Kristi My Dao

Divergent: The Straw that Dismantled the Dystopian Market

ScreenRant has dubbed Divergent as “The movie series that was supposed to replace The Hunger Games,” and I am here to explain why Divergent was not able to measure up.

My Summer 2024 Bingo Card

Here, I am going to share my bingo card in list form, and then share what the card looks like by the end. Maybe this will inspire you to pick and choose some memories you want to create this summer as well.

Round-Up of Where You Can Find Me Throughout the Week

Since I had access to it, the internet has been something that I’ve been drawn to, whether it’s watching cover videos on YouTube or feeling a connection within a niche community. So now, while I am in the process of getting my life together, I’m excited to spend a little more time exploring the playground I once knew as I hope to create my own community. I’ve written this blog post to give you some idea of where to find me throughout the week.

Celebrating Milestones: My Graduation Gift Guide

Maybe one of the appeals is that it’s time to celebrate the achievements that lead to a new chapter of life. As a recent graduate, I thought I would take the time to pull together this gift guide so that you can find the perfect gift for the graduate in your life. Whether they’re stepping out of high school, college, or graduate school like me, finding the perfect gift to commemorate this significant milestone can be both exciting and challenging. Keep reading if you’re interested in finding something truly special for the graduate in your life.

The Weekend Where I’m a Mastermind

So it takes longer than a weekend to obtain a Master’s degree (for me, it took two years). But this weekend was the one where I officially got to call myself a Master of something, because this was the weekend I graduated. Of course, the internet is for bragging, so here I am, sharing it with you all. (And yes, the title is a Taylor Swift reference, but I will say I did not come up with it; I saw it on a fellow grad’s cap and thought it was brilliant.)

Top 3 Places to Get Engaged

I will preface this with the fact that I have not been engaged three times; this blog post is just my way of bragging about the fact that I am finally engaged. It adds to how wonderful life feels right now. My excitement is so palpable that my fiancé is tired of hearing me say the word fiancé. So without further ado, I am going to share what I believe are the best places to get engaged are. Note that I am biased toward the places where we took photos. Spoiler alert: they’re all in Iceland.

My 3 Favorite Things of 2023

Is this a late blog post? I wouldn’t say so, if you take into consideration that I just finished celebrating Vietnamese New Year. But maybe if you’re looking at it from the aspect of we’re near the end of February, then I would get it, but I’m going to reflect now anyway. Maybe there is a part of me that feels it’s easier to look backward right now than to focus on the present. There is a lot going on right now.

I FINALLY Joined TikTok

During the height of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic is when TikTok really blew up (at least in my mind). Back then, I thought it was all about dancing and I felt like I was too cheugy to be on an app with that purpose. I felt that way for a while, and then my mind started to change after I watched The D’Amelio Show. It was a little annoying, because whenever my sisters or friends would send me a video on TikTok, I would follow the link and only be able to watch about 15 seconds of a video and would somtimes miss the joke.

A Graduation Weekend (Not Mine)

This semester has kept me busy, but not busy enough to graduate a full year early. Maybe you can tell by how little I’ve written, but this semester has been a long list of to-dos and deadlines. Between developing my thesis proposal and trying to make sure that I can keep the lights on in my apartment, I am still playing catch-up on my sleep well into summer.

And I know that it is truly summer, because now my sisters are out of school. Kimmy has wrapped up seventh grade, and Jasmine has finished high school. We didn’t think we would make it to this day, but we definitely made a lovely weekend out of it. Keep reading to see what our celebratory weekend looked like.

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Book Lovers by Emily Henry was the first book we read for book club this past semester, and will be my last book review for this site. I was excited, because I had loved Henry’s Beach Read and already owned this book. Keep reading for some of my thoughts.