Here is something that makes my internal geek all sorts of happy:

If you want to Trek-a-fy yourself head over here.  The widget will actually animate you and say what you want it to say.

I think I spend a lot of time lamenting the things I don’t have access to living here.  I thought it was high time I used some blog space talking about some of the positives about living down here.  So with no further ado…

5 Cool Things About Chile

1. They have beer on tap at the food court in the mall. ^__^  I’m sure may more woman could convince their SOs to go shopping with them stateside if malls had beer.
2. On a Friday of a holiday weekend… young people gather in these chilean “pojangmacha” type bars in the neighborhood w/cheap plastic outdoor furniture and start partying at around 3 in the afternoon. w00t~ (Pojangmacha are small street vender/cafe type places w/cheap patio furniture that sell cheap food/alcohol in Korea.)
3. The seafood and fresh veggies… oh I can sing the praises of the cheap fresh seafood and fruits and veggies. I think it’s because they have a really short farm to market time frame. If you pick the right days to go to the markets.. you can get stuff that is barely a day old. Interestingly all of the very top grade fruits and veggies aren’t sold to Chileans. I don’t think they’d pay the prices.. it all gets exported. Which explains all the really good Chilean fruit in Costco. lol
4. The ski slopes are a 1 hour drive and the beach is 1 hr 15min away.  It’s very similar in that way to Los Angeles.  It’s great.  Feel like the beach? No problem!  Want to hit the slopes? It’s just a hop skip and jump away.  Not to mention that the ski resorts don’t have any trees for you to accidently run into.
5. Empanadas… OHHH EMPANADAS~~~  MMmmmmm  My personal favorites are the razor clam/cheese ones.  Good Lordy these are good.  ‘Nuf said.

via icanhascheezburger.com

Good lord.. you must watch this if you play WoW

Thanks to Jin and Scott for sharing. ^__^

Hello everyone!  So I’ve been MIA because I took a 1 month trip to Los Angeles to be the Maid of Honor at my best friend’s wedding and visit family.  I will blog about that another day.  In the meanwhile it’s suddenly gone from late summer directly to early winter here in Santiago.  I swear this country has only 2 seasons… (1) Warm, (2) Cold and smoggy  >__<;;

Here are some photos from this weekend:

hmmm I'm looking a little flushed >_<

These were taken at Lamu Lounge.

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh! Éirinn go Brách!

As my friend Kent would say.

A happy Saint Patrick’s Day to you~

Photo credit: Blazingstar

So it’s Pi day today! Don’t know what I mean. err… you are obviously not a geek. Today is 3-14. hehehe. Of course, if you’re from somewhere where they write the date DD-MM-YY. :/

Still don’t know what I’m talking about?  Well then:

Pi, Greek letter (), is the symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi = 3.1415926535… Pi Day is celebrated by math enthusiasts around the world on March 14th

Excerpted from:  The “Official” Pi Day Website.

Anyway.. remember to get your geek on! w00t!

If you know me, chances are you know I’m an avid drinker of coffee. Usually at least 1 cuppa per day. You may also know that I’m a pretty big fan of Hayao Miyazaki. Imagine my surprise when surfing the net I found something that combines both!

This is Kiki from Kiki’s Delivery Service.  Just in case you didn’t know.   Apparently at the cafe at the Ghilbi museam in Japan you get coffee with characters drawn in it!  If you’re not familiar w/Kiki I suggest clicking the link above to see just how awesome this coffee illustration is.  Oh, and the movie is worth watching too.  Very cute!  Wah~  XD

(Hmm..  2 Miyazai posts in a row.  It was completely coincidental.  Really. )

Oh my goodness… this is just too cute!

I found this at Coco Cakes Cupcakes’s flicker stream.  Will someone make this for me?

It’s been a little strange from me to try and follow american politics from abroad.  I feel somewhat disconnected to what’s going on.  This morning I read an article from Politico about a speech that Obama gave at the Democratic Retreat.  Once Obama hit office the tone of his speeches had somewhat changed .  Don’t get me wrong he is still an awesome speaker, but I felt he’d lost some of the powerful pull his campaign speeches had.  I will have to see if I can find video of this speach.  They say that he abandoned his telepromter and spoke from his heart.  Here is a little golden nugget from the article:

Rhode Island Rep. Jim Langevin, who hasn’t been able to walk since he was 16, asked Obama if he would remove the executive ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Yes, Obama replied, but only after he and congressional leaders figure out a way to prevent opponents from overturning it.

I’m pretty excited to see that.  What a way to make my morning!  :D  You can read the whole article here.