“A Few of my Favorite Things”

At our house, Birthdays are filled to the brim with special treats, family time, and unique celebrations. It is a day to stop and enjoy everything and everyone that you love. The theme that Rachel...

Mother’s Day

Dad is out of town for two weeks, and with Michael still in HK finishing up his semester, its just girls for a while… Being Mother’s Day yesterday, we had real reason to celebrate as we have a...

New Beginnings

Michael, throughout my visit to Carnegie Mellon University, I thought of you often. Being the first member of Connecting4 to step out into the world of study and responsibility, your experience at...

Getting Some Perspective

To my fun loving sister, Maddie: I have really enjoyed the past few days that we have spent together. Ice cream, rockin’ music, the Revolution TV series, house keeping… the list of activities we...

With the end of school coming up, there is so much to be done: finals to study for, friends to say goodbye to, and the summer to prepare for! Also, with Rachel getting ready to head off to college...

Dirty, Dirty Blog Office

A week has passed since the hectic consecutive three week birthday celebrations (Megan’s birthday on March 31, and a week later my birthday on April 6th, then a week later Jessie’s birthday). Let...

Rachel, We Miss You!

To my dearest sister who is in America on the search for colleges: How’s the sweet smell of American air?! We are so jealous of you – Grrr… (Not to mention we are missing you like CRAZY!) With...

Counting Stars

To my music-loving brother: I made a delightful discovery on Spotify yesterday that I just had to share with you! The song is called “Counting Stars”, by OneRepublic. I can’t think of a song I...

Korean Cravings

Having recently moved to a new district in Tianjin, we are now a 10 minute walk from several Korean food restaurants. I love Korean food so much that I can’t help but go once, twice, or even three...

Shake it Bom Bom!

To all my food fanatic sisters: Off to meet Bianca today in Admiralty (buzzing hub of business, shopping and food, just one stop from central). I have to say, this place really provokes my weakness...

The Sketchbooks Have Arrived!

Last summer, as Michael and I were searching around for ways to develop our personal artistic style and technique, we stumbled upon The Sketchbook Project. This organization caters to individuals...

Reaching Out on Valentine’s Day

For Valentine’s Day this year, Jessie, Maddie, and I, invited some friends over for flower arranging and some much needed spring-time festivities. It took a full two days to prepare for this...

Red-Velvet Valentine’s Day Cake

Yes, I know its been a month since Valentine’s Day but to be honest, I couldn’t pass up this post no matter how late. I am putting it out there as the best tasting cake that I’ve ever made. It...

A Little Coffee, A Little Chat

In Chinese you would say “一边喝咖啡，一边聊天”, which quite literally means “A Little Coffee, A Little Chat”. Sometimes (okay – most of the time) coffee and good, long conversations can do wonders for one’s...

Cupcake Phase

For the past month my oven has experienced literal tidal waves of cupcakes entering and exiting by the dozens. Seriously, for about a week, J, M, & M could expect a fresh cupcake every afternoon...

Remembering Winter.

I appreciate the slowness of wintertime, long days cozied up inside provide time to think, rest with family, and pray. Thinking back on the past few months, I fondly remember… quiet snowfalls. hot...

Four Eyes

I’ve always had an obsession with eyewear… especially round frames. Been craving these specs from Chanel. Love the color, the curve, the vintage vibe and the subtle accents. They reminded me of a...

From the Studio: Analysing Yau Tong

Our first project of the semester involved analysing the peripheral site, Yau Tong. I loved getting around the site and exploring the area. We produced this drawing throughout the first few weeks-...

How To : Adobe Illustrator Geometric Art

You may remeber my preview posts of geometric renditions of Audrey Hepburn, The Girl with the Pearl Earring, and Twiggy; well today we are going to learn how to create a geometric-art-form of any...

From the Studio: Chinese Calligraphy Acrylic Cut

Studying architecture can be difficult at times: the work load, the hours, the complicated models and tedious drawings. I often get very frustrated, but there is one thing that I am thankful for in...

I’m Lovin’… Food Gawker

First and foremost I’d like to repent of beging terribly MIA on Connecting4 lately. It’s a new year and I am super excited for all the new that is coming my way. Finally I can start a fresh with...

Biscuits n’ Snow

This morning we woke up to a winter wonderland outside. So lovely. Being the sweet older sister that I am, I dragged myself out of bed extra early to bake warm, fluffy biscuits for breakfast....

Happy Chinese New Year!

新年快樂！恭喜發財！ Happy Chinese New Year from Connecting Four!!

A Mexican Weekend

Mexico. I’ve never been but it seems like a wonderful place. While satisfying my recipe obsession, I came across this cinnamon, vanilla beverage. The element which originally sparked my attention...

Merry Christmas!

Just stopping by to wish all of you a very merry christmas! Life has been hectic having to finish up this semester of school and go christmas shopping but somehow I think everything worked out...

Preparing for Thanksgiving

This year we are celebrating Thanksgiving a couple days late because Jessie was in Singapore on Thursday attending a Model United Nations (MUN) conference. We simply could not celebrate...

From the Studio: Architecture Analysis

It has been an interesting semester thus far in my second year of architecture. We are working on Architectural Urbanism, exploring how architecture effects the city, and how a single building can...

Autumn Fest 03

Rachel: Over the past couple of weeks I have received much encouragement and motivation from friends and family- I am so grateful for the people who daily impact my life! Maddie: Today I’m so very...

Pumpkin Octopus Bread

I made this bread for breakfast Saturday morning to begin our Autumn Bucket List with a BANG. However, If you ask my family, they’d say this delicious concoction wasn’t a true breakfast (seeing...

Autumn Fest 02

With my newfound photo blog obsession, I was MORE than ready for day 2! I have a feeling Rachel knew that I would love completing this activity! To me all the pictures above scream JESSIE. From the...