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  • (upbeat music)

  • - Happy new year.

  • - Happy new year, guys.

  • - Happy 2018.

  • - Yeah, we did it.

  • - We did it.

  • - Feeling a little bit delicate today.

  • - Oh yeah.

  • - Off to the family's place today.

  • Have some nice food.

  • We have a special guest, Angel.

  • - Cheeky.

  • This is gonna be really fun.

  • We play a lot of games like bingo

  • and yunnori (korean new years game).

  • - Yeah.

  • - My mom and Ben were in the champions--

  • - The finals.

  • - Yeah, the finals.

  • - I had no idea how to play the game.

  • Completely beginner's luck,

  • but I'm gonna try to do the same today

  • and actually win it.

  • - What's your tactic this year?

  • - Just to try and remember how to play it

  • and then that's about it.

  • - Honestly I don't know how to play either.

  • My dad re-explains how to play the game every year

  • and that's how it works.

  • - Yep.

  • (upbeat music)

  • - [Jennifer] So here is ddeok-kuk.

  • This is my favorite soup.

  • This is basically just a rice cake soup

  • with dumplings, some meat, seaweed, egg

  • My aunt

  • did an amazing job with the spread.

  • We've got some egg, some sausage,

  • some kimchi, japchae.

  • - This is all mine.

  • - [Jennifer] This is all yours.

  • This is your portion.

  • Happy new year, appa (Korean for dad).

  • - Happy new year.

  • (Best wishes for a Happy New Year!)

  • Same to you.

  • - [Jennifer] Thank you. )

  • thanks for the meal!

  • - Oh my god.

  • So tasty.

  • 00:01:41,010 --> 00:01:41,843 - So good.

  • - One, two, three.

  • (Best wishes for a New Year!)

  • - You guys, look at this old photo of all of us.

  • I think this was my grandpa's birthday.

  • Grandfather looks great.

  • He's wearing the same hanbok (traditional Korean garments) today.

  • Wow.

  • I can't do any of these.

  • Oh, wait.

  • - Ooh. - Oh.

  • Oh my god.

  • Easy.

  • - [Group] Oh.

  • (laughing)

  • (cheering)

  • - Oh my goodness.

  • Oh my god.

  • You did it.

  • - [Jennifer] You did it, oh my god.

  • Yeah, you got it.

  • - [Dad] Oh my god.

  • (cheering)

  • - [Jennifer] Wow, this is strategy.

  • Wow.

  • (cheering)

  • And of course, you can't forget about dinner.

  • (Thanks for the meal!)

  • Thank you.

  • I (Dad) made it.

  • [Jenn] Dad, you made it?

  • Wow.

  • Chef (Dad).

  • - I (Dad) chef,

  • good chef, though.

  • (random Korean)

  • (upbeat music)

  • - Hello everybody.

  • It is Tuesday and I am freshly showered.

  • I feel so amazing.

  • This is probably one of my favorite things

  • is clean hair, clean body after a hard workout.

  • The comfort and joy you seek is waiting

  • and all you need to do is pay attention to it.

  • (chimes)

  • Wow.

  • - [Man] You just listened to the post

  • titled A Little Guide For More Comfort and Joy

  • by Courtney Carver of bemarvelous.com,

  • narrated by Jenn Im.

  • (upbeat music)

  • - [Friends] Yay.

  • Happy new year, happy new year.

  • Yay.

  • - How was Redbird?

  • - [Friend] It was so chill, guys.

  • - What kind of music did they play?

  • - [Friend] They were playing hip hop.

  • - [Jennifer] Dressy ass shoes, I know.

  • (laughing)

  • That must feel so weird

  • - [Amy] It is weird.

  • - [Jennifer] Have your toes out.

  • - [Amy] Yeah.

  • - Oh my gosh.

  • Good morning, it is Wednesday.

  • Amy and I are heading into Pilates.

  • It's gonna be really cold in the studio

  • and it's locked.

  • - [Amy] Go ahead.

  • - [Jennifer] Thanks.

  • - [Instructor] Punch punch punch punch,

  • 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10.

  • Nine, eight, seven, six, five.

