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Confessions of a McFoodie

February 3, 2011 My story

If I haven’t been around the blog world much, it’s just because I am drowning in work. I will groan and moan about my back-breaking schoolwork some other time (ah, you just can’t wait, can you!), but today, I just want to make a few confessions. I think I’m a foodie. And a lot of [...]

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Crazy-Ass Pizza

January 24, 2011 My story

This weekend was mad busy. It really wasn’t all that hectic…it just felt that way, because I had a long list of things to do that just got pushed back day after day and I’m the kind that panics when things don’t get done way ahead of time. For one of my first assignments for [...]

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To Speak a Dream

January 19, 2011 My story

During the first day of my two reporting classes, both our print and broadcast professors asked us what we wanted to do for our journalistic careers. One guy said his passion was sports, and that he wanted to anchor sports games while managing several sports channels, magazines, and blogs. He works 16 hours a week [...]

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Everyone Can Celebrate Christmas

December 24, 2010 God

This is the first Christmas I’m spending away from my family. I’m feeling very weird right now. There is a bit of melancholy as I feel somewhat detached from all the festivities. The only thing reminding me that it is Christmas is my neighbor’s flamboyant decorations… …and the Christmas songs that play incessantly at the [...]

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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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Thank You Letter to God

November 26, 2010 dinner event

Dear God, I tried. I really tried to think about all the things for which I need to thank you. I tried to list them down. I tried to organize them into neat categories, so that I knew I’d have three main thanksgivings to share during tonight’s Thanksgiving dinner. I tried. And I failed. Because [...]

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