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Welcome to my blog. Here are six quick facts about me to break the ice:
1. I'm fluent in English & Mandarin Chinese. Maybe there is a room for one more in the future ...
2. I'm a passionate workaholic designer. If my job only involves button pushing I'd be very depressed.
3. What I do for fun? I love photography, my dream is to attend photography workshops in different countries with unfamiliar settings.
4. My second favorite is food, also a self proclaimed foodiaholic
5. The most memorable trip, was a road trip from Boston, Mass to Las Vegas.
6. I live to stay always curious, I carry a list of things I want to try, every few month I take out the list, cross off some & adding some new ones.
Contact me: hello@danniegao[dot]com
openness mixed with hint of mystery, choatic controlled by defined angles // looks like the design fits with projects that goes on each day in this place.
~~ Then last night I couldn't sleep, head felt like pain from sharp needles, this morning again throwing up symptoms with mild "warm" head.
Still I thought it was lack of rest, since a few days ago I went send out my resume in hopes for one replied, turned out to be four, far more than I could handle, maybe it was in between handling projects, coming up with "professional" ways to turn down projects that got me so restless and sick?! :(
So on the train ride back home I googled my symptoms (hoping it's just not enough rest) ~~ Gaaa ~~ seems like I'm linked to the egg recalls, then the whole ride home I was counting all the eggs I've eaten since yesterday, I had egg & shrimp sandwich, egg omelet, hard boiled eggs ~~ ahhhh even the mini cakes are made from EGGS!!! ~~ oh, it's all so clear now ~~ I'll be dead tomorrow!
Damn eggs,
Anyways, super dizzy, off to bed :*( this might be my last post!
Goodnight
Hostess :)
Didn't feel a thing when I ate one so I ate all three .... mwhahaha .... now that's almost the stuff -- this mini version is missing the cream filling :*(
oh by the way something funny I saw on the road today >>
when I took that photo I thought I had a funny comment, now I can't seem to recall it :P ... oh well at least I had a good laugh then :D
Alright that's it for today,
Night.
Lately one project is cooling down a lot, in hopes to fill in some empty spots I went around to see if there are some extra work from studios.
I can't say if I love or hate agency work, I love the exciting work, but just that the 'creatives' working there are a bit too much ~~ it's always cloudy with a chance of lighten ~~ I don't blame them, I guess everyone just wanted to keep their high paying job, esp. when facing an outside help, with half the pay.
... so back when I first started agency work I've decided to forgo all coding related tasks, so that I can ONLY focus on design & the inhouse developer(s) can be more relaxed & not pushing back on my designs. But today I managed to get into a huge fight ~~ ahhhhh I know I know, prob. just me not able to play nice with the developer, but still I just think he shouldn't be that nervous, some people need to take chill pill ~~ then again in these days of uncertainty I guess it's not too easy to find a steady job, no wonder people are so nervous ~~ oh well, no sense to stay angry with someone like that, you know an angry person ages faster! gaaaaa ... then, it's all forgotten :) ~~ heehee
So tonight's good news, after some painfully funny "long distance matchmaking" I'm finally off the hook, thanks to my awesome aunt's almighty physic :D
So yesterday I talked about how the reader predicted of my future. My aunt asked that why do I have to be married so late (it's funny to think how they are taking this physic thing way too seriously), turns out the plan was to see if they can get me married by next year (*emmmm* shouldn't that for me to say?). BUT the lovely physic lady strictly told my aunt (who phone my grandma) that I need to wait till my 30s, she says: because the man that's right for her for some reason isn't available now, but he will be available in the short future, their marriage together will be very happy. & my aunt asked what if I marry someone sooner (I feel like a bait sometimes!!!) thanks god the physic said "but, her real marriage will be very happy, she will have a very good life, the guy will love her dearly, don't you want that?" ~~ HAHA ~~ that made my day ... well not because I believe in any of that, who wouldn't want to hear a nice story, especially with an irresponsible father like mine, when I was 18, I swear to myself ~~ a marriage can make or break a girl's whole life I will not look at it lightly! would be really nice if I can one day have a family, I always tell my mom, I really don't want anything from her, I just want a family that's whole, now to think about I'm very rude, didn't think of her feelings. Anyways, everyone has a sad story, compare to alot of people I'm very lucky :D so to believe or not of the physic story I really on the "yeah yeah whatever, how much did you pay her to say all this." side ~~ so back to topic ~~ I'm happy about this news, because my grandma really believes in that physic, she said the reader told somethings about other people which all are shockingly accurate, so she's calling off the "Project use Dannie as a bait & to get me some grandchildren" ~~~~ YAY, besides like my mom said, I'm like a 5 yr olds most of the time :D I don't think i'm currently fit to take care of other people :{ ~~ ohhh maybe I am very immature, when I was with Eric he always says i'm like a 2 yr old, that he can read my hidden intensions like a book :( that's bad?! ... hummm looks like now I aged quiet a bit ~~ by 3 years hahaha ~~ good progress!
ah, one headache down, looks like I'm going to sleep very soundly tonight!
Oh on another topic tonight, I briefly talked about my grandgrandma, yesterday, that she lived to 100&1? correction, she lived to 100&3 ... so anyone wants to know her secret? tho I wouldn't recommend living that long, but if you must know ~~ drum roll please ~~ it's ... a pack of cigi & a bottle of liquor, a day, keeps you live till 100! ~~ kids don't try this at home, my gandgrandma might be a special case! ~~ BUT, For real I kid you not, if I hadn't saw it for myself I wouldn't say it, when I was 11 or 12 we went to see her, I think at the time she was already a 100, really, I have never saw someone that old, but since she's family I had to left my fear behind. Let's just say when she saw us, the only thing she asked was if we brought cigi and alcohol, without it she won't talk to us, so my grandma had to rush to get some 'supplies' for her mother, and used me to deliver the 'goods' as a sign of respect, with her cigi in hand she all the sudden recognizes us, oh how childish ... emmm, I think all the *TRUTH commercial team would be tearing of major FAIL if they had saw that picture!
