tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32062512011-08-27T19:55:24.897-04:00an outsider looking in--noreply@blogger.comBlogger6031100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206251.post-91188720982528506262007-05-07T21:43:00.000-04:002007-05-07T21:44:40.178-04:00

i'm starting new blogs! let me know if you want the new address.

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i wish my grad school pursuit was going better.

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i have an inherently bad habit of alienating people who genuinely care about me while trying to curry favor with people who don't.

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whatever that might mean when home is two suitcases, a backpack and a laptop. but when i say coming home, i actually mean embarking on another eurovoyage with emil k. dc to london to fabulous summer vacation that i should start scrimping for right now. no more drinks at bars, no more eating out, no more impetuous buys just sleep, eat cheaply and worky work.dang it, i've gone and spilled my entire

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i distinctly remember my first cigarette; it was in my bathroom at dunman. i had purchased a pack from the store under the hdb blocks in a frenzy stemming from loneliness and a desperation to be 'cool.' i lit up sitting on my toilet and smoked in irregular fits, unsure if i should inhale and worried that i would be found out and expelled. over the next months, i'd slip out a cigarette from the

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i spend my days waiting for epiphanies but find myself settling for trite musings that make me realize i am less talented than was originally thought. i live in this self-defined space where nothing is sacred, everything is valuable and instinct comes before reason so i find myself in situations where i am thrust back and forth and my inability to struggle or rise against helps me to go with the

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it really is that time again when everyone reflects that the year went by really quickly and that they felt like they just celebrated the new year yesterday. but how to encapsulate 2006 for me? my first few days of the year were spent on distant shores lonely and melancholic and the last days of 2006 is a mirror of that. in between, i commenced living my life and struck out on my own to great

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sorry i haven't been updating .... too many things going on at once. rest assured (or disappointed ;) that i am well in dc with a new mattress/box spring set and new jeans! yay!

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if you were wondering where i've been these past few weeks, i have been preparing for the GREs which I took yesterday. i apologize for the sudden lack of updates but i'm pleased to report that i did well in the exams and am very glad to have that part of my grad school applications completed. now, i will have to compile a list of grad schools that i will apply to (which is almost done), write to

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if you're interested, i'm seething with anger -- at my landlord, at my housemates -- because i have been without power for four whole days. on thursday, my loud filipino housemate trips the fuse by using the ghetto-ass microwave in the kitchen. this has happened before and i have told everyone in the house not to use that microwave (there are two). i realize that the power is out so i go in the

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everything is cushy here right now. i'm enjoying myself thoroughly doing a multitude of exciting things and meeting very fabulous people. the job started three weeks ago and my college education was validated once i received my first paycheck. i'm flying to chicago late september for a little vacay with plans of more travel (seattle, sf) in the coming months. the GREs are still lingering at the

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my dear, have you fallen off the face of the planet? i have not talked to you in a while. same goes for tly. i hope you both haven't gone and eloped.

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bon appetit! baked tilapia with chunky mango salsa and an avocado protein shake to make me big and strong. i am quickly turning into martha stewart.

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Fight or flight: Migration and the Millennium Development Goals In the discussion surrounding the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), the issue of migration plays a vital role. Migration is an important issue that both causes and is the result of poverty. On one hand, the issue of brain drain, the problem that many developing countries are facing in which educated locals relocate

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gawd, i think i've just watched 8 straight hours of project runway and barely started with my important paper. i am an underachiever and that's that.

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the product of my knitting skills!

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world bank overachievers in line to ask questions

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what if i don't get into grad school?

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it's been a tremendous week kids. wednesday thursday and friday were spent tottering about the world bank taking pictures and getting overwhelmed by the concentration of power under one very fantastic roof. the weekend started with an invitation-only reception at the international finance corporation where i was too shy to drink more than a glass of chardonnay. then, friday night saw me at a club

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it is rather amazing when you're listening to someone and they're name dropping obscure capital cities, like bamako (mali) and maputo (mozambique), as if they were neighboring states. but then, if you're listening to someone like that, you'd also be quite likely to attempt suicide from the overuse of the phrase "make the world a better place."it is also quite fascinating how at the Q&A at the

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i love you emil!

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Wimbledon! May Venus plow the competition. Millennium Development Goals courtesy of upcoming symposium.The New Yorker: The Epitome of everything smart, chic and smart. (First issue of my subscription arrived today ... whee!)Furniture for my room (as it is, I lay in bed all day due to the lack of upright seating objects to plant my butt on): here, here and here . God, I hope I don't get carpal

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i would write but i have nothing to say.

