LINDA TENCHI TRAN

Happy (belated) New Year! 2016 has been an alright year. With all the tragedies and events that occurred in 2016, I hope 2017 is better. Instead of making resolutions, I’m just going to remain optimistic and push myself to get out of my comfort zone, and just work harder. I made a ton of resolutions last year and never fulfilled them, so this year, I just want to work on being a better me. I didn’t really do much for New Year’s day. I slept in and woke up around 11AM. I called my boyfriend to see what he was…

Every year, my friends and I spend New Year’s Eve together. We held it at my friend’s boyfriend’s place in Somerville. We agreed to have it start at around 7/7:30. I decided to get ready by 4 but took breaks in between. My boyfriend came over around 6:45 and then we were off to Somerville. It took us about 25 minutes to get there. We were missing two people, so it ended up being a couple’s night kind of thing, but I didn’t mind. Everyone was happy either way!! Every year, we always hang out for New Year’s Eve –…

Every year, my family and I have dinner at my place for Christmas. Last year, we had a yankee swap and decided to do it again this year. Everybody arrived at my house around 5. We were all on time except for my best friend. She came about an hour later but it’s fine because it’s better late than never. All of my siblings were there and their partners. My best friend was there and of course, my mom. It was a lot of people in one little living room but we managed to make it work and have everyone…

My friends and I always have our annual Christmas Eve hang out. Last year, we held it at my place and we did it again this year. We started the get together around 6:30PM and we took about an hour and a half to figure out what we wanted to eat. We had a failed attempt at ordering something local and then decided to order Domino’s and some local Asian restaurant. We were missing one person. I texted her and the number called me back and it was some random guy, so I’m assuming she changed her number or she…