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To my friends who are keeping safe indoors, what are some things are you doing to entertain yourselves at home?Reading books? 📚 Exercise? 💪🏻 Sleep? 💤 Let’s share some ideas!

I visited San Diego with my friend as a goodbye trip before he left Los Angeles.That’s life, I guess.

My friend and I stayed up tonight talking about the situation in China.Your American friends are wishing for your health and safety, the country will get through this. Stay strong :)

I took a taxi today with a driver from Korea. He found out I was really hungry and gave me a bunch of snacks!He used to be a counselor in his home country but moved to Los Angeles so his son could attend school here, I was really touched after I heard his story.

a chill day at the tea house this tea shop is started in 昆明, and this is the first location in 🇺🇸

I was gifted free tea by the restaurant owner but finishing it was a mistake 6:32am and I am still awake 🙃

Today I’ll teach you some English slang 📚Flake (放鸽子): somebody who often cancels or backs out on plans.Used in a sentence:“My friend finally got dinner with me today after flaking on me twice last week.”(Yes, this sentence is about my dinner)

this strawberry ice cream is always sold out in the supermarket, my friend found it for me today and I finished it all in 15 minutes 🥰

my friend is leaving los angeles forever i am walking around with them as they take one last look at this citycya

📲 texts with tea v. 2Americans often text in grammatically incorrect shorthand to save time. I’m here to teach you this slang featuring a random conversation with a friend. —ur - shorthand for you are -> u r -> ur (你是）lmao, laugh my a** off - for when you find something really funny. interestingly, these days lmao is often used as a reply like 嗯 — it’s like when someone types hhhh they aren’t actually laughing in real life. (哈哈哈?)wru - where are you -> where r u -> wru (lazy way to say 你在哪儿)sup - a way to ask how someone is doing— what is up -> wassup -> sup (roughly 你好吗)bros - could mean actual brothers or just friends gotcha - I understand— got you -> got ya -> gotcha (我明白)grab a bite - go eat food (去吃饭)⭐️chill - this word can mean several things1. chill (cold) - relates to a feeling of coldness, “there’s a chill in the air” (mild 冷)2. chill (relaxed, relax) - relates to either a state of relaxation or can be used to describe someone who is easygoing and relaxed,“My brother is great, he’s so chill to hangout with.” “I’m just chilling, wyd?”3. chill (meet up) - just like “hang” chill can also be used to describe meeting up. This is how it is used in the text below.—Try using these in the comments if you’d like 😉

📲 texts with tea v. 1 Americans often text in grammatically incorrect shorthand to save time. I’m here to teach you this slang featuring a random conversation with a friend. —GG, Good game - a way to express defeat, not too commonly used (here my friend is referring to the fact that they missed an event)Hang - meet up, spend time together. see my very old post on “down to hang” for a detailed explanationRip, Rest In Peace - it’s over, not happening, can also be used to express defeat Wyd, what you doing - I say this often, it is shorthand to ask what someone is doing, basically 你在干什么？Tfti, thanks for the invite - a sarcastic way to tell someone you wish they invited you, but is usually said as a joke Lame - not cool, not fun, boring Tbh - to be honest, you can use this to reinforce that you are stating your true opinion—Try using these in the comments if you’d like 😉

My love for [1] spring in Los Angeles [2] springs from the varied colors of the sky during this season.The sunshine and warm weather puts a [3] spring in my step every morning 🏃🏻♂️.— ✨ Challenge: Explain how I use the word “spring” differently in [1, 2, 3]✨— I hope you enjoy these pictures I took recently!

Nashville style hot chicken has been trending lately in my city—people line up for over an hour to try this crunchy fried chicken feel the 🔥. I tried the X-Hot spiciness yesterday and believe me I felt the heat! Would you want to try this? Which spice level would you get?

There is a street in Los Angeles where you can play with peacocks. They are friendly and unafraid of peopleIf you’re lucky, you can collect a feather that has been left behind! 🦚

I was treated to dinner by the beach. It must be around lunch right now for some of you, I hope this makes you hungry 😉.