Fun Fun: The George Takei Happy Dance

George Takei is awesome. Pure awesome. I hope the Allegiance Musical comes to LA!

YES

Font is changed. Now my eyes don't feel like jumping out of their sockets and running away. I also changed the layout. IT IS DYNAMIC. I don't know what that exactly means in terms of a blog, but I know it sounds good. I will probably tweak it here and there as well for color and what not because color is important! You need some color in your life like white on rice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Things you put in your belly:Tutti Frutti Yogurt

I LOVE YOGURT, but I hate all of those flavors that they come in except the original. I like the original with granola. I love granola. Granola are like healthy sprinkles because they are sweet and crunchy, and they stay crunchy despite being covered in yogurt. I also like berries. Berries are delicious and healthy, like granola.
GRANOLA. Apparently granola can be an adjective to describe something now. It means something to the extent of people who like yoga and healthy lifestyles but overly so. INTERESTING.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!! Stay warm (or cold if you are in the southern hemisphere). I am sickie so I will be enjoying this Christmas at home in my pajamas.

Places: Carmel By The Sea

A winter day at the beach, pub lunch, and fancy coffee. har har har!

Things I learned today: 12-8-11 + Men who look at lady parts

So I found out today that once women turn a certain age they should probably get their uterus cleaned...like car detailing, I guess? Even if the outside is clean, it doesn't mean that the inside is (dear men, think about this during your next one night stand). The Doc (who was very handsome) told us that basically the inside of a lady's ladies parts needs to get scrapped out because there can be fibrous build-up. Doesn't that make you crave twizzlers? (ew) If you do this, you can keep everything spik-n-span for quite a few years.

Maybe, I found this interesting because the doctor (gynecologist and surgeon who is probably sick of looking at ladies parts all day) was quite handsome. This is why I don't have a man: because apparently I find men who charge women money to look at their lady parts attractive when men will usually look at lady parts for free.

Graduate School Barbie

Hilarious and true in so many ways...

"Graduate School Barbie comes in two forms:
Delusional Master's Barbie (tm) and Ph.D. Masochist Barbie (tm). Every Graduate School Barbie comes with these fun filled features guaranteed to delight and entertain for hours:

- Grad School Barbie comes out of the box with a big grin on her face that turns into a frown after 2 weeks or her first advisor meeting (whichever comes first).

- Adorable black circles under her delightfully bloodshot eyes.

- Comes with two outfits: a grubby pair of blue jeans and 5 year old gap T-shirt, and a floppy pair of gray sweatpants with a matching "Go Screw Yourself" T-shirt.

- Grad School Barbie talks! Just press the button on her left hand and hear her say such upbeat grad school phrases like, "Yes, Professor, It'll be done by tomorrow" "I'd love to write it all over again" and "Why didn't I just get a job, I could have been making $40,000 a year by now if I had just started working with a Bachelor's. But noooooo, Mom and Dad wanted a masters degree, I wish somebody would drop a bomb on the school so that I'd have an excuse to stop working on my degree that's sucking every last drop of life force out of my withered and degraded excuse for a soul..." (9 V lithium batteries sold separately)

-Grad School Barbie is anatomically correct to teach kids about the exciting changes that come with pursuing a higher education. Removable panels on Barbie's head and torso allow you to watch as her cerebellum fries to a crispy brown, her heart race 150 beats per minute, and her stomach lining gradually dissolve into nothing.

Deluxe Barbie comes with specially designed eye ducts. Just add a little water, and watch Grad School Barbie burst into tears at random intervals. Fun for the whole family!

Other accessories include:

-Grad School Barbie's Fun Fridge (tm) Well stocked with microwave popcorn, Coca-Cola, Healthy Choice Bologna (99% fat free!),and small bottle of Mattel Brand Rum (tm).

-Grad School Barbie's Medicine Cabinet. Comes in Fabulous pink and contains Barbie sized bottles of Advil, Prozac, Zantac, and your choice of three fun anti-anxiety drugs! (Barbie Medicine Cabinet not available without a prescription)

-Grad School Barbie's Computer Workstation. Comes with miniature obsolete PC (pink of course), rickety desk, and over a dozen miniature Mountain Dew cans to decorate your workstation with (Mountain Dew deposit not included in price, tech support sold separately)

And Grad School Barbie is not alone! Order now and you'll get two of Barbie's great friends!

