Done: Peace Cupcakes with Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting

I found a recipe a longggggg time ago that I've bookmarked and forgotten about and just found!

Since it is summer, peace seemed like the perfect fruit to make into delicious cupcakes.

This is the LINK to the recipe, if you are interested.

The cupcakes turned out amazing!
Dana helped me with them and took some home for her bro's bday. (:

I haven't baked cupcakes in a while, so it was fun and rather impromptu.

Yummy,

Hayon

Done: Date with Mom!

So, I thought it would be fun to spend a day in LA with mom since she hasn't seen a lot of LA.

Our original plan was to go to LACMA, but I thought the Getty might be more fun since we both enjoy classical art more than modern art.

We started the day with lunch at Jitlada.
I've never been before, but I heard that it's one of the best Thai food ever!

I realized that they specialize in Southern Thai food. I have never had Southern Thai food before, but from my experience from Jitlada, it is effing spicy.

Morning Glory Salad

Jungle Pork Rib Curry (or something like that..)

The Morning Glory Salad with Shrimp was delicious!!! Tangy and Sweet. I don't usually like a lot of fried things in my food, but with the dressing and the shrimp, the salad was amazing!!

But, everything went south when the Curry came out. OH MY GOD.
IT IS THE SALTIEST AND THE SPICIEST FOOD I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
My tongue was numb and hands started tingling. Finished my cup of water.
Same reaction from Mom.
We had one scoop full and were done.
I mean it was strangely addicting in the end though...

We took most of it home and cooked it with more veggies and meat to make it edible.

Problems other than the spiciness:
1. took forever to get the food.
2. small restaurant
3. yucky smell
4. THEY CHARGE FOR RICE!

But, I want to go back..
lol

Then, to soothe our poor mouths, I decided to take her to Urth Caffe, one of my favorite places!

We went to the one in Beverly Hills and ended up walking a mile overall to get the coffee and come back lol. Because I miss calculated how far it was from the parking lot... hahaha
It was interesting walking there and back, and paid a visit to Anthropologie!
Not too bad!

I got my usual green tea latte, and my mom got the spanish latte.
(:
YUMS

Then, went to the Getty!

 My favorite artist & one of my favorite paintings <3

Beautiful day there.
We walked a lot!
We really enjoyed it (:

After we were done, we decided to get dinner near the Grove.
Since we've eaten at the Grove before, I decided that Little Next Door would be great!
Cute little bistro style.

 We found a parking spot relatively easily haha.

Ordered a calamari salad and the mussel entree.
DELICIOUS!

Then we drove back and stopped by a Korean market to shop for groceries.

It was a really fun day (:

I want to do it again, and maybe my broho and dad can come along too!

FUNFUNFUN,

Hayon

Done: Have lunch with my fav. teacher!

So, when it comes to me, it is no secret that I love some of my teachers.
This is a well-known fact among my friends.

Most people think it's bizarre HAHA, and maybe it is! But I really don't give a rat's ass.

Anyways, I have the biggest teacher crush on my high school math teacher.
He is simply the best teacher ever!
He taught calc at my high school, and although I simply abhor the subject, I tried my best to never miss class (sidenote: I missed physics 16 times, according to my old report card. I neither cared for the subject nor the teacher lol).

He is so funny, sarcastic, surprisingly caring. He is a lot like House, the tv character.
I've visited him rather regularly since I graduated from high school, and he's been a good listener and almost like a mentor.
It feels as if he treats me like an equal since he tells me his life stories and all the crazy scandals that have happened at school since I left haha.

Anyways, he's mentioned that he took some of his past students out to lunch, and I jumped at the chance.
I called up two of my friends who love him as well, and a lunch date was decided!

We went to Wahoo's since he loves wahoos.
And he bought us lunch, which was very nice!

And we all talked for 2 hours. I mean since I update him pretty regularly, I didn't really have much to talk about. But, they all had a kick out of picking on me -__- lol as usual.

Overall, it was pretty surreal lol. It seemed crazy that I was having lunch with my high school teacher.
Hopefully, we can do it again!

