Personal Essays and Other Works

Failure, including and especially the feeling of it, is natural. Without the feeling of failure, success can never be fully understood, celebrated, and ultimately valued.

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The cold has never been warm, as expressed in three letters of a soul who dares going back to the northeastern fortress, where he dares to go back for his heart one day but never intends to leave again. This literary piece is a mix of a travelogue and reflection inspired by the Chinese city of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.

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Art by Kirsten Chloe Lim of Ateneo de Manila University

This vlog serves as one of the requirements for the Sun Yat-sen University Multicultural Communication Online International Winter Camp hosted by the said university. Each delegate must showcase any learning from the camp's short asynchronous and synchronous courses in a vlog not lengthier than 3 minutes.

In my case, I decided to make a vlog on calligraphy. I am not so skilled in the craft, as seen in the video. But the premise behind this work is to have fun speaking in Chinese (as I am also not fluent) and writing Chinese characters using this classical art form.

Hope this short vlog may serve as an encouragement to others who are just as interested in Chinese culture as I am. The key, as stated, is to just have fun while doing it.