childhood
7 posts
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My hometown in Tonggu, China
My grandmother’s house, nestled in the mountains of Tonggu, China, feels like it belongs in the set of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Not as a locati...
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9-9-99: My autobiography
I wrote this in 5th grade, on September 9th, 1999. Unedited. I'm going to write my 2011 autobiography later this week. Autobiography speech Hi, my nam...
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Harvard Business School and Kennedy Science Club: the joys of experiential learning
In the middle of 10th grade, my best friend moved away to India. More importantly, he took his basketball with him. Without it, the loose group of fri...
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9/11 Reflection: Peter Lu
One of the (many) reasons why I didn't write a blog post last Friday, September 9th, was because I was writing a 9/11 reflection for the Yale Daily Ne...
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6 years in journal entries: my life in high school and college, unfiltered
Get ready for an epic post. (5,000+ words.) I started writing in a personal journal at the end of 8 th grade. The catalyst was a week-long trip to Yos...
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Pledge of Allegiance: The story of my first crush
As a 5 th grader at Faria A+ Elementary, I was smitten by a girl in my homeroom — Jocelyn K., a thin, black-haired, ponytail-wearing girl who, in the ...
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How I dress: The rise and fall of faux hipsterdom
hipster beard In 2001, I owned just two pieces of clothing deemed worthy enough to wear through the hallways of John F. Kennedy Middle School: a navy ...