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The Night We Escaped My Friends’ Dad Violence

These are different friends who also lived through domestic violence, but sadly these friends were also there when I Witnessed My [other] Friend’s Mom Get Beaten for “Disrespecting” Husband. With a lot of discussion on the Stanford rape case, and … Continue reading

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I Witnessed My Friend’s Mom Get Beaten for “Disrespecting” Husband

As a kid, it was “normal” to see wives get beaten for disrespecting their husbands, even in front of a crowd.  With a lot of discussion on the Stanford rape case, and sexual violence, I continue to share some things … Continue reading

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His Retaliation When I Rejected His Advances

With a lot of discussion on the Stanford rape case, and of sexual violence, I thought it’s time to share some things most of you don’t know about my life, in a series of blog posts on assault, domestic violence … Continue reading

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Life Being “Ugly” & the Day I Could’ve Died Because of It

Most of us have felt ugly at some point of our lives, and sadly many of us still do.  TV, media, models digitally enhanced in magazines add pressures to individuals, to meet the criteria of standards defined and accepted in … Continue reading

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Girls Expectations and Demands – (Part 2 – “Good Behavior”)

…Continued from: Part 1 – Career Aspirations As the saying goes: “Well-Behaved women seldom make history.”  I did grow up in a strict Asian cultural setting.  Luckily, my particular culture does NOT promote killing their own daughters for dishonoring.   … Continue reading

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Honor Death – Father Kills His Daughter

This Honor Death episode was about a Noor Almaleki who converted from Muslim to Christianity and became “too Americanized” which disappointed her family.  She ran away, knowing they would kill her, but was ultimately hunted down and murdered by her … Continue reading

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Zombie Apocalypse Connecticut Black Out

By now you probably have experienced (or heard) what happened in Connecticut with the black out, power outage, people fighting for gas, flooding the stores, deaths by carbon monoxide, hypothermia, and chaos the upcoming days before Halloween, during, and after.  … Continue reading

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How Do (or Did) You Deal With Abuse?

After watching Jaycee Dugard’s interview about her terrible 18 year kidnapping, other survivor’s stories, and years of hearing stories from friends’ abuse from people they know and being involved 1st hand with some situations myself, I thought I should write … Continue reading

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Shattered By Cruelty

Why are humans so mean to each other?  Why do some people enjoy being cruel to another and why don’t others realize that they are being mean? Many of us know the definition of “mean” through experience, witnessing it, or … Continue reading

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Racism.. Does it Still Exist?

I’m definitely NOT the kind of person who blames “It’s because I’m Asian,” for every unfair abusive treatment I get.  Despite that, it is shocking how many people I run into, who don’t seem to believe racism is a problem … Continue reading

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