black cloud

I’m in a foul mood today.  No thanks to the stress from my & J’s family situation with the engagement ordeal.  A lengthy phone call with my mom earlier this afternoon (possibly mixed with a heavy dose of caffeine this morning) only fueled my grudge against the world.
Today’s entry is devoted entirely to things that [...]

triple milestones

Today J and I celebrate the most momentous milestones, thus far in our lives.
Our engagement, our first home together,  and our upcoming birthdays.
That’s all heavy stuff; I’m still trying to wrap my mind around all three at once.  In just two short, yet eventful, months, both of our lives changed dramatically.
The concept of “milestones” intrigues [...]

the proposal

It’s been a flurry of activity, excitement, tension, and melodrama the moment I landed back on the mainland.  Largely for two major reasons: I was engaged & I also became a homeowner.  All in the time span of 2 weeks.  It was all too easy to get caught up in the craziness of this turn [...]

quality control

I have a love/disturbed vibe towards email, text messaging, or social networking as a means of staying connected with friends.
It’s great because it’s so easy to crank out a few lines and zip it on over to someone. The response is also instantaneous. In either exchanging or reading a few paragraphs, a short [...]

running

I decided to venture outside for a run this weekend.
Running outside is a nice change from the treadmill. Even though I don’t have the convenience of counting my calories and distance, it forces me to listen to my body. It’s also nice to enjoy the scenery – to feel like I’m running somewhere.
That [...]

love and friendship: do they go together?

I confess.  I spent a good chunk of my evening sprawled on the couch watching ABC’s “The Bachelor” with my mother.  At one point, my brother tuned in for the first hour and left us to go watch “Heroes” in another room.  All three of us were hoping that Jason, this season’s single father hottie, [...]

miscommunication

I’ve come to realize that over half of my issues stem from the lurking source of miscommunication. Or lack of communication in its entirety. Or conflicting messages.
And it’s not just my issue; it seems to be an issue of several of my friends, J, family members, colleagues, and acquaintances as well.
We underestimate how [...]

finding a home within a home

So I put off writing an entry explaining my whole San Francisco living situation for some time now.  I don’t even like discussing it in person; it’s almost like trying to explain to people why I had to let go of the “potential love of my life.”  Broken up before anything even got started!
It lasted [...]

levels of friendships

My idea of “friendships” has grossly evolved within the past couple of years.
The various levels of friendship in a young professional’s life *please note that friendships in each of these levels can overlap, fluctuate, skip a level, etc:
- the Email/Chat/Facebook/Text friendship, where sadly most of contact and catch-up time is spent with ALL friends
- the [...]

4 years, 11 months.

Happy Anniversary, J!
I can’t believe that we’re steadily approaching the big FIVE year marker.
J:  “It sounds long, but felt like it went by fast.”
Each year of our relationship was in a completely different stage – literally and figuratively.  One year in undergrad together, the next year in a long distance, the third & fourth in [...]