Category: Life Chapters

February 4, 2020

Hindsight

The earliest example of hindsight in my life that I can think of is the eternal ringing through my childhood of my mom telling me to take learning Chinese more seriously because I would “regret it when I’m older.” Continue reading →

March 6, 2018

5 pieces of advice to succeed in college

Photo credit: Christina Ding

Now that I only have a few months left before I graduate, I’ve realized a few things that have/could have helped me a lot in my college career. Continue reading →

December 11, 2016

Some thoughts on junior year so far

source: rexisky

Earlier this week I had a great time catching up with Eileen, one of my best friends from high school. Continue reading →

March 23, 2016

Sophomore Spotlight #7: What I learned from being a sophomore president

I’ve been the president of a student group for about six months now, and the experience has completely transformed my thoughts on leadership, time management and self-motivation. Continue reading →

March 20, 2016

Sophomore Spotlight #6: Taking a break from blogging

source: mikemelrinho

I used to publish 11.6 articles on average every month. The thoughts and ideas came naturally to me, and I had the time to capture and refine them. In the first three months of 2016, however, I put out a total of six articles. What happened? Continue reading →

January 6, 2016

Sophomore Spotlight #5: debate + your freshman year friends

Me, debate camp 2013, from a photo album I dubbed “The Record Summer”

Debate

noun de·bate /dəˈbāt/

a lifestyle lost in another era. Continue reading →

December 15, 2015

Sophomore Spotlight #4: No Makeup Mondays is no longer

source: botanize

It’s December 2015. I’m in my second year of college, and for the past few months, I’ve sort of ditched the No Makeup Monday concept, mainly because I felt like I didn’t need a designated day of the week to chill from makeup. Continue reading →