Welcome to another Ultimate Coffee Date! Here we are at the very last Ultimate Coffee Date of the year! I hope your year has been treating you well! I’ve been doing some traveling and am currently on vacation (although if you’re reading this the day that I posted it, more than likely, I’m interviewing at another place right now so I’d appreciate good thoughts! :O ), so updating my blog has been kinda sparse lately. (Sorry!)
That said, I don’t have a new recipe for you this week so I’m gonna link up a couple old ones!
Ultimate Coffee Date: December 2018
If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d…tell you that my trip to Hong Kong/China with my parents was a lot of fun–filled with tons of delicious food and good company! This is one of my favorite street snacks!:
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I got to see my extended family again (it’s been about 6 years…) and my mom’s friends from when she was in high school/nursing school! I went to Shenzhen for the first time! I’ll have more dedicated travel posts hopefully sometime in the near future, but I’ll just talk about bits and pieces of it here for now. :]
You do a lottttt of walking in Hong Kong (China as well), so I got in a bunch of steps every day, even on days where I was on the lazier side!
This is the first time I’ve ever been to Asia where no one called me fat or “健康美丽” (which translates to “healthy beauty” and is their way of nicely saying you’re fat). Someone also told me I was tall, and a few people told me I looked paler. (In case you’re wondering, Asian beauty standards are vastly different from American beauty standards. I generally only fit a size large in Asia because of the 3 B’s–biceps, butt + boobs.)
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Our Thanksgiving dinner was at a hotpot buffet! Everything was delicious, except when I asked earlier in the day if it was going to buffet (I wanted to see if I could snack throughout the day while we were out), he said it wouldn’t be even though he wasn’t actually sure if it would be. (…)
…I was very, very full.
On the way back to the US, I had a 3-hour layover in South Korea and came across some hilarious wifi names. (S. cerevisiae is a yeast species that’s used in baking and winemaking/brewing. Y. pestis is a gram negative bacteria that causes the plague.)
If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d…tell you that it’s also been super awesome getting to see my friends and family again! I stopped by at Twirly Girls Pole Fitness to hang out with Bel for the day and got to decorate the tree for her studio! (I don’t remember the last time I decorated a Christmas tree!)
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It’s also really nice to see my other cat (Ninja) again! I’ve missed her so much! <3
See past ultimate coffee dates here!
(Link-up with Coco @ Got 2 Run 4 Me & Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner!)
Loading InLinkz ...End-of-Week-ish Recap!
- If you’re on the east coast but haven’t ever hiked the Stairway To Heaven hike along the Appalachian Trail, I’d definitely recommend it! It’s so pretty! <3
- Often pressed for time or needing some meal prep inspiration? Check out my review of Seriously Good Freezer Meals!
- If you celebrate, how was your Thanksgiving? When do you usually put up Christmas decorations?
- Weirdest wifi name you’ve ever come across?
- Do you have any travel plans? (Where to?)
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Your travels look amazing! Those wifi names are to funny
Thanks! It was a delicious journey! :P
Sounds like a great vacation! Best of luck with your interview!!
Thanks! I think/hope it went well! :]
Sounds like you had a great time on your vacation! Best of luck on your job search!
I’m so sad that it’s ending but it was definitely a nice break! + thank you! :] I hope it all works out!
Your trip looked really fantastic! Special memories indeed. Thanks for linking up for the coffee date
Yes indeed! :] Thanks for hosting!
I’ve loved seeing the pictures from your trip. LOL at the wi-fi names. Were there a bunch of microbiologists around? I am trying to get motivated to put up my tree today – wish I had help!
haha, there might have been! I definitely got a kick outta them! :P
I’d help if I were around! I don’t remember the last time I got to decorate for Christmas so I find it a lot of fun, hehe. :]
That trip sounds so amazing! I loved seeing your pictures on Instagram of it!! Also, love your white tree :-)
Thank you! It was definitely lots of fun! :]
I love how festive it is! :D I love my friend’s “no ornament left behind” philosophy, hahaha.
Super fun post girly! Great way to catch your readers up with what you’ve been up to!
Cheers,
Jordan | http://www.dailycupofjojo.com
hehe, yup! :] This is one of my favorite linkups!
Thanksgiving was great, definitely ate too much at my grandma’s then my parents. No christmas decoration, I usually leave that to my house mate, haha. For a wi-fi name, I was always partial to “white van across the street”
Glad you had a great Thanksgiving! :] And hahaha, that’s defintely a good one! I’ve come across an “It hurts when IP” one that I got a kick out of too! :P
So glad that you had a great trip with family. So important to take time to enjoy with your family, especially this time of year.
Agreed! :] It was so nice to get to see/spend time with them again!
Your China trip pictures are awesome. So funny about how clothing sizes are different in the US versus China!
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Right? It’s always so weird getting used to that, hahaha.
It sounds like you had an amazing trip to Hong Kong! I’ve never been to Asia…it looks so beautiful!
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It was lots of fun! There are so many good things to eat over there! :D!
We just watched Crazy Rich Asians and I got a little sample of those beauty standards! Your trip looks amazing. I follow a blogger who is living in Hong Kong for her husband’s job. It’s so interesting and beautiful. I”d love to visit.
Good luck on your interviews!
haha, I loved that movie! I just finished reading the trilogy over break so I’m looking forward to watching the sequel when that comes out at some point! *-*
+ thank you! I just finished my last one yesterday–now back to the waiting game again!
I loved seeing your travel photos, I am glad you weren’t called fat but that is SO sad that the beauty standards ae so pigeon holed. I love clay pot/hot pots! I always love your coffee date posts :) I decorate the DAY after Thanksgiving!
Aww, thanks! And agreed, haha. I found it a little sad that I was this surprised that I wasn’t called fat this time (first time it’s ever happened while I was over there! :O!). I’m with you on the Christmas decorations! :]
Wow! That’s a lot of steps! Glad you got to see your family and enjoy your favorite street food!
Thank you! I’m super glad too! Definitely helped me to recharge, hehehe.