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I lived in Vietnam until I was 7 years old. I used to reside within an internet café in the poorer area of Vietnam. Our café faced the street in a more developed area; You could say it was a “front” when you go down the main street. And next to these houses leads gravel roads, dirt roads, or no road at all down an area to a less developed area. Most of this place is untamed land with greenery flourishing all over. One day, My friends and I ventured down one of these paths because we were bored out of our minds. We were afraid of going too far into the untamed land and getting lost. So, what we usually do is that we just start playing tag around this area. However, there was a backpack/luggage that was floating down the creek. The geniuses that we were, we came up with a new game to entertain ourselves. Our game was that whoever falls into the creek loses. The goal of the game was to get to the other side of the creek. The length of the creek wasn’t huge but with our tiny body, it w...
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Arizona Tea

What do you wish you could see, hear, read, or experience for the first time all over again? This is a somewhat odd answer to this question, but I would like to experience Arizona Tea again. Arizona tea is 1$ tea that are sold virtually every gas station and stores. Right now, I practically drink a can of Arizona Tea every single day. Whether it is Half&Half, Ginger, or Fruit cocktail, I must have a can a day. It might sound like an addiction, but its healthier than most of the other things I’m addicted to in my life. If you haven’t had Arizona Tea, you should pick it up and try it, and it won’t leave you broke. The first time I had Arizona Tea was during CTRL-Z World Championship in 2018. We stopped by a gas station in Michigan, and I was looking for a drink. Daniel Matatov introduced me to Arizona Tea: “Half n Half.” When I took a sip of it, I got instantly addicted. My addiction slowly got worse and worse as I started to bring gallons of Arizona Tea into class and fini...
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Grind and Relax

I have two favorite places on campus. One of them is the Grainger Library. Grainger library is perfect for studying, sleeping, or a quick coffee. I frequent the 2nd floor almost every day to find a place to do my school work. It’s quiet, and you have a booth like a desk that helps you with privacy. It also comes with its own outlet and ethernet outlet, so you don’t need to scavenge for them. My one gripes with this place are the fact that it’s usually packed during the weekends. However, the Grainger library is open 24/7, so you could drop by at 2 AM, and it would be half empty.   It has a Royal Expresso on the first floor to supply you with coffee to fuel your midnight grind sessions. The basement, 1st floor, and 3rd floor provide spaces and resources for group study. There are big desks with a tv-sized monitor with HDMI cables so you can link your desktop to it. Additionally, there are glass panels or whiteboards for the group workspaces. Grainger has all the resources for ...
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A Boring Meal

When I was 7-8 years old, I was traveling to the U.S by plane, and we didn't have much money, so we probably rode economy class. I remember my experience on the flight really well because it was my first time ever riding on the plane in addition to the first time speaking to someone who didn't speak Vietnamese. As most of us know, economy food plane food absolutely sucks. Since I was only alive for approximately 7-8 years and hadn't experience cuisines outside of Vietnam, I ordered a cup of ramen and a cup of lemonade. I ordered ramen simply because I saw the word "Ramen." and expected to taste like the stuff in Vietnam. A little background on Ramen in Vietnam is that there is a brand of ramen where the stuff is literal gold when you eat it. It was rare that I ever get to eat this type of ramen because it was relatively expensive but... oh boy, was it a treat when I get to have some. This set up some expectations when I was eating on that plane. The cup of lem...
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School sucked

I think this applies to the U.S as a whole but school starts wayyyyyyyyyy too early here. At 8am in the morning my brain simply just doesn't work. Even if I force myself to go to sleep at 10pm at night I still would usually naturally wake up at around 9 or 10 AM. I usually know if I have gotten enough sleep if I naturally wake up without an alarm clock or screaming parents. I don't know why schools think the student should be focused in class when they are half-asleep in class due to school starting so early. Albeit that some students are an early bird and can wake up early but I personally think normal people need school to start a bit later. Despite how uni is really liberal, I hate how uni administration can be really conservative or really slow with their policies and way of doing things. I am pretty sure that pushing start time for school to be later been talked about for multiple years and I have yet been able to wake up at 9 and get to school on time. There was an em...
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How I got addicted to League of Legends and how it went

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Even though I played all kinds of the game when I was little, the primary game that I usually played was first-person shooter games. I never really ventured to other games besides either first-person shooter or 3rd person shooter (shoulder view/first-person, i.e Fortnite). When I first saw my brother played a MOBA game called League of Legends, I didn't really dislike it at first but I gradually dislike it because it caused my brother does not do anything else but play League of Legends. I kind of blamed the game for his annoying personality. However, when the gamer group in my class at uni started to play League of Legends, a few of them also invited me to play. I created my account under the username of "PepsiOfTime" because I was drinking Pepsi and watching Doctor Who I think. At first, I completely disliked how the game felt. It wasn't my dynamic. The pace of the game was a lot slower than average FPS games that revolve around quick and fast action. I quit M...
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Woman in The Song of Solomon

The Song of Solomon lets us catch a glimpse of how women are often treated or viewed during the 1900s. I want to emphasize two different perspectives made upon women during this time. One of them is the perspective of Pilate. The woman movement in the 1900s started to gain traction and I think that Pilate stands as the figure of woman empowerment. Pilate is loving and caring which is a stereotypical feminine trait. However, this trait wasn't something that is weak for Pilate. Milkman saw her as someone who is powerful or mighty. She always seems rugged by the way she lived but Milkman still had respect for her. Additionally, through this loving and care trait, she gained an abnormal amount of bravery to stand up for Reba against a guy who obviously could overpower her. The other side of this is the stereotypical women during the 1900s. Although the woman movement gained traction during this time, Women still didn't have a lot of political right or rights in general. They w...
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