Books that have accompanied me on my 50 minute commutes in and out of the city:

The Accidental Asian, Notes of a Native Speaker by Eric Liu. (Thank you, Amanda.) I LOVED this memoir. Absolutely devoured it. Not only has Liu entertained me with an unending list of vocabulary words, his ideas and observations made me reminisce back to my first ( Read more... )

I think I've found my yearly theme! It's a very simple word, but it speaks volumes to me.

So I've been slightly unfaithful to this journal. (Not that digital technology has a soul...yet.) But here I am because it's that time of the year again! In less than a month, I get to pick my second "yearly theme ( Read more... )

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I just made a list of every(materialistic)thing I wanted within the past five days...which came out pretty horrendous. The cheapest item is a box of Kraft's Mac n' Cheese dinner for $1. The most extortionate is a trip to NY-just for pure fun, no job interviews, conventions, nothing truly productive-for an estimate of $500+ including travel fare ( Read more... )

Job hunt:love life #7:

7. Have faith.

This is by far the hardest to do. In fact, it's not even about jobs:love, this pervades every aspect of life in general. I say, "have faith," all the time, but to truly act on it...is a very different story ( Read more... )

Adding on to my ongoing job hunt:love life analogy...

6. It goes both ways; "it's a two-way street."You have to love them; they have to love you. Maybe you love each other differently, but somehow there should still be a mutual respect towards both parties. If you're not 100% passionate for the job, then the company will of course take it into ( Read more... )

I posted this article, "What Are You Going To Do With That?" to my mom's facebook wall.

One of the best quotes from the article is, "Moral imagination is hard, and it's hard in a completely different way than the hard things you're used to doing. And not only that, it's not enough. If you're going to invent your own life, if you're going to be ( Read more... )

Strangely, I find that job hunting is homogeneous to one's love life:

1. Patience.

I don't think that needs much explanation; patience and perseverance are both relevant skills in both departments.

2. You cannot control what the other side does, think, and feel.Sometimes I think this is the hardest point to keep in mind. It's commonly assumed, " ( Read more... )

My 2010 Book Index (excluding thesis texts)

I thought keeping one of these would be fun. Plus, after joking for so long about forming a book club, I figured this would be a small, albeit useful start.

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