Beautiful

Wow. Thank you, Glamour magazine for showing such a confident, natural, real figure in your September issue.

{ Jezebel }

Farewell KoreAm!

My favorite internship ever ended with a lunchtrip to...where else...a Korean restaurant. (We actually hardly eat Korean food at KoreAm, Gardena is a very Japanese cuisine-loving town.)

Over burning pieces of meat and spicy cabbages, the mostly female magazine team (both Audrey magazine and KoreAm are run by gals) and I reminisced about the great chats, lovely advice and superb fun I've had my four months here.

I've had many internships in my days. Mostly in the media and entertainment industry but I've worked in marketing, PR, research. I've worked for big companies in spacious suites atop Beverly Hills skyrises. I've worked in amazonian studio lots where soap stars would drive by on golf carts. I've worked in offices where the furniture probably costs more than my college tuition.

But it was in this steely factory-looking building in a city full of industrial trucks and Mexican fruit stands where I got the opportunity to explore my full print journalistic instincts, be faced with new challenges and obstacles everyday, and learn that you can love your job. And not only that, I was in the presence of an array of amazing, talented and accomplished Asian American females that dish out life advice and snarky commentary like no other. Through their life experiences, I'm able to gaze into a crystal ball and see how my life can turn out and what I should avoid.

My cousin and I had a discussion about this and I feel like if I could afford to, I would love to write, report, comment and investigate even if I weren't getting paid. I love feeling like I'm touching someone somewhere with my words and making a difference in my own way--by shedding light to stories that otherwise might not get told.

Asian American media has always had a hard time staying afloat and "in this economy" and with print journalism dying out, it's a wonder everyday that KoreAm Journal is still alive. But it's important for Asian American media to be here. When I read about Katie Holme's struggles to become an actress, it hits me differently than when I read about Sandra Oh's. I relate to Sandra more, whether it be her physical appearance of having black hair and a flat face or her family or her circle of friends. I want other Asian Americans out there to feel that kind of relatability, belonging. My feelings on being Asian American and working in the entertainment industry are long and complex and must be saved for another entry (hopefully coming soon) but I just end on one note:

Thank you KoreAm and Audrey, for giving us a voice.
Thank you for sharing our stories.
Thank you for making me feel like I belong.
Ok, so that's three notes but still...

I will miss being part of that family but you know, I'm still working on these issues right here on this blog and who knows, I might be back sooner than you think. We'll see!

Yea, we're Asian and we're proud.

Final Quarter

I'M GRADUATING IN JUNE!

This may or may not be forever. And as of right now, most likely for forever, but I have officially about 10 more weeks as an undergraduate.  Once I get my diploma, I'll be shoved out there into the working world, full of vicious, bloodsucking bosses and incredibly badly congested traffic commutes... AND I CAN'T WAIT!

I'm getting a slight taste of the brief-case carrying life right now: As an intern for KoreAM Journal and Vertigo Entertainment. It's going to be a heavy load on top of my 11 units, 4 hours of salsa and swing classes, LCC and oh yeah, enjoying my senior year but I can handle the pain. (Not sure about the lack of sleep though) BRING IT!

Women's History Month

Happy Women's History Month, folks!

This is the time of the year when Vagina Monologues get their say on college campuses all over the nation and when famous women like Rosa Parks, Madame Curie and Oprah Winfrey are frequently mentioned. In celebration, Glamour magazine has issued this really cool photo spread where modern young starlets portray some big-time historical female figures. Here are three of my favorite shots.

Alexis Bledel as Rosie the Riveter or should we say Rory the Riveter??

Alicia Keyes regally channeling First Lady Michelle Obama

Emma Stone sexin' up as Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw

Perhaps it's my Women's Studies class brain-washing me but here's hoping that us gals will keep breaking new frontiers and glass ceilings.