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"I think it just comes with maturity… you start to understand yourself and things better with time"
- Have you ever had suicidal thoughts? - Yeah. When I was young? Oh, yeah. - Really? Why? - Well, like other people… I guess. I didn’t...


"You are young. You are healthy. Do something good."
- I don’t know which one to choose… they’re both very nice. - Maybe both! - Haha, I know… I have a friend who’s leaving New York soon, so I think this could be a nice gift for him. - How long have you been here? - Almost 10 years! - Oh, and where were you before that? - Also New York, but I was upstate… haha. So about 13 years in total. I’m originally from Vietnam, though. - So you are Vietnamese? I had a feeling. - Ha, is it because of my accent? Yes, I am indeed! - No. I wa


Nine years in NYC
“I met New York. She was far beyond what I could have imagined. Well, at first, she seemed a little all over the place, but she was ‘it’!...


"I always hope that we see each other for our true selves..."
- You know, I believe watching traumatic news can be harmful to children, too. When 9/11 happened, I was still in kindergarten. We were...


"I love that about you and I just want you to be you."
- I don’t know why but I always feel like I’m on the outside of things… like, I know that I’m always different from the other kids or...


"I think love and infatuation are very different, though. I think love is built."
- Last weekend I just ran into a guy that I used to date almost three years ago. - Really? I hope he wasn’t stalking you! - Oh, no no…...


"...you know, to say “I love you” as often as we can to the people we love before it’s too late."
- My dad was diagnosed with liver cancer at the final stage, but I didn’t learn about it firsthand... it was my sister-in-law who told me over the phone. He told her that he didn’t think he’d last for more than 10 days. Even my mom was unaware. I booked a next-day flight back to Vietnam to see him right after I heard the news. When I arrived, he nagged the family why they let me know because he didn’t want me to worry. And it turned out that he was right… he didn’t even make


Tales of the bitches
I was a bitch. I was blessed, fearless, and unstoppable (or so I thought). If you think I’m fierce now, oh, you didn’t know me then. In...


From New York with love
I'm still well. Hope you are, too. I'll see you again soon once this nightmare is over; until then, don't forget to embrace the power of...
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