When I was growing up, I never really had big birthday parties. For us, it was usually my family, my uncle’s family, and my grandmother. We gathered around a birhday cake with presents on the evening of the birthday, and opened presents. Then it was a dinner at a special restaurant with my family that weekend. I only remember one birthday party I had, and it was at McDonald’s, 5th grade. That was about it. When I came over here, it was still quite the same: low key family event. During freshman year, my college suitemates threw a surprise party...
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Guess what I got for my birthday? A sewing machine!!! I was like an inspire artist without a paintbrush for a while. I slaved for hours, hand stitching projects together. (See Brandon’s Halloween costume.) No more! Then again, the last time I used a sewing machine was home-ec class in 6th grade. And that was the pedal-powered kind, not electric. I’m still amazed at how much I’ve grown to enjoy sewing. Anyone who knows me since childhood should know–especially my mom–that I’m no girly-girl, and sewing was probably one of my most hated activity. Then again, if you had no...
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Might as well join in the crazy world of Blogging. So I don’t have to keep sending you emails to update and stuff. Hehe....
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