Elated,

Hayon

Done: Meet the parents

After dating for 3 1/2 yrs, it finally happened! I met THE PARENTS of the bf.

It was his graduation, and I returned the favor and went to his grad, as he came to mine.

I made him a lei and errrthing. I should have taken a picture, but got lazy.
Anyhoos, I met them. The whole family actually. hahahaha

Of course, being the dummy (the nicest insult I can think of to describe him in this situation) that he is, he did not tell his sisters and told his dad the day of.

Imagine the awkwardness. lol.

I'm not that awkward usually, but it was a weird situation when I finally met them, especially since he was participating in his graduation, thus not present when I met them! ISNT THAT GREAT? lol

His mom knew, and I had already met his cousins; but, it was weird lol.

Then, I awkwardly introduced myself. AND THEN, after a while, I asked his sister, sooooo he didn't tell you I was coming huh.. hahahaha and she said, no he didn't, and I was really confused when I first saw you. HAHA.

oh god.

And then, he walked, and the ceremony ended surprisingly quickly since it was a major only ceremony (even though my satellite ceremony ran WAY TOO EFFING LONG).

And I told him, introduce me more formally, and thank you for making this situation really awkward for me. ha. ha.

And he did. And it was still kinda weird, but fine at the same time.

took pictures and went to roscoes and had chicken and waffle!

His family was really nice, and I am grateful to have finally met them.

And even though I know it took a lot for him to bring me to meet his fam, I still do not approve of the way he went about it. I find it quite inconsiderate of him, but he apologized and I'll get over it.

This is a post that makes me appreciate that people don't really read my blog. HAHA
It's more for my benefit of thinking out loud, rather than recording a monumental moment.

Though sometimes I feel like I've been through a lot and learned a lot, there are still so many things I am completely new at and feel uncomfortable about. Today was one of those days.

I never really got nervous about meeting new people and interacting, but since his family is important, I was concerned and felt awkward.
It must have drained me since I was exhausted when I came home and napped for a while right after. It also could have been due to the fact that the ceremony was at 10 AM, and the bf picked me up at like 8. WAY TOO EARLY.

But regardless of everything and how things went today, this meeting made things more real? I mean obviously the relationship is real, and I do love being in it. Also, we've talked about our future together and what not, and never really felt awkward about "the talk." But, the whole union of two families and so on and so forth seemed too soon? I am not at all concerned about just the two of us. However, I am extremely concerned about the possibility of joining our two COMPLETELY different families together, and the possible disaster and awkwardness the union may bring forth.
Seems overall rather unpleasant.
Something everyone wants to avoid.
Rather problematic.

This issue obviously isn't the only problem we have. It also isn't "our" problem; most couples experience similar issues regarding families.
But, it's still annoying to have to deal with it.

Relationships, romantic or platonic, are hard to begin with. But, add external issues that are beyond our controls. What do you end up with? A test of strength and commitment?

Why can't we all just get the fuck along?
And why are so many things "taboo" and "wrong"?
and on this note, growing up really blows.

Forever young?

Hayon 

Done: Date with Danica

So, there's this lovely girl named Danica!

We went to high school together and only kept in touch in the cyber world since our business class together in sophomore year? or junior year..

She is probably half my size. But, with my height, that really isn't that big of a deal anymore lol.
She is also very fashionable and just FUN!
And this girl has got it together.
I'm not saying this because she may or may not read this. HAHA. She probably won't because I didn't tell many people about this blog!
I told like.. 3 ppl.

Anyways, so we haven't talked in person in... 6 or so years.
Ridiculous.

We always said, let's meet up!
But, with our busy schedules and the distance, it just didn't happen until we were both graduated and somewhat relaxing.

Honestly, I was a bit nervous before the date since there was a real possibility that this could go soooo awkward. But, I mean I cyber stalk her (yes, I openly admitted to her and the world, to which she also admitted to stalking me. so yay!), so it feels like I know her life HAHA.

And fortunately, things weren't awkward AT ALL.
In fact, things went too well.

