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Edge Up Your Tea Party

Whether it's brunch of afternoon tea, I love the idea of having a meal between meals. Traditionally, girls are seen in long flowy skirts and cute, albeit overused, patterns and frills. Instead of taking the orthodox route, we've decided to edge things up with some bold colors and killer accessories.

It's ridiculous but I've been alive for 21 years.

I feel like there is so much I would like to accomplish

yet I never have the time or energy to do it.

I was on the phone the other day with a dear friend from high school

he expressed how with everything he has accomplished,

he doesn't know if he ever contributed to the world.

I always say I am still young and ready to take the world by storm

but. a few weekends ago, I was doing what 'old' people do

attending weddings, and experiencing death.

One of my acquaintances from university has unfortunately passed away

(RIP Hugo)

and it got me thinking,

if I were to get into an accident tomorrow,

would I be happy with what I've done in my life?

So this is my bucket list. Before I am thirty, I want to accomplish these things.

I want to give myself a deadline to do things with my life

200 things averages out to around 25 a year for 9 years.

I can do it.

86/200

Here's my bucket list:

~~Graduate from University of Toronto with a Bachelor's degree~~ (graduate of 2014!)
~~Get a big girl job with a promising title~~ (AA @Ogilvy)
~~Move into my own, first apartment~~ (My Toronto condo!)
~~Scrutinize my closet and donate, store, or toss things I never wear~~ (move from TO to PVG)
~~Go skinny dipping~~ (Muskoka with my BFFs)
Find killer red heels
~~Rock short hair (above the shoulders)~~ (Dec. 31)
~~Go zip lining~~ (Mexico baby)
Participate in a flash mob
Watch and review a Woody Allen movie
Go on a hot balloon ride
Share a new years first kiss with someone I love
~~Go to yoga class for one month~~
Keep my one sentence journal for 5 years
Buy a pair of Louboutins
~~Go to a wine tasting~~ Many, many times now...
~~Have a staycation~~ Currently doing it right now... (Christmas 2019 to 2020)
Do a body shot
Introduce someone significant to the family
Drink green juice every morning for a month
~~Eat a cronut~~ (March 8 - La Dolci)
~~Go on a spontaneous trip with my sister, Angella~~ (Does Paris count?)
Stop eating fast food for at least a month
Tie messages to a balloon and let them go
~~Collect 10 more shot glasses~~
Take his last name
~~Get a promotion~~ (First promotion in my life, April 5th 2017 at JP/TBWA)
Carve something permanent into a tree
Have courage and ask a random guy out
Kiss in the rain
Go [fruit] picking - apples, strawberries, etc.
~~Visit a vineyard (hopefully in Italy)~~ niagara, baby
~~Buy a perfect set of undergarments~~ Calvin Kleins
~~Visit my sister at college before she graduates~~ (University of Michigan baby)
~~Discover 30 new restaurants~~
Go on a no budget shopping spree (no looking at price tags)
Kiss under the mistletoe
Go to a Pi Beta Phi convention
Donate hair to locks of love
~~Go to Canada's Wonderland~~ Surprisingly with coworkers
~~Order room service - perhaps breakfast~~ It was breakfast!
Jump into a pool fully clothed and push/pull someone in
Go to a Vegas bachelor/bachelorette party
~~Get 100 likes on facebook page~~
Buy a beautiful Victoria's Secret pj set
~~Go on a cruise~~ River Cruise 2019
~~Attend a live TED Talks~~ Toronto 2017
~~Finish an entire New York Times crossword puzzle~~
Do 5 random acts of kindness
Get a real Christmas tree (cut from the forest)
Go on a helicopter ride
Learn to pick a lock
~~See 'Wicked' the musical~~ (London July 2018)
~~Be a bridesmaid~~ (E.F. making my dreams come true!)
Participate in a colour run
Buy a Kitchen Aid mixer
~~Try shooting a gun~~ Christmas 2018
~~Wear only dresses or skirts for a week~~
~~Purchase a classic Burberry trench coat~~ (Paris La Valle)
Visit Disney World - Florida
~~Purchase or receive my own business cards~~
Go on a weekend getaway with a loved one
~~Ride a cable car in San Fran~~
~~Get my drivers license (got my G2 getting close!)~~ Sept 2018 in Peterbourough
Go to Mardi Gras
~~Become a certified bartender~~ Technically I have my smart serve!
Dance in the rain
~~Contribute to Pi Beta Phi after I graduate (either start a new alumni club or be an AAC advisor)~~
~~Get 250 followers on instagram~~ @importedbubbly
~~Go canoeing~~ Oh Sam!
~~Watch the sunrise with a loved one~~
~~Go or plan an awesome bachelorette party~~ (crashed a bachelor party)
Spend a weekend unplugged
~~Fly first class~~
~~Manage a team or lead a project at work~~ (Swatch, Ogilvy)
~~Watch 10 TED Talks~~
Write a letter to myself each year before my birthday and open them all on my thirtieth birthday
Have my own car (doesn't car2go count?)
Go one month without Starbucks
~~Try the seaweed wrap~~
Make someone I love breakfast in bed
~~Watch a classic musical~~ ~~live~~ (Lion King 2009, 2014)
Find my favourite red wine and learn to appreciate it
~~Visit the White House~~ (DC trip, Feb 2014)
Fall in love
See a shooting star
Take a surf lesson
Attend a elementary/middle/high school reunion
Contribute to someone else's blog (contact me if I can contribute to your blog <3)
~~Go to a legitimate blind date set up by a friend~~
