How far is too far for vanity?

There are nose jobs, implants, and even barbaric procedures such as limb lengthening where they break the bones in your leg.

Have you ever heard of a laser procedure to make your eyes blue?

Blue eyes are a rarity in the world.

Being a recessive trait not many people have them which makes them desirable.

My question is: how far would people go to acquire them?

Dr. Gregg Homer may have a solution.

For a wooping $6,000 you can have your brown eye(majority of the population) pigment burned off in 20 seconds revealing a set of baby blues in 2-3 weeks. The change is irreversible.

The procedure starts off with a laser hitting your iris in different parts multiple times.  The laser changes the structure of the pigmented cells.

Your body recognizes they are damaged tissue and sends out a protein which slowly takes away the brown pigments.

Dr. Homer claims the procedure is "safe" being tested multiple times everyday, year round.

The procedure only burns off the top layer and has no medical significance to eye sight.

According to a survey done by Storma Medical, 35% Americans said they would seriously consider the procedure.

For me I think I'll stick to my contacts for a color change.

High End Fruit.... What?!

You read it right. Have you ever heard of a melon being sold for $100 or a 12-pack of strawberries sold for $68

Japan takes pride in their quality fruits Voilà!

The interior of an Semikiya fruit emporium says it all; fruit being displayed as if they were Tiffany and Co. pink diamonds.

So why on earth are these fruits so expensive?

For one, high end fruits such as the one seen in the emporium are grown in PERFECT conditions. All fruits in an orchard are hand pollinated and other fruits are grown in controlled greenhouse settings.

Fruit has always been a perfect gift in many cultures. I'm not surprised someone found a way to make a melon greenhouse into a gold mine. The high end fruit vendors claim the fruit to be luxurious not only because the high cost and upbringing of the fruit but the flavor.

 "You never forget the experience of haven eaten something so delicious" says Farhad Kardan, a corporate trainer shopping for prized fruit.

Moving onto square fruit!

The Japanese came up with the solution to make transportation more convenient and efficient with the help of a clear plastic box, creating these cubic melons. The technique has been increasingly popular with other fruits and vegetables. This is especially true because turning them into geometric figures don't change the taste.

Book Recommendation: Nothing but the Truth(and a few white lies)

A few days ago I asked a girl where she was from because she had a unique accent instead of a clear answer of: "Oh, my ethnic background is ________. I got the look of someone who had just been rudely insulted and then a cold cutting reply.

What I summed from that experience is a reminder of you should be proud of where your from and who you are.

I am a strong believer in turning a bad situation into something useful. That way, those moments in your life you think were wasted were not in vain but end up being beneficial. Bittersweet right?

On with the blog post!

Nothing but the Truth(and a few white lies) is about a girl named Patty who is shunned from the Asian community and sticks out on the red, white, and blue side. Patty tries desperately to be a whole of something instead she is looked at as a gawky outcast for being a half Taiwanese, half American hybrid.

Her family doesn't make it any better. Her mother being 100% Taiwanese and her favored brother getting the "mama-looking genes". Patty doesn't feel like even fits in her own family.

Mama is strongly superstitious and takes Patty to get her fortune read.... out of her bellybutton(no typos). The fortune teller predicts she won't be married to the ideal Taiwanese boy "Mama" had in mind but an American boy. Mama is shocked, Patty's American father walked out her when she was little and Mama doesn't want it happening again. Right away Mama sends Patty away to a Stanford Summer Math Camp in hopes of her finding a nice boy to take home.

Patty is miserable; although it's her first taste of freedom the goal her mother set was not what she had in mind.

The future can only await....

Overall the book is fast paced and dramatic. It's a great book young adult novel as an awareness raiser or someone struggling with a mixed background identity. I thoroughly enjoyed the narration, the feelings were realistic and down-to-earth. There are twist and turns in this book setting it apart from every other "boy meets girl" story or a "finding out the family-secret" kind of book.

Uniqueness isn't a bad thing. People spend their entire school life trying to fit in. After that they're in a frantic mess of trying to stand out and be different.

R&J Favorite Cousin: Benvolio

Benvolio is my favorite character in Romeo and Julliet.

Although he is a flat character, Benvolio is seriously the best friend you want to have, he listens to Romeo's problems, pushes him forward, and always has his back(You'll see later in a big event involving Tybalt)

Benvolio means good will and well wisher. (Benvolio Shown Below)

In the story Benvolio serves as an unsuccesful peacemaker between the Montague and Capulet houses. Benvolio is unable to make the Montagues and Capulets understand the bond that Romeo and Julliet have.

I find that Tybalt is very hasty. He cannot stand it when he does not get his way or when he is not understood. Sch as during the feast Lord Capulet held. His blood practically started boiling at the sight of Romeo. Tybalt is nosy which ultimately leads to his end. (Tybalt Shown Above)

Quickie Post

I'm dropping Little Miss Lucifer... for now.

It's just extremely difficult to read. Evan Pham, made a wonderfully challenging book but it's too time consuming. When I read I find the need to capture each character and understand the book to my fullest extent. There are many other books I want to read this year which I will never get to if I continue to linger on this novel.

It will be the first book on my "Holiday Read List". After I get  everything I've wanted on break it gets boring. Personally I can't watch TV for 5 hours before I start to feel guilty that I should be doing something more productive. So I read books, the next best thing. It's TV in your head, except you get to choose your own version of what characters and scene look like.