If you are not gasping for air, you aren't living hard enough. If you aren't motivated to progress, you aren't thinking hard enough. So take on every challenge with vigor, dance every last silly dance, drink all the fine wines in the world, and forget about obligation, expectations and societal norms for one moment. Live free and without regret, see all there is to see, and don't, for a moment at all, stop running. Because as Marilyn Monroe so brilliantly put it, "Imperfection is beauty; Madness is genius. And it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." And who wants to be boring?

My name is Joan and...
Fact 1: I was born in a Muslim country of which I am ethnically and religiously the minority.
Fact 2: I am a Malaysian-Chinese but have resided in California for over 19 years. Next month, I will be moving to Japan.
Fact 3: I just graduated with a degree in Film/Media and English from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Fact 4: I have a serious case of wanderlust.
Fact 5: I love meeting new people and experiencing new things.

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