I'm so excited! ABC has started to put up full episodes of the show My So-Called Life!!! Go watch them here

I used to LOVE this show! Jordan Catalano made my knees weak and the soundtrack from that show was soooo awesome. My love of all things punk and indie were heavily influenced by that show.

I can't wait to go home and watch!

Happy New Year! I still get a little thrown off when people say that to me (seriously where does the time go??) but every time I hear it or see it in an email or im I get a little thrill. You see I'm one of those people that love the concept of turning over a new leaf and starting fresh and a new year symbolizes that for me. Not that you can't start a new thing or be refreshed any day or time of the year but when the number of the year changes something in my head changes too.  It's kind of like someone hit the reset button on my internal hard drive and I reboot.  Also, I associate a new year with 365 days of unknown possibilities and hope. Hope that something great will happen- internationally, locally, to my family, friends and maybe even me. I just feel more hopeful with the start of a new year.

Oh and I love new year's resolutions! So many people vow not to make them because they don't keep them, and I'm not any different. But it's not so much that a resolution is something I keep myself from doing permanently (for ex. I will not do_______ or eat _______ ) or promise myself to do all the time but instead it's a new idea that I'm trying to introduce into my life or a new way of thinking and acting that I'd like to practice. I have 7 things I'm trying to work on this year but here are two I'd like to share:

    -Revive an old hobby or pick up a new one. When I was a kid I had hobbies and spent my free time doing things I liked to do and looked forward to doing. Now I spend most of my weekends cleaning the apt or grocery shopping. = If my 10 year-old self met my current self she'd say "dang this is what I have to look forward to? You're boooooring!" Here is a partial list of the things I'm thinking of (re)doing: play sports regularly, memorize one song on the piano, go NYC thrift store shopping, learn web page design, collect funny pictures from my childhood from family and friends, biking, baking, sewing...and the list goes on. I may try to do just focus on a handful or give each a try several times and see which ones are more fun. It's fun to have choices!

    -Improve the quality of my relationships. This sounds a little vague but the best way for me to explain it is that I want to work on being a better wife, daughter, sister, friend, coworker, etc. I want to deepen these relationships and build on them with my time, thoughts, care and prayer. The older I get the easier it is for me to just get so absorbed in my own world but I want to venture out of it more this year and, for a lack of a better term- love on others more. I will try to call others when I think about them, invite people over to dinner and plan group events/activities. (keyword is try) I love my family and friends so much but I wonder if they know just how much. I'll be darned if I go out of this world and they don't know just how much I really love and appreciate them.

2007 was a really rad year with crazy ups and downs and a lot of surprises but overall a really blessed year. I'm really looking forward to all 2008 will bring. Happy New Year everyone!

I've been meaning to do a recap of our 2nd anniversary trip to Prince Edward Island but haven't been able to get around to it. So the hubs did his own a couple of weeks ago. You can go here to check it out. Warning: tons of pictures! =)

Holiday recap coming soon.

The month of December is always fun...for me work is kinda slow but life is busy- full of holiday celebrations, family and friends. Here is my latest peekcha update:

We went home two weekends ago to see the youngest Kang in Winter Park High School's production of "It's a Wonderful Life." Peter played Clarence the angel.


The stage make up is craziness. Up close Peter looked freaky! hehe

 
The whole weekend was about family- I just wanted to spend time with my folks and brothers at home, making food, talking and catching up and just enjoying each other. My parents are crazy about taking pictures just like me and Suseok oppa. So you can only imagine the number of photos we took. Here are a few...

Our family cat Simba. He's a 20 pound beast, but the sweetest, gentlest kitty.
   


Family picture time!

 

One of the outings we did was a trip to see the largest cypress tree in the US. I lived in Florida practically my whole life but had no idea about this tree. It was pretty cool and the day was so nice...

Piling into the mini van

I love seeing my parents hold hands

You can't really tell from the picture but this tree was enormous. It was taller but the top part fell off at one point. But still it was HUGE!
 
I spotted a very strange looking bug on the wood railing. It looked like a furry caterpillar w/horns and a tail. Any one know what it is?


Jesse and my folks...

Me and the hubs...

The family...minus Peter, he was at school.


