On food, being filipino, and joy
Hi. I'm Joy.
I'm a 3rd year at UC Berkeley.
4'10. 85 pounds.
going for a career in entertainment.
love food and cats.
...i think that just about sums me up.
milk tea, where have you been all my life?

Today, I had milk tea for the first time.
…and it was AMAZING! WOW! WHat have I been missing my whole life??? Thanks to Julius for a great DAARE and thanks for taking my milk tea virginity! Wow. I’ve tried Thai milk tea and almond milk tea before but never straight milk tea. And it was warm too. Wow, I’ve really been missing out. It was so sweet, and the boba was so soft. It was one of the closest things to liquid pleasure I’ve ever had in my mouth. (No dirty jokes intended.) It had just the right amount of caffeine to wake me up, but not so much that I was twitching. I think I’ve added a new simple pleasure to my life.
I wonder what it’s like cold?
fuck to-do lists. to-eat list for winter break:
羊肉麵線
紅油抄手
(wontons - soup + spicy oil = extreme goodness)
麻辣鍋, yin yang hot pot
鐵板燒, tepanyaki
粉圓豆花
甜不辣, tempura
雞排
(but only from that place near my high school)
魯肉飯
蛋塔, egg tarts
(the really cold ones, from kfc!!!)
臭豆腐, stinky tofu
小龍包, 油條, 蛋餅, 鍋貼, taiwanese breakfast
小米粥, rice porridge with ground corn?
…9 more days.
I love “to eat” lists. I should make one of my own!
When my mom was dying of cancer, my dad had to keep working to keep his health insurance. His midsize company has a program by which employees can transfer paid time off to one another. A person in HR sent out an email explaining his situation. Within 3 hours, my father had 12 weeks of paid vacation. Strangers’ sacrifices GMH.
The Iron Giant and Godzilla


I did my final project for Theater 119 on comparing these two films. The Iron Giant is my favorite movie EVERRRrrr! But did you know that Godzilla is really considered a tragic hero in Japan? Godzilla is actually a really sad movie about the Cold War and nuclear weapons. The Iron Giant is a tragic hero too, and the movie deals with those same themes.
I think I did pretty well on my final. I’m happy. =) Man I love college, and learning, and even projects and finals and midterms and papers. When they’re all done and you did well, you get this amazing feeling. I wish I could stay in college forever.
We’ll make heaven a place on earth. Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth
cold hands.
I have really poor circulation. My hands are like stone cold all the time. I wish I had warm hands!
But at least I’d be good at making sushi.
…speaking of which. I’d really like to learn how.
I bought a musubi mold and I can’t wait to use it!!
when i get homesick...
I look up the weather in Buena Park and imagine.
61 degrees, with a low of 47.
Berkeley: 51 degrees, low of 37.
I saw this article on Sheena’s blog. I really like it, because it corroborates everything I believe in. =)
羊肉麵線
紅油抄手
麻辣鍋, yin yang hot pot
鐵板燒, tepanyaki
粉圓豆花
甜不辣, tempura
雞排
魯肉飯
臭豆腐, stinky tofu
小龍包, 油條, 蛋餅, 鍋貼, taiwanese breakfast
小米粥, rice porridge with ground corn?