Carrot Cake on Black Friday

Made some carrot cake today. Skipped the Black Friday hoopla and just relaxed at home.

Watched "The Divine Secrets of the Ya-ya Sisterhood" today. Yesterday I watched Jane Austen's "Persuasion" and the BBC mini series "Wives and Daughters"

I really like english films. Wives and Daughters really did a great job with the set and the costumes.

The issues in the film were not much different from the ones we face today. It's actually a very interesting movie. Makes you think that people are all the same, then and now....Asian or English.

Happy Halloween Cupcakes

Made some dark chocolate cupcakes with butter cream frosting on top. Brought it to work today for Halloween. I brought 11 and there is only one left. It tasted pretty good. People really love sweets.

I think after today I’m gonna go back on my diet. I bought this Korean recipe book that shows you how much to eat if you wanna reduce your caloric intake. I may start that. But I know my mom won’t stay quiet. She’ll have something to say about everything I make. So I’m glad that soon I’ll have my own kitchen to make my creations…free of nag.

I love her though…she’s a sweetheart. She just always puts her two cents in when I cook.

Made some Penne Pesto Pasta with some ground up sausage on top last night. It was pretty tasty! I think I'm going on Carb overdose though...but I think I was craving it. After being on that chicken breast diet...I needed the carbs.
It'll get to me soon enough, but I'll enjoy it for now.
Does anyone realize that mom's CANNOT just say it tastes good!! They have to say...why did you try it this way? The pasta...should it have been cooked longer? What about trying it with Spaghetti next time? You should have used my ground up beef that I have in the freezer....is that what this is? AHHHH!!

Roll cake with cream cheese filling

Made a Roll Cake for the first time today. Used Cream cheese filling.

Gonna make chocolate cupcakes and perhaps another cheesecake...

Happy Halloween Everyone!!

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Sandeezy Zoo....a friggin broiler

I went to the San Diego Zoo this past Saturday for Brian's work luncheon. We played tennis in the morning and basically basting in our own sweat. It was pretty gross. We were both glistening and dripping. Stupid idea to shower after tennis because about 10 minutes after we entered the park, we were just as sweaty. Food was mediocre....hotdogs or sloppy joe's....bleh. But it was alright since we were both pretty hungry.

It felt like a chore sitting under what little shade that the umbrellas provided....eating a 3rd rate lunch....losing more fluid than I was putting in.

It got better once we got on the Skyfari. I believe we were on it 3 times or so. It was the best thing that we did there...cooled us off nicely.

I'd have to say that the polar bears were the most fun to watch. I felt bad for them though....hanging out in a winter coat in the dead of summer.

It was so nice to get back in the car....I love AC!

Bang Bang!!

So I decided to get bangs today. I've been thinking about getting bangs for a long time. I asked my former stylist if I should get bangs and she told me that with my face shape that just layering my hair would be better...so that's what I did...

But I decided to go somewhere different and the stylist there told me to try it out! And I actually like it! The only thing is that I think I should have gotten it cut a little shorter so it won't grow over my eyes so soon. Oh well...I can always go back.

Feeling like I can never get enough sleep. Come three....I am nodding off. But then again...I should be sleeping now instead of updating the world on my life...

Nothing much to update you on. Korea...I don't want to annoy anyone by always talking about it...but I do...I do want to live there...not for good...but for a little while, so I can get a taste of it.

For a while I was convinced that I didn't have to actually live in Korea to fill that empty feeling. But it's not all about that empty feeling. It's more about the lifestyle that I want to immerse myself in. Sigh...

I don't long to go back as much as I did right after I came back from Korea in late March, but I still have that longing. I need to fulfill that longing....or I'll just grow old...regretting. At least if I do go, I'll know. But this isn't the simplest decision to make. I would be leaving my friends, my family, my love.. for a whole year!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!


I could be clouding myself in a false adoration of Korea. I could hate it there. I may even get really homesick. Why? Why do I want to go so much? Is it really any different? Whenever I see a plane fly overhead on my drives home from work, I get that weird mushy homesick longing feeling. I think to myself..."I wonder if that plan is coming from Korea"

I look at the Korean Air ads on TV and get that longing feeling...I took United to Korea though...

