11 September 2014

Throwback Thursday

Last weekend, I visited a friend of mine I made during my freshman year of college. We used to be in the same major and live really close to each other, but we've since seen less and less of each other. While I was having dinner with her and her current roommates, I couldn't help but notice how much things have changed.

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01 September 2014

Having many hobbies

Sometimes, I feel fickle about the things I choose to spend my time doing for myself. Improving my art, then moving on to teaching myself French, then moving on to learning guitar. I tend to want to try out a lot of things but never stick with them.

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25 August 2014

Are you a procrastinator??

To answer my own question, yes, I am a procrastinator. And do you know why we procrastinate? Wouldn't the world be better off without procrastination? Hell to the yes. Without procrastination, things would actually get done. Things like the dishes, cleaning up after yourself, moving your furniture out of my room, bringing the kitchen appliances you keep promising to bring. Oh wait, that's just my roommates.

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Social anxiety sucks

I live with four roommates, three of which I met freshman year of college. People assume that we happened to get really close that year because we all lived a stone's throw away from each other in the same hallway on the same floor in the same building. But something I've never admitted is that I barely knew them, and vice versa, at the time.

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21 August 2014

Escape from reality

Isn't it a wonderful feeling? You know the one I mean. When you find yourself completely engrossed in a book, anime, TV show, fandom.

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19 August 2014

Keep smiling, bitch

Not too long ago, one of the managers at the restaurant where I work as a server pulled me aside to give me a quick pointer. She said, "When you're on the floor, no matter what you're doing, make sure to smile! Always be smiling. Because sometimes you like kind of upset."

Whaaaaaat?
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17 August 2014

Friends today, gone tomorrow

We take for granted those days in our youth when we had to put in zero effort to see our friends. They were just always there, almost every day in class or around town. But those days don't last.
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14 August 2014

My first car

So I've been on a hunt for my first car. This summer, with my parents out of the country, I've been using my dad's car to get to and from work. But now that they're back and school's starting back up real soon, I'll be needing my own car to continue working during the semester.

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12 August 2014

Guys like natural beauty

I've known plenty of straight guys in my short life that support a certain pattern of answering the age-old question of just what it is they look for in a woman's appearance. The majority admit that they're most into natural, no-makeup beauty. Now that's all fine and dandy - and certainly very nice of them - but I realized something the other day.

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09 August 2014

Comfort zone, no more

I recently went to the beach for a 12-day getaway with one of my roommates, Kristi. But I won't be dedicating a full blog post about our excursion, as wonderfully relaxing as it was. No, I have decided to step out of my comfort zone and start playing hardball.
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18 June 2014

Favorites: Prague

Another installment of Favorites!? This time, I'm coming at you with Prague, Czech Republic, because Prague has to be the most beautiful city I've seen in person (although, disclaimer, I'm not all that well-traveled for a travel enthusiast).


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15 June 2014

My travel essentials / what's in my bag?

As I've previously mentioned, I'm staying in two different places this summer: home and the new apartment. Since I've been going back and forth a lot lately, I've put together a bag of travel essentials that I can just pick up and get going with.



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06 June 2014

Life updates

So I lied about the posting-every-other-Wednesday thing. It's been a busy month for me. But now, it's summer, and I couldn't be more relieved. I'll be having more time (hopefully) to devote to this blog, and I thought I'd start out by updating y'all about what I've been up to and what I'm planning for the future.


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14 May 2014

Spring lovin'

So it's been two weeks since I've posted anything, and I think it's pretty clear why. It's almost finals week here at university! Life update: I'm being buried alive in work and I'm probably going to be posting bi-weekly until all this hubbub is over. But in the meantime, I'm here to let you know what some of the products I've been loving this semester are!


