After 2 years in San Diego

I wanna try  this Turkish salad " Kısır" I learned from my  Turkish  friend. I heard most of  Greek  food are  actually   Turkish  food and pronounced in T urkey ! Ingredients: 2 cups fine bulgur 2 cups boiling water 2 medium tomatoes 2 medium cucumbers 1 medium onion 1 clove garlic 1 heaping tbsp. sweet red pepper paste 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil 1/4 cup lemon juice or pomegranite sour Italian parsley 3 or 4 sprigs of fresh mint 6 to 8 green onions 1 tsp. salt, more or less to taste 1/2 tsp. black pepper 1/2 tsp. hot red pepper flakes, more or less to taste Preparation: Put the bulgur in a large mixing bowl. Pour the boiling water over it. The water should completely cover the bulgur by about ¼ inch. If one cup isn't enough, add a bit more water. Cover the bowl with a lid or plastic wrap, then wrap it with a towel. Set it aside for about 15 minutes to allow the bulgur soften.   While the bulgu...

I decided. I wanna travel several places in the US during summer vacation alone.  I wanna try couch-surfing and save money and just explore the city.  I also changed my mind from Hawaii to NY for my OPT. Jobs in Hawaii are all travel or wedding agencies where I can use only Japanese.  I have to plan for travel as soon as possible!!! And I also have to learn SEO and internet marketing for my continued internship. Also, I wanna improve my Italian. Listen to Italian podcast must by my daily routine! By the way, I discovered that learning a second language prevents Alzheimer as well as Mediterranean diet. What not good are saturated fat and simple carbohydrate food.

This is last week of Q2. The time passed so quickly. I began to do surfing, but actually it's so difficult for me. I did much better on the first day in January... I began to go meditation and I don't know why but I began to feel better and don't feel so lonely. I began to realize my Goal. 1. I wanna be cool strong Japanese girl who speak English fluently 2. Improve my Italian so that I can communicate with my bf relatives easily 3. get valuable work experience in the USA 3 Things You’re Grateful For 1. I found a great meditation meetup and peace in meditation 2. Chakra opening exercise seems working out 3. I don't feel so much  loneliness and feel like I can have valuable meetings and make the most of

Phantogram - Fall In Love by Josh Carter (vocals, guitars) and Sarah Barthel (vocals, keyboards) Love, it was enough to recognize To see, I was the reason you feel sick inside Fall in me I'll let you bleed 'Cause you were fallin', I'm sorry, ah baby 'Cause you were fallin', I'm sorry, ah Love, it cut a hole into your eyes You couldn't see you were the car I crashed Now you're burning alive Fall in me I'll let you bleed 'Cause you were fallin', I'm sorry, ah baby 'Cause you were fallin', I'm sorry, ah Babe, the night has swallowed my soul Could it be that I fell apart, it shows The lines on my face ate away my smile Could it be that I fell apart Fall in me I'll let you bleed 'Cause you were fallin', I'm sorry, ah baby 'Cause you were falling, I'm sorry Fall in me I'll let you bleed 'Cause you were fallin', I'm sorry, ah baby Fall in me 'Cau...

This weekend has been a little it strange. But for the Friday night, I joined friend's sister's birthday party at club and I enjoyed. Actually, I began to enjoy dancing in club. I love dancing with music since I've been to reggae concert.  Then on Saturday, I hang out with friend for Japanese restaurant and ice cream and drink. Yes it was nice. Then, on Sunday, I joined church a little but (i was late) and then went to shopping and then tried surfing and joined his host family house's dinner. It's so nice to have nice host family with dinner together everyday. I really want to have good host family and several students housemates, that was what I was expecting. but somehow I was out of luck. I have no serious complain or problem with my room share house that I don't feel like I really need to move. So I think I gonna stay like this but I wanna join many activities and meet people. Actually, meeting different countries can be done only this time that I shoul...

I realized that i didn't keep journal a while (well I've keeping journal everywhere) but I wanna keep it here at least sometime to later remember my days. I am going to finish my internship and now it's time to find OPT. Yesterday I joined career consultant session and it was very informative. I should forget about pharmaceutical and environment industry and focus on auto industry and admin jobs. 2 days ago on May 15th, I joined Full moon party. I was expecting to see very strange stuff but not that unusual stuff going on. I enjoyed conversation with new friend from Spain about history, art, literature, determination, dream, different cultures. I realized how much slacker I was and before how much I was industrious.... Without being felt secure, I can go so wrong. Well, it's not too late. Let's say I  fumbled around  a third of my stay here. The goal: overcome shyness, find a way not to go back Japan, speak English and Italian fluently, get job ...