December 2011
55 posts
WatchMost days, New York City makes it very difficult to fall in love. The chaos of all those car horns and crowded streets turns the morning into a battlefield and makes me forget what it feels like to be held. That the night we met, the skyline smiled for us… If I had one wish to ask for when this life of mine finally supernovas into memory, I would ask that everyone on earth could see the...
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Warm Asian Family Fuzzies
Dad: Eh. You. 过来过来。我就想说。。。 I know I never tell you, but I am actually very proud of y...
Me: Hey. It's ok. I am also very grateful for...
Dad: You know you're a good daughter, you try hard, you don't make me fly to Philly to move all your crap out every semester, you...
Me: Yeah, 爸爸，hauling my stuff from city to city is actually my special skill. Also, I...
Both: Eh never mind, you get it. Tea?
diehasen:
Real Quick
Even though I am incredibly sad that there’s only one more semester left of college, I am TREMENDOUSLY HAPPY to be home! This semester entire year was really hard in many ways, but also one of the best times of my life. So tricky like that! :D
Longer, wordier recap of the year is gonna show up on my blog pretty soon. After I upload 1000 photos onto Facebook.
The Secret History of Kim Jong Il →
Few people have the chance to watch a shy young man grow into a ruthless dictator — and live to talk about it. But, for one North Korean professor, Kim Jong Il is much more than the man holding his country hostage. He’s a former student.
αΚΔΦ: Upenn Theta Chapter: Reflection from 2011... →
upennakdphi:
As my term comes to a close, and as I reflect on the amazing accomplishments we have had this past year, I am overcome with so many emotions –many I cannot even begin to describe. We have a tendency to execute, execute, execute and move forward, but that often leads us to…
<3 my amazing pledge sister Cindy
The Real Mohamed Bouazizi →
The man whose self-immolation started the Arab Spring.
“If committing suicide over the loss of $225 worth of goods and a regular location on the street for a fruit stand seems inconceivable to most people in the United States and Europe, Bouazizi’s counterparts throughout Tunisia and in the extralegal economies in the rest of the Arab world understood immediately his desperation. In...
How Will You Measure Your Life? →
Super weak to this stuff!! (Via JShen)
TL;DR:
1) Create a strategy for your life (what’s your purpose?)
2) Allocate your resources (how will you devote your time and energy?)
3) Create a culture
4) Avoid a “Marginal Costs” Mistake
5) Remember the importance of humility (humble people have high self-esteem) - “We also decided that humility was defined not by...
“One day, I will write myself a glass essay and then I will love like it...”
– Alysia Harris, “Joy”
50 Things (Advice to Incoming MIT Freshmen) →
My friend is graduating (from Penn) in 9 days so he’s been sending me an endless, nostalgic stream of these types of articles. All good stuff and very true in hindsight (guess I did something right), pretty good advice for pre-frosh.
Two Songs
Meh kinda emo.
もう一度 (Mou Ichido) by 童子-T (Dohzi-T) feat. BENI
Time is All Around by Regina Spektor
One more!
Creeping the "akdphi" tag on tumblr..
tsunamimbw:
kiendien:
I don’t normally do this but I’m a sucker for good art and Harley Quinn.
Please “like” my friend’s paddle. Today’s the last day to vote.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=241615829228801&set=a.241007472622970.66049.240979649292419&type=1&theater
WHOA. That chandelier is intense. Now I want to make paddles for everyone. Who’s with me?! :D Wood...
Three Films
I can’t help but feel this 10 challenge is getting more and more mundane >.>
1. Paris, Je T’aime - random movie I found on the 16 hour flight to China. Loved it, though it is a bit melancholy.
2. V for Vendetta - my favorite movie. The first time I watched it, I watched it again immediately after.
3. A Knight’s Tale - The inside jokes from this movie form maybe 40% of my...
Four Books
I’m skipping five foods because I’m exhausted and not really in the mood to look up pictures of food.
1. The Book Thief (Marcus Zusak): my favorite book. Ever. Dear to my heart.
2. Nation (Terry Pratchett): Favorite book from the summer, great author. (I liked Going Postal a lot too.)
3. Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami): the last novel I read, a recommendation by John Bang....
“♪( ´θ｀)ノ ((((；ﾟДﾟ))))))) (´･_･`) ψ(｀∇´)ψ (( _ _ ))..zzzZZ”
– Apple products have all these sweet emoticons preprogrammed in the keyboard! Is there some equivalent on android!?
