Seeking normality, and culture

September 10, 2009

It is “Orientation,” and I am waking up in a strange room.
Correction-I am waking up in a strange room and panicking, in tune with the dull and insistent throbbing of my headache.
Then, awareness sets in. I remember that I am in Japan and it is indeed orientation week at my new university. I am no [...]

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The American collegiate paradox

September 9, 2009

I’ve always heard people say with either anger, apathy or resignation that the American education system is ineffective, weak and underfunded. Parents, teachers, political pundits, whoever all throw in their two cents in badmouthing the good ol’ US of A by saying that American education is simply not keeping up and maintaining competitiveness with other countries [...]

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When politicians behave badly

September 7, 2009

So far 2009 has been quite the year. We inaugurated our first African-American president, we battled a recession and we said farewell to some of the greatest people of our time. One of those people was Sen. Ted Kennedy, who lost his battle to brain cancer last week.
Kennedy devoted his entire life to public service [...]

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I am…

September 7, 2009

I am clay.
I am butterfly.
I am cream cheese full of honey and raisins.
I can be whatever metaphor I choose to affiliate myself with.
But truth be told, the physical and metaphysical fail to describe who we are.
A couple years ago, I had my first mock-interview where people whom I wanted to like me would ask me [...]

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Finals FLIP: Chong Procrastinates Here

April 28, 2009

So I’ve never been in quite this much trouble before, and for someone perpetually on the precipice of procrastination-prompted failure, this is really saying something.
And yeah. In case you’re wondering, the essay I am currently (supposed to be) writing for my philosophy class is as long-winded and fulla-nothing as the first sentence of this [...]

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Most everything “Junior” (especially “year”) stinks

April 16, 2009

Well folks, this is my last blog entry for the year.  As all four of you who have been reading my posts this semester would almost assuredly agree, chances are the powers that be won’t be renewing my contract for next year.  I like to attribute it more to that fact that I’m too edgy [...]

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Duke: The movie

April 15, 2009

This may be a bit surprising, given who the only president to have been a movie star was, but Hollywood and conservatives just don’t get along, with liberal themes dominating films from Milk to Good Night and Good Luck. Seeking to rectify the imbalance, AOL News columnist Matt Lewis has offered three right-leaning movie ideas.  [...]

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A tale of two cities

April 14, 2009

I don’t know if it was obvious to my many faithful readers, but this past semester I have been studying in Los Angeles as part of the Duke in LA program. Since Duke doesn’t have a film major, and production classes are somewhat limited, I decided to take the opportunity to come out here and [...]

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Follow the money

April 13, 2009
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Two weeks left

April 12, 2009
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