Healthy Living: Tomorrow

 

The School week starts tomorrow for me. I'm heading out at 9AM. It's nearly 2 AM and I don't want to get any sleep yet. I'm quite scared to be honest. My cousin came over today. She told me that for her, she knows this upcoming year will be hard. But she can't help but be excited. :) 

That braved girl. What she said today gives me courage to set out on my own adventure.

James Blunt: Stay the Night

"Cause if this is what we have, then what we have is gold."

Healthy living: Thank you Summer

Thank you Summer 2013 for being kind to me.
It's is a really bittersweet ending. This summer has given me more than I can ever asked for.

Time to prep for Fall 2013. I need to start making a schedule and cleaning up my stuff.

Healthy Living: Viva las Vegas

That's right. I'm enjoying my 2 week summer vacation to very best limit. For the past 4 days, my family and I packed our bags and headed for vegas!

It was AMAZING. We stayed in one of the hotel on the Las Vegas strip. All the casino was within walking distance. Mall & shops were everywhere! I really really enjoyed Las vegas except for its food. It was a pretty fun family trip, and I feel so grateful to get to go!! :)

The mall & casino lights lit up the sky. I was carded  9x  in 5 different casino during my stay at the Vegas. Most of the people worked there didn't think I was 21. x) hahha.. FOOL YA! I'm totally legal :)

                 
During my stay, I did not gamble or drink. And I'm kinda glad I wasn't pressured to do any of it :)
But my parents sure took a chance with lady luck. They were pretty big on slot machine. Our deal was that they could gamble within our set budget and 50% of all winning goes to me :) .... with that deal, why gamble? I get paid regardless haha :D

Too bad my parents lost more then they won. But it was pretty fun watching my parents pulled the slot machine..

The food there was not healthy at all. I had not eaten McDonald for nearly 3 years since I started this healthy Living blog. However, it was very difficult to get "healthy" food there. Fried food were everywhere. The first night when I had McDonald as a midnight snacked, my tummy was not happy.
It was hard finding food that my parents could eat. I grew up in America so my appetite is very versatile. I can eat my different type of food and be okay. But my parents can barely swallow a hamburger...thus, they had a hard time finding "editable food". I felt bad my parents had a hard time eating. Next time, I'm going to rent a car there and just drive them to China Town.

But other than the food, I cannot complain. I love the pool there. My parents really enjoyed the hot tube in the pool area. Thank goodness I didn't gained too much, I can still fit my old swim suits.

But... With all said and done, my trip to Vegas came to an end. And at the end of the trip, I got one of the best present of all. It was something I been hoping and praying for the whole summer.

...My physic final scores came back. I GOT THE GRADE THAT I WANTED!!! :D OMG YAY!!!!! :D  This Complete my 3rd year in college!! It's one of the BEST present a girl can ever ask for!!. I just want to thank you everyone so much for helping me through all the hard time.

Healthy Living: The Ramen Hunt

So, today, I went on a RAMEN HUNT!
As a daring and skillful warrior, I like living life on the very edge. Yesterday night, my parents assigned me on a very important and possibly life threatening mission--to restock our "Instant Noodle Cabinet".

As a college student and armed with a car, it is my duty to search far and wide and set unpresident record. To me, my mission was NOT only to restock the "Instant Noodle Cabinet" but also filled my "Instant Noodle Cabinet" with some of the best Ramen known to man.

It was my duty, it was my honored to perform such task because as a college student, I know how critical these bags of noodles can be in time of midterm or finals.

                                                  (this is a korean market in korea.)

Thus, I embarked on my journey at 11:00AM. First, I aimed for the Korean district. I knew these area were notorious for selling many different kind of instant noodles. I once entered a Korean market that sold nearly 100 different kind of seaweed. (SERIOUSLY.. 100 DIFFERENT KINDS. I never knew there were so much distinction to seaweed.)

But anyway, I visited two korean markets. There were hundred different brand of instant noodle. I stood in awee because I was standing in  an "INSTANT NOODLE UTOPIA". But since my dad put me on a "restricted" budget,  I needed to look for the BEST instant nooodle to buy.

So, through some careful research on my phone... I MADE my Decision. This decision is not something a weak-hearted soul can handle.

