Thank you Demilade and Elise for tagging me! It’s been two years since I’ve participated in this tag. I remember that these used to be super popular, and I guess they’ve come back around!
A La Mousse
A La Mousse is a dessert cafe with an Asian flair, but I just call it a green tea cafe. They have non-green-tea items on their menu as well, but you know that I’ll always opt for the green tea desserts given the choice!
Dad jokes, coffee, salmon // weekly update
I’ve been a busy bee bzbz. Full of little moments, nothing super exciting to say overall, but I’ve been happy. My days are mostly going to classes, doing schoolwork, and finding moments in between to hang out with friends. I’ve been spending more time at UPenn lately because my new transportation card allows me to ride the train into the city for free on weekends! When I find that I’m not being very productive working by myself, I’ll pop on over, super cas[ual].
Tomacado 花厨
Mom is always trying to find ways to bribe us out of the house, and she knows that the best way to bribe me out of the house is to take me to a cafe. Usually my family goes to the same cafes in Beijing, but this one was a new discovery. And wow I’m in love! And I’m sure that any blogger or Instagrammer would agree.
Bowls, club, art // weekly update
I feel like I’m always doing work right up until class starts and I feel like a terrible student for it, especially so early in the school year! I think it’s because the assignments for the majority of my classes can never really be “finished”–the assignments for my digital design class at UPenn are all about the process, so I’m constantly thinking about it, always trying to either complete an idea or come up with a new one, and for my two senior seminars (for my double major), well, I won’t be done with that until I turn in my senior thesis at the end of the semester! I’ve also been spending a ton of time on Her Campus; I’m going to have to be better about delegating responsibilities, especially as the year progresses and my work increases. Unfortunately, I haven’t had very much time to be creative on my own (photoshoots and blogging). But I have been feeling motivated academically. It feels like I’m always working and I kind of like it, but it doesn’t feel like I’m getting enough done, which I guess goes back to the never-being-finished thing.
A conversation idea for when you don’t know what to say
What better time of the school year to make new friends than at the beginning of it? I’ve been waiting for the right moment to share this little anecdote, and I think that moment is now.
Let me take you back in time to the fall semester of my first year at college. I had just finished a club meeting and there was someone in that club who was so cool (and wholesome??) and I wanted to be their friend, but I knew we were different kinds of people. I could see us potentially being friends because that person is a friendly person and all around good. But I knew we probably wouldn’t be best buddies. And I was okay with that. I was okay if all they did was say hi to me when we crossed paths.