I did CELEBR(08), PARTICIP(08), GRADU(08), but my feeling towards the senior class gift drive is a bit lukewarm. I wish we (the “Great 08″) could have had more say in how the money is used instead of all the moolah categorized as “unrestricted funds” for The Penn Fund. I do have to hand it [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Great 08!
Posted in UPenn, college, education on April 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Current feelings toward China
Posted in Africa, China, UPenn, college, earth, education, fun, funny, love on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ambivalence:
In an email exchange with my cousin (a senior in high school), I asked him for his thoughts on the current Tibet-China conflict. Below is the direct quote. Note that his English is nearly flawless (I’m continuously amazed at how hardworking students in China are). Why doesn’t the U.S. make Spanish a required language? [...]
A David-Brooks like blog
Posted in Ivy League, UPenn, tagged funny, marriage, race on April 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ok – it has nothing to do with this entry, but my entries have all been so serious lately. Here’s something funny. HAHA… a friend changed song lyrics last Friday at Fling: “Your rice brings all the boys to the yard, and they’re like…it’s better than SARS, damn right it’s better than SARS.”
Here’s a [...]
The Organizational Kid (at Penn) – Part 1
Posted in Ivy League, UPenn, college, education on April 8, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Individual success is EVERYTHING. Everyone and anyone can veni vidi vici.
Last and First Days
Posted in UPenn, college, earth, education, love, post college on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been yet another unplanned-realized-after-the-fact “goodbye day” to Penn. The first was two Fridays ago when I handed in my senior thesis and picked up my cap and gown on the same day. Today: last activism/ walk shift for UAEM on College Green by the LOVE statue; last global health lecture at Penn (it was [...]