Stanford Duck Syndrome

Keep calm and carry on?

Beijing

The Political and the Personal

21 going on 22

The Freshman Year of Life

On Wednesday, I turn 22. Looking back: 21 was an important year for me—but not in the way that I had imagined.

Last year was about Growing Up and Taking Responsibility.

Why I started a venture straight out of college (pragmatic version)

Recently, I spoke to a older Wharton alum who asked me to write something about why I decided to forgo banking/consulting and jump straight into starting a venture out of college. I have been thinking about this…

Responsibility

After the Quarter-Life Crisis

reflections, all tied to america

I haven’t written in here as much as I would like. I guess I’ve been so busy doing things that I haven’t taken the time to reflect.

How do you reflect on the last month? Outwardly: smooth sailing. Signed a new office. Shipped the technology…

on love

In my outer life, I’m a risk taker and am not too concerned with security, because I believe that everything will work out through the fruits of my labor.

In my inner life, there’s nothing I cherish more than comfort and security, because I believe that in love, there’s only so much work…

Chameleon

Everyone is like a diamond, beautiful and complex. You can only reflect sides of each other…

Escape the past? Why of course you can’t.

The delusion shouldn’t have been “Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!” but…