MAH NEW BLOG!

I have a new blog and I PROMISE NOT TO ABANDON IT THIS TIME.

I just needed to change 'providors'

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A Random Post After A Very LONG Time!!!!

Hey everybody!!! It is kind of random that I am posting all of a sudden after so long!!!! I am really sorry that I suddenly stopped posting and I bet no one checks this blog for updates anymore. I've been busy and bored at the same time. Busy with school, which is boring. :) Anyway here is a very random post that I felt I like I wanted to post!!!
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I keep hearing everyone around me say things about taking advantage of my situation. Various people have told me that it is a great experience to be living in another country like this. They tell me to 'take advantage of the situation' by quickly learning Korean while I'm here; since it will be harder to learn once I'm in another country. Because I was homeschooled last year, my friends told me not to worry and to 'take advantage of the situation; by using all my time at home to finish school work quickly and do fun things that matter to me with such a free schedule. This act of 'taking advantage of your situations' can mean ceasing an opportunity that is only open for a limited time. It can also mean being brave enough to reach out and take chances in order to make and steal opportunities you need for yourself. I don't know if you play volley ball, but in volley ball, if you stand still or in one place the entire game you're almost never going to hit the ball. You have to run back and forth; you have to ATTACK the ball (cease it) in order to play your best and win the game. There is nothing worse than that moment EVERY teammate things "She/he is probably going to go for it, so I'll just let her get it." (Then NO ONE gets it and guess what- YOU LOSE. Shout out to Ms. Tripp (not related to me but has same last name) Grace(from Korea), Mercy and other ANCANS (my school) that experienced this with me before!!!!!) If no one calls it, TAKE THE CHANCE and go for the ball- DIVE under it if you have to. The same way you play volley ball, 'taking advantage of your situation' can mean the same thing. If you want to succeed, you have to reach out, run around, take risks, and GRAB YOUR OPPORTUNITY BY THE ARM (Korean drama style)!!!! <http://kdramawristgrabs.tumblr.com/>

One more meaning for it is using (and adapting to) what is around you. The same way I am learning Korea, while I'm IN KOREA- look around you and find out if, right now, you are wasting some precious circumstance that God has put you in. Take advantage of it!!!! It is not a bad thing to do. Those circumstances/situations/opportunities/chances were put there for a reason. Though you should be careful not to take the WRONG road, pray (ask God to help) and USE the wonderful (and precious for lack of a better adjective) gifts that God has given you. See the signs he wants you to see, and go where he wants you to go. Then you will have so called 'amazing coincidences' popping up everywhere. It isn't Mr. Coincidence, it is God. (You know what I am talking about?)

Fiction!

I like romance books (the sweet cheesy ones) because its nice to read about love and things like that, but I don't like to write about it. I am 14 years old and have no experience. Romance is sweet, but a romance book is better from the point of view of someone who has experienced it first hand. I have no idea what to expect when I "fall in love" or whatever. I have never been in love and I am far away from it. 

I am making an exception right now though because this challenge I gave myself is more fun with a romance scenario, I think.

I wrote about the situation from three points of views. It is about a girl and boy in an office building of some kind.

The first one was just supposed to be no opinion, inanimate object, so I used a dog. The second is the girl in the story and the third is the boy in the story. I know that I could have used more things to make the girl and the boy really stand out in the way that you can tell without a title that they are DIFFERENT in gender. I think I did a really good job for my first time though! :) 

A Dog:

The boy and the girl walk out of a white door. The boy is moving his mouth, talking, a lot.. The girl is leaking from her eyes. The boy and the girl are holding each other up now. Her mouth is folded slightly upwards, so is the boys. They are walking away now. They leave the building with their hands connected.

