Every year, I write intentions for what I want to accomplish, places I want to go, and experiences I want to put under my belt. One of my intentions for 2018 was to push myself physically beyond my comfort zone, which manifested into travel. In my Travel Desires post, I wrote about wanting to go to a … Continue reading Glacier in My Heart
I write this blog post in congratulations to all my University friends: we finished the damn year! The 2017-2018 academic year marked the end of my 2nd year in my undergrad education, which is quite a scary thought. It's wild to think that last summer, I was packing up my bags to resettle into my … Continue reading Halfway There
I can't tell you when my love for tomatoes began - but I know that my grandma was a big influence in my obsession for these beautiful gems. Briefly in my childhood, I lived under the same roof with my grandparents in Ichinomiya, Japan. My father's childhood history was stored in this house, a house … Continue reading My Love for Tomatoes
Beginning this year, one of my intentions was to be more naturally-conscious and become closer to a less red-meat based diet. So far, I'd give myself a 9.5/10 in achieving the realistic goals I set for myself. Not explicitly written in that blog post was a personal intention to start working towards a zero waste … Continue reading Zero Waste Efforts
Enjoy these Hello/Goodbye snapshots and their stories. Hello to Fremont & Goodbye to my Birkenstocks I visited good ol' Fremont on Wednesday to go to Dave Page and get my Birkenstocks repaired. Hopping onto a bus outside my regular transit route and breathe in air from a different neighborhood was reviving. Hello Sunlight & Goodbye to Reina … Continue reading Hello & Goodbye’s
When I'm scrolling on social media, I forget about the power I hold in my hands when I'm scrolling, tapping, and liking. When talking to friends about social media, I find often that they forget who has the control of what they see. They often say, "Oh, I don't like seeing this," or "Ugh, I … Continue reading Femme Content Creators to Checkout
On May 5th, I had the lovely opportunity of spending time with my boyfriend and his grandma. His grandma, Oma is a wonderful woman who carries herself exceptionally well and has me in awe. Sharing a meal with her was something I truly cherish and Oma, if you see this across the oceans and down … Continue reading Oma
At home, I would often start the day with the TV turned to the news, to which I would sit and watch while eating breakfast. With my parents keeping up with the news channels, I naturally adopted watching the news as well. However, in university, my accessibility to a TV got sorely limited. I no … Continue reading Staying Informed with News in University
I've always considered myself someone passionate about the environment, but recent spurs of inspiration have reaffirmed my love that I have for the environmentalism movement. Two major inspirations with this have been finding about the Package Free Shop and @sustainably_vegan. (Side note: Yes, I recognize that the above inspirations I've linked are two white-passing females who … Continue reading 3 Unique Low Impact Changes
This is a thank you letter/body positivity anthem to me. This past weekend, I completed my first official 15K race through an Earth Day run. I wish more people lived with the mentality of everyday being Earth Day, because Every Day truly is Earth Day. I'll be writing more about this in an upcoming post. For … Continue reading Thank You, Monet’s Body
