I have always been an incredibly nostalgic person. Growing up, as my friends started moving out of their old homes to newer, fancier, more spacious bungalows/semi-Ds in fenced-in communities, I shuddered at the thought of  ever leaving my home in PJ. Up till now, when my mother gets bored on the phone and wants to amuse herself, she will propose ( Read more... )

At the end of last year, I received an email from a current UGA Grady student. She said that the PRSSA advisor, who taught me PR Graphics while her husband taught me PR Writing, recommended that she contact me to contribute to their newsletter's January issue. They were asking alums to write about their experiences post graduation. I was thrilled ( Read more... )

I know North America has been continuously cloaked by snow in the past few months and even Georgia wasn't spared. As other cities in China, including Shanghai in the South, were plagued by snowfall, we've been experiencing a rather dry winter in Beijing. Well, it snowed after Chinese New Year on February 10 and I finally got a chance to wear my ( Read more... )

Most of you know that I am not a fan of crowds. Since the "Millennium Countdown Scare", I have successfully evaded all New Year's Eve celebrations that involved being squished like sardines by intoxicated, smelly, overtly happy strangers. I also could not fathom the fun in paying high prices for food and beverages, having to stand in ridiculously ( Read more... )

When I was in Taiwan, I was pleasantly surprised that my friend Jack still follows this blog. His comment however, was something along the lines of, "but all she posts about is food, and her nieces."

So to balance all my previous posts about food, here are recent pictures of my two nieces (also as requested by Melissa) with their cheeky faces, ( Read more... )

It's as if my country wants to say to me "see, I told you home is oh so wonderful" by blessing me with the perfect temperature to be in. It rained all day before I arrived, and rained more while I was sleeping so that when I had to actually be outdoors, it was a comfortable 23 to 26C ( Read more... )

Overheard in the restroom...

Woman 1: So are you going home soon?
Woman 2: No, I'm going to Shenzhen this time.
Woman 1: You managed to get tickets?
Woman 2: Yea, I was really lucky!
Woman 1: Train or airplane?
Woman 2: It's a slow train from Beijing to Shenzhen.
Woman 1: Slow train? Seriously? How long will that take?
Woman 2: About 30 hours

Gasps!


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I am 25. One would think that for a girl/woman, my height should have been determined years ago when my bones handed in their resignation, saying "we're done here" and proceeded on their next assignment -- making my bunions worse. Hence, I don't know why my precise height measurement remains a contested subject.

In the past two years, I have had ( Read more... )

My cousin Reese/Wan Yee who grew up in Penang but left after graduation, moved back to the island last year. She calls it her journey of rediscovery. Her and her boyfriend Mark (he was an American exchange student in Penang when they met back in their university days) spent their year volunteering in the local historical preservation, arts & ( Read more... )

Candidate 1: The Rich Bums Who Can Afford to Live in the Fancy Condo Next to Mine
7 - 8 delivery bicycles from Annie's, Elisa's, Gungho Pizza (all Italian eateries) parked in front of said fancy condo's entrance.

Candidate 2: Me
Solitary hunched figure, battling -4C temperatures and ferocious winds, dodging spit (because that's just how life is in ( Read more... )