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So for the majority of my last week, I feasted daily and was kept hydrated on salty, sustaining saline IV Fluid. It was a week after I came back from Indonesia and I still hadn’t been able to shake off this weird continuous cough I had. Riding in the emergency row right next to door…
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“Oi! Oi! Oi!…East L.A Drunk Punks!” Growing in up in the East L.A Punk scene will always be a part of me. Tight pants, being buzzed in a many backyard gigs with a halfway-gone 40 oz, ready for another swig–were my early teen years in a nutshell. Most of the “O.G homiez” disappeared via having…
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I am twenty…so what? Feel the same, look the same and absolutely eat the same (even more I think?). Still can’t help but feel nostalgic but at the same time…good riddance, seriously. Delayed my highly anticipated, usual Dim Sum feast at Elite an extra hour to do some excruciating forward bends, I ended up haphazardly…
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When I saw just about everyone in my Chinese class giving my professor these scrumptious looking round pastries, I knew something was up. Next thing I knew, I was at Kee Wah Bakery elbowing and shouldering through all the perennial pandemonium for these little, pricey pies It was the Mid-Autumn Festival aka Moon Festival this…
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Living here in this daily struggle we have accepted as life–from home to work, anticipative activities to spontaneous situations–it can get quite easy to get stuck and not notice a lot of stuff around us, usually obscure to us, but brimming with history if given the chance. All those Asian signs you pass by, in…
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I wouldn’t call this place shabu-shabu, even if there is a huge sign on the windows claiming it. Nor would I call it Korean BBQ, even if they do have tiny plates of sweet, spicy Kimchi and platters of raw, marinated beef. I would just call it Chinese Hot Pot…with a couple of little grilling…
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I’ve always suffered with depression/anxiety phases, but luckily…i’ve always had food to keep me going. And up until now, i always thought i wanted to do this for a living but lately, i’ve been having second thoughts. It’s like i just don’t give a duck anymore. Maybe it’s because i’m about to graduate high school…
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