Insights into Learning Language from a Mediocre Polyglot

Insights into Learning Language from a Mediocre Polyglot

My language learning history: TLDR: Age 0 Cantonese + English, Age 2 French, Age 12 Mandarin, Age 21 Spanish, Age 22 Italian My first language is Cantonese. This is the language I was most comfortable with up until the time I was about 6 or 

The Afghan Dreamers are the inspiration in FIRST

The Afghan Dreamers are the inspiration in FIRST

FIRST: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology I have almost spent more years of my life involved in the FIRST Robotics program than not. I don’t do it for the robots. I do it for the people. In FIRST you’ll hear the most 

The Two Best Friends Anyone Could Have

The Two Best Friends Anyone Could Have

Every day I am grateful for my two best friends. I don’t know what I would do or where I would be without them. Without judgement and possessing the willingness to try and understand, they are my most reliable and biggest supporters in my overcoming 

Saturday Night Thoughts On Harry Styles

Saturday Night Thoughts On Harry Styles

I would like to write this today because my friends and I have had a Harry Styles night. Of course this is all because we went to see Dunkirk the other night. Excellent, excellent film. I’ve spent most of my day looking into how they 

A tidbit on family

A tidbit on family

You don’t get to choose your family, so if you have a good one, you’ve basically won the lottery in life. I’m so grateful that I’ve had three doting grandparents throughout my childhood. My last grandparent, my grandpa, passed recently and it made me think