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Things I’ve been pondering: Did you know that to be in the top 1% in the world in terms of income, you need to earn about $32,000 a year? Chinese people will not exist at some point in the future… as in, there will not be a single person who is genetically ONE race… everyone… Continue reading

This post is a response to a one-word prompt from The Daily Post Blog. The word: chair-ish. What a weird prompt… Actually, I think the word was cherish, but does it really matter? I mean, if you said either of those words out loud, no one would be the wiser; they sound the same! They may… Continue reading

“If you’re in the luckiest 1 percent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 percent.” -Warren Buffett Merry Christmas everyone.   Continue reading

There is no perfect way to give. There is no perfect charity to donate money to. There is no perfect organization to volunteer for. Just like there is no proper way to apologize; there is no best time to start a new venture or business; there is no perfect way to study and learn a… Continue reading

When you don’t see your friends for 4 months… But when you finally reconnect again, it’s almost like you never left. That’s when you know you have a friendship to last. I missed my friends, and I reconnected with a lot of them the last few days. Laughing about old memories, and laughing about the… Continue reading

I went back to my high school today to present a “Ted Talk” (to two separate classes). It’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was 11: giving motivational and insightful speeches I talked about 3 things: Connections Influence Beliefs Although the talk was about 10 minutes long, I’ll cut it short to just present… Continue reading

Visiting home after being away for 4 months and living 5000 miles away is weird… Driving into that familiar neighborhood… Coming back to familiar faces and a familiar home where there is still that familiar bickering between my parents… Visiting my high school where I attended for 5 years of familiarity… I love being home…… Continue reading

No matter how hard we try, some things are simply out of our control There’s no point dwelling on that we cannot affect… Don’t cause yourself unneeded stress worrying about aspects of life that is out of your control Instead, focus on what you can affect, and go from there. Anyways… I have a flight… Continue reading

Everyone has baggage… Things that weigh them down But also things that make us who we are Look into someone’s suitcase and you can learn a lot: the clothes they wear, the books they read, the souvenirs they carry, the sentimental stuffed toy they bring everywhere, the memories they’ve created, good and bad, the sorrows… Continue reading