Firstly, they will say it’s impossible, next they will say it’s possible but not worth trying. Finally, when you succeed, they will say they knew it after all. Keep your eyes on the prize. Focus!
We are the creator of our reality. How we view the world is who we are inside.
I am love and love is I. I feel empathy for those who hate and judge by gossip. ( She say he say ) I am a person of truth and the truth will always be my protector, my guide, and my vehicle to happiness and success. I do not care to posses material things, becuase to me they are just tools and can always be replace. What is irreplaceable are memories, kindness and authenticity.
This would be one of my last post for 2011. This year has been mentally challenging and physically boring, I carried a lot of weight ( I’m not talking about fat, I am referring to people and events ) in the being I seek to help, eventually reality sinks in and I realize I am not a red cross shelter and I should choose wisely to who I should offer my generosity to. The goal is to make good choices towards everything you surround yourself with. Yes, I mean people, places, events, people, people, people…. You are the product of your culture and environment so from now forward I will continue to be super picky to whom I let in my wonderful life. I am truly a loner when it comes to personal space, privacy, and of course as you all know, it is super important for a creative person like myself who puts her self out there to be surrounded with positive, flavorful people and people who truly understand the meaning of love and practice it in their own special way. Winners to sum it up.
The highlight of this year was when I found new friends who are now a very big part of my daily laughter. Amazing medicine for my soul. I am human, like everyone else I do feel insecurity, I do feel low from time to time, however it all disappears when I start to be thankful for every little wonderful thing life has given me. My health, my family, my freedom, 80% of the world is in poverty so I have no reason to complain.
Now that I’m a mother I’m starting to understanding how crucial love is, and I remember to have had a lot of real love in my life. My parents really cares about who I will be as a person and they had always done their best to give me what they think I needed. My mother is a very intuitive woman, self made, and with little education she basically did it all by herself to provide me and my family a very good life. Her intuition was not so far off when she sent me to modeling school, gymnastic classes, sing lessons, piano lessons, a lot of opportunities for me to explore creatively. Today I am what I am partly of her guidance. I think she wants for me what I would like for Haley. I felt a lot of love in my heart when I realize how much my mother loves me, just as much as I love Haley…
Last year about this time we started our first Banh Mi shop. Now we are on our 4th lease. Of course this can’t be accomplished alone. My partners and I are working hard to make everything work although I have to say team work is a heavy effort and if it’s not 100% devotion the team wouldn’t be as strong. Thank god for Christmas they get to sleep in for the day. The whole idea of our business is to create an eatery without having a chef. We franchisee our locations and we are the provider of the product and the franchises runs the shop and assembles the product. We spilt profit 70%-30%. It is the new “Subway” business model except we are Banh Mi. That is pretty much all I can spill right now. Tune in for future developments.
Haute Rooster posted 107 post this year. Not so bad for a “bad” year. The year of the rabbit 2011 was supposed to be a bad year for us roosters according to the chinese zodiac because we are opposites however I believe opposites attract. It was a wonderful learning year for the blog and looking through all the post since 2010 I can see the improvements. I will always make time for Haute Rooster and one day I’ll have a coffee lounge named after it. Haute Rooster will be returning to Asia this winter 2012. We will be doing product development and sampling. It is a long and delicate process and it needs to be done right. Quality control is a big issue when it comes to Vietnam’s production. The labor is cheap and can only be a trade off to a degree. So my only solution at the moment is to keep it small with high quality. Since 2007 I have been working this production and i feel I have it figured out. Now that I have expanded my network, We are READY for our ready to wear line.
Yes that is my ass you are looking at. As vain as this may sound, however if we can’t appreciate our naked body, NO ONE will. Vanity is healthy when practice correctly. Being vain is different from being a bitch. If god blessed with you amazing features use it and embrace it. I am a huge supporter of plastic surgery. If you are not happy with something get it fixed. I not suggesting to go to the extreme and change everything, however if needed, get it done.
Two years ago I publish my first photography book on blurb.com this year I am feeling that itch again. The first book was very simple. I picked my favorite photos and added inspiring quotes. It was mostly decided to photography, beauty, fashion and empowerment. Going through my work, I felt I needed to out do myself and so I decided volume two is over due. Mind you when I made the first book in 2010, Haute Rooster did not exist. Now that it does, I just feel it is natural that my next book be label under Haute Rooster. This brings me to love blurb.com It is perfect for bipolar artists like myself who changes their minds often. What is really cool about blurb is I can produce as many books as I want (digitally) and if YOU, like what I do, you can place an order online with blurb and get your copy. I would like to be very clear that I do not profit from the books what so ever. I am looking to share. Not to sell. However if you want to buy, I will not stop you. If you do buy I suggest your purchase has a purpose. Yes another Merina Vo photography book. After all it is for Charity. I will be posted with progress. Anyway, if you want to make a book for someone you love, or any ideas you want to “book” check out blurb.com
And so it is here. The year is ending. It was beautiful, it was challenging and most important it was a good lesson learned. This year my challenges were mostly personal but I found good friends and thank god for my family who loves and support me always. Life is dress rehearsal. Keep rehearing. Practice makes perfect.
We will be moving into a new home, and I hope to finalize my little office space by January. I hate feeling un-seattle and once we are moved I positive the creative energy will come flying around the conner. Also I hate moving. I hate packing and unpacking. I rarely use the word “hate” as you all know unless I truly HATE.
Two weeks ago my web host sent me an email regards to updating my server name and I never got the message. Not knowing what was going on I updated and changed my blog and did all this amazing work to later discover it was not applied to my blog. Bummer right? The good news is, everything is fixed and I can go on blogging. Please discard any of my posting previously to this one.
Speaking of sets, this particular set was created fro GQ Italia. I do it every year. I do a posting dedicated to the people of Italy because GQ Italia totally supported me when I was promoting my heart projects in the name of charity. They love me in Italy and I love them. Thank you so much for supporting me and loving me.
