Ha!

People are mad…..at ME! I missed the soccer game last weekend because I didn’t get to the front door on time. So they all went to the field without me while I was running around trying to find them. I didn’t want to walk at 10 p.m. by myself to the field so I had no choice but to stay back. Anyways, they lost the game all because I WAS NOT THERE! Ha!

Who knew the screaming girl would be missed. Besides the first game I did do really well. I hustled, ran, screamed, yelled, shouted “behind you dude!!”. What else can you expect in a soccer player?

Nothing at all. Nothing.

Five Healthiest Foods...

Items from:
Korea, India, Spain, Japan, and Greece.

Check out the article here.

Chicken Curry and Kimchi!

My “Sri Lankan” dinner plans with few of the people in my building went on really well. I was surprised how they were willing to try everything…just like me. I was a little nervous in the beginning to introduce them to foods they probably never have seen or tasted before but also excited to see their reactions. They loved the chicken curry the most…no wonder…it’s my favorite too! We spent a good hour talking about food, past experiences, and just about whatever came to our minds. Wonderful!

I tried a Korean dish Kimchi!! It was delicious! I want to have a huge bowl of it soon!
Read about this tasty dish here. “Kimchi has been cited by Health Magazine as one of the world's five "healthiest foods", with the claim that it is rich in vitamins, aids digestion, and may even prevent cancer.”

Just wonderful! Now I am wondering what's the other 4 healthist dishes in the world are?

Joe E. Lewis

You only live once-- but if you work it right, once is enough.
--Joe E. Lewis (Comedian)

Can this be true? hmmmm.
so now I am wondering what are all the things I want to do that the above sentence will be true for me?
So many things! Too many! I am really excited now! Ha!

MSN-The Week in Pictures

I love browsing through The Week in Pictures.
They are so beautiful and taken all around the world.

Let's talk about food baby.....let's talk about you and me....ha!

What the hell..with the title. I know!

My roommate and I get hungry very late at night these days. Usually after cereal for breakfast I don’t eat lunch until 4 p.m. So with nights being so busy dinner is almost forgotten until my stomach cries in hunger.

So today we were debating between sharing a soup or something else. Earlier in the week she offered me little sheet of seaweed and I tried it out. At first the taste was…a little weird…but after that I have been wanting to try more. It kind of tastes like fish to me. So tonight we had a little microwavable container of rice and these adorable boxes of seaweed. It was yummy! We had some hot sauce, wrapped the rice in sushi style, and indulged in our late night dinner.


Here is some information I found on seaweed:


Key benefits of seaweed
Seaweed is a good source of selenium and iodine. It has anti-cancer effects and provides soluble fibre and omega 3 fats. It promotes thyroid health.
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How much seaweed should you eat?
Seaweed is high in calories and is a very concentrated form of nutrition. Nori is dried and pressed into sheets and is often eaten with sushi. As little as 25g per week will top up iodine levels sufficiently.
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Maximising the benefits of seaweed
Sometimes vegetarians develop a shortage of iodine and selenium. Seaweed can solve both these problems by adding important nutrients to the diet.
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Nutritional values of seaweed
Calories 136
Fiber 44,4g
Iron 19,6mg
Iodine 1470mcg
Per 100g


I am not shopping at Cub Foods this weekend for my weekly food instead I am going straight to the Asian store. I will bring back some goodies for my roommate. Oh yea, this Sunday I have dinner plans with few people to try some of my Sri Lankan food! Yea! It’s the perfect week for this because my parents have given me message that they have cooked a ton and will continue to cook more this weekend.

can't wait.

I went to see “Shakespere in Love” tonight. It was free so that was nice.

One at a Time...

A few days ago I read a quote on this site (ha!). It goes something like this…. “if you want to get all things done, do them one at a time.” I think I need to follow this advice. I have so many things to do and I just have not been focused on one task before I jump to another.

So anyways…I went to hear this Thai woman speak on trafficking of women and children. I thought I would get more out of this but I heard things I already knew about. Maybe the lack of English or nervousness played a role in not sharing WHAT SHE WITNESSED as opposed to what every other text has already written about.

