Those were the words I’d carefully written across the recycled salsa container which bore the packets of mothballs. It was as if I were casting a wishful spell on the plastic cup to ensure it’s efficacy. If only moths could read…
It’s been close to a month since our last moth infestation in the apartment, and my [...]
“Die you winged fiends…”
Happy Father’s Day
For most people, Father’s Day is celebrated with a warm classic breakfast, or an evening out with the family at Dad’s favorite restaurant. Sometimes it’s not even an elaborate ordeal, and could just be a casual day out in the yard, or fishing perhaps. Within the past 21 years of my life however, I have [...]
Que Sera, Sera
The weather took a more pleasant turn today; it was sunnier than it’d been all week. I spent most of my time squandering hours away in the lower levels of the campus library. Well, in all fairness, I was quite productive for the first half of the day. It wasn’t until my fatigue caught up [...]
Writer’s Block
It has come to my attention that I have not written anything here for a while. There’d be instances throughout the day when I’d see or hear something and think: “hey, I should really write about that”–never happens. The fact that I haven’t done much writing outside of class is beginning to take a toll [...]
Banh mi–how I miss thee
It’s been far too long; I’ve tanked it for this entire winter quarter without having gone to a single decent Vietnamese restaurant. The only closest reminder of home, and my mom’s drool-worthy cooking was my visit to a relative’s house in Carlsbad last weekend. She whipped up a tasty batch of banh goi, which are [...]
A Dark Night
For the past two years, I’ve successfully driven myself and everyone around me in a tizzy for Semiformal. In a nutshell, it’s basically a miniature prom that’s annually held by UCSD’s Revelle College. This year’s event was held at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park. I remembered that I was taken aback [...]
Tet away from home
For the past two years of college, I’ve always played hooky for a weekend to celebrate the Lunar new year with my family in San Jose. The Lunar new year, or Tet (in Vietnamese) is always a highly anticipated time of the year for my family. I guess it’s particularly a big deal at my [...]
Holiday Recap
If there was one word to describe this past Christmas for me, it would have to be “revamped”. Everything from the sights and sounds of my hometown down to our annual Christmas dinner was new. For one, my mother and I actually sat down to discuss our plans to reconstruct the traditional Christmas feast. That [...]
So Let Go
To let go isn’t to forget, not to think about, or ignore. It doesn’t
leave feelings of anger, jealousy, or regret. Letting go isn’t about
winning or losing. It’s not about pride and it’s not about how you
appear, and it’s not obsessing or dwelling on the past. Letting go
isn’t blocking memories or thinking sad thoughts, and it [...]
In Memory…
Yesterday I went to Westminster, CA to attend my grandfather’s funeral. He’d passed away last Friday at the age of 93 due to multiple failures affecting the heart, kidneys, and lungs. Regrettably, I had never gotten a chance to get to know him better. I was probably 12 or so the first time…and now what [...]
