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Monday, 10 March 2008
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It's official! I'm going to Europe for 45 days, starting Mar 19.
Monday, 02 July 2007
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My principal complaint about human beings is that we so seldom noticed it when we are happy.
Last week, I spent the entire weekend dressing up and going out, driving and getting lost, wanting to eat at 8am and finding that every restaurant is closed. Seems pretty typical, but it's been so long since I've enjoyed a weekend with people I love. So as we were lounging, eating, and talking about nothing, I can help but feel, "if this isn't nice, I don't know what is." So I do that from time to time. And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, "If this isn't nice, then I don't know what is."
Sunday, 03 June 2007
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Inspired by Kurt Vonnegut
We are not born with imagination. It has to be developed by teachers, by parents. There was a time when imagination was very important because it was the major source of entertainment. Think back to elementary school when you'd read a simple story about a girl whose dog had died. Doesn't that make you want to cry? Don't you know how the little girl feels? And you'd read another story about a rich man slipping on a banana peel. Doesn't that make you want to laugh? And this imagination circuit is being built in your head.
The imagination circuit is taught to respond to the most minimal of cues. A book is arrangement of twenty-six phonetic symbols, ten numerals, and about eight punctuation marks, and people can cast their eyes over these and envision the eruption of a volcano or civil war battle. But it's no longer necessary for teachers and parents to build these circuits. Now there are professionally produced shows with great actors, very convincing sets, sound, music. We don't need the circuits any more.
But those of us who had imagination circuits built can look in someone's face and see stories there; to everyone else, a face will just be a face.
Thursday, 09 November 2006
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A section of my sister's college application essay:
"Allow me to elaborate on a game I call the “The Hugging War.” Only two people I know have engaged in this specific activity - my baby brother and myself. It works like this: One person starts by hugging the other. The other hugs back, with even more force than the first. The first retaliates and squeezes even harder, and the onslaught of hugs continues until both participants can no longer endure the constant smothering of hugs and kisses. It is a ridiculously embarrassing activity, but it works well to relieve stress."
I miss my family.
Thursday, 14 September 2006
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a new perspective of mine:
I don't blame fobby people for speaking fobby anymore. Man, translating Chinese to English is difficult business! The grammar structures are completely different... so different that Chinese people aren't stupid for translating poorly, it's just hard. I bet Chinese people would laugh at the Americans if they ever attempted to translate English into probably poor Chinese.
sigh... back to studying.
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- Name: emily
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- Birthday: 12/1/1985
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