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Last time, when I was strolling the moonlit lake called Xihu, or West Lake, I noticed quite a few young interracial couples, mostly white males with Asian (probably Chinese females). And I've wondered...is it mostly because one likes one's personality, or is it because of the exoticism factor? Could it be equal, or does one dominate? By exoticism factor, I mean, purely, LOOKS, or PHYSICAL ATTRACTION. The liking of someone who doesn't look like you because they don't look like you - they have a more exotic look, one of which you have no familiarity. I've liked all types of guys. While I do have a physical preference, I have found many types of guys attractive. I do have that "exoticism" mentality that makes me wonder about whether our babies will be cute or not. HAHAHA. Seriously, though, I would really pursue someone because of chemistry, not just physical attraction...

"I" was in a household teaching English. During my off times, the children would play a galactical ball video game, where you had to strategically bounce a ball to get rid of all the bricks. In my dream, I was also signed up as an extra for a USA-channel-based movie set; when I finally walked through, I became someone else, or so I think. I became part of the movie. I was in a city-area in Europe (or wherever they have cobblestone roads) with lots of fragile, archaic buildings. There was an emergency set, where there were two men helping an injured man. Then, somehow, I got an older Indian man as a sidekick and what were we doing...driving around? I don't know why, but we went to this grassy field, though it may been a golf field because it was so nice. This was outside of the city. For some reason, we kept hearing a whistling sound. Not too long after, the camera or my 'perspective' would zoom into the source of the whistle. There were dead bodies dres...

This weekend, I embarked on a new adventure. I tried online dating for the first time! More specifically, since I was inspired by my mentor's story of how she met her husband on eHarmony, I decided to give it a try. I wasn't fishing around for a husband, but I wanted to at least make new friendships that could potentially turn into relationships. On a dark, Thursday evening at my air-conditioned home, I impulsively thought, "Hey, I should try eHarmony! I might meet someone!" After I signed up with my name and other personal, non-financial information, eHarmony directed me to a personality test. I don't remember all the details, but from what I did remember, I had to answer a 20-minute survey consisting of a four-choice Likert scale. There were questions about my tendencies, including extroversion, agreeableness, and some other factors. I had to choose between the range of "strongly agree" and "strongly disagree." Then, there were some p...

For weeks, I haven't had a good sleep... Let me briefly recount the two terrifying dreams that I remember. 1) I was spending time with a policeman, doing research on a specific crime or crime scene. There was a supposedly haunted house in which a crime was committed a few days ago. He kind of looked like the policeman from Heroes, but maybe a bit more handsome. This policeman led me into that house and we were exploring it in broad daylight. However, once we were inside, the drapes and other ghastly details had dimmed the light in the house by several notches. So, it was relatively dark in the house. I was walking behind the policeman (or he was walking behind me - I don't quite remember), when I somehow lost the guy. I was terrified out of my mind, since I thought that the criminals might still be lurking around, or that there were ghosts in the house. I made a 360 degree turn, when I realized that the policeman was not in close range. I got the cold sweats and my...