GRADUATE ADVISOR KEN: Barbie's mentor and advisor in her quest for increased education and decreased self esteem. Grad Advisor Ken (tm) comes with a supply of red pens and a permanent frown. Press the button to hear Grad Advisor Ken deliver such wisdom to Barbie as "I need an update on your progress" "I don't think you'll be ready to graduate yet" and "This is no where near ready for publication." Buy 3 or more dolls, and you can have Barbie's Thesis Committee! (Palm Pilot and tenure sold
separately.)

REAL JOB SKIPPER: When Barbie needs to talk, she knows that she can always count on her good friend Real Job Skipper (tm), who got a job after getting her bachelor degree. Press the button to hear Real Job Skipper say, "Sometimes I wish I went for my masters degree" and "Work is so hard! I had to work a half an hour of overtime!" Real Job Skipper's Work Wardrobe and Savings account sold separately. WARNING: Do not place Grad Student Barbie and Real Job Skipper too close to each other, as there have been several mysterious cases of children leaving the room and coming back to find Barbie's hands mysteriously fused to Skipper's throat."

------ I am totally the Delusional Master's Barbie. 

Dream on

I was married to Adam Levine from Maroon 5, except he wasn't Adam Levine from Maroon 5.  I suppose he was and wasn't Adam Levine from Maroon 5 all at the same time.
...and then I woke up and realized that I was never married to Adam Levine from Maroon 5 or not Adam Levine from Maroon 5. Reality can be a cruel cruel cruel bitch.

Me: Intern

I'm an intern. hahahahah = happiness laughter!

chinadigitaltimes.net

go there, because knowing about China is good for you. Afterall, a majority of the things you use come from there.

Video: Turned off the TV- LeeSsang

LeeSsang: Turned off the TV (ft. Tasha, Gwon Jeongyeol of 10cm)
리쌍- TV를껐네 (ft. t윤미래, 권정열십센치)

I have been obsessed with this song recently. The video is very interesting, and the clouds look like rolled up toilet paper.  Despite my bitterness towards relationships during the majority of my waking hours, I do wish that sometimes (JUST SOMETIMES) I had someone to turn the TV off for me.

Random Thoughts: Top Traffic Source

I want to be blog famous one day. Like Annietown.com. She is fab. Her book (which I have on my kindle, is pretty hilarious and awesome). In order to be blog famous, I rely on the people who read my sad poor little blog, and according to blogger.com my top source of traffic is NAVER.COM! HOORAY KOREA! 대한민국  짝짝 짝짝짝~ You know, like the clapping they have during the World Cup for soccer. I STILL HAVE MY REDS T-SHIRT, that I hug to sleep every night. So I just want to say Thankies! You guys are awesome!

Also to my other readers, you guys are awesome as well. I have just never been to Malaysia so I don't know any fun cultural references. BUT you guys are still awesome.
America. You know I love you.
Other places (except CHINA because I only have one view from CHINA, EH-HEM, CHINA), I love you guys too.

I'm in a I'm loving everyone and not hating anyone kind of mood today.

LOVE YOU. and THANK YOU. <3 har har har

Random Thoughts: What I really need.

It has been a long time. I am busy gearing up for school, which technically started today, but I start on Monday. I met one of the Chinese teachers today, and she was with another Chinese teacher (because you know Chinese people travel in flocks, like fluffy sheep) having tea. After talking briefly about a Chinese class I probably wouldn't be able to get into because it is full, I realized what I really need in life is a tea drinking buddy.

Now, I love tea (and drinking), but I hate going out to drink tea all the time. The ideal situation would be that I would be tied to a ridiculously rich man who was never home but still supported my culinary/clothing/luxury items habit, and I would have tons of free time. So basically, I would be a Chinese concubine (or a qinfu hahahahah) because I don't actually want to get married. Since the laogong (literally: old man) wouldn't be home, I would have a friend come over to my house for tea and snacks on a daily basis. If I didn't have any delicious tea that day and my (gay, straight, male, female, transgender, transvestite, asexual, bisexual, or whatever floats your boat yo because I love everyone, but hate everyone at the same time) friend didn't have proper tea at their house (which would preferably within a 30minute drive or my glorious castle) we would go out to Larchmont or Pasadena to buy more delicious things to eat and drink.

ANY TAKERS YO??? Old man and tea friend positions are open! The position of ME unfortunately is not open for auditions because no one is qualified enough to be me except me.

Some may ask, "Don't you have friends?" Yes. Yes, I do, but they are all far far away right now. Or mayber, I am the one far far away.

Video: Learning Cantonese HAR HAR HAR

HAR HAR HAR. 死了。。。安啦 RELAX. 放心，沒問題。

For the non-cantonese speakers, he's basically saying the phrase " 死了" is equivalent to "Oh shit", and encouraging people to use the phrase "安啦" (which means relax, and has Taiwanese origins), as a response. Learn cantonese. It is fun.