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ze frank was profiled on nytimes, is so adorable and terribly terribly funny the (negative) correlation between brazil's fifa world ranking and its gross national productmy girl jhumpa on the immigrant experiencehope you are enjoy yes?

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it seems as if all i've read this weekend are morbid tales of torture and depression but those are elements of life, aren't they?i read this story and was so horrified, angry and helpless all at the same time that it made me quite discombobulated and i almost missed getting off at my stop on the metro.

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a truly touching nine page story that mirrored my situation a month ago to a greater extent. i too once thought about going underground.

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and it's time to party.now that beer is involved, football isn't that bad after all.

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I Saw a Deadhead Sticker on a Bentley (NYTimes)

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want to know more about the greater washington d.c. area? click here. it's the fourth most populated area in the US of A, even more populated than the greater Philadelphia area.plus the cost of living here is lower than comparable cities like london, hongkong, paris and even beijing.

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how happy was i when i finally got to watch the tv adaptation of my favorite novel? over the moon happy. you should watch it too. dan stevens is divine.

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i did intend for my graduation post to be my last post in this journal, a digitally significant end to my college and pre-independent life but i've since had a change of heart.i've settled into my new digs in bethesda, which if you're not familiar with the d.c. area (i wasn't until 2 weeks ago), is the first metro stop on the red line in maryland. it takes me approximately 25 minutes (walk and

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trip to nantucket fell through at the very last moment. i'm not MIA, just not within reach of internet connectivity. job starts june-ish but i move to dc june 1st.does anyone have a clue where my three friends and i could go for a vacation for cheap?

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... is looking like the place i'll most likely be from june onwards. graduation/birthday was fun except i had to keep reminding myself that it was my birthday because graduation festivities always seemed to take precedence over everything else. we had one last breakfast at lottie nelson, hugs and kisses and photographs and talking more than eating. plans to meet in the summer. and then as

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here i am in grantham, where the buzzwords are "excited" and "scared." instead of partying it up like any other normal undergrad, we sat in the living room last night, reading. "we're such nerds, huh? done with college yet we're still reading.""i know. i just want to stop but i can't," says hannah."'tis a bad habit," i reply.we are truly truly geeky, no two ways about that.one last post till the

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from "Goldman Sachs: Behing the brass plate" The EconomistThe bank is an unusually selective institution. To get hired at Goldman requires surviving extraordinary vetting. The 200 or so business-school students who arrive every year begin by submitting a CV. A small fraction win interviews, a tiny fraction survive the first round, and another 10 rounds may follow. To encourage the widest pool,

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now that i'm facing the inevitablity of being jobless, i think i might take up knitting. i'm going to get t to teach me.

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i am in the process of consolidating all my address books into one, the gmail account. just a moment ago, i was using messiah's groupwise account, adding addresses to my address book to send out one mass e-mail ad i'd added about 50 names into my address book but i have just found out that none of the addresses were saved. now i have to go through the entire process again, such a waste of time.**

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in reply to your article wl, there is definitely an element of truth in the charges against singaporeans who are well-educated but are unresourceful. however, the comments by that taiwanese lawmaker gave me goosebumps. he says: “Taiwanese are scoundrels, but lovable, Hong Kong people are craftier, (Chinese mainlanders are unfathomable) and Singaporeans are stupider,” he said, adding that it is

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it seems as if this year's mid-term elections are going to play out eerily similar to the november 04 elections (has it really been that long?). need proof?A Religious Push Against Gay Unions - NYTexcerpts:"About 50 prominent religious leaders, including seven Roman Catholic cardinals and about a half dozen archbishops, have signed a petition in support of a constitutional amendment blocking

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singapore calls snap elections for may 6 - financial times "The polls are expected to be dominated by a debate over the widening gap between rich and poor in the wealthy city-state, with a recent government survey disclosing that 250,000 of its 3.6m citizens were earning less than S$1,000 a month.""The government, which normally places tight limits on social spending, recently decided to

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sipping cocktails, paid for by nickel slot winnings, at the bar underneath the casino.

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watch the cherry blossoms blossom.

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what it all boils down to is the question: to nap or not to nap?definitely nap.

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while i'm starting to look for jobs in other unrelated sectors, i might as well apply for a summer internship with bob casey's senate campaign, right? let's see, reasons i want to work for casey:1) santorum's a douche;2) battle for this PA seat is one of the most widely watched one in the coming elections. possible casey win will be fantastic for me in terms of political exposure and making

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i had a great weekend and i hope you did too.

