years, we're alllll over the country, and I'm really impressed!!! :)

I'm sad that I didn't get to celebrate with you guys.... 誕生日の日は、一応ドレスアップして、ジュエリーもつけて、自炊した。笑

I made dinner for my mom and I!!!! 二人っきりでディナー<3 It was really cuteee i told her 'happy thanks for giving me birth-day!'  

でもそんな事より、このブログでガールズに　アサリ　の素晴らしさを伝えたかったの！　
ＣＨＯ～～～～簡単で、しかも１ドル以下で作れちゃうって感動でしょ！！！じゅるる

muscles steamed in white wine sauce---

*preparation: drown the muscles in a big bowl of really salty water for 2-3 hours in a cool, dark place to make it spit sand/dirt. scrub down the shells before cooking.

1. Heat up olive oil & mashed garlic in a pan
2. Throw in the muscles, wait two minutes, add white wine and water. アサリが半身浴になる位! salt, pepper, add an herb. i used thyme.
3. Cover with lid, (or cover well with foil) for 8 - 10 minutes, NO PEEKING OR MIXING, just let it steam. and DONE!!!!! 

簡単すぎて感動。

ごち！　-moni

blush theory

my make up theory= eyebrows & blush make a girl's face.

眉毛が顔を決める！チークは華やかさを足す！

パーティや夜のイベントに出かける時って、女の子は皆リップグロスを持つと思うんだけど、私はチークを持ってく派！

お酒を飲みながら、お喋りしたり、恋人とキスをしたり、おつまみを口にしたり…リップはいくらお直ししても、またすぐに取れちゃってる！でしょ？

チークをハッキリしている時は、口紅は必要が無いと思うし。

だから、moniは　リップ＜チーク　なんです。

夜は外出先に着くと、家でつけたチークも薄く見えるから、現場に着いたらまずチークのチェック。

経験から言って、出かけ先でアイメイクのお直しをしてもケバくなるだけ！とくにお酒がまわってるとヤバイでしょ！笑

万が一、朝帰り/unexpected お泊り…って事になっても、きっつい夜メイクを全部ティッシュでオフしちゃう！それで apply one swipe of blush！朝帰りフェイス もフレッシュに見える！

普段だって、鏡がついてるコンパクトを携帯していれば手鏡を持たなくていいからバッグの中もスッキリさん＊

moni のチーク・ルール！下記注目￥￥

1. think light. 赤っぽい色はケバく、重ねると汚く見える危険性あり
2. think TPO. (time-place-occasion) 夜のドレスアップには、カジュアルなオレンジより上品なピンク系がG
3. unless you wanna look like SNOOKI from the jersey shore,  小顔になれるブロンザーは、家を出る前、チークの下に軽～く付けるだけ。持ち運びはしない。
4. and, unless you want to look like George Washington (pictured above) おてもやん、は絶対しない！カワイイ系の色でも、あえてシャープに入れる！
5. size DOES matter. どこでもお直しが出来るように、チークは鏡とブラシが付いて無いと許否！鏡はちっちゃいと、チークを濃くしすぎたり、広く付けすぎたりするから、顔の縦半分が見えるもの、それでいてバッグの中で邪魔にならないサイズの物、じゃなきゃ無理。

以上！！！！

ＰＳ，たっかいけど、シャネルはケースも割れにくいし、なかなか減らないし、鏡のサイズが最高だよ！

moni

fruit cup for lunch, macaroni salad for dinner!  drinking hot tea before bed night girls! 

10 Dating Lessons from Sex and the City

Sex and the City movie 2 DVDチョー楽しみ！！♥もに、ありがとう〜

DVD look upしてたら、こんなのも見つけた☆

i'm sorry ladies, more rules.. but these are SO TRUE!!

SATC2☆

１０月２６日にｄｖｄが出るよ～～！i've never been so excited for a DVD release! ちょ～エキサイトして i was actually wondering if i should pre-order it!

実は私、　ＳＡＴＣはそぉ～んなにファンでは無いんだ。
To me, Carrie Broadshaw can be a little self-absorbed and it annoys me from time to time. BUT i enjoy the storyline, the dynamics of their friendship, AND, thank the gays, old women can be sexy! 50 year old moni will forever be tankful for Samantha Jones.

I didn't really enjoy the first movie, but Sex and the City2 はカナリよかった～！
LOVED the fashions (bless Patricia Fields), EVERY FREAKING ROOM shown in the movie was amazing, down to the knick-knacks, like glassware (bless the set designers) and no unnecessarily obscene sex scenes (thank you Samantha)
キャリーは相変わらずワガママだったけど笑
Sex and the City2 on DVD October 26th, get on it girls! (and by 'girls' i mean marimo)



-moni

Every 'Smart' Girl Should Know..

NOT to trust men who:

• Make promises they don't keep-- big OR small!
• Don't respect their mom
• Are mean to animals
• Are mean to children
• Get upset when they don't have their daily dose of alcohol/drug
• Yell or dare to put his hands on you
• Don't pay his bills
• Turns his phone off
• Doesn't have a job
• Doesn't have a car
• Doesn't have his own room/apt/house
• Has baby mama's suing him

Honestly, if he is having any one of these problems, he is having problems of his own and is NOT ready for a relationship. I don't care how CUTE you think he is.. he needs to be set straight. He deserves NO LOVE, girlfrieeeend! 


Girls, please don't support their bad behavior. After all, they NEED women. We hold the power. We hold the power to make this world a better place!


