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Fortnite
Video games have always been a part of my life. For a few years, I’d been trending downwards in terms of how much I play, but then COVID-19 hit. And Kevin Yang suggested we play a free cross-platform shooter. Anything to remind us of Halo 2 back in college. It’s a goofy-ass game! In the…
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Rowena
With Clara being the superior instrument in pretty much every way, I don’t think about my other violin much. But she deserves it =). When I first started taking lessons, I decided I needed a better instrument than my high school violin. That instrument was purchased for a grand total of $900, including case, bow,…
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The Track
My GT350 is loud. If I rev over 3000 RPM, cops from the next town over are queuing up to give me a ticket. It doesn’t help that I’m probably doing 80 in a 35 zone at that point =(. So I took my car to her natural habitat: The Track. The closest one is…
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Shelby GT350
It has the Holy Trinity – manual, rear-wheel drive, and a V8. Jack Holmes I loved my E36 M3. Loved it. And for a time, I was determined to keep it as a second car =( But I got promoted. And alas, before ICE (internal combustion engines) become relics, I was determined to own an…
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Clara
Clara – from the Late Latin name Clarus meaning “clear, bright” Clara is my beloved violin. Commissioned from David Wiebe in 2013 whose main claim to fame was making a few instruments for Yehudi Menuhin, I did not receive the instrument for a full two years – exactly Christmas of 2015. I had tried a…
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E36 M3
I actually had no love for cars growing up. In fact, if I had any feeling at all back then, it was mild contempt for the loud ass mufflers and comically large wings people would stick on their base Civics. One guy I knew actually painted a the Chinese flag on his red Civic o_O.…
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Violin
As a first post, I thought I’d start with the hobby that has been most important to me in adulthood – the violin and classical music! Like any self-respecting Asian parents, mine forced me to start taking violin lessons at age 7. Boy I hated it. My mean Russian teacher stressed me out but not…