august 31, 2021

i know, i know. i'm almost a whole month late. i'm writing this in my hotel room in chinatown. lots of places you showed me here, some new and some old. can't wait to tell you all about them.

happy birthday, jie!

31 (feat. dvdkm)

may 11, 2011

i was turning 16 and my sister was in college. even with the distance, we would chat all the time through gchat, and try to watch tv shows and movies through skype as much as we could (technology was amazing)

from indian movies, to breaking bad, to all sorts of anime and stuff in between, we would hop on 2 - 3 hour skype calls, catch up and then watch something good together.

my parents booked a really nice place for my birthday dinner, and i remember telling my sister that i was bummed she couldn't make it up to the bay area. she was in school and in the midst of studying for finals.

but of course, when my parents and i get to the restaurant, my sister is there, acting all nonchalant. i am so surprised, overwhelmed, amazed that she made it to see me and celebrate my birthday.

i think a lot of my personality and aspiration stems from this one event - this one, over-the-top act of love that really affected me. that i should go above and beyond for those that i care deeply about.

marmalade

may 22, 2018

i was over at my girlfriend's place, ready to get my day started. my girlfriend was taking a shower when i opened my phone to missed calls and a text from my cousin. i give my cousin a call back, and she asks me if i've heard anything or where i was. i was confused as hell, so i gave my parents a ring.

they told me that my sister was in an accident, and that she was in the icu in LA. 

i called my manager, booked the next flight out. 

while at the airport, i remember stress eating at the burger king in terminal 3. i had no idea what was going on.

i get to cedars-sinai at around 2 or 3pm. i get to the neuro icu floor, and am trying to find my parents. they're in a meeting with a few doctors, a case manager and a few other people. they're discussing the results of my sister's surgery. 

all im thinking is: what the fuck is going on? can i see her? where is she?

they take her to her room. i lose it for about 10 minutes.

she has tubes connected, for food, to help her breathe. hundreds of machine beeps going off every second, nurses coming in every minute.

thorns

mar 16 2018

it was a random, spontaneous trip. 

i went down to la to visit my sister for the weekend - she had just moved, started a new job, got her own apartment and everything. my sister being my sister, she had everything planned out. this trip was gonna be a 72 hour food and music tour. 

i get to lax at around 8 or 9 pm and it is pouring rain. my sister lived on sawtelle at the time and was running into a lot of traffic. we decide to meet up outside dulan's soul food since it was a good midpoint for us to meet. i hopped on a lyft and met her there.

as soon as i get out of the lyft, a car pulls up behind me and flashes high beams. i slowly walk towards the car and it's my sister, holding two big boxes of soul food - fried chicken, okra, hush puppies, greens, all the good stuff. 

the next 3 days proceeded to be the most crazy food and cocktail tour i've ever been on. we binged the first two seasons of bojack, drank so much one cup ozekis and ate so many tacos.

sometimes i wish i knew ahead of time it'd be one of the last times i could travel with my sister.

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