| I've been reading a book Leaving Microsoft To Change the World by John Wood (former director of business development at Microsoft) for one of my classes. In general I never read books unless I have to and this is especially true now that harry potter is no longer coming out w/ anymore books :(
From just reading the first chapter, I've been inspired and have set a life goal for myself. I plan on traveling to Taiwan and travel from village to village (see life outside of Taipei and the other big cities). I want to experience and talk to people much less fortunate in Taiwan and also just see the roots from where my father's side grew up. My dad always talked about how he and his brothers caught fish to share among the 6 siblings or else they didn't have dinner and about how they lived with a monkey as a pet. I want to see that for myself. The author in the book I'm reading talks about visiting a school in Nepal's where the only 4 books in the school library(schools stop at grade 5 there) are books worse than the ones I've pushed around volunteering at the senior citizen homes. and believe me...they're terrible.
Later on in life, I do hope to be living in Taiwan at this point, I really want to help out and give back to the Taiwanese community. I either want to be in America helping promote Taiwanese culture, or be in Taiwan giving youths more opportunities to succeed. If my father was never given the chance to leave Taiwan and come to America, my life right now would be RADICALLY different. I'm not saying that everyone will have the same experience or become successful in America, but they should have at least a chance. What they do with that opportunity is up to them. I just feel it's unfair for someone to not be given an opportunity because of where they are born. |
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| There’s nothing sweeter than the sound of a ball hitting nothing but net. The anticipation as the ball soars through the air and hangs there for what feels like eternity as it finally comes crashing through the rim. I could spend forever on a playground basketball court just spotting up and shooting, spotting up and shooting. There’s nothing more beautiful than a perfect jump shot executed to perfection. Everything must be perfect. Any slight deviation in the process could have disastrous consequences. Every miss is a struggle, but every made shot is a resolution. Any stress or anxiety I may have felt leading up to this point is all flushed away as the ball swishes in the net. Swish. Swish. Swish. All life’s problems for that one moment, for that split second, melt away. All that is left is the addiction to hit another shot.
Man, do I want to take a jump shot right now…
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| Focusing for finals and life has never been this hard...
I'm really thankful for being surrounded by the right people during these times |
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