2019 Videography

I wanted to capture the essence of life experiences in 2019 from beginning to end of the year.
 Painful growth allows you to grow and become a better person/“adulting" It's hard to see it in the moment, but all things will pass, painful times and good times. So when you are feeling pain, whether physically, mentally, emotionally, just know that it will pass. Experience it, live through it, try to make yourself feel happier and focus on other things in life, but know that it will pass with time. And when you are experiencing a good time, really enjoy and cherish it. because it too will pass.

Beginning of 2019 was a rough patch and I def felt like I reached rock bottom at the time, but after moving to a new city and making new friends and getting a new job helped me move on into better times. But that experienced made me stronger and I know I can get through it next time a rough patch happens.

Chinese Tomato and Egg Stir Fry Recipe

Happy 2 weeks of social distancing during this time period end of March 2020.

It's been a while since I made a recipe. After personal stresses dealing with grad school, finishing clinical rotations, and finding a new job, and then figuring out work/life balance has occupied most of my time, but I want to go back to making videos and blogging again.

So here's my attempt to vlog Ep 1- cooking sesh.
Here's the link to the video I made! 

This chinese tomato and egg stir fry recipe is something I ate as a kid growing up. My mom would make this for dinner and it seemed so simple. I looked in the fridge and I had all the ingredients so I decided to give it a go.

Ingredients: (makes 2-3 servings)

- 3 eggs
- 3 roma tomatoes
- salt
- pepper
- soy sauce
- 1 small scallion (or another other onion, green or white or yellow). I wanted to use up my scallions.

Method:

1.) Crack eggs in a bowl and whisk together until creamy and smooth - as one consistency. Sprinkle salt and pepper and mix- to taste.
2.) slice tomatoes into smaller pieces.
3.) Dice onion.
4.) Prepare stir fry pan by heating pan on medium high. Sprinkle your choice of cooking oil in the pan and heat it up.
5.) Once oil is heated, add in the scallion and let it caramelize a little.
6.) Then add in the eggs and scramble them in the pan.
7.) When the eggs are a little more solidified, put the rest of the tomatoes in the pan and stir fry until soft and cooked.
8.) Add salt, pepper, soy sauce to taste.
9.) Put in a plate and serve!
10.) I served with rice and a side of raw baby kale. :)

Bon Appetit!

Last quarter of classes

NBEO part 1 of boards is over!! 3 months of never ending studying is done and I hope I pass the exam!! ****Praying really hard*** Now just a couple more weeks left, and I will be done with classes and finals forever!
We have 4 classes left. The classes are ok, but there are soo many busy work. Not to mention, I still have to write up my case report that I haven't thought about since summer 2017, almost 1 year ago.

Currently, I'm taking:
-Business of Optometry: where we learn about how to find a job, apply for residencies, the process of getting licensed

in different states and completing Continuing Education courses, as well as learning about contracts, negotiations, leases, etc and other practice management information.

-Strabismus and Amblyopia II: Probably the most clinical course we are taking.
-Injections: Learning and doing injections.
-Ophthalmic Lasers.

So for my business class, we had to make a resume and cover letter. I haven't really put a lot of thought into the actual written content yet because a lot of the experiences I put on there are projected only. However, I had a lot of (hours of) fun designing a new resume layout.

A day of exploration...

Crissy Field, San Francisco, CA: my favorite city in the US <3

Grant Park, Chicago, IL:

End of 2nd year!

I will write up a post about my 2nd year experiences in a bit.
But for now, I can't believe we just finished our 2nd year of optometry school. We are halfway to OD!

 Now I'm off to California for a one week summer break and next week we will start independent patient care 2x a week plus a specialty rotations. For summer quarter, I will have 5 weeks of cornea and contact lenses in the 2nd half of the quarter. I'm excited to start seeing more patients in clinic because this is what I came here for.

But to start off summer break, let me just say it is SOOO bad for me to come back to California. Because all I do is eat food. -__-

Here are some of my latest photo adventures along with some of my personal touch up.

Art, Creativity, Decorations

 Personal project of mine:

I used photoshop in order to create a star frame for my photos.

Then I used Sharpie and other felt markers for the text.  I used construction paper, color pencils, and marker in order to make cut out shapes of the glasses and equipment on the right.

