Cindy Pon's Blog, page 18
February 19, 2010
a match made in high school by kristin walker
About A Match Made in High School
When a mandatory marriage education course forces
Fiona to "try the knot" with super-jock Todd Harding,
she's convinced life could not possibly get any worse.
Until moments later, when her long-time crush is paired
with her arch-enemy (otherwise known as Todd's
obscenely hot, slightly sadistic girlfriend). But that's nothing
compared to her best friend's fate – a year with the very shy,
very goofy, very big Johnny Mercer.
A series of hilarious pranks and...
February 15, 2010
bedeviled: the good, the bad and the ugly dress by shani petroff
i am very excited to start the 2010 debs
tour today with shani's bedeviled!
Book Summary:
Angel Garrett knows two things for sure. The
first is that she inherited her devil-dad's powers.
The second is that she wreaks havoc whenever she
tries to use them. Especially when she's trying to
impress her crush, Cole. Angel's only solution is to
stay as far away as possible from him until she learns
how to harness this new gift. But how do you avoid
someone and get him to ask you to the school dance
at ...
February 14, 2010
vlog news!
happy valentines day and chinese new year
to all! =D i've been having a lovely weekend and
got a chance to finally vlog again yesterday.
check it out for my happy announcement! =D
hoorah! i'm very excited!
was a bit frustrated that most of my art cards
were cut off, but you can see them at the etsy site! =)
http://www.etsy.com/shop/cindypon
happy sunday, everyone!! xo
February 8, 2010
TGIFBM uk edition!
augh! is it monday already?
this is so icky i simply must give away
some books to make myself feel better!
while in england this past x'mas, i picked
up a few awesome uk editions (with uk covers!)
of debs novels, including r.j. anderson's
gorgeous KNIFE. to my utter surprised pleasure,
her sequel REBEL came out while i was there–
and i can't wait to read this!
my review of knife :
what an absolutely delightful read. you always
know when a book has found its way into your
heart when you are...
February 5, 2010
mao mi*
*mao mi translates into kitty. =) this was
my second attempt at a blobby cat. didn't like the
last one well enough but the love did.
i've been working on painting fat blobby cats!
this one probably isn't very fat, but she is blobby!
(or do you think "he"?)
i was very excited to just recently buy one and a
half shuen paper from my teacher.
speaking of time snowballing–it's hard to believe
i've been a student of brush painting for nine years
this june. and for those nine years, i had painted on
rolls...
February 1, 2010
it's all greek to me
is it really and truly february??
i have this theory that time takes on
a snowball effect as one gets older. imagine
calendar pages of months flipping faster and
faster and faster… i'm sure some physicist
can prove this somehow?
february and i have yet to post my christmas
london fotos! today is my tribute to one of the
best greek restaurants i've ever been to. lemonia
in primrose hill. interestingly enough, we also went
to an excellent greek restaurant in vienna (ah, if
only i remembered the...
January 27, 2010
a peaceful morning
i've been painting quite a lot in the new year and
trying to add to my very small collection of
brush paintings as our (chinese brush painting
society) show in balboa park is in mid march.
the person that i usually hire to mount my brush art
has retired, and so far, no one has replaced him.
thus, i'm left with unmounted paintings! if worse
comes to worse, i can try and back the paintings myself.
i'm very excited as i've been working on making some
more greeting cards with my brush art...
January 25, 2010
TGIFBM morris and indie love!
we despise mondays!! =D
this is the reason i decided to feature my
free books giveaway on monday, to try and
bring some cheer to this day.
today, i have a very special giveaway.
three books that were on the morris shortlist
for 2010. the morris award is given to excellent
young adult debuts, and i've had the pleasure of
meeting the authors as well as enjoying their
fantastic novels.
also, i'll be buying a signed copy for the winner
directly from indie bookstores, which will also
get some...
January 22, 2010
a book by sweet pea
sweet pea came home from school yesterday
excitedly telling me she had made a book for me.
and this is its cover. tell me it's not the cutest thing
you've ever seen? of course "j" is her and "c" is me,
curly hair and all. =D
we're holding books! here is an excerpt from her story,
errors included. (it was a free write in class. =)
My mom and I like writing. We are Drowers to We like
to Pinte and Drow We like art. Writing is fun I like
writing becuas you get to writ storys I like to read.
I like...
January 18, 2010
and the next six years
i forgot to mention that i started my chinese
brush painting classes in 2001. a very frustrated,
impatient why can't i paint beautifully right NOW
right AWAY brush art student. =)
we visited san francisco on my 30th birthday
in august 2003, when i was around seven months pregnant
with sweet pea. fotos were taken, me with my
rotund belly, but i can't be bothered to resurrect
them. and in november 2003…
…sweet pea arrived!
i was fortunate enough to take an entire year
off from work, and much to my ...