On a different note, he talks reallllllllllly fast.

Places: Solvang

I am moving to Santa Barbara soon! So I will be in and out of LA and SB. Friendie, British Cousin, and I went to my dorm/apt, and then we headed off to Solvang (NOTE: NEVER EVER TAKE THE 154 IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE THROUGH MOUNTAINS). It was interesting. I can honestly say, I've never seen anything like this. It was kitsch, funny, and fun allllllll at the same time. We stopped by the Danish Mill Bakery for an apple boat. FREAKING DELICIOUS. So oily, flaky, crunchy, crispy, and sweet. I can eat 100000000000000000000 of them if someone could pump my stomach immediately after. Go for the danish. DANISH. If you can make me a danish as delicious as this, I will marry you.

Places: The Counter in Pasadena

Went to The Counter in Pasadena with British cousin and friendies. We split the fries/ sweet potato fries. I appreciated their shoe stringy like quality. I had the veggie burger bowl (I love bowls, taco bowls from CHIPOTLE AKA THE BEST AND MOST WONDERFUL FAST FOOD EVER). For the set price you get to choose what you want from each list (if you want extras, they list the price added on the side). I had the organic greens, veggie patty, sharp provolone, olives, jalapenos, sun dried tomato vinaigrette, and pickles. The ingredients were FRESH, and the only worry we had was if the combinations we picked would work together or not. IT WORKED. Service was friendly, but I felt like I had to be really friendly back. All in all super duper duper duper. BECAUSE BOWLS ARE THE WAY TO GO. GO. GO.
 

Recipes: Vegetarian Dim Sum

I really like dim sum, but being a vegetarian, there are not many options. The only restaurant I know of that serves all veggie dim sum is Fine Garden in Rosemead. At regular dim sum places they have veggie things, but most of them are sweet pineapple, custard, or taro buns that are baked or steamed. You also get funny looks at regular dim sum places...after all, they are probably thinking "Why don't you eat meat? It is so DELICIOUS?" But who am I to read minds. It's an invasion of privacy.

SOOOO....I made vegetarian dim sum at home. Note: These are not vegan friendly, but the egg white can be left out to be made vegan friendly. Actually, I only added the egg white because Mama Chan said so, and I don't think it was necessary.


Vegetarian Dim Sum

Shu Mai wrappers (The one I use has a pink and clear plastic cover that sports a happy looking panda)

Shark fin melon (steamed and squeezed to be a dry as possible, can also be left out, but it gives it a nice texture)

Chinese celery stems (can be replaced with cilantro leaves AND stems, washed and chopped)

Vegetarian meat paste (chinese markets have this, if you can't find it replace it with tofu and some seasoning for flavor)

Vege shrimp (diced)

A large spoonful of cornstarch (about 1-2 tablespoons depending on how watery you ingredients look)

1 egg white

Mix everything together, minus the Shu Mai wrappers. Season with salt and white pepper to taste. If it is reallllllly watery, then strain out the excess fluid ( Save it, it makes for a great soup flavoring). Wrap it up and brush it with oil if you want it to look nice, and steam it for about 20-30 minutes. Honestly, it doesn't matter how you wrap it, but it looks nice with an open top so people can see whats inside like regular shu mai.

HAR HAR HAR. Good luck. Took me ages to perfect the recipe. Enjoy it!

xoxo

Places: Lovebird Cafe in Alhambra

Went to Lovebird Cafe in Alhambra with cousin, who is applying for med school right now. I had the veggie meatball sandwich, but I am going to try the veggie turkey next time. Bread was good, but it needed more cheese. CHEESE IS DELISH.

Oh yeahhhh, good luck GINNY!

xoxo

Places: Fosselman's Ice Cream in Alhambra

So I went with friendie to Fosselman's in Alhambra and had the coffee cookie ice cream. It was pretty good! It was two things that I LOVE, so I don't see how anything could have gone wrong. Friendie had matcha (ground up green tea leaves), which was pretty ok, and isn't her top cute! She is so fabulous. I do suggest going to http://fosselmans.com/ to check out the flavors they have. It is pretty awesome. The flavors are pretty yummy, but the base it basic so expect no SUPER AMAZING reaction. But very much tolerable, very much so.

PS: Sorry I have been MIA for the last few days/ weeks. I have been BUSY ok? hahahahahahaha LOVE YOU

BDAY

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

This video made my day, sent in by Best Friendies in Hotlanta. 

People: My dad is on Business Week

Dad and the company he works at is on Business Week!