January 2012
now that she's back from that soul vacation,
tracin’ her way through the constellation
“You’re flying the fine line of Icarus and the sun, mija… Just remember, your wings aren’t of wax, they’re of wishes. And the sun can’t melt those.”
kristofersonkam replied to your post: on speaking chinese
I wish I spoke to my grandparents more. They have so many stories to tell but I never asked. Now that only my grandmothers are alive, I try to speak to them but it’s also really hard. Did your grandpa live in the Chinatown area?
i think that it gets easier the more you do it to understand
nah he didnt the stories he tells me- he never...
my great grandma
was white and my mom can’t tell me more about her because she doesn’t know but that’s so damn interesting my great grandpa went to south america or something and then met her WHY DOES NO ONE KNOW THE STORY THIS IS WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO WRITE
on speaking chinese
so i talk to my grandpa and i listen to his stories for hours on end but sometimes i can’t understand half the things he says just because some of the words he uses are never used in everyday conversation and during our chinese new year dinner, my mom and aunt said we can only speak in chinese or else you lose money and throughout the whole dinner, everyone was struggling even my mom...
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during dinner
me: omg mom that piece of pig has a wart on it omg ew
mom: ew that’s not a wart
me: (thank goodness)
mom: it’s a nipple
A History of the Bay Area Asian American Movement
You Hadda Be There.
The Sixties and Seventies, I mean.
You had to be there, sensing the world turning upside down.
It wasn’t remote or academic at all.
On our TVs and in our newspapers we witnessed Asian faces rising up to finish off the latest colonial occupation.
An entire quarter of humanity,
once dismissed as clinging to a...
Hi.: What happens if you fall in love with a... →
karenfelloutofbedagain:
Lots of things might happen. That’s the thing about writers. They’re unpredictable. They might bring you eggs in bed for breakfast, or they might all but ignore you for days. They might bring you eggs in bed at three in the morning. Or they might wake you up for sex at three in the morning. Or make love at four in the afternoon. They might not sleep at all. Or they...
There are over 55 ethnic minorities within the...
I mean I knew there were minorities like the Tibetans but I had no idea there were Chinese Muslims (did you know London Tipton is Hmong).
It’s just crazy because in America we’re all Asian despite the Vietnamese, Mongolians, Samoans, and the rest of the over 50 subgroups.
But within “Chinese,” there are so many ethnic minorities who never even make it to America. And...
He tells me
So many people yearn to travel. How many of them will actually do it?
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Everyone has these dreams to “see the world” and the reality of it is reality hits later and you’re held back by school, finances, family, lack of concrete plans.
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He tells me I’m a dreamer. Those are the ones who fall the hardest. But if you manage to pick up, you can soar.
thestudentsprayer:
I wish my writing could touch people, change their outlook on life, could make them feel something.
"I can't be sitting here when the whole world is...
in this college process
i’ve had 9 interviews so far, going on 10 this saturday and i’ve gotten so much out of each one- not only about the great things each school has to offer- but just each alumni offered so much insight into life
like my brown interviewer works for the u.s. state dept on the council of foreign relations and he told me that he really thinks trade schools (schools where you strictly study...
Anonymous asked: maybe he is depressed, but then again, so are a lot of people in our school. we just can't ever tell. people can seem normal on the outside, but we never know what they do/think when they're by themselves. and sometimes depression can make people's lives dysfunctional, which is probably why doing homework might have been an issue for him. i mean, depression can just make people not...
on college
My interviewer today graduated from Stuy. And in the end I asked her her thoughts on financing an undergrad education. And she told me her college experience was amazing but she had to take out significant loans and when she was choosing her school, she thought that it’d be okay to take out these loans because she’ll just work extra hard later to pay them off- which is what a lot of...
be(r)nice.: does anyone know ricky poon →
ganggil:
ko1f1z4:
singbutkeepgoing:
so in medical ethics, ms b told us to imagine we were terminally ill and then to draw pictures in the categories “weaving the web of life” or “finding a treasure at the bottom of the sea”
and then we drew/colored and she analyzed some of them. and we thought what she was doing was complete crap…
i have water color with him
hes a really strange kid.. he...
