Thanks a lard.

The days following Thanksgiving are always filled with lard, just like Thanksgiving itself.

Jesus, I think I ate a months worth of food in a mere matter of four days. I feel as plump as the two day brined turkey my roommate made for Thanksgiving. If anything, I think I could have been the turkey that fed the nine mouths at Thanksgiving dinner. I did NOT keep track of what I ate for the past four days... and am pretty glad I did not because I feel that those past few days are meant to be untracked due to the holiday festivities of eating like a true American and pigging out.

Anyways, I was looking at my horoscope on Yahoo and liked what I found:

"Are you really into that new cutie, or is it just that competitive streak driving you? If you want something just because someone else does -- or because they have it -- you're not being true to your heart"

Procratinator

It has been a while since I logged in my meal entries... oh wells, here we go. I hope I can remember from Friday.

Friday:

Breakfast:

1 cup Fage yogurt+honey, almonds,

1/4 cup granola

1 banana

Lunch:

4 two bites choco chip cookies

1 and a half handful of grapes

1 tofu banh mi

2 pumpkin bread

Dinner:

Last Off the Grid for the season:

1 veggie dumpling

1 pork and chives dumpling

1 gourmet s'more with dark choco

1 All Star chocolate glazed old fashioned donut

Post Dinner:

2 budweiser beers

Saturday:

Breakfast:

1 cup Fage yogurt +honey,

1/4 cup granola

almonds

1 banana

Lunch/Snack:

1 chocolate nutella crepe from Squat and gobble

couple of potato bites from a friend

Watched Harry Potter!

Snack:

An apple

Dinner:

Kalbi, rice, kimchee and curry!

Post Dinner:

3 Budlights

1/2 shot of Capt. Morgan

Sunday:

Breakfast:

1 cup Fage yogurt + honey,

1/4 cup granola

almonds

1 banana

Lunch:

I forgot what I ate...

Grocery Shopping

Dinner:

Made Korean Spicy Rice Cakes

1 cup broccoli

Handful of cheezeits

Monday:

Breakfast:

1 cup Fage yogurt + honey,

1/4 cup granola

almonds

1 banana

Lunch:

Spicy Korean Rice Cakes

1 cup broccoli

Workout:

Went to Intermediate Ashtanga Yoga

Dinner:

Spinach Salad w/

Tofu

1 med tomato

some sort of dessert

Handful of cheezeits

Tuesday:

Breakfast:

1 cup Fage yogurt + honey,

1/4 cup granola

almonds

1 banana

Lunch:

1 Orwitz thin sandwich buns w/

honey and banana slices

Handful of cheezeits

Grapes

Snack:

A Fuji apple

Dinner:

Spicy Korean Rice Cakes

Broccoli

4 mini slices of a skinny Acme Baguette w/ PB, honey, and NUTELLA!

No Workout

Wednesday:

Breakfast:

1 Orwtiz thin sandwich buns toasted w/

PB and honey,

Nutella

1 Banana

2 mini Baguette slices, which equals to about one regular slice

Lunch:

Spicy Korean Rice Cakes

Broccoli

handful of cheezeits

Workout:

Going to Intermediate Ashtanga Yoga

This past weekend my friend, K from home came to visit me and another one of our friend who lives in SF too. K goes to school in Seattle and brought along her two other friends from her college. It was a nice and eventful weekend. I did more drinking than I would have liked, past the point of actually enjoying each sip of my beer, but w.e., we only live once and I am a college student. Today I didn't have class because Thanksgiving is tomorrow so no class for five days, counting Sat. and Sun. For Thanksgiving a couple of my girlfriends and I will be having lunch and then for dinner I will be going to my roommate, A's sisters house to have a nice traditional Thanksgiving dinner with his family. I cannot wait to dig it! :D Alright, time to get ready for yoga!

Beautiful Losers.

Breakfast:

1 cup Fage yogurt +

1 banana

couple of almonds

handful of granola

honey

Lunch:

handful spinach

tofu!