Girl:

I thought that I had lost him. He left me a few weeks ago, saying that he was holding me back from my career. I was devastated and did not give a crap about my career. I just really wanted him back. I went through different stages. I was just sad all the time at first, then I was angry at him. Then I was just blank. I focused on anything but him. It all changed when he came into my office today with a rose. I was shocked. I hadn't spoken to him since the break up and I was afraid I wasn't going to see him again, but there he was standing in my office. The office never seemed so magical. He had a way of making everything seem magical. We leave the room together, so that we can talk. He seems nervous and I am anxious to hear what he has to say. He then starts to apologize. He says he made a mistake and he doesn't expect me to take him back. He says he loves me and he only wants me to be with him. He just kept saying word after word, but after “I love you” I hadn't heard anything else. I begin to cry. He looks worried, but these are tears of happiness. I am so overjoyed, I cannot contain it. I am laughing and crying at the same time. I don’t hold back and I hug him tightly. I think that he is tearing up now too. The hug seems to last forever, but eventually we let go. We leave the building holding hands.

Boy:

I made a huge mistake about a month ago. I broke up with the most amazing, smart, and beautiful girl in the world. I love her and I always have. I only broke up with her because I had to. Her boss came to me and said that she was missing work because of me. Her boss said that I was going to get her fired. I know she cares a lot about her career, and so do her parents. I had to protect her. I knew that she would protest, and she did, but I just decided to think about how I was protecting her. It was the only way I could leave. I thought that I would get over at some point. When I left, I only got worse. I got sick and then depressed. I realized that I had given up the love of my life and that I needed her. I had to find out if she loved me- if she was over me so quickly or if she still wanted me. I am at her office now. I am about to open the door to her room. I am scared to find out what she will say. I don’t know if she is going to take me back after I broke her heart so badly. I am going in now, because I have to. I see her, sitting at her desk with her headphones in which means she is writing instead of working right now. I am getting closer and I she notices me. Her mouth drops open and I can’t tell if she is happy or sad about seeing me. I think that her face is lighting up now, but I could be making it up in my head. I put the rose on her desk and ask to talk to her. We are going outside of the office. I am very nervous, but I know what I am going to say. I begin to apologize and then I tell her how much I need her. I say “I love you” and I mean it more than I ever have. She is starting to cry now. I knew that I had broken her heart. I am worried that I broke it too harshly and I might have broken her entirely. She looks at me and smiles. I am no longer nervous. I am getting excited and my heart is racing for a different reason. She is laughing and crying. She grabs me and gives me a hug. We leave because we can’t bear to be apart right now. 

You have no idea how WEIRD it was to write and read that! Ew Cooooties, right? Lol I miss kindergarten! >.< HAHAHA I'm kidding, but it was weird. Totally got this from watching movies and reading books. 

Encouragement

I have a blog that is public, but I didn't directly SHARE it with anyone and I just use it as a journal or diary when I don't feel like writing stuff out. Anyway, this one turned out really well~! :D I love it~! Awesomesaucness! Loves you! 

Hey guys! What’s up? You know I am really lonely and some days it gets me super stressed out. I love to talk~ Talking with friends is just something that I find SUPER fun… Well, as a home schooler, I hardly ever get to talk to anyone. I mean, I have my ESL Classes and their parents are really friendly and nice and all…. But it is NOT the same when you have to take 5 minutes explaining one sentence and then (because you’re a teacher) you have to try and explain WHY and then get them to remember it…. I’m happy for the parents of my students who try to talk to me and some of them even try to take me places…. but I’d really just like to TALK to someone in a full conversation on the street, with someone who is around my age….. 

It gets really frustrating. But you know…. I am a missionary (missionary kid MK) and that’s what it takes. I have to sacrifice things in order to help other people. So I am going to put a smile on! Even if, at times, I start to get depressed or lonely I can remember 2 things:

1) God sent me here and therefore God is going to take care of me. He knows what is best for me. 

2) What I already said. Even though I am giving up friends, or conversation, or other things – I am here for a reason (a purpose) and that is to help people see the light of God, in me. And that is blessings and comfort enough! Am I right?

Shout out to all you Christians out there! And to those of you who aren’t I have to say 1) you are missing out and 2) sorry for this extremely awkward post for you… i should have warned you at the beginning…..

Yup.

1. Nominate ten people. (probably not going to happen because, quite frankly, I have stuff to do and can't think of ten people)
2. Answer le amazing questions.
3. Thank the blogger who gave thee the award.
4. Notify le poor and agonized bloggers that thee nominated of their social success in receiving this prestigious award.

