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a short oral history of us
a short oral history of us

A collection of stories from my family about how we came to be

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lifejayemseyThe Joy Luck Club, Hispanic Heritage Month, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, United Shades of America, W. Kamau Bell, Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates, hashtag, Frasier, Get Out, Anthony Bourdain, oral history, Hong Kong, New Jersey, ye ye, nai nai, China, Chinatown, Brunei, Malaysia, Chin Wing Laundry, Chinese, Chinese-American, Chinese food, discrimination, racism, Borneo, Columbia University, Jersey Shore, Long Beach Island, Kojak, Milton the Monster, Barbie, ice skating, Atlantic City, A&W, fishing, fish, The Four Seas, Ging Hawk Club, MOCA, NYU, SUNY Buffalo, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, California, LA, San Francisco, Dish of Salt, Crazy Rich Asians, Greece, UCLA, Sony, Japantown, SF VA Medical Center, Sharp Hospital, Hello Judge, stroke, Palm Springs, vacation, Palacio, Colverhurst, Montemar, Greenwillow, Wii, Game Boy, blanket fort, Tumbles, birthday parties, travel, Princess Cruises, Pompeii, Hawaii, Chapman UniversityComment
year in review: 2018
year in review: 2018

My year in review and 2018 favorites

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lifejayemseyYear in Review, blogging, relationships, postcard, Brooklyn, Crown Heights, Manhattan, aliveness, New York City, winter, Middle Branch, Baltic Sea, Copenhagen, Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Kiel, Mia, Bombay, Brooklyn Animal Action, Little Panthers, ZHU, #cravingsfest, Twitter, Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, Cravings, Cravings 2: Hungry For More, Luna, California, Korinne, LA, Santa Barbara, Big Sur, Sonoma, San Francisco, Morro Bay, The Arboretum, peacock, Isla Vista, Ripplewood Resort, Bixby Bridge, Hawaii, Japanese Tea Garden, Fisherman's Wharf, Golden Gate Bridge, Washington D.C., Gwendolyn, Spy Museum, Newseum, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Obama, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, George Washington, Michelle Obama, Brothers & Sisters, Line Hotel, Molly Yeh, my name is yeh, Syndicated Brooklyn, Madwell, 72andSunny, Love Actually, Street Food Cinema, 5K, Roscoe's, Museum of Death, Museum of Tolerance, Heaven's Gate, The Wolves, Shoo Shoo Baby, Paris, Croix Me A River, Disneyland, California Adventure, Guardians of the Galaxy, Incredicoaster, Toy Story Midway Mania, Radiator Springs Racers, Space Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Indiana Jones, brunch, Christmas, xiao long bao, Ruby's Café, matcha, Brooklyn Ball Factory, Trader Joe's, cold brew, butter toffee pretzels, KazuNori, Momosan, Daikaya, Sonoratown, Seabutter, Jongro KBBQ, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, Bill Gates, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, The New York Times, #MeToo, Domino's, creativity, F*ck Off Fund, negotiation, long distance, Griefbacon, Bloomberg, America, venture capitalism, Ta-Nehisi Coates, college, Minute Thoughts, heroin, addiction, white supremacy, white nationalism, The White Flight of Derek Black, I.AM.GIA, Uniqlo, Fenty Beauty, Mix No. 6, Hourglass, C.O. Bigelow, jasmine, Pat McGrath, KitchenAid, Neogen, Acwell, NARS, Glow Recipe, Bliss, Swisch, MoMA Design Store, TOKiMONSTA, Shanghai Asian Manor, A Night of Philosophy and Ideas, Asian AmericanComment
25 goals for 25
25 goals for 25

Letters to my not-so-little sisters

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lifejayemseybirthday, Anna Akana, So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister, stories, birth control, sisters, Madwell, compassion, Death Café, death, grief, The Atlantic, dying, existence, existential, existentialism, travel, Jada Yuan, The New York Times, 52 Places Traveler, Baltic Sea, discipline, self-optimization, Mitski, Friday Night Chores, Girls' Night In, perspective, stress, mental health, self-care, skincare, Korean skincare, visibility, critical thinking, branding, personal branding, working holiday visa, Crazy Rich Asians, woke, cancellation culture, organicism, Happy New Year, New Year's resolutions, psychology, habits, non-zero days, consciousness, conscious consumerism, socially-conscious, reading, women authors, what am i going to do with my life??: a working framework for how to design the life you want, love, communication, commitment, Modern Love, Tumblr, Kristen Bell, emotional labor, exclamation points, Quartz Obsession, Twitter, Louis C.K., Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, blog, blogging, passion projects, gratitude, simplicity, tea, Asian AmericanComment
postcards from new york, no. 2: happy one-year anniversary to me!
postcards from new york, no. 2: happy one-year anniversary to me!

365+ days later. Still happy to be here.

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lifejayemseyNew York, New York City, Brooklyn Bridge, skyline, Brooklyn Bridge Park, hustle, privilege, Kylie Jenner, snow, winter, spring, cherry blossoms, strategy, Campbell Ewald, advertising, Bill Watterson, Singapore, working holiday visa, ballet, NYU, orchestra, van Gogh, Met Gala, China: Through The Looking Glass, Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, Pat McGrath, Catholicism, fashion, Vatican City, summer, Jackie Onassis Reservoir, aliveness, sunset, Florence and the Machine, Fall Out Boy, Waitress, Broadway, Katharine McPhee, Wicked, Sara Bareilles, Smorgasburg, Domino Park, The Dreamery, Casper, chill, wellness, status, Sunday, Refinery29, Sunday Riley, Melissa, San Diego, Brooklyn, California, Kevin, friendship, The MetComment