Moms don’t always know better. But their hunch does. I’m an independent kid who moved away from home to live on my own at 15. My mom was the one who sent me off, a year after her superstitious mind was convinced the most turbulent year in my life had passed (I wasn’t allowed to ride roller coasters in 2014) and that I was ready for adventures. I was excited to go into the unknown alone; I’m not exactly her sweetheart, and she knows that. I don’t always remember to pick up her calls when she c...

This past week's trip to France has been a sensory discovery journey for me. Wine, cuisine, art — it's no fresh take on what the French has to offer, but experiencing it firsthand, with heightened intention, has shown me what it means to savor. We kicked off our journey with a bike ride to a vineyard in the Dijon countryside. The host would line all the glasses up, have us sip each type of wine, then spill our impressions. Her eyes would light up whenever I shared something that sounded off-t...

The daffodils in your hair I placed it there Sweetness in the air Your whisper dressed in scents Be careful As I step into the garden Where sweet nothing turns bitter everything

I’ve never really been much of a content creator (podcaster, blogger, vlogger...) because I’m very critical over myself. I’ll romanticize...

There’s a lot to what one may say what an ideal Sunday should look like. As somebody who craves outside activities on weekends, you decid...

We woke up feeling as though we were still dreaming.This labor weekend, a friend took our friend group on a hometown visit. 1h and 26 min...

Summer of 2023, I took a snapshot of my life: one year in New York City, office girl. My Osprey backpack had been collecting dusts for ov...

Five months in... my role has shifted from product ops to growth to marketing, and yeah, it feels like stirring a pot of chaos—but I’m loving it. Watching old brands stumble to find new moats while new ones shout for attention only to vanish the next day is wild. But the best part of crypto marketing? It breaks down the usual corporate barriers around expression. Here, people have the freedom to speak their minds, and in a way, everyone becomes a marketer without even trying. This freedom app...

A friend hit me up today with a surprise: a ticket to the Vitalik documentary premiere I was waitlisted for. The theatre was buzzing with excitement. The movie was beautifully executed, tracing the evolution of ethereum from its inception through key milestones. It celebrated successes but didn’t shy away from showing the doubts and uncertainties Vitalik faced as he shapes the future with his own hands. What struck me most was how it portrayed his inner child - moments when he shied away from...

I visit Chinatown roughly once every two weeks. It’s not exactly a source of comfort; rather, it brings an uncanny feeling. The version of China displayed here exists outside my time period, as if it were frozen in time before I was born, and now I travel here through some sort of time machine. I will always proudly be the tour guide for anything Chinese for my friends in the city. There's a certain thrill in flexing my not-yet-full-grown cultural knowledge and having others appreciate the li...