I know this journal is called "Letters to Eliza" but since I write so infrequently, I'm not sure she reads it. Besides, I might get a new journal. This one has lasted me many years. It has the weight of history on it, haha ( Read more... )

Today, my parents and I played cards. They taught me how to say "tricky troublemaker" in Hakka and an eeny-meeny-miny-moe type picking rhyme in Taiwanese that literally means something about who farted. This is classy vocabulary, ladies and gentlemen. I helped my mom cook an herb/apple cider pork loin and cheesey broccoli rice casserole, and now ( Read more... )

Tonight, my family had hot pot, which is a traditional Asian way of celebrating holidays. It's a special cooker full of boiling water and you cook food in it! Yay! Like spinach, eggs, fish balls, meat (beef) balls, tofu, shrimp, rice noodles, bok choy... mmm. And there's also a dipping sauce. I asked my parents to share what Taiwanese ( Read more... )

Today, I went geocaching with Spencer, a bassoon player. It was a lot of fun! It's a fun concept. Adventure! :D

http://www.geocaching.com/

I found out that two people I knew from high school, both freshman when I was a senior, are dating, and it's a really bizarre combination that I wouldn't have seen coming and also they're both gingers so I bet they are being teased about making babies all the time. Seriously, Mel and Oliver? So weird! I can't really think of anyone who'd care ( Read more... )

So I realized that my last public entry was in May. That's pitiful. Since then, I went to Busch Gardens with a couple other piano majors and stayed with my friend Julie for two nights. It was fun getting to know her better. I went to Bonnaroo... that was crazy. I got to see so much awesome music, and of course, had a great time with friends. ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I hung out with Kley. We got lunch from Sheetz and ate it at Purcell Park, then walked around and talked. Went to Barnes and Noble for a bit, and various other places in that shopping center, and then walked around downtown. It was a good catch-up session ( Read more... )

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I've been running into random people from my past recently. I went on an impromptu double date with Bill, Jackie, and her boyfriend Kyle. We drove all around town trying to find a place to get coffee. I guess 9:30ish on a Sunday night is a bad time, haha. We ended up at Sheetz and I saw Jonny C., you know, with the long hair (except he's ( Read more... )

I woke up at the ridiculous hour of 7am today to go to JMU at the same time as my parents. Good news, however, is that I got the majority of my practicing in before noon! Also had bonding lunch experience with my dad over Taste of Thai takeout and we also went to the optometrist. Wow, it had been like 5 years since my last visit! I'm going to ( Read more... )