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- February 2, 2011
Aliens and Predators
Note: This piece was originally published in the CERN Student Club’s “Creative Voices” in 2009. The website is now under major revamp, so I am republishing it here. When she was ten Janine was asked to write a story based on four pictures in her mandarin writing class. The first picture showed several workers working […]
- February 1, 2011
The Marie Curie Actions Fellowship Program: A Personal Account
Note: This piece was originally published in the CERN Student Club’s “Creative Voices” in 2010. The website is now under major revamp, so I am republishing it here. It was a hot and humid day in the peak of summer July 2008, I was in a room somewhere inside CERN, too early in the morning, […]
- October 6, 2010
Describe Yourself
“I am a bundle of contradictions wrapped in a tiny frame, with a heart too small to accommodate all my wildest dreams and an appetite too big for my tiny frame. I’m a proud tree hugger, a hopeful realist, a silent rebel and an aspiring writer-editor. My best friend says I am too fast, too […]
- October 6, 2010
We Are All Going to Die
We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Sahara. […]
- June 30, 2010
The F Word
Faith – not wanting to know what is true. Friedrich Nietzsche When I think about it carefully, my elation on this tumultuous joyride is, by all standards and diagnosis, unfounded. Holding on stubbornly to the notion that doing it wrong is better than doing nothing? Oh yes. That’s it. For all I know, I might […]
- April 25, 2010
Spring
There are cloudy and confusing days, and then there are days like today. The weather is glittery and warm. On days like this I feel like I own the world. Being alone is a luxury that I could seldom afford nowadays. Claustrophobic antsiness led me to the lake, into an open space and open sky […]
- April 14, 2010
Time Travel
If I walk the thin line between reality and surreality, I would find myself transported into the default settings of an ancient valley. I would be fighting dinosaurs and drinking blood from a crudely crafted container. I would be ruthlessly defiant of my desires and needs. I would be the recurring nightmare of my nemesis […]
- April 5, 2010
Pointless
Let’s talk about everything and nothing. For the past few weeks I was troubled by a very strange thought. Strange, not because it was outer-spacely nor bizarrely exciting as I am inclined to be attracted to. But because it was very uncharacteristic of me. I realized that I might very well be living the best […]
- April 4, 2010
Chapter Three
It’s too easy to be condescending when you’re perpetually stuck in your safety zone. From the flimsy pedestal that you’ve placed yourself upon, it is not sympathy, but merely a badly hooded superiority that you are feeling. Do not judge my choice, for you are not qualified to decide my purpose. Do not take my […]
- March 22, 2010
We Are All Stardust
Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics. You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded. Because the elements, the […]
- March 7, 2010
New Wave
It was a strange feeling. When I looked into the crowd and was swept over by an immense need to cry. I stood frozen in time, frozen in my sudden urge to reach inside myself and yank my heart out. The thundering beats, the florid lights, the melodic swaying, the sweat and the smell. If […]