Design is My Darling

But to ask, specifically, what design in particular?

Let me digress for a few .

I know I have way too much to do in way too short a time. Not to mention being on the road to recovery from yet another bout with anemia-induced headaches with no close to two hours marathon workouts in the span of more than a couple of weeks. And no, there's no such thing as 3-day hangovers. Believe me, I haven't been there and I haven't done that and I don't think I ever will. Unless of course you count never ending soda, and gummy worms and bears, and potato chips, and ice cream. My life is as straight-laced as can be to the point of ennui. The one constant number on my recently called list is my mother, far more frequently than say my sister. The only thing that keeps me up at night is work, work, and yes, even more work. What in particular? Scroll through the long list. Pick your poison. But I really don't see everything as work. They're more of interests and challenges and the call to serve even more. Wow. When did the world suddenly take on that meaning?

So back to the whole point of why I'm writing when I really don't have a clue on what the point is exactly of this. I'm just writing from the top of my head and the tip of my tongue because I have no one to talk to in the middle of dawn. Yes, dawn. Not night. Never night. Or maybe night? But probably never morning. My sister always accuses me of being at my most brilliant at 3am. I beg to disagree. Brilliance is never timed. It just pops out when light suddenly shines on you. And shine on me at 3am? What light would that be except for the glare of the CFL shining down on top of my groggy sister's head? Anyway, let me get to my point. What is keeping me up at this particular hour?

3 words = Adobe Dreamweaver CS6.
Nerd. Much.

I have been debating and researching in my head and online for the past few hours just how much the Dreamweaver CS6 would cost because as I opened my trial version, it casually notified me that I had only 5 days of trial left. 5 DAYS! How do you expect me to learn HTML5 and CSS3 in the span of those short days? And create the 3 (+1) sites I'm supposed to have created by now? So there it goes, to buy or not buy? Maybe I should just hard code those sites on notepad, imagine them in my head, upload online and voila! Edit and edit and edit online. Yes, that's my dilemma. I'm actually okay with buying the software except one, it costs so much that I have to sacrifice a lot, and two, seriously, Dreamweaver CS6? A program specifically for your fascinating hobby that includes reading the source codes of various sites instead of actually seeing the site? And going ooh and aah that's how they did it and admiring, respecting those that do code? Yes, I believe in Wordpress. "Code is poetry." From now on, it will be my CMS.

So. Deep breath. Dreamweaver CS6. Really? Seriously? It is my hobby.
Yes, my one and only hobby. I like reading. And that includes code.

And yes, I still haven't decided.

But finally, a yawn. Time to tune out till tomorrow and speed dial my Mother first thing in the morning. I'm sure she'll have a perfectly reasonable answer to my dilemma. Like quit my hobby, maybe? I doubt. It will probably go along the lines of try thinking again. And yes, you are old enough to make your decisions. And yes, Dreamweaver CS6. Seriously?

Which brings me to another dilemma, if I buy Dreamweaver CS6 for Windows platform, that only means one thing. No migration to MAC then? And no, I don't mean the make-up.

*quickly opens another tab on my browser... and then another and then another and then another...*

The Traveling Fedora: Korea 2012

Still crappy at taking pictures.

Korea 2012

(Katsy)

 

Nowhere to go but up.

National Tea Museum at Boseung, South Korea

Freebies Galore

They say that the best things in life are free. Well here are a few material things I've picked up for free these past few days. Mostly just feel good everyday stuff.

one. LG SUNBLOCK.

This I picked up from the LG Pavilion. I didn't know that LG made anything else but electronics but apparently they did. They had cosmetics and even building materials. I think I'll go research more into their production and products as they had an impressive display at the Expo.

LG Sunblock. I haven't tried it out though.

two. BANILA CO. SAMPLES AND BEACH TOWEL.

Banila Co. is this Korean cosmetics and skincare company that Anna and I tried out while we were there. The BB Cream looks absolutely great on her and they give out these free samples which made me buy their sorbet-like make-up remover and cleanser, Clean It Zero, in a larger size. My Mother asked me though how I'm going to repurchase the tub once it runs out but that's food for thought later. I haven't even opened it yet or used up the free samples (I have three). I'm all for soap and water actually. I did pick up a few other essentials (namely, brushes) that made them give me a larger freebie in the form of a cute pink summer beach towel.

Clean it Zero. Tried it once and felt nice enough to warrant a full size.

Cute packaging.

Nice shade of pink. Reminds me of Anna's luggage.

three. HED KANDI DISCO HEAVEN STEREO HEADPHONES.

Yes, Digital Walker at Trinoma is having a buy one take one sale on their earphones, headphones (Hed Kandi amongst other brands) and even Canon digital cameras. Head on over if you're buying anyway as the buy one take one thing is a pretty sweet deal. I got my sister the black one for her birthday while I get to keep the pink and blue one. Which may or may not clash with the rest of my gadgets. Thankfully I'm all for black nylon bags in terms of utility. Plus I really don't believe in matching everything. I appreciate a good contrast and advocate eccentricity.

Great sounds. Not that I'm one to accurately judge. I love them though. :-)

four. PANCAKE HOUSE BLUEBERRY CHEESECAKE GURTS.

Thanks to my first job's free lunch. I just had to have dessert.

Just look at that. MAJOR YUM.

I really, really love yogurt. I always have to have stock at home.

five. HAPPY LEMON.

Finally met up with Cla and got to use the free Happy Lemon GCs I got a while back. Alex and I have been raring to use them but every time we get to Trinoma I always forget to bring them along. Now they're in my wallet and Cla and I have used up two. I don't know how many are left though but I'm pretty sure I still have more than two for Alex. 

Happy Lemon. Rock. Salt. Cheese. (Wait I think that's wrong?! Haha. Lex, correct me!!)