I am blessed to have lived and experienced through my 20s!

I am blessed to have lived and experienced through my 20s! If I die tomorrow, I can say, “The decade was amazing!” I lived it to the fullest! I cried often. I laughed so much. I loved it like there was no tomorrow! I experienced pain and sorrow. I fell in love in various forms, ways and people. I found love: my soulmate and bestfriend! I experienced the joy and self love from giving back not only in the local communities but also globally. I ate delicious food from various countries and I got sick too! Hahah! I walked on land that most people have not been to. I learned to swim in many different oceans, seas, lakes and rivers! I accomplished many goals that I told myself to do back in my freshmen year. I fell down hard couples of times, yet I got back up again. I saw the world from 3 different angles. I found peace in yoga. I met incredible people who inspired me and are still in my life.  They taught me what I supposed to learn at that moment and believed in me. I challenged myself, explored and discovered my identity and roots! Basically, I have grown so much these years; mentally, emotionally and spiritually! Cheers to the 30s! Hugs in love and Namaste to everyone on earth! :)

First Yoga Audition, First Rejection... But NOT the Last!

Yesterday morning, I found out that I didn’t get the internship I auditioned for yoga two weeks ago at the CorePower Yoga studios. It hurts because no one likes to be rejected or turned down, especially if you worked so hard towards it. Over a year ago, I didn’t get what appeared then to be my dream job and that one I worked my whole Master’s degree towards, actually my whole life! I was shocked, depressed for few weeks and my confident was nowhere to be found and low self-esteem was my best friend! I felt my world was turned upside down! From that experience, I learned that it was not a failure or that I was not good enough. I found out that something else was a better fit for me at that moment. I was meant to do something else.

I took Yoga Teacher Training 9 months ago and through that process, I slowly gain back my confident, self respect and self love! Beyond my imagination, I learned that I enjoy and love teaching yoga a lot! In other words, I didn’t lose anything from this experience; if anything, I gain new knowledge, and perspective in life, friendships, growth, and most importantly the love and respect for myself! Thank you to all of my yogis’ colleagues, teachers, coaches and managers at the CorePower Yoga for being a part of my yoga’s journey and growth thus far. I am grateful for your feedbacks, advices and honesty. Best of luck to all of my yogis friends in all that you do. Much love and hugs! Namaste! :)

Aftermath of Death: The Day Of...Comes Grief.

Dear mom, I miss you already. Even though I am sad, I know you are at PEACE and in a better place now. No more suffering and/or pain. I know you believe in reincarnation. In your new life, may your spirit be rebirth with excellent health, long life, joy, love, happiness, and no suffering. You will always be missed and loved. I know your spirit will always be with us. Matter of fact, I did yoga outside this morning, and I felt your presence there with me…I love you, mom. Your eldest daughter Rest In Peace Mom.

Acceptance of Death

Isn’t funny how life works sometimes? It throws some joyful moments into the journey along with sadness and suffering at the same time. All one can do, is just be and experience it. Take it one day at a time, as I have been told to do. I guess even KG the dog, knows that mom doesn’t have that much time with us. He has been acting strangely and seems sad too. In the middle of everything, I found out that everyone deals with the situation differently. At this moment, yoga has seemed to be my way of coping... Everything in life has its beginnings and it ends. All we can do is to embrace it all that is offered… I know in our western culture, we are socially constructed to not talk about death. But just like birth, it is part of life. It is a constant battle for me too. Sometimes, I feel that there is nothing wrong to celebrate death as we do with birth. Other times because it brings so much pain to my heart just to think about it. As hard as it is to accept it, it is part of life, as I would tell myself. I don’t know how I am going to react or what will happen to me in the aftermath. All I know is that the loves, supports, and prayers from friends and family have helped. Your prayers, kind words, hangouts, and simple phone calls and/or text have got me through this far. I know most of you have not been through this yet and don’t know what to say. To be honest, you don’t really have to say much. Just being there and sharing your life experience with me, is a lot. Thank you for your continuous thoughts, positive energy, loves, and supports, and allow me to share my experience thus far with you, on this roaster coaster that I am dealing with, at this moment of my life. Thank you.

Groupon Has Changed Our Lives!

When my husband and I were living in Santa Barbara attending graduate school, we did not have the luxury to eat out, not much but at all! Being a graduate student had a lot to do with this especially not having the money to eat out or the time to socialize. Every time our friends and relatives came to visit, they always asked, “So where is the best place you recommend to eat?” Most of the times, we tell them the truth and other times we recommended the only place that we go to for breakfast on every other Sunday, the Farmer Boy. Besides their delicious breakfast, which Farmer Boys delivery well, they also offer two for one coupon deal. This is not only one time but also a lot of time. We became regular customers yet still use the coupon deal. No matter how embarrassed or shad ball we may seemed, they still treated us with great service and friendly atmosphere just like any other customer who pay full price. In short, we ended up telling our friends and family to go to this place and we would actually take them with us sometimes. For example the day after our wedding, we had our guest eat there for breakfast. I guess that is our way of showing our appreciation for their great service and deal.


We love Farmer Boys so much that we never thought we would be able to find another great breakfast place especially now that we moved to San Diego. Then came along this great deal call Groupon. Basically Groupon service the same purpose as the two for one deal that we used at Farmer Boys except not just only one place but also hundreds and even more discounts!


My husband and I get the rush every morning just checking our email on the Groupon deal of the day. If we see a great deal, we check the location and yelp review. Depend on the result; we end up buying between 5 to 8 Groupons per month! These are deals anything from food at a restaurant to yoga unlimited month or a day event in San Diego area.

How would I describe Groupon? Groupon to me is a great service for both clients and local business owners. It is a two-way street. It allows customer to try out business from service to their products. It provides an opportunity for local business to shine and recruit more customers. I think Groupon also form partnership with local business owners. Through this agreement, local business offers somewhere 50% to 70% off on their product, food and etc.


So far we have mostly good experiences than the bad one with Groupon deals. Our most complaint for the bad experience is that restaurants, which are expensive or elegant like, tend to have horrible service. We have not figure out why yet we assume it could be that we use Groupon. Since we do not pay for the full price, it seems ok for the waiter/waitress to treat us with horrible service. Otherwise, Groupon has changed our lives!