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(04/08/14 10:31pm)
Social media sites have been flooded by "pray for MH
370" messages ever since the unresolved disappearance of the airplane and
its 227 passengers. Photos of grieving bereaved and Facebook statuses urging
people to pray have become viral on media platforms. While there are few
physical means by which most social media frequenters can contribute to the
search for the lost flight (except for absolute reliance on divine
intervention), this kind of online activism is apparent in cases in which
physical change can indeed be made. What fascinates us, therefore, is the issue
of people using social networks to advocate for a social cause.
(03/03/14 11:39pm)
In response to actress Ellen Page coming out of the proverbial closet, a friend of mine confessedthat while she is open to the notion of homosexuality, she cannot help but be mildly perturbed by thethought of two women kissing each other.
(02/19/14 11:16pm)
I h ave never watched American football.
(02/12/14 12:04am)
Penn, as the pre-professional university par excellence, is a magnet for the stereotypical Eastern Asian: an arguably cutthroat academia, a vocationally inclined education and a decent engineering school. Having grown up in Hong Kong, I am no stranger to the radical pre-professionalism displayed at Penn. More than half of my friends back home are on inexorable courses to become lawyers, doctors and businessmen, and my resolve in pursuing an English major has since been swayed. I have lost count of the times my friends back home looked at me as if I have a third nipple on my face after I informed them of my prospective major.
