Category: Personal
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The best is yet to come
Suddenly, instead of booking a trip for DC this summer, I’m looking up flights for Amsterdam for next spring. Alex decided that it would be wiser to save up for a “real” vacation, one that takes place outside the U.S. If I can be guaranteed this vacation, I will gladly take Amsterdam over Washington, DC. […]
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Half psychotic, sick, hypnotic
Late last month, my mother went to Russia to visit her family. (Her entire family — mother, 4 sisters, and 1 brother — all live in either Dagestan or St. Petersburg.) Today, she and my father got into their car and headed towards Virginia. A friend of the family is flying to Las Vegas tomorrow. […]
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There’s beauty in breakdown.
Due to technical difficulties, I had to start anew with WordPress. All of my previous posts and pages are now gone. However, I’ve learned to take a Buddhist approach to life. According to the teachings of Buddhism, pain and suffering have roots in our desires for material possessions, power, and so on. Therefore, to reduce […]