IngredientsPreparation Good rice is essential to making a good at-home meal. Jasmine white rice is the perfect partner to KBBQ, even though it originated in a completely different country. Use a rice cooker to make the rice about an hour ahead of time, adding the corresponding amount of water (can be different depending on rice cooker or brand). The meat can be cooked either in a pan or in an aluminum tray on a grill on medium high. Let the sliced meat cook in its own juices, that way it will keep much more of its flavor and moisture. If desired, add chopped green onions or any vegetable when the beef is halfway done. Use kitchen scissors to cut the sheets of dried seaweed in half, then thirds, making personal-size rectangles. Another option is to buy them pre-cut, but before Costco supplied those, cutting it ourselves was the cheaper and fresher option. An optional side dish is rolled egg, which sounds much weirder than it is. Scramble 4 eggs for a larger pan or 2 eggs for a smaller pan. At this point, you can add salt and pepper to taste, but it is not necessary. Pour the eggs into the pan and cook on medium heat. When the egg is cooked on the bottom but still somewhat raw on the top, use a spatula to flip about an inch of an outer edge towards the center, and keep folding it like a burrito. On a separate plate, slice the egg log similar to how sushi is sliced.
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I have learned that I am not indestructible. After 'taking it easy' my Junior year to focus on grades, I wanted my senior year to be a time to take part in things I didn't have the chance to do before. I joined Servite's FIRST Robotics team, I made sure to take painting class, and on top of that, I joined AWE because I enjoy singing. Softball season just started as well, a lovely addition to the collection. This year was the first time I could logistically add all of these activities, and so I made the mistake of adding them all. A little time here and there is fine, but the thing I miscalculated the impact of was the aligned 'seasons' for virtually every activity. Robot building started in January, Softball starts in February, weekday games mid Feb-May, weekend competitions in March and April, AP testing and graduation in May. For three out of five weekdays, my day begins at just before six, singing at 7, classes until 3, softball until 5, then robotics until 8, some days 11. I'm not stating all of my extracurriculars to try and impress you, showing that I can manage all of these great things. The truth is that I am not managing. I'm over a week behind in some classes and just mentioning that to myself makes me want to crawl back into the cave that is my room. My going to bed at 2:30 and expecting to hear my 6:00 alarm is simply delusional. Yet I still do it because, hey, It's worked before right? Just because I spend a lot of time with robots shouldn't mean I need to make myself into one. I need to rest, I need to spend time relaxing and socializing, and the 'glitches' that make it difficult to move or make me have little to no motivation to do simple things like brush my teeth can't be solved by writing over the code or reinstalling the operating system. I have learned that I am not unbreakable. That I need to cut back on at least one activity. Not necessarily quit, but need to stop letting other's expectations and hopes for me dictate what I do, especially when it ends up chipping away at my mental and physical health. Holidays provide much needed time off.
Any way to get some days off of school and time with family is a win for me. A holiday that is during the time of year they are most needed is Christmas. It is a time to catch up on sleep, catch up on assignments, the time of year you get to see family members that live far away. Growing up in Southern California, the only other family around was my dad's third cousin's family. They are close in age to my sister and I, and we met up at most once a year. Christmas was always a time spent with my mom's parents, with her sisters and their families. Ruth's family lives in Georgia, Chi-sun lives there as well. Chisoo and her family live in Northern California, and we are the closest with them. Whether it is my late aunt's family from Georgia driving all the way to California, or taking turns driving the 5 freeway, Christmas is the holiday my family actually sees each other. When I was younger, my family even went to Michigan where my dad grew up, staying at his sister's house. It would be nice to not have to travel hundreds of miles to see family, but it means that there is no time left to argue or hold grudges, that we just focus on enjoying the limited time we have together. Happy Holidays. Love, Lovebug tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick Of the countless things we have tried This is the one thing keeping me that fraction more focused. No matter what subject, I have to wind it up and listen to it tick away. Just a kitchen timer and a million different emotions. On one hand, it sets the tone for the study session. On the other, it signifies that there are hours ahead of just sitting and struggling. I am not ready to give up, but I want to I really really want to. At this time in my life, it wasn’t necessarily dark, It was just kind of empty. The endless cycle homework, sleep, school Rinse and repeat. In some ways my daily life is still like this, But it was quite tedious, Especially for a 7th grader. When I heard the first few seconds of this song, I was captivated. I felt understood. The same tick tick ticking became something more Maybe not something beautiful, but something emotional. A line that especially moved me was, “Feel like I’m drowning from the sound Of all the silence all around” The lack of anything except that ticking became near torturous over time Driving me a sliver more insane every time it sounded. We tend to gravitate towards things that we find exciting.
This is particularly true for me. Growing up, my parents jokingly said that I have ‘S.O.S.’- Shiny Object Syndrome. I could be doing a task when another more interesting task or object suddenly steals my attention. I could write about how I get a thrill from stepping back and looking at an art project I worked on for hours, or when a mechanism of the robot I built functions well, or when a friend I am tutoring finally understands a concept. Instead, I’ll just write about something that bothers my parents and makes me overall less productive - video games. They are one of the things specifically designed to be captivating and engaging, so of course I should find them exciting. The difference for me is that I was so scared to battle and “die” in a virtual game that I even played Minecraft on safe mode. To me, tamer video games such as The Sims or city/shop/clan building were a creative outlet. A way to create imaginary storylines, complete absurd challenges, accomplish things that I wasn’t old enough to do in real life yet. Need to do homework? It’s finished after a few seconds of turning the pages in a book. Want to become a doctor? No worries! Even if you started life as a young adult, you just need to work hard for a few days to get promoted. Want to get in a relationship? Just click on 10 or so of the romance interactions and voila! Want more money? Ctrl Shift C “testingcheats true” “motherlode” and bam- 50,000 Simoleons. Interactive games were a way for me to jump into the fictional realm, explore impossible things, ignore the responsibilities and stress of normal life, strategize on how to act so things are the most efficient and effective. I think that the reason why I am so excited by video games now is because the time I get to play them is so limited. It’s like the dessert at the end of the meal that you can’t have too much of. One of the parts of video games that I am always amazed by is the community that surrounds them. Especially with The Sims, online creators can share their own creations, builds, custom content, and modifications. Essentially, they edit their game and are then able to share their edits with people all over the world. Wether it is clothing, poses, scenarios, or coding for new gameplay, I am always excited by seeing the new things these essentially unpaid creators come up with. These creators are always able to provide me with a ‘shiny object’ something new to capture my attention and look at in astonishment. something to satiate my S.O.S. Love, lovebug Hello there, I'm lovebug.
●●● I want to use this blog as an opportunity to put my thoughts into words, To journal the events of this year, To share what goes on in my mind. The main purpose of sharing such personal facets of my life is to reflect on them myself, To become more comfortable with others knowing me, To have something to look back on, To see how I grow and develop. I have never been good at schedules or deadlines but they are inescapable. I plan to post about once a week or whenever I find myself caught up in my own thoughts. The stray tangents that my mind tangles itself in will most likely translate to later posts. ●●● From a young age, I have never been able to sit down and read a book. I would have much rather sat doing chores or dishes Because reading was that incredibly tedious. With the exception of a few books, None of them ever captured my focus or imagination, It didn’t teleport me out of the real world, I couldn't will myself to be interested in any way. That is why I want to write short posts with more meaning, To never just fill space with empty characters. Even if the words serve no purpose to the readers, They serve a purpose for me. |
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