What I will do now
I have been thinking about what comes next. I am faced, like many of my peers, with a myriad opportunities — of doors to explore.
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In defense of the expression of mundane life
When I look back on these years of college, I seem to remember most vividly the explosions of feelings: the incredible successes and the even more spectacular failures. However, if I’m more discerning, I know that most of my time was not spent in these peaks or troughs, but instead in steady moments of content or discontent, not noticing that time was passing at all.
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The incongruity of gathering during the COVID-19 pandemic
I start my day in Berkeley. I close my eyes, and I can imagine my apartment on top of that infernal hill.
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Classy Cal Day boozy brunch recipes
College is not a super classy place. We often don’t have the opportunity to hold a nice margarita glass and wear a cocktail dress.
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Where does your boba tea come from? Sustainability of tea
Tea, incidentally, is an interesting space through which to understand sustainability in agriculture and supply chain, specifically in land use, labor, cultivation and delivery.
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Thinking about tomb sweeping: A personal essay
This was the 清明节 (Qing Ming Jie), a celebration of ancestors that occurs every year on the first day of the fifth solar term in the Chinese lunisolar calendar, normally April 4 or 5.
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