sitting here watching videos
of people getting asked to prom
and smiling to myself
okay
does anyone know ricky poon
so in medical ethics, ms b told us to imagine we were terminally ill and then to draw pictures in the categories “weaving the web of life” or “finding a treasure at the bottom of the sea”
and then we drew/colored and she analyzed some of them. and we thought what she was doing was complete crap because this girl drew boxes and ms b was like “this is your family....
i wish i lived in california
because of the large asian american population, most of the colleges there have asian american studies (why didn’t i apply to more schools in cali) and there’s so many more organizations for asian americans and angel island is there and yeah asians passed through ellis island but nowhere near as many and it’d just be so interesting to go there and californias weather is amazing...
crazy stuff- more on Asian Americans
-Violence is a growing issue among Asian American youth; Asian American youth have the highest percentage of juvenile violent crime—21% in contrast to Blacks (17%), Whites (16%) as well as a steady increase in arrests.
-Lack of data about Asian Americans has contributed to a lack of understanding of issues facing Asian American youth. Historically, Asian Americans have been counted as “other,”...
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i thought about you the other day
if you were wondering
i just found this old conversation i saved from...
(8:02:54 PM): ilysfm.
(8:08:10 PM): i really dont doubt ur the gretaest friendd anymoree ilyy =D
(8:25:03 PM): that really meant alot to me and im about to cry cuz i feel like an ass for saying that on the fone to u
(8:26:20 PM): i know u never stopped caring nd thats y no matter how my top looks, u know ull always be my BEST FRIEND EVER and my BIF till the end of forever even if we lose contact...
What it will be like the last minutes of Tumblr if...
Internet: You've been so brave, sweetheart.
Tumblr: Why are you here? All of you.
Internet: We never left.
Tumblr: Does it hurt? Getting shut down?
Megaupload: Quicker than loading a page.
Facebook: You're nearly there.
Tumblr: I'm sorry. I never wanted any of you to close down for me. And Wikipedia, your articles-
Wikipedia: Others will tell them what their founders died for. One day, they'll understand.
Tumblr: You'll stay with me?
Facebook: Until the end.
Tumblr: And the government wont be able to see you?
Megaupload: No... we're here you see.
Tumblr: Stay close to me.
Internet: Always.
I need to read more
Crap what am I spending my time on
there’s so many books out there that are great that I haven’t yet read and omg when was the last time I read anything other than the economist
“As long as we can love each other, and remember the feeling of love we had, we...”
– Mitch Albom, Tuesdays With Morrie (via 0bstacles)
16) Devote yourself to loving others, devote...
It's crazy how money and diamonds
have no intrinsic value. In Econ we learn that money functions because we believe it to work and we all accept it as payment and a means of exchange. But if you actually think about that and how much money controls our lives, this inherently worthless piece of paper that’s not even backed by gold, idk, it’s just crazy. And so many people swoon over diamonds and the man who wants to...
on Asian Americans- bullying and suicide
In fact, recent research suggests that young Asian Americans are facing a bullying epidemic. Last year, the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education released a joint study showing that over half of Asian American teens said they’d been the subject of targeted abuse at school, versus around a third of blacks, Hispanics and whites.
...
SOMEONE TAKE ME OUT ON A WONDERFUL DATE
: Going out to dinner isn’t a date… unless they’re completely unimaginative. Dates are more involved…
and then he asked me what my best/favorite date’s been and i don’t have one okay I HAVEN’T YET LIVED and i haven’t been on a completely wonderful date my life
do you guys ever get friendship crushes on people
inkedimagination:
like you just… appreciate them so much… in a non-romantic way… and you think they’re super awesome and cool… and you just want to be SUPER FRIENDS FOREVER…
i wanna sneak out
in the middle of the night and just take a walk
i dont understand why i’m not allowed out this late
because i just want to take a walk and talk
michellehor: What Men Really Want →
There was once a time that I considered myself a true gentleman. Not only that, but I thought I was a pretty damn good Christian too. I went to church, and I thought Jesus was a pretty stand-up guy. I knew how to hold the door open for a lady, when to tell her she was beautiful, and when to…
this really needs more reblogs
it’s because it’s long and few people take the time to read...
smilejoanna:
Senior SING! 2012 Director Applications Your response has been recorded.
sigh