What to do in Austin, Texas?

I love going back home to Austin. It’s a fantastic city with many things to do. Although I spend most of my time with family, I occasionally have the opportunity to go to my favorite nostalgic places. If you told me you were visiting Austin right now, here are my

From photos to video diaries: how I remember the past

One challenging question I’ve always had was how to remember the past. I know that my memory isn’t the best, and when my friends and I reminisce about the good ol’ days, our accounts begin to differ. Who knows what another few years will make of our memories? We include

Thoughts after moving to New York

As I’ve finally settled into New York, I wanted to talk about the good and the bad of moving to New York. A half of a year has gone by in a blink of an eye. It was only a year ago that I thought summer internships were short… Full-time

Swimming, Tips

Swimming Starts Matter

You can win a race before you take your first stroke. It’s that simple. The first 15 meters of your race is so important, because even a slight advantage gives you that mental assurance and power to finish. Also it is easy and free speed, with very little physical fatigue.

Random Quips

Microwave Numbers

When I microwave stuff, I’m usually not sure how long I should microwave it for. There’s really no “perfect” solution, but rather estimations based off of water content, size and weight — Well kind of just guess. Sometimes when I’m thinking about the number, I usually become conflicted between two numbers

Events, Swimming

Being Emotionally There

  Watching the Swimming Olympic Trials made my heart go crazy. It is as if I was there, competing in lane 0. It’s really intense, and it’s one of the few sports where I can empathize with the swimmers before, during and right after their races. During the races, I

Thoughts

Gone

Death is one of the few unknown subjects that we all know about. Yet it is one of the perfect analogies with communication. Once dead, communication to this universe ends, never again able to interact with the environment. Never again able to talk with other people. So that means when

Thoughts

YouTube

I love YouTube. But I know I watch way too much of it. YouTube has trained my brain to want YouTube anytime I have free time, and after I watch my first video, more follow. Soon an hour passes before I even realize how much time passed. The ‘nice’ features

Drawing, Tips

Creating Animations

So a few months back, I attempted to make my own animation based off of the other videos that I watched for so long on YouTube. The animations I saw (Dave C., Stick figure Animation) were so beautiful and elegant and seemed so simple to do. As a child I

Events, School, Tips

End of Junior Year Thoughts and Tips

Everybody says that junior year is the hardest year. However, I really don’t think it was to the proportion all the upperclassmen blew it up to. (except for the last few months– they were so right) Sure, there were more AP classes to take, and the homework load increased. However,

Events, Thoughts

It’s funny it’s summer again

Every year passes more and more quickly. Looking back, I was surprised that summer has come so quickly, and in a blink of an eye, a month of summer vacation has already passed. It is not surprising that the older you get, the more quickly you feel time pass. However, I don’t

Rants

vi Sucks (nano is better)

This rant makes a lot more sense for people familiar with text-editors in general (especially in the terminal window). I’m a very graphical computer user. I dislike the black glow of the terminal screen and instead like the warm colors of a UI application. However graphical text-editors can only go

Reference

Java Precedence Mnemonic

Have trouble memorizing Java Operator Precedence? Fear no more! I have one for you! Parents After Pre–Algebra Shifts (and) Compares Equations (and) answers, (eat) carrots, or (simply) bite logs if (a teacher gives an) assignment.   Mnemonic Operator Type Direction of Evaluation Parents () [] · Parentheses Array subscript Member

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