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We have trapped ourselves into a routine. This routine gives some of us satisfaction but most of us boredom, repetition, discontent. We wake up to fulfill our role as a student. We get home and drown ourselves into a lot more AP work, college applications, SAT, jobs and house chores. And still, apparently, we don’tContinue reading “Mental Health”

The cold, dry air welcomed me into the homeless shelter, as the families looked at me with confusion. The 5-year-old boy welcomed me into the shelter and asked me, “Are you going to be living with us too?” I gave him a smile and nodded as I couldn’t help but notice his yellow, baggy shirtContinue reading “Poverty”

“It’s horrifying to see hundreds of kids, every day and every night, get admitted into the hospital for things that have no definite outcome, and what feels worse is to witness them try to make their parents feel better about it, when they themselves are as hopeless,” the receptionist at CHOP said, as she wasContinue reading “Illness”

The book Wild was a constant reminder of my own monster. The book is based on Cheryl attempting to overcome the tragedy of her mother’s death. For the first 16 years of my life, I was majorly brought up by my grandpa, who is now 90 years old. On my 6th birthday, my grandpa gifted me aContinue reading “What’s my monster?”