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Nam Knows Best: Cookie Night (avoiding the burnout… literally)

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I don’t know about you, but if I am speaking frankly (and I like to speak frankly), this year has been a difficult one. If you cannot relate, then just try to appreciate my difficult life for a moment. Have pity on your fellow student who is feeling... well… burnt out? Lots of uphills, very few downhills and every turn seemed to bring another boulder to scramble over. Exams … [Read more...] about Nam Knows Best: Cookie Night (avoiding the burnout… literally)

Nam Knows Best: Not Good At Anything

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A little (pity) party never killed nobody Last night, my roommate won an award for the Accounting Society along with a handsome scholarship. Last week, one of my good friends was selected as a Fullbright Scholar, one of the most prestigious recognitions that any student anywhere could ever achieve... like, ever. Another one of my friends is launching a new app called “College … [Read more...] about Nam Knows Best: Not Good At Anything

Nam Knows Best: Sign Here

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I think one of the hardest things to do in the entire world is to fit your entire life statement into 300 words. Like, excuse me. Let me just boil down every meaningful conversation, interaction, God-moment, revelation, epiphany, hardship, vent session and tear (if I cried … which I don't except over my grades or a M&M McFlurry) into that little box that won’t, for … [Read more...] about Nam Knows Best: Sign Here

Nam Knows Best: Bright Lights Create Harmony

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There are too many people and the lights are too bright and I can feel the tape on the back of my neck leaving a gummy residue and I swear I’m sweating so much that my bodily status of hydration should be seriously questioned. It’s opening night of Songfest 2014: Bright Lights, Big City. Hours of choreography practice, music rehearsals, costume hunting and skit … [Read more...] about Nam Knows Best: Bright Lights Create Harmony

Nam Knows Best: My Broken Orange Clock, Existentialism

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If you visited my apartment, you would know that it is always somewhere between 9:50 and 9:51am. Because although the day seems to revolve in its normal twenty-four hour circuit with the sunrise, sunset and all the other sun-movements, in my apartment it is always between those precious minutes. This doesn’t affect the timeliness of my roommates or I at all. We have learned to … [Read more...] about Nam Knows Best: My Broken Orange Clock, Existentialism