So I think the secret to a long life isn't really eating everything organic under the tree, well it's going to make us live alot healther, but certainly not longer, I think the secret to a long life requires HAPPINESS! do what makes you happy, eat what makes you happy, be with people that makes you happy. The new trend always tells us to have self control, if you want a cake ~ go eat some fruit, if you want soda ~ drink lemon water, if you want this ~ you should get that, because that's "for our own benefit" ... well what if you know next week you won't be alive any longer? would you do whatever to make each day your happiest? would forget all the limits you had sat out for yourself to become that impossible perfect human? would you just want to be a simple person that's would left this earth without any regrets? ~~ I won't think she can win the healthest person on earth award but at least she won the happiest person award ~~ I think when she left us she really felt no regrets, she ate what she loved, drank what she enjoyed, talked to who she liked & lived with who she loved, she wasn't restricted by anything or anyone ~~ I think that's something alot of us living in this technological advanced world has yet to learn ~~ to just be a simple happy human being.
So we are stuck indoors today (bad weather) & my aunt is at her bag of physic stories again, by the by if you ever need a physic reader or a feng shui master she's your connection.
whenever she discovered a new "fortuneteller" she always use me as a test object ~~ i'm taking this as a sign of love ~~ Luckly ~~ they always predict my life to be a really good, then again, whatelse would they say?! anywayz, this time she "supposedly* found the almighty reader! And she ran a fortunetelling for all of us ~~ sigh.
So I just had an earful of the good & bad news from her readings from the new almighty lady with the physic power ~~ okay, more good news than bad, actually not really any bad news (for me at least, apparently my mom's life is pretty hard, I felt really bad.), the predictions are a little surprising to hear, but I'm still going to keep a leveled mind and not jump too quickly onto the "OMG" wagon.
My "future" goes: I shouldn't like a married man, my happiness lies with someone that's not involved in another relationship, I'll get married in my mid 30s & we will have 3 kids, I'll create a little success at 30 & I'll be very successful at 40 ... emmmm that's basically my future in a nutshell .... and she got all this without even looking or knowing who I am?! that's a bit far-fetched.
My view on the readings: oh boy where shall I start, well, first, hats off for getting my late marriage right, I don't think I'd be the kind of person to rush into a marriage. Now the rest: why would I like someone that's involved in another relationship? I'm not that kind of person. And she also told my aunt, there is a guy who's not really available now, but will be available and that's the guy I should marry ... emmm .... okayyy in the normal world we call this the person in the future ... Now onto the kids part, she really got me into a lot of trouble by telling my aunt that I'm going to have 3 kids, so my aunt phone grandma & told my mom ~~ oh boy, that's some pressure ~~ I don't even feel I want to have one let along three, besides, it's so unlike me to settle for an odd number, I'm all for evens, either 2 or 4 ... I don't believe there is anyway in the world I'll have three kids. about my personal success part ~~shalala I'm liking it, even if I know it's just somebody paid to say nice things, but hearing it is better than not :) tho, isn't 40 a bit old? le sigh.
Sometimes I don't know why do we want to look into the future, it's not like knowing this now then I can sit at home and worry about nothing?! life still goes on, I'll still make the mistakes, still works hard for my goal, so if this is the case, why not just live each day as it is? take one step at a time, while enjoy the view! on that note, looks like I manage to live to 40, :) I had a grandgrandma who was 100 &1, oneday in my teens I went to see her & secretly told myself that I don't ever want to live that long, it's suffering! so at the time I thought 50 is the oldest I can go, heehee now that I'm older I know 50 isn't really old at all ... :) looks like I've got more to look for.
On an even weirder news from my aunt, she recently accompanied one of her friend to see a person who can show you your past life through hypnosis ~~ *my jar is still hurting for opening too wide, sigh, the topic with her just gets weirder & weirder* ~~ so it is said, the woman sat in a dark room & the guy starts to perform hypnosis on her, then she told my aunt, she felt she had left her own body, very light floating to the ceiling, she can see her body & the guy below her, when she looks straight, she sees her life flashing infront of her, like a movie, going back & back. Then the guy starts to talk to her ask what she sees, she would describe what & who she sees, then he asks if she wants to travel further back? *she went back 3 live time* it is weird she says in all these pass lives, her husband, kids, friends were all there, even the hypnosis guy who she had just met. Everyone are all in different gender/form but she just knows who is who, she said she saw her (current) youngest daughter was in another life time a man & her lover ... The guy told her that the people we are close to in this life has been with us for alot longer than we can imagine ... so is this possible? tho, it's not in any position for her to lie about her experience, also the guy only sees people who he feels connected to, maybe that's why she saw him in her past lives. Plus he doesn't take any money, so is this the real deal? do we really have a past life? & people we meet in this are connected to the past? so if this theory were true, then in a way we never do make new friends, we are just reconnected with old ones, who had been with us years & years back. Can science better explain this, all this?
Anyways, I'm the kind of person who is not too worried about future or the past :) I believe in life only one thing you can control ~~ success ~~ and everything else is set in stone, who you fall in love, who you going to meet, are all preplanned instances, but work is different, if you work hard you go further, become more successful, it's something I can control the destiny. My motto: "let's focus on work & career. While youth is on my side, love shall come knocking when it's ready!"
I don't know if the future predicts on me or my uncle paying for tonight's food, either way ~ yay sushi buffet (gaaaa, diet plan out the sink)!
xoxo,
Dannie
