Long Live Local Artist

I miss the painter who used to paint me. I believe it was last December where he had his exhibition on the First Thursday (monthly local art event we have all over our humble city). His exhibition was named "Beautiful Faces." Yes, he put my paintings up as well as other gorgeous paintings from other models.

His name's Ted Chilles, he's a very talented painter in my humble opinion. A happily married man with a wonderful occupation as an architect, proud member of the Roserian society. You should have seen him with his white suit and purple (or was it magenta) cape!

He paid well to listen to me chatter on and on for 2 hours (well I couldn't move from my pose, though), and didn't ask me to do a nude painting! (Most of painters usually do nude painting to practice their forms)

Here are a few of the paintings we work on together:










Well, I believe those are SOME of the paintings he scanned for me (the others are WAY too big to put up here). I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I enjoyed both modeling for him and looking at the paintings he created!

Toodlez,

Tracy

Indonesian to English

I have created a monster!

Joking.

My father and I will be collaborating in creating the English version to his Indonesian-Martial Art novel-website.
If you like Chinese martial art movies and storylines (Quentin Tarantino does--so should you, and he's AWESOME because of it), 3D animation, by all means, you need to give my dad's website a go:

http://www.jelom.org

Unfortunately the language is still Indonesian, so I'm going to start translating from Indonesian to English from tonight. So be patient. You can enjoy some interesting 3D Animation (made by my dad truly) meanwhile. By the way, it's FREE.

If you're not familiar with the term Martial Art novels, let me remind you of: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon movie (Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Leong, Zhang Zi Yi, etc), or Heroes (Jet Li), or Once Upon a Time in China (Jet Li). Now, all those movies (and MANY MORE) DERIVED from Martial Art novels. Chinese martial art novels are rife with Chinese wise teachings as well, so you're learning more about Chinese culture, ancient wisdom while enjoying some cool action-packed story. Sometimes they're also based on history or legends.

Cintaku,

Tracy

It's Paris Hilton!

Okay,

Michael just told me if I wanted to have more traffic passing by my humble blog, I need to write the heiress name (from my previous post), in hope that it'll show up on google.com or something.

So here goes:
Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton...

Maybe this version will work too:

Hilton Hotel
Hilton Hotel
Hilton Hotel

I'm a little out of breath from my walking/hiking excursion of the day (Thanks a lot, Lois).

I'll be right back with tempeh and tofu goodness!

Love,
Tracy

Wow :)

I guess money and fame can't buy you an out-of-jail-free-ticket from time to time.

Good to know!!!

Then again, I won't believe it until I see it with my own eyes. Stranger things can happen. Appeals that are usually not granted for those who break violation..may be granted! So we'll see how it goes.


P.S. I'm certain there are enough blogs writing about this "heiress," (oh gag me with a spoon). I'm not going to fall casualties into one of those polled blogs that consist of her news. This blog has never been about her, but this news just gives me a big smile all night.

I'm not even going to mention her name, only that her first name is the capital city of a European country. Tsk. Too bad the person doesn't depict the beauty of the city.

I Just LOVE LOCAL companies

They always extend sweet free invitation just like this one:

Mt. Hood Roasters Coffee Company invites any interested groups or individuals to a free tour of our small coffee roasting operation on Mt. Hood.

We are located only 45 minutes from Gresham in Rhododendron. We can tailor any tour to the needs of the visitor.

Come and visit a small, family owned and operated commercial coffee roasting company. See how we craft small batches of gourmet coffee and learn how this company works. If you are looking for a personal, hands on, one of a kind tour...we would love to spend some time with you and your group.

Mt. Hood Roasters Coffee Company www.mthoodroasters.com

Please call 503-622-6574 or email for more information or to schedule a tour.

Another "informal" tip from moi:

During summertime if you ever visited Oregon (Portland area), don't forget to make a stop by Mt. Hood Gorge for different recreational activities (you can go rafting, hiking, fruit picking, sightseeing, shoppingetc).
And if you do, and you feel like eating Chinese food, stop by my aunt and uncle's place:

Grace Su's China Gorge

They've been there for at least 2-3 decades (I forget which). They also will point you to the right direction (if you want to go shopping or do other extra fun outdoorsy stuff there) if you ask them nicely and probably mention that I refer you to them! (So next time I stop by, I'll get free lunch for myself, mi familia or something)

Love,

Tracy

It was Hailing Ice Ice baby

For the past 2 days, it's been HAILING ice in my beloved Portland. Crazy because it's supposed to be spring in transition to summer. This is Oregon for you, people.

This condition has rendered me helpless to the temptation of all sort of comfort food such as chocolate cake, cheesecake, ice cream, mangoes, peanuts, bananas, pasta and so on. And oh what fun it is to be enjoying those calories fulfilled food, I tell you that much!
The funny thing was 2 days ago, I was on top of the world, because the weather is too nice to stay at home, started to power walk with my dear neighbour and I actually lost one pants size to boot!

I've probably gained a pant's size (or two) in 2 days, grown some pimples and currently a tummy ache (cramps) because of all the eating. Maybe this is also a sign for my "thing" to come.

Oh my bad, I shouldn't even be talking about my "time" on this blog, especially, since my blog has been honored to write about Portland, my beloved darling city for Hotels By City Blog Network (http://www.hotelsbycity.net/).

P.S. If you don't want me to write about your website, Chad, please e-mail in the morning, this whole paragraph will be GONE. Oh yes, I also apologize for my crudeness.

L-o-v-e,

Tracy

Portland VegFest 2007

Are you interested in healthy lifestyle choices like eating vegetarian or vegan or supporting your local farmers? Portland Vegfest 2007 will be a fantastic choice for you and your family to go to!
Here's some the information:

Date:

May 11th, 2007 (Friday)
&
May 12th, 2007 (Saturday)

Time:

May 11th, door opens on 6:15 PM
May 12th, door opens from 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Location:

Benson High School
546 NE 12th Avenue
Portland, Oregon

Details:

This year, Portland VegFest 2007 will feature many food exhibits, speakers, and chef demonstrations all related to the vegetarian and vegan diet.
Some of the exhibitors include Bob's Red Mill, Food Fight Grocery, Organics to You, People's Food Coop, Larabar, and Living Harvest.
Some of the scheduled speakers are John Robbins who authored the Diet for a New America and Kelly Peterson from the Oregon Humane Society.
The festival will also have plenty of free food samples and a silent auction. Click on http://portlandvegfest.org/2007/ for more detailed information regarding this event.

So, make a day or two of this awesome event, make time to go and have fun while learning new things as well!

Love,
Tracy