I’ve been thinking a lot about my personal motivations to write. There’s obviously the pedagogical reason - to impart some sort of knowledge or thought out into the world. But especially lately (c...

I quit my job on April 5th of this year, so it’s been 8 months now since I’ve been full time trying to build a startup. Looking back on these 8 months, I realize now that I had no idea what I was ...

Apparently part of the quarter life crisis is an increased fear of death. For the first time in my life my metabolism has observably slowed down, my injuries don’t heal that quickly if at all, and...

Last time I jotted down my thoughts on my Japanese learning, I was fairly optimistic about my progress. But there is just so much content and information to take in and seeing how little I am scrat...

Japanese media has been a big part of my life. Ever since I was watching Chinese-dubbed Dragon Ball till now, Japanese media is still the major source of my entertainment media. So it has always be...

Studying at Carnegie Mellon University has been a wonderful, educational, and stressful turning point in my life. I strongly emphasize that it is a “turning point.” The college experience at CMU fu...

I personally quite enjoy learning maths and theory (still hate taking tests though). I find that working on a difficult problem set is extremely satisfying when you somehow contort your brain in ju...