I just finished watching Cupid, the new ABC TV series about well… Cupid, the god of love. The premise of the show is that the god is rejected from Mt. Olympus because of the sad state of finding love in modern society. His job is to pair 100 couple before he’s allowed back home. I [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 25, 2009
Personal vs. Professional: The Winner is…
I’ve been mulling over the concept of personal brand reputation and what’s acceptable behaviour online. When Facebook first became public right after I graduated college, I was adamantly against the concept. Facebook was my personal space online, and allowing my professional world in would create tons of conflict and an anal amount of privacy controls. [...]
Filed under pr/marketing, social, tech
Tags: branding, facebook profile, jany xu, online reputation, personal brand, tumblr, twitter
March 20, 2009
Is Anybody Listening.
I’m so incredibly lucky. I went to a lunch called “Conducting a Job Search in a Tough Economy” yesterday sponsored by the Northern California Penn Club. Peter Jacobs, a Wharton alum, introduced a framework to help us outshine the competition during job search. What struck me the most was the age distribution in the room. [...]
Filed under pr/marketing, social
Tags: anhui, applications, apps, big picture, china, factories, hefei, hometown, job search, lucky, northern california penn club, online resume, penn clum, personal branding, peter jacobs, social media, sonewe, sonewe.com, start-up, the wharton school, widgets, youtube
March 19, 2009
Sex, Primates, Hormones & Social Behaviour
Professor Robert Sapolsky teaches a fascinating class at Stanford University on neurology and biological sciences. Thanks for Boing Boing, I just watched two of his lectures on primate sexuality. I honestly haven’t watched something so educational and stimulating in a long time. Sapolsky’s lecture style and humor makes me miss college and inspires me to [...]
Tags: aids, anthropology, behavioral biology, biological sciences, boing boing, chimpanzees, female, gorillas, hormones, male, monogamous, musk, neurology, orangutans, pheromones, polyamorous, primate, robert sapolsky, sexuality, social evolution, sociology, stanford university, Testosterone, transgendered, transsexuals
March 18, 2009
Fear of Life
It’s a fear of failure. One so strong that you forget who you are and what you really want in life. At one point in time, I wanted to join the Peace Corps. I want to become an artist because something innate in me wants to experience life, interpret it and share it. I was [...]
Filed under just life
Tags: branding, censorship, compromising, entj, failure, fear, industry analysis, life, marketing, myers briggs, peace corp, social media, strategies
March 17, 2009
Yellow, Black and Everything in Between
Interracial dating. I’m probably going to experience introducing my parents to a boyfriend who isn’t Asian, much less Chinese. Sure the dating part is usually pretty well accepted. However, when the relationship progresses to something more serious, how will our parents react. From what I’ve heard recently, the younger generation (teen/tweens) are pretty race ambiguous [...]
Filed under just life, love, social
Tags: acceptance, african americans, asian, asian community, asian immigrants, blacks, chinese, community, family, heigi klum, interracial dating, parents, relationships, seal, search, tiger woods, tolerance, tyra banks, tyra show
March 12, 2009
I Don’t Fucking “Like” You
There are so many emotions that you may feel towards a person. As danielac puts it: I’m physically attracted to you. I find you intellectually stimulating and would love to have profound conversations with you. I want to be able to argue with you without either of us ending up mad. I just want to [...]
March 3, 2009
Hello World!
I’ve taken a bit of a hiatus from blogging (in case you haven’t noticed). I’ve taken a break from life as well. Since the new year, I parted with SHIFT, which is still an amazing PR Agency; took a long, needed trip to China; popped by New York for a long weekend, more like almost [...]
Filed under just life, pr/marketing, tech
Tags: beijing, china, dove, international calls, iphone, new york, new york library, social media resume, sonewe, suburbs, uggly betty, vacation
