"sorry we don't have the colors you want but hey,
i could actually make you a shirt right now."

"..OKAY!"

so i went into the back screenprinting studio

and the nice artist guy let me design exactly

what colors/kind of shirt i wanted

and then he made it and also gifted me some

stickers for my kanteen :D 

o
great plasma sun,

thank you for remembering us here in washington.

i filled with glee as i walked down the
waterfront & i couldn't stop smiling
thinking about all the things i've done this year.
i love this place.

going to the zoo zoo zoo

~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~

alas, it's in the 70s!!

student teaching, strolls + melon melonas :)

vanessa and i calculated that we've spent an

average of 7 hours together per day,

every day of this past year :D

~saturday morning
aurora adventures~

 doodled a picture,

ate some french toast,

attempted to work on TPA..

then i gave up and went to

yoni ki baat with Vesna :)

 ho0o0o0oly moo0o0o0oly.

T G I F.
time to celebrate~*~
cheers~ 

ps: i just feel so ecstatic when 
i can get kids to feel curious about
the world and excited about learning.
this is BEST.

alot of things make me cringe, but one thing that deeply

makes me cringe is any kind of tooth activity:

wiggling.

twirling.

twisting.

pulling.

yanking.

playing.

flicking.

tapping.

pushing.

knocking.
cracking.

5 year olds + teeth scenarios.

yep, i've seen it all :X

*shudders*

filling out my program completion

& graduation paperwork.

wheeeeeeeee!

 onwards!

W-E-A-V-I-N-G!

 i taught the kiddos how to weave today

as part of our fabric unit in science.

it was awesome.

see? i walk my talk.

 they wanted to continue weaving

during choice time. i'm seriously considering

starting a weaving club at school. we could try

weaving with paper plates, straws, twigs, erthang~

life of masters students

here i sit, preparing 20 cardboard looms for weaving,

stapling leveled books titled "animal tongues"

all the while having avocado, olive oil 

+ honey soaking in my hair

as my roommate and i chat about

colonialism while she writes a paper on sexual abuse.

can't say i imagined this is what i pictured
being in my 20s would look like.
(it's infinitely better :D)

ashley and i got sushi,

drank bubbly* and celebrated

that we live in this city.

``oh the people, places & opportunities

in this glorious city, i love it all``

in my tornado of a room;

piles of papers,

thirsty plants,

and cheese crackers.

our SoC meetings always inspire me to refocus and
remember why i started in the first place!!

it feels amazing to create a network of
alliances and trust that you are
supported because we all created
this vision together and that this all
is a collective effort, struggle & journey
to push for real change to empower real people.

then, i wandered around in the rain & found

myself having tea with my wonderful friend vesna.

i sipped a banana chai smoothie while

we chatted about language, asian diaspora
and the Khmer Rogue.

HELLO GLORIOUS SUNNY WEATHER.

i bused south to vanessa's hometown today and she

showed me around the places she grew up

and we played with her pup, Barkley

(who indeed barked at me...alot)!

 we went to an adoption transparency justice

poetry event with her mom, aunt and cousin
(they are so incredibly down to earth, nice & lively).

the space was powerful, emotional and inspiring.

wo0owh0o0o for nice people

who are eager to connect

me with orgs, people, and places.

~*~*~*~**~*~

how amazing it has that

bumping into someone

at the airport can change/enrich your

career possibilities.

i'm "wearing many different hats."
i am:
a student, a teacher, an advocate, a colleague,
a peer, and a voice for Students of Color.

i am passionate about teaching, but i
need a mental and physical break after completing
this frustrating, unsustainable but still amazing program.
i've been looking into my next big adventure

(after relaxing, traveling and gardening~).

there are SO many organizations out there that i want
to be involved in: ones that delve into social justice,

community engagement and empowerment, global issues,

education, children, multicultural dialogue,
human rights, anti-oppression and anti-colonialism.

i think i now have more of the

skills, education, experience,
background and maturity

to make a + difference.

;) 

one org that i'm looking into is the one
i researched for my project on the
education and rights of refugee children
in the united states.

i'm gonna make it happen.

vanessa and i met up for brunch

(and ate some a-a-a-amazing food),

browsed around for sales downtown,

then sat on aquatic themed mosaic steps

and watched cargo ships sail across puget sound. 

we chatted about the usual (our dogs, somali pirates

and how schools can dehumanize people).

springtime weather is magical~

ashley and i went on a grand

hiking-beach-park adventure!

beautiful day on the

waterfront~ ~ ~