We talked for 8 hours.

Sat at Octopus for 3, then moved to Mochilato for 5.
Holyshmoly.

We didn't even realize.
By the end of our "therapy session," my back was fairly sore, and I was exhausted, but ecstatic!

it felt like we had a lot in common.
And it was nice to talk to someone who could relate to me and vice versa.

And now we happily text each other problems and concerns. <3

I mean this girl has her shit together. AND she doesn't judge. AND she also has no problem hating on idiots with me! hahahahaha

love her.

Anyways, if you ever read this, Danica, I freakin' love you! hahahahaha So glad we had our date.

love,

Hayon

Done: Get a fountain pen & ink!

Just for funzies, the bf got me gifts because he's nice lol.

One of them was a fountain pen! A real one with the empty ink tube and a piston to fill in the tube.
It's Noodler's Flex Tip Pen in Clear.

Also, he got a bottle of ink for the pen.
Apparently, he recently met a guy in class that collected fountain pens and ink and what not. So from his advice, he got the Baystate Blue that uses this antique recipe for the color.
However, the ink is a bit frisky. It doesn't mix well with other ink, so once you use it in a pen, the pen is pretty much not going to be used for other ink. And once it gets on ya, it'll be ages before you can get it off.
It also is very dark so it may bleed through some papers.
But, with all that scary things about the ink, it is so beautiful. And it's waterproof and dries very quickly.

I would put up a picture of some amazing calligraphy I did. But, I didn't take pictures of it, and it really wasn't amazing or impressive. lol.

But, I think this is such a cool gift, especially for Father's day.

I am definitely getting my dad a pen. Something a bit older looking, though.

Feelin' Classy,

Hayon

Done: Dog food baking

I've been meaning to bake my dog treats because she is the most adorable puppy (well, not really a puppy, but always a baby in my eyes <3 ).

Since I'm trying to feed her with the good stuff these days because I'm home all the time, I was excited to bake her some healthy treats.

I found A LOT of recipes, but I chose this one because it sounded relatively simple to make (which was a mistake since it took me like.. 3 hours to complete the whole process from getting all the ingredients mixed to cooling.)

Here's the recipe
Or I just copy and pasted it down below for my convenience, in case I decide to make again.


Bachelor Dog Treats
From: Sherry Yard.
Note: Yard suggests small cookie cutters such as this 3-inch dog bone, but you can use larger cutters and bake the cookies a few minutes longer. She also notes that her dog has a highly trained palette and prefers Wildflower honey (She's joking, of course; there is all of 1 tablespoon of honey in these cookies.).
Yield: About 3 dozen small cookies
4 eggs, divided (2 for the dough, 2 for the wash)
1 ounce vegetable oil
1 tablespoon honey
8 ounces chicken stock
10 ounces whole wheat flour
5 ounces all purpose flour
3 ounces cornmeal
1 cup peanut butter

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together two of the eggs, the oil and honey. Whisk in the chicken stock.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the whole wheat flour, AP flour and cornmeal. With the mixer on medium speed, slowly pour in the chicken stock mixture, then add the peanut butter. Mix until the dough comes together, about 1 minute.
3. Divide the dough in half. Roll out each ball of dough approximately ½ inch thick. Cut into desired shapes using small (3 to 4-inch) cookie cutters. Place on baking sheets sprayed with cooking oil.
4. Whisk the remaining two eggs and brush the egg wash lightly over the cookies. Allow to dry for 10 minutes and brush with the egg wash a second time (the second wash is optional, but gives the cookies a darker brown color). Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes, depending on the size of the cookies.


Since I didn't have a bone cookie cutter, I just stuck with the ones I had at home.

The result:

Since I knew what was in this, I decided to take a lick lol. It honestly didn't taste like much...
But, Milkie seems to love it!

And because these don't have preservatives or anything like that, I kept them in the refrigerator. The only downside is that the treats kinda got soggy since the cookies weren't super hard to begin with anyways.