1. The job you want to have?

I haven't OFFICIALLY decided yet but here are some things I have considered (and why):

Guidance Counselor: Really like this idea~ I have been researching it for a month or two now and I keep getting drawn to it. 

Public Relations Specialist: Idk... I just like the sound of it? I have found out a lot about them.... purty cool

Journalism: I was really set on this last year, but then I decided that I shouldn't for two reasons

1): Everyone wants to be a journalist and the job spaces are closing up quickly. 

2) There is so much sad and crazy stuff in the news these days. And whether they like it or not, news organizations show leniency 

2. Favorite singer/band?

ARGGGGGH..... IDK! Everyone??????

Songs I like:

God Gave Me You - Blake Shelton

Girl Worth Fighting For - ? Mulan OST "It doesn't matter what she looks like. It only matters what she cooks like. BEEF PORK CHICKEN (Giiiinger)

I AM THE BEST - 2NE1

Pyrmaid - Charice

Dare You To Move- Switchfoot

3. Favorite chocolate or sweet?

Hmmm I will list a few:

Crunky (korean chocolate)

GUMMY WORMS!

Reeces (Oh... I miss them so bad :S )

YORK PEPPERMINT PATTIES

4. Three words to describe you?

Crazy. Procrastinator. Indecisive? 

Idk they all sound.... negative? :S 

alright stopping here. forget the rest of the rules~ ^.^

Tiffanysauce. Not in a VERY good mood right now....

Ice Fishing

Yesterday was really really fun! We had to wake up early for a Saturday, but it was definitely worth it! I had so much fun and got some really fun photos and videos! I will put some pictures along with this post, and will put the videos together to make one big video. Maybe my very first VLOG to accompany this blog? Cool, huh?! J

So! Guess what we did!

We went ICE FISHING!!!! It was so fun!!!! There were a group of 7 of us fishing that day, including myself. We (my family and I) woke up early and met the others at the subway. They drove us to the frozen lake where we would go ICE FIIIISHING!!! We got our funny “fishing poles” and went down to the lake, where these men had cut wholes out of the ice in order for us to fish.

The ice was about 1 ft. thick so no worries about falling in.

We caught a total of 5 fish by the end of the day.

Two of the oldest ladies went inside to the warmth first, then my little sister left and came back, and then my mom left. Then when I left, my Dad found this thing where me and Kari got to ride on like, a really slow 4-wheeler on the ice. 

After we left the ice fishing place, we went to a ladies house in the mountains. It is a really pretty house that is designed to look like the old Korean houses. It is cool because it looks really old and has some old kinds of touches to it, but then you see the lights, and wires (electricity). It’s a nice touch of old and new. There was also another good mix that day. After going to their house we all got to make Mandu, kind of like a Korean dumpling,

Kari made mashed potato and my Dad made his secret recipe chicken wings! It was a really EPIC mix of cultures!

There was a lot more that happened that day, but I will write about:

-the rest of the day

-the fishy fate

-and Sunday (the actual day of the Chinese/Korean (Asian?) New Year)

in another blog post.

Also here is what is coming up:

-my very FIRST vlog!

-A PHOTO POST!!!!!! I wanted to JUST add a few photos but we took so many awesome pictures! The pictures can show you better than my words can! Maybe I will “photo posts” (I will think of a better name) on special holidays or something! :P It won’t be with EVERY post though~ My blog would be so CROWDED

Still afraid of winter sports. Florida curse. Girrrrrrrrl.

-Tiffanysauce Loves YOU!

I added some stuff to like….the right side of my blog? Check it out~

-Followers

-A Nice Quote

-Inspirational Prayer

I THINK that is what is on it~ I’m writing from word document right now because I have no access to internet. LOL Will copy and paste this whole thing~! ;) Have any of you ever done that?

Lots of exlamation points and CAPITAL LETTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Last weekend was really fun! On Saturday we went to visit a friend’s house. My Dad met two other foreign Dads at Itaewon a couple of months ago and last Saturday we finally had dinner with them. The house belonged to an American family. I am not sure why they are in Korea, but they have two daughters around my little sister’s age and they have a Nanny from England named Grace. She is in her young 20’s. The other family that came is from England and Korea. The Mom is Korean and the Dad is from England. The daughter speaks both Korean and English fluently! Kari made friends with ALL of them so they are going to go back!