1 med tomato

1 egg, scrambled w/ mushrooms and tomatoes

ketchup

Snack/Dinner:

4 pieces of pumpkin bread... yeah I know, thats a lot. hahaha, but they aren't loaded with calories

Workout:

35 mins of walk + run combo at the gym.

Late Dinner:

Tofu+mushrooms

frozen grapes

1 piece of pumpkin bread.

I can't help it. I LOVE pumpkin bread, LOVE it.

- Update -

I forgot about Tuesday:

Breakfast:

Lucky Charms

Soy milk

Snack:

The top of a chocolate donut

My teacher brought the whole class donuts for us to eat while watching "Biography: Sesame Streets" :D

Lunch:

Half a sausage sandwich w/

a slice of cheese on wheat bread

A small salad w/

tofu, mushrooms, tomatoes, beets, eggs

Snack:

TJ choco cat crackers

grapes

Dinner:

Fage yogurt + honey, granola, almonds

Plate of grapes and bananas

1 serving salmon

Dessert: Pineapple frangipane/ tart

I scream for ice cream!

Today, I only had one class, painting. After painting my roommates and I went to deal with paying the

rent in which I went to turn in to our landlord. On my way home I stopped by Toyboat, which is a cute dessert and food store. Due to the bipolar weather, here in San Francisco (today was 80 degrees) I decided to get some ice cream because it has been a while since I treated myself to some. I got half a scoop of mint chocolate chip and chocolate peanut butter in a sugar cone. My oh my, it was damn good and hit the spot, especially on a rather hot day today. It felt just like home... which I will be in exactly a month from now. :D

Anyways, here is my meal list for today:

Breakfast:

Lucky Charms Cereal with Soy Milk

A couple of apple and pear slices

Lunch:

The ice cream cone, in which the kind man behind the counter was very generous with (portion wise)

I am still stuffed from the ice cream so I probably won't eat until an hour or so from now.

- Update -

Lunch:

Half a sun dried tomato bagel with

1 egg, scrambled with mushrooms and green onions

ketchup + honey mustard

2 handfuls of spinach

1 med. tomato

Snack/ Dinner:

1 small English Crumpet

w/ butter and honey

a few slices of an apple and asian pear

15 (1 serving) of TJ low fat choco cat crackers

I am currently at work as a gallery sitter in my school's library. I just sit here for three hours and browse who comes in and out and make sure no one steals or touches anything. It is a pretty relaxed job in which I can catch up on my homework or browse the internet.

People watching is a hobby (sounds creepy, but really it isn't) of mine and I like this job because it entails that I people watch the whole three hours without having to feel shameful or embarrassed when people catch me looking at them. ha.

St. Vincent de Paul

So, today I went to St. Vincent de Paul and did my service learning there with my group partner, A. We hold art classes/sessions once a week on Sundays for the homeless. It is great because it gives them something to do on a Sunday afternoon. Rather than being bored and sitting around watching T.V. they can make art with pencils, watercolors, charcoals, crayons, etc. Everyone is really nice and want to meet A and me. So far, I have made a lot of friends whom I see every Sunday :) Meeting everyone and talking to them has made me realize how much I take for granted and that I should be more thankful for what I perceive as daily necessities. Even privacy, I should be thankful for that, because none of the residents at St. Vincent de Paul get any sort of privacy. Today, we let them have another free session, which A and I figured they like because then they are allowed free creativity flow to make whatever they want. Aside from that we gave them the option to make hand turkeys in honor of Thanksgiving. One of the residents made a very beautiful and colorful turkey, it was so lively! He used purple, red, blue, green... and almost every color from the sixteen count Crayola Crayons. I kind of wish I could have kept it, keke.

Anyways, here is what I had for my meals today:

Breakfast:

1 cup Fage yogurt w/ honey

1/2 cup dried blueberries

1/2 cup almonds

1 handful of granola

1 med banana

1 handful of grapes

1 cup of tea

Lunch:

Didn't get the chance to eat and even after getting home I have not gotten hungry yet, breakfast has been holding me over for a solid four hour +. But for the sake of getting something in me I ate a tangerine.

- Update -

Went to the gym and did a walk/run combo for 45 minutes.

