Writings and Travels of Lina Em
It’s a real time machine!
If I knew what I know now, would I go back and do things differently? Would the path I’ve taken change or would it be the same path? Would I always end up in a complete circle of my own life?
Continue reading “What’s in the Past, Stays in the Past”
Curiosity seems like a natural thing when you see babies giggling and following mobiles and playing with simple block toys. They crawl to reach for things, for places they don’t know. It seems so natural to want to learn, we want to know and we want to grow. So when I hear that someone dislikes traveling, I start to question their childhood because traveling is a form of curiosity.
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At 18 years old, staring at the ocean, never imaging I could get this far
I’ve been challenged! No, not to a duel. If it were so, then a duel of the mind and the pen. In this case, a keyboard. I’ve been challenged to write one blog post a day leading up to my 30th birthday. 30 posts in 30 days.
Continue reading “A Challenge: 30 Before 30”
Birth and death is the natural course of a human life yet while the West rejoice in birth and mourn death, the few funerals I attended as naive child felt more like a celebration. I was shielded by my parents from death as they’ve encountered too closely the meaning of death. It wasn’t until a year and a half ago that I had come face-to-face with it. I always thought it would be like it has been where an elderly parent would pass away and a child would pay respect by becoming a monk or nun for a time being. Instead, you begin to understand mortality and the mean of “end” when a close friend the same age as you pass away.
Continue reading “Death and carrying on”
As 30 looms around the corner, I started thinking about my goals and achievements. They say it’s a good habit to have short term goals but also to have long term goals. I’ve always put off my “what to do before 30” goals since it seemed so far away. But it creeps up on you. Suddenly, it’s in front of you.
Continue reading “List: 30 Before 30”
The last I visited Paris was with a broken heart. I went to mend the last few strands of dignity I had left, figured out my goals, and renewed my purpose so that I wouldn’t ever be that silly, naive girl again.
Continue reading “Whirlwind Weekend Paris”
Because I’m saving money for a trip with my family to Cambodia, I know I won’t be traveling too far out of New York. But the good thing is, despite the city being small, there’s a lot of to do. Many of the tourist attractions I have gone through when I first moved to New York so now I’m going through as many hidden gems as possible.
These are places I’ve visited and want to return or brand new locations that I never thought to visit before. People helped gave me some ideas and direction so I’m excited to start out my adventure this year, rambling through New York.
Continue reading “13 Places to Visit in 2013”
It’s that time of the year again where we can say “let’s start a new slate!”
Last year, I made a very short list and I made through with a few hiccups.
This year, continuing with last year’s resolution (health, money management, vacation), I tack on a few to help move me in my career.
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I adore fashionable items. I love buying clothes, shoes, and accessories. My walk-in closet is overflowing with things that I don’t even remember buying, some still with price tags on them. Why do I buy? Sometimes, out of boredom, sometimes out of need, sometimes, I don’t even remember why except at one point, I really wanted it.
Continue reading “Being a Conscientious Fashion Lover”
Ah! It’s summer again and it’s going to be a hot, hot summer in the city! Possibly rainy since there was barely any snow this past winter.
What I love most about the city is the summer movies in the park! Outside, having a picnic and watching some movie on the big screen with the stars and the skyscraper around you. It’s a relic from drive-in without the whole car thing.
Continue reading “Summer Movies are Back in the City!”