I'm going to tryout more recipes soon! (:

dog whisperer,

Hayon

Done #16: Go to Chuck E Cheese's

On Friday, the bf and I had the weekly date (:

1. Go to Lee's Sandwich

I haven't had their sandwiches in FOREVER, and omg I have been missing out! I usually dislike sandwiches... but, lee's is perfect! I only like my bread crunchy and hard - baguettes.. pretty much. I love the crispy outer baguette bread and delicious grilled pork and sweet and sour pickled radishes/carrot finished w/ cilantro!

SO GOOD. And for under 3 dollars? I AM SOLD. tempted to have it everyday...

2. CHUCK E CHEESE'S!!!!!!
the BF had a coupon for $15 for 80 tokens. I think we may have stayed there for an hour or two hahaha. we beat this jungle cruise game (after like.. 12 token game continuations.. but SO WORTH IT!). And we are convinced that their Deal or No Deal game is RIGGED!!!! >:(

But, overall it was fun. we only left with 300 ticket thing which meant shitty prizes.. but whatever. I wasn't there for the prize anyways!

3. Genghis Khan!
we had our fav mongolian bbq thing at the mall food court. And of course it was delicious.

4. went to Target to waste time.
I spent like 2 hours looking for something to occupy myself with for the summer, but failed. So, we just sat on their lawn furniture and talked since it's free hahahaha.

We basically talked about how dismal our future looks HAHA. fun times!

But, i'm sure something will work out.

Hopeful,

Hayon

Done #13 - 15: Go to a cool Jazz club & play the settlers of Catan & Be in the middle of a restaurant fight

A busy day, it was!

Can't remember the details as clearly as I would like because it's been 3 days since this busy day... But, I can say for sure that I had fun!

Basically, the day started out with meeting up at Wes' house with Chris and obviously.. wesley.

Wesley drove (for the 3rd time, yes it is out of order.. whatever. throughout the day, he almost backed up into a man and cut someone off and pissed that person off lol. But, no harm done really)!

went to Rowland Heights for some Szechuan food (which I've never had before and was quite delicious but very very oily).
I think the place was called Shufeng something.. can't remember. But, that wasn't the important thing.

lol. So, we went inside, starving and excited.
Then, the hostess and two chinese lady customers started yelling. With us situated in the middle.
Like.. some serious SCREAMING AT EACH OTHER IN CHINESE. over bad service.. or something like that from what Wes deduced and what I deduced from their gestures.
I thought they were about to throw plates at each other.
Of course women screaming at each other just wasn't quite enough.
The chef (possibly the owner) came out from the kitchen and started yelling at the hostess (possibly for fighting with customers).
It was the most intense fight I have ever witnessed and it was quite hilarious and stressful at the same time.
I just thought it was pretty momentous lol.

But seriously.. don't mess with asian ladies. They do not give a fuck.

Anyways, then, we went to a tea place and played the Settlers of Catan.
OH EM GEE. SO MUCH FUN!
The geek inside me jumped up and down in joy!
It wasn't too hard to learn and so much fun to play.

Everyone needs to play this.

It's half strategy and half luck. You are basically trying to make colonies out of materials that you collect and what not.

I'm obviously not explaining this well at all, but just GO PLAY.

Then, we went home to eat dinner, but with a plan of meeting up later to go to Steamers - a jazz club!
So cooooool (:

I've never been to downtown Fullerton at night. (and I REFUSE to call it dtf. ugh)
I had NO IDEA what to wear. Ended up choosing a black shirt dress and flats.

A guitarist, a bassist, a drummer.

They were soooo suave. The whole ambiance was very lounge-y and relaxing.
Chris and Wes ordered drinks which I tried hahaha.
They were cocktail-heavy, rather than draft beer and what not.

After their performance, we left to go to Heroes since the guys REALLY wanted beer.

I got Shock Top. I like my beer mild lol. The guys like theirs hoppy and dark-ish? lol I have no idea. I am not a beer expert.

Then, we just talked. (: Great night!

Reminiscing,

Hayon

Done #12: Go to the beach

This is going to be completely out of order, but i've been feeling lazy about posting due to having a bit too much fun! HAHA... well kinda.. just lazy.

