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Demystifying the Romantic Egotist
the laid.back buddhist | January 24th 2008 by Joanne
Sometimes I think I suffer from a Personal Fable Syndrome. Like everything else, it always starts after a tentative self-diagnosis, this time after reading adolescent psychology (holy shit! what if, developmentally speaking, I never really left my t read more
Be Mine
the laid.back buddhist | January 14th 2008 by Joanne
Some changes you can pick and choose, others you realize belatedly. And bittersweet are the changes you can’t hurry along, no matter how impatient or willing the heart. So, it’s totally cliché to begin with “time flies,” yet it remains on read more
Testing Fonts and Colors
the laid.back buddhist | January 6th 2008 by Joanne
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Simply Bribe Me With Food
The Laidback Buddhist | December 18th 2007 by Joanne
Yeah, I'm that easy.But it’s hard work, this work-hard-play-hard-eat-hard thing.This week marks the transition from being a sedentary university student with jet-lagged days of sleeping, studying, eating, and skipping yoga to…being my mother’s read more
Contentment is not Satisfaction
The Laidback Buddhist | December 9th 2007 by Joanne
I’ve been distracted. From writing.It’s a temporary affliction, I assure you.With finals week looming over my head, my current life mainly consists of alternating between my studies and rewarding myself with episodes of Korean dramas/movies. So read more
I Think So...Er, I Am
The Laidback Buddhist | December 5th 2007 by Joanne
“We’re going to Seattle for winter break.”“Okay. To visit Scott in Vancouver?” Scott’s my favorite younger male cousin."That, too."3 weeks later.“Actually, we decided on New York.”“Ooh, does this mean we get to see Brian?” My fav read more
Validity of Singlehood
The Laidback Buddhist | November 29th 2007 by Joanne
Yet another sleepless night due to jet-lag for me.Not having my Mon/Wed classes anymore is seriously screwing yours truly over. So, I’m not lacking in sleep and in fact, I’ve never slept MORE in this unsuccessful effort to get myself onto the ri read more
GAHHHH.
The Laidback Buddhist | November 28th 2007 by Joanne
Jet-lag is such a bitch. Couldn’t fall asleep at all Monday night. Made it through classes, an exam, and then crashed at 4 PM. Unsurprisingly, I woke up at 4 AM and had so much friggin’ energy! Cripes, I got myself onto the weirdest cycle.I h read more
Guess Who
The Laidback Buddhist | November 26th 2007 by Joanne
Thanksgiving was a relief (though at times, tantalizing close to torturous).A bittersweet symphony of outrageously fun laughter and occasionally not-so-friendly bantering. Family can be such a big ol’ mess with all the vibrancies of raw love.I had read more
Up, Up, and Away!
The Laidback Buddhist | November 14th 2007 by Joanne
Damn, it’s almost noon. I need to:1. Pack my bags (yes, still)2. Do laundry bring it home3.Clear the fridge(jeez, seriously have got to stop doing things the day of) 4.Resist the urge to help out the Judicial Office 5.Resist the urge to pack my tex read more
I Can Pay For Your Shrink
The Laidback Buddhist | November 5th 2007 by Joanne
This morning’s inbox brought in a long email plea for help from my kid sis, who's about to turn 16 in a month (holy crap! she’s reached her sweet 16 already?!).But I’m only a mere 5 years older than her. I mean, who am I to give her advice on read more
The Runaways
The Laidback Buddhist | November 2nd 2007 by Joanne
My family is my home, and home is my saving grace.Not a place for me stay, it’s a place for me to COME BACK to.Clearly it’s quite different from being a castaway, as I’m not being rejected. Instead, I’m the one deciding to reject...to seek n read more
Because Stubborn Is As Stubborn Does
The Laidback Buddhist | October 29th 2007 by Joanne
Are mothers’ are always right? Oh, you betcha.Will I ever learn that they're always right?Apparently not.“You need to put in more blonde.”I frantically...stubbornly shook my head no. Blonde is so NOT me.Sure, I’ve gradually chosen lighter read more
The Personal Cheerleader
The Laidback Buddhist | October 17th 2007 by Joanne
Photography by DiHa1977She is beautiful. Heartbreakingly beautiful.In all the ways that makes my eyes smile with tears and my heart swell with pride. My love sings with delighted abandon, for her.I know this. I’ve always known it.Yet it still tak read more
Irresistible
The Laidback Buddhist | October 10th 2007 by Joanne
You know how some things are really good for you but they get pushed to the side because a little something like...oh, I don't know, LIFE grabs a hold of you?For example, there's me forgoing the morning green tea fix in order to sleep in a wee bit lo read more
Accidental Ridiculousness
The Laidback Buddhist | October 7th 2007 by Joanne
