Here's what I recommend to every person about to graduate: Reach out to the professor you've always wanted to meet but never had the chance to! Take the opportunity to get to know them before you step out of the school gates — we underestimate how readily accessible professors are while we're still students. Only … Continue reading Conversations with Three Harvard University Presidents
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My Senior Thesis: Sinofuturism
LIFE UPDATE since Graduation pt. 1 and 24th: Only now as I type, whilst listening to Jay Chou's newest album, do I realize that for the first time ever I'm living by myself (truly, completely, indisputably--no roommates and no family). Today marks one full month since I started work. Hello, adulting. 🍀 *** At the … Continue reading My Senior Thesis: Sinofuturism
From A Foodie: Favorite Eats around Harvard & the Best of Boston
Read other installments:From A Foodie: Tasting Japan & Its Shokunin Spirit 🍙From A Foodie: Tasting Taipei — worn, but lovely 🍹From A Foodie: California Dreamin’ 🌴From A Foodie: Singapore Chinatown Hawker Adventure!!! 🥟 After four years on campus and numerous foodie adventures, here’s a very honest list of my absolute favorite haunts. Brought to you … Continue reading From A Foodie: Favorite Eats around Harvard & the Best of Boston
Graduation!!! 🎓 (pt. 1)
Turned off the lights, dropped off the key, threw out the trash, and zipped up the bags. At 4:55PM, I said goodbye to Harvard. Graduation truly sank in not when Commencement adjourned, not when I received my diploma, not when I shedded my regalia, but when I removed all traces of myself from this institution. … Continue reading Graduation!!! 🎓 (pt. 1)
Harvard Israel Trek 2022
Hello dear friends, it's been a long while—On March 1, I submitted my History and Literature senior thesis!!! During spring break, a hundred of us embarked on the annual peer-led Israel Trek, which took us from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, into the West Bank and territories under the Palestinian Authority, to a hotel by the … Continue reading Harvard Israel Trek 2022
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