in all those years as a singer i made one promise to myself: to keep my personal life private and shield it from the public. i suppose i succeeded at it cause the audience only knew little what was going on in my life behind all that glitz and glamour. as some of you know [...]
i was sitting at Starbucks sometimes in the late fall of 2011 when i got the phonecall from my neurologist. "miss phan, i went through your test results and images over and over again and things just don't add up. in fact it truly believe that you don't have Parkinson's disease." my heart stopped for [...]
as you've probably noticed i have been quite absent and pretty much neglecting my own blog. i really admire those who can post daily new blog entries cause i openly admit to you: i couldn't keep up with that. i normally write when there are certain things, people, incidents, thoughts that have been on my [...]
we all have our own way to release stress, dealing with issues, handling crisis. some people seek a therapist, some people paint, some even dance etc. in moments of anxiety, emotional pain or even physical pain, i prefer to write. my passion for writing letters started ever since i was a little kid and receiving letters from [...]
the first time i heard about the movie "love and other drugs" was actually when i read about the reviews of the movie itself in some gossip magazine in 2010. anne hathaway's strong character maggie murdock was suffering from early stage of PD and meeting jake gyllenhaal's character jamie randall, an ambitious drug company rep [...]
if i didn't know any better i would believe that my mother gave birth to me...in her most fabulous heels cause i couldn't imagine my life without them. as far as i can remember i loved wearing shoes with heels. even back in austria when i was running from one subway station to another i always [...]
ever since i started writing my blog i have received a huge amount of emails as a reaction to my story and my thoughts. it truly touched my heart to see how comfortable, almost urged people felt to share their individual heartfelt story with me. as much as i wanted to reply to every single message it [...]
when i broke the news to my parents that my boyfriend and i had decided to split back in january their reaction was nothing i had expected. both of them told me that they kinda saw it coming since red flags were all over the place to be seen. the next thing they said came as a [...]
today i decided to do something different and ask you a few questions instead of yapping about my thoughts on life. it is important to me to hear what's going on in your head, and i hope to get as many comments as possible. IMAGINE you get to be a tv producer for one day.....what [...]
a few weeks ago i was told by somebody in my circle of friends that she didn't think i was good at anything in particular. my friend didn't mean to be critical (she has apologized in the meantime) but that comment stung that i started to reevaluate my likes and what i believed i was good at. i also [...]