We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

i was supposed to be named after jimmy carter, the author of the above quote. but, seeing that i turned out a girl, my parents scrambled to name me. then, my brother was named jimmy, or "chi-ming" as he is called in cantonese.

dad, my partner-in-crafts, keeps quite the clutter of products on the bathroom sink counter at home, and thus, whenever he comes to visit, the lack of counter space in the bathrooms drives him nuts. doesn't stop him from visiting though! instead, he built over-the-toilet shelves for both the master bathroom and the guest bathroom.

andrew and i were then put in charge of decorating them. so we started off painting them white. however, they still looked rather stark. since the shower curtain in the guest bathroom featured light blue, brown, and tan and i had noticed that the dollar store sold light blue, tan, and white sea glass, we decided to mosaic the shelves! only one major problema: mosaic-ing with sea glass requires an appreciation for random chaos and i prefer things to be symmetrical (just more mathematical that way). so andrew was in charge of design.and put into its rightful place the master bathroom has light blue tiles and white walls, with shiny silver picture frames and a mirrored medicine cabinet. thus, we decided to mosaic that bathroom shelf in an art deco-ish manner with small mirrors and glass marbles. i took charge of laying out the pattern on this shelf, since it was very orderly and required precision. dad had added a small slot on this shelf for andrew's bathroom reading pleasure. heheyes, that is andrew in the corner petting bunkins' head with the bottom of his foot. poor bunny! installed in the bathroom! isn't it a beauty? today's episode of "dr bunkins' apothecary" was brought to you by the word mosaic.