things i miss about college:

1. being 5 minutes away from my best friends at all times

2. pre-cut grapefruit by chef joe

3. comfy pink couch in the Pi Phi rec room

4. living in sweatpants

5. my pink bike.. with pink basket :)


6. buying crisp new notebooks every semester

7. reading the "notes" i took while falling asleep in class

8. bitching at rachel resneck to change the channel during cash cab

9. thursday being the new friday

10. having an excuse to be completely worthless


tip of the iceberg.
god college was awesome.

gmail thread between me and Jane (2):

4/16/10 8:55 PM
Jessica Li: oh my god.
you seriously sent Auntie Olivia and Uncle Jeff to come to the club and do some spywork!?!?!??! i can't believe you.


4/17/10 11:21 PM
Jane Lin-Li: RE: oh my god.
It's a public place isn't it?



GOD, JANE'S SO SASSY I CAN'T STAND HER SOMETIMES.

FOOD PICS

Just a sampling of the AMAZING food I've had here... :)

 

haha just kidding :)

homemade wontons! yum, my favorite thing @ shilin night market!

selection of fresh fruits for fresh squeezed juice, my favorite's watermelon juice :)

dessert buffet, 'nuff said.

taiwanese chicken noodle soup in yilan

desserts @ Joel Robuchon's Salon de The (for all you foodies!)

HOTPOT!!! MY FAVORITEEEEEEE 

"Party in Your Mouth" block toast @ Dazzling Cafe (basically a huge chunk of toast cut into cubes with butter and honey drizzled on the bread and ice cream on top... in other words, heaven)

pork skewers--waited 30 minutes in line for these, and worth it!!

famous soup dumplings at the famous Ding Tai Feng!!

mochi ready to be grilled and then dipped in honey, condensed milk, peanuts and red bean paste

fresh strawberries covered in condensed milk and chocolate

BBQ @ GanBei!

Beef Noodle Soup @ Mr. Chang's!

traditional taiwanese dessert: grass jelly, grass jelly shaved ice, and taro mochi

yep, i did it, the hello kitty cafe!!

SO NOW YOU ALL KNOW WHY I'VE GOTTEN FAT HERE IN TAIPEI!!!

墾丁！KENTING BEACH VACA :)

  

Top: arrived, finally!!

Bottom: our view from the beach :)

AWESOME WEEKEND!

Laying out on the beach all day, wandering around night markets and dancing on the beach all night!

This trip was just a tease, I can't wait to go back to the beach and soak up some more rays, not to mention swim in the beautiful and warm ocean!!! Ahhhhhh hitting the beach really made this California girl so happy :)

So nice to have such a relaxing and fun weekend out of the city! 

It made the return all the more painful when it started raining the next day :(

Never doubting myself again.

went dancing with my girlfriends all night,
came home at 3:30,
took a quick shower,
wrote my press release on deadline,
finished packing,
and still have time to spare before the bus leaves in 40 minutes.

Kenting here I come!!

Praying for good weather...

!)#@*!_%&!_@$*!!!!!!!
April 1, 2010 3:30 AM: official start of mosquito season in Taipei.



My anti-itch cream collection is officially out of the drawer and within convenient reach.
:(

I really want to go to a wedding in Taipei.
It's tradition for the girls to get wedding cookies--although I'm not 100% clear if it's all the girls who go to the wedding, or just the ones in the wedding party... Hm, will have to get that clarified...

The wedding cookies come in this box that basically looks like a big jewelry box, with lots of drawers and compartments for all the cookies, which are all individually wrapped in plastic so they don't go stale. (yeah, not very environmentally friendly, i know.. but nobody likes stale cookies, come on)
They're not just any cookies: they have lemon ones with almond slices, ones with chocolate and almonds, ones with just chocolate, plain vanilla ones, shortbread ones, wafer-looking ones, i mean they really go all out with their cookies.

Have I mentioned I sit right in front of the snack table at work?

Oh, and also that I'm on a "diet" before Kenting this weekend?

Maybe that's why I can't stop thinking about cookies...