It was only during indoor rock climbing lessons this spring when I realized I was actually afraid of heights.

I was just 10feet into my first ever climb when I glanced down and for a moment, my head spun and my stomach sank. I felt small, weak and vulnerable. In a…

I used to take pride in doing well in things. After all, I’ve found myself on the better side of the bell curve in a few significant ways over the years, whether it be through either luck, fate or hard work. I tested well in high school, wrote a bunch of good stuff…

These couple of days and whenever I’ve been having a mentally tough time, a moment from my childhood always comesto my mind. I remember playing with squash balls at some kind of club my family used to go to, bouncing it as hard I could against the wall and watching it ricochet back, hoping it…

I was among the oldest of the graduating class at Northwestern University this year. It was not a deliberate choice — in Singapore where I grew up, we started first grade the year we turn…

In early August, I felt a searing pain shoot up my wrists as I typed away at my summer news research internship.