~~Leave a note in a library book for someone to find~~ Oct 28, 2017 What Color Is Your Parachute?
Be vegetarian for a week
~~Make five new friends~~ (Katrina, Hannie, Nichole, Psyche, Echo, Stephy & Ogilvy gals)
Gain 500 twitter followers for @imported_bubbly
See the ballet live
~~Buy my own statement watch~~ (Michael Kors Rose Gold Watch)
~~Rock hair without bangs~~ Bangs grew too long there was no bangs
~~Go sailing~~ (Emily's daddy)
~~Read 50 books~~
Find my signature dish/meal
Perfect my signature dish/meal
~~Find my signature drink~~ I'm 25 right now and honestly it's a Gin and Tonic
~~Perfect my signature drink~~ Pretty easy to master
Plan a perfect day for my loved one doing only what he loves all day
~~Organize my iPhoto~~ (Feb 7, 2014 - took a good four hours but yay)
Celebrate a one year anniversary
~~Speak in public~~ playbooks at Beam Suntory Aug 2018
~~Find and purchase the perfect fancy flats~~
~~Watch 10 classic rom-com movies (10/10)~~ reviews here
~~Rekindle an old friendship~~ (z)
Buy real flowers for my house for a month
~~See one of my best friends or my sister get married~~ Oh Emily & Z
~~Eat a special meat that I've never tried~~ Kangaroo and Emu
See 100 movies in the theater (68/100) reviews here
Go to a beer festival
~~Take a 'me' day from work to refresh and get my mani/pedis done~~ (accidentally, I took a wednesday off)
Attend a baby shower
Read 10 women's bibliography who inspire me (Bossypants - Tiny Fey, Yes Please - Amy Poehler, Why Not Me - Mindy Kaling, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? - Mindy Kaling, #Girlboss - Sophia Amoruso, I'm Fine - Whitney Cumming, Becoming - Michelle Obama)
Go on a 'no-buy' month
Be in a carriage ride
Go to a psychic once a year
Adopt a puppy - preferably a corgi
Subscribe to a year of trial beauty box
Buy a Lilly Pulitzer Pi Bet Phi item
~~Get a bikini wax~~
~~Go to happy hour with work buddies~~
Own real leather couches
~~Find a cause I am really interested in and volunteer consistently~~
Learn how to make three desserts from scratch (and not a paper box)
Snap a selfie everyday for a month
~~Go to Ripley's Aquarium in Toronto~~ (June 2014 w/Sam)
Receive a handwritten love letter
Go Skydiving
Attend a masquerade ball
Try all 10 of 'must try exotic fruits'
Have a kiss at the top of the Eiffel Tower
Say yes to everything for an entire day
~~Learn to crack an egg with one hand~~
Unspoken promise
Become a godmother
Write everything bad that has happened on a piece of paper and burn it
~~Try the mud bath/mud mask or anything mud spa treatment~~
~~Sell something on the internet~~
~~Eat at a restaurant with Michelin stars~~
Save 40% of my pay check for 6 months in a year
~~Try scotch on the rocks or whisky on the rocks~~ (you remember, loud, crazy night)
Learn to whistle with two fingers
Build a house of cards (at least 6 stories)
Pick a random address from google map and write a kind letter
Throw a drink in someone's face
~~Stay in bed for an entire day~~ (definitely more than a day)
Join the love locks in Paris
~~Have at least one friend you know for over 15 years~~ Mo & El
Do something crazy for love
Buy two TVs (one for my bedroom and one for my living room)
See a hockey fight live
Start a fight - food, pillow, snow or water balloon
Get one instaphoto to 1000 likes
~~Travel for work~~ (Suzhou, Oct 16-17, 2014)
Give up something for lent (and stick with it)
Celebrate a three year anniversary
~~Buy my own Tiffany and co jewelry~~ (Hawaii, 2014)
Own a pet (preferably a dog)
~~Earn my first million dollars (currency can be TWD, RMB, CND or USD)~~ Combined my first three years = more than 1 mil TWD
~~See 5 new museums~~ (more than 5 from DC)
Buy a killer red dress
Complete a one month workout calendar
Finish my wreck this journal
~~Go one month without taking a taxi~~ thank god for uber
~~Buy something from a flea market or second hand~~ Bloggers Yard Sale
~~Inspire or become a mentor for someone~~
Buy a pair of gorgeous nude heels
Try the LSAT again, achieve my goal score
Buy a coffee table book
Try the secret at least for a month
Attend 5 networking events (Girl Network @ Spokes, Pitt Society @ Albany)
Buy myself an apple desktop for my work
Clean my phone contacts
Clean my facebook contacts
Clean my email contacts
~~Learn and make pasta from scratch!~~ (July 2014 w/Angella)
Be better with family - text my parents once a week for at least a year
Reach 10,000 followers on tumblr - ivegotafoodbaby
Learn 5 new hair styles that I can do on a daily basis
Clear my episode calendar (only have upcoming)
~~Listen to every single song on my itunes~~
~~Delete every song you don't actually like~~ Does it count when I deleted the app?
~~Visit 4 continents~~ (Asia, North America, Europe, Australia)
~~Learn how to invest (stocks, bonds, etc.)~~
Watch a musical on broadway in New York
~~Sleep 8 hrs or more a day for a month~~
Pay for vacation for my parents
No processed sugar for a month
Take self-defence classes enough to feel safe
Have professional photos taken for my profession
~~Take cute photos in a photo booth~~ (March 2014 w/Zehra @one of a kind show)
~~Unsubscribe to junk mail from all my emails~~
Reach 50 followers on pinterest @importedbubbly
Try 3 Internet challenges (such as chubbybunny, cinnamon challenge, etc.)
Finish paying all my mortgages and own my first apartment

