A robot with the performance metric of happiness

I am a strong, independent woman, ready for persistent change, excited for a future with tech.

My reading list 2018 curation #1

More than a mere list of random jumbles I’ve read/watched in 2018, including some on my list next year. Curation #1: nonfiction

Bird Collision Series: Issue essay

Every year, 100 million to one billion birds die from window strikes in the United States alone. Learn about the pertinent issue of bird-window collision and do your part to save the angels of our cities.

Til’ we meet again

My mind traverses the continent with you. It glides in mid-air across cirrocumulus clouds, strolls through mist-filled streets in-between red-brick walls, and sits by the window looking out to a collegiate gothic tower. As you turn the wind-coat collar to the cold and damp, shower in the golden sun rays among squirrels and water birds, …

Protected: Favipiravir, a candidate drug for COVID-19, deserves more global attention

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On a cloistered night

A lump in my throat, Not heavy like Adam’s apple or sharp like an uncut gemstone. A fairy wren trapped in a deep well, flapping its wings to keep  itself in mid-air. a fairy wren by Punk Biologist Where did the egg hatch? It’s hard to recall from  a thousand places in memory. Was it …

What if any obligations do I have to convince the science skeptics?

Thousands of Singaporeans lent ears to Dr. Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist and UN messenger of peace, as she preached climate change actions in November 2019. At the same time, a 16-year-old girl shook national leaders awake from their inaction to keep global temperature rise below 1.5°C. In today's age of information boom, scientific knowledge is …

The 2019-nCOV outbreak: things we did not think much about

1. Be sensitive not to victimize Wuhan people further on social media. We are equally vulnerable in the face of the coronavirus. It does more good to empathize with and support all Wuhanese who are bearing majority of the pains for the rest of us, than to alienate them. This principle applies both nationally and …

Admitted to Duke! Click in for some insider tips, for free!

Last Thursday 7pm EST. Friday morning 8am local time. I still vividly remember me frantically typing away on my laptop the night before, and clicking "save" on my half-done uchicago uncommon essay. After a full week of panic, with my heart wrung tight between equally competent Duke applicant profiles on social media, and a pile …

I have a poetry collection! Some excerpts /2

“Eh” Lay your tongue flat On the ground of your oral cavity Shut your epiglottis and push your diaphragm down a crack Blow thy gentle breeze From the depth of your chest: “Eh” Crisp, gentle, almost unnoticeable This is an infant’s call for its mama’s pat To force out the little bubbles Tumbling inside its …

I have a poetry collection! Some excerpts /1

Art credit to brallanq.tumblr.com On Platonic Human Connections May there be a moment in your life when In another’s eyes you find wonders that need no conscious searching: They open up into an abyss that marries all colors and darkness at once, In which you detach and drown at the same time; From the collision …