  • - I would rather have this be tighter and fitted.

  • Cheeky has a visitor.

  • They're so happy.

  • As you saw, I had the Eggie team

  • come over to my house for a fitting.

  • This is for our fourth drop

  • which is gonna happen around music festival season,

  • so I am so excited to show you guys the pieces.

  • A lot of the stuff needs some work,

  • so I can't for everything to be perfect.

  • I didn't get the vlog Angela and Leona

  • but I work with them all the time,

  • Angela especially, so...

  • Leona is the lovely lady at Eggie

  • who makes sure all the measurements are correct

  • and she sends it over to the manufacturers

  • so that they can produce a correct fitting prototype,

  • and then we have Angela, of course,

  • and she is my right hand woman.

  • She helps me design everything for Eggie,

  • and I freaking love her.

  • She just gets me.

  • As you guys know, I didn't go to fashion school

  • or I don't know how to sew or anything,

  • so we work really closely together

  • to create these designs for you guys.

  • I'm heading out to Thailand tomorrow,

  • so I'm gonna start packing.

  • I don't have anything done,

  • and then I'm gonna have dinner with my friend Crystal

  • and then we're gonna watch our friend Kelly perform

  • so quite a jam packed night.

  • I'm gonna get some water.

  • But first, I'm gonna pack.

  • (upbeat music)

  • Hello everybody, happy Monday.

  • I am back in LA and it feels so amazing.

  • I just got back from Thailand

  • and I was gone for nine days,

  • so it feels just, I don't know.

  • I love traveling and I love being out

  • but nothing feels as good as coming home.

  • Right now I am on my way to the dentist.

  • I'm gonna get my teeth cleaned.

  • It has officially been six months

  • since my last teeth cleaning so going back

  • and hopefully there's nothing wrong.

  • Last time I got x-rays and I didn't have any cavities,

  • so the Sonicare is really working out for me.

  • If you guys don't have an electric toothbrush by now,

  • I highly recommend it.

  • I haven't had a cavity since that.

  • Before, every time, I would always go in to the dentist

  • with at least something that they had to fix,

  • so yeah, after lunch.

  • My mom is coming over with me.

  • She volunteered to clean my house,

  • and I'm gonna help her, obviously.

  • I don't know if this is just an Asian parent thing,

  • but every time my parents come over,

  • they are dying to vacuum, mop the floors,

  • and all that stuff and it's one of the perks, you know?

  • Let me know in the comments down below

  • if that's what your parents do when they come visit you?

  • But yeah, she has the day off.

  • Today is Martin Luther King day,

  • and I'm so happy it's being recognized.

  • Martin Luther King did so much for America,

  • especially for freedom.

  • He really paved the way for all minorities,

  • and if he didn't speak up or if he didn't

  • have that dream and he didn't speak up,

  • then we definitely would not be here where we are now.

  • (crowd chattering)

  • Hi, Emma.

  • Hi, Belle.

  • I know, hi.

  • Having lunch with eomma (mom)

  • and imo! (aunt)

  • All right, so we just got back from lunch.

  • My mom is over, helping me clean the entire house.

  • What did I do to deserve such an amazing mom?

  • Right now, Sam and Ben are at a cafe working.

  • Ben is currently working on my Jenn goes to Phuket vlog

  • and I'm so grateful because that day

  • or that trip was a lot of footage,

  • so there's a lot to get started on that,

  • and I wanna have that done as soon as possible.

  • So yeah, while he's working on that,

  • I'm gonna work on the house.

  • I normally don't like to call out the state

  • of my office, but I wanted to show you guys

  • the before so...

  • Here it is.

  • It has not been this messy in such a long time.

  • But yeah, my luggage is still here.

  • I gotta put everything away.

  • I gotta open some packages,

  • clean this desk up,

  • and right now I'm waiting

  • for my vacuum to finish recharging,

  • but yeah, cleaning day!

  • So the first rule that my mom has when she's cleaning

  • the house is that she likes to open all the windows

  • to get a good circulation in the house,

  • so that is what I'm gonna do first.