These days, the only radio I listen to at work is korean radio. I'm basically listening to korean all day long. I'm listening to it as we speak!


The weekend was good. We had mother's day dinner at Macaroni Grill. Mom liked the pasta dishes. It was actually her first time at an Italian place. Carol and I decided we need to take her out more...LOVE YOU MOM!

Brian was here over the weekend so he could have dinner with his folks on Saturday night for Mother's Day. It was very nice having him here. My mom said that she liked his voice. ...hehe...I never notice, but I guess Brian has a nice voice. Very manly.

Brian and I had yummy Pat bing soo on Saturday, but the Kiwi was hard! bleh!

Saturday night after dinner with mom, I went to meet Sheila. It was nice to see her again. We went to Bin Bin Konjac. I'm so glad that I'll be hopefully seeing more of her in the near future!

Congrats Sheila!!!

That's it for now...

It's been too long

It's been way too long since I have last written....
Korea has come and gone...(it was great by the way!) It was very tiring, but I had a really good time getting to know my cousins and my aunts and uncles and grandparents. I even went to one of the cities of Busan called "Suh Myun" and did all the things that young people do there. Here is the list...

1. Ride on the subway
2. Watch movie "The King's Man"
3. Eat spicy rice cake, pah jun, and fish cake soup at one of the street vendors...all for $4.00!
4. Have yummy Kiwi drink for $1.00 !
5. Go to the bookstore
6. Go to the Lotte Plaza department store.
7. Go shopping for cute earrings for my sis at the never ending row of outdoor vendors.
8. Take sticker pictures
9. Buy cute stationary at the neighborhood gift shop.
10. Shop at the underground shopping row right by the subway....(stores are tiny!!)


This all happened in one day~ whew!

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How many days to Korea?

Seventeen!! Yes! Seventeen more days until I go to Korea!!! W00T!!

It's coming up closer and closer! Makes me think about how fast the time will fly when I am in korea. I better enjoy every minute of it!! I hope to!

So this weekend, I was supposed to go to Camarillo to see Brian and go to Lee's parent's Casino night, but that didn't happen. Carol was making one of her rare appearances home this weekend and I didn't really want to miss that. So Brian was so kind to let me pass on the Casino night. Carol and my mom and I went to the mall and enjoyed ourselves. Oh yes..before we did that, we went to Souplantation to eat ourselves silly...hehehe. Afterwards, Carol modeled her outfit that she bought from Express and then I went upstairs to start reorganizing my closet. I always have to reorganize my closet every few weeks or so. I really need to get into the habit of keeping my closet nice...All the time! Easier said than done. But then I ended up sitting in my pile of clothes...researching through different magazines, to see how to draw eyebrows. See...I've always fallen in the 15% who don't really take care of their eyebrows. But then when I realized how important eyebrows can be to a person's appearance. I didn't realize how light my eyebrows were. So I am going to start to take better care of my brows.

Sunday my mom and I went to Costco so we could start buying gifts for our trip to korea. We didn't end up buying what we wanted to because the coupon for the discount didn't start until the 27th. But it was nice to go. So fricking crowded at Costco though. I started to get frustrated. People are just all over the place!! I know that it is expected, but man. I had to back up and pave the way because otherwise, no one was going to go anywhere. I did a lot of sigh-ing. *sigh*

What is the big deal with Costco anyways? We bought detergent, two bags of chips, some eye cream ($20.00) , two bottles of glucosamine, and toothpaste, and it all came out to $120! Too much. Too much. I think I'll stick to just regular markets.

Brian came by on Sunday night. He was on his way back to SD from Camarillo and he just couldn't pass up on an opportunity to see his lovely girlfriend. muahhahahahah. We wento to Noodle Planet to have some pad thai, spring rolls, and some boba. We then came back to my place and watched this documentary of the Chandra Levy case. I can't believe they couldn't find her for a whole year! Tsk Tsk. We had a nice time watching TV and cuddling. Too bad that he had to leave soon after, but it was still nice. Love yoU!