How my photos turned out:

 Sample of my creativity:

Photography + short film

Photography project
I-movie
Camera: Canon SX30IS
May 2014

<< read further on for my notes  >>

Kaiser Hospice Donation Card

Final Product:

As an intern at Kaiser Permanente, I help out the Home Care department. Not only do I help provide caregiver relief by acting as a companion to the senior patients and delivering meds from the pharmacy, I also improve database efficiency and work production for the team of staff.  Recently, I took on a new project with the special needs/senior care calling program. I ease the nurses' &amp; case managers' workload by contacting patients via phone to find the best to schedule a phone follow up health assessment with the case managers. I will also call patients and offer to listen and provide caring and friendly companionship if patients want someone some emotional or friendly support.

Not only do I help with hospital management, I still wanted to actively pursue my graphic design interests. I initiated my interests and was asked to recreate and redesign a thank you card for donors.

I made two versions of a 5.5"X4.25" two sided card. I used<strong> Adobe Indesign</strong> to format the card layouts. I used Photoshop to make the front layout.

Website Design

I designed a personal web page/portfolio for myself.

I used Photoshop and dream weaver to develop the home page layout. I created "image maps" for the table links on the front page and converted it to HTML.

HOME/FRONT PAGE:
contains background header and my name
Links below redirect you to information about me, such as my blog, contact method, resume, portfolio, and fun facts.

SAMPLE PAGE 2: (the "about" link)

contains fun facts & pictures that represent me outside of work.

SAMPLE PAGE 3: ("Resume" page)

Where I have listed my CV and list of experiences I have.

30 day challenge - photograph compilation

On my other blog, I decided to try a 30 day photography challenge, where I would only use the Apple I-phone to take pictures.

I've selected a couple photographs that turned out better in the challenge and compiled it together here.

Some of the pics have been retouched using Photoshop or a photo editor on my phone.

  
Macular Degeneration Disease - my rendition of loss of vision

Food Photography:

Different poses, Different shots

Creative Directing

Photoshop Effect: Gaussian blur effect

Cafes, lattes, pastel colors and filters 咖啡，可愛，小動作，小東西

I have a lot of colorful sharpies. I really love just doodling and designing with sharpies and markers. One of these days, I really want to try getting my hands on some copic markers but they are so expensive!! (my wishlist… anyone? ;)) 

So I took pictures (using my Iphone as per my 30 day Iphone challenge) of my doodles and compiled and edited them through Photoshop.

The idea behind this piece:
I drew a semi self-portrait and played around with different filters on Photoshop. I decided to go for pastel colors in this project. Coincidentally (or not), my girl sketch happened to wear spectacles so I went for a cafe theme. I made a lot of sketches of coffee cups & mugs, along with a cute cartoon looking carrots. So it's not only cute, but it's healthy! The pastel colors give me a cute and bubbly feeling. I love finding out new cute cafes to go to, just to study/eat/chill. XD

3.12.14 生日慶祝

Before and after of my birthday celebrations photo. I used photoshop to create different backdrop designs.

Original:

Renditions:

Step by step, to a green & healthy life

I created this banner for my blog, where I did a how-to recipe to make a healthy and all natural nutritious shake.

I used Photoshop, Iphone 5 Camera, and Sharpies.

Read more about this post here!

Personal Website Layout + Design + Content

Take some time and be thankful for those around you.

Completed June 2009 for high school senior project using Windows Movie Maker, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop.
Thankful and grateful for friends and family.
The past: treasure and reminisce with loved ones, learn from past mistakes in order to improve and create better solutions.

The present: live in the moment, without regrets. Remember the past, but don't dwell and remorse again and again. Remorse and then reflect how to change the mistake for tomorrow!

The future: Have a general idea what you want your future to be, set realistic future goals, whether it's career, education, family, friends. But always be flexible and be open to changes. We can take preventive measures in the future but we can't predict everything so welcome and accept new ideas and challenges! :) Be cautious about the future but not over-anxious to the point that you can't "live in the now".

Life happens.

Your heart will always beat, as long as you are alive. Life keeps moving, so don't sulk and keep up the pace!
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator
Brushes
Digital illustration

Floral pattern

Adobe Photoshop.
Custom Brushes.

Act quickly at good opportunities

Flora photography

Look for the blossoming flower