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Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:23:56 +0800

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Thu, 17 Jan 2013 02:55:55 +0800

I really need to tear myself away from the internet. I’m...

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:39:00 +0800

I really need to tear myself away from the internet. I’m realizing how I’ve been neglecting so much of my time in favor of that white, glowing screen. I need something quiet and serene, away from technology and responsibilities.

Somewhere where I can lose myself in time. I could do so many things.

I could paint.

I could read.

I could take pictures.

In short, I need a break…before my internship at Rappler and the dull life of an adult all catch up. Mom was right, I shouldn’t have spent all my summers in summer class. Then again, doing all that has led to a lot of free time (or so I thought). Most of my time has been spent on little “extras” like writing for PDI, the school paper—-stuff to make my resume look fat. Although I do enjoy keeping myself busy, it does become exhausting and tedious.

I definitely need a break. After graduation, maybe?

We’ll see.

mrsmelchiorgabor: mrsmelchiorgabor: MRSMELCHIORGABOR’S HUGE...

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:40:50 +0800

mrsmelchiorgabor:

mrsmelchiorgabor:

MRSMELCHIORGABOR’S HUGE BOOK GIVEAWAY

ok so I’m getting close to 600 followers and decided to do a giveaway. I love reading, so I thought books would be appropriate. these are all my favourite books/plays/poems. reblog as many times as you want. likes count! you must be following me to win.

the winner will get: (from left to right)

On the Road by Jack Kerouac (didn’t fit on the picture but you get it!)

Matched by Ally Condie

The Declaration by Gemma Malley

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (THIS ONE’S MY FAVOURITE)

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

The Book of Mormon Libretto by Trey Parker, Matt Stone & Robert Lopez

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

Blood Ties by Sophie McKenzie

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Struck by Lightening by Chris Colfer

The Life and Times of Harvey Milk by Randy Shilts

Spring Awakening Libretto by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater

Next to Normal Libretto by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey

Before I Die by Jenny Downham

The Diary of Anne Frank

Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx

What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell

Pretty Things by Sarra Manning

A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen

Selected Poems by Allen Ginsberg

the books in the picture are my copies. I’ll obviously buy new ones for the winner! I SHIP ANYWHERE!

REBLOG AND MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOUR!

Huh.

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:14:39 +0800

It’s strange how easy it is. Shutting yourself off from people. Then again, these were people I never developed any bonds with in the first place, so perhaps that contributed to how emotionally simple it was. I went in, went out—-did my job (when I could) and that was it. No secrets shared, no yearning for any connections.

I don’t think they were interested in sharing anything with me, either. The signs were all there, for one thing. I know when I’m not wanted. When inside jokes pepper conversations, when people don’t include you in plans, and conveniently forget to inform you. I tell myself it’s alright. That I have my own life to live. So I buried myself in work, papers, and writing, ignoring people and being selfish.

The holidays rolled around, and I didn’t attend the Christmas party, mainly because it was my dad’s birthday, and partly because I didn’t feel like going. I found out that one of the freshmen I would often chat with didn’t go either.

I remembered her. A few months back, I had spoken up for her one evening, during one of our meetings. The others were criticizing her writing, and I told her to not see it as anything negative, to keep on writing. I thought of it as simple encouragement, something to ease the hurt look on her face and cheer her up.

I later learned that she was unhappy with how things were being run, feeling left out and shunned by the others, who had formed a little tight-knit group of their own. I learned that she saw me as an older, friendlier figure and begged one of my friends to make me “become Editor-In-Chief next year” because she couldn’t stand how they ran things, to the point where she chose to spend a Saturday night alone, rather than in the company of the staff. “If Ella went, I’d go so I could have someone to talk to,” she told my friend quietly.

Her words left me stunned. I didn’t think anyone cared or noticed my absence. Life has funny ways of making you learn lessons, and her words served as a reminder that small acts of kindness (that may seem like nothing much) really can touch people in ways that you don’t expect.

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Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:12:00 +0800

Can’t stop listening to this.

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 13:48:27 +0800

Can’t stop listening to this.

eternitysshylock: don’t be too clingydon’t be such a ‘girl’be a womanbut be hairless like a...

