The House Poet

Summer has arrived! Hey everyone! Sorry for being MIA lately, there has just been a lot going on! I have been in the Bay Area for almost two months now, and I have had some cooking adventures~ (mostly, I've just been enjoying my dad's cooking, hehe) Today is a gloomy, rainy day, but my grandma is finally home from the hospital! Yay! So that's awesome. :) Andrew has been able to come over a couple times and spend the weekend with us, which has been amazing and fun!!!!! ;D A couple times this summer, we have found ourselves with extra strawberries around the house. So, I decided to make Martha Stewart's strawberry cake! Here it is right before going into the oven~ And here is a picture of the cake after! Voila! :) Another after picture~ I have been depriving this blog of pictures lately, so here's more than enough, haha! The recipe stated that homemade whipped crea should act as the accompaniement to the cake. So, I whipped (hehe) some up and we really enjoyed it....

Hey everyone! I hope you are all well and enjoying the April weather! :) Tomorrow is my last day of classes before finals.....my last day of class of Junior year...crazy! >.< I hope finals will go smoothly~ I wanted to write a quick blog entry, partly because it's fun and I need a break from writing my final paper/play. :) A lot has been going on over here! Andrew and I have been busy with school and performing with a local band, Loki Rhythm. That has been super fun and a great way to keep music in our busy lives. I do rhythm percussion, backup vocals, and some dancing~ Andrew does guitar and sings wonderfully! :D My Japan club had our Spring Festival event a few weeks ago, which was a hit and quite fun! I wish more people had come, but that's okay~ It's funny, I find myself really missing Japan lately...This time last year I was prepping to go. Also, all the talk about what happened in Japan has made me wish I could help more. Japan is such a special place and the fa...

Hello everyone! It has definitely been a while since I have updated this here blog! I got a new laptop a few weeks ago luckily; Andrew had been letting me use his and I kind of miss it....except not the way it had issues turning on! (just kidding poor boo!) Otherwise, I have been so busy with school, work, and life in general~ I'm writing here today about what happened in Japan. I didn't sleep well last night and when I woke up I saw on Facebook that a huge earthquake and tsunami had hit Japan. I couldn't believe it. I was so worried about all my friends there, but luckily they all seem to be okay. Anyway, please keep Japan in your thoughts. I'm Historian of the Matsuri Japan Club on campus so we are going to try and plan a candlelit vigil and a donation drive next week. This was such a sad thing to happen. :( After loving Japan for so long and living there for part of last summer, I feel a connection with it. I hope the future will bring help and a swift recovery to J...

Hey everyone. Well, I'm on winter break for four weeks and I'm in the Bay with my family. I'm hoping to update this blog more since I will be having cooking adventures. I'm feeling a little upset at the start of this break though because my laptop was stolen yesterday on the Amtrak train. I also had my phone charger, iPod charger, and webcam stolen. It's dumb because whoever stole my stuff forgot to take the laptop charger. I talked to an Amtrak police officer last night and will be working on getting money from them to replace my stuff. I'm hoping they will give me some money, but I'm not holding my breath on it. To be honest, this makes me feel so bad. I worked so hard all semester, and this is what happens? I'm trying to be strong and do things with my family, but it's hard. I miss Andrew terribly. This is Christmas time, and I have valuables stolen from me. I trusted Amtrak to have a secure place for my suitcase. Obviously, that didn't do any...

Heyyo everyone! This week is Thanksgiving, so I hope all of you who celebrate have fun and eat well! :) I'm going back to my Father's place~ I'll miss Andrew and my friends, but I know they will be eating well! It's a cold day here, and it's been raining on and off. Kinda sad, if you ask me~ Too much grey! Anyway, I am in the library because the internet at my house died for some weird reason. I finished a bunch of homework and wanted to do a blogpost since I had time~ I've been really busy this semester, and there is a lot I have to do in the next couple weeks. I'm just trying to stay sane and healthy; my boo has been helping with that! ;) I've even started writing poetry again! That is something I am really proud of right now~ :) There was a change on campus here at UOP and I thought it would be perfect to blog here about! We have a food truck~! I think UOP heard about the fancy food truck craze and wanted to get in on it. We have a ton of Mexican food...

Hey everyone! Yes, it has been a while! This semester is super busy, but I'm hanging in there! Today is a rainy day~ Andrew left to go home and study (I miss youuuuu!) , and I'm making dinner, and then I have a meeting to go to at 8. I don't really want to work on my essay any more, so I thought why not update my blog? :D Yay! It feels awesome! Anyway, here are some pics from a lunch in the summer time! My dad took my sister and I to Japantown for a special lunch and some townhouse shopping for me! This was after I got back from Japan, so it was funny to be in Japantown, SF! XD Pictured above is a Japanese-style cheescake slice from Andersen Bakery! Yum! It was a typical Japanese cheesecake, soft and fluffy, with a light lemon flavor~ A decadent way to start the day! After shopping, my sis and I met my dad in front of Bushi-Tei, a rather upscale restaurant in Japantown. It's a up the street from Peace Plaza; perhaps people don't know too much about it. This lunch wa...

Hey everyone!! I am alive and well, just extremely busy with school, work, and cooking! :D I live in a townhouse with my roommate Kaitlynn, and since I have a kitchen I have a lot of fun cooking! It was Andrew's 20th birthday on Tuesday (yay!) and I made him birthday dinner! I was sooo excited! I made a huge chocolate bat cake, which was delicious! However, I forgot powdered sugar for the chocolate frosting, so I had to put cute chocolate chips and icing on it, haha~ XD I was so excited for him to see it that I forgot to take pictures! He took one on his phone, so I will have to show you guys~ Over the weekend I made Irish Soda bread, and it was really exciting to make bread for the first time. It's definitely something I want to learn more about. The bread itself is super dense, but actually rather tasty. It smells great, so I am really proud~ :) Also, I ate so much today!!! XD Andrew took me to his favorite Chinese restaurant from his childhood, and it was soooo tasty and so ...