Curry Party!

Whoo! Alex and I are celebrating being married for Two months!! So we decided to make some Japanese Curry! Nothin' else gets us going like Japanese Curry does. Japanese Curry (going to say it a million times in this entry) is very different from Indian Curry most people know and love, it is very thick, and served with sticky rice, and usually a side of Tonkatsu! I loveeee Tonkatsu! But, since we tried to cut a little bit of meat out of our diet, we didn't eat Tonkatsu tonight </3. Here is a picture of the lovely dish!

Mine is the little one, Alex has the big daddy size! (#^.^#)

Novemburrrr

I can't believe it is already November. I also can't believe that the application we have to turn in for a program in Japan is due in one month! Ah! Exciting!! Everything is going by so fast. Life is going by so fast. I'm gettin' sentimental <3. Today, one of Alex's regulars passed, and everyone is very upset. I never met him, but Alex said he was a good man. Our time on this earth is so short, we have to make the most of it!

I sort of had a relaxed look for today, well, for half of the day. :). I'm wearing Roxy boots which I bought from Macy's, and of course, my Bebe jeans, and a Nike sweatshirt. This is Alex's family dog, Moose. I love Moose, mainly because I think if my childhood dog sweetie, was still alive, they would be married. Moose is also amazing! He cracks me up, he is so weird. Moose is getting old though, his leg hurts him from time to time, and he runs with a gimp. He is turning 9 soon, which is pretty old for a larger dog like him. I love having a photo-op with Moose, I am definitely the accessory in pictures with him!

Look how handsome he is!

Oh Moose, if only Sweetie was still around. I would totally have a little ceremony and wed you two. I know people ALWAYS say this, but my dog really was the best. dog. ever. She was hilarious, she rarely barked, she just enjoyed being in your company, she never licked your face, and she knew tons of tricks! Really, the only "bad" thing she would do, is occasionally run away. But now when I remember those memories, my dad wouldn't put a leash and her, and then he would wonder why a half beagle would chase after a squirrel and have us running on a wild goose chase for 2 hours through our neighborhood. HAHA, ohhh, memories, I love them.

Hallo-weekend!

This weekend has passed by quickly. Friday morning before work I made Alex a little breakfast, he loves my cinnamon pancakes from time-to-time so I made him some sweet cinnamon pancakes complimented with bitter coffee which he loves.

Yummy! As for me, I can barely stomach something like this, I love the taste but my stomach despises it! We had some Halloween festivities, I decided to go as Justin Bieber, I had a purple hoodie but decided to take it off for this photo op:

Today we had a family get together and it was a little bit of a drive, but totally worth it. :). On the way back home we decided to stop by one of our favorite Japanese stores to pick up some food/memories. I had to grab my favorite Japanese drink, C.C. Lemon!! I remember the first time I had it, it was 104 F outside, around noon time, and we had been walking through the humid, colorful, alley-ways of Kyoto. At first, I was skeptical from the packaging, mainly because when you're in a foreign country you never know WHAT something is going to taste like. I opened up a bottle and the first sip I had I fell madly in love. Sadly, it's $3 a bottle in the U.S., and very rare to come by.

Ah I also forgot.

I forgot to add that we will be going to...DRUM ROLL PLEASE....*~*~*~














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THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IN JANUARY! YAY!!

also, I want this. Someone please get it for me.
http://www.zara.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product/us/en/zara-us-W2011/122003/526509/METALLIC%2BLEAF%2BBELT
what a gorgeous belt.

be a mentor

So far this week has been fun, yesterday I made almost 50 cupcakes for this Harvest Festival our small group was volunteering at. Today I worked, and came home to Ben and Alex sitting in front of the television playing video games like high school boys. It was fun to watch them interact and give direction during the video game to see who would live longer. I always get excited for Thursday because that's when we spend time with our growth group. I love our growth group!! We are all so diverse in personality yet we all compliment each other. We have been with the group for a year, and it's been fun getting to know them and watch different phases of our life. They all watched our process of going through pre-marital counseling, and getting ready for the wedding. Now the leaders of our growth group are having a baby! Anyway, this Thursday we decided to volunteer at an elementary school. We were in charge of the doughnut dangling dash, doughnuts were suspended from ribbons, hanging over the kids heads while they raced to finish the doughnuts, the one rule--they couldn't use their hands-- DUN.DUN.DUN.

Setting up ze doughnuts. Here are a couple pictures within the last couple days.

One of the reasons why I love fall. Yummy!

