The Power of the Brush
Calligraphy not only helped me achieve intense concentration, but also helped me cultivate self-compassion. As someone who often experiences imposter syndrome, self-compassion is a skill that I have always struggled with. I often forget that the reason I am “behind” while others around me are way ahead in areas like coding or math isn’t that I simply can’t learn these topics, but rather because they started practicing these skills as early as middle or high school. In the calligraphy class, however, everyone was new to the art.
HRS is Failing Undergrads
Housing & Residential Services (HRS) is not guaranteeing housing to students returning from leave, including life-saving medical leave
A Song’s Lasting Impressions
It’s only the beginning of the music video, yet intuition tells me that this song will make me cry.
The Power of Em Dashes
Yes, em dashes, en dashes, and hyphens aren’t the same.
The Growth Mindset
My fixed mindset was holding me back, not moving me forward.
Tears, Tsukiyo, and Never Let Me Go
Physically, my mom is only a mile away from me, yet the phone call makes me think that she is much farther away from me.
Walking the Boston Marathon for cancer research
Little did I know at the time, this experience would be one of the most unique and memorable experiences of my entire life.
Shackles
Well, FML for digging myself a hole that makes it nearly impossible to find a path towards a better life for myself.
Il dolce far niente: the art of doing nothing
Summer ended only a few months ago, yet that time feels so far away and foreign.
Passport
We're all just flesh and bones, but somehow, this particular body is not permitted to cross a border.
Being cynical about love
Sure, I see couples basking in the sun at the local park or drinking wine at a fancy restaurant, but while romantic love is a reality for them, it’s not for me.
Breathe in, breathe out
Never had I experienced true silence until I descended underwater.
Abundant resources exist but are underutilized
Sometimes we forget that we have the privilege of attending one of the best universities in the world.
Beaver mascot cupcakes
The beaver cupcakes have interesting flow properties, as frosting, chocolate, marshmallows, and cake are all “soft materials” with non-Newtonian deformation and complex constitutive models relating stress and strain.
The nonlinear degree path
As I walked around the career fair, trying to convince both the recruiters and myself that I wasn’t worthless, I didn’t feel like this was part of some grand narrative. I just felt ashamed.
When you aren’t, and then you are
Life changing, yet subtly, gently, pushing you toward the next big moment in your life.
Work-life balance
“You are in the twilight of a mediocre academic career, taking the path of least resistance, just slipping by everything.”
Why I chose MIT
The more I read the blogs, the more I wanted to be a part of MIT.