I’m back home! And I’m pretty weathered down. Literally, and figuratively. I was stuck in the middle seat of an overnight and over-packed flight back home, and I did not get a wink of sleep. I reached the Dulles airport at 6:30 am in the morning, and as soon as I got home, I crashed and slept till 4:30 in the afternoon.
Needless to say, my sleeping schedule is all messed up. Usually, I can easily fix it with some exercise and change in my eating patterns, but guess what hit the east coast…
Snow… 
…and more snow… 
In fact, it’s snowing even harder right now as I type.
Oh, pretty white snow…You cover the earth with your gleaming crystals, pure and beautiful…
NOT!!!
Damn you, damn you, damn you, you irritating speckled fluff! I’m going crrraaazy stuck here at home! And to think Los Angeles is a balmy 70 degrees right now! Needless to say, I’ve been really restless. I’ve been strutting around the house poking my nose into my parents’ business. I think even my parents are wishing I’m in L.A. right now. >.<
Okay, fine. Being cooped up at home with nothing to do and nothing to eat isn’t the worst thing in the world. At least I’m home. I’m not basking under the SoCal sun, but I’m basking under my parents’ love. 
That’s my dad, preparing for Sunday’s sermon…
And my mom, nagging at me to wash my face: 
Here’s a couple of wonderful people who never tires of listening to me talk about me. Hee hee. Look, they even cleaned up my room: 
But they neglected to burn this pillow: 
Still, my restlessness was going to stifle me. So my dad proposed an adventure: Let’s go driving in this horrid snowstorm! What a marvelous idea!
We decided to drive to the local Korean supermarket to stock up on some groceries. Now, I was definitely perking up! 
That’s me, perking up. Sort of.
Well, I got to wear the new hat my mom bought me from Korea. Fluffy and pink. Not really my style, but it’s cute! 
And somehow, even though we inched in the pace of a roller-skating granny, we made it to our destination! 
Super H Mart. Love this place. I missed it!
I got my mom to stand still for a picture: 
And then we went in and bought about 10 lbs of sweet potatoes. And some other stuff. I forgot.
So. While I bemoan my plight here, I’m sure many east coasters are telling me to shush up. Lord knows how much worse it is north! Brrr…
Okay. Think happy, warm thoughts…Well, there’s good food. And good friends. And warm weather. Ah yes, I believe I still have yet to share my last lunch with Mimi before we parted ways. We were supposed to meet with Kathryn for sushi, but the poor girl got hailed with a terrible stomachache, so Mimi and I settled for the international food court at our University Village.
We decided on Thai. I got the BBQ pork noodles: 
With the soup on the side: 
Yum, MSG! It was chock-full of MSG. You could even see the MSG particles in it. I lapped it up. Delicious!
And Mimi got the Pad Sew Iw again: 
Unfortunately this time her dish was a bit on the dry side. Bad for her, good for me, since I took the leftovers home. 
Mine was just mediocre, too, but because it reminded me of a Singaporean dish so much, I could not help finishing it: 
And the hot sauce makes it so much better… 
I did, however, love the bean sprouts hidden underneath: 
Correct me if I’m wrong…but I’m pretty sure this is not Thai food. In fact, it seems like a Hong Kong dish: wanton noodles with char siew pork. 
Ah well. Hong Kong, Thai. They all look the same! (I’m being sarcastic, in case you didn’t already know).
Mimi was a sweetheart and gave me an early Christmas gift: 
Two DVDs: 
Heathers and Casanova (LOVED Heath Ledger!)
And a Probar and chocolates: 
They were gone by that evening as snack.
I, however, was a horrible friend and didn’t get her anything. 
I know, I know…But I forgot that you’re supposed to give gifts on Christmas! My family never did this tradition. I’ve always had a pretty giftless Christmas…
Anyway. I’m right now working on my new domain. I’ve already signed up and have imported my blog, but being technically-challenged, I’m having massive troubles with the themes and CSS and blah blah blah. I don’t have a clue what I’m doing, but I’ll figure it out. But please stay in tune for my new blog!
