best picture

Jeff Hamada has been working hard at Emily Carr making movies for awhile. This is his final project and you can see it for free! at Emily Carr on May 6th at 7pm. If you don't know Jeff, go to see Karlin and Kristen Russell on the big screen. I personally am way excited. Go, call your friends and go see it. Movie+Free+ people you know in it=priceless

I am healed

I know easter is over, I sort of feel like I missed it cause I was getting researched. But in the weeks coming up to easter I focused some of my picture taking on Jesus and crosses and stuff




he will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears
from all faces;
he will remove the disgrace of his people
from all the earth.
The LORD has spoken.

In that day they will say,
"Surely this is our God;
we trusted in him, and he saved us.
This is the LORD, we trusted in him;
let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation."
Isaiah 25:8

Fashion Forecast!

Set sail this summer with nautical inspired swim wear. Prepare to see the navy and white showing up at beaches from the Hamptons to Malibu. Throw on a loose button up and some oversize shades to block the rays. Anchors away!




























Cristina in Espirt, Angela in Banana Republic, sunglasses Steve Madden. Shot on location at the Ko'olina Resort.

rest, now dance

Rest assured, in my absence I a have been gathering stories and experiences, and pictures that I will share with you when i have the appropriate amount of time. This weekend for sure when I go back into the study, I'll have time.

until then...the dance contest continues here's jeff's entry

nap and snack club

This is the last night, time has flown. This is way better then working.

It actually is just like being in a university dorm. Always some fun kids to hang out with. We tan on the lanai all day and watch "jackass" and lots of movies at night.

I would totally recommend doing studies. But I guess it depends on who you are locked up with. I lucked out, and everyone is rad. Today we only had a blood draw this morning, and nothing since. Just one blood draw in the morning and I'm outta here. I will be eating ice cream as soon as I can, it's just like camping or something, where you get all sorts of cravings for food that in real life you wouldn't need, just knowing that you can't have it, makes you want it so bad.

I'm totally looking forward to my next study period in a couple weeks. It's very resting, like a retreat, where you can nap whenever you want.

Thanks for the easter love.

Re-Search

ok, so I'm here, at my study. I may have to post a few times this weekend, cause I've got loads of time and nothing to do.

So I haven't taken any drugs yet, today was just physicals, taking some blood, vitals etc. Right now I'm chilling on my "bunk" I've got the bottom and top, I'm going to sleep on the top, just cause I haven't had the top bunk opportunity for awhile. In my room there are 4 other girls who are rediculously nice and fun. They will make this whole experience tolerable.
Being in a study is all about being a good "controled" subject. Meaning they say "start" eating and time how long it takes and when you are done. We have to stay inside the building where they can moniter us, so there is no opportunity to sneak a snack or put caffine into your body.
I wish they had a pool on the roof.
I would show pictures of the kids I'm in here with, but they don't allow camaras. hmm, places that don't allow camaras, makes you wonder.
Good thing I'll be on msn pretty much every waking moment I am in here, I can cry for help if I need it.

test dummy

Ok, I know what you are going to think....this is a bad idea Ang.
This post is to convince you why this is a good idea.

What I'm talking about, is medical testing. While being unemployed the opportunity presented itself to make money by letting drug companies test the before market drugs on me.

I know what you are thinking. "why ang why?"

Well the truth it is pretty much risk free, and it's going to help people who need the medicine.
So the study that I am doing is for blood platelets. People who are having chemo need medicine to boost their blood platelet production. I will be trying out that drug. So perhaps my blood will be working a little harder then normal, but we'll see. I do the study over two weekends this month and am given a small dosage once during the weekend. They will take blood throughout the weekend to see if anything has changed.

But I'm not just doing it to help people that need the medicine, the truth is I get paid $1700 for my time.

Now either you are picking up the phone to say "no ang no, don't do this!" Or you are interested in how you can participate in such a study yourself. Well, if it's the latter, you can check the website www.radientresearch.com and if you do want to sign up for a study you can use me a referal and I make a little money to.

It's like a pyramid scheme for our bodies!

So this weekend I will be chilling at the research center, everyone in my study is really young and fun so we'll have a good time. A lot of surfers to the studies, cause then they can surf for the season and not need to get a real job.
They have wireless so I'll bring the laptop and I will have plenty of free time to chat.

This ones for science! Geez, who else was going to do it?

pacific ocean > cross hair

"so if youre lonely, you know I'm here waiting for you."
5 points if you know the song, next line...
I'm just a cross hair I'm just a shot away from you,

So it's been awhile since I actually got down to business and told you what is happening in my life other then rain and pictures of myself.
I took the job at the homeless shelter, and then I entered a world of confidentiality contracts. So really I can't say much about it. But it is a shelter for women and families. I like the kids the best. My job is sort of just maintaining the facility and operations of the shelter. Making sure everyone gets out of bed when they are supposed to, eat at meal times, take showers, obey the rules. It's sort of like being a mom/ prison warden. It has been really challanging already, and I have gagged almost everyday. It is one of the places where being a skinny young white girl is not really in my favor, but I'm learning to "yell profesionally" and demand respect from tough people.
In Conor's words "grrrr"
I am not certain if it is where I will want to be for a long time, but hey it's something new,it is crazy challanging, and I'm not going to shy away from it.
It is sunny today, finally! The second day in a row, my white body is so glad. In fact I am outside right now. It's a little breezy.
Hold on, my slippers are blowing away.

Tomorrow I am lucky enough not to work, so it's going to be a long surfing day. The surf lately has been hard to come by because it's been so rainy. Rainy=runoff=murky water=sharks I don't know if you heard but a few weeks ago a girl from Vancouver got bitten on the leg. yikes. To make matters worse all of the rain we had, overflowed the sewers flooding millions! of gallons of sewage into waikiki. sharks=yikes poo=gross
Don't worry, brown water isn't attractive to me. I'll be heading far away from there. I am so glad that no one came to visit this month, it's not Honolulu's brightest moment.

This weekend your clocks changed but mine didn't meaning that you are now three hours ahead of me. Which sucks, if feels so much farther away, and leaves me few people to call at night. Except Karlin!
(get ready for much deserved Karlin praise) The time difference is something crazy evening = morning night=day. But Karlin is doing great in Switserland. She has totally blessed me this week with her text messages. I can't help but think that it must take longer for a text to travel that far, but it seems pretty instantanious. I heart cell phones.

I also love Lana. She must know the above mentioned song.

In other news, I am excited about the Kokua festival coming up this month where I get to see Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, and Willie Nelson! That is on the 22nd, and I'm lucky I found tickets cause it sold out right away. If there was ever one thing I was lucky about, ticket getting would be it.

It's time for your hawaiian word of the day, inspired by the Kokua festival, the word Kokua (co-coo-ah) is hawaiian for "to aid, assist, or help" It is not uncommon to hear people say "mahalo for your kokua", go a head and try saying out loud, maybe to your boyfriends later, or maybe to your cashier at safeway.