Move-In Day: Dorm Room Makeover

One of the most popular topics regarding colleges is dorm life - most students are particularly excited about decorating their dorm rooms. It's a fun process, turning an otherwise extremely bland room into a cozy place that you can call home. In addition, after living in a dorm for a year, I realized one thing. …

What to Include in your CV and Resume

You’ve just graduated high school, and you’re getting ready for college. Or maybe, you’re already in college and you’ve already heard the word “resume” and “CV” being thrown around. You vaguely know that they are the documents that you prepare when you’re applying for jobs… later on in the future. No need to worry about …

5 Tips for Incoming College Freshmen

Since the new semester/quarter is about to start (or maybe for some of you, it has started already), I thought it was appropriate to write a post like this. Plus, this allows me to reflect on  my experiences last year even more. I tried to avoid some of the things that you've probably read in …

6 Things I Learned in my Freshman Year

The past year had been quite an intense year for me. I had to adapt from living in a small island in Indonesia, my beloved Bali, to be living in the city of Los Angeles. Los Angeles, with its skyscrapers and celebrity sightings, its Silicon Beach and its proximity to the Silicon Valley, and its …