I’m Steph. I’m an orthodontist and photographer living in San Francisco. Welcome to my blog!
I called home last night to wish my brother a happy birthday and my family a happy Chinese New Year. As I was scarfing down a microwavable hot pocket and a bowl of spring mix, my family was regaling in nine dishes of hearty Chinese food prepared by my grandmother. There was 珍珠丸子, 鱼, and of course my favorite dish 梅菜扣肉.
It's Chinese New Years Eve today, or 除夕 in Chinese. It's the day when the family gathers to eat a hearty new years eve meal and children receive red envelopes.
You know you are becoming an adult when you go into a grocery store and come out 10 minutes later with orange juice, yogurt, and organic spring mix salad, completely bypassing the candy and chips aisle. Talk about maturation of taste buds.
You wanna know what the best part of living in Los Angeles is? It's proximity to a variety of eclectic cuisines and the opportunity to try out these cuisines through dineLA restaurant week.
I never believed that I would be a tutor. For one, I don't have the patience and two, I don't know how to teach people. I'm one of those people who knows the material but isn't able to coherently convey the information from my brain to my tutee. Nevertheless, I joined the Asian American Tutorial Project.
While the carefree freshman were blissfully sunbathing on the grassy lawns in McCarthy Quad, I was holed up in the dental school research lab for much of the afternoon. Today was my first day back in the lab after a one week hiatus to take the DAT. I was surprised by the newly renovated lecture hall on the fourth floor that's equipped with two flat screen tvs on the outside. It smelled so new!
The Boy and I took a short trip to the La Brea Tar Pits yesterday, savoring the beautiful mid-January sun. It was a good way to spend my first Saturday of freedom post-DAT.
I’m finally done with the DAT after 28 days of the grind (well, technically 25 days because I was out with the flu for 3 days). I spent my winter vacation studying from 9am – midnight with a few intermittent breaks. I’m relatively happy with my score although I feel like I could have done better in a few categories. I’ll give a breakdown of my DAT here.
