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February 03 2010

oh my goodness. Precious. I love elephants <3 (via lzbth)

Via Just a girl.

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February 02 2010

Birthday Blues

Confession: My birthday is coming up in two weeks and I’m feeling unbelievably anxious about it.

This is the first birthday I will have ever had away from my friends and family. The comfort of spending the day with the people that mean the most to me will not be a reality.

Further, I have two very wonderful amazing best friends, Jen and Holly who I always celebrate my birthday with. Jen was born on February 9th and Holly was born on February 14th, and I was born on February 16th. How lucky am I to have two amazing friends with such close birthdays? I mean hello! Its the AGE OF THE AQUARIUS. For the past five years of my life I haven’t had a birthday party without them. I have celebrated in 3’s since I turned 19 years old. Well now I am turning 24, and without them it just isn’t the same. I am truly sad to be away from you both. I miss you so much.

*On a totally superficial note, I always have AMAZEBALL b-day parties, what if this year sucks? WHAT IF NO ONE COMES?!?! I’m a wreck.

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A Serious Seoul Update!

* Months 4 and 5 COMBO STYLE

Ok all- I am here to report back on my Seoul monthly update! However, I will be writing on Month 4 (December) and Month 5 (Janunary)

Month 4:

Ok here is the deal, when it was time to wrap up month 4 and talk about it, I was a little too sad to put my feelings out there on the internet. Now that I’m feeling better (yay!) I am able to put down everything that happened that month. So… December was CRAZYYY. The month flew by- I was pumped up for vacation, it never even felt like Christmas. I went away to Boracay with Lauryn. We had an unreal time in the Philippines and I was lucky enough to experience paradise. I was also lucky enough to partake in the following: drinking gallons of booze, eating tons of food, and parties all night. Oh, lets not forget illegal water sports. I met some great people at the best hostel I’ve ever stayed in and also encountered my fair share of delicious men. Coming home was a bit of a disaster, and both Lauryn and I had our fair share of airport flip outs. I came home exhausted and tan- I guess those are two proving traits of an amazing vacation.

Parlay into Month 5:

The next few weeks are when the blues hit… after coming back from such an amazing trip and meeting such great people, Seoul felt… DULL. I wasn’t having fun anymore, I was tired all the time, and not meeting anyone (IE: dudes) I felt lonely and like my routine was getting the best of me. I hid inside all the time and watched episode after episode of Gossip Girl. I also hid from my blog (again, I am sorry) So to distract from these sad feelings I decided to take charge. I joined a gym, I started working out again. This in itself helped immensely. Lauryn and I also started forcing ourselves to go out more and in new places- we have been quite dedicated to taking the city by storm at least 3 times a week. I took a trip outside Seoul to visit Karim and the escape was well worth it (it also made me realize how much I love living in Seoul) To wrap up the month Lauryn and I went ice fishing with some friends. To say I have pushed myself out of my boring routine would be fair. Life is back to being fab- the month flew by.

Now here comes February- Month 6: the shortest month of the year, the pirate booze cruise, lunar new year, v-day, Carnivale, and MY BIRTHDAY. To say I have a serious line up would be an understatement.

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January 29 2010

Preschools Add Brush-and-Spit to Day (Via NY Times)

I found this article, and the parental debate interesting. In Korea everyone brushes their teeth after every meal. My pre-schoolers keep a toothbrush and ‘brush cup’ in the classroom and brush after lunch everyday.

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Lalalalalal!!!!!!!!!!

mar-see-ah:(via ZooBorns) THIS STICK IS GOING TO TASTE SO DELICIOUS.

Via Marcia is Amused.

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theviesociety:

A fascinating read:

The Top Ten Places You Can’t Go (via ListVerse)

Included: the highly classified “Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center” (for US top officials when the world ends, literally), a Russian secret underground metro system, and a top-secret members-only club at Disneyland(!) with a 14 year waiting list (pictured above).

Via The Vie Society

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January 28 2010

borderlinephil:

meredithbklyn:

this paragraph needs to be broadcast throughout the world.

you have to WORK for things. they don’t just come. preach it, kelly.

Surprisingly well-formed guidelines.

Via borderline phil

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“What really knocks me out is a book, when you’re all done reading it, you wished the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.”
—Holden Caulfield, The Catcher in the Rye.