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Day 8 – Tell me: Currently reading anything?

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In terms of a book, I’m not reading anything right now. I’m waiting for Haruki Murakami’s new book that comes out this month, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, so I’m reading articles/early reviews about it on Slate, NY Times, Newsweek and The Guardian. I think I’m ready for some bind boggling outlook on life and everything that surrounds it, not to mention quirky characters that Murakami seems to be fond of creating in his stories.

I’m also reading, wait, catching up on Hollywood news because it seems like I’ve been so off the wagon this year. I didn’t even know Nikki Reed is now with Ian Somerhalder, I seriously thought she was still with her American Idol husband and Ariana Grande broke up with that The Wanted guy. I thought I knew these things. Shows how much my priorities have changed and shifted. I used to be all over this shit. Quiz me before, and I’d know the menial things about these peoples’ (celebrities’ as a whole) lives. It was so irrelevant to my life yet I ate all them news up.

Day 7 – Memories: What’s your earliest one?

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My earliest memories would have to involve traveling, airports and my dad’s place in Makassar, Indonesia (then called Ujung Pandang). From when I was born up to when I was 3 years old I traveled to and fro Indonesia a lot, which lead me to finally moving there semi-permanently when I was 8.

The most vivid memory I had from my early childhood would involve tripping into a huge rock outside our ancestral home that resulted into a very noticeable mark on my right hand, so much that it looks like a semi-keloid/birth mark. It’s one of the scars that will probably stay with me until forever.

Day 6 – Something for your kids to know

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I don’t even know where to start with this because the thought of having kids doesn’t really cross my mind often. For the sake of answering this, however, I will have to say, “I’m not a regular mom. I’m a cool mom.” Get it? Thumbs up for Mean Girls reference.

In all seriousness, what I’d like for kids to know is that I value my relationship with my parents so much that I hope they would feel the same way with me. I have the utmost respect for my parents but at the same time we’re such good friends that I’m so comfortable with them when it comes to a lot of things. So I hope I get to instill that kind of relationship with my future children.

Day 5 – Share: Best advice you ever got

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This is easy (I’m glad this challenge hasn’t been difficult for me so far!), straightforward and true. Best advice I ever received from my dad is: be honest. Not in a way where you have to tell the truth all the time, because I do agree that sometimes white lies need to be said, in an appropriate situation.

My dad has always told me that as long as I live my life honestly, that I don’t owe anyone anything, that I’m being real with myself, not living a lie.. these are fundamentals to a good life. I always try and apply this to my daily life.