i just calculated the total # of pages

of papers i've written this quarter (70)
over 10 weeks, which equals an
average of 7 pages per week
which equals one page per day.
sounds about right.
@___@
forgive me, trees :-(
^^these are chinampas^^
(aztec floating gardens)

i spelled "foreigners" wrong.
spellcheck suggested i change it to
"forefingers"

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this.paper.needs.to.be.finished.
!!last paper of the quarter!!
no more paper writing for 3 whole months!

i can barely contain my excitement to see/try/eat
polynesian food & tropical fruit.

once upon a time, there was an island
surrounded by the south plastik sea.
the island's terrain was composed of
oolong ti with dispersed densities
of osmanthus blossoms. it enjoyed tropical
weather, resembling that of samoa's.
breadfruit trees grow abundantly.
oolongians had a kind dauphine who
gave everybody magical woven baskets
that provided an endless supply of Po'e.

"If you have come here to help me, then you are wasting your time. If you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together."
- Lilla Watson

its almost that time of year again
(taking down my walls).

ps: our country has gone [even more] bonkers.

l 0 t u s b 1 o s s 0 m s

once, i ate donkey meat. it was really juicy, fatty and good

until i was told it was donkey meat. then i put it down
and sat there silently contemplating my taste buds and feelings.

东堂.

my mom's elementary school was connected
to the left wall.

one day, i ended up at the china-mongol border

at a place called "dinosaur fairy land."
my mom, cousin and i were taking pictures when
suddenly i found an asteroid in the gobi desert.

a fish and a bird love each other.
but where would they live?

there is a snake in my uterus :O
hopefully not a poisonous one;
i'm hoping a garden one
who will plant some morning glories in me.

i slept in my friend may's housemate's bed.
i woke up with a black shadow sitting
on my leg; it brought fleas and they bit me.

eunoia:
beautiful thinking

i am hoping i'll have a chance to visit

a polynesian or melanesian island, such as tonga or fiji.
they are all right there. going to papua
would be pretty amazing too...

i feel strange saying this but without colonialism,
we wouldn't ever have chance to
see or know about most places in the world.

i found an oceania art history reader in the dumpster last year.
i'm going to read it over winter break~

here's a snapshot of a video michelle sent me~*

it made me feel very happy :)

she's going to let me borrow that book!
ps: michelle, you have perfect teeth.

my dad and i walked through the old streets of shenmu.
he showed me the courtyard where he was born,
where his childhood friends lived, where his own dad would walk daily.

1. entrance of an old style courtyard house.
2. old painted mural advocating for the one-child policy;
it says: "giving birth to only one child is good."
3. the old city temple.
4. mostly junk with maybe one treasure.