February 2012
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“God doesn’t give you the people you want. He gives you the people you need to...”
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every cloud has a silver lining
If there is anything that my fellowship has taught me, it’s that certain things in life require patience. Long, hard patience. It’s been three tumultuous years of some intense struggle for so many of us. I thought about giving it all up, but thank God for the provisions He gives in His perfect timing. All I can say is that God is great- great enough to restore my faith when I thought...
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harper's bazaar (unreleased) feat. emma watson
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spreading some love
I found this piece by Tracy McMillan entitled “In Defense of Valentine’s Day” on Huffington Post. I only took an excerpt from it, but it puts Valentines Day in a nice framework for all of us single ladies and gentlemen who don’t particularly cherish this holiday. Softened my heart just a little, hope it does for anyone else who reads it.
OBVIOUSLY, VALENTINE’S DAY IS EASY TO HATE. But...
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*sigh*
I can add to my list of proud accomplishments in my life: walking around all day with wet underwear.
What I convinced myself happened: I unconsciously peed myself, or it happened consciously, but my mind was coping by rejecting the reality of such an embarrassing situation.
What actually happened: The water bottle in my backpack spilled and the water kept seeping from the bottom of my backpack...
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lovesick
I used to be afraid to say that I wanted to be loved, but it’s too much of an understatement now. I need to be loved, and I need to feel love. What is friendships without love? What is relationships without love? What is life without love? It’s nothing at all; it’s why the ones that say they can live their life without love have such tough exteriors but needy interiors. It’s funny because we act...
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"real women have curves"
I swear every time a weight discussion happens, it just has to lead to someone saying: “Guys don’t even like stick-skinny girls! Guys like curves!” And of course this bears the question: Who cares what guys think at all? Is it their body? Is it their life? Is it their issue? OK, maybe it does become something more than one person’s issue when an infringement of personal health and...
January 2012
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winter break retail therapy
This is all of the stuff I’ve accumulated in the month of January. Post-Christmas shopping is the best kind of shopping. I might have went too hard on my splurging, but I never have time to shop during the school semester, so it’s all very justified. At least in my own head, hahah.
Stuff from YesStyle! Maybe I’ve just been really lucky with this online ordering thing, but...
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summer in dc
Some older pictures from way back in August that I’m just now uploading from my camera. It was an amazing summer. I was able to have great food in the company of awesome people. With picture to prove it of course!
Down we go memory lane…
돈까스! So delicious and filling. The plate was humongous.
[Left] Sticky notes made by Susan while we were chillaxing in our room before...
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revamp, remodel, refuel
I can’t believe it’s not only a new month but a new year. Happy 2012! It’s taken me awhile to come back for a number of reasons, but first, I’m sorry to anyone who has called or texted in the last month because I left my phone charger at school. On top of that, my laptop charger broke too. By now, it’s probably safe to assume that the wired world hates me, yeah? Ahhh. I still don’t...
December 2011
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eat, sleep, study
Tis the season of papers, projects, and exams galore. I need to pull out my inner superhero, but I definitely have a problem because of how distracted I am. The culprit is none other than you, Tumblr. I say this this with equal amounts of scorn and love. Blocking this site for the next three weeks so I can pass school and stuff. Be back in time for Christmas. Happy December! <3
November 2011
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good music to relax to~
Songs are a bit dated, but it’s all smooth vocals. All of the synthetic, electro, techno stuff is hurting my ears :(
BoA - Waiting
Chantal Kreviazuk - Leaving on a Jet Plane
Daniel Bedington - If You’re Not the One
DHT - Listen to Your Heart (Slow Ver.)
Enya - Only TIme
Faith Hill - There You’ll Be
Jet - Look What You’ve Done
Loveholic - Sky
Michael Jackson...
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singles magazine feat. yubin
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thanksgiving break
I had a week filled with lots of food, family, and loving… what more could a girl ask for, right? I had been missing home cooking so much that I just turned into an eating monster for 5 days, hahah. I wish I took some pictures of my Korean-styled Thanksgiving feast. My camera has actually been in a lifeless state these past few months (much like this blog, eh?) Meh. I really need to go back to...
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happy late pepero day
I’ve never celebrated this before, but there is ths girl… she will give me gifts, draw me pictures, and leave me letters for all sorts of random occasions. What have I done to deserve getting such special treatment? Absolutely nothing. I’m again and again on the receiving end, trying to take all of this goodness and generosity with a grateful heart. I do feel awfully guilty...
October 2011
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halfway there
My beautiful library desk set up (between Thursday night and Friday morning/afternoon) Eye drops? Check. 99 cent Arizona Iced Tea? Check. Starbucks Card? Check. Starbucks Double Shot Espresso? Check. Candy fix? Check. Queen of all nighters? You betcha :)
Let’s chronicle the rough and depressing times of Jenny’s exam life, shall we?
Here has been my week:
MONDAY - Developmental...
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“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap...”
– Steve Jobs, RIP
September 2011
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just...thinking...
I find it convenient to say that people are constantly disappointing, but I think what’s more in line with the truth is that if you believe in a perfect God, you can’t believe in a perfect anyone/anything else. It’s the way He intended for it to be because He doesn’t want us to be followers of people/things that can never measure up to be everything that we want or need them to be…
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torrential downpour in dc
It sucks having to walk around all day saturated in wet. I need a nice pair of rainboots + a cuter umbrella. I realized that walking around campus amongst a sea of black umbrellas doesn’t make an already gloomy day seem any less gloomy…
August 2011
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help me pick a wallet, por favor?