They made us Korean ShabuShabu from AMERICAN chicken broth! How crazy?! My Mom was so excited to learn that we can continue to eat this in the USA though.

Here is how you make ShabuShabu (so you can get an idea of what it is):

1.     You have a bowl on a burner and you put in the broth (in this case it was Chicken Broth).

2.     Then after it heats you put in a TON of vegetable’s and meats and let it cook with the soup.

3.     Then you eat? LOL

This is SORT OF how it is done~ It tastes REALLY good and is one of our favorites! J I can’t wait to cook it for you AMERICANS out there, if I ever get back to Florida! J No pictures this time! I didn’t have the camera with me when they were making it! Sorry guys!!!!!

On Sunday at 2:30, we met with our friend Sue and Annie (I’ll explain about them at the bottom of this post). Sue took us all to discover a new English church service in Seobbingo (place). The church is called OEM or Onnuri (SPELLING?) English Ministry! It was REALLY good. They talked about some pretty serious stuff that week. It was crazy. I might start taking a Korean class on Saturdays there with the rest of my family. How cool! After church we were walking back to the Subway and we find this little foreign store with foreign products!!!!!!! It was great! We got some Dr. Pepper and Root Beer! Guess what else they had?! LUCKY CHARMS!!!! And Kari got some Cheetos and we all got an Almond Joy. It was like…. H-E-A-V-E-N!!!!! I was so amazed at all the American stuff! <3 I might have to buy myself a box of lucky charms next time! OH! And they had POP TARTS. Can you believe that? POP TARTS!!!!!!!! It was… absolutely…. GREAT! In that shop, there was a lady called Holli (with an I (so cool)). She was amazed at all the American stuff too and anyway we started talking to her and stuff and then we decided to invite her to come to dinner with us in Itaewon. Itaewon is the foreign capital of Seoul. There are so many kinds of restaurants! It is amazing! We headed to the subway, but we decided to just take a taxi! There were a lot of us, so the first group got a taxi, but then me, my dad, sister and Annie waited for another one! It took forever! EVERY SINGLE TAXI WAS FULL OR RESERVED!!!! We FINALLY decided to take a bus, whenever I noticed that, in Korean, it said Itaewon on it. We ended up eating at the only Taco Bell in Korea. It was fun! We got home late, and had a nice sleep!

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By the way! I am going to start a VLOG along with the BLOG since a lot of people liked that idea. I have to figure out some editing stuff and find some time and then I will officially start it~~~~ ^-^ ^0^ ~ Whoooooo~!!!!!!

Nominated! Yesh~!!!

Yaaaay! Guess what!

My blog got nominated! How cool! Thanks to Kelsey for the nomination. I will just basically explain the rules. I give 11 facts about myself and then answer 11 questions that Kelsey gave me. After that I come up with 11 questions and give them to 11 other blogs. I don’t know 11 blogs but I’ll nominate as many as I can.

I will actually do the questions first, then the 11 facts.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.     <!--[endif]-->Do you have an accent? It is a mix of accents creating my own accent. Sometimes my accent changes when I hang out with people who have strong accents. It is cool.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.     <!--[endif]-->Fiction or non-fiction? Fiction all the way! I LOVE reading fiction books. It is amazing how when I read I feel like I am in another world.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->3.     <!--[endif]-->Favorite number? I don’t have one, but I mean I like 3, 5, 10, 22 they sound cool? J I hate numbers.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->4.     <!--[endif]-->Favorite kind of coin? I have no idea what this means. And you know currencies? :-D I like the rare dollar coin? And the one euro coin? Also the Korea 100 won coin. It is equivalent to like 10 cents?

<!--[if !supportLists]-->5.     <!--[endif]-->Favorite color pen? PURPLE. I LOVE to write in purple gel pen.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->6.     <!--[endif]-->If you could get any book for free right now, what would it be? Hmmm… Interesting! The Notebook. I have wanted to read it.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->7.     <!--[endif]-->If you could meet one famous person, who would it be? Alive- Harry Styles then get him to introduce me to the others so I can say I met more than one famous live person. Dead- JESUS!

