I just got back to school...
My shower makes that ridiculous noise, and it’s…
That’s the first thing I heard when I walked into the room.
So...
Thank you for the welcome back at my dorm room.
I don’t know, I’m feeling bitter-sweet.
I’m like happy to be here, because I just had a really long winter break that I think that I got all the rest that I needed.
And it was the perfect amount of break for me.
But... I’m also like sad to be back here because... school.
I just thought of so many things to tell you guys while I was in the shower.
Because I tend to think a lot when I’m in the shower.
But number one thing is that electric toothbrushes are so worth your money.
It just... my teeth feel so clean.
I barely have to do the work.
Using this, and then going back to a normal toothbrush is not possible.
At least for me.
I just wanted to recommend that, because I don’t think I’ve talked about it specifically on my channel.
Also, I like took off all my jewelry before I shower.
But I haven’t taken off my hoop earrings that I have been wearing for a while.
So I have been sleeping in them, I’ve been showering in them.
I would normally take these off to shower and sleep, but I’ve just gotten used to them, and I've been lazy to take them off.
So I’ve been living in them.
And then I took them off today, and then I realized my ears turned like dark green inside.
So I will never be doing that again.
And I need to like disinfect my ears just in case.
So I have…
I found the disinfecting wipe that looks very old, actually.
If this had an expiration date, it probably expired like 5 years ago, but…
That’s the only thing I have, so…
Do you, do you see like...
Maybe I shouldn’t use it.
Yeah, I’m not risking it, never mind.
But I need to find something to disinfect this with, because I’m worried.
One thing that I missed while being away from school was my Dyson air-wrap.
To be really honest with you guys, I don’t think I’ve fully learned how to use this properly yet.
Trying to play around with the actual styling part, because…
the main problem I have is that the curls fall out way too easily on my hair.
And I’m not sure if it’s the way like that I’m using the Dyson wrong, or if it’s just my hair, but…
I think I’m using it wrong, so…
I will play around with it a little more, and share a good routine.
For now, I’m just gonna dry my hair.
My hair is like 80% dry now, and I only use my Dyson for at most like 2 minutes.
I’m starting to get hungry, and...
I don’t know how I’m supposed to get food for the next two days.
Because I don’t think the dining hall is open, and I don’t have food in my room, and I don’t have a car to go grocery shopping.
So… um…
What am I gonna eat?
I watched “True Beauty” on the airplane.
I watched the first 3 episodes, and I actually watched the web…
Or I actually read the web-toon.
I’m not sure why I didn’t watch the drama,
but I think it was because like I didn’t really love the casting except for Cha Eunwoo.
But I watched it in the plane, because I needed something to watch while I was eating.
And it was so good, like I... it really reminded me of K-dramas that I’ve watched when I was like younger.
So it’s definitely more like cheesy and...
unrealistic, but that’s like what I liked about it.
Like I don’t really care that it’s cheesy and unrealistic, because it’s fun.
And I really liked the main girl, like the actress that plays in the drama.
Cha Eunwoo was like the perfect fit for the role.
I... I love it, and I need to continue watching it.
I just finished “My Beloved Summer.” Was it “Our Beloved Summer?”
“Our Beloved Summer,” and I need something new to watch.
Because I took a shower, I’m not that sleepy anymore.
But I think I’m still going to hop in bed and just not do anything for a bit.
But before that, I am like extremely hungry all of a sudden,
and I just found these lightly salted rice cakes.
I think this might be the only thing in my room, but I have to check the fridge.
And is it bad to say that I’m like literally scared to check what I left in the fridge?
Like I don’t think I left anything.
If I did, it’s probably like string cheese… Okay, hi…
I have a normal milk, or normal almond milk, chocolate milk.
I have some string cheese.
Maybe something in the... oh and that really bad pasta that I got.
My 1-hour nap turned into 3 hours, and... I...
I had to like force myself to like get up, because if I woke up at like 3, 4am,
I wouldn’t have anything proper to eat.
So I got up now, at 9 and I ordered myself Pat Thai, so I’m gonna eat this,
and my plan is to just clean a little bit and kind of start unpacking,
and then go to bed at like 12, so that I can wake up at like 6am and kind of get used to that waking up early schedule for the new semester.
I’m trying to watch “True Beauty,” but I don’t know where to watch it from.
Good morning.
I am really happy to tell you guys that I woke up early, like I had planned to.
I woke up around like 6:50 am, which is so ideal for me.
That was the time I used to wake up for like high school, and I haven’t been on that routine in a while.
So I really want to start waking up at like 6:50 or even like just before 8
and get my day started while the sun is like still setting and the sun is so strong.
I like.. woke up, I brushed my teeth, I stretched, listened to music, also wrote a to-do list for today.
I realized like how ungrateful I was for being in California, because being in California was my dream for the longest time.
And last semester, I was just so sad and like deep in my lonely feelings that I never really got to appreciate California.
I definitely did in the beginning, but through the end, like I was just like, it was whatever.
And I can’t believe I was like that, because, it’s just so pretty here, and the…
It’s like 8am, but the weather is amazing. The sunshine is coming through.
And I get a lot of my energy from crossing off the things in the to-do list,
so like actually being productive, I get energy from that.
