Happiness

1/14/2013

Rut

From the Oxford English Dictionary:

rut, n.²

A settled or established habit or mode of procedure, especially one that has become dull or unproductive but is hard to change; a narrow, undeviating course of life or action.

But also:

rut, n.³

Originally: the violent breaking of the sea on the shore. Now: the roaring of the sea, especially in breaking on the shore. Freq. more fully rut of the sea

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Trip to Taiwan & Vietnam

I was looking through pictures I took last December of my trip to Asia and realized I never shared some of the more interesting sights I saw while there.

Let me share with you some of these gems.

While in a temple in Vietnam, my sister and I were browsing through the gift shop when I spotted this book:


We, being awesomely mature late-20-year-olds, couldn't stop giggling.

Remember this photo?

My sister was yelling at me.

She said she needed to show me something.

I thought it was going to be something profound.
Something life-changing.
Or both.

This is what my sister had to show me:

Is this something profoundly life-changing?
Or life-changingly profound?

We were at Thanh Chuong Viet Palace near Hanoi.

This statue was located in an area of the grounds that most people would probably never venture to. My sister found it because she has this tendency to keep going and going until she can't anymore. I have this annoying habit of trying every single door in sight until I'm blocked by a locked one. We make great houseguests.

I have to say though, nothing beats what I found in Taiwan.

My aunt and uncle and two cousins took me to Jiǔfèn where there's lots of yummy food and cute little shops.

While browsing through one of the gift shops stocked with children's toys, I picked up this keychain thinking it was a metal puzzle for children:

It was not a puzzle piece.

It was also not a children's toy.

However, these keychains could come in handy for those conversations about the birds and the bees. That must be why it was stocked in a children's toy store. Nothing beats visual aids.

I regret not getting one.

Looking Up

A few months ago, I was walking with a friend through Union Square when I happened to glance up and see this:

I pass by this building all the time and never knew there was a clock on top.

And for some reason, discovering this fact blew my mind.

And made me wonder: How many other beautiful buildings have I neglected to notice because I'm only aware of what's immediately around me?

(I know, I know, I sound hokey. But it's true.)

Ever since then, I've been making it a point to look up.
Change my perspective a little bit.
When I remember to, anyway.

Like when I went hiking with my sister and her friends in California:

Although it can't be called hiking if the trail is paved with concrete and we only walk for 10 minutes, can it?

Or when I went to Pure Food and Wine with my mom and grandma for Mother's Day:

Or just walking down the street and spotting some ivy (I think it's ivy, I don't know my vegetation at all.) on a townhouse:

I was in the MoMA with family when I looked out the window and snapped this picture. I love the cityscape in my hometown:

And this past weekend, while ensconced indoors at the Joffrey Ballet School, I heard church bells chiming the hour and went to the window to look. This is a horrid picture, but I was trying to capture the clouds and the light in the tower:

I've noticed that clocks seem to be at the top of a lot of buildings in my city. I wonder why that is. Anyone?

Eat It

I want adventure.
Life and Love, and Adventures.
Meaning.
Surprises.


-Bucket List.
-Do what scares you.
-Life list.
Different semantics for the same thing: Change.


Been feeling so restless lately.
Something needs to Change.
Or I will go mad.


Rut.
Even my words.


Eat it.
I want to eat my life.