Visa "Extras"

Even though I've had my Visa debit card for about 6 years now, I just signed up to Visa "Extras" Reward Points system. It was only until after I signed up that I noticed how ridiculous these "extras" really were. Every $1 I spend is a point. So far, one of the cheapest things that I've found on the site was a $5 Subway giftcard for 3200 points. Meaning... I would have to spend $3,200 for a $5 giftcard. That's pretty pathetic... Why even bother?!

Superstitions

My mom's super superstitious. I've been trying to track down the random things she comes up with that are supposed to be "bad luck" and here's the list that I have so far:

• Big, tall trees covering the front of your house.
• A fork being stuck straight up into your dinner.
• If you get married, you can take/borrow anything from your parents (i.e. plates, blankets, toasters, etc.), but not knives. Never knives.
• When stepping into the house of someone who's past away, you must step with your left foot.

That's all I have for now. I will definitely update this list because she keeps adding to it!

Totally Normal Phone Convo With My Dad

Me: "Hello?"
Dad: "Yuh"
Me: "I called the neighbors and they said the construction workers aren't at home."
Dad: "Verizon's not coming?"
Me: "... Uh, what?"
Dad: "Huh?"
Me: "I called the neighbors and they said the construction workers aren't at home."
Dad: "Yuh." *click*

5th Grade Anthology

The past couple of months remodeling our house has forced my family to finally get to every nook and cranny and corner of this house and throw out the things that have been ignored for years (hello 7 year old can of corn in the back our cabinet--seriously!). I joke with my sister that we should be on that A&E show, "Hoarders" because we literally keep everything forever. I've been digging in my closet and I think I have every single school notebook, note I passed to my friends, book report, drawing, scribble since I was 5 years old haha. Who needs the Geometry homework that I got a check + in??

Anyway, I came across my 5th grade Anthology which is a book of haikus (we spent the year learning how to write them) and two-liners about whatever we wanted to talk about... from God (I went to Catholic elementary school) to our future to our favorite dessert. Here are 2 of my masterpieces:

If I could walk on the moon,
I'll bring some ice cream and a spoon.
If I could walk on the moon,
I wold sing a little tune,
If I could walk on the moon,
I'll sleep there until noon.

By: Christa Lee

My Haiku--

My prayer talk to God
He always listens to me
Whenever I need him.

By: Christa Lee

I always knew I was a writer in the works!!

On a rainy night

At my house, whether you're downstairs or upstairs, if it's raining hard outside you could hear it from the inside. One of parents always make it habit to open the front door when this happens, stare at the rain for a few seconds, and then comment how hard it's raining. It doesn't seem that strange I guess, but I don't know anyone else who goes through the trouble of stopping what they are doing to open the door and look at the rain each time.

Almost Every Morning...

On my way to work, I check out Yahoo news on my phone. The first four headlines were sort of a mildly depressing way to start off the day/week:

- "Worry that Gulf oil spreading into major current"
- "Afghan passenger plane crashes with 44 on board"
- "Explosion at Turkish coal mine traps about 25"
- "Family: 7-year-old shot by police was asleep"

Yikes??

"Bad Luck": Sticking a Fork in Your Food

I'm not sure how my mom comes up with them(okay, I'm not sure how 98% of the things my mom says come from), but every so often she comes up with things that are "bad luck." One of them being that if you serve food to someone with a fork stuck straight up in the food, that's a terrible omen. Don't ask me why! And don't ask her why either... What my Korean mom says is, just IS!

I figured it out!

As an ode to one of my favorite blogs that (very unfortunately) sort of died down over the past year, Stuff Korean Moms Like, it's given me some inspiration as to what to do with this blog since I'm not ready to give it up!! I will continue to put my ramblings and random finds, but I think some of the most ridiculous and funniest parts of my life come from the mind and mouth of my very very traditionally Korean parents. I think it might be sort of neat to document some of the wacky things that they come up with... especially my mom! Most of the time I'm just staring at her in shock or with a weird stank eye, but in retrospect, a lot of it is amusing.