So the more stuff I do, the more energy I get.
And also I get energy from the sunshine.
And I was lacking both of them quite badly during winter break, so I’m just really…
I feel like I’m back in my element and feeling good,
and I’m just hoping I could keep this up...
through the semester so I could have a good, happy, productive semester, but...
The plan for the rest of the day today is... I’m going to clean my room first.
Because I still have stuff stacked on my desk.
They’re just mainly clothes that need to be folded up and cleaned up, but...
Um... I’m going to do that,
and then I’m gonna go to Trader Joe’s to buy some food that I will need for the semester, or like the first few weeks of the semester.
I made pretty good progress of cleaning my room. It might not look that clean, because I just have little things scattered everywhere.
But I did put away all of my clothes, and I also decided to use these shoeboxes as like way of organizing little things.
So I still have like these little things out, but I will organize that soon.
And, I just wanna show you guys like... my drawers.
They are so organized and clean, and my new year’s resolution’s been...
To become a more clean and organized person, and also just stay that way, like keep the habits.
So, I’m really trying, you guys. I am really trying and...
I think it’s working so far, and I’m really, really happy about it.
I curated a whole grocery list for Trader Joe’s, and I’m just now going to eat.
Because, if there’s one thing that I don’t do, I don’t go grocery shopping on an empty stomach,
Because I will literally lose my mind and get everything, so...
I’m gonna heat up the Pad Thai that I had for last night, it is not the ideal like breakfast meal for me.
Um... but...
That’s the only thing I have.
Also I just wanna talk about how like... at the end of last semester,
I was really struggling with food and it was the opposite way around.
Because usually I struggle with binge eating, and like excess amount of appetite,
but last semester, after eating like the same kind of meals every day at the caf.,
I really got sick of food, like just the idea of food, I got really tired of.
And I would eat, but I would only be able to eat like couple of bites cuz it would literally wanna make me gag.
I don’t know what it was, I think it had to do a lot with stress also, but
this semester, I really want to not do that and
I wanna be more excited about food, you know, so…
Not only am I going to like switch up the meals that I get at the caf.,
I did that last semester, so I’m going to also have more food in my room
so I can have more fun like putting together meals even though if they’re just like microwave meals.
I am extremely tired right now. I don’t know what to do, because it’s only 10:46.
But let me show you guys what I got at Trader Joe’s.
First thing, I got myself a dozen of roses.
For no reason.
I just wanted something in my room to brighten up and liven up my room, so I just got these light pink roses.
It’s also Valentine’s Day pretty soon, so I thought I would treat myself to that.
And then, for little snacks, I got myself these mini almond biscottis, these are so good with like coffee.
And then, dark chocolate almonds.
I got couple of drinks for myself to try. Golden Oolong tea, honey crisp apple juice beverage.
I’ve been exploring sparkling drinks lately cuz I’ve never really been the type to like them, but…
I really liked the poppy drinks, so I’m hoping these are similar to that.
Then I got myself the La Colombe oat milk latte.
For some frozen meals, I have Bulgogi beef fried rice with kimchi. I never tried this, I hope it’s good.
I have the mini Hold the Cone from Trader Joe’s, which are just ice-cream.
The pork shu mai, I got some bread here, peanut butter, two avocados, smoked salmon with Everything but the Bagel seasoning on them, these are really good.
Six eggs, oat milk, sesame oil, blueberries, and then three different types of yogurt.
I got the plain Greek yogurt, I got the honey flavor, and then the vanilla bean flavor.
I need to make a trip to an Asian grocery store so I can get some instant rice.
Yeah, that’s the main thing.
I bought this vase to use as like a pencil case, or pencil holder, at the thrift store, but…
It’s coming in handy for my flowers.
I’m about to cook up something in my dorm room.
It’s not really cooking, but I wanna make myself a sandwich with a cooked egg.
So I’m gonna try to cook the egg in a mug. I’m gonna microwave it.
And then, on the bread, I’ll put some mozzarella cheese.
I heard that the oil inside of this mozzarella cheese is actually really good.
So I’m gonna use it kind of as like my dressing.
And then, we also have avocado, and for our protein, we have our smoked salmon, and of course the egg.
I don’t know if it’s gonna be good, but let’s try it.
One thing about being in this dorm room is that it is so noisy.
It’s either my shower that makes a ridiculously high noise, or it’s my fridge, like vibrating and making that noise.
I don’t know if you can really hear, but…
anyways…
It’s currently 9:30pm, and I like turned off all the lights,
and turned on like my mood lighting and that little bathroom light
so I can get my body ready to sleep soon.
I’ve been sitting here just adding things to my Google calendar and my Notion.
Specifically like the important dates for the semester, and then also like when my classes are and where they are
because that usually takes me about a week or two to memorize, so…
I’m gonna continue doing this, and then get ready for bed.
But I thought this was the perfect time for me to end the Vlog.
I hope you guys enjoyed this Vlog of me just doing little things to set myself up to have a good semester.
I hope it gave you an idea of things to do, to have a little reset before the semester fully begins.
Even if you’re not in school, these are some things that you can do, to have a reset during the weekend before the week starts, so...
Thank you guys so much for watching and I will see you in my next Vlog.
Bye.