so xanga sends me an email that i have to post an entry or else they'll close it down. so i procede to do that...and the default entry message i get is "i'm bringing my xanga back, post a comment if you're with me!"

and it makes sense. cuz of the past few months, i'd read my xanga subscriptions and read that people would post that exact message, and think..."really? they like xanga and they're going to bringing it back?" but now it makes sense! it's just a default message! hahahaha. cuz the whole time, i was just thinking they were a bit weird for wanting to bring xanga back when it is pretty much dying...haha. but for those who still update xangas, awesome!

okay...this entry was really random. but it was my discovery of the day! =)

::EDIT::

so an update on my hanyak situation...

it's been a week since i started taking it. what has it done for me?
improvement in circulation: NOPE
improvement in warmer hands and feet: NOPE
improvement in digestion: NOPE

so what has it done?

I'M GAINING WEIGHT!!! AHHHHHH!!!!!! the hanyak doctor assured me that i will NOT gain weight, but noooo...i'm sooooo putting on the fat. normally, i wouldn't mind a few extra pounds because yes, i lost weight, blah blah blah. BUT, i recently bought some spring/summer pants and if i keep gaining weight, i won't be able to fit into them anymore!!! and that's just sad...

::EDIT done::

so my mom was in town for memorial day weekend. she looks at me and says..."you're so skinny. you lost a lot of weight. how are you going to raise kids with that frail arm of yours?"

and so we talk about my health. i'm a healthy person...i eat right, esp. lots of fruits and vegetables. i don't eat late and i don't like junk food (hence, the weight loss). the only thing is that i don't really exercise...oh wait, that should be i really don't exercise...hahaha. we talk about how my hands and feet are always cold--a growing concern of mine because apparently, that's not a good thing.

SOOO...last saturday, we went to a hanbong to get hanyak. for all you non-koreans, hanyak is this korean traditional liquid medicine extracted from roots, herbs, antlers?, and all sorts of stuff. so the doctor comes and examines me. now, for all you people in the medical field, this may sound bogus, but it's not!

he takes my pulse...and tells me i'm under a lot of stress (yes, who isn't...i know, but whatever!). he also tells me i might have stomach/digestive problems. i tell him yes, i get indigestion a lot, i'm always cold, etc. etc. he then proceeds to press down on my chest area and stomach area and it hurts like crazy! he says that it shouldn't hurt if i didn't have stomach problems. i'm like dude, doctor, you're pressing down hard...of course it's going to hurt! and he's like, oh yea? so he then presses down on a stomach area that doesn't hit some organ, and it DOESN'T hurt!!! so yes, i'm a believer. hahahaha. if you still don't believe me, amy tried it on some of our friends and it didn't hurt for them. so it's not bogus!

he then asks some questions...NOT medically related...he was just being korean...

doctor: are you married?
me: no
doctor: do you have a boyfriend?
me: no
doctor: how old are you?
me: 26
doctor: why don't you have a boyfriend? you need to get married.
me: ...
mom: doctor, if you know a nice man...
me: ...

ANYWAY...so i get my hanyak. not only that, he examines my mom, who's had stomach problems for a while. so he recommends that she get some too. then, on monday, we take amy there. same diagnosis. i think the yeo women are under too much stress...haha. and NO, he was not some con-man, trying to make all of us get hanyak. he was well-recommended by my mom's friends. err...yea.

SOOO...we'll be taking this stuff for the next month or so. if my indigestion and circulation does not improve, and my hands and feet are still cold, i guess money has gone down the drain. but i hope it works!!! =)

::EDIT:: added pics of my mom below...=)

today is my mom's birthday. =) but we can't be in michigan with her...=( so instead, i'm going to tell you how awesome my mom is.

my mom's been through a lot. but even to this day, she's the strongest woman i know. she got married when she was only 20! and took care of ill family members for almost 20 years. first, my grandmother...then my great-grandmother...then my dad. she's now sick of sick people...haha. she wants me and amy to find healthy husbands so that we won't have to go through what she went through.

i remember when i was maybe in jr. high...my mom told me that when she sees old couples strolling around or even grocery shopping together, my mom would get jealous. jealous because she'll never be able to experience that...wishing that my dad were still alive. so since then, whenever i see old couples, i always think of my mom. and i get jealous for her...and sad for her that she's without my dad.

last week when i was driving home from work, i was stopped at a light and saw an old couple at a gas station. the husband was pumping gas and the wife was getting the window scraper thingy and started washing the windows. again, i thought of my mom and also thought how blessed this old couple must be, to still have each other.

i wonder why God couldn't give us more time...another 10 years...or even 5...or even 1 year. it would've made our lives so much easier if he were still here. but it was God's time for my dad. so it's okay. i'll let it go, God. hehe...=) if anything, God knows the pain of losing someone to death...death on a cross...

over the years, my mom got used to doing things on her own. she'll fix things around the house...she can jump start her car...and i bet she could kick your mom's butt! =)

you know how moms have no fear? once i had this wasp nest inside the engine of my car. i'm sure nothing was inside it...but i was still scared. i went to get an oil change and i asked the guy to take off the nest. he was like, uh...no...i'm scared. aish! same weekend, i was at a leadership retreat and we were hanging out outside. so i show the nest to my pastor and a few guy friends, asking them to do the honors. they were all scared. aish! so then i go home and show my mom. without even a flinch, she knocks off the nest with her BARE HANDS! problem solved. my mom is my hero. =)

i'm so thankful for my mom. despite all the hardships and whatnot, she never lost her faith or trust in God. she's always trusted that God would provide, and He always did. she would say that God loves the widowed, and He really does.

i just hope that i could be a woman of God, one who could put all my trust in God no matter the circumstances. i hope that i could be the best wife there is and the best mom there is, for the time that God allows me...however many years that may be.

my mom is my hero. love you, mom~~~ =) =) =)

the family at niagara falls

don't we just blend in with the flowers??? HAHAHA...jk...

hehehe...isn't she so cute?

i love this picture. she was getting an eye exam in korea...hehe. isn't she just lovely?

the yeo women at amy's graduation =)