February 2012
2 posts
Time goes by so fast! Don't Walk By.
Sure, websites like timehop.com and happyrambles.com throw bits of your memories back at you, but nothing replaces a good ol’ blog post :)
Yesterday I had a lovely time walking around the east chinatown area (you know, the full length of Catherine Street all the way to the water with the beautiful view of the two bridges that is seldom walked by people in a rush) looking for homeless people...
January 2012
1 post
December 2011
3 posts
My common app essay from 2008
I just reread this (so awkwardly written and with a subject against all odds) and realized it could double as a kind of testimony :P Goodness gracious, what was I thinking? Thank you God :)
I’m sitting in my dad’s office right now and there’s a corrugated cardboard box on the shelf labeled, with my dad’s scraggly black sharpie pen, “trash - to be destroyed”....
“[God] really isn’t very efficient,” Abraham says. “He’s not about efficiency so...”
– http://www.urbana.org/cloud-of-witnesses/suffering-equips
T -16 Days
I can’t believe I have a little over 2 weeks left in Paris, I’m in this tragic (and blessed) state where I’m longing for just a little more time, but eager to return home, and then to New York to see all my friends again :) Paris in December is truly a sight, with lights everywhere and markets abound. I’ll post photos on FB soon! May God bless you during this finals season,...
November 2011
9 posts
George Simmel on 19th century city life
The same factors which have thus coalesced into the exactness and minute precision of the form of life have coalesced into a structure of the highest impersonality; on the other hand, they have promoted a highly personal subjectivity. There is perhaps no psychic phenomenon which has been so unconditionally reserved to the metropolis as has the blasé attitude. The blasé attitude results first from...
Vincent-isms
I saw that people were posting quotes by Leesh, Charen, and Isabelle, so I figured, why not? I’ve never laughed so much in a weekend.
“I’m such a failure. I only know 4 languages. I need to know 7 to be competent in the world.”
*peering out the hotel window at the beach at 7am* “Why are there people there already? We’re LATE.”
*sunrise photographing*...
I should've learned some Italian other than just...
My week in Italy from fall break - description of cities and thoughts that come to mind. Overall, prices were much cheaper than Paris (as is everywhere else, haha)!
Rome - Historical!
Rome was my favorite city in Italy (Though the Amalfi area is a close second!) What can I recall? It was rather dusty :P with ruins everywhere. I remember walking around and passing ruins randomly every several...
October 2011
7 posts
Color coordination
via KissMetrics, a marketing blog I follow!
++ Click Image to Enlarge ++ Source: The Art of Color Coordination
Not the usual inspiration
I find the popular sayings “live as if it’s your last day” or “live as if you’re dying” coming up frequently recently, probably correlated with the death of Steve Jobs, natural disasters, and the general instability of life. I find that my usual response to this rather self-centered, sounding something like: go, follow your dreams! or go, do what you’ve...
2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though be was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.
September 2011
6 posts
“Praise should be the permanent pulsation of the soul.”
– G.K. Chesterton
6 tags
Yesterday
See those ducks? Adorable. Never eating Foie Gras.
That was crazy. My friend Dakota who is studying abroad in Amsterdam came to visit and we went to the flea market (marches aux puces), which reminded me of China and Ghana, Champs Elysees & L’arc de triomphe, Sacre Coeur church in Montmartre area (best view ever, will upload ASAP), and then a boat tour on the Seine river and then the...
First impressions!
Bonjour Tous! (Yes, I’m alive! Haven’t you seen me on gchat?)
I will do my best to blog once a week – besides, it’s hard to experience so many new things without sharing them with you. J I’m glad to hear that everyone is okay from the earthquake and hurricane o_0
General Observations about Paris
Parisians are not mean. (I’m actually working on a presentation about Tourism in Paris…how do you like...
July 2011
6 posts
Photorank →
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co-suffering:
Harry Potter. It was nice. It was nostalgic. It pulled from that worn shelf those moments when I was laying on bed with a light shining beside me at some godforsaken hour. It reminded me of the hours I spent rereading the page before last attempting to stall the end of each book.
But what struck…
“You are creating us into masterpieces.”
May 2011
5 posts
Why do I need to pray?
My grandma calls me regularly - I talk to her more than any of my other family members, it’s kind of weird. When we talk, it’s both inspiring and amusing. Inspiring because she calls with the sole intention to pray with me (and update me on her life, slightly) the Lord’s prayer in Chinese. Today, she asked me to pray for her, for her to have peace inside despite the agitation in...
Osama Bin Laden is dead.
”Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles.” Proverbs 24:17 // “Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord GOD, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?” Ezekiel 18:23
April 2011
5 posts
The benefits of not eating for 30 hours
For more information on 30 hour famine, check out http://www.30hourfamine.org
You suddenly have a lot more free time to finish all of your group presentations due the next week
You have more time to spend with God
You are more motivated to sleep because you won’t feel hungry
Your self control increases, you gain intrinsic reward
You get to celebrate at the end with World Vision at NYU
...
“Does the “Gotta Catch ‘Em All” slogan for Pokemon reflect that...”
– Consumer Behavior, Hoyer & MacInnis
March 2011
2 posts
“You cannot experience, know, and taste the gospel and then live off on your own...”
– Kinsen Siu, AACF Large Group 3/23
Jenny & Tyler on forgetting and persevering
Just thought i’d share the the fact that jenny and tyler and giving away their album for free for one week only!
“Our newest release, Faint Not, chronicles our journey of faith over the past year and a half. It’s about not growing weary in seeking truth, loving God, and loving people. We hope the highs, lows, and everything in between will resonate with you.”
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December 2010
1 post
Just so I don't forget →
August 2010
4 posts
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