<!--[if !supportLists]-->8.     <!--[endif]-->If you could be invincible for 24 hours, what would you do? THE CRAZIST STUNTS EVER! Kick, Kick, KICK BUTTOWSKI~ WHOO!

<!--[if !supportLists]-->9.     <!--[endif]-->If you could throw anything at your bedroom wall, what would it be? Balloons fill of paint.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->10.   <!--[endif]-->What's the most interesting disease/disorder/syndrome/etc. to you? There is a phobia called arachibutyrophobia and it is fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the top of your mouth.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->11.   <!--[endif]-->You can own any animal of your choice. What animal is it? PANDA, baby tiger, or I’ll just keep the kitty I just had. So soft and purrrrrry. :-D

11 facts about me :-D

1. I get really really angry sometimes (I have got a huge temper). BUT often my niceness covers it up.

2.     I love chocolate milk.

3.     I tasted my first full Red Bull yesterday and was hyper for the rest of the evening.

4.    I like music, but I spent the last year at a school where people are OBSESSED with it so I decided to stay away from that for a while. It’s not my calling. (Still listening to it)

5.     I have 2 sisters and a brother. My little sister is kind of a genius- 11 years old in 8th grade honors. Older sister is a doctor and my older brother is the general manager of a Taco Bell in Orlando! I am so proud of them! I love my siblings SO much~

6. I am kind of obsessed with PANDAS.

7. My friend Natalia gave me the nickname Tiffanysauce and now... I LOVE IT.

8. I say... sauce a lot. Coolsauce! ^.^ Funnysauce! ^.^ Awesomesauce! ^.^ Mesauce! ^.^ 

9. Doctor Who is cool. 

10. I love my best friends~ ^.^ I'll stand by you~ I am sooo close with Mercy and Grace <3 Best people I've ever met.

11. I love to meet people on my online school. It is awesome! 

I'm adding a 12 and 13 because I am cool

12. 2 years ago I was VERY VERY quiet. This year I will yell on the subway "I LOVE STRAWBERRIES" and I am very friendly! ^.^

13. Me and my sister quote the Grinch all-year-round. B) Coolpoints.

Okay 11 of my own questions ^_^ 

1. What is your favorite animal to have stuffed? (Like you know... a stuffed animal?)

2. Do you have any pets? 

3. Do you have any obsessions?

4. Cats or dogs? 

5. Favorite youtube cover artist?

6. Italian food or Asian food? 

7. If you could write "Epic" on someones head (anyone alive in the world) who would it be? (permanent marker! ^.^ )

8. If someone fell asleep in the seat in front of you, would you write on their face? 

9. If said person (in #8) was already being drawn on, would you try to stop it/wake them up?

10. Do you love tacos?

11. Where do you want to go? (IT CAN BE ANYWHERE. USE YOUR IMAGINATIONS PEOPLE)

I don't know 11 people :( 

I will nominate as many as I can~! 

Here is 2~

propheticpoetrydevotional.blogspot.com - This is my Dad's blog :P It's got Christian poetry and such.
http://torubletrouble.blogspot.kr/ - Alyssa, my friend! She is just starting out but I think she is cool!!!!! Her blog is titled- "The Life Of A Highschooler"

Slacker Dedication and Goodbye

So in 2012 I was not the best student that I could have been. Hated studying, and was good at totally ignoring the fact that I needed to do it. I could think of any excuse not to study. I did a million things in my “free time that’s not actually FREE” Here we go slackers:

 

1.      Find the dumbest Addicting Game- There is this website called addictinggames.com and it has like a ton of random games. Well I found the dumbest and craziest games on there. Oh. Yeah. So. Addicting. -_-

2.      Try and hit the clock with a wad of paper.

3.      Try to hit your sister’s head with a wad of paper.

4.      Torture your cat- Tickle it’s tummy, make it dance, give it a big slobbery kiss on the nose, shake the feed bag and then don’t feed it, sit on the floor eating tuna from the can and definitely don’t give any to the cat.