  • So I like to just take out all the stuff

  • out of my luggage first and then put my luggage away,

  • so that way I have no choice but to clean up

  • everything on my floor

  • or else it'll bother me like crazy.

  • So now I like to put everything in their little piles,

  • so right now I've got products.

  • We've got dirty clothes.

  • I don't know why I put this right in front of you guys.

  • I got shoes.

  • Clothes I wanna hang.

  • Bathing suits

  • and it just helps me keep organized

  • when I put everything away,

  • 'cause then I'll know exactly where everything is.

  • (speaking foreign language)

  • (vacuum running)

  • I love this salad.

  • Hello.

  • It is the next day.

  • My office and the entire house are completely clean.

  • I wanted to show you guys the space.

  • Look at all this floor.

  • I love it.

  • Oh yeah.

  • I just feel so much more amazing

  • when my place is clean

  • because when my place is clean,

  • my mind is clean.

  • Who would have thought?

  • But anyway, last night was so much fun.

  • It was some good family bonding time.

  • We had dinner at Fig At 7th,

  • which is one of my favorite shopping places

  • in downtown LA.

  • They've got an H&M, a Zara.

  • They got a Bath and Body Works, Victoria Secret, Target,

  • but anyway, needless to say, I went shopping.

  • I got my mom a couple sweaters,

  • and I got myself a couple of things,

  • because it's been a minute

  • since I feel like I've shopped, but...

  • They had this crazy sale everywhere,

  • so first up at Nordstrom Rack,

  • I got this black back pack.

  • It is by Madden Girl,

  • so I guess Steve Madden makes accessories.

  • It looks like that other brand that has this logo,

  • but either way, I love it.

  • It fits my Canon T3I, which is pretty much

  • the only reason why I got this backpack.

  • All my backpacks are breaking

  • because my vlogging camera is an unnecessary weight.

  • It's around seven pounds.

  • I don't know why I am so loyal to things,

  • but anyway, I got a new backpack

  • because my velvet one broke,

  • so this is the new backpack for now.

  • I like that it's in this ski pants,

  • or snow material,

  • because when it rains or something

  • or if I'm in a different climate or something,

  • it's gonna protect all the goodies inside,

  • and this was $30.

  • All right, next up, we have Zara.

  • They're having an insane sale on everything,

  • and the only thing I got were shoes.

  • So the first pair of shoes I got were these pointed mules.

  • They've got a ruched center

  • and I just feel like they look very elegant,

  • and then I got another pointed mule.

  • I guess these aren't really mules.

  • They're pointed slip ons,

  • and the last pair of shoes I got were these mules,

  • another pair of mules, jeez.

  • But these have a nice teddy material in the front

  • and these are very, very comfortable.

  • All these pairs of shoes were 20 bucks,

  • so I got everything for 60 bucks,

  • which is insane.

  • That's like the cost of one shoe at Zara,

  • and then at H&M I got these two beanies.

  • This one was 13 bucks

  • and then, this one, I don't know how much this one was,

  • but probably less than that,

  • because this is just a plain, black ribbed beanie,

  • a little slouchy,

  • and then, this one has a cute little pom pom on it.

  • Since I'm already showing you guys all these things,

  • I thought I would throw in Stephanie's Christmas present.

  • She made us coasters of all the girls,

  • and they are so cute.

  • She got my hair color so perfectly.

  • It really looked like this at the time.

  • The whole squad protecting the surfaces of my home now,

  • and the last thing I wanted to show you guys

  • was some jewelry by a subscriber.

  • Her name is Eugenia.

  • She is from Toronto

  • and she just sent me the most beautiful pieces,

  • so I had to shout her out.

  • First up we have these really beautiful drop down earrings.

  • They're very statement,

  • and then she has these abstract squiggle statement earrings.

  • The third is a modern day contemporary hoop,

  • and the last pair of earrings,

  • and the ones that I'm the most excited about

  • are these adorable egg earring.

  • I love the fact that she made the yolk gold

  • and the rest is this beautiful chrome.

  • I love these earrings.

  • Thank you so much for sending these to me, Eugenia.

  • You're so talented.

  • I'll leave her info in the description box

  • so please check her out.

