Gathering my energies

Kombucha, what is it? A russian "mushroom-like" culture known for it's antioxidant and overall well being properties. It crossed over into Chinese medicine to promote health and anti-aging. It used to be (and still is in some communal flats), you would place some of these scallop shaped fungi in a bucket or jar of sugar water and let it slowly ferment in the darkest cupboard in your kitchen. When it started getting all foamy on top, you knew it was working. Then, it was either drank pure and straight out of the bucket, or mixed with some sort of juice to mask it's healthy vinegar stinktitude.

However, this is not how I found kombucha. I had it the nice consumerist way of buying it at my local health food store, Ok Natural. It can now be purchased in a variety of easy to use drinkables, with 70% more deliciousness!

Synergy is the most common brand to find. It is a nice mixture of raw juice and live kombucha enzymes with a fruitish crisp bite. My favorite are "Mystic Mango" (beware of floating particles) or "Guava Goddess". Stay away from the Kombucha tea flavors though, or you will be getting a mouth full of ginger vinegar spicyness. Which is fine, if your into that kind of thing.

What is the advantage of this Russo-Chinese tea? I simply like to call it "the kombucha flush". After drinking about 8 oz. I felt my whole body become hot. My cheeks were pert and pink, my blood was pumping, and I was sweating like crazy. It may sound horrible, but no, it is lovely. I thought, "I am alive and my body is humming to the Guava Goddess!!!"

The downside is Synergy kombucha brand is a little pricey, $3.50 ish per bottle. To be more economical, I picked up the Yogi Brand green tea with Kombucha. I was a little skeptical because the kombucha enzymes were dry rather then wet and alive. But I have taken some Bifidobacterium bifidum dry cultures (usually found in yogurt) before and they did work.

After drinking this more palette friendly green tea mixture, I can say that it does come with that same "Kombucha Flush". I feel awake, energetic, and I have a greater sense of well-being (the Yogi on the side of the package told me to include that last bit). At $3.50 for 10 tea bags, it's a pretty good bargain.

Some Where in Here

After making a hearty breakfast for our friends who slept over, I was off to my Japanese lesson. I had been up late studying and trying to make my brain remember things. Verbs, particles, entire words. This was not entirely successful.

The older I get the harder it is for me to learn things. I think at this age, I know that I can probably skirt by. To avoid holding my brain down, I choose to expand it in my free time, reading mostly metaphysical texts or children's books.

This is not entirely true.

I do make one trip a month to the library and load myself down with books. Usually I choose historical biographies or Asian Cultural History text. However, when it comes down to it, I love nothing more than curling up with a lovely Moomin book.

I am lacking both focus and structure... C -

Life in Charm City

Age: 26
Sex: Female
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Mission Statement:
To catalog and explore my transitions from Eastern America to Eastern Japan.
To form interesting and witty text about the places I find.
Also, to inform my loved ones of my well being and geographical placement.