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Blown Away. But Still Here.

May 12, 2010 Uncategorized

I am. Blown. Away. By all your sincere and empathetic responses to my last post. To be honest, my finger quivered a bit before I hit the “publish” button. I don’t know what I was nervous about: Exposing an image of myself when I was soulless? Sounding too evangelical? Being potentially triggering? But now, I’m [...]

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What it means to be a Host

April 11, 2010 My story

Did you know? My brother is a hospitality management major. He kind of copied me, because that was what I wanted to major in before I finally settled on journalism. Also, I told him that you don’t have to study as hard as a hospitality major, so that might have given him an extra incentive [...]

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Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Korean Fusion Street Food BYOB

March 27, 2010 dinner event

After several consecutive sleepless nights and two exams in a single day, you’d think I deserve a rest. But no. I was walking a mile to Ralph’s, taking an hour’s metro ride to the Korean supermarket, then chopping, slicing, mashing, and mixing in the kitchen, all in preparation for my Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24 event. [...]

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Who Will You Create?

February 8, 2010 My story

Yay! I was ecstatic to hear the positive responses to my “You Are What You Cook” Challenge. I didn’t really talk about the details because I wasn’t sure anyone would jump on board, but now that I’ve been assured that some of you will join the challenge, here’s the basic guidelines: Guidelines for “You Are [...]

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A Daily Miracle

January 27, 2010 God

Remember when I missed the plane back home from San Francisco after the Foodbuzz Festival? Probably not, because I never got to telling the story. I was a bit distracted by other stuff…but I’m ready to share my story now. You might wonder why the heck you should care about something that happened 2 months [...]

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Back in High School Again

December 14, 2009 My story

I’ve been bobbing around the blog world for almost a year, and sometimes, I feel like I’m back in high school again. Don’t get me wrong—I adore the blog world, I really do. I think we have a fantastic community, and even my parents were astonished by the “warm, kind, and loving” people here after [...]

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