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30 April 2014

Souvenir dread

I miss the days when I could travel during the summer and not feel like I'm wasting my life by not studying or making money. Being cooped up in the library and various study lounges, I've been thinking a lot about travel lately. 
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23 April 2014

Snapshots from spring break

So this is a day late and I have the totally legit excuse of college to explain myself. Things have been crazy busy, especially after spring break when the school work inexplicable becomes exponentially harder to keep up with. Guess it's because summer seems just around the corner now.

Since I haven't the time to write a very meaty post (and haven't for a while) (and won't for a while), I thought I'd just share some snapshots from this past spring break. I had a friend from university come visit me who has some interest in photography and wanted to take some pictures of me to make an album cover for a song cover I had recorded for him. Here are the results:

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16 April 2014

Garden-fresh salsa

Chips and salsa are hands down one of the best and most versatile snacks ever. They're good for everything from parties to sitting in front of the TV. But sometimes, I get tired of the runny, jarred salsas at the store and prod Mom into helping me turn out a huge batch of fresh, spicy salsa.

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09 April 2014

Why '30 Rock' is so smart

I hadn't been that much into one television show in a while, but when I discovered 30 Rock last spring, it quickly became a personal favorite.


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02 April 2014

Teacher thank-yous

Honestly, as much as I hate on the school system I had the misfortune of being in, it's really not one person's or faculty member's fault. In truth, I had some really outstanding teachers in my time in high school. (Are they truly outstanding, or did they simply easily eclipse the multitudes of their not-so-great colleagues? No, no, I can't think that cynically).
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26 March 2014

Favorites: Walt Disney World

I don't care how old I am. If I'm at Disney World, I'm going all out. Every ride, every photo op, every face character, I'm conquering it all. It's called the 'most magical place on earth' for a reason.


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19 March 2014

The Friend journal

I consider myself one lucky duck when it comes to the friends I made in high school.



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12 March 2014

Snoozes, catnaps, and slumbers

And now for a *very attractive montage of pictures taken of me while I sleep.

*not
Should be studying.
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05 March 2014

Indonesian food culture

Indonesian cuisine is extremely diverse and plays an important role in its culture. It has a myriad of influences: Indigenous techniques for preparing food largely came from India, China and the Middle East. The Dutch popularized bread and cheese in Indonesia.


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26 February 2014

My childhood in books

When I was a kid, I used to be a sizable bookworm. Still am at times, but you know I mostly read a different kind of book now...

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19 February 2014

Not-so-average life list

I guess we've all gotta have goals. A lot of mine have to do with travel...

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12 February 2014

Reflecting on the downward spiral

When finals week rolled around last semester, I remember just how much I really needed a hug.


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05 February 2014

Healthy eating

I have a sweet tooth that can sometimes get wildly out of control, especially when it comes to candy of the sour variety. That being said, the inclination for us humans to be addicted to sugar is widespread, quite natural, and really, really bad.


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03 February 2014

My winter obsession

I've had a fixation on scarves this past winter. I just really love how a different scarf can change a whole outfit's mood, as far as outerwear goes.


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29 January 2014

Favorites: Rome

Rome simply has to be my all-time favorite place in the world thus far. I went there several years ago on a family trip, and I've been in love ever since.


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25 January 2014

Breaking a cold sweat

Nothing can brighten my week up quite like several inches of gorgeous, powdery snow in winter. But it makes motivating myself to go out and run a whole lot more difficult.

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22 January 2014

Why our generation loves urban revival

It seems to be a general trend amongst Generation Y to dream of flocking to cities and saying 'goodbye' to the paradise of suburbia our parents migrated in hoards to when they were just about our age.

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20 January 2014

Semester goals

It's quite late, but happy Monday! Kids across the US were off from school today, but I was at it, helping Bernard with one of his school projects. And even though I've got a few weeks left before I'm back at school, I've been thinking a lot about how to improve myself this semester. So, I've come up with a list of late, school-related resolutions.

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18 January 2014

Engineering vs. liberal arts

I recently read my friend, Megan's, blog post about creative business and economic thinking and got to wondering about what direction the world is going in terms of how people need to think in order to be successful.

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