Prologue Not everyone goes through this. It could be quite a distorting experience, rooting half of your life in one country, and settling in another. You would always imagine, what if? What if I left earlier? What if I stayed? Will life turn out to be different? The illusion that people often get when they…
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The 2020 awards season officially kicked off on the 5th of January with the 77th Golden Globe Awards, marking the start of a new decade with appropriate pomp. Despite viewership hitting a four-year low this year with the live telecast raking in only 18.3 million viewers, this edition of the Golden Globes proved to be…
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Every year, many Southeast Asian and East Asian communities celebrate the Lunar New Year in late January or early February. Lunar New Year is based on the lunisolar calendar, in which months are determined by the cycles of the moon. Being the home for people from many Southeast Asian and East Asian countries, Los Angeles…
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Peaceful protests conducted at three Indian universities regarding the country’s new Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has resulted in violent government and police action across these campuses. On December 11, 2019, the Indian government, run by current Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), passed the CAA. The reasoning behind this decision was that…
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As I walk into my favorite dim sum shop on Doyers street, I am greeted by a familiar waitress who I call “阿姨”, or “Aunty” in English. I am placed in my usual seat, the fourth table next to the window. As always, I proceed to tell Aunty my usual order of 米板卷虾 (Rice Sheet…
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College graduates are having trouble finding a decent wage-paying job in their field after dedicating their entire life to education. Being able to strategically sell yourself and your passions is necessary to enter a given field, because making connections that will have a lasting influence in your future is not a skill many students leave…
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