I applied to be the Student Commencement Speaker at graduation this year, but I wasn’t selected. The message I wanted to communicate through my speech has been on my heart for a long time, so I’d...
According to a study conducted by Dave Kohl, professor emeritus at Virginia Tech, 80 percent of Americans say they don’t have goals. Another 16 percent do have goals, but they don’t write them down.
My older brother got married over Spring break, which was awesome. Making the 25-hour journey to and from Singapore twice in one week was less awesome, so I’m very thankful that—to minimize my...
I’m in a unique position when it comes to the whole I’m-a-graduating-senior-and-I-need-to-figure-out-what-I’m-gonna-do-after-college thing because I’ve had a job lined up for over four years. Allow...
There are a lot of amazing people at Duke. I’ve talked to students who have started companies, secured patents on their inventions, performed countless hours of volunteer work, done ground-breaking...
I spent a week in Hungary over Winter Break. Most Hungarians I talked to while I was there had a negative—they called it “realistic”—outlook for themselves and their country.
My mom’s health is doing fine but she’s already started planning her funeral. That may sound morbid, strange or even sad, but bear with me, and I think you’ll see that she’s really a very wise woman.
I’m an international student from Singapore. In Singapore, people speak a form of English called Singlish, which is kind of like Spanglish. Be patient with me as I teach you a few Singlish basics.
I recently returned from volunteering at an elementary school in San Pedro, Belize, called Holy Cross Anglican School. HCAS opened in 2006 with 60 students, and today it has more than 500. The...