What’s in a name?My parents have a wicked sense of humor. Often corny, yes.But wicked nonetheless. Now, some might think I meant “wicked” as in slang for “way cool” or “beyond hilarious.” Ohh ho, nah-uh, I do mean wicked. I read more
What My Mother Taught Me About Sex
The Laidback Buddhist | October 3rd 2007 by Joanne
Let's see...You can become pregnant and get STDsYou are not allowed to have it until you are marriedThe handsome Dr. Oz is wrong: sex 200 times a year (3-4x a week) is too much and downright unhealthyYeeeah, that pretty much sums it up.Which is why I read more
Highway Robbery
The Laidback Buddhist | September 25th 2007 by Joanne
When people rip you off, that’s what you should exclaim, very loudly and with self-assured conviction. Preferably in Chinese and accompanied with a wagging finger.*Because it really is akin to highway robbery for a girl to get a haircut these days read more
Here, We Are
The Laidback Buddhist | September 14th 2007 by Joanne
Next to you, we stand.Sharing the same breathas we watched how the walls you builtcould not withstand DeathNever enough, I feel your guiltIt’s family, I knowYou forget we’re your family, too.You showed me patienceand how to believe, in myselfYou read more
Complusive Re-reading
The Laidback Buddhist | September 5th 2007 by Joanne
Just what the doctor ordered...For some reason, I felt compelled to share a story of how a tomboyish wildchild got converted into a chronic bookworm. For believe it or not, I was a really wild little punk as a kid.My days then consisted of running ar read more
Defying Age
The Laidback Buddhist | September 4th 2007 by Joanne
There are days when I think I'm 21, just backwards...as in 12.And really, at what age is one really an adult? You can't put a number on it because it's different for every person. It's like asking what is a marriageable age, you know?I mean, I could read more
In Transit
The Laidback Buddhist | August 29th 2007 by Joanne
Helplessness is a transitory condition... The ability to stand and walk on one's own feet is the permament and common one. -Erich Fromm- Self-doubt is a frequent visitor to my life. Although, not because of a lack of self-esteem. I think it stems mo read more
What's The Rush
The Laidback Buddhist | August 27th 2007 by Joanne
Am I missing something? Why are all my friends getting engaged?!I thought I had a couple more years before that started happening.Oh, wait. It has been a couple more years.Still, it feels surreal. Really, have I already matured to the age where getti read more
The Art of Memory¹
The Laidback Buddhist | August 25th 2007 by Joanne
Human memory fascinates me.Over the summer whenever my brain needed to recover from reading Dialectic of Enlightenment, I always stole a chicklit from my sister's room. One week she was reading Season of the Witch. And, unduly judging the book by its read more
Cancers Cannot Stay Hermits
The Laidback Buddhist | August 20th 2007 by Joanne
Because of friends.From: VyDate: Sunday, August 19, 2007 7:09 PMTo: JoanneSubject: where my cow at?It’s unsettling how I have to keep checking your blog to make sure you’re still alive. More so when I have to relay that discovery to others (Vinh, read more
"Be Happy!" -Keeks =)
The Laidback Buddhist | August 19th 2007 by Joanne
“Kiki-ah, why did you quote yourself?” I ask with a chuckle."I messed up a quote but didn’t want to rip the page out.”“Mhmm.”Apparently, little sisters are an endless source of amusement....and my kid sis never ceases to amaze me (besides read more
If I Swear My Hair Isn’t Asian
The Laidback Buddhist | August 14th 2007 by Joanne
Then what am I?Because I swear my hair is suspiciously Very UN-Asian-like.Admittedly, I am--by no means--an expert on Asian hair (or on anyone's hair for that matter). Even my self-proclaimed 'expertise' in dealing with my own hair is rather dubious read more
Tale of a Shady Character.
The Laidback Buddhist | August 12th 2007 by Joanne
All it took was a pervert masturbating in public to ruin my time at the library.Yesterday afternoon, the family and I made a brief stop at our local library. Keeks needed to check out some books, my parents wanted to catch up on their Chinese newspap read more
The Family Matters...
The Laidback Buddhist | August 11th 2007 by Joanne
..the Most.I'm going back to school in a little over a week, and I worry.Even as the eldest, I'm not a worry-wart by nature (in my family, that's my kid sis...which probably explains why she gets better grades than me, haha). In fact, my mom always j read more
That Dylan Ratigan...
The Laidback Buddhist | July 27th 2007 by Joanne
Takes no bullshit.My favorite question was when he asked, “By that [risk is being repriced] do you mean the market is riskier?”Henry 'Hank' Paulson wasn’t a former Goldman Sachs CEO for nothing, and gave a good (and valid) response.But jeez, th read more
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