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A Beautiful Year

December 31, 2010 family

My dad called me this morning while I was still in bed, reluctant to get up. He was calling me on his cell phone and sounding a bit breathless, so I knew he was out on a walk. “It’s New Year’s eve!” he boomed. “I’d like you to email me some of your prayer topics [...]

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Traditional Values

December 27, 2010 My story

(Edited to add: I posted a note of apology regarding some things I said in this post that may have offended people) Some people get pretty surprised when they find out I have old-fashioned values. But then, at the same time, there are people who get surprised by the things I’m willing to try, so [...]

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Smiling in the Rain

December 17, 2010 Los Angeles

It’s cold, dreary, and rainy today. I have not seen or felt a single speck of sunlight. I trudged downtown for an interview early this morning, huddling under my tiny crappy umbrella, which flipped backwards several times because of the gusty wind. I walk briskly by fellow Angelenos, and nobody greets each other, or even [...]

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The Delirious, Self-Absorbed Day of Sophia Lee

December 15, 2010 blog meet-up

Yay. I’m done with finals. I’ve been waiting for this day since four weeks into the school semester, and boy is this so…anti-climatic. Now that I have absolutely nothing to do, I’m almost wondering if yesterday was all a dream. And if it were, it was so fantastically lucid that it seems like a replay [...]

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Our Foodie Town

December 6, 2010 blog meet-up

I can’t do it. I can’t get it out of my head. Damn you, Facebook. Ever since I posted about my desire to build a Foodie Town, I keep dreaming about how it would be like, despite the fact that I have been staring at the same page about municipal water system for hours. Just [...]

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Mr. Bread and Me

November 30, 2010 My story

I was a very picky eater when I was young. Besides for the fact that I refused to sleep, refused to play with the other kids, loved climbing up dangerous objects, and often threw tantrums, I worried the hell out of my parents because I just refused to eat certain foods. I was the kind [...]

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