A walk in my shoes
Sally Duyen Bui. My birthday is March 22nd, 1994. I’m 16 years old. I’m mostly Vietnamese, but I’m also part French and Japanese. I used to dance. I sing. I’m not going to write out my whole life story here though. I’m a sweet girl. Most of my intentions are good intentions, sometimes, they’re bad. I’m only nice until I can handle so much. My happiness level goes on and on, but my temper gets the best of me. I say things I don’t mean, I do things I don’t mean to. I’m an optimistic person, really. I love making people happy, even if its bad on my part. I fall so easily, but it takes me awhile to pick myself up. If you know me on a personal level though, you know for a fact that I’m not always happy. Yeah, I smile. Sure, but who can’t fake that? Even if I hated your guts, I can easily smile and say hi to you at ease. Does that make me fake? Sure, you can say that. But who is real?  We all talk shit. We’re all hypocrites. Please don’t tell me you’ve never lied. I’ve done ALL of that. Do I regret it? Sure, most of it, but sometimes, no. I’ve done plenty of things I wish I hadn’t. I’ve done plenty of things I’ve said I wouldn’t. But who hasn’t? We tell others one thing, but we go right ahead and do another. We ALL do that. Even if it wasn’t intentionally. We hurt people, people hurt us. We are all fucking human. Some people are so busy pointing out the negatives in others, they don’t see the positives in other people. They don’t see the positives and negatives in themselves. I’ve done all of that. I’m not afraid to admit it. I fell in love once and that relationship was a long distance relationship. Yes, I got hurt. Yes, my feelings are still there even if it has been a year. I’ve talked toplenty of guys. I’ve been hurt. I’ve hurt others. Like I said, I don’t intentionally mean to hurt people, but sometimes my intentions aren’t always good. I’d rather be single than in a relationship, but I like “talking” to people. I get bored of people easily. We want things we can’t get. We want people we can’t get. I play minds games and I’ve been played. Its like a cycle to me. I’ve done things I’ve told myself not to do. I’ve done things I never even thought of doing. I argue with my parents, I curse like a sailor. I throw temper tantrums. I have anger issues. I am an emotional trainwreck.  I am not proud of a lot things I did, but I am human. We all make mistakes. I’m Sally Duyen Bui and I’m proud to admit that. “No one knows you, but yourself.” I guess what I’m trying to say is, I am not who you think I am. We aren’t who everyone else thinks we are.

Sally Duyen Bui.

My birthday is March 22nd, 1994. I’m 16 years old. I’m mostly Vietnamese, but I’m also part French and Japanese. I used to dance. I sing.

I’m not going to write out my whole life story here though. I’m a sweet girl. Most of my intentions are good intentions, sometimes, they’re bad. I’m only nice until I can handle so much. My happiness level goes on and on, but my temper gets the best of me. I say things I don’t mean, I do things I don’t mean to. I’m an optimistic person, really. I love making people happy, even if its bad on my part. I fall so easily, but it takes me awhile to pick myself up. If you know me on a personal level though, you know for a fact that I’m not always happy. Yeah, I smile. Sure, but who can’t fake that? Even if I hated your guts, I can easily smile and say hi to you at ease. Does that make me fake? Sure, you can say that. But who is real? 

We all talk shit. We’re all hypocrites. Please don’t tell me you’ve never lied. I’ve done ALL of that. Do I regret it? Sure, most of it, but sometimes, no. I’ve done plenty of things I wish I hadn’t. I’ve done plenty of things I’ve said I wouldn’t. But who hasn’t? We tell others one thing, but we go right ahead and do another. We ALL do that. Even if it wasn’t intentionally. We hurt people, people hurt us. We are all fucking human. Some people are so busy pointing out the negatives in others, they don’t see the positives in other people. They don’t see the positives and negatives in themselves. I’ve done all of that. I’m not afraid to admit it.

I fell in love once and that relationship was a long distance relationship. Yes, I got hurt. Yes, my feelings are still there even if it has been a year. I’ve talked toplenty of guys. I’ve been hurt. I’ve hurt others. Like I said, I don’t intentionally mean to hurt people, but sometimes my intentions aren’t always good. I’d rather be single than in a relationship, but I like “talking” to people. I get bored of people easily. We want things we can’t get. We want people we can’t get. I play minds games and I’ve been played. Its like a cycle to me.

I’ve done things I’ve told myself not to do. I’ve done things I never even thought of doing. I argue with my parents, I curse like a sailor. I throw temper tantrums. I have anger issues. I am an emotional trainwreck. 

I am not proud of a lot things I did, but I am human. We all make mistakes. I’m Sally Duyen Bui and I’m proud to admit that.


“No one knows you, but yourself.”

I guess what I’m trying to say is,

I am not who you think I am.

We aren’t who everyone else thinks we are.

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