WRITING 340: Summer 2021

Back earlier on June 10th of this year, I was hanging out with my songwriting friend Arie when she asked me if she should take a gig at a…

Recently I was introduced to the concept of Revenge Bedtime Procrastination. We’ve all been guilty of this in our tech-riddled age. For me…

W ill artificial intelligence enhance and improve humanity, or lead to the extinction of mankind? Well, not even experts can answer that…

Food has always played an important role in my life. Not only was it a way for me to learn about other cultures, but it also helped me…

Olivia Rodrigo has taken the world by storm the past few months. Myself, along with many other people, have become fans of hers because of…

This is an overarching guide for my summer 2021 Writ-340. Below will include a specific breakdown for all my WPs + goals I’ve set for…

In recent researches regarding procrastination, I’ve found an interesting concept: we can only have so much willpower

Now, I have always thought of music as the condiment to my dry, boring workload.

I’m 2 weeks out of graduating college. I can’t explain how ready I am to be done with school, I found that particularly the last few years…

When I first came to USC the August of my freshman year, I checked six suitcases full of, at this point, who knows what. When I left USC…

A return to normalcy — if normalcy means masks?

Money: the one thing that is on everyone’s mind. There have been countless songs, books, and movies that have been dedicated to it. It is…

President: Junior Politics in California (JPC) — Irvine, California

Stepping off of the Metro into the scalding heat of Long Beach, California, I am greeted with a tingling sensation across my arms. The heat…

To my brother, my friend, my companion, my player two, my roommate, and so many other things. I remember the first day we met. Sitting down…

I have known her all my life, and yet I have never understood her–‒ I have never truly known her. She has a curious personality, and a past…

I don’t agree with the sentiment that it’s sometimes better if people who are “severely” disabled die. I generally do not subscribe to the…

During the pandemic, self care has become all the rage. We were encouraged by society, and the various pressure forces that we encounter…

I wanted to use this post to dive deeper into something that came up in one of my interviews for WP2, with my close friend Shantanu. Both…

Recently, the Chinese government has promulgated a new education law, reducing any form of high-intensity extracurricular classes, so that…

This entire summer, I’ve slept on a mattress on the floor. It’s nothing glorious, although it could certainly be worse.

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In my Post 4, I discussed if people should maintain language diversity or pursue a universal language. In the end, I concluded that…

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