Peace Out, Pirates
universal_Daniel Though this was two days ago, it’s hard to believe that I just graduated from high school. My eleven years in elementary, middle and high school have gone by and…
Diary
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Life Updates 1/22/2025
It’s been a while ever since I last posted on this website. I think it’s time to do a good self-reflection and put some updates out there. A lot has…
Ten Years in the Future
Imagine myself ten years in the future. If I look back at high school, what will I remember? What will I be glad that I did or accomplished? What will…
Only 5%
Essential Question: How much do I actually reflect on what I learned and put the skills into practice? In the fast-paced, erratic, frenzied and distracted world we live in today,…
What If I Stopped Caring?
I’m having a bit of a hard time constructing my personal essay for college applications right now. Usually, I’m not worried about the nitty-gritty details of my writing. I wouldn’t…
Leave my Pride By My Side
I’m closer to You, but I feel like I’m so far away ‘Cause I let my fear, let my fear get in front of my faith Walk On Water (VBS)…
No Need for Isolation
It’s incredible how fast time flies – July is almost over, August is around the corner, and I’ll be starting my final year of high school in less than two…
Critique to “First Day of Junior Year”
I decided to scroll around my old private blog on the Art of Problem Solving and only read through a single post from only a couple months ago before I…
Responsibilities
I think I’ll start using this blog more as a personal blog instead of a website where I discuss my favorite geometry problems or my recent Codeforces rating change, although…
Number of Chances
This is a little follow-up to a small discussion that I had with my classmates in computer science class. I strongly believe that anyone can learn and achieve their fullest…
Have Them Play
You can learn a lot from activities that ask for how you can contribute instead of what you can do. Indeed, there are many valuable lessons that I’ve gleaned throughout…
2/25-3/2 Reflection
I’ve realized that it’s good to reflect on what went well and what I can improve on based on the events that occurred the past week. This week I got…
HMMT 2024 Day 2
The HMMT 2024 Day 1 post was mainly about the Friday Night Events. This post is about competition day on Saturday, February 17th! After what I considered a tolerable night’s…
Very Hard vs. Impossible
There are a lot of tasks in the world that are impossible. For instance, traveling at faster than the speed of light. By special relativity and the laws of nature,…
CMIMC Tryouts 2024
This was the best failure I have had in a while. I have the same, but intensified, test-taking issues that v4913 has. I’m glad that I had this test because…
HMMT 2024 Day 1
This year, I qualified to participate in the Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament. Our district’s two high school math clubs combined and sent out two teams of eight to venture to Boston…
Brace myself
No time for senioritis.
Exponential Growth
Compounding is a powerful process.
11/10/2023: Data Points
November 10th, 2023 Recently, I learned a multitude of strategies regarding how to learn subjects such as math, computer science, and language arts. Of course, I have spotted various similarities…