  • But yeah, that is the end of the haul.

  • I'm gonna get started with my day.

  • I already went to Pilates earlier,

  • but this class was just weak for some reason.

  • I feel like I didn't really get

  • that full of a workout.

  • I feel like Pilates is 50 50.

  • Some classes I'm in excruciating pain

  • and I'm so sore, but other classes,

  • I'm just kind of like...

  • Like I'm not even breaking a sweat.

  • (relaxing music)

  • Hello everybody.

  • - Hello, everybody.

  • - It's Ben Jenn here.

  • - That's me, there we go.

  • - We are going to the Goodwill outlet.

  • We're gonna film a video.

  • Ben is gonna help me shoot it as he always does.

  • - Give my best shot.

  • - Honestly, it's been a long time since I've been here.

  • Instead of going to the normal Goodwill store,

  • I'm gonna go to the outlet,

  • so I've actually never stepped in there

  • because even that's really overwhelming for me,

  • 'cause everything is just in a big giant bucket.

  • Yeah, yeah.

  • - Everything's like a dollar.

  • - That's what they say.

  • I hear that.

  • You just pick whatever you wanna buy

  • and then they weigh it

  • and then, that's how you pay.

  • I've never seen this Goodwill so full.

  • The parking lot is rammed.

  • - [Ben] Everyone's got the same idea as us.

  • - [Jennifer] I know.

  • - [Ben] They're all doing the thrift videos.

  • - [Jennifer] I see you.

  • You're not gonna get my goodies.

  • - [Ben] There's no spaces.

  • - [Jennifer] There's no spaces.

  • Holy cow.

  • - [Ben] It's a fucking Wednesday at 11 AM.

  • - [Jennifer] Oh my gosh, I know.

  • Oh my goodness.

  • Let's just go all the way to the back.

  • - Did it, guys. - Nice.

  • Oh, whoa, whoa.

  • Oh, Ben loves to reverse back.

  • - You know, it gets us,

  • it means when we leave, we're fine.

  • People in America don't like to reverse park.

  • - Yeah, 'cause you're just a really good parker.

  • (vocalizing)

  • We made it.

  • Here we are at the Goodwill outlet store.

  • We've been to just the normal Goodwill store

  • a lot of times but it's my first time entering

  • this part of town.

  • I guess this part of the store.

  • (upbeat music)

  • I need to burn my hands, excuse me.

  • (upbeat music)

  • Hello, so I'm back from the outlet store.

  • I washed my hands with soap obviously,

  • but yeah, I got some great things.

  • The outlet was, I'm not gonna lie,

  • it was really intense and you're just sifting

  • through a lot of stuff.

  • Also, the people there are very territorial

  • because they are some people that go there

  • to buy the clothes and then try and upsell it

  • on eBay or at the flea markets.

  • When those buckets come out,

  • a fresh bucket comes out,

  • literally it's like piranhas

  • eating this big dead carcass,

  • but basically I'm home now,

  • and I'm gonna cook some lunch.

  • Ben and Sam are at a cafe working again,

  • and I'm gonna make some Dengjang Chigae

  • So this is essentially like a Korean miso soup.

  • It's fermented bean paste.

  • I know that sounds disgusting

  • but it is so delicious.

  • All right, so now that everything is cooking,

  • I am going to put in some Doenjang

  • This is the magic sauce.

  • Like that amount.

  • Maybe this is too much.

  • I don't care.

  • (upbeat music)

  • All right guys, that is a wrap on the vlog.

  • I actually finished inputting the rest of the clips

  • into my laptop so this is very, very recent.

  • I'm gonna spend the rest of the day

  • just editing this vlog and it will be out on Sunday,

  • which is when you're watching this,

  • so yes, I hope you guys enjoyed this little

  • catch up vlog.

  • I feel like, I don't know.

  • I feel like this month has gone so quickly,

  • but yeah, I am going to continue to vlog

  • the rest of January and then

  • I don't know where I'm going with this.

  • I just came here to say goodbye.

  • Thank you so much for watching

  • and see you guys in the next one.

  • Bye.

  • (upbeat music)

(upbeat music)

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