So this is what moving on feels like… or is it? Last night, except for the passing thought that I didn’t attend the Oriented Happy Hour and my ex would probably be wondering why, the thought of my ex didn’t really pop into my head… And since I’ve thought about him every single day ever […]

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My life is crumbling as we speak. Okay, this is an exaggeration but as I’ve mentioned before, I lead a social organization in Taipei and my predecessor whom I managed to convince to remain active in the organization sent me this email, saying that he wants to start transitioning out of organization because he has […]

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Okay, so date/hangout #3 with Aussie guy went well. We had dinner at Alleycats (where I unknowingly bumped into two acquaintances… there goes my sense of privacy) and afterwards, had mango ice at Ice Monster. It went pretty well, but then again, I’ve never had an awful date/hangout in my entire life. We talked about […]

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I was talking to my friend the other day. Iris is Taiwanese but moved to Canada a few years before to give her two daughters a better home environment. She recently came back to Taiwan to teach Mandarin. She isn’t young, and her age shows in her weathered features. But she’s a very friendly person […]

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Last weekend has been relatively slow, if you’d count having a nice dinner then checking out a new modern art gallery/lounge bar on Friday, going shrimping and bowling on Saturday, then having brunch with a friend and wallclimbing on Sunday. God, despite not doing much (it wasn’t as exciting as going to an amusement park), […]

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This is funny… My parents just went on a 9-day vacation with his high school alumni. They called their group, “The 7-ups” because they’re all 70 years old and up. My dad was one of the younger 7-ups. Okay, so am I the only one who thinks it’s hilarious? ===================================== Yesterday, a tirade of phone […]

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Aussie guy just texted cancelling our dinner tonight. His text: “Been trying to call your work number. A client is in town and I have to have dinner and go out with him. Can I cancel tonight? I am really sorry but not much I can do about it. Don’t think I am blowing you […]

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*Super busy at work today, so I have no choice but to get from my Raven archives. Written last January 20, 2006, this was the time when I felt I was like the anti-girlfriend, since a lot of women felt insecure/threatened that I was hanging out with their boys and getting along well with them. […]

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How many dates does it take before a guy expects something more? A guy friend of mine said, “I’d probably give it around 3 to 5 dates, and if I’m not getting any sign of affection back, I’ll just give it up.”Another guy friend waited for over 10 dates before giving up. My guess is […]

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I second the motion — hanging out with people more intelligent than you can definite increase your intellectual capacity. Last night, I had dinner at Macaroni Grill with the head of sales in the fourth largest equity/investment banks in Taiwan. He’s a friend of a friend, who hopefully can be a friend of mine as […]

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Why do people take pictures? It’s to freeze a moment in time, to make a transient moment tangible and longer-lasting. People come and go, the feelings they bring out from us come and go, but photographs, though it can never capture the beauty of the exact moments, give us a reminder of what it was, […]

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