Then we decided to get a lil creative with the pics...

Tada!


The weather the whole trip was so nice. It was nice to be in shorts and sandals for a few days.


Then it was time to go...


Ever since I was young I always wanted to cut my brother's hair. I used to ask him all the time but he always said no. Since he wanted to buzz it all off he said I could do it! It was fun giving him a mullet and then mohawk. The hubs finished it up at the end.



I miss the folks...hopefully they will come and visit us in Jersey when it gets warm.


When we got back to Jersey the following weekend we went tubing in the Poconos with Yoon Kyung and Emily from our church small group. Tubing was a lot of fun! It requires no skill and it's a lot cheaper than snowboarding or skiing. hehe






The next day we had our small group Christmas party. We had a potluck and played White Elephant. =) The food was awesome and Suseok and I managed to both end up with movie theater gift cards.

   




Don't the pastries look awesome?! Our talented small group member, Cathy the pastry chef, made them.

I'm really looking forward to the next two weeks. We have lots of things planned, including a visit from the guy that introduced me to the hubs. =) More picture updates to come.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Hope everyone is enjoying the season...

Suseok and I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Thanks Mikey for the link!

Oldskool CCFers (well not super oldskool, more like recently oldskool kekek)...

Check out this video

Oooooh...it started to snow...it's coming down now really hard.

In the safety of my office the snow looks sooo pretty coming down on the streets of Manhattan making everything look clean and pure. Oooooh it feels like Christmas...the kind of Christmas I imagined experiencing growing up in sunny, green Florida.

I hope all my friends and family everywhere are somewhere warm and cozy...enjoying the holiday season....

I think by the time I go home I may be able to make a good sized snowball to throw at Suseok oppa 

Ok this is old news but I wanted to blog about this historic event...

Timmy won the Heisman!

Man, I had a great time at home with the family but part of me was a leeetle sad that I missed out on Heisman weekend in NYC. I would have so gone to Times Square to wait outside to get a glimpse of our Heisman Trophy winner.

Thanks to my fellow Gators that sent me cool clips, pictures and even a comic strip on Timmy! Some highlights:

I love how in his acceptance speech he thanked his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ twice, and said he loved being a Gator like 4 times.  He thanked the Gator Nation too.

This comic strip pretty much sums up Timmy's awesomeness...

You know how there are all those Tebow/Chuck Norris jokes? Chuck Norris wears Tebow pajamas...
Chuck Norris actually sent Timmy a congrats letter. hehe

Peter, my youngest brother, is a senior in high school right now. He's been applying to colleges and thinking about where to go to school next year. I have been trying to convince him he should go to UF. (to get me football tickets for games next year!!) hehe What other schools are there to consider when Tebow is your starting quarterback?!?

Miss this place

This little planner, presented to me in such a sweet and unsuspecting way has made me so happy...
 
                                                       ...the kind of happy that lingers and makes you giggle and feel all warm inside

*sigh* you really know how to sweep a girl off her feet

Look who the snow blew in??  

Justin, Joe and Diana are here with us right now. They got to experience a small Noreaster. Hopefully, they won't get sick from all this cold.

So the Japanese ramen hunt continued with them. We tried Ramen Setegaya, just a few doors down from Momofuku.
 
Their soup broth agreed with me much more than Momofuku's. Their sides were very delish too. Setegaya is smaller than Momo but just as packed. However, the booneegi was more my style.

When we have visitors it guarantees lots of eating out. This week we've been pigging out on Korean bbang, icecream and gelato and lots of other goodies.  Last night Marie and Kyu came up and had dinner with us at our fav jjajjangmyun place in the 'hood.
  
This pic is "LEFTHANDERS UNITE!!!" 
yay! 1:1 ratio of righties and lefties (Suseok had a dinner mtg and couldn't come)

It's been a busy but fun week. I'm really looking forward to going home to Orlando this week- land of Mickey and warm weather.  The youngest Kang has a starring role in his school's production of "It's a Wonderful Life." So we're off to support him and have an early holiday gathering. Next entry shall be another peekcha obaload. hehe

This picture cracks me up!!

from http://icanhascheezburger.com/

Umm....ssamgyupssal...hehhe