Reflection

Atlas & Spider

Following Ruby’s departure to study at the Austin Center for Design and Renjie’s announcement that he’ll be off to Hungary to complete his Masters, perhaps it’s time for me to be transparent with my plans and dreams for the next year. I’m considering 2 options for Sept 2011, and the first of which is grad [...]

Here we go.

Just a random story that I felt should be documented. I had plans to attend a SiG workshop and didn’t want to head over with Renjie for 7am. I checked the ride forum and saw a post from Ruby offering a ride for anyone coming from the Waterloo campus. We met at Velocity, and just [...]

Reminders from the PI

Reminders from the PI

Our last day as a team in Olongapo, we had a debrief and reflected on everything. We were to pick one word to describe the missions portion of the trip, and among words like humbling, inspiring, and eye-opening, I picked reminder. First and foremost, this trip was a reminder of the reality of poverty. It [...]

The First Step

The First Step

I remember running into Renjie at Impact 2007, and hearing about his involvement with an upcoming Conference on Social Entrepreneurship. Although it seems like a fairly common occurrence, but it was one that truly defined me, and resulted in the where and who I currently am, professionally and personally. For me, that occurrence was my [...]

Transition

Transition

  I remember 4 days into frosh week, sitting on a ledge in my residence stairwell and crying for no particular reason and also every reason I could think of. Dramatic? Yup. I have lots of emotions. I’ve never been one to deal with transitions very smoothly. Grade 9, 1st year at Waterloo, and now, [...]