Day 1

It's summer 2010. 80 degrees in Manhattan feels absolutely horrid. (Don't even say Manhattan is exciting, you goddamn tourists; NOTHING is exciting here when it's choking hot out.)

Kristin, my college best friend of (almost) 2 years, has watched me accumulate this mountain of tea and she hates it when I browse the tea section of stores because she does not want this mountain to grow. So in order to purchase more tea in the future (and to ameliorate my friend's feelings), I will try hard this summer to imbibe as many cups of tea as it will take to finish this stuff off. Healthily. I also know my cousin in Cape Cod also has similar feelings towards my relationship with tea. Even though I no longer live with you guys, I am paying homage to your feelings of hatred towards my tea collection. And also so I can buy new tea and it won't take up as much space. Dorms are very small and cannot accommodate all my tea.
I also heard of a similar story between Kim and Julia, two girls on the team. Julia bought a lot of tea when she was living in the dorms and then left it all for Kim to drink all by her loneliness when she left. (Shame on you lol)

Aaaaanyway, I started off the day polishing off a cup of Pomegranate Oolong from last night. Cold, I know, but I'm not really in the mood for hot tea when it is 85 out. But it's cloudy and there is a mild breeze, so not as bad as 80 yesterday and I was sweating just doing nothing.

I've been researching gym membership prices in the area, and the one my parents use seem to be the best one. I also used the same place to learn how to swim last summer. Well really, I'm searching for a gym membership for a place with a pool. The place I'm familiar with also has saunas and steam rooms at every location. Every other p
lace with a pool has something like a $600 initiation fee. I don't need a pool for rich people, I just need a pool. And a couple ergs would be cool too, which this place has.

I also need to clean the kitchen stove and the bathroom today, so I'll upload pictures later. I'll probably start a blog somewhere else too, because... I don't know. Just because.

Edit: 2:15PM
Made a blogger. Because I have an account. I deleted some stupid old blog which was festering there.

http://500cupsoftea.blogspot.com/

Nothing cool yet. I'll work on the layout later. I wonder if it takes CSS. Whatever I still need to get started on the stove and crap. The mangoes smell ripe. Maybe I'll procrastinate more.

This is a laundry bag my mum stole when on her travels. It contains SOME of my tea.

Everything in the bag D:
This is the cabinet that has some more tea (shared with family tho).

Harney&Sons Pomegranate Oolong. Pretty good flavoured tea. Starts to taste like jasmine after a while though.

Twinning's Orange Pekoe that I got loose from a trip to France. And some genmaicha from Yamamotoyama.

Boxed tea.. clockwise from top left: Celestial's Morning Thunder (Pretty good. It's got some mate in it, so it's got a little extra kick.... as the name implies haha), Twinning's Irish Breakfast (My favourite tea), Revolution's Tropical Green Tea (only had it once, but not bad.), some green tea my mum brought back from her travels (it is VERY GOOD with a little honey.. Kristin loves it too, I sent her an extra box in the mail and she got it today), Lychee black (It's ok.), some other tea my mum gave me.. (haven't even opened it yet. I'm assuming its more green tea), some white my mum got on her travels (also unopened), Celestial's Honey Vanilla Camomile (puts me to sleep.)

Random teabags.. clockwise from top left: Instant milk tea my mum brought home from her travels, Twinning's Earl Grey (Not a big fan of bergamot), Bigelow's Cozy Lemon (Kristen stole these for me and Kristin because we kept drinking her Trader Joe's Pomegranate White haha), Barry's Irish Breakfast (from Ireland!), Trader Joe's White (haven't had it yet), Twinning's Lapsang Souchong (very smoky, good after a long day..), Twinning's er... fruity stuff. (it's not bad with some honey).

Had 2 more cups of Pomegranate Oolong.

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