& if you ignore these warning signs, you're asking for trouble and heart-ache in the end. ♥I wish nothing but happiness to my girls, because we all deserve it!♥ 

今日の朝ゴハン

ここ３日の朝ごはんはもっぱらwholefoodsで買った sourdough breadのトーストでした＊


今日はOSA-REさんして、海老ちゃんのつけ合わせ作ってみたよぉん。

Recipeはこちら：
|茹でた海老
|トマト（小さめの乱切り）
|Japaneseマヨ　（本当はサワークリームを使いたかったが、冷蔵庫にあらず。。）
|ケイパー　（少々、ケイパーは塩気が強いので、塩とのバランスに気をつけてね）
|green onion　（少々）
|好みで塩＆コショウ　（以下SK2 aka "塩＋コショウのペア"の意味で省略します！）


作り方：海老、トマトを食べやすい大きさに切り、ネギは小口切り。ケイパー、ネギ、マヨ（あるいはsour cream）を好きなだけ切った材料のとこに放り込み、お好みの分量でSK2。混ぜる。


そして、このエントリーが終わった頃にはもう間食！


それにしても、おかずをがんばったのはいいが、入れ物は材料の入ってたプラスチック容器をそのままの使用w


もうちょっと器にも凝ってみたいなぁ。。。

Aerosmith Ft. Run DMC - Walk This Way Official Video

down loaded this song today.
one of my vintage video/song 

i love the rock in me!!!! ROOOOOCK THIIIIIIIIIIS WAAAAAAAAAY!!!

recently discovered that I do like milk!!! only this kind though. Gotta hv that calcium right.  I drink it before bed every-night! 

Liquid/leather leggings is a mush for me this winter :) KINU    

everybody has a different love story

色々あるね…

This singer was dating a married man for several years. He was a director in the music industry, so the affair was pretty high profile & it was picked up by the media (his wife and the kid knew about it too)

They went on dating for several years anyway, and she kept singing and writing songs about love, about him.....

So FINALLY the director gets a divorce, and him and this singer got together.... FINALLY!

but he became really sick, and three years later he died.

マスカラがんばった　2回やり直した
自分で出来る一番かわいい私になって
目ヂカラに願いをこめて　思いがもう一度届くように

マスカラのまつげにまた　ぽろりグレーの涙
拭いたストールも　濡れて汚れてフリンジまつげ
ねぇ　絡まる糸を　わたしにはほどけないの？


実はこのビデオの一番のポイントは 謎の外人バックアップが "be yourself! be!your!self!" って言ってる所だから注目…笑

-moni

KINUの4679!

Hola como estas!

I am,
chai milk tea, gin+tonic, wine
greek, all asian food, cup cake
flash dance, i love lucy show, breakfast at tiffany's, sound of music
Jimi Hendrix, Prince
tennis, bike ride, morning jog
reebok easy tone, open toe bootie, cowboy boots
kinna girl.
fav room in my apartment would be the bedroom, i wear maxie dress pajamas alot of times, and I collect color crazy long socks :)
i've repeatedly seen all of the SEX AND THE CITY shows, most of the time not by choice, freshman year in college, no cable, first owned video tapes and of course old school tv
i live for music. i fav latin, r&b, reggae, jazz, house, rock, blues, country, hip-hop rap
i am a visual merchandiser for forever21
my mottos r eat healthy, work out daily, and keep my boyfriend happy!!

It's my 6th year living here in Texas and time is flying by too fast! seems like it was just yesterday when all of us were eating lunch together, having sleep overs and all. waiting for that day we all meet again!!! in the meantime I hope I get to share photos of all the beautiful things in Texas :)
That's is all for now. enjoy!

P.S. joint blog account with my girls, what a great thinking Moni!

Love you girls

My favorite salad, Greek salad that is. Stuffing my face before the gym :) 

KINU            

"Why is it always women who suffer?"

"A woman who can't cry is stupid. These modern women who try to imitate men" -Une Femme est Une Femme/A Woman is a Woman

この映画、１９６０‘sにでてきたフランスのlove story/comedy♥　

-marimo

le smoking

'Le Smoking' って知ってる？

Yves Saint Laurent created the tuxedo+pant look for women back in the 60's.

60年代って言ったら、ちょうど first wave of feminist movement の頃だよ！

昔はまだ女の人がスーツを着る事は無かったから、イヴ・サンローランのキックオフになったんだって！

it's the power girl suit<3　LOVE YSL!

-moni.

ワルイ、カワイイ

from tatoologist.

-moni.

about moni.

皆と出会った時、私は１５、１６歳とかだったのに！時間が経つのは早いね…☆
２０代半ば、"今"の自己紹介をするね…

i try to support organic and local products.　余裕がある時だけ！…高いんだもん　涙

自炊はする！簡単で早いもの！

i like gin+tonic, coke+whiskey, or local lager.

i love coffee. black, or with 2% 

everything they say about a libra applies to me.

i like ska-tunes, charlie chaplin, and coco chanel.　

i like art history, semiotics, government conspiracy theories.

Milan is now my favorite city. イタリア人と結婚するからさ…いたらよろしく 笑

miss you guys.

moni.

About Marimo

高校の時は（日本で）毎日のようにみんなで遊んでたのに一人一人同じアメリカの中でそれぞれ違う州に行っちゃって寂しい〜。。Californiaは楽しいけど、it's not the same without you guys! でも、ブログでまた一緒にいるように感じるかな？？！☆ 


下の写真はわたしのbaby〜　ミミちゃん！♥　とっても恐がりで、チョットshy... こっち来て飼い始めた、わたしのkawii甘えん坊ベイビ~!!


& i miss my girls!!  Moni, Kinu, Alegria, and AISHA!!!

oh x-mas tree

I went to Ikea yesterday and got me an early x-mass tree! やはりテキサスに住んでるだからサボテン愛用しなきゃじゃん！I can't wait to put lights on it（笑）








KINU

Kinu's first post!!!

first post!

pictures i took this summer.

ポストカード送れなかったから　：（　これがお土産ね…＊

one for each of my girls.

-moni