December 2011
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“This person realizes that staying home means blowing off everyone this person...”
– No One Belongs Here More Than You, Miranda July
Truth in Love
Kit is back in the country the second time this year. We wanted to treat her to a trip down memory lane so we decided to visit the old alma mater. It has been almost ten years since our high school graduation, so this trip back home is really nostalgic. Amazing how a lot of things have remained unchanged despite the years. There are new infrastructures and...
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Lucky Me
I was torn between giving this post the title Lucky Me or Awesome Friends are Awesome. I decided to go with the former since I am an inconceivably lucky gal indeed; time spent with these people are always A.W.E.S.O.M.E. We can make the most mundane of things the most fun activity in any other parallel universe. I love these people to the bones- skin, organs, warts and all.
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“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he...”
– Dead Poets Society, 1989 (via laregina)
Note: I will stop using “very.”
I did some photo-walking this morning since exercise has long been overdue in my to-do list. The walk around the village brought back a lot of childhood memories- from the makahiya leaves, aratilis trees, and santan flowers to the very same playground where I and my siblings used to play when we were very much younger. I have spent...
We almost broke the Hoover Dam.
A fun-filled and feel-good night indeed! I am so glad to have had the opportunity to catch up with Pau and Mark. I missed these two, no matter (or maybe because of) how neurotic and eccentric we get to be around one another.
Great night friends, until the next!
Much Love,
Karen
P.S. Thank God we did not break the Hoover Dam! Thank you Mark for being such a gracious host. Let us do this...
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“The world is simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and...”
– Henry Miller
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“Our consciousness is fed with other conciousnesses. The way we make decisions,...”
– ~Thich Nhat Hanh
Dear future significant other,
brain-food:
When we travel together, i’m going to be one of those people that will make you stand in front of every monument and take your picture. I’m sorry.
Sincerely, Your photographer girlfriend
My dearest future love,
See above.
Yours Sincerely,
Your (amateur) photographer girlfriend
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I was once told that Christmas is about salvation; after all, it is the birthday of the Savior. This morning, I had a revelation in the form of two small kids.
As I was preparing myself to go to a required museum visit, I saw two boys, one corpulent and one lanky, both around 10 years old, washing the family car. I asked my dad who those kids were and he told me that they volunteered to clean the...
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Go Play in the Dirt
Most moms would reprimand their children for playing in the dirt, creating a mess, or dirtying themselves. Not me though. I would not be that type of mother who would dissuade my children from having fun, no matter how messy it gets. I would not stop them from being children, from looking unkempt, from getting bruised. I would even jump right in and join the fun. Never mind that I have to clean up...
UP Law Block B2013
Taken on December 16, 2011 at the UP Law Center.
Photos courtesy of Mary Beley.
Bucket List
Back in high school, we were required to make a scrap book of the things we want to accomplish and how we envision ourselves. I remember including in my scrap book the usual things a teenager wants- have a laptop, go to the prom, attend the ideal college.
A few years forward, my taste has matured and my concept of the world has broadened. I...