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The Cycle of Disappointment to Politics

Democracy is a concept that people are able to determine their own affairs, that people are able to freely and equally participate in politics, and that people have their sovereignty to discuss public affairs and come up with solutions. However, I have noticed a...

Change Could Start from Small

Recently I am working on a petition demanding a name change of a student council. In this post, I am not going to go on the detail of the petition (I will put the link at the end if anyone is interested in it). Instead, I want to share how the negotiation process as...

My Last Trip in PLA

Over the spring break, the PLA group took a field trip to Los Angeles. This all thanks to Melissa and Kristine. This wonderful trip could not happen without them. In these seven days, we had visited Griffith Observatory, Reagan Library, Santa Monica Pier, the Broad...

Why Couldn’t We Be Mad?

I am taking Gender Roles in Communication for this semester. This week, we talked about how women have an difficulty to express their anger because of the implicit restrictions from the gender roles. This is an eye-opening class for me, since I used to think that my...

Life Is a Journey, Not a Race

In this winter break, I have done nothing. I have carried my heavy laptop every day and tried to do some work, but I did not open it once. This makes me wonder what have happened to me. I feel like there is a dark cloud covered my heart, which makes the wonderful...

Is Social Change possible? 

At this week, in my Social Change class, we talked about the fears toward participation in social movement. Some people said they feel like it is not going to be any difference if they stand out, which implies that they expect to have an immediate result. This might...

First Conference Experience!

This week, I went to the annual conference held by American Association of Chinese Study (AACS). I was very nervous before I go, since I am really a beginner. It turned out to be a super fun experience and people are so nice. My favorite thing about the conference is...

The “over”-generation

Today I want to share some thoughts and a summary with you after I read the book, Future Shock. Nowadays, we often heard people said ‘I am overwhelmed, overstressed, overworked…”. It is an over-generation that people are pushed in a speed that they...

Planned Obsolescence ( The Light Bulb Conspiracy)

This week I watched a movie called Planned Obsolescence. I highly recommend everyone to watch it. It is a movie talking about how the market intentionally design products that only last a short period of time. The companies tend to give their product a certain...

Global Taiwan Institute and Taiwan’s Independence

I have attended to the annual conference of Global Taiwan Institute over the summer. It is an non-profit organization aiming for strengthening the relationship between U.S. and Taiwan and highlighting Taiwan’s sovereignty. One of their mission is to let other...