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*Have you checked out my birthday giveaway yet?  No?  Then get to it!  Click here! It ends next Friday!* —————————- Dear mom and dad, Today, I wanted to thank you for giving me life. Mom, you had to deal with me for 9 months and then, on this day, 31 years ago, you went through one of the longest and possibly most painful labor just because I refused to be born.  At least this is what I’ve been told. You two have given me an incredible childhood, one where I got to know what being in a big family was really like. Sure, there was drama,Read More →

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Tomorrow’s my birthday but I wanted to get a head start this year by giving myself a birthday weekend! It just so happens that my birthday this year coincides with a 3 day holiday in Japan so I felt that I should extend the celebrations over a few days 🙂 Today will be my pre-birthday day! Yay! But then again, celebrating my birthday this year feels a little weird for me now because of the passing of Steve Jobs late Wednesday evening. I am actually quite sad about his sudden passing though I’m not quite sure why. I still remember when Jason emailed me yesterdayRead More →

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I’m turning 31 this coming Saturday. I’m totally psyched about it 🙂 Not because I’m going to have a big fancy party or that I’m getting a nice, fancy gift….just because I’m going to be 1 year older and I think it’s enough of a reason to celebrate. I celebrate life regardless of how old I will be. Of course, thinking about it now, I feel as if I should feel old even though 31 isn’t really considered old. Just that I spend a lot of my days in the company of 18-22 year olds who talk about feeling old but at the same timeRead More →

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I’m not much of a crier. Well, at least not when I’m around people. It’s a strange habit of mine to cry alone. For some reason, I have it in my head that crying in front of people is a negative thing because it shows weakness. Plus, once you start crying you just can’t stop. That display of uncontrollable emotion is something I’m not comfortable with. I’m not quite sure how all this came about but I know it has to be a childhood trauma of some sort. All I know is that I try to avoid situations where I would find myself unable toRead More →

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When I went home in August to clean out my room, I found quite a bit of things from my childhood that brought back so many memories. It also reminded me of how strange a child I must have been for my parents. One of the many interesting things I discovered during cleaning was this: My journals. It seems that my habit of writing down and recording the silly, mundane moments in my life started when I was rather young. And just like how I am now, I had a very bad habit of not writing on a consistent basis, sometimes leaving a whole 3Read More →

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We are all storytellers. I believe that every one of us has stories to share.  In fact, our lives are made up of many little stories all woven into one big one. Our stories are an important part of our lives because they are reminders of our past memories and experiences. We share stories as a means to bond with others as well as to teach the lessons we’ve learned from our past. There are so many different ways to share stories too.  Many of us share them verbally when we talk to family and friends about things that happen in our daily lives orRead More →

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It’s been quite a week last week and even though I haven’t exactly been posting much recently (with the exception to Week in the Life project), I feel the need to write something.  So here are a few thoughts… On blogging and blog reading I had originally planned on writing a post-“Week in the Life”-project thoughts but after spending the entire last week of July blogging and reading blogs every night, I was feeling a bit tired from doing either.  Not that I didn’t enjoy doing both things because I did.  I was just tired because it’s been a long while since I’ve devoted soRead More →

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The Story of Sunday Sundays tend to be slow days for us. Sundays are normally spent being lazy around the apartment. We try to go out for a little bit just so E can get some energy out but it’s mostly a day spent resting. We did start off this Sunday with a strong earthquake in the wee hours of the morning though. Details of Today A little Van Houten chocolate milk mixed with regular milk. E hasn’t worn a pair of matching socks in a long time. She likes the mismatched look. Happy Meal toys. The red one talks and the yellow one hasRead More →