January 2011
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gpoyweekend edition
Silent & Noise luster dress, Volatile heels, Delia*s adrienne toggle hoodie
After our farewell/early Valentine’s Day dinner, the bf and I took a breezy stroll by the beach. This is my Iloveyouandimsoprettysopleasedon’tleaveme outfit and makeup. This is the ONE and ONLY time bf agreed to play blogger photographer bf role =P
He left this morning, and hopefully last night will...
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'Guilty' mother of dead anorexic model Isabelle...
The mother of Isabelle Caro, the anorexic French model who died last year, has committed suicide. Marie Caro, whose daughter made headlines around the world after a picture of her gaunt naked body appeared in a shocking ad campaign, took her own life earlier this month after being consumed with ‘enormous guilt’. I remember first reading about Isabelle Caro’s death last year and...
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Is Amy Chua right when she explains "Why Chinese... →
My big sister was what I used to jealously call “every Asian parent’s wet dream come true” (excuse the crassness, but it really does sum up the resentment I used to feel towards her). She got straight As. Skipped 5th grade. Perfect SAT score. Varsity swim team. Student council. Advanced level piano. Harvard early admission. An international post with the Boston Consulting Group...
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I’m a bigger person now, and I won’t go back to being small.
– Nicky, Big Love
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Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish...
– Henry David Thoreau
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Quarter Life Crisis
Yes… I am going through an existential life crisis.
There are so many daunting decisions up ahead and my fears and thoughts and doubts and dreams are constantly running at a kajillion mph in my head. I am weighing my options between financial commitments, responsibilities, personal life, love and career. What is worth my time or money and exactly how much?
I only have one life to live...
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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising up every time we do.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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a wounded animal is the most deadly
Abe: besides, they like people that have been removed from the rest of the herd
Me: i was removed from the rest and SHOT by a hunter!
Abe: it defines your character
Me: or killed by a wolf? T___T
Abe: ... perhaps shot, but not killed
Me: wounded
Abe: we can't have defeatist attitudes about our lives. they say a wounded animal is the most deadly
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I don’t skinny dip, I chunky dunk!!
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