What Parasite’s Oscar Wins Mean For Film
After sweeping the Oscars by winning four of the six awards it was nominated for, Parasite has seen significant growth in box office...
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uwocsa
- Dec 25, 2019
- 2 min
A First Year’s Experience on CSA (so far)
Home is a feeling, not a place. Yet, home only feels like home because of people; our friends and family who shower us with support, care...
uwocsa
- Dec 4, 2019
- 2 min
The Story of Clichés
cli·ché noun a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought. If clichés were people, their lives would...
uwocsa
- Mar 31, 2019
- 6 min
A Letter To Myself
From: 2019 To: all the years that have gone by I remember on May, 11, 2010, just five hours into the flight to North America, I had tried...
uwocsa
- Mar 18, 2019
- 3 min
A Thank You Letter to My Grandparents
Hey grandpa, grandma. Here are the words I wish I could say more eloquently in Cantonese. I only know how to do this in English, but I...
uwocsa
- Dec 16, 2018
- 3 min
What I’m Grateful For
I’m drinking two cups of coffee, staying up at 3 in the morning doing homework, and a flood of negative thoughts continuously cloud my...
uwocsa
- Mar 28, 2018
- 2 min
I used to hate being Chinese.
I was born as a first generation Canadian in Toronto, Ontario, to a family of recent immigrants from Hong Kong. Growing up in Markham,...
uwocsa
- Nov 29, 2017
- 2 min
What It’s Like Being a Visible Minority
This is part of a blog series that started on my personal blog. Welcome to Discovering My Culture: Part 1 (Check out Discovering My...
uwocsa
- Nov 15, 2017
- 3 min
I Lost Interest in My University Major
Of all the questions university students get asked, “what program are you in?” is by far my least favourite. But it wasn’t always like...
uwocsa
- Nov 25, 2016
- 3 min
My Life as a First Generation Canadian
When my parents came to Canada, they had nothing. Both of my parents grew up in small villages in China, leaving everything and everyone...