5.      Sing and dance around the living room like a crazy person in pajamas.

6.      Do #5 in public. Classic.

7.      Make random, hyper, youtube videos about getting famous.

8.      Take #4 and use it on your sister. *evil grin*

9.      Slap the wall and imagine different people’s faces on it.

10.  Try the trick where you pull the table cloth off the table without anything falling. WARNING. Use plastic dishes.

 

 

Now, I say goodbye slackers. After this post, I will no longer be a part of your sad, sad group. I cannot take the agonizing hours of boredom for the rest of my life. So this is it. I am no longer a slacker.

 

Goodbye.

 

-TiffanySAUCE

 

Live. Love. Laugh. Laugh some more.

 

Oh and find your inner slacker and CRUSH him ;)

The FUTURE 0_0 More or less...

Highlighted part = Term stolen from Kelsey Gulick. Awesome ~ Check out her blog!!!! Link at bottom.

    I noticed this month, that I focus a lot on the future. In my free time, I tend to research different colleges, majors, and careers. I like to find out as much as possible and then try to plan out a million ways my future could go. It is good to plan ahead and to know what I want, but this "future-oriented" point of view can also cause me some problems. One obstacle I’ve run into lately is focusing so much on the future that I totally forget about what is happening in the present. I find it ironic that I put off doing a math assignment by researching college. I forget that if I don’t finish my math assignments, I am not going to get to college. I need to learn to use my future view to encourage myself. If I learn to do my work with the back of my mind focused on college, and a career and where all this hard work is going to get me. I think it could really help me to do what I need to do now, so that I can do what I want later. This isn’t just true for me. Everyone can use this tactic. Next time you get stressed out about school, or anything for that matter, just think about where your actions will get you. If you play instead of study, you aren’t going to be able to get into a good college. Think about the consequences of your actions. I think we all need a little bit more of this in our life.

    A good thing this future focused view has given me is a dream. It gave me a dream in the way it gives all future focused people, but it also specifically gave me, personally, an idea. As I mentioned in the before paragraph, I like to research colleges, careers, and majors. As I researched, thinking about myself in each position, I came across the career of “School Guidance Counselor.” I looked into this and I realized that this is a perfect job for me. I talked to my school’s guidance counselor and I like it even more. An academic guidance counselor helps a child form a plan for their future. That is exactly what I want to do. I want to help children and give them a good future. It is also AWESOME because years later I can see the fruit of my work. The guidance counselor that I talked to said she gets calls from her students years later and they thank her for her help and tell her that they got a career, and are having a good life. I can imagine that that is a wonderful feeling.

http://justsimplyunique.blogspot.kr/

Happy Birthday Shoutout Time!

There are two birthdays that I know of this January! :)

Happy Birthday to KiPeum Kim! She is an amazing girl, and a very talented singer! She is so pretty and cute! I know if she wants to, she could become a world famous star! I met her at All Nations Christian Academy in 8th/9th-ish grade and we became good friends! I don't talk to her as much as I used to, but I wish I did! I hope that she had an AMAZING birthday because she deserves it.

Happy Birthday to Jay Song! I don't know him very well, but I went to school with him last year, so I know it is his birthday! He is the worship leader at All Nations Christian Academy (same school as KiPeum Kim) and is a very talented guitarist! Hope he had an WONDERFUL birthday because even though   I am not close with him at all, he deserves it too! 

I hope they both get to read this and I am very sorry that I could not give them REAL gifts this year. 

If you have a January birthday and you are reading this and you are thinking "Oh my gosh! She forgot me! :( WAAAAH!" Then I am VERY VERY SORRY! I don't think I forgot anyone and I know there are some people who I haven't known for a long time, and I do not know WHEN their birthdays are! If you are one of these people please send me a message, or comment here and I will edit you in!!!!  

One last time: HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANUARYS~

Save the link. Comment. Have a good month.
-Tiffanysauce

Literacy Week (And MORE)

Hello Bloggers and Blog Readers! I can't remember if I pit this in the intruduction about myself or not, but I will say it anyway. I'm homeschooled with a curriculum called FLVS or Florida Virtual School. I don't know if you heard of it, but is an AWESOME online school! This week, with FLVS, it is Literacy Week! The whole week they have had some really cool sessions celebrating reading and writing! Because of the time difference I didn't get to go to a lot of them, but I watched some of the recordings that are up already, and tonight or tomorrow EST I will be attending and participating in the Poetry Slam! I personally, do not write poetry, but I will read my favorite Shel Silverstein poem "Listen to The Musn'ts" :D

Poetry Slam Shoutouts

Karianna Tripp - My little sister will be reading a comedic limerick that we wrote together!
Natalia D. - She will be reading a poem of her own and I am excited to here it! I have yet to hear her poetry!!!!