Question of the day: What do you do when there’s a snowstorm? Go out and build a snowman? Sit around the house drinking hot cocoa? Hibernate?
P.S. Planning a DC blogger lunch meet-up, probably sometime between January 1-4. Please email me: burp.excuzme@gmail.com
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Ooh I love Heathers. You can keep the snow down there please. We have been warned all day in Boston and not a flake yet!
we haven’t gotten any snow up here in NY but all of my friends from DC are flipping out. It sounds like you got a ton!!! All the food looks super yummy, and I like the hat!
There is a snowstorm here too. We’ve been stuck inside all day long!
Glad you are with your family though. No better way to get snowed in then with the ones you love!
Have a great night sweetheart.
We have quite a bit of snow here just south of Richmond and the city is getting slammed with it.
Let me know if you need help with your new domain. I’m not a pro by any means but will certainly help if I can, I know what a pain it can be!
Awesome DVDs from your momma!!
I’m definitely a hibernater. After living in Wisconsin, I’m over snow.
Thankfully, SC rarely gets any.
Brrrr, must be pretty cold down there. My son is even in a colder place right now. 12,000 ft up in the mountain in Switzerland, doing what he love, snowboarding.
Your mum looks very pretty, love all of this food you pick. Yum!
So glad you are home girl! There was a snowstorm here today and I did some baking and we have just relaxed all day!
You are adorable! Your family is so cute and your parents look so sweet!
probars sound like they’d be delicious & that dish you got looks awesomee.. cute family
hahah I loved your family adventure out shopping!
Sorry for the massive snow storm, hopefully you find something to cure your restlessness.
hehe wow, I totally know that feeling when the “south” gets slammed w/ snow. I think what the “north” doesn’t realize is that we’re not as prepared as they are. There aren’t plows ready to go, ppl aren’t stocked up w/ salt and shovels, etc. It’s the not being prepared that sucks! Up here it’s a breeze. We have our shovels, our snowblowers, the plows come every hour, they salt the roads and it’s all safe and fine w/in a few hrs of the snow falling!
Your lunch looks surprisingly similar to what I’m eating right now! Well, the soup at least. Mine’s really, really salty.
Aww that’s really sweet of Mimi!
I loved Heath Ledger too. Now I get depressed ea. time I watch one of his movies.
Enjoy your time w/ your parents and I’m jealous of your DC meet up!
Oh and PS — seriously, send me an email w/ your issues and I’ll have J help you out. It comes to him like breathing, so he’ll be able to offer advice and help out and give you tips, instructions, etc.
Ahhh, Heather’s, what a classic movie!
In in DC… massive snow!
I love being snowed in! Your hat is so cute!
LOVE THE HAT! i want one! not pink tho!
hahah it was 80 yesterday here at CALIFORNIA!
although i miss having my peep here near me!
congrats for making it there and surviving
and I LOVE The pink fluffy hat…if you ever wanna get rid of it, I’m your girl!
The Cherry ProBars, good stuff.
The Korean groc store finds and foodie pics..lovely!
The new domain and CSS blah blah..Im with you, that stuff stresses me out big time!
Hang in there on all fronts!!!
I sit around the house, drinking beer. haha, no jk, well maybe
That’s what I’m doing now, but there is no snow. When it snows I like to a) watch it fall, b) stay inside and clean, and c) go accross the stress and hop on the treadmill and watch it fall and pretend I am outside running!
Your mom’s a nagger too?? My mom is the queen. But I love her!
LOL! Your perking up face is priceless! Ah, once you’ve acclimated to SoCal weather it must be torture to go to the snow! But I wish we could have a little bit of snow in SF, it’s so festive! Stay warm–sweet potatoes may help
so much snow!! i hear its crazyyy over on the east coast! stay warm!!
i’m a fan of the hat, personally
love your parents, adorable!
happy weekend!
xoxo
Oh man, what a shock to the system going from 70 to snow storm in that period of time!! But you look adorable in your fuzzy little hat
Enjoy your time at home…it’ll be over before you know it!
