January 2012
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December 2011
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The most fun Secret Santa / White Elephant party with my high school friends ever.
Gifts from said holiday party.
What happens when you cross The Disney Store with Build-a-Bear.
December 31 Day Challenge catch-up.
One of the gifts that I got for Christmas from my parents.
Getting my first paychecks.
Life has been pretty crazy this week and not gonna lie, it’s still going to continue...
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Day 22 - The Reason You Started Using Tumblr And...
The Reason I Started Tumblr:
I used to write in my Xanga (there’s a link on my tumblr if you want to check it out) consistently, ever since I made it on October 29, 2003 in my freshman year of high school. Whoah, that sounds really crazy now that I think about it. Almost ten years ago. Anyway, Once I got to college, I didn’t have as much time to update since I got hella active. I did...
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Day 21 - Your Greatest Phobia and Your Most...
Most Irrational Phobias:
1. Spiders - Well, most bugs really. I just can’t stand that they are so small and have so many legs. I can’t kill bugs either, so I tend to freak out as I try to catch them in between a disposable cup and a piece of paper so that I can set them free outside.
2. Elevators - Okay, fine. This list is starting to look the same as last year, but how often do...
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There's a lot that I need to catch up on...
But these past few days have been pretty awesome.
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Day 19 - The First Wedding/Funeral You’ve Been To
I don’t remember either and last year, I made up an excuse that basically said nothing, so this year, I’ll talk about the last wedding and funeral I went to.
Last Wedding: It was actually last month. It was nice and I kind of liveblogged the events on twitter. Wedding started off kind of weird since there was this gap where all the sponsors had walked down the aisle already but there...
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Day 17 - A Hobby Of Yours That Not Many People...
This whole working thing makes me too exhausted to keep up with this thing, but I have a day off tomorrow to recuperate. Well, not really, but let’s do a bit of catch up.
Anywayyy, last year, I talked about Photoshop and MS Paint from the good ol’ days when I had Photoshop and MS Paint. This year, here’s another hobby of mine that not many people may know about. I love playing...
Have you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC...
1. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen 2. The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien 3. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte 4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling 5. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee 6. The Bible 7. Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte 8. Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell 9. His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman 10. Great Expectations – Charles Dickens 11. Little Women – Louisa M Alcott 12. Tess of...
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Day 16 - Your Best Friends
Oh gosh, I feel like I should just copy and paste from last year. This is such a touchy topic for me and I don’t really like going into it. I don’t even know a better way to avoid talking more so I’ll just end here, haha.
[Last Year: December 16, 2010]
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Day 15 - Write 15 Interesting Facts About Yourself
This is a day late because I was all over the place yesterday and didn’t come back home until after midnight. And by then, I was exhausted. Anyway, three of these are repeats from last year, but then I decided that I should try and make an attempt at proving that I am interesting by adding more.
I have scars on my face, arm, waist, and leg from when I got bit by a dog when I was a baby in...
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Day 14 - Your Day In Great Detail
Today, I woke up to my alarm at 7:15 AM and ended up snoozing until 8:30. After waking up, I did my daily rounds online by checking GMail, Facebook, and tumblr. Since there wasn’t too much new on any of those websites, I finally got out of bed to brush my teeth and shower using the sweetie pie shower gel that I bought from Rona at Lush. The reason I was waking up early was to prepare for my...
Kids
Whenever I work with kids, I always end up with two drastic emotions that alternate between sheer dread and terror at the fact that my hopes and dreams are being crushed to pieces by people half my age and heartening and cheerful at times when some of them show that they do care by paying attention. The hugs are nice too.
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Day 13 - A List of All The Places You’ve Lived
Just copying and pasting from last year.
Los Angeles, CA - Starting out a little after I was born in Santa Monica. Santa Clarita, CA - From a little after my first brother was born until the end of second grade. Van Nuys, CA - From the beginning of third grade until now!
And if you also want to include…
Westwood, CA - Dorming my first two years at UCLA and living in the apartments my third...
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Day 12 - Favorite Word, A Question About The...
Favorite Word:
Ridiculous. I use this word a lot, so I assume that I like it enough. I mean, it was the word that I chose last year and I still feel this way. There is probably something else that I like as well, but I can’t really think of it at the moment.
Question about the World:
Life has changed drastically over the years. How everything is now is incredibly different than how it...
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My First Day at STAR
I finally got to start working for STAR Education, an afterschool program that prides itself in being selected as a model program by the White House and US Department of Education. Yep, that’s what their website says. The students get to go through various rotations after school to learn different things such as cooking, Spanish, and dancing, and now, I get to teach a rotation based on...
The New Guy
It’s always hard being the new guy.
Let me rephrase that. It’s always hard being the only new guy, especially when you are an introvert like me. It takes a while for me to absorb what is going on and I think too much about fitting in and finding my place that I often just shut up while conversations go on by me. It’s always weird knowing that everyone has known each other for a...
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Day 9 - Ten Photos You Took
No real theme for the pictures that I chose except that I took all of these at some point in 2011. All of them were taken in Southern California too, if that can be the theme, considering that last year, all my pictures were from my trip to China.
1. Getty Villa
2. Downtown LA
3. Solvang
4. California Science Center
5. Union Station
6. Downtown LA Art Walk
7. LA Korean Festival
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It's all in the details.
There’s a difference between reading the headline “Man goes on shopping spree in Hollywood, is shot and killed by police” and ”Man goes on shooting spree in Hollywood, is shot and killed by police”. One seems to make more sense.
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Day 7 - Your Zodiac Sign, Description and...
Virgo (August 23 to September 22)
With an acute attention to detail, the Virgo is the sign in the zodiac most dedicated to serving. Their deep sense of the humane leads them to caregiving like no other, while their methodical approach to life ensures that nothing is missed. The Virgo is often gentle and delicate, preferring to step back and analyze before moving ahead.
Strengths: Practical,...
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The Dream Within a Dream
A group of us were in a building. I had been here before. Last time I was here, people started dying. There was chaos. Being there again brought back old memories, but I figured that this couldn’t happen again. Still, I was scared. I didn’t take part in whatever conference that was being held. Instead, a group of others and I decided to wait it out in another room. I had the window...
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“This is why alchemy exists,” the boy said. “So that everyone will search for his...”
– Day 6 - Your Favorite Quote Or A Passage From A Book That Has Touched You
The Alchemist bu Paulo Coelho.
This will forever be one of my favorite quotes. It’s the third time I’ve posted this quote on tumblr, but it still inspires me the same way it did when I first read it in The...
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THAT’S WHAT THE LITTLE ELF GIRL SAYS IN THE VERIZON 4G WONDERLAND COMMERCIAL!
Oh gosh, it’s been bothering me every time the commercial comes on because the elf man says “like a scooter” and I keep hearing the girl say “the bike is cuter” even though I know that isn’t right. Decided to just replay it a couple times and now it makes sense since she’s...
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Day 5 - Five Things That You Want To Do Within The...
1. Start graduate school in anthropology or education.
Right now, I am leaning more towards anthropology or archaeology. I would love to work in a museum such as the Natural History Museum or the Smithsonian one day and I also want to be able to travel and learn about different cultures and sites from around the world. I think it would be cool to be an anthropology professor too if that path...
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