The loveliness of care packages & letters

In college, I used to envy my Ivy-bound friends because they would receive care packages in the mail from their anxious California parents, whereas my mom would just show up at my dorm when she missed me.

Well, I am now further away than the 110-North can take her, or any domestic flight for that matter, so my care packages have to cross an entire ocean! I was so excited to receive my first, legitimate care package, though the shipping cost was equivalent to a week’s salary in China. Whomp whomp. As they say, good things come to those who wait =)

Pupu Panda! I bought him at the Beijing Zoo when I studied abroad in 2008, so it really wasn’t right to be living abroad in China without him.

Letters from my family. I haven’t opened them yet, because letters to me are like Pringles to junk food addicts - once I pop, I just can’t stop. 

… Okay, going to open them right now.

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"Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it’s not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world."
— Bette Davis
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Blurry photo of my cousin Liana and I on the Bund. She didn’t want me to give a stranger my camera, lest he run away laughing with it. I ran the risk, and I’m glad we have this snapshot to keep.

Blurry photo of my cousin Liana and I on the Bund. She didn’t want me to give a stranger my camera, lest he run away laughing with it. I ran the risk, and I’m glad we have this snapshot to keep.

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Standardized testing, according to Betty
  • Mom: why? I think you should study for MAGA
  • it is good for 5 years
  • me: what is MAGA/
  • Mom: like sat for business school
  • how is your bf
  • he should be studying for lasaa
  • me: GMAT mom
  • there is no such thing as MAGA...
  • LSAT
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What in the world did parents do before Skype when their kids were abroad? Post-note: I look super pale. From an Asian perspective, success!

What in the world did parents do before Skype when their kids were abroad?

Post-note: I look super pale. From an Asian perspective, success!

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After I resent a list of Shanghai hotspots, including Jean Georges, Cloud 9 and Jade on 36, my dad replied with this email:

Hi Blessing,

This proves the value of saving emails, at least the good ones.

It’s wonderful that you and Liana will have the chance this week to sample some of these high-end hotspots, courtesy of Auntie Cathy.

Then it will be my turn at the end of the year. With your help, we should start compiling a list of low-end coldspots.

Love you always,

Dad

Anyone have suggestions for “low-end coldspots” for my daddy and me? Haha, silly pa.

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"Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a Dad."
— Anne Geddes
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(via artpixie) Told my mom today, I am stealing this idea of a photo family tree for my first apartment, wherever in the world that´s going to be… Snapshots of my brother as a toddler toting a canary-yellow Cheerios box, my grandma and grandpa dropping me off at preschool, my cousins and I with our ridiculous 80s haircuts, the works. I miss my family already.

(via artpixie)

Told my mom today, I am stealing this idea of a photo family tree for my first apartment, wherever in the world that´s going to be…

Snapshots of my brother as a toddler toting a canary-yellow Cheerios box, my grandma and grandpa dropping me off at preschool, my cousins and I with our ridiculous 80s haircuts, the works.

I miss my family already.

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“I am so glad I have just one daughter.”

— Mommy

It seems like a compliment, but read it again and you’ll see it’s a thinly veiled insult. Ha.

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“Beauty isn’t from pretty face, but from pretty mind, pretty heart, and pretty soul..”

— Yolanda Simamora (via artpixie)

My grandma would agree, as she always said “Beauty comes from the inside.” I miss her reassurances and handholds.

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