TGIF!!!

Thank God it's Friday!!!!!!!! Whew, after a long and tiring week of battling school work, it's good to finally get a break! I had my physiology midterm yesterday so I was basically busy the whole week studying for it! Next up is cell biology next Friday! Yikes!! However, I am definitely looking forward to next WEEKEND BECAUSE...next weekend, I'll be HOME! :) It's great because it's right near Chinese New Year's which is on the 3rd! So yea. Hopefully I'll get some nice cashhh 8) Haha! But of course, I'm just happy and thankful that I can go home that I don't really care if I get money or not :P Basically, I'm flying home to tighten my braces... it just so happened to be around New Year's AND after my midterms! Talk about perfect coincidence.

So recently, I've been really inspired by this girl's blog: keepingupwithkatie.com

She's basically this girl who used to be fat but lost it all! Now she's really into keeping herself healthy by exercising and eating healthy! Reading her blogs really makes me want to keep myself healthy by eating right and exercising! So today, right after class, I went to the gym and worked out! Somehow, I find it a lot easier to work out than before. I realize that I just need to keep the mentality that I'm doing something good for my body. HOWEVER, I did notice something bad about myself in that, when I am hungry, I go for instant gratification. Example: I was STARVING right when I got home so I quickly grabbed a banana, which is fine...but right after, I grabbed a 190 cal granola bar...which made me NOT hungry at all anymore. But, I still eat. I also realized that after I eat my bowl of rice, I NEED something else to chew on whether it be fruit, or another bowl of rice. Not good. So, what am I going to do? My goal for next week will be to work out 2-3x at the gym, don't snack big if I'm cooking right after (patience is key!), try to eat a fruit after my meal instead of another bowl of rice, cookies, or candy. Also, try not to eat past 8pm..unless it's fruit! :) I also had this GIANT PB cookie after my first class in the morning. I guess it's from the stress. Just want something to reward myself I suppose...which is fine. So, I guess, my next goal would be to cut down unnecessary sweets, and chips to once a week (ie. cookies, candy, wheat thins..lol!).

Other than that, today has been relatively slow. The fact that I finished a midterm yesterday AND the fact that it's Friday made me super lazy at school. I'm glad I have this time to myself despite it being a Friday night! My friends are all busy so I just decided to spend some ME time! I feel that, especially for me, it's so NECESSARY. After a busy week, all I want to do is retreat into my comfort haven, my ME time. Anyways, spent the day/night cooking delicious food. Hey, I gotta admit, I'm a pretty good cook...OR...my mom's recipes are just so simple...but I'd rather stick with the former HA!

Today, for lunch, I made Stir Fried Snow Peas with Ground Pork. It's one of my FAVORITE dishes by my mom. Super simple too! I don't know why people don't cook! It really doesn't take that long...

yum!!!

Then at night, I made some delicious Braised Chicken Drumsticks! YUMM!! As much as I LOVE my veggies, I need my meat from time to time..

in the process...soaking in the juices! The marinade was a cinch too! Just basically, soysauce, salt, sugar, and lemon juice/vinegar, and onions. It would have been nice to have rice wine and ginger as well...but you do what you can :P As you can tell, I am SUPER Asian. I LOVE Asian food. I think the flavors are the best! Also, it's practically the only style of food I cook. So yea..

Voila!! Zee Dinner! Okay, so it's not as pretty as before because I stirred it up, but it sure tasted DELICIOUS. Chicken was delicious! Hehe! I definitely LOVE cooking!! ^^

Bon Apetit!

Ended up eating dinner and laughing hysterically while watching the last two eps of The Office! It's still by far my FAVORITE show! Modern Family and HIMYM are good, but man, The Office was my first love! Glad to know that after so many seasons, this show STiLL makes me laugh like a madwoman. Love this Friday night! :)

Anyhow, I'll update more next time! Hope you all enjoyed!

PS. THIS POST took SO long ... I have so many pictures I still wanna show, but alas, my netbook screen is too tiny...and it sucks that I have to keep sliding the pics slowly down....BAH! Somehow, you can't just copy and paste the photos either...weird...but no fear, I think these pictures will suffice for now. :)

Have a great weekend everyone!