Heathers. probably one of my favorite movies ever. I can quite that movie like there no tomorrow. lol.
As for snowstorms, being a Cali girl, I can’t say that I’ve been in one. It was a lovely day here in LA though. Perfect weather.
BRRR stay warm! during a snow storm ill go out and play for like 5 min then stay in side the rest of the day!! haha. enjoy your time w. your parents girl!
holy cow i have so many comments on this post!!
1. My aunt lives in Fairfax VA so I always fly in to the Dulles airport to visit her!! OMGEEE…dang if i wasn’t going back to Hong Kong for X’mas, I might very well have been going there! wahhh
2. The pink hat is seriously adorable on you…i think you should wear baby pink more often! It suits you really well.
3. No burning of Northwestern pillowwwww!!! Even I don’t have one..in fact i didn’t know they existed!! I understand though…maybe you should buy a USC pillow cover and put it on top?
4. YES HMART!!! I’m going there tomorrow!!!
5. YES! That is a cantonese dish! THe BBQ pork is traditional Cantonese and the noodles are too! It might be Thai too i dunno…but it’s definitely Canto.
Since I’m currently inside and blogging while the snow is coming down, I guess that’s what I do. :p
Come tomorrow, though, I’m definitely going to brave the weather… I hate it when I feel trapped inside!
<3 <3
Hahaha love your ‘neglected to burn’ comment
We go to that supermarket sometimes too! Surprised you guys ventured out into the snow. We’ve been lazy couch potatoes all day!
oh my goodnesss….SO MUCH SNOW!!! You were brave to venture out!
Welcome back to Virginia! You’re much braver souls than me. We’ve just hunkered down in our house all day.
okay le’ts make carrot cake! MY FAVORITE! and more pumpkin bread…..fRrom scratch!!!!!
I am so envious of all your snow! Up in Vermont we aren’t getting any of this wonderful storm, although it is ridiculously cold. So basically we’re getting the worst part of winter (the painfully cold temperatures) without any of the pretty snow that makes it all bearable. I’ve been eating a lot of warm oats and tea to try and stay warm, but I’d much rather be out skiing, sledding, and just playing in it rather than staring out at the meager inch or two that is on the ground.
The H Mart!! I shop there quite a bit!! i find so many rad things
You are so gorgeous Sophia! I am not a huge snow fan either.. the only reason I like it is to snowboard (occasionally) haha But i much prefer summer!!
LOVE the pink hat! Very cute! I love snow (why do I live in Phoenix again?) and snow activities, so I am definitely a “lets go play in the snow” kind of gal.
I can’t believe you guys were driving! I wasn’t even shoveling our driveway. We went outside in the afternoon and the snow was up to Hannah’s waist. She “burrowed” through, it was kind of fun
But the snow wasn’t sticky enough to build a snowman today. Then we had brownies and hot cocoa.
Let me know when the blogger meet up will be. I’m totally stuck with winter break activities, but it’s over on the 4th I think.
Oh, I just got your comment while I was typing this – LOL about the lamb testicles
Oh I miss SuperMart. Thanks so much from the bottom of my Minnesota feet for giving me a glimpse of all that snow. Kinda miss it in SF. My mom would call them loaves raising, all that snow that piled up on the railings. What fun.
LOL @ MSG! sometimes it make me feel really funny though.
gosh i love your pink hat. when you move back to LA and don’t need it anymore… hehe!
here in minnesota, we get the snow AND sub zero. few wees ago was a wicket snowstorm and my husband was outside for a few hours clearing the drive and our neighbors drive. i had the hot cocoa and oatmeal ready for him when he got back in. what a good guy.
wish i could blogger meet up! ill be in reston for a yoga training for 6 days in feb…
how about some snow angels sohpia?
