Arduous Path to Graduation

February 2, 2008 / Daily Life / 8 Comments

I had an appointment with the photographer to take my graduation photo on the worse day possible; the one day when 30cm of snow was to fall. Even my winter boots couldn’t save me from the treacherous walk through Queen’s Park. I almost slipped twice. Thanks to my fast reflexes, my hands broke my fall…


White like Paper

January 31, 2008 / Daily Life / 7 Comments

In Chinese class, we were discussing about the involvement of elementary and middle school children in business transactions and its consequences on their moral character. Apparently, children in China have been renting out their GameBoys, PSPs, books, magazines to their classmates for a fee. They have also be charging for help with homework. My textbook…


Kobe Beef

January 28, 2008 / Daily Life / 9 Comments

I was sick today, so my boyfriend came over with some Japanese take-out. I had maki sushi and he had chicken katsudon. There was a huge leafy vegetable on his take-out bento and this is how the conversation proceeded: BF: Moo…! I’m grazing. 私は神戸ビーフです。(I am kobe beef.) ME: What kinda cow refers to himself as…


How Simpsons is drawn in South Korea

I’ve always been a big fan of cartoons, and more recently, anime. I’ve never really understood the process of moving away from the drawing board to animating it on the computer. This video from CNN TalkAsia really sums it up. It’s a fascinating process that looks awfully arduous as well. But I love cartoons. I’m…


Agitated: Mindset of an Adult Third Culture Kid

Disclaimer: This entry is going to be emotional, political and rebellious teenager-esque. If you don’t like these sort of entries please visit the political one below or the pictorial one below that. These past few days personality has become more abrasive since it happened. I was reading an article for my course, which cited the…


Go, Go Clinton!

January 27, 2008 / Culture, Opinion / 7 Comments

Disclaimer: This post is ever-so-slightly political in nature. Leave a flame for my support for Clinton or any other commenters’ support for other candidates and your IP is immediately banned. If you do not have the intellectual maturity and capacity to handle a proper conversation on politics, please join the new online hangout for 70%…


Cleaned My Room; Cleaned State of Mind

January 23, 2008 / Daily Life / 14 Comments

My latest toilet companion, Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, told me that a person’s room can reflect part of their personality and mental health – like their anal retentiveness (woot! more toilet allusions!) and self-confidence. In light of that, I immediately went to clean my room. Not that it was messy to begin with but it…



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