Tag: learning

  • Small Acts of Kindness

    I told my mom that I was going to have a new job title by the end of this year that contains the word “Engineer” in it, and she was so happy for me, but also very confused. She thought that my volunteer work as a certified Openlands TreeKeeper® was my full-time job and that […]

  • Filipino American History Month (FAHM): A Reflection

    Each October is Filipino American History Month and this year’s theme is “Struggle, Resistance, Solidarity, and Resilience.” I attended high school at Seisen International School in Tokyo, where I studied the International Baccalaureate (IB) Degree Program in tandem with my school’s competitive GED. My interest in the history of the Philippines formalized during this time […]

  • Filipino American History Month: My Reflections as a Filipina American

    Growing up in Japan, I visited the Philippines every other Christmas and several summers. When I first moved to America for college, I experienced culture shock. I had visited the United States often and studied American history, but I had never lived—or identified—as an American until 2009. I am still learning what it means to […]

  • Always Growing

    I stopped writing on my blog during the COVID-19 pandemic and had been posting recipes for my past few entries. Initially, I created a blog to showcase creative projects, art or music finds, technology research essays, and now it serves as an online journal. I need an outlet to reflect on learnings, connections, and parallels […]