Family Life Events

Peachy: a namesake, a memory

Today, I woke up and found out that one of my uncles (on my mom’s side) passed away. My other uncles and a couple of my cousins came together to get him to the hospital, but he passed before he got there. A few years ago, he was a victim of a car accident and …

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Lifestyle Unboxing

AllTrue Summer 2021 Unboxing!

Hi! It’s been a while, I know. We are almost at the end of summer 2021 and it’s been an eventful year. Every year, my parents and I take a big trip for the summer and this year over 4th of July weekend, we flew all the way from PA to Seattle. It was an …

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Current Events

Why can’t we just get along?

Look around there are too many of us crying And not enough love to go around What a waste, another day Another good one dying But I know that the world will change The day we know we’re all the same Why can’t we just get along? If loving one another’s wrong Then how are …

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Reading Journal Wrap-Up

2020 Reading Journey: top reads, the most bizarre, & the most relevant

This year so far, I have read 57 books that consisted approximately a total 12,659 pages – much more than last year’s 26 books! 2020’s reading is a bit of a mix of everything. I embraced the classics back into my life. Classic literature had always been and will always be my favorite genre, but …

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Life Events

I miss you, Missy. Goodbyes are never easy. 

I thought I knew grief and sadness. I thought I knew what it felt like for my heart to break. It turns out, I didn’t. Not really. I lost so many family members, some close family friends. But then, I was too young or I was too far away. I was somehow too detached to …

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#ThisMonthsBest Life Events

#ThisMonthsBest What I loved this November: letters, coffee, folklore & more

Hi! It’s finally December!! I hope you all had a terrific Thanksgiving, whether you spent it with your closest loved ones or got to see family or friends you haven’t seen in a long time. But above all, I hope that not only are your bellies full, but that your hearts are, also. 🥰 Can …

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Lifestyle Skincare

10-step Korean skincare routine: my attempts at being forever 21

When we’re young, we want to be older. When we’re older, we want to be younger. We are never satisfied, always wanting what’s seemingly out of reach. And if it’s there, we don’t want it anymore. As they say, the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. I never really thought …

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Life Events

Diamonds are forever… and so are the memories

All the details may slip away, eventually. All those little things we initially thought mattered. But what stays forever, what we remember, is the way those moments made us feel. The warmth from a hug. The freedom in unbridled laughter. The joy of being present. Last night, I made memories my heart will always remember, …

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Film Journal

The Hummingbird Project: a metaphor on how money can’t buy even one more millisecond

A bit of context: The Hummingbird Project (2018)’s main premise is Vince Zaleski’s (played by Eisenberg) ambitious project of creating the fastest data connection between the Kansas stock exchange and the NYSE by building a point-to-point straight line of fiber optic tunnel, which then will give his investor’s company a millisecond of advantage (equivalent to …

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Life Events

I went to my first Halloween costume party…

Last Saturday, one of my friends hosted her first Halloween party. Incidentally, it was also the first Halloween costume party I’ve ever gone to. I dressed as a black cat. And not quite on purpose, I came in a black car (my car would not start so I had to borrow my dad’s car). There …

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