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About Me — Cyrus Siew
Student, artist, writer, thinker.
I’m Cyrus, a second-year university student studying fine arts. I’ve lived in beautiful British Columbia for all my life except the first two years of it, (lived with my grandma in China because my parents couldn’t afford to take care of me). In my lifetime, admittedly not a very long one as of yet, I’ve visited China where my mom is from once and Malaysia where my dad is from once. Both visits were when I was young, back in middle school. My parents always say how I’m not quite Chinese/Malaysian but also not quite a westerner based on how I was raised.
Why am I writing? A very easy question for me to answer. See, there’s this camera that I want. It’s the Sony ZV E1 — I’ve had my eyes on it for months. “Hold on,” a voice says. “That’s it?” For now, yes. What an impure goal! But don’t get me wrong, writing is just another medium (pun unintended) for me to create art. Impure as my one goal may be, working for a $2500 camera instead of, say, retiring my parents, or paying off my tuition, or buying a car: the camera is a big want but very far from a priority. This impurity is what’s keeping me going towards the more important things.
