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(04/20/11 9:00am)
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 like to use my final column to share an abridged version with you. Naturally, I’d like to dedicate it to the Class of 2011. So imagine yourself at Wallace Wade Stadium, dressed in academic apparel, with your proud loved ones in the stands …
(04/06/11 9:14am)
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. Less than 4 percent write down their goals, and less than 1 percent review them regularly. This small percentage of Americans earn nine times more, over the course of their lifetimes, than those who don’t set goals.
(03/23/11 9:00am)
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 traveling discomfort—my generous brother and dad decided to pay for my business class ticket on Singapore Airlines.
(02/23/11 11:00am)
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 me to explain.
(02/09/11 11:07am)
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 research. ... The list goes on. Many of these people also hold leadership positions in numerous student organizations and maintain near-perfect GPAs.
(01/26/11 10:16am)
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. The challenging times they’ve experienced over the past 70 years have caused them to become disillusioned with the government and with institutions in general. It’s probably a tourist’s naïve over-generalization to conclude that Hungarians are pessimistic people, but that’s definitely the impression I got. Given that Hungary ranked number 103 in the 2010 Gallup World Poll of happiest countries, maybe my gut feeling wasn’t too far from the truth.
(01/12/11 11:00am)
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.
(04/21/10 8:00am)
Over the past few weeks, I’ve talked to many seniors about what they are doing post-graduation. Most of them have either secured jobs or places in grad school, but there are a good number who don’t have any concrete plans. The latter group seems pretty worried. “I feel really behind,” “I just really want a job. Any job will do!” and “I feel so confused because I don’t know what I want to do with my life” are common remarks that these seniors make.
(04/07/10 8:00am)
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.
(03/24/10 8:00am)
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 founders of the school are an American couple, Francis and Vernon Wilson, who went to San Pedro for a vacation in 2000. There they saw many school-age children on the streets, and discovered that these children were unable to attend school because there was no space for them.
(03/03/10 10:00am)
I received a hilarious e-mail recently, and I’m including a part of it here with the sender’s permission.
(02/17/10 10:00am)
Over the last few weeks, many juniors have been in a frenzy updating their resumes and applying for summer internships. Investment banking and consulting seem to be the hot favorites.
(02/03/10 10:00am)
Over Winter Break, I had the opportunity to visit Peru. Many Peruvians are descendants of the Incas, who dominated Peru from the 1400s to the 1530s before the Spanish Conquistadors arrived on the scene.
(01/20/10 10:00am)
I lost a good friend last week when she committed suicide. I found out about her death when people started writing posts on her Facebook wall like “Goodbye” and “I hope you’ve found the peace you were looking for.”