Start Date: January 1, 2014

End Date: May 29, 2022

maybe you can all start your own list

or cheer me on :)

Bold Moves October

I am late writing this post.

(ahh sorry)

One of the coveted blogs that I adore reading (it's a guilty pleasure) started the most amazing movement.

it is called the Bold Moves October.

This month, make your own waves, be bold and be you.

Her regular blog is Date By Numbers.

She created another blog just for Bold Moves October.

Read some inspirational stories, share your bold moves or even ask for some advice.

I understand if this is the first you ever heard about this movement, you probably don't want to participate but honestly, read some of the posts. It may inspire you in a way you never thought would be possible.

Those of you who don't know what this project is about... its here.

but in a gist:

who: EVERYONE!

what: Do what you want.

Never talk yourself out of any ideas (stupid or otherwise)

Do the bold 'thing' you never thought you would do.

where: every aspect of your life

when: month of October

why: because you are worth it.

sometimes taking that leap of faith is all you need.

yes this mean...

ask that cute guy out from class who you always wanted to talk to

yes this means...

ask your boss for that promotion you deserve

yes this means...

go rock climbing thought you are scared of height

she puts it perfectly...

"This is about destiny. This is about smashing it into the ground because why limit yourself to Destiny’s Child when you could be Queen Bey?"

what should I do for this BMO?

Last year, around this month, I reconnected with an ex-friend.

I wrote him a letter and ...

we become more than friends for sure.

It didn't work out for us but I will never regret it.

It was a great few months and he was there for me during the hardest time of my life.

He made dealing with a lot of crap in my life a whole lot better.

I wish we didn't end the way we did but...

at least we happened.

#BMO

Share your stories with me! Or suggestions of Bold Moves!

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New Inspiration

Times change,

experiences shape your life.

and everyone has a bad day.

please don't let that one bad day

change your perspective on life.

remember...

always remind yourself what is your passion.

and that the day will end.

a new beginning is literally around the corner.

What's your passion in life?

When did you need to keep your positivity?

and how will you inspire someone in need?

Wondering Eyes Tres

This week has been frigging hectic.

I haven't had time to fully have a good meal.

I have never had a good night sleep.

but.

I have never had so much fun as well.

It has been amazing.

crazy.

awesome.

just frigging the best way to start a new life path.

because I have been being a crazy child for the past week.

I have never had any time, money or energy.

to do anything.

so my mind.

gets to wonder.

things I...

wanna do.

wanna be.

wanna try.

wanna eat.

wanna bake.

wanna buy.

wanna stare at.

wanna laugh at.

wanna watch.

wanna pretend to do.

wanna spend the sunday watching.

wanna do immediately after the crazy.

what have you all been up to this week,

let me know :)

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Imported Goodies: September 2013

Fall is fast approaching.

