I have six pounds of freshly picked strawberries sitting in my fridge. Anyone have any good strawberry recipes to share? I’m thinking strawberry rhubarb pie, strawberry yogurt cake, strawberry ...
This past week has been incredibly relaxing and stress-free, which is a lovely change of pace (especially considering the hectic crunch during finals and graduation!). I’ve slept in. I’ve...
I made homemade oatmeal this morning. Took me all of five minutes and only required oatmeal, soy milk, brown sugar and a pinch of cinnamon. It was delicious, (relatively) healthy and super convenient...
The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings (2007) Summary: Matthew King was once considered one of the most fortunate men in Hawaii. His missionary ancestors were financially and culturally progressive–on...
While grocery shopping today to make pasta for dinner tonight, I was struck by the lack of vegetables in the recipe. (It’s a taco-inspired pasta dish, so there’s lots of cheese and, of co...
This past week has certainly flown by. My mom came all the way to DC from Hong Kong to spend the week with me, which was absolutely lovely. Aside from graduating (!!) we also celebrated Mother’...
My family had a very small-scale reunion last night, where my mom and I had dinner with some relatives on my dad’s side of the family. It was lovely seeing everyone, but what cracked me up the ...
This morning, I graduated magna cum laude from American University. That still doesn’t sound real to me. More updates on graduation later in the week!
As of today I am officially done with my undergraduate studies. In four days, I will have my diploma in hand. *cue freakout* Now, if only I could get post-graduate employment squared away and sorted ...
My lifelong love for Ferris wheels was not disappointed by my experience at the London Eye.
I’ve now officially completed three out of my five classes for my final semester in college. After Tuesday, I’ll be done with all of them! (Of course I wouldn’t be finished until th...
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (2010) Summary: Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss’s family is safe. Peeta has been c...
I came home today after a day of being productive on campus and decided to bake muffins because, well, I could. Now I have breakfast and snacks covered for the next few days, woo!
All I have standing between me and graduation is a final paper, a portfolio, an online exam and a final presentation. Also, graduation is in 12 days. HOLY. CRAP.
Isn’t it crazy to think that I’m officially done with my college classes? I remember how nervous I was for my first one (a literature class that was a general education requirement). My l...
It is not even 10:30am, and so far this morning I have done the following: Attend class, where I had to give a short introductory-type speech Hand in my class portfolio Purchase ingredients to make T...
My mom, who is supremely awesome in every which way My uncle, who helped me out when I was in a bind this past week (not that he even reads this blog, so he won’t know how grateful I am for his...
The beauty I witnessed in Lijiang left me speechless. It was like seeing a postcard come to life.
This week has been stressful. I don’t really want to write about it, actually. Suffice to say that the stresses of everything that comes with graduation are really getting to me, and the job se...
Inspired by eemusings‘ version of this, I decided to try my hand at my own version of “20 Memorable Moments: A Chronology.” 1. My first memory is of visiting my mom and baby brother...
Upon my brother reading the numerous edits I made to his first resume: My brother: I double-checked the “skills” section to make sure you didn’t put in anything sarcastic. (I hadn&#...
When it comes to the interview portion of the job search, that means it’s time for thank you notes. I actually really like writing them, surprisingly. There’s something satisfying about p...
It baffles me how companies that post “entry level” positions qualify that description by asking for one to two (or two to three, or one to three, etc), years of experience from a candida...
About two weeks ago I stopped updating my daily happiness journal on Tumblr. My original goal was to update it for a year, and I did update that journal all throughout 2011. Now, though, I feel like ...
Wat Traimit is absolutely beautiful, and it houses the world’s largest Golden Buddha. After the Golden Buddha was cast, it was covered in plaster to prevent it from being stolen. It wasn’...
Last week I had my first interview for a “big girl” job. As nerve-wracking as the idea of an interview is, it wasn’t half bad. I think the thing with interviews is that they sound m...
Yes, it is possible that a college student would choose to read narrative non-fiction over YA fiction or fiction in general. If someone had told me this in high school, I probably never would have be...
That scene in “The Lion King” where Mufasa appears in the heavens and Simba runs after him, shouting at him to come back, to not leave him, always makes me want to reach out to Simba and ...
This week has been all about my upcoming graduation, or so it seems. Now that spring break is over and the second half of my last semester of my undergraduate degree is here, everything is all about ...
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain (2001) Summary: When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote “Don’t Eat Before You Read This” in The New Yorker, ...
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