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i just drank bugs boiled in water >.<

Thursday, Aug 21, 2008 11:45AM / Standard Entry / Members only

This is my first experience with a Chinese herbal doctor...I've been doing the Western medicine thing for pretty much my whole life but my friend recommended that I see her doctor, since I've had this rash thing on my forearm and she had a similar experience.

It was pretty interesting but I have heard many stories about the slow healing process but overall better results? depending on the sickness etc...my first time resulted in the doctor telling me that I have bad health and he pretty much pinpointed my physically weak areas...such as my ears (the only place I've had surgery). He also gave me acupuncture on my feet ~ it hurt...guess I'm just not used to it.

Now for the past four/five days I've been drinking medicine that my mom boils...today I had to do myself so I actually saw big dried insects in the medicine parcel and I just got really nauseous...even though the medicine tastes pretty nasty I haven't really had a bad time drinking it...so far. I guess mentally it doesn't help when you actually see what's in there.

On a more positive note ~ my rash is gone and I feel a bit better. The main part being that after I drink the medicine I must go to sleep immediately. I usually sleep really late, and like to eat late night snacks. The medicine fills me up...this is like a diet lol, especially since I can't eat/drink anything cold, can't eat seafood or anything really oily.

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sake bombing & wood crafts (do not mix)

Tuesday, Jul 29, 2008 10:39AM / Standard Entry / Members only

my weekend went quite well ~ hung out with my friends and had a lot of fun!
went sake bombing with my best friends near west 4th...then went over to hell's kitchen..it was a gay club but all I did there was pee ~ so didn't get a look around...never been to a club in the city ~ i'm not a dancer at all >.< lol then we went over to a diner and had some late night snacks!

me, sara & marc~~

on sunday sara and I made a really pretty name plate sort of thing for her newborn niece, alyssa ~~~ isn't it pretty?

the background!

finally finished painting the letters!

tada! it's done~

it was sara's idea! then we went over to michael's to get all the supplies~

me with the sign!

yea the quality is pretty bad ~ they were all taken with my phone camera...

Today is Monday and I got two more wisdom teeth taken out, waited an hour for my criminal background check at 1 police plaza and had another interview with a korea recruiter. No worries...I'm not a criminal ~ i just need it for my visa to korea!

edit:// crud I spelled sake wrong~ gonna change it hehe

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oh rotten milk~

Saturday, Jul 26, 2008 1:36AM / Standard Entry / Members only

so I was eating cereal this morning...I thought it tasted a little funky but I figured it was just the banana I put in there...because I remember reading the expiration date was 7/29.

And then I saw the yogurt-like lumps...half a bowl later...(okay so I was watching TV while I was eating...wasn't really looking at my food)...and then I went upstairs and looked at the milk cartoon again.

It said...

EXPIRATION DATE: 7/29
For NYC: 7/23 (in smaller words... >_<)

sara said I had a stomach of steel yesterday...lets hope that holds up.

lessons learned:
1. Always read both expiration dates.
2. Put your glasses on in the morning...esp if you're pretty much blind w/o them.

EDIT:// My stomach of steel prevails! ^^

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am I really doing this?

Monday, Jul 21, 2008 4:32PM / Standard Entry / Members only

I am seriously considering going abroad and teaching English in Korea...

It's scary...but exciting at the same time!

If anyone has any experience or know of any resources I can look into...I'd be forever grateful

and now for some pictures from my favorite abroad experience ^^

my friends and I at the infamous 연고전 (YeonGoJeon) games...we're rooting for our school!
from left ~ cheryl, michelle, me, yuriko, izzy

a message I scribbled against the side of a wooden graffiti shed at a restaurant...someone from our group of friends coined us the 'i-family'...our dorm was call the i-house.

a picture from my favorite class ~ astronomy! The amazingly smart professor is on the left and I'm the second girl from the left...there were only two girls in our class...this picture was taken after the final

my amazing friends on my birthday ~ they look me out to 고기 buffet...(meat buffet haha)
from the left ~ blake, michael, me, joanne, jaehee, tom, sal, cindy, cheryl, rowena

this is what happens after the intake of soju...yes that's me...and my japanese friend, gata!

my last day in korea...I look like crap because I hadn't slept in three days...due to finals and packing >.< and my lovely canadian friend, rowena~

I have a ridiculous amount of pictures from when I was in korea so look forward to more ~~ picking random picures is quite easy when I have so much to choose from lol

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my first night volunteering at the AAIFF

Friday, Jul 18, 2008 11:21AM / Standard Entry / Members only

so I volunteered for the first time last night at the Asian American International Film Festival and it was quite an experience. Not so much as a volunteer though ~ there were too many of us so my only job was really to usher people out of the theater so we could prepare for the next screening...

actually the highlight of the night was that I got to actually watch one of the films! The one that was screening during my volunteer shift was by Director Wee Li Lin...'Gone Shopping' I thought it was a great movie ~ everyone in the theater was laughing and I even cried (don't know about anyone else though).

Here are some stills from the movie and if anyone gets the chance...definitely go see it. The story centers around three different people who spend most of their time in shopping malls ~ it takes place in Singapore. One of the actors made an appearance and answered some questions from the audience...it was my first time seeing a film at a film festival so it was a great experience for me.

this is clara wong ~ a 'tai tai' who isn't really happy

Renu ~ a young girl who has been left at the mall by her parents (who don't seen to care that she's missing)

aaron ~ hates work and just hangs out at the mall with his friends...

i love adrian pang ~ he's a great actor!

Anyone else who's interested in seeing some films (in the New York metro area), the festival is continuing on this week until Saturday so definitely check out AIFF.ORG for more information on buying tickets!

So after our volunteer hours were done, Izzy and I got stuck underground waiting for the train for an hour (they didn't tell us that the R wasn't coming to the station until we waited for that long >.< ~ I hate the subway at night). Got home about two hours later than we were supposed to. Apparently while I was underground my mom freaked out (this is around 2AM) because I told her I'd be home around 12:30AM....

She actually woke my brother up and got him to drive her to the train station to wait for me...the moment I exited the subway I saw them...it's weird to see my mom so worried since I've been gone to school for so long and now that I'm back home she's even more concerned...but when I was at school or abroad she didn't seem to care too much. She tells me that I'll be just as concerned when I have my own children...I'm sure she's right haha but for now...i can call her silly for worrying so much over nothing =P

P.S. hope that you guys don't find my new profile pic too creepy~~ i found an pic of me using some mask and played around with it on photoshop lol

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Born and raised in NYC. Music is my life. Traveling is my release. Learning languages is my passion. Just graduated from college and I'm still looking for the one thing that I want to do for the r...
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