So it’s been awhile, but I am back. 2008 was a hard year for me, with only the very beginning of the year being truly happy times for me. The rest of the year I spent slowly spiraling down into a dark existence, hitting rock bottom right around the end of the year. In the past year, I’ve lost most [...]

I’ve been sitting on my stoop in the evenings the last couple nights to relax. What I’ve noticed is, if you ignore the crickets and the slight buzz from the ocean air hitting the nearby power lines, you can hear the waves crashing on the beach. Pretty nice, especially considering it’s about a 5-minute walk down to the beach and [...]

It was, in fact, my birthday yesterday. Normally I don’t really look forward to my birthday. It’s not that I don’t like birthdays, it’s just that I tend to have very unmemorable birthdays, so it’s just another day for me. This year, however, was different. Although my day wasn’t all that great because of some work annoyances, my evening was [...]

Although I didn’t mention about the 1st harvest, this morning for breakfast I collected a salad and some baby bok choy for breakfast. The salad is really light and really fresh. The salad was so fresh, that I think I can safely say I now know the taste of freshness. I’m planning my second crop and I think I’ll try [...]

Over the past couple days, I’ve made okonomiyaki with yakisoba (technically Hiroshima style) 3 different times. I guess it’s safe to say that it tastes pretty good, otherwise I wouldn’t keep making it. Since okonomi means “what you like” and yaki means “grilled” or “cooked” (put it all together and you get “cook what you like”), I’ve named my dish [...]

So 2007 has come and gone. Looking back, 2007 has to be one of the more difficult years in my life. The first third of the year I spent sitting at home looking for a job. The second third I spent getting my new life in LA together. The last third of the year I spent mourning my mother, but [...]