PAST WORK

Style: Creative Nonfiction Statement: I wanted to write a piece about my journey of grief and numbness, my struggles to get out of this masculinity armor to experience vulnerability. This was actually an essay for the English 11 Honors second semester assignment, Inspired by Tim O’Brien’s “How to Tell a Single Story.” It is a very introspective piece about my struggle to get rid of the armor and become emotionally vulnerable. A real man does not cry.  In the “true manly” st

Style: Short Story Statement: In this piece, I wished to explore a dystopian society of the United States, and if it became a pure meritocracy. I wanted to use a writing style that had fragments of memory slipping through the piece to give the reader just enough information to piece together a vague, though rough idea of the narrator’s life. I tried to achieve this by giving the piece a heartbeat with specific enumerated sections to create tense moments for the reader, up unt

Style: Poetry Statement: In this piece, I wanted to find warmth and comfort through food and family. As a child of immigrant parents, I treasure the rich culture I am nestled in. I also sincerely appreciate the time and thought my dad puts into cooking for me. Father lifts the clay pot from a back shelf  at Chun Ching Market, clearance stickers  still clinging to its freckled glaze. There’s life  to this , he points, as if his index finger might hook  some spirit from its spl

Style: Personal Narrative Statement: In this piece, I wanted to capture the pain of repeated separation from my dad and the way unspoken emotions build over years of goodbyes. Through personal reflection and sensory detail, I explored how loss can become routine yet never lose its sting. My goal was to show that goodbyes aren't singular moments but lingering pains that shape who we become. Ultimately, this narrative is about learning that endurance, not perfection, is the onl

Style: Poetry Statement: In this poem, I wanted to highlight the frustrations resulting from current politics. Through a prose poem, I wanted to explore how my experiences and emotions often slightly differ from others in regards to politics. my dad tells me to pack my green card. i know i packed it the first time, but he asks five more times. he tells me, if you lose it, you can’t come back. i roll my eyes & i tell him not to worry. i am not five years old anymore.  but i re

Style: Poetry Statement: This poem is an offshoot of memoir I wrote about the highs and lows of life, and as one of the lows I remembered a particular moment where the world seemed to crash down and I found myself on bathroom floor. The bathroom is private and secluded, which can be associated with secrecy and loneliness. But for me, while is can symbolize rock bottom, pain, and suffering, it can also represent a chance to start anew. Going through lows is something everyone

Style:  Poetry Statement:  In this piece, I aimed to illustrate how, throughout the course of the year, a tree remains in the same spot, while the flowers fall and return in the spring, personifying them as beings that share a bond. If they were to have a connection, how would the tree or flower react to the inevitable passage of time? Using a motif that illustrates how the two elements interact under different colored skies, I intended to convey how the tone of the environme

Style: Poetry Statement: In “the buzzing” I give form to my intrusive thoughts as a persistent, physical buzzing sound that follows me through my everyday life. Inspired by my own experience with what may be tinnitus, I wanted to convey the relentless, attention-seeking, and bothersome nature of these thoughts, giving readers a sense of something they can’t escape. the buzzing it follows me around and infiltrates my senses piercing my peace of mind without a second thought

Style: Prose Statement: This piece highlights how much the short moments even if there are no words can impact someone. The silent...

Style: Short story Statement: Occasionally, I get spurts of random and unusual ideas in my head. This time, I decided to write my...

Style: Short story Statement: In the silence of the night, all one can hear is tip-tap, tip-tap. Footsteps tip-tapped through the...

Style: Short Story Statement: This story was written as a love letter to tired teenage girls everywhere. It is a short story, but it's...

Style: Narrative Statement: In this piece, I wanted to capture the emotional journey of feeling like an outsider and slowly breaking...

Style: Narrative/Reflective Statement:  I originally wrote this piece a few years after my father passed away for an English 11H...

Style : Narrative Statement : In "My Cliché Immigration Story," I draw from my own experiences to illustrate the profound emotions and...

Style : Descriptive Non-fiction Statement: This piece is meant to be a short, unserious criticism of modern-day airpods (& all bluetooth...

Style: Poetry Statement: Love poetry is not as easy as I thought it was. Fish seemed like a good alternative. it is a desperate thing...

Style: Poetry Statement: About processing relationships that had too much intensity. Looking too long burns your eyes out of their...

Style: Poetry Statement: My critique of the Saratoga community. This can be read 3 ways: what they see, what they don’t see, and what...

Style: Poetry Statement: I wanted to experiment with capitalization and font size to emphasize certain words that parallel the poem's...