August 2009
7 posts
what's for dinner?
this god forsaken question always haunts us. the city is jam packed with places to eat: cheap eats, fancy eats, cultural eats, non-edible eats, display eats, all sorts of eats! so why is that when it comes down to the question, “what’s for dinner?” we’re all stumped?
brown bag friday →
ultimate guide to finding free food in nyc / thanks cecil! enjoy everyone!
double the fun
i recently heard of a woman who googled her boyfriend’s name to only find “wedding registry” as the first match. no, this is no coincidence. richard james is in fact engaged to shirley madison. shirley madison is, in fact, not rachel scott, girlfriend of richard james. are you lost yet?
well let me tell you more. richard james and girlfriend rachel scott have been dating for three wonderful...
my sunny shadow
my sister and her husband are moving out in a week and i get to move into their room. score for me, i’ve never had a room of my own (and according to Virginia Woolf, you really should have your own room…) so this will be interesting. im looking forward to throwing away junk circa 1998, painting the walls, buying a new desk, and starting a new. but this is a bittersweet occasion. my mom posted on...
musical snow globe
yoshi travel yoshi land musical snow globe found in hand deep emotions friendly ties yoshi hands off bittersweet cries across the water deep and blue by the window on auspicious dues dinkly dinkle dinkly din the musical metals turn within dinkle dinkly dinkle din a mother’s worries come to fin
finally
i’ve stopped posting for a while but after deciding to allow just one addictive application on my phone, i figured it should be one that will keep my mind alert, and be able to share with the rest of the world :) so, with that said, i’m back, bizatches!
February 2009
6 posts
caught.
i think its funny when ppl update their profile/status updates/give gifts between 9am - 5pm on facebook or on their blogs … way to be discreet……
new york times just launched their article skimmer. the prototype is part of a series of nytimes up-and-coming features that they are testing for user feedback. the pro is, many people probably already do this - skim headlines while at work, while walking to the train, while we wait for our friend/mom/special person come back from the bathroom while at a restaurant… - so! NYT brings...
to everyone in digital advertising:
please get over the subservient chicken.
thanks.
edited
cecil, you got me. everyone in the world, please get over the subservient chicken.
thanks again,
JM
December 2008
1 post
October 2008
3 posts
2 tags
http://www.palinaspresident.us/ →
does this hurt or help mccain/palin ticket?
liberals laugh at it, conservatives cheers for it.
what about the other 10%?
4 tags
The Red White and Blue
Back in Chicago, there were a few times when I would sit tirelessly at the Southbound Cermak bus-stop heading to China Town. During one of my long waits, someone asked me to sing the Star-Spangled Banner, our national anthem. There is a sad and amusing element to this story. The amusing: whenever I attempt to sing this song, my brain always flashes back to Asher Levy School, 2nd Grade, Mr....
September 2008
10 posts
i want to tell the world...
…that i am well aware… and that i am thankful for every breath i take.
3 tags
Happy Birthday
Three minds recently posted on the lasting effects of social media:
“As social media continues to grow, it will come to create a detailed online representation of your life and its daily activities, your passions and dreams. It will represent reputations in all their truths, and any of their fallacies. Your online persona is a reality of today and many wise individuals expend effort and...
5 tags
A Play With Words
My sister showed me an interesting website. “Wordle is a toy for generating ‘word clouds’ from text that you provide”. So, you go onto the site, pop in some words, a website (blog or even something like www.nytimes.com), and it will serve you a ‘Word Cloud’ - the word cloud is an accumulation of words most used on the site/text you submitted. You can...
Picture Perfect
I took the most beautiful picture on September 1st, 2008, Monday - Labor Day.
The fluorescent lights scanned beautifully across the thin walls, cleaning it from overcrowded shadows. My grandpa sat at 11 o’clock and stared gleefully at his great grandson, Brandon Will Tang. In the midst of chatters and ahhh-Boo! ahhh-Boo!’s the cackle that Brandon exhaled infected the room and...
