Brkfst:

1 TJ cracked sourdough wheat toast + nutella + PB + dried cranberries

handful of blueberries

Late lunch/early dinner:

1 large salad: blueberries, sesame oil, frozen spinach, homemade tofu dish with soy sauce, miso sauce, garlic, green onions, and onions

2 small homemade pizza slices

Snack:

1 CliffKids Bar (130 cals)

Snack/late dinner:

1 TJ cracked sourdough wheat toast + nutella

Workout:

50 min walk, 10 min run

Tuesday:

Workout:

43 minute walk

Wednesday:

Workout:

40 minute walk

"I'll see you in my dreams"

"Take me hiiigggghhhhh, higher!"

Didn't need weed for that this weekend. Was already way too high on multiple food comas. Started my internship at an art gallery this Friday and enjoyed it very much. The people who work for the gallery are quite amazing and different than what I expected. They so open and funny. Two characteristic I cherish in people. After my internship on Friday I met up with my cousin and we went to El Farolito in the Mission because my cousin is new to the city and of course I had to take her to eat GIGANTIC burritos! :D We were ravenous and split a SUPER burrito and a SUPER suiza. We thought we could finish it all but we didn't. Major fail. At least she enjoyed it. Then the best part of dinner came, we went to Bi-Rite Ice Cream. Again, since she is new to the city she had never heard about Bi-Rite so off we went. I got Salted Caramel and Earl Grey, while she stood by classic ol' chocolate and not so classic honey lavender. Stuffed like pinatas we wobbled our poor asses back to the bus stop to go to my house. We were going to have a little sleepover a la elementary school when my cousin and I used to dress up in Disney Princess Dresses and then my cousin would throw up all over her dresses because she had not properly digested. This night we both probably felt like that, however we are now old enough not to puke all over our "princess" (more like slut dresses) dresses anymore. The next morning we woke up and I had to go to my internship again so my cousin and I parted ways. After I finished my internship I met up with the cuz again and we went to watch The Kings Speech, which I will say was in my top five favorite movies from the past year. It was so well shot and executed. From the outfits to the casting and dialogue. Really good stuff. I laughed a little too much because I could tell the lady next to me was probably getting annoyed at my "obnoxious" and "guy-like" laugh, according to my mom. When you gotta laugh you gotta laugh, right? No holding back! When the movie was over the cuz and I were craving something sweet so we got Genki crepes and then went back to my house to stuff ourselves on real food. Yeah, we are fatties. Then we K.O.ed Woke up this morning and cleaned like a crazy woman. Vacuumed everywhere I could get the vacuum to fit, washed me sheets and my clothes and then dragged my cousin for a walk in GGPark and then to do a fast Nutella + Toothpaste run. Had lunch and then sent my cousin on her way home. What a long and tiring weekend it has been with the cuz. But of course I had fun! I'm seeing her tomorrow again for brunch and then some shopping. I really should stop spending so much money on food. It is getting ridiculous, I will be a even more broke ass college student soon.

Friday:

Brkfst:

1 TJ cracked sourdough wheat toast + Nutella + PB + dried cranberries

Handful of blueberries

Lunch:

1/2 a Greek Salad

Dinner:

1/2 of:

1/2 a Super Burrito

1/2 a Super Suiza

Dessert:

Bi-Rite Salted Caramel + Earl Grey Ice Cream

Crap load of Swedish Fish

Saturday:

Brkfst:

1 TJ cracked sourdough wheat toast + nutella + PB + dried cranberries

blueberries

Lunch:

1 TJ cracked sourdough wheat toast + nutella

1 Banana

Dinner:

Curry Udon

Dessert:

A Genki crepe with nutella and Green Tea

Swedish Fish, again :D

(Did ya'll notice I had Nutella for practically every meal?!!? I LOVE that shit)

Midnight "Snack":

1 piece of my roommates Teriyaki Chicken

Left over Greek Salad

Sunday:

Brkfst:

1 TJ cracked sourdough wheat toast + nutella + PB + dried cranberries

1/2 blood orange

blueberries

Workout:

Walked 30 minutes with the cuz.

Lunch:

Korean style noodles in a hot, spicy, miso, broth w/ tofu , cucumbers, and seaweed.

some left over Burrito

Dinner:

2 TJ cracked sourdough wheat toast + nutella + PB + dried cranberries

Later Dinner:

Left over noodles from lunch.

Bored to Death

Brkfast:

1/4 cup oatmeal

1/2 cup of blueberries

Drizzle of Agave Nectar

Dashes of Cinnamon

Lunch:

1 pieces of TJ cracked Wheat Sourdough bread

Nutella

1 handful of blueberries

Workout:

45 minute walk + 15 min run

Snack:

1 med apple

Dinner:

Kalbi

White Rice + Furikake

Lettuce to wrap Kalbi

Go Chu Jang sauce

Cucumbers

Dessert:

1 scoop Chocolate Peanut Butter

1 scoop Cookies and Cream

This is not an autocracy, I have my right to opacity!

