On most mornings, while walking to campus, I come across a million smartphones carrying a million people. Bent heads and screensavers, a connectedly disconnected universe. A place where you would rather put on earphones than talk to the stranger nearby or fiddle with your phone gallery than create new memories. So, in this world of…
You, the woman who brought me into this world, and carried me in your love and fear, the one who did it all alone with no one by your hospital side, the daughter of parents who left you in poverty. You bring out the Privilege in me, the master…
Don’t Trust the Mind of a Laotian girl especially if she’s a gemini like me, for the na presented is entirely different from the na you don’t see. so don’t be surprised when she responds in cold texts because she’ll expect you to know she’s not interested. she wears a red sint…
ni meiyou bing (you’re not sick) I came to UCLA with a dream that I’d be somehow new. That the real me would just appear. Maybe a day after moving in, my first panic attack. I run away from the dining hall. Between striding and rushing deep into campus, I end up in the courtyard of the…
Dear My Immigrant Parents, I want to start by asking you both a question. What was it like moving to a country where you would start off with a clean slate, from your social circles to your education, and even the way that you would assimilate into society as individuals? I ask because I cannot…
You learned to refuse gifts until the the 3rd time before you finally allowed yourself to accept them. Your household had a collection of complimentary hotel soaps, shower caps, conditioners and shampoos. 3. When you were growing up the kids at school thought you had a disease because of your mehndi but now it’s…