Well, hello again. I’m not sure what I am doing here… but I would guess that it has something to do with the current pandemic and being in lockdown alone has me going stir-crazy and reaching for the keyboard. It’s been two years since my last published entry but not too long since I’ve composed … More It’s Been 2 Years…Coming of Age in a Pandemic and What I’ve Learned from Dance
“We can’t fight societal hate and ignorance with more hate and ignorance.” -Wong Fu Productions DISCLAIMER: The following entry is strictly a reflection and analysis on Asian identity in society with a focus on the media portrayal based on personal experiences and ideas. Since each POC is unique (as part of a different minority and … More AAPI: Anti-Assimilation Preventing Integration
“What do we call visible light? We call it color. But the electromagnetic spectrum runs to zero in one direction and infinity in the other, so really, children, mathematically, all of light is invisible.” -Anthony Doerr, All The Light We Cannot See And so the countdown begins… The anticipation builds as we wait to cross … More no matter What? Invisible Firecrackers and Moving at the Speed of Light
The monumental occasion of First Year has drawn to a close and with it came an earthshaking revelation… I am a delocalized electron. I have always been a delocalized electron. I feel that I will always remain a nomadic negatively charged particle in the void of space. In Organic Chemistry, the resonance effect may … More Homeless in a Double Bond: The Nomadic Story of a Delocalized Electron in Resonance
“How was first semester? How is it being home?” “Honestly…?” I have officially survived my first semester of college… In picking up this new life in a new town, I released several responsibilities, said goodbye to all the familiar places, put away several friendships and abandoned this blog. Finding myself in the middle of North … More The Mandela Effect: An Episode of Confabulation in Homecoming
The title of this entry has been sitting in my “Drafts” folder for approximately 10 months now – since the beginning of my Senior Year. I’ve reopened it several times, unable to successfully summarize my thoughts, but I believe that now that I’ve truly reached the punctuation of my high school career in eager anticipation … More The Oxford Comma Between Stasis and Flux
And 5 months later I have found myself at the end of a ‘transformational‘ 4-year long journey called high school. Coincidentally, today is supposed to symbolically mark the setting of the sun on this chapter in the lives of the Class of 2016, as my school hosts its final Senior event. Since the conclusion … More PROM is a 4-Letter Word: High School Punctuated by Social Identity Theory
Entropy: lack of order or predictability Empirical: based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic Equilibrium: state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced For 3 and a half years I’ve walked around with my school’s name branded across my chest; on team sweaters, T-shirts, etc. – … More A Lack of Entropy in Empirical Equilibrium in a Hive Mind
It’s a strange feeling to watch yourself die; a part of yourself die – in theory. Mentally watching the part of you that never existed, yet did exist so vividly in your mind – a part of you that you felt certain had the potential to come to be – die, yields unimaginable grief. It’s … More According to Webster: Unconventional Definitions of Success and Failure
We never know how high we are Till we are called to rise; And then, if we are true to plan, Our statures touch the skies— The Heroism we recite Would be a daily thing, Did not ourselves the Cubits warp For fear to be a King— -Emily Dickinson I would like to dedicate this … More We Are All Called To Rise-
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