"That Mother Chucker"
Spotted: Gossip Girl’s first episode of the season. As promised, scandalous affairs, new beginnings, love and heartaches in one breath, and glamorous waves of fashion. Of all of those spoiled Upper East Side high schoolers, one of them stood out the most last night; you’ve guessed it: That Mother Chucker.
August 2008
9 posts
a peek into the yu's part ii: reincarnabuse
[eLy]: look, there it is! kill it, eva! -points to fly-
[ccky]: no dont! that could be my grandma
[eLy]: grandma is not going to come back as a freaking fly
-eva kills the fly-
[ccky]: that is so... animal abuse.
a peek into the yu's part i: 36 minutes into...
[e]: somebody take him -baby is crying hysterically, puts him in the bouncy chair-
[m]: omg his face is turning purple
[d]: maybe he needs a diaper change -feels diaper-
[r]: ni ham mut yah? (taishanese: what are you crying for)
[m]: -picks him up- weee! (superman flying position)
tagphobia.
there she is. sitting comfortably on the white plastic hanger in my mother’s crowded closet… pressing against a white-powdered Rebecca Taylor, blissfully opening the left-side of her blouse for some air; hiding behind a bright orange retro cami top illuminating the New York black and grey mix; admiring the red carpet couple of an ironed-clean Theory blazer wrapping her sleeve around a...
“…to my Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuits,…you never gave in and...”
– Hilary Rodman Clinton, National Democratic Convention 2008
2 tags
Innocent, fine; Socially awkward, unacceptable.
[sd]: inexperienced boys are a no no anyway
[lj]: whys that
[lj]: i love innocence
[lj]: LOL
[sd]: cause they are so awkward around girls
[sd]: i like innocent boys too
[lj]: we sound creepy
April 2008
2 posts
did you know her?
she barely reached my shoulders, yet she was as tall as mountains.
her hands were smaller than mine, but she was as strong as battleships.
her steps were small and slow, but it never stopped her from dancing everyday.
did you know her?
her name was wan-fok sui ngor. in february 2007 i lost an aunt. in march 2007 my grandmother was hit with multipe seizures and remained undiscovered in her room...
March 2008
1 post
Radios in Heaven - Plain White T's
Do they have radios in heaven? I hope they do ‘Cause they’re playing my song on the radio And I’m singing it to you You left before I had a chance to say goodbye But that’s the way life usually is it just passes you by But you can’t hold on to regrets and you can’t look back So I’ll just be thankful for the times that I had with you I hope I’m just...
February 2008
2 posts
"are you malaysian?"
so, people have asked me if i’m part hispanic or if i’m filipino, but malaysian? that’s a first.
after my southeast asia in world political economy class, i went to the garden cafe for lunch. i was speaking to the woman in my broken cantonese and ordered a “Roasted Chicken saan mun zee”. i couldn’t say ‘roasted chicken’ in cantonese, so i asked...
it’s almost been a month since i’ve been away from new york city, and so much has happened since then. after spending merely three days in hong kong, the sixty students attending syracuse university’s study abroad proram packed their bags again to only find themselves back at the hong kong international airport, checking into china eastern airline (listed as one of the top most...
December 2007
7 posts
who made me such a woman?
post world war ii changed japan economically, socially, & culturally. it was during this time the pan pan, or women of the night, culture emerged. to live, women entered prostitution. in some cases, they were forced by the government. the new pan pan culture led japan to a new approach towards sexuality. the picture here, taken by Yoshida Jun, represents said revolutionary approach and...
midomi →
found this while looking for some music clips. fun, but songs are limited. enjoy!
ghetto booty
dora: can you fit into my jeans?
paul: i dunno, some people say i have a big ass.
almost late
Undécimo, Duodécimo, décimotercero, Rapidamente comienzo a correr. Segunda, Houston, Stanton, casi tarde para la vida. F, D, 1, empujo a través de la muchedumbre. 116, Broadway, Amsterdam, finalmente llego con seguridad. “Salsa de pato?” “No gracias, pero que voy a comer totones con eso.” “Taxi!” “Wall Street, por favor.” Estaba casi atrasada para...