I am constantly curious about the world. That curiosity has immersed me in art, literature, social sciences, and mathematics. It has led me to travel. I have ziplined through the ruins of Angkor Wat, parasailed in Thailand, dipped in an onsen in Japan, and traversed across Europe while studying abroad at the University of Cambridge. As Voltaire once wrote, "We must cultivate our garden."

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.