..And this conclude one of my ambigous quest. It took several hours to complete the task. But I was proud of my purchase. (the 1st picture is an actual picture I took of the ramen I purchase)

Also...today...I will raid my room...AND CLEAN IT!

Healthy Living: Now what?

Well, I started my first day of summer vacation today... and I was expecting sitting in some sandy beach and starting out at the beautiful ocean..
And realistically, I live near the beautiful ocean so I CAN really do that. But, not today of course.

I went out to run some errands and also get all my things together. Which is cleaning my room, and just doing house works.

I also went out with my mom today to do some shopping. She got me this really nice outfit. I truly have to leave it up to her. I really like her taste in style and everything :)

Healthy Living: Summer 2013

There it is...I'm finally on Summer Vacation! ^^

Yup! It's sounds a little mystical, but it really is. It's finally my summer break.

I googled "Summer 2013" today, and it said this time period is [June 21,2013 -September 21,2013]
Well, I guess I fit this time period! :)

I start school in 2 weeks (counting this week). But that means that I have a WHOLE 2 weeks to do anything I want.

This calls for the much needed rest that I desperately need. Jewl's was right. Earlier this month, I was truly going through another episode of "burn-out". During that time, I could not afford to crash because I had a class to uphold. So, I kinda had to pull through and gain motivation from other sources.

As for now, I'm truly taking a break! (No more commitments.. or anything)
And better yet, I'm LEAVING the states! I'm going on vacation next week to enjoy what is left of my summer 2013 vacation.

Of course, there would still be some book reading here and there.. (Just.. so I don't go crazy or fall behind)

And.. Just like my last post. I am trying to distance myself away from negative energy. (which my tumblr account).  I used it prior to get me to use to the idea of expressing myself. But lately, it's been holding me down with the idea that I can't happy with myself. I don't know, maybe I'm just following some depressing teenagers.

But no more. I stop going on tumblr for nearly a week. It's not much, but it's somewhere. And, I been feeling better. It's like an eased. A sense of peace.

Healthy Living: Something Got to Give

Something Got To Give:

Jewl's was right. I was burned out. So, I spent some time off, and thinking about things. I try to think back of where I went wrong. What happen that took me off tray, so that I am to where I am today.

Admittedly, I'm not the happiest camper. It's not because of my circumstance. I thought maybe because of MCAT or the physic class that is driving me down. Maybe it's the anticipation of the application processes for medical school.

And yes, those does play a factor to the stress and burnout. But it's not the only one. I think I also faced another personal problem. I am not at peace with myself.

As crazy and confusing as that sound, it's probably truer than true.

Today, when I was driving home from school. I stopped at a red light and I looked acrossed me. I saw a blond hair girl about the same age as me. She was sitting in the driver seat of her own car with the window rolled down. What stroke me as unusual was that she started pulling out her piped and started smoking weed.

In my head, I was expecting her to exhail the smoke and let out a smile. After all, isn't that what drugs do to you? You smoke it because it makes you happy? From what I studied, it was supposed trigger chemical released in your brain and it was suppose to make you feel good. However, when she let out the smoke, she wasn't smiling. Her facial expression was a little sad. She wasn't happy at all. She seems more depressed as each time she took in another blow.

Now, why is that? Why is this girl not smiling? Maybe she has already reached her tolerance on drugs and marijuana just doesn't do it for her. Maybe.

But again, it hit me. She reminds me of some alcoholic who drinks during their depression. Yes, the drug and alcohol will make you forget about your problems for a moment. But it sure doesn't fix it. And once you are sober again, your problem is still there. It almost feel like your running away from your problem, but it will catch up to you soon. And there we are again, square one again.

By this time, the light was already green, and I drove away.
But this made me thought about own problem. I'm not at peace with myself. But sitting here and complaining about it will not make it go away. I can't sit these things out. I have to face my problem.

I have to have a different mindset. And I think I been doing some things that is making me unhappy. I need to clear my head. I have to removed myself away from negative energy. And the first to go is TUMBLR!

Oh, I followed a lot of people who are unhappy and not satisfied with their life. They reblogged some of the most depressing things. And, I see these things everyday. And it make me feel bad. So, I think to myself. Something got to give... and that is first to recover my inner self.