I wasn’t brought up in a religious household. Sure, my family is Taiwanese and grew up immersed in Buddhism, but few of its tradition and practices were passed…
Blogging is one of those things that I know I’ll continue doing for as long as I live (or at least until my eyesight gets so bad I…
It can be so awkward. I guess I’m talking more specifically about living somewhere where you will inevitably run into the same people at some point or another,…
Lately, I’ve been getting into minimalism (*gasp*). Minimalism has been a rising trend for a few years now, and it has swamped a good portion of us into…
I don’t think most friendships are meant to last, I really don’t. For the longest time, I thought they could. Or at least, I hoped they would. But…
For the first 2 years in college, I slaved away trying to make the most of my academic and social life in college. Some of the classes I…
We are never truly present in the current moment. When we’re not mulling over the past, we’re dreaming of the future. We map a course for our imminent…
I guess I’m posting this to put into writing for you to know that I’m aware of my privilege, and for me to find some sort of comfort…
I want to start over. Move to a new town. Make new friends and acquaintances. Live in a new home. Not necessarily have a new job, though (that…
Ever since college started, for the first time in my life I decided that I wanted to improve my Chinese. I’m Taiwanese and my family is Taiwanese and…
I just finished my second semester of sophomore year in college back in mid-May, and it was possibly my worst semester thus far. I wasn’t really enjoying my…
Oftentimes, I find myself unable to shake off the noise buzzing in my head. I soon realized that a lot of it came from (surprise!) my passive consumption…