I took a nap for two hours and I still want more sleep. My eyes feel weary and droopy.

Anyways, here is what I ate today and yesterday:

Yesterday:

Brkfast:

1 banana

1/2 an apple

Lunch:

Half a tuna dutch crunch sandwich

Mid-lunch/Early Dinner:

The rest of the sandwich

Late Dinner:

Nutella + 1 Banana

A small piece of my homemade pizza

Today:

Brkfast:

1 Blood orange

1 handful of blueberries

A cup of mint tea

Lunch:

1 slice of TJ cracked sourdough wheat bread + Nutella

1 Banana

1/2 a tomato + EVOO + Splash of balsamic vinaigrette + mozzarella + pepper

Large handful of blueberries

(Had a very large lunch :D)

Dinner:

1 slice of TJ cracked sourdough wheat bread + Nutella + PB + dried cranberries

1 salad w/ blood oranges, blueberries, lemon, dried cranberries, and broccoli

A cup of mint tea

"The Cure for Pain": Family

Today, was a beautiful and unforgettable day. One that will be stored in my heart and memory for a long time. To cure the pain of homesick and lonely feelings all one need is family. Simply put: Homesick + any family member = euphoria. I have been a bit homesick for a couple of days... that was until today. My aunt and cousin, who will now be attending school in San Francisco, have arrived to move my cousin, B, in to her new dorm. I met up with them this morning to help them move in, buy the necessities needed for dorm life, and to act as their guide. The day started with getting my ass out of bed and onto the bus seat of the #38L. Then off to meet my family I went. After the hellos and hugs we went to breakfast at Farm:Table. This charming little breakfast spot/cafe had a small yet concentrated menu of wonderfully, delicious homemade food. We decided to order all three dishes on the menu and share. First off we started with the homemade cereal with almonds, hazelnuts, plain yogurt, banana, and a drizzle of honey. This starter was so fresh and delicious. The crunchiness of the cereal really pleased me as did the textures of the nuts with the banana and yogurt. Next up was the homemade walnut bread with nut butter topped with granola, honey, and apples. This was alright. I think the bread and everything else were great but all paired together, I did not get much of a contrast or flavor explosion I craved. For our final dish we has cut pieces of baguette with ham, pesto, egg, cracked pepper, and arugula. This was a simple and tasty dish with enough flavor to satisfy my palette. Washed down with some green tea, I was more than a happy camper; I was a FAT & FULL happy camper, a la Russell from the movie UP! After breakfast we went to check my cousin into her new dorm, which I must say is very nice and clean. The place I think must have been a hotel that is now her dorm. After checking in we went to buy what she needed for her dorm, dropped it off at her dorm, got my period on the way to lunch, went to Barneys to check if it leaked and it did, then tried to wash the stain out in the Barneys Bathroom, went to eat lunch at Cafe Madeleine, ordered a cup of Tomato Bisque, a grilled Mozzarella and Tomato Sandwich, and a Ricotta Tortellini, which we of course all shared. Then off to the hotel where my aunt and cousin are staying at for a quick rest and wash my pants period complete with a drying session with a hair dryer. After we rested our whittle size 5-6 Asian feet we went to drop off my cousin's luggage bags at her dorm, then went to buy her art supplies, then went back to her dorm to drop them off... again, which was when I found out I got an Art Gallery Internship!!! After all the cheerful congrats we went to shop a little for my cousin and got cash back to make up the difference from the prices of what I bought last week, which had dropped by 50% (that is why you should all save your receipts and keep them with you for about

a month), a whooping 44 dollars is what I received. After we went to dinner at Sanruku... I think that is the name, anyways its a Japanese restaurant and the food was better than what my aunt and I thought it would be. I would def. recommend their Nabe Udon, which I must say was mighty delicious. After that I walked my aunt and cousin back to their hotel, hung around a little and then got my butt back on the #38 and got home, all by 8 pm. I should go get my things ready for school tomorrow and organize my life + room a bit. Until next time... adieu!

Back to the city I go! Alright, so I have been in the city for five days and trying to readjust myself to life here in San Francisco. School technically starts tomorrow, but I do not have classes on Mondays, hence school starts on Tuesday pour moi. Everything has been going fine, aside from the fact that I do not have much friends due to studying abroad. I won't fret too much because my Sophomore year roommate, A, will be my new roommate this semester. My other roommate J, went to London to study abroad, a.k.a. party abroad. What will stay constant in this roommate switcharoo is, AS, he is my other roommate and will stay in SF with me. The problem is because J and AS were both males they shared a room and I had my own, however now that J left and A is coming to take his place she cannot room with AS so I must move out of my room and share a room with A now. I do not mind sharing a room with A, the only thing I do mind is sharing a room in general. Going from having a room all to myself to sharing is hard. However the opposite is true so I am sure AS is having no trouble coping with the fact that he now has a room all to himself. Anyways, it has been set in stone and I have moved into my new room and I kind of like it. The set up is quite interesting. I lowered my bed mattresses to the ground and set it next to the bay windows so it parallels A's bed. If I had not done this then my bed would be perpendicular to hers and I find that a bit awkward to be sleeping facing someone else. Okay, I am waiting for A and her parents to arrive to move in and boy is time going by slowing.

