real time, real life...

Google just launched their real time search yesterday. It's not really a huge deal because facebook status updates, tweets, smart phones, and, well, the internet, allow us to easily get in touch with the latest news. Unless you were living under a rock without internet connection, I am sure you heard about Michael Jackson's death within the hour it happened. Working for an internet privacy company who is always on top of the latest tech gadgets and social media happenings makes me feel like the world is moving way too quickly. I'm surrounded by people who are so plugged in with what is going on in the whole internet world, I am constantly finding myself feeling left in the dark.

Talking about life moving to quickly, I recently found a new interest (I might even go out on a limb and call him my new love interest). Yes, I did just drop the L-bomb. People call us crazy since it has only been 2 months but crazy is definitely what make us "us." People say we're moving to fast, but I've always been a strong believer of taking every opportunity and just milking it for its worth. For the last 9 years I've been in the dating world, I feel like this is the first time I'm not settling for anything less than what I actually want. The holiday season is just around the corner and I am so glad I have someone special to share it with this year.





There Will Be Fireworks - In Excelsis Deo

this song is currently on my rainy day-cold weather play list. love it.

Give thanks and love.

Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday of the year. It's been really slow at work this week and the fact that I'm going back home this weekend isn't making it go any faster. I can't wait to go home and just nom nom nom on some good home cooking.

I am thankful for:

1. My family and their health. I have been blessed to have such supportive parents and luckily they still have amazing health. I feel like after I entered the working world, my parents have taken me a little more seriously and for once I can tell they are actually really proud of me.

2. My Friends. After moving to Norcal I realized how much harder it is to maintain friendships when everyone is doing their own thing whether it be working, studying, or just hanging around. I'm glad I've still been able to hold onto some friendships. I've only been here for 4 months, but man, it seems so much longer.

3. The Boy. I hardly ever write about the guy I'm dating, but I don't know, this guy is a keeper. We haven't even been dating for 2 months yet, but he makes me incredibly happy and make me do ridiculous-crazy things I would never do for anyone else. Hopefully this will be the Prince Charming Cinderella has been wishing for. :)

Be thankful. feel more. love more. and ofcourse.. eat more! Enjoy the festivities everyone!

Oh, how I miss you college

I moved into my new apartment couple days ago and internet hasn't been installed yet. I feel so disconnected from everyone/everything. No internet, no TV. What do you do without internet? You start decorating your room. I decided to do a large photo collage over my bed. In order to do that I looked through 38 GB of photos, over 5 years of photos. Man, I am so glad my friends and I are such big picture whores because these photos really brought back so many memories. I have been so blessed to have amazing friends who have been there with me to build amazing memories. Looking through album after album, I realized how much I miss college life. For a moment there I felt like I was back in Irvine living with Sarah and Christine doing ridiculous things (drinking and biking?!).



My parents have let me do some incredible things from "studying" abroad in Singapore to interning in Washington DC. I've always known I've met some amazing people along this journey called "life", but looking at these pictures really affirmed that. People always say "this is a new era in your life." But honestly, looking at these pictures, each day is a new era in your life where you are given opportunities to making life changing decisions. I really can't wait to finish this collage over my bed. Every morning when I wake up at 7 in the morning and I think that life is horrible, I can look above my head and think "naw, my life is far from horrible."

Life moves fast...

keep up with it.

Enough with it

The MTV VMAs was held two days ago at NYC and it is still easily the most controversial topic and most talked about event for the last two day. I am a huge fan of Kanye West, but I think him interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech was very rude. Who cares if Taylor's music sucks (cause it does), and who cares how drunk Kanye was; what he did was very indefensible. It's been 48 hours and I thought the whole event would die down, but it hasn't. Now they are dragging Obama into the picture? Ridiculous.

I know the fact that me writing a blog about this so-called "controversial event" doesn't go well with ignoring the incident, but I did want to put in my two cents about this event's inspired reflections on society as a whole.

This whole situation definitely brought a split between West' devoted fans and everyone else. There was some brutal bashing and taunting on facebook, blogs, and twitter. I think it really boils down to people taking pleasure in a situation and rubbing it into someone's face. This whole incident made me realize how much we like to stir up controversy, even when it does not remotely include us. It shows how we, as spectators, react when a big celebrity undergoes bad publicity. MTV could have easily minimized this whole situation, but of course, why would they, they are the ones getting all the attention. Working for an online reputation company I can see how fast negative information can proliferate on the web. We live in a celebrity obsessed society where we 1.) love to see celebrities crash and burn and then latch on to the ones who appear in the spotlight, and 2.) care this much about some stupid award ceremony.

Kanye's incident really overshadowed some of the more important and positive features of the night. I only watched a couple videos of the VMAs online, but they did an excellent job with the Michael Jackson tribute. Jay-Z and Alicia Keys also put together an amazing performance. We live in a very celebrity-absorbed society, and that really saddens me. We really need to put our energy and anger in some more important world issues. Don't be angry that Kanye's dissed Taylor Swift, or even when someone cuts you off in the freeway. Let's be more complete people and use that anger and tailor it toward a more substantial issue.

Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind. I love this.