+ About the Foodie…

I guess we’ll start with the basics. I’m 24 (Birthday: August 3), I graduated from RPI with a degree in Electronic Media Arts & Communications (concentration: Graphic Design) in December 2004. I’m 5′7″ (yay for tall Asians!!!) I was born in Seattle and my parents are from Taiwan!!!… I also have a splash of Dutch in my blood thanks to my great grandmommy!!!

I used to be a super party queen who drank way too much for a girl my size… and stayed up all nite.  In college I worked all day, partied all night and rarely slept. Literally. But, I maintained a near 4.0 gpa and I graduated *early* on the Dean’s list…

….but after continuing my partying ways after college for a few years (yep, work all day, play all night, no sleep), I crashed and I realized that I just wasn’t that into it anymore. And while I still like the occasional party and drink, my lifestyle has completely 180-d (altho my friends still love the parties I throw when I’m in town, NYC LOVE♥)

I love my friends♥

The past few years I’m more of a staying home girl. I’ve always been really artsy and love museums…  music makes my life and nothing’s like a nice night in watching movies.

penguins ♥

I looooove to travel.

One of my lifetime dreams was to go to Rome and I got to Spring 2008.

Next up? I wanna go to Greece… & of course, Paris. Spain. South Africa. I want to travel the world :]

I’m a bigtime fashionista. While dressing down or dressing up I always make sure I look and feel great. Part of awesome style is confidence and just knowing what works with your body type. 

And yes, I’m such a foodie. When I was a kid I never ate. Seriously, my parents thought something was wrong with me cause I hated eating (and somehow I kept growing taller and taller, I’ve been this height since age 12) It wasn’t until puberty and around 5th or 6th grade when I moved from NM to Boston that I started getting more into food…. my mom worked at the time and I would come home from school and experiment with cooking. My mom never knew about this until recently actually (hahaha)…

In college was when my foodie-nism came into full bloom. By sophomore year I was getting more into cooking and being adventurous with food. My parents have always taught me not to waste money on unnecessary things but to never be stingy with good food. The summer before Junior year I lived in Sydney, AUS for a month and that’s when my foodie love went into FULL BLOOM. Photos of all foods before eating, trying new things, the works. I WAS ADDICTED. (Just to say my love for fashion also went to a whole new level that summer!)

I’ve been ridiculously thin (last summer I was disgustingly so… in the low 90s) and I’ve also been on the “chubby” side. Both which I didn’t like. I’ve had crappy diet (junk food, takeout, etc…) and I’ve been supppppppper healthy, overly obsessive compulsively so. So I’ve been at the extremes. I’d like to say I’ve found a better balance now.

In the Fall of 2008 I was told that I was anemic. EXTREMELY anemic. It was so bad that the doctors were calling me in the middle of the night and telling me that I was in a really bad state. I had to choose between a blood transfusion or to try out IV sessions for Iron.  Obviously the doctor & I both felt that the IV was a better way to start… we crossed our fingers and for the next few weeks/months I underwent many sessions of 2 hour long iron injections into my body. Yep, the blood area of the hospital all know me now :] LOL…

As of Summer 2009, I’m still anemic and it’s been dropping a bit recently but I’m in a MUCH better state than I was last year. I’m still on Iron meds and going in and out of the doctor’s every few weeks/months to get checked up.

Now onto the fun stuff…

I’m obsessed with cupcake porn and eating good food. In general I eat fairly healthy (steamed/boiled veggies, tons of fruits, lean meats – I LOOOOOVE seafood) and keeping it low-carb (minus my fiber cereal!!! I’m obsessed with Kashi GoLean) I believe in not holding back and only eating what I REALLY want to eat so when I go all out, I go ALL OUT *balls to the walls* I don’t think there’s a point to eating “meh” food so I’d rather just not eat if it’s nothing I want.

I have a HUGE sweet tooth and have a love of rainbow sprinkles on my ice cream (waffle cone please!), soft raw-in-the-middle COOKIES with crunchy edges!!!! AND I LOVE FRUIT!!! Mangoes, Golden Kiwis, FRESH Lychees, Jackfruit, Cherimoyas, Figs, Frozen Bananas, Cherries, Raspberries, Guavas, etc.. etc.. etc… I LOVE THEM ALL <3

My fav veggies: MUSHROOMS, Corn, RAW Carrots, Broccolini, BASIL, Chinese Chives, Asparagus, & green beans!!! I love steamed/boiled veggies :] I tend to like all my food to be fairly light and clean from sauces. My body doesn’t handle too much sodium too well so I try to keep the salt light. ESPECIALLY when I make it myself for myself. I don’t even like adding salt to my dishes, but I’m quite heavy on the black pepper & red pepper flakes. LOVE HEAT/SPICE. I will beat you in a hot pepper eating context any day <3

When it comes to savory, my favs are Duck (I pretty much tend ALWAYS order duck if it’s on the menu unless it’s some bleh duck with orange sauce or something…. I looooooove crispy duck skin!!! Fat on please!!!) & Xiao Long Baos (soup dumplings!) Comfort food is mommy’s home cooking. I love her wonton soup and beef noodle soup.

I also LOVE to cook/bake and one of my dreams is to go to culinary school and/or start my own bakery/cafe. Nothing makes me happier than cooking/baking and I LOVE to feed people so it’s great! I love spices/herbs and am obsessed with coming up with creative ways to eat super healthy

Aside from food, taking pictures of food, eating food, making food and feeding others, literally…….
Other things I like: TV Show marathoning[ Gossip Girl, Desperate Housewives, ANTM, TopChef (duh), House, Dexter, GREEK, nip/tuck ] the color PINK, books (B&N is my favorite hangout place), HELLO KITTY,

…..my teacup Yorkie: DIOR (guess what one of my FAVORITE designers is haha)

She’s one hot dog.. literally ;] You’ll see her a lot on this blog…

….and of course, as mentioned earlier) FASHION, ART & travel… oh does Grocery Shopping count as food too? Cuz I’m obsessed with Grocery shopping.. some ppl have YOGA to find their zen, I have grocery shopping…

ANYWAYS most of my pictures are taken on my iPhone :] Pretty handy!!! I also have a CANON REBEL Xi that gets whipped out on special occasions & my Red Sony Cybershot DSC-T200

Originally written: 05/10/08
Updated on: 06/26/09