I am starting to put away the booty shorts and pull out my comfy sweaters.

I am starting to not feel so bad about eating extra fries...

after all my sweaters can cover my belly

and I need fat to survive the winter ;)

So I complied some of my favourites for fall.

you cannot not love buying some extra clothes.

just some amazing things to think about.

I already went out and spend a ton of money on boots.

its was ridiculous and AMAZING.

I am waiting patiently at home for their arrival.

o____o

and lets be real, pumpkin spiced lattes are how I know fall has arrived.

I had my first one.

and I was content.

How do you define the end of summer and beginning of fall....

(apart from school starting)

OH MY firsts, TIFF & Julia Roberts

This year, me and my best friend decided to go star watching.

This is my first every star hunting.

I have never been one of those girls who would wait forever just to see him.

BUT.

We are huge fans of Benedict Cumberbatch.

but no, we are not cumberbitches lol

We just really appreciate his work and he is amazing andomghowcanyounotlovehim.

phew. needed to take a breath there.

He is actually at TIFF promoting three different but all amazing films.

12 Years a Slave, the Fifth Estate and August: Osage County

I actually worked at TIFF this year and was unfortunately unable to stalk him at all the premieres

oh and trust me if I was free, I would be all up in his business.

So I missed both 12 Years a Slave (GOD DAMMIT, BRAD PITT, did I miss out!)

and the Fifth Estate.

which was stupid cause they were both so full of star power.

so me and her went to stand in line for August: Osage County.

It was definitely an experience.

Don't know what to say. There was so many older ladies fighting for a spot.

Tension was high and people were angry.

I couldn't believe the amount of fans there, waiting patiently for Julia Roberts.

I love her.

I do.

BUT waiting since 7 am for a 6 pm premiere love? No.

She was gorgeous to say the least.

AND I DID freak out seeing her.

But as a psychology student, I was more interested in the whole fans atmosphere.

Yes, What a weirdo.

People were going nuts.

No joke, I always thought the stories of people getting stomped over... was a lie.

and I realized oh boy am I wrong.

I just can't really understand the mentality I guess.

They are just people in my mind and all me and Sam realized was...

Hey, people would do that for us one day.

We almost went home and made a blood pact.

We will be famous, maybe not for acting (her for art for sure).

But. people will fight to see the side of my face one day.

People will push to get my autograph.

People will do anything just to get a photo with me.

It kinda give me a whole new motivation.

What would I be famous for?

and How?

anyways, did anyone else go to TIFF?

Any new found beliefs? Epiphanies?

Lets share stores.

P.S. Benedict Cumberbatch wasn't there. I was so sad. but hey. still an experience to say the least. Well, its fine, when I am famous, we will have afternoon tea together like British people do :)

Photo Inspiration - TIFF

I have been preparing and anticipating for TIFF for actually quite a while. Let's be real, the biggest event in Toronto. I am so excited to be participating this year. I wanted to look extra editorial.

So... these are some inspiration from movies

the mysterious

the crazy

the out-of-the box

the unexpected

the emotional

the illusions

the longing

the promiscuous

the brave

the beautiful

the dramatic.

What are you looking forward to during TIFF (toronto international film festival)?

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Wondering Eyes Duo

My eyes wonder a lot.

But honestly, these last few weeks has been ridiculously, crazy busy.

I barely had any time to sleep enough

(yes, i am a girl who needs more than 8 hours).

BUT personally, I can't work constantly. I have to, have to, do some fun things.

I don't mind at all to work 24 hours.

well minus the hours I sleep...

but let me have my breaks.

I needa just check twitter/instagram/facebook/whatever else to keep myself sane.

Luckily, my job allows to me be on twitter and no one can judge.

but let's be real.

If reading blogs was a full time job, I would be so so sooo sooooo soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good at it.

with all that said...

my eyes wondered to...

as an asian, this is HIL-AR-IOUS :)

I was at this stunning brunch place in New York and they made the best biscuits of life. i need them.

You just need some spirit. I do too.

You can always use new tricks up your sleeve ;)

So that's what they were suppose to be.

This helps me put some perspective into things....

HELLO, this is amazing.

I am so excited. this looks. just. delicious.

this too.

and THIS.

I need to stop.

Photo Inspiration - Black and White Beauts

Though we see the world in colours, I do find black and white pictures a fresh perspective. They give a different type of beauty to the world. A vintage, dreamy and wonderful beauty.

Seeing things differently, whether black and white or not, changes you.

Maybe these photos will change you.