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i absent mindedly scrolled through my phonebook, pausing on certain names trying to remember individuals from their cryptic names (who is "Nick S" and how is he different from just "Nick") and then I'd come across a name which seemed unfamiliar at first but then a flood of memories come rushing back, as if i were the pied piper beckoning the rats of my shameful past back into the present, those

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when i was in london, i learned about the dada movement, dada referring either to a child's wooden rocking horse or nonsense, and i loved everything about it. from its nonsensical performance pieces to readymade urinals, this genre of art was best conceptualized as anti-art. for once, artists were ready to take themselves less seriously allowing them to become playful and even radical

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lsat, gmat or gre?

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i received an e-mail from this company last week asking me what times would be convenient to schedule a phone interview. i responsded by stating the times on each day that i did not have class/work and i added, 'would it be possible for you to tell me ahead of time when you will be calling?'this morning, i checked my e-mail and the person still had not replied so i thought, maybe they've lost

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i do want to go see this. wl, don't you wish you were here and we'd go together?

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income disparity in corporate america

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there's been some exciting news in christianity this week, making a rethink of historical accuracy necessary. the national geographic society has announced that they have discovered and translated a codex that is believed to be a copy of the gospel of judas, the first one to be discovered. the recently discovered gospel is important because it adds to a growing number of gnostic gospels that

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here i am, sitting at my computer, happily tapping on my keyboard because a great weight has been lifted from my shoulders. the last paper i have to write as an undergraduate is safely complete in its relevant folder, waiting to be printed first thing tomorrow, stapled and given graciously to dr. p, genial ethics professor. how the hell i managed to find 3000 words to describe virtue ethics in

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it's film festival time again.

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in an msn conversation i had yesterday, this person told me to move to california and i asked if that was a proposition and the reply was "definitely. ure marrying material baby" and since i had been bitching about how hard it was to find a job, i asked if i could put that on my resume to which the answer was "sure! just put me as a reference."one less day to graduation and still no job on the

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i am definitely frustrated with self, realizing that i regress more than i progress. i need more motivation and stimulation to keep moving forward!i watched wicked this weekend. chin cha ho kua, tat lui man. gee chap goh koh.and i had a splendid dinner last night - gazpacho with crab, maple and walnut coated duck, creme brulee and sangria at valanni . c'est delicious est pleasurable. i am

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hurray for fantastic weather and depression.

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Senate Panel Approves Broad Immigration Reform Bill

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i just got off the phone from an interview at a place that i would really really love to work at. and of course i stammered, paused and uhmmed during the conversation. :(

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the weather this weekend has been perfect - temperature hovering between 60 and 70 F. it's great to be out and about with only a t-shirt or a light sweater. on friday, i started the day with three layers - a polo, a green wool sweater, and my black peacoat - but by the afternoon, i had taken off the sweater and the peacoat and i sat outside the union with my computer, enjoying the sunshine.i made

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stolen from a blog6:00 am: Gym8:00 am: Breakfast (oatmeal, egg whites, and mimosas)9:00 am: Hair appointment and manicure10:00 am: Shopping (preferably Neiman's, Saks, and/or Bloomingdale's)12:00 pm: Brunch2:00 pm: Assume complete control of all U.S. federal, state, and local governments; destroy all healthy marriages; replace all school counselors in grades K-12 with agents from Colombian and

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there was a point last week where i began to have ambitions to update my blog everyday, but that's a process not unlike drilling for oil in a dried out rig. 3 mid-terms this week and an interview/test with ameriprise tomorrow, which isn't an ideal job but i'd like to learn more about the company. spring break starts on saturday. and i'm dying to go to the whitney biennial exhibition.

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i am incredibly tired having spent most of the day writing my response paper for ethics tomorrow and preparing for the diff eq test on tuesday and the linear algebra test on thursday. in between, i've checked my e-mail countless times and have drunk about 3 mugs of earl grey.the coming week will be a rather busy one. in addition to the work and classes, i have three tests and on tuesday, temple

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Philippines: President Gloria Arroyo declares a state of emergency after a failed coup attempt to force her out of power.Thailand: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra dissolves parliament and calls for a snap election three years early in response to an anti-government rally. Shinawatra faced calls for resignation after his family's decision to sell Thai corporation Shin Corp to Temasek, the

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it all started last night with a spontaneous trip down to center city. after a couple drinks and some people stalking with my buddy nick, it was time to hit the dance floor. and hit it we did, until 2 a.m. on a school night which is atypical of me. i clambored into bed at half past two with the intention of waking up at 10:15 the next morning for breakfast and then my swimming class.the alarm

