The blond haired, Scandinavian rock star passed wearing his sunglasses. As he did, members of the crowd looked with smiles with laughter. Others looked on with scorn and condemnation. The rest were not sure if they were fans of him. My friend had put a blond wig on to be silly. We happened to be [...]
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Do you remember when you were little and you used to build forts in your living room? You would collect all of the blankets in the house and you would take the couch cushions and build a fort. Well last week that is exactly what me, my roommates and our friend Qiu decided to do. [...]
“In my mind I have an image of a doorway, and once you walk through it everything is behind you.” I don’t remember the exact wording, but Sean said something like this when my roommate Jaws and I were meeting with him over noodles last week. We met Sean early on, and we immediately liked [...]
The English Corner was a buzz of frantic activity and conversation. More than thirty girls listened in as I shared with them. A few brave girls asked questions, while many more listened with excitement in their eyes. At the end of the night I tried to go over the names of the girls I wanted [...]
With the nature of what I do here, there are just some friends who are just plain difficult to connect with. You feel like you are caught in a vicious cycle of small talk, descending on twin helixes of cordiality and superficiality. Maybe those words are a little extreme, but with one of my friends [...]
Our tiny bright apartment was once again filled with laughter and love, as it always is on Sunday evenings. Despite the tight squeeze and lack of seating for 13 girls, everyone is anticipating the evening. Singing, worshiping, studying, laughing, playing, it’s so warm and cozy and imagining a different atmosphere would be impossible. I have [...]
“My parents are very traditional parents. You know how everyone wants a boy instead of a girl? My father is very disappointed that I am a boy, and he never talks to me. My mother loves me very much, but my father doesn’t. I used to be very angry at him and think that I [...]
“Can we hang out all day tomorrow too?” asked my friend Cindy as the busy day came to a close. We had spent the entire day from 9:00 am until 8:30 pm together cheering on the participants of the college's track meet. We had talked all day and I was introduced to some new people [...]
On Friday night I made my way to the airport, snaking through crowds of commuters. I was eager to see friends that were passing through town. As the doors closed and the subway sped forward, my phone chimed informing me that I had a message from Shamgar- “We have a new baby brother tonight!” The [...]