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:58:18 +0800

eternitysshylock:

don’t be too clingy
don’t be such a ‘girl’
be a woman
but be hairless like a child

don’t wear skimpy outfits
don’t be such a ‘slut’
be modest
but take it off when i ask

don’t assert yourself
don’t be such a ‘bitch’
be nice to me
but don’t be a fucking doormat

don’t be ignorant
don’t be such a ‘bimbo’
be intelligent
but don’t argue your opinion with me

don’t wear make-up ever
don’t be so ‘insecure’
be yourself
but don’t complain if i don’t like it

I let a lot of words get to me, and I’m struggling with...

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:30:29 +0800

I let a lot of words get to me, and I’m struggling with not giving a fuck about them.

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Sun, 07 Oct 2012 05:00:46 +0800

crateshya: THIS IS MY FAVORITE FUCKING POST OF THE NIGHT

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:10:38 +0800

crateshya:

THIS IS MY FAVORITE FUCKING POST OF THE NIGHT

xtinesy: “50 books to read before you die” bookmark The Lord of...

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 05:03:25 +0800

xtinesy:

“50 books to read before you die” bookmark

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien

1984 by George Orwell

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

A Passage to India by E. M. Forster

The Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul

The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

The Bell Jar by Sylvie Plath

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

Don Quixote by Miduel de Cervantes

The Bible

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

Ulysses by James Joyce

The Quiet American by Graham Greene

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulke

Money by Martin Amis

Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Alice´s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

The Way We Live Now by Antony Trollope

The Outsider by Albert Camus

The Colour Purple by Alice Walker

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Frankenstein by Mary Selley

The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

Man Without Woman by Ernest Hemingway

Gulliver´s Travels by Jonathan Swift

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe

One Flew Over the Cockoo´s Nest by Ken Kesey

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

The Divine Comedy by Alighieri Dante

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Picking the Kitten (by Faith Shearin)

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:42:00 +0800

You had to hold it awhile in your hand.
It was important to look into the box

of blind fur and notice who needed you.
Not the one who chased its tail,

not the one who slept in a corner
with an air of indifference. There were

colors and markings to consider.
Which would you want to find

on your pillow? The one I took home
was warm as fever. I held her purr

in my pocket, her roughness on my
bedroom rug. I pour out this memory
the way I poured out her evening cream.

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Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:55:06 +0800

Something most people don’t know about me: I was an...

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:32:00 +0800

Washington D.C. Felt like pulling a Nicolas Cage from National Treasure...

DISNEYLAND. Yes, the inner child in me wept in happiness.

And now, the Phanto----NAAAAAAAH! NA! NA! NA! NA! NAAAAAAH!

Somewhere in Wall Street.

The only snow you'll find in Texas.

Something most people don’t know about me: I was an exchange student. It was something I didn’t particularly want for myself, honestly. I was fresh out of high-school, and all I wanted was to finish college as quickly as possible. However, dad had other plans for me, and sent me off (against my wishes) despite my protests. No matter how fun it was, there was always this part of me that wished I didn’t go so early. I was right, in the end, when I told my dad that I “didn’t know myself” and I “wasn’t ready.” At least in that aspect, I was sure of myself. Regarding everything else, I was clueless.

When you don’t know yourself at that age, you miss out on a lot. You just go along with the flow, and, in some sense, are unable to make decisions (or make lame choices) because of immaturity, a desire to please others, shyness, or just simply because you don’t know anything. Which is what happened to me. Back then, I didn’t know myself. To an extent, I don’t claim to know myself now, but I am getting steps closer to figuring out what I want.

Which is, in the end, what makes a big difference.

Yes, please.

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:41:26 +0800

lowgarden:

I’m the Avengers and Jaime/Brienne is in the middle of the circle.

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Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:36:46 +0800

Trying to converse with adults:

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:06:23 +0800

Me: Hi.
Adult: WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT DOING FOR COLLEGE HAVE YOU VISITED ANY SCHOOLS DO YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND DO YOU HAVE YOUR LICENSE DO YOU PLAY ANY SPORTS YOU SHOULD GET A JOB I HEAR GETTING A JOB IS A GOOD THING GOTTA LEARN THE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR EH WOT

Reblogging because this is something that more people should...

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:48:54 +0800

Reblogging because this is something that more people should realize.

Lift your head and look out the windowstay that way for the...

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:06:00 +0800

Lift your head and look out the window
stay that way for the rest of the day and watch the time go
Listen! The birds sing. Listen! The bells ring.
All the living are dead, and the dead are all living
the war is over and we are beginning