Dinner:

Oroweat Sandwich Thin with

1 scrambled egg with mushrooms, a handful of spinach, a whole med. tomato and some ketchup.

1 fistful serving size of Salmon

Dessert:

1/2 an Apple

1/2 a HUGE Asian Pear w/ lihing mui powder

1 serving of TJ low fat choco cat crackers

1 piece of Godiva milk chocolate truffle

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I decided to keep a food diary online because typing is faster than writing. I have been reading health articles left and right and finally decide to give in and start a food diary. Partially because most of the "experts" in the articles recommend that logging what I have consumed everyday will help me to track what I have been eating and then go in and try to substitute the unhealthy foods with better options. At first I thought it was kind of ridiculous but then decided, "what the heck, I should give it a try, won't hurt me." So here it goes:

Breakfast:
1 cup Fage yogurt
1/3 cup dried blueberries
1/3 cup almonds
1/2- 1 cup granola
A cup of cold peppermint tea
A cup of hot green tea

Lunch:
A "Junior" burger, which was more like an adult serving... maybe x2
(with 4 ketchup packets, 1 mustard packet, pickles, onions, and shredded lettuce.)
Hand full of almonds, dried blueberries, and TJ cat choco crackers.

Went for an hour long walk in Golden Gate Park with my friend.

Dinner:
Haven't got that far yet... I am still full and might just take something to eat while watching a musical my friend is in tonight.

Alright, I should go do something productive, like work on my painting projects and get ready!

- Updated -

Dinner:

2 handfuls of spinach

1 med tomato

1 Tbsp hummus

1 cup Fage yogurt + granola, almonds, blueberries, & honey

Snack:

2 handfuls TJ low fat choco cat crackers

1 handful of Japanese arare.

1 cup of green tea

Word.

"Life is too short not to live your own terms."

I can do it!
I can do it!
I can do it!
Chugah Chugah Chooooo Choooooo!

Gypsy Girl.

What is my identity?

Am I Asian?

Am I Korean?

Am I American?

Am I a Asian-American?

Am I a Korean-American?

Or am I all of the above?

For the past three years, being away from Hawaii I have not fully felt grounded. From living in one dorm my Freshman year to moving into another my Sophomore year, then finally moving into a house with two of my guy friends I have never had the chance to feel at home. However, now that I am living off campus I feel a little peace of mind knowing I have an actual place in San Francisco. After a couple of months getting used to living in the house I feel more comfortable and am close to calling this place home... by the way what defines the word home? Dictionary.com pulled up thirty one different definitions and I chose the simplest one, "Any place of residence and refuge."

Does this really whole heartedly define what "home" means? For some it may be what they define as "home" and for others it could have a totally different meaning. Depending on the person and their experiences it will be different. I have yet to fully develop MY personal definition for "home" but as I spend more and more time away from Hawaii I am starting to get a slight, blurred idea of what it means to me. For now, I will just say that home is where my mother is, because she to me is home. Whenever I am with her I always feel comfortable, loved, safe, happy like a child, and content. Even if we were trapped in a cave somewhere (which could never happen because my mom is not much of a hiker or outdoorsy type... unless you count liking the park as being outdoorsy or walking to the grocery store to buy fruits... which is another story) I know these feelings will never change because as long as I am with her I will feel at home.

So to sum it up, home to me is where ever my mother is. She is my home. She gave birth to me, raised, took care, and provided as much as she could for me and my sister as a single mother, so I will forever know, feel, think that my mother is home. After all you are supposed to be comfortable at home to the point that you can run around in your under garments and not have a care in the world, right? Well, I am always comfortable when doing that around my mom, so I guess this gives evidence enough that my mom is my home. :)

As a final word, always cherish your relationships with your family members. They are the only people in the world who truly understand you and will have your back for you, no matter what. I am lucky enough to even be saying this because I have one amazing, loving, supportive, beautiful (inside and out) mother who I know will go to the moon and back for me and an awesome, supportive, realistic sister who though is busy has done so much for me and acted as my second mother, growing up. <3