Romaine, Red Onion, Tomato, Shaved Carrots and Zuccini (yes, I know), Avacado, Pepper, topped with a little poppy-seed and Italian dressing.

Date Night!

Yesterday was a fun day. Usually on Tuesdays Alex has class in the morning and we don't see each other until 10 p.m. at night, so Alex decided to skip class (which is EXTREMELY rare) and cuddle with me. I left for work on a good note, missing Alex and being so thankful the entire day. He texts me around 4:00 asking me to save my appetite because he made dinner for me. Alex told me he had to work at 5:00, and I would be coming home at 6:00 so I would just miss him. On my way home from work I get a text from Alex, "Did you see your dinner yet?!" I replied that I was almost home. I was sort of bummed I was going to be eating dinner alone, even though Alex did cook it for me, so I slowly climbed the stairs that lead to our apartment dreading the lonely night ahead. I open the door and I find this:

He was sitting on the couch, holding a single rose. HENCE THE PICTURE. He cleaned the whole house for me!! It was so cute. And yes, he cleaned like a woman would, not a man, so it actually looked really good. I cried haha. Alex then told me he didn't actually cook dinner, but we were going to go out, then go see a movie I've been wanting to see for a month now (Courageous). Then he brought out a J.Crew box and a cute coat he bought me!

I love this light little coat! oh, the jeans are Bebe, I wear them all the time, and I got the boots from Marshalls. This outfit would have been perfect with lots of accessories. Alex took me out to dinner here:

It was cute! We had a lot of fun! Then we made our way over to the movie theaters. We sat down in an empty theater, which wasn't surprising at all. Slowly, four more groups of a couple people trickled in and made their way to seats scattered about. A group of Three people came in, and they sat right behind Alex and I. The movie was really sad, the main character had a 9 year old daughter, and she ends up dying. The lady behind us was hysterically crying every 10 minutes, it got to the point where I shot a smirk over to Alex, and he started laughing. Immediately I had to bite my lip, we both started laughing, and really hard. I couldn't look at him or I was going to cry from laughter. That basically sums up the best date night ever. Time to cuddle with my babe!
~Fin

Today is the day!

Wow, today was INTENSE, in a good way, of course! I am so drained right now, but in my head I was thinking, "MUST. BLOG. AND. WRITE. IN. DIARY" with a superhero voice-over, of course! Today was very important for me, I'm not going to give all the details about what my job entails, but I try to outreach to international students, and today I was a part of one the biggest events they have! It was an amazing and fun experience, I got to talk on a microphone in front of 140 people! It wasn't too bad, but I'm sort of proud of myself, not proud enough to stop typing and pat myself on the back though, hehe.

 Me with the Japan club president, P.R., and coordinator! It was Halloween themed, can you tell? :p. I love my bebe jeans, they are so comfortable! I decided today was a nice fall day so I wore my brown boots (from Marshalls!) and I wore a statement necklace from TJ Maxx. My hair I had a half dutch braid on the side, I learned how to achieve this through here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duevuHj1R0Y

Okay, I can't lie, I had A LOT of help learning how to braid from my sister(in-law, but more like SISTAH). One day I sat her down, and I told her I was unable to braid my own hair, and then we spent 4 hours trying to teach me how to braid. YAY!

I wanted to throw in a random picture of my Husband and I from the other day. I'm not wearing makeup here, sorry! haha. My husband has a huge influence in my life, and not just because he's my husband, wait, does that make sense? ;). He's half Japanese, and he is one of the main reasons I started to fall back in love with the Japanese language and culture. He took me to Japan and proposed to me on a mountain over looking the biggest fresh water lake in Japan, Lake Biwa! Quick batman, to the time machine!!

This was the day he asked me to marry him. July 27th, 2010! This picture was taken after Alex asked for my hand! I know this sounds extremely vain, but I kept praying to God that my mascara wouldn't run from crying, therefore, I wouldn't look that bad in pictures. My prayers were answered! This is the best I've ever looked in a picture after crying from joy! Here is another picture, but showing the view from where he asked me:

ahhh. Oh, if anyone wants to know my outfit, pants AND shirt both from American eagle, both around $10! I rolled the pants into Capris, and I'm wearing Vibrum shoes. Those shoes were the best investment for Japan, we scaled mountains, tread through the Japan sea, and ran through water falls, and if I didn't have those I would have been in trouble. Ahhh Japan, how I miss thee. Hopefully we shall reunite again soon and have more amazing adventures.