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in the coming weeks, two mega-deals are on the cards in the european market. first, mittal steel has launched an €18.6 billion hostile bid for european steelmaker arcelor. if the deal goes through, the combined entity would have an annual capacity of 122 million tonnes, three times more than its closest competitor. european regulators are resisting the takeover bid. arcelor itself is in

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i spent the past hour or so updating my resume and e-mailing my dad, andrea - the receptionist at my old employers in london and my cousin who is an immigration lawyer in ny. at the same time, i was involved in an msn conversation with a london friend who was just recruited by barclays and will be in SF for a month later this year for job training. i've been in frequent contact with my dad these

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i plied my way through the tangled mass, emulating a birth process, fingers gripping my drinks (saving every last drop). as i emerged from the crowd with a trail of sorry's and excuse me's, half the contents of my drinks had spilled onto my hands and clothes. but there, in close proximity, were my friends shaking violently in nirvanic trances, HAPPY. this is the way it is always meant to be.

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i wish to be dependent only on my cookbooks. i will live in a comfortable and cozy little apartment but with a complete kitchen and a well stocked larder. and i will have jamie oliver's dishes every dinner, with a glass of wine. and at night, i will retire to read a book or start on my own. so blissful.

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happy v-day loves. i'm rather lonely and destitute in frigid philly and as usual, wanting to be somewhere other than where i am.if you can, drop me a message on msn okay? i miss having friends.

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- lunching at berkeley square while people watching- pret a manger and EAT sandwiches- night buses (no. 93 to old brompton road for me please) (shit, i can't remember the bus no. from king's cross to trafalgar sq. 57 maybe?)- drunken reveries- sipping from my vodka flask ("vodka?")- hi-fiving random equally inebriated americans at leicester square ("dude, we're americans too")- house parties- bar

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what kind of fucked up country is this? how to maju if you have kampung/backward mentlity?

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i received an invitation from the malaysians at penn to a chinese new year lunch at a thai restaurant this afternoon. sitting around the large table, i recounted how i met one of their members in london who subsequently purposed to invite me to any malaysian gathering. we talked about our past lives, writing karangans about saya sebatang pen and saya sepasang kasut; we talked about lepaking; we

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i want two things so bad right now it hurts. i need to talk to someone but there's nobody around.

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racist? homophobic? sexist? take test.

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OHMAHGAH!! homework not done and i still don't have a job!tonight, i sat on my couch furiously channel surfing between nbc, the wb and fox because the office, beauty and the geek and the oc (for each network respectively) were on simulateously. whoever's in charge of program scheduling is seriously fucking me up. of course i want to know what jim and pam's relationship status is, which beauty/

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go to http://weeleesim.shutterfly.com and live vicariously through me ;)

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still no job or post-graduation plans. at this point, it's worrying but i'm not yet losing sleep over it. i know i should just intensify the search, widen the net but i'm quite busy with other things. i will do that as soon as possible though.philadelphia is philadelphia, if you were wondering. i took quite a long time to recover from jet-lag and this afternoon i took a nap and for a moment when

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Philadelphia, USA.Thus ends a magical semester and an incredible European adventure, life-defining for sure.

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London, England

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Cascais, Portugal

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Lisbon, Portugal

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Barcelona, Spain

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Madrid, Spain

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Paris, France

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Munich, Germany

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Prague, Czech Republic

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Budapest, Hungary

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happy new year .... lisbon says hi. my trip is almost over! what a relief and what sadness.

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merry christmas from madrid everyone. the city is pretty much deserted and everything seems closed. i might leave for barcelona a day early!No hablo Espanol!

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leaving for my incredible trip in a day. see ya then.

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at the london eye with parliament in the background

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it's wrap-up week here in london. the internship is over, the papers are done and the exams are mostly over! the planning for europe is mostly finalized and the goodbyes are nowhere near finished.on thursday, the office bought the interns a going away party at a pool bar and it was a fantastic time. i sipped cosmopolitan after cosmopolitan laughing with the receptionist. my director was so

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this was on the headlines of the star online ed today. i didn't know which was funnier: the use of the word taugeh instead of beansprouts on the national English newspaper, the fact that the price of taugeh going up by 10 sen warrants an entire news report or the picture of the middle aged dude manhandling his taugeh while wearing really short shorts who reminds me of a char kuey teow seller - he

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please don't write me off.i really do believe i am capable of things.

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