I've been home for a little over (or under, still jet lagged so I'm not sure) a week now and I've still got loads to recollect. So much happened within July alone, and I'm still catching up. I know i promised to update while I was there, but that was absolutely impossible given how off the grid we

What is this?! A "monthly goals" post that's on time? I just barely posted my June goals, but HOLY COW! IT'S JULY! We're more than halfway through 2015! Wasn't it just the holidays...like yesterday? Like every month, June just flew past me and before I knew it, it was gone. Just like that. Poof!

"Semi-American" is a term no one uses, because I just made it up for the purpose of this post. Honestly, a lot of the immigrant experience is hard to articulate because it can't be generalized.  So, "Semi-American" is the only way I can describe how I personally feel. Culturally, I'm not totally

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I found a really old piece of writing I did in second grade. I don't remember what it was about, but it fell out of a scrapbook project I made in high school. Aside from what I wrote, I kind of marveled at how much my handwriting hasn't really changed. It's still the

GUYS! We're halfway through the year! Isn't that awesome? How's your year been going? I can't believe we're in June. I've said this over and over again, but I love what 2015 is shaping up to be. 2014 might have been "my year" (I was born in the Year of the Horse), but 2015 is definitely going down