The weight of your world
On my shoulders
Placed there with good intentions
And tough love,
The weight of your hopes
And dreams
Bending my back
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[Poetry] Asian-American
When I was a child, being Asian-American meant breaking wooden chopsticks over a noodle lunchbox, sunny yellow dresses to bring out the sunny yellow of my skin, and laughing with my colorful classmates because we didn’t know yet we were different.
When I grew older, being Asian-American meant seeing for the first time my father’s oil-stained hands from days of toil, and my mother’s quiet strength as she built a home in the middle of a strange language.Read More »
[Poetry] Safe Space
I promise I’ll lend you my ear,
If you will lend me your honesty.
I promise I’ll listen without judgment,
If you will speak without lies.
This is a place of emotions,
A place where it’s okay to feel,
I promise they won’t hurt you,
I promise neither will I.Read More »
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child—A Spoiler Free Review
On April 27, 2019, I passed by Lyric Theatre for the first time since Harry Potter and the Cursed Child opened, saw the amazing marquee outside, and promised myself to watch the play eventually.
On November 3, 2019, through a combination of budgeting and timely discounts, I watched the play! (Broadway prices are no joke, let me tell ya.)
Today, I finally blow the dust off my photos and share my spoiler-free review. Here we go!
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Jade Goes To New York Comic Con in 2019!
Last year, the best friend and I crossed something significant off our bucket lists: Attend New York Comic Con. This year, I crossed off another thing: Cosplay! (Cosplay, or costume play, is the act of dressing up as a fictional character.)
Since this was my first time cosplaying, I had to bring the Harry Potter love, and unsurprisingly to anyone, I chose a Ravenclaw student as my first cosplay. What do you guys think?
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I’m Glad I Live In A World Where There Are Octobers—Year 2019
From Halloween and New York Comic Con preparations to studying for midterms and digging out scarves, October means a lot of things to a lot of people. For me, October is the month of new beginnings—it is to me what January is to most people.
My year starts in October because this is my birthday month. This was the month I was born, the month I started life, and so every year, this is the month I reflect on how I have lived, make my resolutions for a happier, healthier life, and then start again. Read More »
Jade Completes The Goodreads Summer Reading Challenge
As August winds down, I’m happy to say it’s Mission Accomplished with the Goodreads Summer Reading Challenge. Not only did I read through the list *cough*by cheating and combining prompts together*cough*, but this challenge established a reading routine, which in turn, allowed me to stretch my writing muscles. Stephen King knew what he was talking about.
Read More »Jade Takes On The Goodreads Summer Reading Challenge
Stephen King said, “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” Well, since the scorching New York heat is providing a good reason not to go outside my air-conditioned-existence, this is a good time to Take On The Goodreads Summer Reading Challenge.
Read More »Becoming by Michelle Obama — My Favorite Quotes
Forget the politics. Forget if you’re red or blue or a different color altogether. Becoming speaks to the part of us beyond that, to the humanity at our core. This is more than a book about a Former First Lady of the United States. This is a book about the inspirational story of a girl who could have been (and could still be) any of us—a girl who grew up not having much, who faltered and second-guessed herself, and who took the long way around to live a remarkable life.
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Re-Introducing Me in 2019
A new year means another step closer to embracing my flaws, my dreams, and my inner fangirl obsessions: in short, being brave enough to embrace everything that makes me, me.
To all my blogging friends, my readers, and the whole wide world, are you listening? Can you see me? I’m re-introducing myself.
