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April Nineteenth Two Thousand Eleven

Hiroko Nishimura · April 19, 2018December 23, 2021

When I first came to, it was as though I was floating up to the surface of a pool. I felt weightless, slowly being pulled up into the world of the living from the soundless depths of water. I wanted to go back. It was so peaceful down there. So dark and peaceful. Here… Here was …

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Behind the “Picture-Perfect”

Hiroko Nishimura · April 11, 2018July 22, 2020

My tongue is swollen, and I have the constant malaise of a tongue too big for the month. I keep on biting it around the edges, and it’s difficult to speak. It’s a side effect of the chemo pills I take for Rheumatoid Arthritis – the Methotrexate. I take folic acid pills for this issue, …

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Automating Your Way to Financial Independence

Hiroko Nishimura · February 25, 2018August 3, 2020

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? There’s a reason why this show has been airing consistently for almost 20 years now. Most people would, if given a chance. But for most people, it’s a “dream” and not a feasible reality. Let’s get real; how many of you, without winning the lottery or finding a long …

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Month In Review: January 2018

Hiroko Nishimura · February 4, 2018July 22, 2020

The first month of 2018 has come and gone, and it was definitely an eventful month. Coding I was awarded Google Developer Challenge Scholarship from Google and Udacity to work on the Frontend Development Track. Started learning JavaScript for the first time. Finished #100DaysOfCodeChallenge Round 1 – and blogged about it! I’m making steady headway into …

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What I Learned From R1 of #100DaysOfCode

Hiroko Nishimura · January 26, 2018August 15, 2020

In early September, I began a coding challenge called the #100DaysOfCode Challenge. Basically, it challenges you to commit to coding for 1 hour a day for 100 days, and sharing your progress, questions, and thoughts on Twitter with the hashtag, #100DaysOfCode. I had no idea if I would finish 100 days (it’s a lot of …

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New Year’s Reflection: Slow Down

Hiroko Nishimura · January 1, 2018July 24, 2020

Living in the chaos that is New York City, breathing the cold, dry winter air, and tumbling around on the subway in rush hour with millions of others, it is often jarring to come to a sudden stop, look around, and realize where I am. What am I doing? Where am I going in such …

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Free Books: How I Read for Free

Hiroko Nishimura · December 23, 2017July 22, 2020

So I read a lot. And it sounds expensive, because books are really expensive in the US, but in truth, I barely spent any money last year on books. There are so many ways to get free books LEGALLY, and I’m here to spill the beans, having compiled over 2 dozen ways to read for free …

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Magic, Wizards, & Mug of Butterbeer: Harry Potter World

Hiroko Nishimura · November 30, 2017July 22, 2020

Happy Belated Thanksgiving! For our Thanksgiving holiday, my boyfriend and I took an impromptu week and a half trip to Florida to celebrate our 1 year anniversary. It was kind of surreal, because 2 weeks after we decided to take the trip, we were already getting ready to go. Half of it was spent working in Cape …

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Baby’s First Ever #Hackathon!

Hiroko Nishimura · November 2, 2017July 22, 2020

October was a rush and a blur. I did many things in the past month, but as the title suggests, one of the biggest “wins” was that I participated in my first ever Hackathon! (As a matter of fact, I participated in TWO!) I have also been working on the #100DaysOfCode Challenge, along with beginning my #3090FitnessChallenge …

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On Accepting my Mortality at 22 – #AVMAwareness

Hiroko Nishimura · October 8, 2017July 22, 2020

With my diagnosis of harboring “ticking time bombs” in my brain at the age of 22, technically, little had changed. And yet, somehow, everything had changed. I was diagnosed with a vascular disorder in my brain a month after my 22nd birthday. After a Grand Mal Seizure which sent me to the Emergency Room, a …