new launch

new launch:

www.cathyhan.com

in the process of construction.
but still check it out!

french dreams

i dreamed in french these couple of days.
it been very stressful.

i found a very subtlely beautiful and funny clip :)
these things make my day.



france is a must.

jason mraz live in RI

jason mraz concert, kingston, RI

MRAZ night!

it was just as i imagined.

i loved it.

i love his... voice, articulations, melodies.

i guess mostly it was the fact that his live music seemed flawless and ever more so real, so far away on stage, but still so close singing right there in front of me.

live, sweet voice just melts my soul away.

and as he shared, for this valentine's day, i will love myself :)

flashback

taking a walk, seabrook, TX

today was the last work day @ nasa. tomorrow is the final presentation and wrap up of everything we've been doing the past... wow 5 and a half weeks.
making my last dinner in texas, i stuffed all the food i could get from the remainder of the stuff we had left. i knew it was too much food to start out with, but of course i always just, eat it all anyways. feeling almost sick afterwards, i knew it was already dark outside to run, so instead i decided to grab my camera and walk around the neighborhood. it'll be my last chance to absorb all the last bits of seabrook, texas...
the rain had passed by last night, the day had been humid, but comforting with cool breeze, kind of reminding me of seattle. i liked it. my hair got sticky to my face so i pulled up my hood, but now it was almost too warm. ignoring the weird weather, i looked up and the clouds were clearing up as it passed the moonlight. i barely took my camera out in time to capture the last glimpse of light before it hid itself again behind the layered dark fog. it was too dark to be able to see the neighborhood, so i just walked to the playground. sat down on the crooked bench and listened to few songs. realized i'd never be able to sit in that spot probably ever again for the rest of my life. once i leave it tonight, i'll never see it again. will i remember it? will i miss it? it's always this kind of stupid worries that gets me. will i ever be able to come back? what will bring me back here? i'll just keep on moving on, to another place, leaving behind another person, another cherishable memory. no matter how bad the experience was here, how horrible the people might have been, i know i'll look back one day and find one reason to want to be here again.

but, for now, i'm outta here...
providence, here i come~
now i have the 5 and a half weeks worth of catching up to do. no, more like 2 months, since i haven't seen everyone since last year... have to pretend like i've been there all along. wednesday i'll be sleeping in my bed, thursdays i'll be @ jason mraz concert in kingston, friday i'll be back playing keyboard, saturday it'll be early praise practice (oh and the depressing single awareness day, i'm sure a box of chocolate will be my lover for that day), sunday i'll be back in korean school, monday it'll be the first day of a new semester. like i said, like i've been there, all along.

inside the moon rover

nasa johnson space center, houston, TX

so... today was by far the coolest day of my nasa internship, so far.

after getting the people in the spacesuits to test our designs with the rover, we got to inside and check it out for ourselves!
so... tell me, whether that's so freaking cool or freaking awesome.

i say that's freaking bad awsss...

my fav

drive back home, seabrook, TX

my favorite time of the day is.

.

realizing my work all day is done.

when i made myself useful in the real world.

when i succeeded in fooling like i know what i'm doing again.

and realize i'm actually beginning to know what i should be doing.

.

riding in the car,

when it's right about sunset.

and all the clouds start to scatter away,

as if to follow the last bit of sun light, before it all goes away.

.

knowing i have no homework,

that i'll just be home with the whole afternoon to myself.

that there're still two more books left to read for the Twilight saga.

that no one will tell me when to stop when i run.

.

when my roomate calls me from providence for no good reason,

as if i'm just sitting next to her to talk about her day.

and i just sit and listen,
because i'm not much of a talker on the phone.

.

thinking that tomorrow will be another full day
of working under stress and watchful eyes

and i will get all tensed up

until my favorite time of the day comes again.

monster trucks

at monster trucks show, downtown houston, TX

i'd say it's a once in a lifetime opportunity.
so i went.
el toro loco. grave digger. maximum destruction...
i even know their names now.
how ridiculous.
if i get a leather jacket, i've almost, almost become a true texan.

soon we'll be found

new artist i'm hooked on.
this mv is so beautiful.

side track

o god, i miss home.

mind break

yesterday i wrote a song.
because i had a good dream the night before.
it was slow at work, the team wasn't back from DC yet.
and i began my mind wandering again.



today i went to houston.
the museum of natural science.
pretty cool place to check out.
and finally had the texas bbq time~



texas is such a SLOW place...
i think i'm starting to pick up an annoying dialogue from here.
ehhh... it almost doesn't bother me anymore.

at work

here am i at work. empty office; everyone's @ the obama inauguration.
rich finally called from DC to give us the assignment to work on.
lunar wet bath project.
so what will it be like to be showering in zero gravity on the moon? i have no idea. our new project is to design a bathroom inside the lunar habitat for the voyage to the moon in year 2020. it seems pretty far, but it's only really like 10 years away. i'll be able to see them go to the moon again in my lifetime... if everything goes as planned. and even the voyage to mars in 2030. i'll be in my... 40's. weird. anywho, the wet bath, on the moon. i don't know anything. i just know there's so many things to account for. limitation to space, hygene, moisture, disposal, time, clean up. condensation, moisture inside the space shuttles can cause major damage to the systems. how is that even possible... i'm just glad i can take my showers. here on earth.
working in an empty office is weird... just me and erik.

space center

yesterday i went to the space center.
for free, with my nasa BADGE. lol.

i was blown away.

space ships are so intriguing.

so i bought a souvenir.

the classic.

weekend

it's weekend!

everyone in my department is going to DC next week for the inaugaration. look for the NASA lunar rover in the parade, and the people who'll salut to Obama walking behind the rover, that's our peeps :) too bad we couldn't tag along... actually i might be scared.

anyways that means... we run their office on all on our own.

yus.

starbucks berry chai infusion

starbuck's new berry chai infusion tea.

is amazing.

a new favorite drink.

i recommend you to never try this drink.

because it's my favorite drink,

it can't become your favorite drink.

jk.

please try it. i beg you.

you'll fall in love, like me.

:)

the beginning

in the beginning was cathy.
cathy was with ideas and was cathy's ideas.

ideas formed into thoughts.
thoughts into motivation.
motivation into persuasion.
persuasion into practice.
practice into exploration.
exploration into analysis.
and analysis into new ideas.

new ideas into new thoughts.
new thoughts into new motivation.
new motivation into new persuasion.
new persuasion into new practice.
new practice into new exploration.
new exploration into new analysis.
new analysis into more ideas.
and so on...

this is where i am.
from a spark of an idea to...
beginning of this blog.