Little Baby Steps

     Summer school is over! Today was the last day. Woot woot! Finally have time to start learning to cook more, read up on the driver's handbook, and of course catch up on my sleep. This week, my mom taught me how to cut broccoli and clean it. Boy was I confused on which hand to hold a knife and which to hold the broccoli. I may be left handed, but I write with my right. Weird huh? Sometimes I just use whichever hand feels right.

       Today, I got home from school and made packed noodles and an egg all on my own. I was so so happy. It feels so nice to finally be able to cook something. I've always had a hard time turning on the stove cause it's on the right side so I need to use my right hand. My mom was always worried too, so I couldn't practice turning on the stove. But now I did it! For sure I'm going to practice more and make more food. Baby steps. First making rice to packed noodles. And I mean all on my own. Little mile stones. I'm taking it little by little. Eventually I'll be able to cook even the most complicated things in the world. I got my egg to be raw too! The leaky kind! It made my day. 

San Diego: Day 4

       On the fourth day at San Diego, it was more of a relaxing day. We went to UTC mall. There were many stores to stop by. After shopping for a long time, we went to eat at Veggie Grill for lunch. My sister and I tried the nachos, mac n' cheese, and sweet fries. They were all soo good. Then off we headed for Laguna Niguel to visit my Uncle T and Auntie S. It was so nice of them to ask us if we wanted to stop by to visit along the way. Very thoughtful of my Auntie to think of us and our trip back home would be tough cause of traffic if we went straight home. 

        We stopped by their place for a bit, and then my Uncle and Auntie took us down to Dana Point Harbor to shopped around a little before heading to eat dinner. There were some knick knack stores there and some snacks shops, such as the candy store. For dinner, we went to The Little Kitchen Asian Cafe. It was good. The waitress was very odd though. She seemed to be always waiting to complete plates and replacing them with new fresh ones. My Auntie didn't even get to finish her whole plate, and the lady took it away... Nevertheless, the place was quite good, and the manager working there was quite nice and funny. It was really nice to have an actual dine in meal with my Uncle and Auntie. 

       Next stop, Rita's. My first time there, and boy was it good. It was so cold, I was shaking. haha. It was totally worth it though, without a doubt. Then we headed back to their place. I took a bunch of pictures with their stuffed animals at their home! They are so adorable! Two amazing people sharing a common thing togetherI want a house like theirs one day. It was very nice to spend some more quality time with two of my favorite relatives in the world. Laguna Niguel was amazing. I would love to live there if I can't live in San Jose. I even did my summer school project for where I want to live on Laguna Niguel. That way I can live near them and stop by! I can take some of their little stuffed animals home with me (They won't ever know... SHH; it be our little secret). I'll return them a few days later. Their stuffed animals want to go on adventures as well! Thank you Uncle T and Auntie S for a wonderful ending of our little trip up north. It was fantastic. Love you two dearly! 

UTC Palm Trees 

Nachos!!

I thought this was nice! 

Dana Point Harbor 

So peaceful 

Awww look at that water. 

Couldn't resist taking another! 

Mmm mmm good! 

My Uncle and Auntie have too many ice cream desserts at home! I ate a sandwich bar. Hadn't have one of those in a long while. 

This one I stole a little taste from my mom. haha. I never seen ice cream served in an orange peel before! 

San Diego: Day 3

       On the third day at San Diego, my family and I went to Balboa Park. It was HUGE! So many nice places to see! There were a place to look at, from museums to gardens. There were attractions too and restaurants, as well as buildings to check out while at the park. We stopped at several places, and some of them were the Botanical Building, Rose Garden, Old Globe, Timken Museum of Art, and Spanish Village Art Center. There were so places to look at, I don't remember the names to ever place! We just kept walking and let our feet lead us to places. There's literally so many sights and places to see at the park, you lose track on which ones you went to did not. That's the best part though! It means we had fun and just took our leisure time to go to different areas of the park. Then afterwards, it was close to dinner, so we had P.F. Chang's again! Haven't been there for awhile, so we went again since we are on vacation! Hope you guys enjoy some of the many photos I taken on my trip! 

First, must have our breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. 

Next stop, Balboa Park!

Do you see the bird? It was soo tiny! So cute!

Look at the view!

This wall was pretty cool.

It was so pretty, I couldn't resist! I had to take a picture.

The big blue sky

My feet takes me to many places 

Botanical Building 

Ahhh! Never seen one quite like it!

Captured the center of all places. 

Wherever I go, theatre is not very far behind me. 

I really liked this bench. I waited for the man to leave to take it.(: I had my eye set on this beauty.

Off to P.F. Chang's we go!

Wonton Soup

Mong Gu Gai Pan 

Shrimp Fried Rice 

Shaking Beef

Happy Fourth of July

        Happy 4th of July everyone! What a beautiful today to spend time with family and friends on this important day. It's been 239 years since the United States was born. Time flies huh? It's been some two centuries of lots of changes in our country for the better. Thank you for this wonderful day that marks history for our country. May more happiness come to our country. Have fun everyone! Watch some fireworks while you're at it and sparks some if you want to! Have a wonderful day!

        On another note, I'm sorry for not posting that often lately. Lots of summer school work to do. Lots of reading, tests, and projects I have to get done at the same time. Nevertheless, miracles can happen on this big day right? So I'll do my best to get two more posts done today! Stay tuned! (: I will also update this post with fireworks pictures later at night so stay tuned for that as well!



Here are some fireworks pictures I took tonight!

New Adventures

       Today was a day well spent. I went to Polly's Pies for the first time ever with my dad and sister and it was so good! Breakfast was amazing. I got the ABC omelette. It had avocados, bacon, cheddar cheese, mushrooms, and green onions. Delicious! Then I went to Granada Park for the first time ever and it was so pretty and huge. Bigger than most parks I've seen. I didn't get a picture unfortunately, cause I was busy filming and doing a project with my group for summer school. It was so peaceful and quiet there. There were butterflies there too. A very pretty sight to see. I haven't seen butterflies since I went to San Diego. Hope everyone had a good day today. Less than one hour until our country was born. Well not exactly at 12, but close enough. A big day ahead. Happy early Fourth of July everyone!