And this keeping in track of lists has become quite cumbersome, but oh well.

Anyways, I haven't been to the beach in a long time and figured that it's about time that I stop denying the fact that I live 20 minutes away from the ocean and just effing go and get some beach sunlight and interact with oceanic nature.

But let me just say how much I dislike the sand. It gets everywhere and it's gross.. but so unavoidable AT THE BEACH lol.
again.. OH effing WELL.

So, I convinced Chris and Wesley that we need to do something like go to the beach while we were out in town being awesome. At this point of my summer break, I am about to crawl out of my effing skin from boredom. Being the troopers they are, they agreed.

Then OFF TO THE BEACH!
Wesley drove (for the 4th time ever in his life! lol yea. ran two dangerously-close-to-red yellow lights but no biggie.. we live on the edge). And after 20-30 minutes, we were at the Huntington Beach!

So many memories at that beach. not the cleanest or the most fabulous, but it's the closest and been to it the most! We had our high school senior breakfast there, and during that phase of my life, huntington was the beach to be.

On the way, we stopped by Bevmo for some beer, then quickly settled at the beach.

It was actually quite windy and not as hot as it's been for the last week or so (annoying).

But, we just chilled on our towels and soaked in the sunlight. The water was pretty cold, and no one was in the mood for swimming. The guys threw around football and stuff while I chilled and instagrammed lol.

It was just so nice, relaxing on the beach, getting some color on my pale-ass skin.

I just wish it was a bit warmer since by 5, I had to put a sweatshirt on.

Then, we were all hungry, so we ventured on to the other side of the street and went to 25 degrees.

The guys wanted burgers and beer lol. shocker.

 french fries & sweet potato fries

I'm not a big fan of burgers, but a HUGE fan of hot dogs (hah that's what she said!). And umm especially bacon wrapped anything.. so I was sold. lol I ended up ditching the bread and just finished the sausage and toppings. not a big fan of bread.. lol i know. weird.

Anyways, it was a successful day! (:

A bit tanned,

Hayon

Done #11: Improv Comedy Show

So since I've moved back home, I don't get to see my boyfriend very often. Obviously, it was way more convenient when both of us were in LA.

So, when I do see him, we try to make it worth our while!

He picked me up, and I was craving pasta. And what better place to get my load of carbs than Olive Garden???? haha

And one of my "wish list" was to get a glass of wine with my pasta - so I ordered a wine-ish drink. haha

I wanted something sweeter than just wine lol. whatever! I have no shame.

Anyways, the food I ended up getting was the soup, salad and breadstick combo, but no regrets. They were all freakin delicious.

Then, we decided to watch the avengers (which to me was alright. It was really fun to watch and all, but I wouldn't watch it again and again?) with his cousins, which is A BIG NEWS since I have only met his cousin once and that was the first time "meeting" his family!

I convinced him that it is a great idea for me to meet his two cousins hahaha. And they warmed up to me pretty quickly! I'm a nice person! HAH! win for me!

 I got this for the movie snack. love love love. I love this brand of chocolate!

Then, we dropped them off! And off we went to (my initial wish destination was downtown disney, but it was a Friday which means hell hole) The block of Orange, which turned out to be a TERRIBLE idea since we couldn't even find parking.

So, disappointed we left, and headed for my house.

Then, a brilliant idea came to my head! Let's go to the Maverick Theater to watch their weekly Improv Shmimprove show!

I used to go often in my high school days since it is SO funny and only $5!

Even though it starts at 11 PM, and I suggest that you get there like 15 minutes before just in case it fills up.

Anyways, I wanted to take my brother with us since it feels like he doesn't get out much lol.

While we waited for time to pass, the bf and I walked my dog around the neighborhood and laughed at her unathleticism and the followed adorable-ness(?).

And finally off we went to the show!

