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		<title>Car accident + life reset + hairstyle change!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been quite a while, hasn&#8217;t it? Summer is going by faster than ever (halfway through!) I actually have a legit explanation for my absence, though&#8230; I was in a car accident two weeks ago. Long story short: I was biking back from Central Square (I ride the T from Alewife to Central and then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vivian-lee.net/2010/07/car-accident-life-reset-hairstyle-change/</link>
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		<title>Freedom Trail &amp; Fireworks: Independence Day 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, July 3rd, Jason and I did a bridge loop on our bikes to scope out the Esplanade (best location for watching fireworks) and get some exercise. We ended up going from the Harvard Bridge (Mass Ave) to Longfellow Bridge&#8230; all the way around to North Harvard Bridge, and biking back down Mass Ave. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vivian-lee.net/2010/07/freedom-trail-fireworks-independence-day-2010/</link>
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		<title>What Boston and Austin have taught me.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No explanation needed. Just a document of hope. Date: June 7th, 2010 Time: midnight Situation: chat with Jason &#8220;This is the first time where I haven&#8217;t gone through break wanting desperately to go back to MIT. I think I&#8217;m starting to get really good at filtering out what&#8217;s important in life and appreciating what&#8217;s already [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vivian-lee.net/2010/06/what-boston-and-austin-have-taught-me/</link>
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		<title>Unica internship + summer update!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey all! I see it&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve blogged, but honestly, the internship life barely leaves me any time to do leisure-related things. Toss in a dance recital last weekend, ADT rehearsals twice a week, and preparations for [super secret project]&#8230; by the time I can sit down and catch my breath, it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vivian-lee.net/2010/06/unica-internship-summer-update/</link>
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		<title>Dear VRHS newspaper&#8230; [may be offensive]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear newspaper staff of Vista Ridge High School, my alma mater: I honestly believed that throughout the years, your quality would improve. When I was Business Manager so many years ago (2005, to be exact), we were in our infancy; it was almost permitted that our quality was less-than-stellar. But five years later, and you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vivian-lee.net/2010/06/dear-vrhs-newspaper-may-be-offensive/</link>
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		<title>The means to the end: my career and my Career</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While having a delightfully reflective conversation with Chao last night, we somehow stumbled on the below topic: (02:10:59 AM) Chao Xue: do you sometimes feel like we&#8217;re going against our nature? (02:11:09 AM) Chao Xue: trying to be technical and businessy people? (02:11:20 AM) Chao Xue: while we&#8217;re really artists in the heart My immediate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vivian-lee.net/2010/06/the-means-to-the-end-my-career-and-my-career/</link>
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		<title>Summer plans (2010 version)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Career and networking Internship with Unica Corporation Learn more about finance Attend networking events Dance and other performing arts Practice for Dance Revelasian Expo Take classes in ballet Personal development and errands Redo wardrobe Care more about things that matter and less about those that don&#8217;t Sell stuff from room to make money and get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vivian-lee.net/2010/05/summer-plans-2010-version/</link>
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		<title>Stepping into adulthood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Streetlight&#8230; people&#8230; Living just to find emotion Hiding somewhere in the night. Don&#8217;t stop believing; Hold on to that feeling. ~ &#8220;Don&#8217;t Stop Believing&#8221;, Journey (covered by Glee cast) I have been listening to “Don&#8217;t Stop Believing” from the Glee cast (Chao got me hooked on yet another show!) for the past few days, nonstop. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vivian-lee.net/2010/05/stepping-into-adulthood/</link>
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		<title>What have we learned?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the second-to-last day of the school year, after I finished my last exam, I returned home to pack up my room. It&#8217;s always a really emotional experience for me, especially since I&#8217;m really a sentimental sap underneath my tough-girl exterior. as I was shuffling through my binders, I found a copy of my first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vivian-lee.net/2010/05/what-have-we-learned/</link>
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		<title>Regarding the recent changes to the MIT Dining Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Residents in MIT&#8217;s dining dormitories (McCormick, Baker, Next, and Simmons) are required to pay a mandatory $300 for a &#8220;house dining&#8221; plan. As compensation, all meals at these four dining halls are half-off. Students who do not live in a dormitory with a dining hall are not required to pay this mandatory $300. Currently, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vivian-lee.net/2010/05/regarding-the-recent-changes-to-the-mit-dining-plan/</link>
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