The Beauty of Nature

Step into the world. Sit in a bench. Feel the sun's beam hitting your face, only between your eyes and nose. Experience the sensation of heat on your pants, keeping you warm and toasty. Hear the beautiful sound of water streaming into the pond, making circular ripples into the pool of water. Hear the birds flapping their wings out of the tall, tall trees behind you. That is the presence of the sound of nature. I took an afternoon strolling the Fullerton Arboretum (while sitting in benches to write and get inspired). The peace and serenity you feel just letting go and enjoying the beauty of nature. It's so breathtaking, yet rarely anyone does it nowadays. People are constantly on their laptops, doing work and research, spending so little time into natural world and focusing so much into the digital world (this includes me, while I'm typing this). We spend every waking minute taking everything for granted and immersing ourselves in things when we should take some time off to just enjoy and appreciate our world that we live in a little more. Take a moment to enjoy nature every so often. I am going to put my laptop away into my drawstring backpack and continue walking around and enjoying nature (excuse me, I will take a few pictures here and there). Going to soak up some sun and breath in nature through my stuffy nose. Chow for now!

Peace Out Fall 2017

December 14, 2017 marks the last day of my finals. Been up since a little past 3 AM. Yes. You read that right. 3 AM. I had a final at 7 AM and tried to get some sleep beforehand, but slept for a little bit, woke up, and couldn't fall back to sleep. Been running on about 2.5 hours of sleep. BUT finals are over and that is all that matters. Time to rewind, catch up with some friends, blog (of course), and keep learning.

Captured at 6:29 AM, before sunrise 

I spent my afternoon with my friend, Kassy, for about three hours. It was such a joy to catch up with her and fill each other in on what's happening in our lives for the past semester. Nothing better than reconnecting outside The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. It was my first time there and I got Orchard Peach Tea. It was pretty good, very natural and freshly made. I definitely would come back in the near future to try other tea options there. As always, three hours is never enough to catch up with someone you haven't talked to in forever. It was so nice to talk about everything to anything and have those deeper conversations with someone you can relate to. Can't wait to meet up with her again soon!

Orchard Peach Tea

After hanging out with Kassy, I hanged out with Gabi for the lunch date and I tried a new place, What's Up Men, thanks to her. It was so good. I love ramen, any noodles to be honest. I never had a chicken broth version (or at least that I can remember) so that was really cool to try something new. Always nice to sit down and hang out with her and talk about our lives inside and outside the Business Honors Program.

Chuka Soba Ramen based with Chicken Broth

A happy tummy, for a happy girl now. Ready to catch up on blog posts. Stay tuned!

Christmas in the Air

It's December! Boy does the time fly by. Came back to CSUF after Thanksgiving break and decorated the apartment a little with the help of my parents. What do you think? The small garlands and snowflakes are my touch to the apartment. Many thanks to Daiso for having Christmas supplies. Definitely put some Christmas feels in the air after putting the garlands up and taking apart one of the snowflake garland to make it look as if snowflakes are falling. I even took some selfies with my parents before they left.(:

Then came the first official day back in school session after the week long break and what do you know. It was raining in the middle of the night, creating wet grounds to step upon, making it perfect boot season. To top it off, that Monday night, I ate my first cup noodle in my sophomore year! Ahhhh! It tasted so good. Ironically, I was talking about how I didn't eat a single one during my break with my mom. Now that is definitely a no. It was cold and I wanted something warm to help me study for my exam the coming Wednesday. The rest of the week was just a rollercoaster ride, but Thursday came and I got to go home, see my family, and go to my internship.

This past Friday I got to help with field work for the Mayor’s Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony in Pasadena. It was really cute how kids from schools performed (singing, dancing, cheerleading, etc.), reminding me of my childhood when I performed with classmates at school. The event also reminded me how much work it takes for a location shoot (more about it in my internship post that will come soon in mid-December). Seeing the Christmas tree light up was amazing and the joy in the parents and family members faces was heart-warming. It's really starting to look like Christmas now. In exactly 22 days to be exact.

I came back to CSUF early to get more work done and ate breakfast with my sister and mom at Egg Cracker. Mmm mmm good. The food was amazing yet again. This was my second time I went (definitely got lots of food places to include in my post about my semester) and my mom's first time. She liked it as much as me and my sister did the first time we were there. After that, I got cracking (see what I did there) in my studies and papers once again. 

Before I go back to work now, I just want to say I apologize for not posting at least once more in November. I planned to but got really busy with papers and group projects. However, it's December meaning in two weeks, I will be done with finals and can catch you guys all up-to-date with my sophomore year, food places to go check out, and my internship experience. Stay tuned! Until then, stay safe, keep warm, and hug a teddy bear!