Alyssa K. - A video of her poem P.I.T.B.U.L.L will be shown! I have already seen it and I know it is GREAT! :)

After the poetry slam, I'll write a review mentioning my FAVORITE poems and all of that :D Can't wait! :D

Go to flvs.net/myflvs for more info!

Sorry this is not a very professional post, but nothing much has happened this week, so I have nothing to talk about. Please check out my other posts for a better view of how I write. Thank you.

- Tiffany Sauce

Travel Journal - Diary style (Travel Entry #1 - Diary #2)

Today was a good day~ At 11 every Monday I have a class with a Jessica the lady mentioned in my entry before this (she took me ice skating). Anyway after class we ate a Korean food called Dalkgalbi. Dalkgalbi is my favorite Korean food. It is basically chicken leg (cut off the bone), cabbage, sweet potato, and Korean rice cake stir fried together with a special spicy Dalkgalbi sauce. I'm not sure how you think that sounds, but trust me - it is delicious!

After eating the Dalkgalbi we went to Dunkin Donuts! Guess what. They have those in Korea~!!!!

(Wait.

They have them in America right? Otherwise the statement (they have those in Korea~!!!!) wouldn't make much sense and would sound much less excited than intended.)

I got a mint chocolate donut that tasted just like a donut textured peppermint patty (York's) and a coffee called Merry Mint Choco which was also mint chocolate flavored! I don't know if you know this but my teacher in preschool used to always feed me York's, so I basically grew up on those things (for a year). As a result, they are my favorite! I'm also in love with After 8's. They are also mint chocolate in case you didn't know that!

After eating all of that delicious food, we decided that we were being very unhealthy and Jessica gave the idea that we go hiking! I am kind of a lazy person, but my fear of being a fatty in public overcame my laziness, so I said yes. She picked up her daughter from the bus stop and we all went to Yongmun mountain! We hiked all the way up to Yongmun Temple and to the Ginko Tree. Both of these are famous sites in Korea. Yongmun Temple is mainly famous for being a temple on the top of a mountain and the Ginko Tree is a famous landmark. It is a literal ginko tree that is around 1,100 years old and only blossoms in Autumn. Also at the temple/top of the mountain there was a little fountain with fresh water continuously being poured into it. Most of it was frozen but the part where it pours in wasn't so we got to drink that out of these little red cups that they provided. Cool huh? 

After that we just walked down the mountain and went home! What a great day! :) 

Ice Skating (Diary Entry #1)

Have you ever seen the movie "Ice Princess?" I have and it gave me a really false view of what Ice Skating would be like. Last week, a lady named Jessica asked me and Kari (my sister) to come Ice Skating with her and her daughter, Tiffany (same name with me - automatically cool).  I got SUPER excited, seeing as this was my first time ice skating since Ireland when I was like 8 or 9. I didn't remember the falling over and the clinging to the wall. I just imagined myself as an Ice Princess.

Anyway, we go to this ice skating place which was really cool, but was basically just a rice field filled with ice. Then we go into this tent to get our Ice Skating shoes. So this guy looks at my feet and pulls out a size 250 (in Korean size) which I know is too small for me. I start to object, but then Kari points out that they probably aren't going to have a bigger size because Koreans have small feet. So I start to put them on and my foot won't even go half way in. I tell the guy that they are too small and Jessica translates it to him. He shakes his head and then comes over, loosens the shoes a LOT, stuffs my foot inside and then tightens them back up. Now it is squeezing my foot, but I remember from when I was 8 that it is supposed to be tight, so I just go out with these uncomfortable skates on. The whole time we are walking over to the rink I have to balance on Jessica and her husband because I cannot stand up at all. Then we go down and there is this little hill that we have to go down to get to the ice. I can't move and I have to be half carried down this hill and as soon as I hit the ice I slide and end up on my butt. Then I can't get up and have to be lifted by Jessica's husband. It was so EMBARRASSING. Then I get on the ice, still unable to move out of the fear that I am going to fall and Jessica brings me this chair. I then realize that I am supposed to use the chair as like a "walker."