SO FREAKIN FUNNY. and so very hipster, the crowd was lol.
I was initially concerned that it wouldn't be funny since I haven't been in a while and my sense of humor... well.. let's just say is not SUPER sophisticated hahahaha. But, of course they were as impressive as ever! and the bf and broho really enjoyed the show!
Basically, the premise is they have two teams consisting of 3 ppl, and they battle it out with different improv games. Hil-A-RIOUS.

And you can actually roll the dice when you pay for the ticket. If you win against the host, you don't pay; if you lose, you pay $10. Being the unadventurous shmuck, I opted out and just paid the flat $5, along with my sensible bf and broho.

But, it was hilarious overall, and I've been meaning to pay the theater a visit anyways! 2 birds w/ 1 stone.
(:

Brought back a lot of high school memories.

But, seriously.. when did EVERYTHING "downtown" get so effing HIPSTER?
hipsters are taking over the world..

concerned,

Hayon

Done #10: Impromptu Trip to Vegas!

I think I was just PMSing, but I was just really frustrated and annoyed with everything on Saturday.
So at midnight on Sunday, I asked my mom if we can just take a day trip to Vegas. haha

And she said yes!

Yay!

So, we (my mom, broho, me! dad had to work) left at 8 AM, and with a breakfast sandwich from Subway to satisfy my morning hunger.
After a grueling 4 hour drive, we got to vegas!

It was actually a relatively smooth drive thanks to good traffic and what not.
And it was not that busy on the strip either! yay (:

We ate at my favorite restaurant in vegas! - Mon Ami Gabi

 Olive tapenade & ricotta cheese

 Lobster Roll! It was good, but hard to eat since it was basically a piece of bread that was stuffed with lobster salad.

But, I just love this place. It's relatively affordable for the great service and amazing food!

Then, we walked around the malls.

Oh, can I just mention how AMAZINGLY SCORCHING HOT IT WAS? 90+ degrees. omg.
I was (as gross as this sounds) just sweating BALLS. holycrap.

And the most monumental moment came when I found THE BAG.
I've been looking up bags and what nots for my grad gift. I actually didn't feel comfortable spending so much money on a bag since I don't think i'm old enough and didn't feel like feeling spoiled.
And with that mindset, I was just refusing all the bags and nothing felt good enough for the price. (And I was just planning on pushing off the gift since it was stressing me out and I was hoping my mom would just kinda forget about it? hahahaha)

But, a bad thing happened when mom and I went into the Prada store. omg.

I found this clutch? (I just spent 30 minutes online trying to find the damn thing but I CANNOT!)
saffiano leather and it's retangular with two compartments and a wrist strap and it's just AMAZING.
The size is perfect and I just fell in love like never before!

edit: So, I found a few pictures, but I think it's men's clutch? hahaha NO MATTER. it's amazing. and just perfect for me. And they have it in that gray blue color that I love love love.

 This picture doesn't do this clutch justice, but it's the best I could do lol.

My mom wasn't that happy with it since the zipper was the hardest thing to open. She really wanted me to consider the Lux tote?

 Um, but the price for both bags was just too much.
So, I don't know.
I wish, but at the same time I don't hahahaha
DAMN YOU GUILTY CONSCIENCE!


After walking around, my mom and I decided that it's time we get some matching Pandora charm bracelets!
So, we got the silver bracelet and mother&daughter charm!

and on the side of the charm clasp part, it says you & me or something like that. hahaha it's so cute!

But, can I just say how effing hard it is to undo and put on the bracelet? omg. It not only requires dexterity but also STRENGTH! ugh.

And it kept on plucking my arm hair, and I am pretty hairless lol.

Anyways, we ended our lovely day trip with Wicked Spoon buffet (my fav buffet!)

And I drove home half way and mom drove the other half! not too bad! except people were driving weird...

Oh, and I made it back and forth in 1 tank of gas! AMAZING! (: good job honda.

But, now I am pretty exhausted.
And I am proud of myself for doing something about my boredom and frustration!
I love the impulsive me and my fam!

so tired,

Hayon

Done #7: Make shorts

Yes, it is out of order, but I just uploaded my pictures.

I just wanted to showcase my new shorts!
I wish I had taken a picture of the jeans before getting demolished, but I did not think of it. oh welpz :(

Sorry for the hue, but my room was dark when I took the picture.

