ENCOMIUM

March 13, 2016 by Adrienne Ou in BEFORE UCLA, LIFE AT UCLA

Postscript: Last Model UN superlative ever? Most Likely to Take Over China. I'm really proud of that one. If you want to understand that statement, it's best that you read the entire blog post.

IN RE MOTIVATION

January 17, 2016 by Adrienne Ou in LIFE AT UCLA, BEFORE UCLA

How I've grown in four years, and how I haven't changed at all. The more we stay the same, the more we change. But I always like to think like I'm on Dagobah: luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.

TWO STEPS FORWARD AND ONE STEP BACK

December 31, 2015 by Adrienne Ou in BEFORE UCLA

It is the end of 2015, so I am returning to high school à la Albert Camus returning to Tipasa. Gratuitous James Joyce references ensue, and I am completely unashamed of it all.

RUNNING IN THE FAMILY

October 16, 2015 by Adrienne Ou in TAIWAN, BEFORE UCLA, UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD

Loving Taiwan hasn't been easy for me in the past. After all, loving something unfamiliar takes time and patience. And so, it took me nearly twenty years to learn how to love my roots unconditionally. Bonus: lots of photographs, taken by yours truly using an iPhone.

REMNANTS OF CHILDHOOD

August 26, 2015 by Adrienne Ou in BEFORE UCLA

I loved Naruto, then I loved to hate it, and then I loved it again. It's a story of the stages of denial for the ages. Or maybe I've just grown up to love myself and not deny myself any of my hobbies, including reading Japanese cartoons.

WHEN WE WERE YOUNG

April 16, 2015 by Adrienne Ou in FRIENDSHIPS, BEFORE UCLA

Sometimes your past comes back to visit you, and it's surprisingly mundane. When I was in middle school, I was bullied. And then I met one of the people who hurt me in middle school at a university class lecture. Or: Adrienne on childhood pain and the simple trajectory of human growth.