Ohh well. I was a little disappointed.

Above banner is all things I am craving for.

My Head to My....

I fell down the steps. The worst steps to fall from. Cold, completely concrete, dirty, and dark. My head to my ass hurts.

I want home!

Coffee, Krispy Kreme, and SOCCER!

So.
I supposedly signed up to be in a soccer team and it was our first game tonight (9 P.M.). I didn’t know anything about this soccer team till’ one of the organizers caught up with me as I was retrieving my mail and said “ohh my gosh, I am so glad I found you….we need you to play today…we need three girls and I only have two….please be ready in 5 minutes”

I just gotten to my place around 8:30 P.M….it took me longer than expected since there was a crash on the way. I reached my dorm room, placed all my bags in my room, greeted my roommate, and went to park my car. When I came back my roommate offered this delicious Korean coffee to go with our Krispy Kreme. I bought Krispy Kreme in Minneapolis since my roommate said she loves them and couldn’t find any around our area.

I had a few sips of coffee and off I went. It was a pretty aggressive game and we won!! 4 to 1. I helped score one of the goals! Helped. Every time some big guy approached me when I had the ball I would cover my face and scream.

The referee was pretty tough. He wanted me to take off my nose ring…because someone could pull it off. WTH. Geez.

Can’t wait for the next game.

My Little World...

I love my own pot (on top of my desk) that I cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I hate that I have such limited dishes that I need to wash them every time I have something to eat AND bring them back to my room before I could leave.

Beautiful view from the window (can't wait for snow).

I made my bed a little high up so I have so many things under the bed. Thank god for that space otherwise I would have no idea where to storage my stuff.

more later..

I Thought I Was Better....

I can’t believe how quickly I am getting used to being on my own. The first few days were horrible but after going home to visit my parents last weekend---I felt a lot better.

-----Oh no! I thought I was better. I should stop thinking about home…if I don’t I am going to realize how much I miss them again.-----

Anyways…all is well. I make my own breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don’t know how I manage to do this but somehow I never go hungry.

More and More to tell…but not just yet.

So Beautiful...

My roommate got these for me!!!
I just did a tiny favor for her and later that evening she brought flowers. I was so surprised. They look so beautiful and lively in my otherwise dull room.

Freaked Out.

I watched a hypnotist perform. The whole thing totally freaked me out. Yikes! In the beginning as he was ready to put on his show he told us a few instructions. He instructed that if you don’t want to be hypnotized please don’t listen to me and do not focus on the blue light on stage.

I made sure to cover my ears and turn my face away from the light. I was not going to make an ass of myself in front 800+ people. But few people did not share my feelings.

It was a crazy show. Like a mad house! I laughed through the whole thing but now that I think about it “it was so strange.” Is it really possible? A lot of the international students were asking us if it was an act?

I am questioning the whole thing myself. Can it be possible?

Freaked out.

The Blues.

What a week.
I am so tired and moody. Being new to living in a new environment really affects all part of you—body, mind, and soul. I am tired, I feel lost, and I am constantly searching for something that will make me a little happy or at least keep my mind off of home. Thus, I am glad classes have begun. I could put all my energy into concentrating on my textbook.

To not fully come to the realization that I won’t be sleeping in my own bed day after day, I didn’t pack till’ the very last minute—this was a very bad idea. I forgot whole bunch of things…and ALL were very important. I won’t mention all of them because I will surly look like the biggest idiot around. So just a two things: my cell---I miss my cell phone like I would miss a baby. I want to hold it in my hands, have it right by my bed, and never leave it alone. I left the cell on the bay window and my mom didn’t call my sister until it was too late. We were already 45 minutes away from home and I almost cried.

Second, my little eye contact holders. So I have been using caps from water bottles.

A Tiny Poem of Frustration.

I Pack
Pack
And pack some more.
Then I look.
And scream “too much stuff!!!!”

I unpack.
And pack once more.