Basically I made marks on the legs and cut the legs off.
Then, I made A LOT of adjustments.
It was soooo difficult to make both legs even.

Then, I got a tong to pull the ends to make them look fringed (I recommend doing it outside since there was a lot of lint flying around the room).
After I was done destroying the ends, I poured bleach on the pants (of course after protecting the floor with a trashbag).
Since this particular pair of jeans was grey, it didn't take long to bleach them to this state. I actually quite like the uneven bleaching! But, my friend who had dark washed jeans had to keep the bleach on for a while; and even then, it was hard to tell the bleached part.

And the final step is to wash the shorts in the washer & dry them in the dryer!

Mine smelled like chlorine and swimming pools.. haha
But, I really like how they turned out!
They ARE a bit shorter then I would have liked since during the adjusting phase I went a bit crazy with the cutting.

But, it was exciting hahaha
(:

who wears short shorts?

Hayon

Done #9: Mother's Day Brunch!

So, it was Mother's Day yesterday, and I whipped up a few dishes to celebrate my mom!

I decided on two main dishes:

Curried quinoa stuffed onion

&
Scallops with strawberry salsa

I bought most of the ingredients from Trader Joe's!
The scallop dish was pretty easy to make. But, the onion dish was a biatch to make.
It is HARD to take the inside out of the onion shell, even after you cook it. I ended up with a tube of onion lol. So, I made it into a bowl by adding pieces of onion layer on the bottom.

But, these two dishes didn't seem hardy enough (at least for my fat ass lol), so I made another dish.

Scrambled eggs with onion and ham (I had a lot of freakin onion left over)

Overall, my mom was happy! haha
My dad wasn't.. He would be happier with rice and soup.. not this menu.
well, no matter since it's MOTHER's day.. not FATHER's day.

Success!

Blossoming chef,

Hayon

Done #8: Boardgame Night!

I really love board games.
They bring people together and act as a great excuse to get away from all the technology and really bond people.
And they are just plain fun.

So, to celebrate my graduation and just to have a small get together, I invited a few of my friends to my house for dinner/board game/ wine&cheese night!

I cooked dinner which consisted of chili and cornbread!
I used this recipe for the chili. I tweaked it a little bit with more spices and thai chili peppers to REALLY SPICE THINGS UP! and I simmered it for 3+ hours. It actually turned out DELICIOUS! (:
especially with the cornbread that Jenn made. We used Trader Joe's cornbread mix.

I've accumulated a lot of board games over the years. Some I bought with Jenn and Some I bought for myself.

We ended up playing Jenga, Pass the Popcorn (a movie trivia game in which I played the moderator because the game stresses me out lol), Cranium (so much fun! - Chris & I won btw) and Harry Potter Clue game (Chris won, but BY LUCK! I could've won ): ). hahaha
It was just so entertaining making a fool out of ourselves and really let loose!

As for the wine and cheese, Jenn brought a white wine, and we put some frozen berries, kiwi, canned pineapple and apples to make sangria. And Jane brought brie cheese and some sort of blue cheese that I cannot remember the name of (maybe stilson or something???) and water crackers. For the fruity part of the evening, lol, Chris brought A LOT of apples and grapes, and they were so delicious with the cheese.
And Chandler kindly brought TJoe's cheesecake! yummmmm.

It was just an evening of gluttony and laughter and good company.
(Ina Garten much???) lol

We ended it with taboo and just chatting about movies.

I loved it!
Now I am actually really tired. I'll sleep well, hopefully. I haven't been sleeping too well lately, so yea..
A lot on my mind.

But, tonight really brightened up my weekend!
Now for tomorrow's Mother's Day Brunch! (:
I have the menu all planned out. I'll post it later since 1 post a night seems good enough for me.

Satisfied,

Hayon

Done #5 & 6: Graduate from college! & ask my fav prof for a hug! lol

Yes, I did my 4 years of school. Fun but mostly a drag. I was getting really sick and tired of reading and writing about topics that did not interest me enough.

