Growing up in the conformist society, I have been encouraged to contribute to this idea of a mutual reality; A reality that has been established in society because the people recognize it more apart from any other reality. A majority of people would agree to this reality. However many others beg to differ. That is an example of what this mutual ( Read more... )

At the dinner table, we use the fork, almost as if it is an extension of the fingers on our hands. The fork itself resembles that of a human hand. A sleek curving arm that leads to an adjoining line of pointed spokes. And on some forks, the individual spokes designed to be different in length and width from each other. They are aligned carefully ( Read more... )

To me the idea of home is to be in the company of others. I have many definitions for a home because the home is a versatile thing but it primarily serves as a retreat for myself. I don’t always have to be in the company of others in order to be home, I can dwell alone by myself in the company of my thoughts. I think for most people, home is an ( Read more... )

Present Day youth culture is a culture of alienation and denial. It’s the schism between those that are alienated by the media and those that are not that makes the heart of youth culture. It’s also the schism between those who give in to their petty urges because of the media and those who deny their human instinct to want something that makes the ( Read more... )

When I speak Chinese at home, I am a different person. When I speak English with my friends I feel like a more real me. I grew up in a home where there was always a somewhat translucent language barrier between my parents and me since I was never taught how to speak Chinese, at least not like how they speak. My dad knows three dialects of Chinese; ( Read more... )

I was born in Manhattan but raised in Brooklyn. From time to time I find myself not necessarily torn between the two places but being exposed to a lot more than the average “Brooklyn Kid” or the “Manhattan Kid”, drawing inspiration from the two different cityscapes; Manhattan’s monumental skyscrapers and crumbling tenements to Brooklyn’s lofty ( Read more... )

Throughout my life, I have noticed that I am a very introspective person judging from the way I think and talk to myself. Its almost like the inside of my head is tiled with shattered glass, reflecting shattered images, and light is projecting these jig sawed images onto my thoughts. Even the way I refer to my thoughts in speech like using the word ( Read more... )

Coming into senior year I realized my life was going to be making drastic. I realized that everyday, when my eyes first open, that anything I would do that day would have an effect on the future. I realized the last decade had been building up to this moment and that this moment would be a corner stone in my life. Suddenly everything came to light ( Read more... )

Shoes are today’s accessories, its purpose is less important than how it looks. They are now so many different variations of boots or basketball sneakers. My shoes, dirt-tanned and disheveled, reflect of my personality. On a packed NYC subway train, I always feel a cloak of strangers’ eyes has shrouded my shoes because I dislike public scrutiny. ( Read more... )

so my commie asian math teacher accused me of being half chinese cause i think like a rock when it comes to math. we were talking about simon and garfunkle the other day ( Read more... )