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Weekend class (with Mike) & Kung Fu Panda
I had class this past weekend but Mike still came to visit me in NYC. My weekend class was on Friday from 4-8pm and then 9-5pm Saturday and Sunday. I felt bad for leaving Mike mostly alone the entire...
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Experimenting with film
I got my Pentax in the mail a few weeks ago and started experimenting with it. And here starts my film journey... of the more serious kind.I still had a roll of color negative film left from a few...
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Happy Lunar New Year
Chinatown on New Year Weekend. Having lots of fun with confetti cannons.In summary, it was uneventful. I don't even remember what I did last year... probably nothing as well.Unfortunately, this year I...
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Happy Valentine's Day
I took Mike to Charlie Palmer Steak for our belated valentine's day celebration. I went there for restaurant week last summer and thought it was so delicious that I had to share the experience with...
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Paris in two weeks!
Seen near Columbus CircleAs it turns out, we're going to be in Paris the entire week. Switzerland is a long train ride (4ish hours) from Paris and it didn't seem worthwhile for just 1-1.5 days. We...
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And we're back!
So I've been debating whether to tell you about my trip by what we did each day or just the most memorable parts. I think I'll do both!We had a plan for what we were going to do each day, but it...
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Day 1: Our flight, hostel, River Seine, Bastille District
The posts are going to be really really really long. There are definitely more words than pictures. Read on if you like, but you have been warned...---We flew Turkish Airlines to Paris with a layover...
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Day 2: Arc de Triomphe, Sainte Chapelle, Luxor Obelisk, Sacre Coeur Basilica
We slept until 8/8:30am because we didn't have any tours. It was our "relaxing" day *coughbutwehadsomuchplannedcough*.Our first stop was the Arc de Triomphe. It was located in a roundabout and choked...
View ArticleDay 3: Catacombs, Luxembourg Gardens, Notre Dame, Latin Quarter
On the third day, we mostly explored the Left Bank (Catacombs, Luxembourg Gardens, and Latin Quarter).You can look at Wikipedia for most of what I have written below, but I went on a tour for Notre...
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Day 4: Palace of Versailles, Eiffel Tower at night
It was the coldest day we spent in Paris. It was around 37 degrees, and we were going to Versailles. You know, the one where King Louix XVI and Marie Antoinette lived in and subsequently killed for?The...
View ArticleDay 5: Notre Dame Towers, Eiffel Tower picnic
Our tour in Notre Dame also included the Towers, but not the guide in the Towers. So our guy gave us the tickets, and basically said we can go on any day as long as it's during opening hours. Hah!On...
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Day 6: Last stop - The Louvre
This was the other best day in Paris.I had expected it to be similar to the Met, but boy was I wrong!The Louvre used to be a palace, and all of Paris was at the center of it. The king built a wall...
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B&W Film: Paris
I finally developed 1 of 2 rolls of film I took to Paris! The second roll still has some frames, and with end-of-semester explosion, I probably won't finish it until the summer.This is my first time...
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I finished my last class at 9pm sharp last night, with my last final and presentation. JOY TO THE WORLD. I'M DONE WITH MY MASTER'S.
View ArticleOn Knowing Yourself, and Learning from Failure
"You have to care about your work but not about the result. You have to care about how good you are and how good you feel, but not about how good people think you are or how good people think you...
View ArticleMoving Out
BOOM.Just verbally agreed to move into the upper west side to live with 3 other ladies, one of which is a grad school friend.Crossing my fingers that nothing falls through the cracks. If so, moving in...
View ArticleNov. 9th, 2016
I feel deeply upset today. This morning, I cried on the train, all the way to work, because I couldn't hold it in. Looking at all these people on the train, I feel so lost and empty inside because of...
View ArticleDecember Travels
It's funny. Traveling, and the things I used to love and enjoy, has lost its luster. A few months ago, or even a year ago, I would have jumped on the chance to go somewhere during vacation. Even long...
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Thanksgiving 2016
Thanksgiving this year was really great.On thanksgiving day, I had hotpot with my cousins upstairs. There were udon noodles, tons of leafy greens, dumplings, lamb, fishballs, cuttlefish balls, salmon...
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