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Hello and welcome to my Sweet Om Haven! Just a lil’ somethin’ about myself. My name is Elaine and I’m currently a junior (almost a senior!) Biology major at Harvey Mudd College. I was born in Cupertino, CA, moved back to my HOME country TAIWAN when I was merely a year old. I grew up in that beautiful little formosa, attended school there, graduated (successfully), and now here I am, back at California, albeit now I am in So-Cal.

So, what is this blog all about? Well, as my domain name implies, it is a haven for me to gather, collect, and organize my thoughts + shenanigans. Like the majority of people, I used to keep a little booklet called a diary (but that was a loooonnnggg time ago). Now with all the electronic craze and the fact that typing is sooooo much faster than writing, I decided to start this blog.

Dmitri & I at Elephant Bar during Spring Break 2010 <3

Yoga and bakin’ are the two things I love to do. I started practicing Ashtanga Yoga during my senior year in high school and immediately got hooked. College life is a craze, especially when you’re in a science & engineering school where almost everyone graduated as a valedictorian from their high school (except for me). So here I am, trying to find the om and the peace in my life, spiced up with some sweetness from my (not-so-often due to busy schedule) baking.

Also, that woman in the header picture, that's not me. Oh, I wish it was, but I can't exactly do a split yet. Someday...

Well, enough about myself. What’s your story?