But, I DID IT!

Amazingly, I got through college! hahaha many times I would cry to myself or to others about my hatred and doubt.
But, today was my graduation, and I am glad.

I first resisted going to the grad. One of the most hateful events, in my opinion, is graduation. I hate it.

But, my parents insisted that I go, so I did.

Lovely Jenn and Sunny came, too! haha so thankful! (:

But, I honestly wasn't that excited the morning of or the week leading up to the graduation.
I was nervous and anxious. I was like.. what's the point? omg I won't know anyone. omg what if I look stupid? and just so many, now I realize, useless worries.

When I got there, I found a friend that I knew from class yay!
And Katie and Andrew just hung out with me in the line. haha 

But, before we entered the Shrine Auditorium, my heart was just racing.

Then, my favorite professor spoke (: <3 Lamy!

And people started getting called to the stage in this endless drone, then it was my turn!

By the time I stood up from my seat (even before that) I decided that I will ask Lamy for a hug. HAHA I knew it would be a weird thing maybe? But, I figured if not now, WHEN?

So, of course, this prof guy (that I don't even know), butchered my last name.. ugh. but that wasn't even a problem.

When I walked up to Lamy (our vice dean), he said, where have you been???
omggggggg he remembered me! hah!!! well, or not, but I'm just going to tell myself that he does.
and I immediately said CAN I HAVE A HUG? lol embarrassing, hindsight. but, he said of course! and gave me a hug. Then an awkward picture moment pursued, then I walked off, and Lamy said, Keep in touch! I said ok!!!!
lol

God. I am weird. But, I have some serious professor crushes. lol If you know me at all, you should know this.

Something about teachers/professors and their charisma, intelligence, and authority just GET TO ME.

anyways, then I was super happy that I got a hug and that I WAS OFFICIALLY A USC GRADUATE!
haha

stole from Jenn


Soon after, the graduation ended, and my family and friends and I went to Fogo de Chao and stuffed ourselves until we were KOed. (:

I am exhausted from multiple adrenaline rushes and just.. everything.
But, I'm still going to make more of my day!

craycray!

graduated,

Hayon

About me: Judge free?

So, I did go sang my heart out and relieved stress talking to my friend.

We talked for like 4-5 hours? haha

It was nice to just tell her all the inner dialogues I have been having and things I felt terrible about. Some about my future, some about myself, and some about uncontrollable external situations.

It's nice to just have someone who won't judge you. She jokes that it's because her situation isn't much better so why judge? But, I feel the same. Well, I do judge, but strictly to myself. hahah I try not to show the judgment unless it gets REALLY bad. But, even then, if it doesn't affect my life, I probably won't tell you.

I believe in Karma, and I believe in a need for a civil society where people are polite and nice to each other and save their judging to themselves.

Definitely not saying that I am higher than thou (unless I am taller because I am tall. HAHA. yea.. jk).

And I may just hate for no reason lol.

But, i'm just saying when it comes to my friends, I want full support because I'll be my worst critic and I really don't need another one. And I give back in return. It's not such a bad deal, in my opinion.

Feeling a bit defensive,

Hayon

Done #3: Read magazines

So, I finished my finals (one of which was the WORST FINAL I HAVE EVER TAKEN).

Drove home in traffic. yay!

Had delicious dinner thanks to my mama. (:

Then, actually went out to buy myself magazines, even though I was exhausted. I didn't want to cheat myself out of fun anymore than I already was with the excuse of exhaustion. lol

Bought two magazines.
English Home & Harper's Bazaar.

English Home: This cuteass interior decor magazine with the english romantic theme. love love love! inspired me to maybe stay with my wall color but just mess with the whole room and make it super romantic.

Harper's Bazaar: always love. haven't opened yet, but will soon! (:

It actually took me a while to decide. Nothing really stood out to me.

And I read the magazine when I got home! lol
It wasn't as EXCITING as I wanted since I was tired and the ambiance was a bit down due to a bad news from a family friend.

But, I did it.
So there,

Hayon