Carol's Belated Birthday

Today, we went to have dinner at BCD to celebrate Carol's 22nd Birthday. We were gonna go to a Chinese place, but Carol didn't want to spend too much money so we went to get yummy tofu instead...that "Sahl Lim Ggoon!!" hehehehe. It tasted extra yummy today too! Afterwards, we went to the Cafe next to my dad's store to have some dessert. We had coffee/tea and Madeline cookies. Sorry Carol that it wasn't as eventful as it should have been.

Well, afterwards I watched a bunch of Korean dramas....namely Goong (The Imerial Household). I love the main guy...he's so cute!



Here are the pictures from our dinner.

Fondue Valentines

So, this weekend was Brian and my early Valentine's weekend. We went to this place in downtown La Jolla called Forever Fondue. We enjoyed a lovely 4 course meal consisting of an cheese fondue appetizer, a caesar salad, meat/seafood/veggie shabu shabu-type fondue and then finally the Chocolate fondue with strawberries, pineapples, bananas, poundcake, and cheesecake. It was all so yummy. Sorry I don't have pictures of the chocolate fondue portion of the dinner. I was too busy eating it that I forgot to take a picture of it! hehehe. But enjoy the ones that we took!

Soo got a new hair-do! I was surprised at first, but then thought it was pretty cool. She makes it look pretty good! I know I'd look like a freak with that do. "Hello AcCoUNTinG!? " Hehe, but yea..we had yummy Salmon with Jasmine rice and salad and yummy apple turnover for dessert. Jonathan joined us for dinner as well. We laughed up a storm and got more than our daily recommendation of 15 minutes a day of laughing. hahahaahaa.






30 days til KOREA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dinner with the family

Went to eat BEEF with the family tonight. A rare event for us. So I decided to take some pics with my new camera. It really does make a difference when you have a smaller camera! I don't feel like I'm bringing out a camera. It just seems like I'm taking a picture with my phone or something along that line. It can sound like excuses to validate my purchase....but I really do notice a difference.

I would have taken more pictures, but I still only have the 16Mb that they gave me when I bought the camera so I was only able to take a few. Here they are..

Work? Work was work.

Countdown to KOREA!!

38 Days until I go to Korea!!! I'm so excited!!!

Reminiscent

Did I spell that word right? Reminiscent? Oh well....that's me today. So I was looking through old pictures on my computer and I noticed that I had these videos of us on our first trip to vegas. They are not the best of videos because some of them were not intentional, but still I hope you all enjoy it.

You can find the different files here: http://yoojinny.com/videos/

Oh yes! I bought a new camera! I'm so bad...I know...but I LOVE it!!!!


It is the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX8. I gave my older Canon camera to my brother Peter. He likes it a lot. He took it to his friend's birthday party and had a good time taking pics and videos. I will be able to take my camera out more often because I won't feel like I'm holding a big brick with me. hehehe. This now gives me no more excuses!

Oh yes, here are some pictures from one of our weekend outings to downtown SD. There is a pic of Sean, Sheila, Brian and I at the downtown Yardhouse. Food was pretty decent. The mac and cheese was superb...minus the chicken chunks.

Corny

I was feeling a little under the weather so I decided I'd laugh at my corny self by reading through my previous journal entries. I can't believe I had so many emotions running through myself. I made things a lot worse than they really were. Everything was such a big deal....why?

All's I can say is...teenagers...

I've been listening to a lot of korean radio. I'm especially interested in listening to this one radio show called "Ghost Nation". The DJ is this guy named Shin Hae Chul. He is the lead singer in a rock band called "Next". He kinda reminds me of Howard Stern. He says what he wants to say, and his topics answer so many questions people are afraid to ask. I was listening the other day about how this man was sued because he was caught illegally downloading four movie files. The man said he isn't at fault because his grandson did it and that he already had three of the four movies at his home. But then Shin goes and says then to consider this. Do you go to your nearest Blockbuster and say, "Since I already own a copy at home, I'm just gonna take this one for free!"
No, you don't say that.

There are other very interesting stories but for some reason that's the only one that comes to mind. ...hehe.

Here is a link just in case anyone is interested. You have to have an IMBC id and password and...oh yea, you need to understand korean too..heh.