December 2010
my dear friend twenty ten (&2011, friend to be).
I guess right now is the time to reflect on the past year, isn’t it. I don’t really feel like it’s going to be any different, but I will blog about it just because now that I think about it, there will not be any time more suitable to title a blog “2010” or some variation of that besides TODAY.
Time is a tricky thing. In the grand scheme of things, I’ve barely...
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typical Filipino family dynamic?
I was asked last night by my friend Shouvik what the typical Filipino family dynamic was. It was kind of hard for me to answer, kinda hard for me to generalize us all into one typical family.. -__(\
I started off explaining that we are really respectful of elders. That if we were to speak Tagalog, we would always respond to elders with “po” at the end of a word or phrase, like in...
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Sara Schiralli | Bang Bang
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overprocessed:
To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
-William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
Movement.
I can’t live a sedentary life. I guess you can say I’m a nomad. I like to move. I can get close to someone, then I move on and get close to someone else. It even happens with groups of people at a time. It might be that I’m afraid of attachment. I get close, but when it’s too close, I back out. Hm. No, I don’t think that’s right. I’m not afraid of becoming...
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lazy Monday.
wsup?
oh, nothin much. watched some of the first season of Dexter & nao just watchin some True Blood on these SWEEEEEET new headphones Kenneth got me for Christmas!!! :)
YAAAAAAA;)
stillness.
It still sorta amazes me today how little people I’ve known for quite a while think they know me. I’m more than the smile I give off, more than the facebook profile I’ve created, more than the college I go to. I’m more than the relationships I’ve been in, more than the cookies I’ve baked, more than the studious/affectionaite/nice/sweet/whatever girl I am when...
loveyourchaos:
sweetsweetheartkiller:
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so what are you waiting for?
:) making things happen for myself. how bout chu?
pullingourweight:
sweetcatastrophexx:
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Franz Ferdinand - No You Girls
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The Filipino-American's struggle with Bilingualism...
As many of you already know, I chose to do my Linguistics Research Project on 2nd generation Filipino-Americans and their experiences with Bilingualism at home, as it relates to their own attitudes about their identities. Here are the first couple of pages of my paper because, in my opinion, they’re worth the read. :)
During my first few days of adjusting to the University of California at...
reaching out.
I always find myself constantly being reminded about how great our God is. I always find myself being reminded about how blessed I am. First full day back in SD and I already find myself allowing the beauty of a song to almost move me to tears.
My soul doth glory in your love, O Lord. My soul doth glory in your love, O Lord. For you smiled on your servant with compassion, And you reached out and...
African American Seminar 39E: Investigating Life...
SOo for my African American Seminar final, we were asked to write on our experience at Cal so far and how it’s changed us from how we were before coming to Cal, and what realizations we’ve had on our “authentic” selves. We were also asked to relate our experience with that of either the boy in The Alchemist or Dorothy from the Wiz. By choosing Dorothy, I was asked to...
why
oh why do I feel so inadequate in more ways than one? .-.
Better things have yet to come.
mmm.
I love the invitation behind a smile ;)
work in progress.
I like Alicia Keys, John Legend and Usher. I like listening to all the different musicssss I have (from Hanna Moradi, brosef and Kaye) while doing mindless work. I like busy work. I don’t like not getting sleep. I like proving others wrong. I like proving myself wrong. I like winky faces in texts ;) I like girl talk. I like deep guy talk. I like kickbacks. I love my neighbors :) I LIKE CALLS...
constant
What’s most constant in your life right now?
As of right now, my familiarity with the color of the sky and idleness of Berkeley at 6 am. ..I’ll have to try answering this question seriously another time.
Good night. :)
sidenote
I hate how the winter times makes you feel lonely. .-. I love how everyone’s in such a good mood & I love the holiday season, but WHYYY is it everywhere that it would be even better if we had someone “special” to share this season with? wahh, and to be honest, it would be nice. ugh
I’m freakin BEAST. 10 pages in one night, plus a 6 page Appendix & a Bibliography. (& slept at 6 am 2 nights prior)
AND WHAT!