to give all for an enchanted existence.

where Piscine and Richard Parker, Kwan and Guilin, Roark and the Enright House, Langdon and Illuminati Diamond, Dr. Farmer and Haiti lack luster-- me, my kung fu savvy wife whose countenance white lillies worship, and forbidden city illuminate.


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today i broke silence. call it bad timing, i guess. it has been a while since my father and i have butted horns, which might explain why it happened so quickly, and untimely. the subject matter was irrelevant, it really was. honestly, i didn't know i could shout so loud; in my defense, i really needed to be loud, becuase on the phone, the louder ( Read more... )

reflecting back on orientation, which was a gargantuan melting pot of amorous roomates, meandering walkways, rollercoaster hills, and delectable eateries, i realized how differently i really looked, and how differently i was treated. all in all, i believe it was just a problem of gradual and spontaneous conditioning with accepting change ( Read more... )

my post-op jowls are no-longer synonymous to those of the nutty professor. hooray. i have also adapted to the mettlesome lifestyle of a patient-which is being horribly patient.

my mommy and sister are here, so the hovel i previously ranted about is now a home <3 ( Read more... )

finally, its been a week since surgery. i do not wish to bore you folks with droning recovery details, so ill just summarize using a flow map ( Read more... )

well, its been a full 24 hours and a little more since my surgery. quick summary, since i feel like my face is trying to run away from my face at full speed. this is going to be a weak entry, but bear with me ( Read more... )

day 2 was yesterday. i had the privilege of sitting in on laser treatment, breast augmentation consultation, and clean-up for of a toeless burn victim. my conclusion- i am definitely not cut out to be a plastic surgeon. albeit, it is interesting, but it is just simply gross. ::hurl ( Read more... )

today is my first day here in kaohsiung, taiwan. through my five year absence i forgot how much i missed this place. on the LA-Taipei flight here, i read through tuesdays with morrie. i have never read a book straight through, save siddartha and animal farm, but they were puny. perhaps morrie can explain my emotional outburst when i stepped ( Read more... )

To the lovelies that round my world:

today is the day we are forever plucked from the soft teat we call rowland high school. 'weaning' is what they call it. we have grown big and fat enough to stand on our miniscule stubs and waddle down our respective paths. are we ready? there's only one way to find out. let's waddle.

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