December 27, 2013
2013: A Good Year?
How’s your year? Are you ready for 2014? What’s most the exciting thing you’ve ever…
December 16, 2013
My“First”Christmas
Alongside the streets of New York neatly lined by colorful trees that light up a…
December 13, 2013
Can’t Live Without…?
I can’t live without ______... If you’re asked to fill in the blank with just…
December 6, 2013
‘Tis the Season to be Jolly…?
Are you jolly this holiday season? Or, do you have a reason not to be…
November 29, 2013
Living Till 100?
Do you want to live till 100? Do you know someone who’s 100? How old…
November 22, 2013
Relax, Relax, Relax!
When was the last time someone told you to relax? Did you listen? What difference…
November 15, 2013
Dare to Fail
I did it again. I froze in public. I forgot my place on the piano.…
November 12, 2013
The Road Less Traveled
"The Road Less Traveled" was what I named my college personal essay. I wrote about…
October 1, 2013
Keeping the Faith
After wrapping up my four-month assignment in the NBC Digital Entertainment department at the end…
September 9, 2013
Why What’s Funny in China Might Surprise You
Jesse Appell will do anything for a laugh. “Food poisoning is funny. I got dysentery once.…
August 2, 2013
How Chinese People “Fake It ‘Till You Make It”
One of the funniest things in any culture is when someone tries to pretend to…
June 10, 2013
What Makes You Great?
I have never personally known a man who’s endured and overcome as much numbing, electrifying,…