pizza dough

This brah's flow is AMAZING. I'm speechless.


Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos - "Superstar"

Breakfast 300

Muesli with apples, oats, raisins, chopped almonds, cinnamon and yogurt

A.M. snacks 150

Chocolate covered almonds

Lunch 500

Lean Cuisine butternut squash ravioli


Wheat Thins with Swiss cheese, baby carrots

P.M. snacks 250

Carrot cupcake with cream cheese frosting (made by Ms. Madsen -- love her), chicken marsala sample from Trader Joe's, papaya

Dinner 300

Rice, xia ren cao ji dan (eggs with shrimp), fen shi (stir-fried glass noodles)


Dong gua soup with baby bamboo shoots, broccoli-carrot stir-fry

Post-dinner snacks 680

Rocky road ice cream, butter pecan ice cream, chocolate covered almonds


Sugar snap peas, navel orange


Candy cane Joe-Joe, grapefruit, walnuts

Total 2180

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exposure: lil mama, jr aquino, ryan leslie

Lil Mama featuring Chris Brown and T-Pain - "Shawty Get Loose"

I know, I know. You could say that Lip Gloss was one of the most annoying songs of 2007. But you really can't deny that 1) Lil Mama has an awesome flow, 2) girl can dance, and 3) her songs are catchy and slightly addicting. I'm a huge fan.

You've probably heard this song on the radio by now, but if you haven't, it's definitely worth a listen. And the video is worth a watch. Lil Mama and Chris Brown are workin' it! And, as bonus number three, T-Pain is actually not annoying -- his rap portion is pretty tight.

Plus, Chris's faces are HILARIOUS.

JR Aquino - "Can't Help But Wait" (cover)

What can I say about this dude?! He's got a great voice. I love him cuz he's reppin' for all them GOOD Asian singers out there (all, like, eight of them).

Ryan Leslie - "Diamond Girl"

This man is AMAZING. He's got a great singing voice, he can rap, he makes hot beats, he produces, he's fine ... um ... I could go on for a while. I think this song is several months old but to me it's still HOT. I love it!

In this video, Ryan spliced together videos of himself singing, producing and mixing the beats so it looks like he's doing all three things at the same time -- it's sick.

Ryan Leslie featuring Kanye West - "Diamond Girl" (Remix)

And for a more recent version of the song. This one's got Kanye in it (doesn't EVERY remix seem to have Kanye in it nowadays?), otherwise it sounds pretty much the same.

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semester break

Yesterday
Saturday, February 2

Breakfast 600

I baked pancakes! They were light, fluffy and so good (yes, the bottom two are slightly past the golden brown stage, shut up). I ate them with butter, maple syrup and raspberry sauce. Mmm.
Also had soymilk and papaya to round everything out.

A.M. snacks 300

Candy cane Joe-Joe (I'm working my way through the box), chocolate orange cake

Asparagus, Joe-Joe ice cream sandwich (I'm so obsessed with this new creation -- I scrape out the filling of the Joe-Joes and put in ice cream instead), sugar cookies

Lunch 150

Mixed squash (zucchini and yellow squash), Chinese sausage, dong gua (winter melon) soup

This weekend was a fabulous Oak Glen outing! There was snow and everything. It did rain a lot though, but we were all cozy inside the house. =)

P.M. snacks 150

Brownie bites from Stater Brothers, weirdly addicting roasted peanuts

Dinner 800

Getting ready to put together my pizza!


Laura's mom had everything set up and perfect.


First you brush the crust with olive oil and lay down your sauces ...


... then load on all your toppings and cheeses.


I did half BBQ chicken and half tomato, basil and mozzarella.


My finished pizza all ready for the oven!


Laura made her pizza like a pro.


My completed pizza ... it was GBD (golden brown and delicious).

Dessert 90

Raspberries and cream ice cream bar!


Who's a G?

Total 2090


Today
Sunday, February 3

Brunch 500

Laura's mom wasn't feeling so good so she couldn't make us her world-famous blueberry pancakes. But her dad made up some amazing French toast with the awesomeness that is English toasting bread from Stater Brothers. We topped it with powdered sugar, maple syrup, blueberries and blackberries and had bacon and eggs on the side. It was delish!

P.M. snacks 500

Laura, Neil and I baked up a cake for Mrs. Glass's birthday. It was so sad because she was sick and she couldn't have any!


We taste tested the cake for her. Of course it was really good because it was Funfetti! And we finished up some of the BBQ chicken pizza from last night.


Laura's weekend house! I love it! ♥

Pre-dinner munchies 280

Pistachios, broccoli and carrot stir-fry, fresh papaya, fresh bamboo shoots

Dinner 250

Green onion pancake, mushroom and green pea stir-fry (my Grandpa loves all kinds of beans and peas and such), sugar snap peas, porridge (so good. I can't leave it alone)

Post-dinner snacks 540

Joe-Joe ice cream sandwiches, cookies and cream ice cream

Not pictured but also eaten tonight: rocky road ice cream, sugar cookie, chocolate covered almonds

Total 2070

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