June 29, 2016
How Are You?
I still remember the day I arrived in this country. It was August 21, 2015.…
June 22, 2016
Why This Time Of Year Makes Me Think Ahead and Back?
This year, the New England winter did not seem to end until the Yale underclassmen…
April 23, 2016
Capturing Someone’s Attention?
What’s the most important currency anybody can give you? A compliment? A smile? A job?…
August 21, 2015
The Tiger Daughter, Intact
Since the release of Amy Chua’s parenting memoir “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” in…
August 12, 2015
All the Questions I Ask Myself
Two weeks after my touchdown in JFK, the postgrad life of being a twenty-something in…
July 8, 2015
So I’ve Graduated, Now What?
I still cannot believe graduation has already come and gone! May 2015 always seemed so…
June 21, 2015
What Really Matters? Life Lessons From My Father
My father is a believer, a motivator, and a romantic loyalist. A soft-spoken man with…
May 17, 2015
Who Do You Want To Be?
On this gorgeous afternoon last Saturday, I sat around in a circle on the Great…
March 31, 2015
My Dreams
Last week, a middle school friend of mine sent me two photos of him and…
February 24, 2015
My First Job
On the first day of class, the small classroom was crowded with fresh faces, most…
November 9, 2014
Who Let You In?
We all want to be “in” rather than “out” - in touch, in vogue, invited,…