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It has been two months I haven’t done any new designs but I got a new idea today. I received inquiries that people are interested in my design for production orders, not only buying one or two pieces. I am not doing good on Etsy, but it isn’t too bad by production sales. I did receive an email that an organisation asked me to join a handmade jewelry design competition in Chicago. Oh well, I guess I feel a bit lazy to do so…..^_^ Anyway…here you go…Robin Lee….

Aren’t they beautiful? They are works of my dad!!

What a great day for working outdoor! May May loves to stay outdoor since Tiger died. It is funny that she likes staying in the area, where Tiger used to be around everyday.

Pretty cool song for President Obama by Will.I.AM.

I attended a dance performance at Discovery Bay tonight called Picnic in the Park. It was a local fair with live dance and singing performances. They invited our dance school to do a 15 mins demonstration on the stage. We did the group bus stop line disco dance, Cha Cha Cha and Jive. It was a good time to promote our dance school. Our teacher asked us to grab some opposite sex audiences (it means male audiences, because most of us are girls lol) to get to the stage and do some Rumba Salsa in the end of the performance, however, we found almost no teenager/adult male audiences. The only audiences were kids. The kids were dancing like crazy. They enjoyed the show rather than anyone else in the park. Our teacher told us to distribute some flyers after the show, but not many people we could give to as many were kids. This event was like a western style activity in the public park, which we don’t usually have it in Hong Kong. I guess it only happens in Discovery Bay as most of residents are westerners in this place.

It was my first time to do a public performance, needless to say I screwed up almost all the dance patterns when I was doing solo. hahaa!! It wasn’t easy when you had thousands of people watching you. It was fun though, nothing serious and formal. My parents were watching me. They did have a good laugh of what I did. It was a mess anyway because the stage was too small for ten of us.

The major performers were assistants of our teacher. They won the international competition a month ago. They were doing great, of course!! Oh well, good dance technique requires lots of efforts and time as well as personal passion. You couldn’t do it good if you miss one of those elements. Talent is also one of the critical skills that lead you to be a good dance learner. My talent is limited but I enjoy it for fun and leisure. ^_^

We had barbecue buffet dinner by the pool in Marina Club after the show. The food was great. I ate a lot. I was starving after all the exercises. Everyone asked me how come I could eat so much. I am so thin in their eyes so they can’t imagine how come I could have so much food without weight gained. Oh well, I only know that I am natural born thin and all healthy. We danced non stop after the dinner in the open space. Some did Jive. Some did Rumba Salsa, Waltz and Cha Cha Cha. We did group dance too. We became the performers again of the night in the club. It was so enjoyable and fun. I love it!

I did more practice these two weeks due to the show, so I did have certain improvement, but still long way to go until the exam. BTW, the exam wil be held in May next year now. For some reasons, it had been delayed, but is good as I don’t think I am ready for it.

The buffet dinner by the pool….

Our group dance after dinner…

Our dance teacher was dancing in the dinning place. His assistants were performing in the show.

Barack Obama! The real American dream!

I have been watching the live election news for the whole morning. I am so happy that Obama won. I am not an American, but this election is the most amazing political event I have ever seen. This is an important moment not just for the U.S. but for the world. Barack Obama’s victory will give people a new opportunity to look at the U.S. and see its changes.

November 4, 2008 marks the end of the longest presidential campaign season in the U.S. history — 21 months. Barack Obama changed the American history, he is the first African American president. Congratulation!! His background story is the real American dream in eyes of outsiders. He represents the new thinking, the new direction and the new goal. He has ability to change the international image of the U.S. and to change the perception of how people think of the U.S. in Europe and Asia. His attitude made me think of that he is one of those political idols in the revolutionary age of history. I adore him!

I am very sorry that Obama’s grandmother couldn’t hold on one more day to see the grandson she raised to become president of the U.S. The winning speech of Obama was excellent. I love it! It was so touching, not only expressing the victory of his battle but the glory of his race. He is indeed a passionate performer. He is charismatic. He believes his grandmother is watching him. She feels proud of him. Barack Obama is indeed the second person who gives political speech I love after Tony Blair.

America is a country with different races. Colour was a matter of the fact that people did concern in the election that I read a lot from various American politics researches. Obama’s victory shows that the boundaries of races in the U.S. politics have dissolved. A black man defeated the establishment candidate in a primary white state and the fact of a record turnout of Democrat voters suggests that Americans are seeing the need for fundamental changes. Obama is addressing issues facing mainstream America, not just the civil concerns. The U.S. economy is not in good shape. Americans are disappointed with the establishment politics, unemployment rate, financial crisis, high taxes, the medical welfare and the current presidency. The whole world is enough with the wars, and disappointed with the worldwide stock market crashed that caused by the Wall Street firm bankruptcy and mortgage-backed securities. Obama is seen as a solution. Hope that he leads the U.S. well, and he can really change the world as he said in his campaign. Becomes the real hero!!

I guess the coming Thanksgiving would become the most thankful day of America after such long presidential campaign….

For the time being, we all still need to watch Bush walking around on T.V. from time to time until January 20, 2009….. LoL

I have been following the American election news and debates for months. I feel like watching the “global drama”. It’s not just an international presidential election in my eyes, but is the “live” drama of humanity. I guess this is what politics really mean.

Barack Obama can become the first African American president, while John McCain would be the oldest president elected to a first term. Regardless what the result is, it will become significant in the American history. Most of the Europeans do prefer Obama to be the president of the U.S. Asians do have the same opinions. Needless to say, Africans do share the same views of the majority.

We are all waiting to see if Obama can really change the world in 12 hours……I am dissappointed I have no more election news to follow after tomorrow… lol

What a sad news I heard this morning! Grandmother of Obama died peacefully in her sleep that stated in the tearful speech of Obama today. What a tragic that happened right before the election day!

I watched an interesting programme last night on our local channel. It’s a Chinese programme but it invited American election specialist to talk about the critical issue of the election. They explained the meaning of American Hockey Mum in Chinese. It’s pretty funny actually the way they explained.

American Hockey Mum -

Someone who is a housewife, mainly concentrating on her family, children and husband.

Someone who is lack of global view with short term opinion of international issues.

Someone sees Russia just her next door neighbour when she looks out from her window.

Someone doesn’t travel internationally, and only became a passport holder not long ago.

In fact, what American Hockey Mum all mean is to point out this is Sarah Palin. Her clothing expense became a big question in the election campaign, USD150,000.00? Pardon me! If McCain had any health problem during his presidency (if he is a President), Sarah Palin, a hockey mum, will become the person who replaces him for all the duties…….so your opinions? lol

This programme does give some insights of how outsiders think of the American election. The specialist stated that deep in mind of American do have a problem of accepting a Black man; becoming the President of the United States. Obama is now on the top list, but some might change their final vote at last the specialist addressed. Oh well…..the global economy is very much depending on the result of American election, and we are all waiting for it in 9 days……

I have just watched an interesting programme on our local channel about the Asian voters in American Presidential election. They interviewed the Chinese voters who are election volunteers of Obama in Chicago. Most of them are Hong Kong Chinese American. They do support Obama. One of them explained that Chinese American do not have the same utility perception of Latin American and American Black on election issues. Most of Latin American and Black do vote for Obama, but Asian American do vote based on their own needs. Therefore, the Asian voters could make certain influences in the final votes.

Most of elderly Chinese American do have very low English standard that the programme highlighted. Many of them can’t do the election without the translators. I am very surprise about that. I guess those only are living in China town……