I hated being teased as a kid. I remember that my dad used to looove to tease me. Offering me a snack, and then pulling it away as I reached for it. Lifting me over a creek when we had a picnic and saying that he was going to drop me in. That always brought me to tears. I am not exactly sure what changed, but now I really don't mind being teased. Maybe I took myself too seriously as a kid. No, I know I did.


Here's a secret, but in fact, now I might even enjoy being teased. I see it as a sign that someone is comfortable with me. A form of endearment even. Seeing people from the Korean Catholic church throwing each other into the water at the beach, I actually wished that one of these days, they would do it to me, knowing it would mean that I'm officially part of them. I like when Phil or my friends poke fun at me. It seems so nice and familiar.


I just made a delicious, delicious dinner tonight. It isn't often that I make food that I'm very happy about. I found a recipe for Pad Thai and modified it because I didn't have all the right ingredients. I soaked dry rice noodles in warm water for an hour. I stir fried ground turkey sausage in some oil. I added the now softened noodles, garlic powder, 1/4 cup of fish sauce, cubes of tofu, and a spoon full of sambal oelek. It didn't taste at all like Pad Thai, but it was still the best dinner I've had in a while. Mmmmm.


Last weekend, I went to San Francisco's Japan town with my friend Tim and JJ, a co-worker. We all wrote wishes on a tanabata tree, lost ourselves in Kinokuniya bookstore, and had okonomiyaki for lunch. JJ got a pink bottle of Sake (a creamy and sweet variety) from a grocery store for me to have on my 21st birthday. It'll be a nice thing to share with my mum and dad that evening.


Tim showed us around Berkeley, the tower, the areas around it, the paleoantology buliding. It was so hilly. In so many ways, it was what I expected a college campus to look like (hehe, MIT is sooo not that).


I couldn't find a yukata in Japantown that I liked =/. I ordered a cute navy blue one with a yellow and white ribbon. Hopefully it will come by Friday--- in time for San Francisco's Obon Festival ^_^