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Continue reading →: Our 1st Anniversary at Bodega Bay, CASince Jacob and I both love being near the ocean, we wanted our first anniversary celebration to take place somewhere coastal. We decided on Bodega Bay which we 100% did not regret. We left around 1:00 pm from the South Bay, and with traffic, it took us about two and…
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Continue reading →: 4/8/2025 These are the days of…These are the days of… …making more bread for the in-laws : …taking many more photos of JJ: …visiting an Italian restaurant with Jacob and his brother (it was only an okay restaurant…): …seeing a lot of hail while visiting the in laws ! … more JJ quality time: …once…
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Continue reading →: Getting to know myself – prompt 43Today’s question from Onsite is “What are the dominant messages you received from your family of origin? Are there particular people who provided either supportive or judgmental messages?” This is such a deep question, and the overall dominant message I received from my family of origin was that I am…
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Continue reading →: Reflections – 4/4/2025Things I have been learning about Yahweh: Things I have been learning about others: Things I have been learning about the world: Things I have been learning about myself: This was a lot and a reflection a month in the making – so thank you for reading !
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Continue reading →: Getting to know myself – prompt 42Today’s prompt from Onsite is, “Are there qualities you had as a child that you would like to reclaim?” Oh yes. I was so creative as a child and not afraid to share my works, especially in the realm of music and songwriting, as cringe as I even felt about…
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Continue reading →: 語言練習 – #11
從現在到七月，寫這些語言練習的文章的時候，我只會用中文練習因為我七月底要回台灣三個禮拜！今天的題目是：【Facebook 已失去優勢了嗎？】 說實話，我覺得Facebook已失去它一開始的優勢因為廣告的原因。我也不太喜歡用Facebook上的情緒反應，因為我了解到這些資訊會被用來操縱廣告和推薦內容中的情感。然後Facebook試著用這些資訊讓人家在應用程式上停留更長的時間。 說了這麼多，其實我還是會偶爾用Facebook，原因有兩個。第一，我決定用Facebook與家人保持聯繫。第二, 我也用Facebook去參加群組。我之前只加了我老公在Facebook上作為【朋友】，不過想了想之後，我還來發現我其實想跟遠住的家庭們保持聯繫。
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Continue reading →: Getting to know myself – prompt 41Today’s prompt from Onsite is, “How does your child self compare with who you are now? What influenced the changes, and what support stayed with you?” There is some carefreeness that I feel like I have gained that was more prevalent during my childhood. I still like really cute things…
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Continue reading →: 3/24/2025 These are the days of…These are the days of… …finding out that a Scottish folk musician I follow who mainly tours in the UK was touring in the Bay Area with a band and Irish tap dancers ! It was such a last minute purchase to get tickets so I am grateful that Jacob…
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Continue reading →: Taiwan Citizenship for Taiwanese-AmericansAll of the text below is verbatim of a Canva Presentation I made. I am thinking of making a YouTube video walking through the slides, too, but that may have to wait until I am official a citizen after the summer (link to full screen slide is here): IMPORTANT NOTES:…
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Continue reading →: My faith story, as of March 2025I figured it was about time I shared where I am with my Christian walk. I am currently part of a fellowship group that is going through some reading together, and I will be sharing my story during one of our April meetings, so I thought I would share here…
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