November 6, 2012
eating out
Before I moved to the United States, everything I knew about Mexicans and their culture were filtered through the media. You know the stereotypes—handsome mustaches, sombreros, and the nonsense screams of “Andale, andale, andale!” Of course, those are extremely warped images of Mexico. But even while living in a suburban neighborhood in northern Virginia for [...]
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November 2, 2012
eating disorders
Thank you for all the birthday wishes, belated and early. You rocketed me back to giddy happiness: I look like a puny, FOB-y, Trojan-happy freshman. But see that happy look on my face? It’s real. I’m slowly catching up on birthday dinners with different groups of friends, either making a racket next to soju-shooting old [...]
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