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Just Give Up!

March 23, 2011 eating out

I hate giving up. I really do. It’s a mantra programmed into my mind from young. As a pre-schooler, you read books about the tortoise that never gave up racing the hare, or the princess that never gave up wishing for her handsome prince, and so on and so forth.   “Never give up!” “Just [...]

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The Present

August 25, 2010 blog meet-up

I talked about the Past. I talked about the Future. You know where this is going. Time to talk about the Present. I’m not actually in the right mind and attitude to talk about the present, because I’m still all hyped up about being back in school. I’ve missed everything about USC—its beautiful, red-bricked, Greek-style [...]

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Look Big to Be Big

June 11, 2010 Uncategorized

I know a lot of virtuous people personally. People with beautiful traits and character which earn my respect and admiration. These people awe me with their strength, their endurance, their wits, their generosity, their compassion, their faith, and yeah, I can go on and on. But. Inevitably…they also make me feel…kind of crappy. Because unconsciously, [...]

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Aiyah, Paiseh lah!

June 9, 2010 eating out

I can’t speak for all Singaporeans…but I find that the majority of them are pretty soft-spoken people. I didn’t really notice this, until I came back to Singapore from America, and found myself having to strain my ears to hear what some Singaporeans are saying. In contrast, when I came upon some Caucasians here, their [...]

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Who Needs Popularity When You’ve Got Travel-Mates?

May 28, 2010 blog meet-up

There was a time…when I was really concerned about being “popular”. No, not that “popular” kind—I had no interest (okay, maybe a little) in becoming one of those self-proclaimed social elite you find in high school with the fake smiles, who dominate the hallways with their posh bags and newest boyfriends. But I, like any [...]

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Just a Shadow

September 11, 2009 blog meet-up

For those of you who have been reading since the start of this blog, or if you look at my About Me page, you’ll know that I started this blog as a sort of “treatment center” for me to fight my eating disorder…And for the past month or so, you might have noticed that I [...]

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