Food Diary:

Breakfast:

3 ripped pieces of Acme bread

Nutella

1 cup of blueberries

4 slices of apple and pear

Workout:

40 mins walk + 20 min run in GG Park

Lunch:

Salad:

Lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, olive oil, black pepper, balsamic vinaigrette, pears, apples, blueberries, spinach.

Acme bread + mozzarella cheese

Snack:

1 Blondie

2 pieces of Jacque Torres Chocolate

Mint Tea

Dinner:

Leftover salad from lunch

2 pieces of Vietnamese tofu marinated in tomatos

A final piece of the Acme bread + Nutella

Dessert:

1 Blondie

1/4 of Banana Walnut Bread

Rules of what?

I know that it has been over ten days since the new year has started but I have not yet made my New Years Resolution list. Call is laziness or procrastination, maybe a combination of both, but I don't really care to make one. If anything I feel obligated to make one. Probably because everyone is constantly asking me what my resolutions are. Do I really need to have any? Can't I just live life the way things are now without a stupid list of what I should try to change about myself and my life? What if I like the way my life is now? Okay, alright, I admit I am not content with my life and the way things are going, 100% but I am pretty comfortable with things are going right now. We all cannot be 100% happy with our lives, we are always going to find something wrong with the way our lives are heading and yes, this includes ourselves too. Anyways, enough with my mini rant. Though I have gone off about making a list I have decided to make a different sort of list. This one is not one I plan on achieving within a year. Instead I plan on making the goals on my list a lifetime goal. I want to be able to take my time in achieving each one of them. For example, exercise. Instead of just putting, "Lose weight." I want it to be a lifetime goal that I keep excessive weight off, well, forever. So here we go:

Lifetime goals:

1. Exercise only when I want to, not because I feel I should or because I want to lose weight. I should exercise for pleasure and enjoyment. That way it does not become a chore!

2. Lose the weight I gained while in college, this does not have to be within a certain time frame. If anything this is

a goal I want to take day by day.

3. Stop overeating and indulging in anything and everything I want. I need to learn to be disciplined when it comes to eating. I will not limit myself from eating certain foods, instead I will learn to only smaller portions of various

dishes to satisfy my craving for different types of foods. That way I do not overeat.

4. Drink more water, I think this one should be a must for everyone! Water is important, it is the life source for

humans, animals, plants, nature and anything and everything on this planet of ours!

5. Be more conservative in saving and conserving in electricity, water, food, clothes, etc.

6. Learn to be more patient.

7. Cherish my family and friends more. I love them all to death and do not know how they put up with me. I already

do appreciate them but I feel that I should appreciate them more day by day, especially for the little things they

do for me and most of all for loving me.

8. Appreciate life, especially mine. God has given me an amazing life filled with great family members and friends

especially a pair of functioning and healthy legs, arms, a head filled with a large imagination and aspirations, a

heart to give and accept love, a petite body, healthy lungs to breathe as much oxygen as I need, especially when

when running, etc.

9. Find a peace within myself. This one is really hard. It may take years, even decades to accomplish this one, but

life is a journey that continues on and on, so until the day I die I will continue to try, try, and try.

10.This one goes out to one of my besties, IK. She said she wants to live like fearlessly, and I too want to. I do not

want to live life regretting, I would rather try and fail than look back and always wonder. I think those moments

are the worst when you are just pondering, what could have been or happened. I would rather have tried for

something even if it means failing because then I know that I had tried and would learn from it. Plus, you can

get some great stories out of those failed moments. hahaha. Like last week when I went to a club with my

besties and decided to hit on a bartender. I would never have thought of doing this considering the fact that I can

be a major pussies when it comes to meeting random guys, but the guy in me told me to grab my balls and "JUST

DO IT!" So I did and guess what... I FAILED. Long story short, I told him I thought he was cute, we talked, he

gave me a free drink, even though he knew I was 20 (I told him when we were talking) and as we talked he said

I forgot to ask him the one questions, "Do you have a girlfriend?" And you know what I did forget! Hahahaha,

major fail. I flirted with a taken man. Ha, oh wells. Such is life, right? At least I tried and got a free cran-vodka

out of it. Things like this happen, I just need to suck it up and move on. Damn, he was cute. OH WELLS. Plenty o

of other fish out there in the sea of singles.

Alright, I am not done but I need to get out of this cafe, I didn't eat lunch and had way too many caffeine, which means, I need to excuse myself to poo in the comfort of my own bathroom and also eat because I have a headache. Until next time!