by Grom | Mar 27, 2021 | musings
Bees in the Basement? How (not) to keep bees in college. I confess. I know I shouldn’t have done it, and yet I did it. People have been telling me not to. They said: “Do you think the bees will resist the conditions?” or “It’s too big of an investment” or “You don’t...
by Grom | Dec 29, 2019 | musings
Back in high school, my dad used to cook for me a simple dish called “hrisca”. There was nothing to it, it only required a few steps. It was almost robotic. But he always did it perfectly. I could never get enough of it. There were weeks when I was asking...
by Grom | Sep 19, 2019 | musings
Introduction: Summer 2019 went by fast. Faster than the gaotie at full speed. That’s a little too fast. I’m hitting the brakes for a few moments to reflect on the journey that I had this Summer. Namely, traveling to China for the first time. This wasn’t a spontaneous...
by Grom | Jan 27, 2018 | musings
I’m not exaggerating. Ok, maybe a little bit. But seriously, the Pleco dictionary app has made my time learning Chinese way easier. That’s because it is: Comprehensive It literally has any word that you can think of. Even the more obscure slang/swear words. It’s as if...
by Grom | Jan 24, 2018 | musings
Here’s a snippet of my college Chinese class description: “This course is designed for truly interested and dedicated students only. You need patience, resilience, and discipline…”. Of all those traits, I only had one – being truly interested. Kind of… You...
by Grom | Jan 9, 2018 | musings
I’ve said this to only one person up until now: “Not even in my senior year of high school would have crossed my mind that I’d be learning Chinese.” Fast-forward to today, I’m a freshman in college, heading into the second semester of...
