can't wipe out the grin

I was soooo relieved when I saw by supervisor today, and he said something like, "Okay, so tomorrow we will see each other, and we will talk about the examples and calculations." And I said something like, "Okay, I will prepare it, then, and hopefully the calculation will not be as hard." - cue for a grin on my face.

And he said later on, "And also, I think we should talk about the presentation. And your report, I think you have it everything covered, haven't you?" - cue for another grin.

So, this means two things, for tomorrow, I don't have to prepare a multi layered complicated report which is already only 40% ready now. That's a GOOD news. The bad news is, looks like I'll be working on calculations, report, and presentation during the holidays. And I have to hunt all the literature before the holidays come. - cue for yet another grin, but now add a little bit of bitterness.

Don't get me wrong, I still LOVE doing it.

Now, what can I write as my presentation outline.. - cue for the last grin.

Cut! That's a wrap.

Project Runway 2 top 7 revealed?

This post contains a spoiler of a current running show. If you don't want to be spoiled, skip it over.

Current books read: State of Fear by Michael Crichton. Finished! - study reading: State of Fear by Michael Crichton

This post should have been three weeks old, but I just watched this yesterday.

When Heidi Klum's voice saying, "This season on Project Runway.." was heard, I was alerted with one thing only: possible spoiler! And then suddenly, this shot appeared, and it may reveal the top 7 designers.

The shot looked like this. My guess is this would be the beginning of episode 9, where there would be 8 models and (supposedly) 7 designers left.

What happened might have been that the designers could pick a new model to work with, Zulema won the previous challenge (top 8) and she got to pick first. One model wouldn't be picked, und sie wird auf wiedergesehen werden. :p

This part of the shot is easy to identify. The man on the right is Nick. It's recognizable from the way he sits. On his right is Vosovic. The hair and (again) way of sitting is a giveaway.

The woman in front is not easily recognizable, it can be Kara or Diana, from their dark, flat hair.


The man on the right on this part could be Santino or Emmett, judging from his height. But I don't think that Emmett would slouch like that.The orange girl is Chloe. Clearly she is not Lupe, Kara or Diana, and Marla was never seen tie her hair.

Frontliners will be introduced shortly.


If this shot was accurately taken during Zulema's "I would like to have a walk-off between three models." speech that floored Andrae, the three guys in front can only be (ltr.) Andrae, Zulema, and Kara. And a close-up of Andrae confirmed that Santino and his beard were sitting behind him.

So the top 7 might have been (in no particular order) Kara, Santino, Nick, Chloe, Vosovic, Zulema, and Andrae.

just a quickie..

In the middle of cooking my mushroom soup (I don't have any recipe for it, btw..), another award stuff is out. This time it's from NY Times Book Review, and it's called 100 Notable Books. Check it out. Interested in finding one?

The grapevine is kottke.org.

last thing before bed..

Only want to write briefly. The opening of the awarding season is out there. Check it out. Especially in the part of Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking. Wohoo.. How's everything gonna turn out?

Yawn! Wanna go to bed now, eventhough just heard a very devastating news. Gonna comment on that tomorrow morning. I think.

Night, night..

thanks to Charlie..

So just now, I came home from a turn-to-be-dreaded German course, found a package lying on my telephone counter. The name of the receiver is not one of my roomates' and definitely not mine, but a friend's. It was opened, I looked inside and.. IT'S MY BOOK!!!

Charlie.. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to have this book (maybe it's the most appropriate sentence, don't you think?). I know it's free for you, but maybe worth millions for me.. I'm a read it for sure!! Thanks again..

Umm.. BTW, congratz for the Presidency.. It's totally your year deh!