It was actually pretty helpful because I didn't feel like I was falling over. Some of the time I actually sat in the chair and pulled myself along with the bottom of the skates- that was probably the easiest thing I did all day. Anyway I go on like this for like an hour or two and then we go inside the tent for lunch. Lunch is spicy ramyun  and a Korean version of Oreo cookies. Delicious!

 This is when I take off my uncomfortable shoes to find a GIANT blister on one of my feet. That is when I DEMAND bigger shoes and it turns out that they have a pair that fits me perfectly. Then  we go out again and I am still VERY ungraceful, BUT I can walk on the ice with no chair and I can skate FINE with the chair. It was SO much better!

Picture: Jessica holding up her daughter Tiffany. Me and my sister standing together and holding up the two fingers. This is with my boots on - no ice skates because so I can stand up normally.

Comment. Love me. Go Ice skating.

A Sort-of Introduction to ME, ME and ME (3x the fun)

Hello Everyone!!! As promised, my second post is a self-introduction. I don’t really know how to describe myself because there is way too much to put on paper. I am a really interesting, yet CRAZY person. I have a lot of opinions about pretty much everything. It is dangerous for me to stop and think about things because I will have way too many “realizations.” I don’t always share my opinions, but I am still a VERY open person. I am shy for the first day, but after I open up a little- I open a LOT. I will tell my secrets to anyone. I love to talk and I love to talk FAST. For those of you who don’t know, I live in Korea and when I am talking to Koreans I always have to say it twice- once at a normal speed and one at a slow speed. I am better at it now, but sometimes when I am excited it still comes out too fast. Actually, now that I think about it, I am sometimes even too fast for native English speakers. Ha!

           As I sort of mentioned in the paragraph before this, I am currently living in Korea. I was born in Panama City, Florida, but I started a life of travel in the middle of my 1^st grade year. We moved to Ireland for 4 years. I had a lot of fun there! We did a lot of traveling, but I didn’t complain too much. I only said anything at the times when I got really lonely, but that wasn’t often. I was nicer back then. Anyway, after 3 1/2 years our house burnt down and our car got stolen so we officially decided it was time to go home. We stayed in the USA for about 1 year before getting tired and deciding to GO! Our next stop was South Korea and I have been here since then. We don’t travel as much now that we are here and it is harder because they don’t speak English, a lot. Also I am a teenager now, so I get all the drama that comes along with that. I have changed a lot since Ireland. I was really quiet and nice back then, but now I am loud, talkative, friendly, and a bit of a complainer. I won’t go into that though. I guess it is like a under-sized caterpillar growing into a not-fully-grown-very-unique butterfly. I have come to assume that almost everyone goes the exact same process of weirdness before fully sprouting, if you know what I mean.

OKAY! So this is the basic stuff about me. I am telling you though that you will learn SO MUCH MORE by reading my posts later. I show my personality in my writing.

Save my blog. Watch me grow. Cry at my grammar.

-       Tiffanysauce

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My First Post! Yes!

    Hello Bloggers and Blog Readers!!!! I know I am 9 days late, but Happy New Year!!!! One of my goals this year is to keep a regular blog. This has always been a challenge for me. I write the entries and then forget to submit them, or I just end up not writing them because I can’t find a subject. This year is going to be different- I am going to write in this blog, hopefully, every week if not then definitely every other week! I am so excited, but let me tell you! I have NO idea where this blog is going to go. I think I’ll have some entries where I explain quotes (you will see what I mean later) and some where I treat my blog like a diary talking about my life, or activities that I have done. If I find interesting things on the news then I might research and write about that or maybe I will have some travel blog entries. The point is that I don’t have any specific direction with this blog. Get ready for awesomeness whichever way I go! This entry is just an introduction to the blog, somewhere to start, etc. Next, I will write an entry all about me, me, and me!  Anyway save the link to my blog, even if it is just to ease your curiosity as to what is ahead~! I love you readers! Bye!