Before I get into it and the internet tries to come at me, I have to say that I am a proud Korean. My ethnicity is 100% Asian. I was born as an Asian and will die as one. With that said, my experiences as a Korean are what is going to inform my speculative analysis on Seung-Hui Cho. He was the shooter responsible for the tragic VA Tech shooting. The shooter was a member of the Korean culture.

These speculations are also not drawn to sympathize with the shooter. Personally, I wish he had been locked up in an…

Disclaimer: I am not a professional beauty or fashion expert. Nor do I ever want to be. I also do not make my living on writing online. I work in software development so take this article as you will. I fully acknowledge that the beauty industry is worth billions of dollars. Some of the enablers for this massive profits are probably due to YouTube and all social media platforms. I am sure that TV , movies and magazines play some role in it too. For whatever reason, I am okay with this. I am the last person to preach the…

As you can see, I have not been to the nail salon in a very long time. A very long time.

The pandemic has provoked many different insights for all people on this Earth. And for me, a lot of those insights have been about DIY manicures. Specifically, why press-on nails—which a lot of us haven’t tried since we were young—are the way to go!

1.The Really Junior Kind

In software development, it is not uncommon to find a kid who just finished college working next to your cubicle. This person is ready to go over capacity, understand all frameworks and learn every single language in this planet. Hell, this person wants to do your job, bosses job and his/her job for twelve hours straight. Still, through all, the really junior kind will have smile on his/her face. I am definitely not saying one should be like this in anyway. I mean, only if you want to, I guess.

2.The Mediocre

This person has been…

Dear Cigarette,

Every now and then, I think about all the times we have spent together. The times I used to walk out in the pouring rain to waking up in the middle of the night. You were like a forbidden affair. The type one would try to hide from their spouses and children.

It has been years since we have been around each other. Just like a love affair, I almost wondered how I was not driven to an early grave. All the lies, secrets and hiding. I have not forgotten about the lies I have told myself …

It was a warm, rainy night in DC. I stopped adulting for the night.

When I was single, I was somewhat reckless. Well, more so than now. I would have endless nights of whiskey, Uber rides, random strangers, conversations with friends that made no sense, and many black-tie events. My 20s were a dreamy blur. Thinking of all these things brings Halloween 2017 to mind.

Warm, Rainy, and Dreamy

I spent most of Halloween night 2017 in an underground masquerade ball. There were naked people, candle wax drips, people getting spanked by various objects, and possibly more. It was also…

Even in the modern society, it is easy to get lost in your own head and lose track of the rights and the powerfulness of us women. It does not make us any less forward thinking or empowering. When these moments of being lost occur, it is totally okay to ask for help and not avoid these feelings. It just simply makes us human. I will tell you about my downfalls and where it resonates from.

To start, I grew up in a traditional Asian immigrant family and a very shallow one. My mom was one of those women that…

This is a true story

In the year of 2005, Los Angeles seemed eternally hot. My family did not believe in AC, so everything was always sticky inside the house. Most days were spent inside with AIM, Xanga, YouTube, Yahoo Mail, New Grounds and an extremely smelly dog. I became extremely well-versed in never leaving any food exposed to the air. Otherwise, you may just end up eating a soup full of flies or a flying cockroach.

Most days felt like time was just slowly melting away under the extreme layer of smog and heat. Someone that was there through…