My mom sent this to me and I found this interesting. I would also like to add that it's not important whether we're an "adult" or a "kid," it's about how we grow. In a sense, regardless of age, we are all on the same journey (a.k.a. life) and given the same potential. It's about how we choose to live it, what we learn at each stage, and how we deal ( Read more... )

For the past few days, I've been playing the game of do-you-mean-enough-to-me? Results are sorted into three tiers. At the bottom most woeful level, nicked belongings and random mementos gets chucked into a large white garbage bag as a final farewell. Tier two is slightly more cheerful: handwritten cards, hand-painted frames, old photos, sticky ( Read more... )

The Virtue of Stereotypes | Sam Gosling | Big ThinkI've been thinking about identity lately, more specifically racial identity. I mean, I've always been aware of it, but I never had to think about it too closely. I was raised in a suburban community where a good half of the population are people like me: first generation Asian Americans. I went to ( Read more... )

( I'm quite dumbfounded right now. )

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I'm a cheeseball and decided to add an acknowledgments section at the end of my thesis book:

"I owe a thank you to Jean Brennan, my thesis advisor, for her continuous guidance and reminder that in the end, thesis is “what [I] make of it.” Seven thank yous to my diverse and talented classmates for their insightful feedback and inspiration. Lastly, ( Read more... )

What I really wanted to say yesterday was that I'm sad to leave my comfort zone. I guess that's just how life works-as soon as you get comfortable, it shakes you up and throws you on another hurdle.

I look back and it's really amazing how I've grown to be so comfortable in my own skin. I don't even feel like I'm "Fug and the City" these days; I ( Read more... )

I'm reading Post Secret at two in the morning, and out of all of the cards posted this week, I found this one to be the most pertinent to me:


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After searching extensively for my long-lost-name...I've finally come up with a candidate! So. Do I look like a Vora? (Guess what it's short for.) I figured if Vera Wang can pull it off, Vora can't be too horrid. Or, nevermind, I can sense the skepticism even through the luminescent screen of my laptop.

Pep-talk, April 7th, 2010: In the end, you can only be yourself. And as yourself, you can only do your best.