5t3LLaFlightFor once in her life, she had made the amateur mistake of not bringing enough entertainment onto a flight and was now facing the horror of…Aug 3, 2023Aug 3, 2023
5t3LLaLibrary JobAnna spent the scraps of time before morning Japanese classes, in between quick dinners, and choir rehearsals, and a couple of hours before…Jul 6, 2023Jul 6, 2023
5t3LLaPhysical EducationIt was summer in middle school, a time when, in that city south of the Yangtze River, the subtropical monsoon weighed the air down with…Jun 12, 2023Jun 12, 2023
5t3LLaFilm scores: Interstellar and the art of repetitionHow Hans Zimmer’s brilliant composition magnifies the emotional intensity of Nolan’s InterstellarAug 16, 2020Aug 16, 2020
5t3LLaHow multilingualism influences children cognitively and sociallyAn article on multilingualism that I wrote as an entry for the 2020 shwa linguistics competition.Jul 29, 2020Jul 29, 2020
5t3LLaAn unexpected return to the past: Taylor Swift’s folkloreTaylor Swift surprises us all with her nostalgic album folkloreJul 24, 2020Jul 24, 2020
5t3LLaA sound of aliens: the music of ‘Arrival’How the unique sound effects of the science fiction film ‘Arrival’ create the perfect atmosphere of aliensJul 22, 2020Jul 22, 2020
5t3LLaThree Indie-Pop Albums that got me through the SummerA brief introduction of the works of some of my favorite artists this summerJul 20, 2020Jul 20, 2020
5t3LLaClassical music in 2001: A Space OdysseyA brief analysis of the iconic opening of this 20th-century sci-fi masterpieceJul 17, 2020Jul 17, 2020
5t3LLaLeitmotif and Storytelling in BotWHow a leitmotif of two related characters is developed in Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WildJul 15, 2020Jul 15, 2020