After working diligently this summer to build up money, it would only be right to nestle my precious earned dollars in a new wallet, riiiight? (Oh the justifications I make for myself.) So now, the challenge has become finding the right one. My desperate and picky self has finally narrowed it down to three. I obviously like all of them. I want to know which one you like. If you could be so kind as...
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the ugly truth
You can blame your unhappiness on any number of things that have worked against you and people who have wronged you, but for as long as you hold on to that hurt, pain and fear, you’ll always be holding yourself back from relationships and your life. People don’t care about you? People can’t understand you? Have you given people the chance to try to? Over time, it becomes really hard to root for...
June 2011
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February 2011
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flirting
I’ve always been pretty openly disgusted with guys who have too many girl friends. It’s just that I don’t think a guy could possibly have good or solid intentions when they spend that much time with the opposite sex. It’s always been something that’s bothered me. I ‘ve always taken the girls side because, “Girls are the victims! They’re the ones being fooled by this “nice guy” façade…”. But...
January 2011
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dream wedding dress
I know a lot of girls would prefer wearing a traditional, classic wedding dress, but that’s not really for me. I want my dress to be unique and memorable. I think Nicole Richie’s Grace Kelly inspired Marchesa wedding dress is divine. I love the ballerina/princess/swan idea behind it. The lace detailing on the top makes the dress look elegant and classy while the bottom half looks like an...
December 2010
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natalie portman is a swan queen
I came back two nights ago from watching Black Swan, and it literally just…swallowed me. The whole movie was so disturbingly beautiful, and whatever reservations I had about Natalie Portman as an actress are gone, gone, gone. She embodied that fragile and delicate but demented character so well. I loved every little bit of her. I don’t know if I could watch it again since some parts were...
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used to like her, but i'm starting to unsubscribe... →
Can I just say that my issue with Taylor Swift is not a thing about “Oh, she can’t sing” or “Her music gets played on the radio too much” or whatever.
It’s that I find so many of the messages in her music so incredibly demeaning, and the fact that she claims to “speak for all the girls out there” makes me really, really fucking angry.
You want to speak for all the girls? Try writing a song...
October 2010
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one love
If I have never mentioned it on my blog before, I’m mentioning it now: I am a Christian, and I’m not ashamed of it because my faith is what has saved me.
The delusion I’ve lived with is that true Christians are those who live their lives perfectly consistent to the grace of God. The problem with this is that when they slip up, when they make even a minor mistake, I find myself...
September 2010
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organic food elitest
Yesterday, it took me 3 hours or something to write a paper on my “philosophy” of genetically altered food. I’m not quite sure how I found a way to write philosophically about a subject I barely knew anything about, but anyway, that isn’t what this post is about. What it’s really about is my one professor who is vehemently against all forms of agricultural biotechnology. She doesn’t...
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mini tour of my dorm room
I’ve put things in their respective places and organized everything, but I haven’t found a lot of time to relax and lounge around my new dorm, which is unfortunate because I really like my new humble abode. It comes with a walk in closet, kitchen, private bathroom, and best of all spaciousness! Here’s an overview.
August 2010
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fits of supercilious self absorption
I don’t really get when tumblr users need to throw a hissy fit about people that unfollow them. How dare people not want their dashboard be filled with content that doesn’t interest them! RELAX. Remember that you can’t have loyal followers without getting rid of a few disloyal ones. Moreover, just because someone dislikes your online persona doesn’t mean they dislike you as...
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late night rambling
Sleeping. So essential in college and so futile during these summer nights that I restlessly toss and turn in bed. I hope watching some TV will eventually lull me to bed…
July 2010
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nk....
Every news article I read about North Korea makes my heart break. For their country, for their people, and for their future. My blood boils at the mere sight of Kim Jong Il’s name. I believe myself to be a sympathetic and compassionate person, but I don’t think I could ever reserve any sympathy or compassion for someone so disgusting and repulsive. How could someone have no qualms about...
June 2010
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sad, amazing, and beautiful
From time to time, I visit the PostSecret blog, and last week, this was featured. Within 24 hours a facebook group titled “please don’t jump” emerged with thousands of supporters. The outpouring of goodness in people warmed my heart, but the tears started flowing when I read this underneath the post:
“Frank, I don’t know if you realize it or not but in less then a day...
January 2010
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thank you conan o'brien
In case you weren’t aware, The Tonight Show ended a few days ago. I never religiously watched The Tonight Show (or any late show for that matter), but I’ve been following the circumstances surrounding his departure, and Conan just seemed so authentic in a business where most people aren’t. He paid his staff out of his own pocket during the writer’s strike and is doing the same now. You can just...
November 2009
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banging out my last paper before thanksgiving...
6:35am. Thurston Basement. Alone. Jittery. Incessantly Peeing. Running on Coffee. I love when my mind is this alert.
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where has time gone?
I feel like a shell of my former self. I wish I could go back to the days when I woke up early just to get dressed up, experimented with crazy make up just to see how it would look on me, stayed up late to piece together an outfit with the new skirt or cute shirt I just bought. Man, good days.