We have a super H mart here too!! I’ve only been once because it’s kind of outside the city, but I need to go soon and stock up on my Asian foods, I need kabocha! And they have awesome mochi cakes
Well, we don’t have many snow days haha, but we did have one “big” one for us! I ventured out in 1 or 2 min increments to take pics and then cuddled up with hot cocoa and a book. It’s been chilly for Houston though so I”ve been watching movies, and working on some crafts for homemade gifts.
As a side note, I’m happy to see you’re comfortable enough to start posting more pics of yourself because you’re adorable!!
Enjoy the holidays with your parents!
I stay in and watch movies and make the delivery man bring me food
It is snowing here right now. Ridiculously much. And what did my friends and I decide to do? Stay in and drink hot chocolate? Definitely not. We decided to go ice skating at an outdoor rink. LOL. Almost as crazy as you guys deciding to drive to the supermarket.
Have no fear chica, I will be around when you are here. I’m not flying anywhere actually, that was just a description of what I had to go through when I was still at MIT.
Your eats look pretty good! Although I have to say I can’t wait to see what you cook with all those sweet potatoes.
i’m jealous of your snow! hopefully there will be some more action on the east coast when i arrive on monday. i know you don’t want to hear this but it was so warm in l.a. we drove with the top down on my husband’s convertible today.
The snow has hit here to and sorry to be a downer but I hate the stuff!!! Will make going to work very difficult now.
You really suit that hat btw
Ohh some grocery shopping sounds a good way to kill the time though. On snowy days I usually end up sticking on my wellie boots and going out in it for a walk, making snowmen just makes my hands to cold!
Haha, that snowstorm totally killed my Saturday travel plans. I can’t believe your family drove in it.
Also, why is the K-mart called “Super H-mart”? Does K=H? So confused!
I feel your pain! In the North of the UK we have had three days of constant snowstorms. I’m going stir-crazy here…I want to run outside so badly. Hmph.
Anyway, you look so cute bundled up in your hat and scarf. At least you can be stylish and warm at the same time.
Generally in snowstorms I just cry and curse a lot ; )
Hope it melts for you soon.
<3
xoxo
Snow storms usually result in my hibernation with the computer and drinking lotsa coffee. Oh wait… that’s most days
Sorry you got stranded.. but there could have been worse places to be, right? At least you got to spend time with the fam!
Your eats look ok.. personally I find your home cooked meals to look alot more drool-worthy.
xox
Tat
Glad you made it home OK. Crazy snow everywhere I hear. Be safe and enjoy your break.
Oh, me too! I always had giftless christmas! Guess it’s not really asian ;p
MSG! I looooove it! That’s what makes an asian dish asian!
I hate snow too, and I’m in QUEBEC. So…consider yourself lucky ^^
xoxo
Vanilla
Wow! A snowstorm! Serious? The first time I saw snow was on a ski mountain in Korea! I love snow. But I’m not sure I’d like being stuck at home in a snowstorm. I’d just laze in my cozy room with a cup of hot chocolate and a heater at my feet, and read a good book. =P
You look beautiful in all your pics!!
Is this in D.C. or Maryland? I used to live in Kensington 
When there’s a snowstorm, I usually stay inside, light a few candles and read a book. And then I go to the movies
Ooo you would not do well in MN if snow drives you nuts..imagine 7 months of it–yes, pure hell..which is why I am leaving in exactly two years when I graduate!
Your whole family looks so lovely–and you are SO pretty–gorgeous skin, and I love that pink hat, it is totally my style
I too am snowed in
We live near Va.tech but over a mountain–not in town! So, we got a good bit and have a mountain to travel over if we want to get out. I have been hibernating for the most part. Made cookies for the family and then cookies for me (food allergies:). Have lots to read, but have been watching movies instead. I like the snow and I think we are going to have a white Christmas for a change 
Enjoy your time with your family and have a GREAT Christmas!!
Yeah, she’s home! cute pics! I am looking at the snow here too. So hey, when are you coming to NYC, we must meet up and go to a nice Italian place in the city! =)
Wait…University Village? I went to USC too! It was ridiculously hot here yesterday but today is supposed to be a bit better. I wish we had some snow too!
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