I am from Shanghai, China. I led a placid life of undeserved comforts interlaced with pockets of self-inflicted bouts of anxiety and gloom. My inner world thrived – as it still does now, teeming with creations that I transcribed to ink on forgotten pages of pixels on silent screens. It’s certainly not the most interesting life to lead, especially when compared to the cacophony of experiences others seemingly go through on a daily basis.
As may be extrapolated from the text above, I have a borderline unhealthy obsession with writing. I am not entirely refined in my craft just yet. My diction requires some extreme thinning to have my writing read like that of an actual person as opposed to the incoherent ramblings of a psychopath, and I have yet to contribute anything truly substantial to the field of language arts. I’ve also recently picked up programming and basic 3D modeling; I enjoy music and long discussions of topics I am familiar with.
I would be attending a school in Shanghai if I were not at Northwood. I am never able to see where the future leads. Most predictions of mine tend to age poorly, as I would have never expected to find myself in Northwood a few months ago. After seeking out a few potential schools for my younger brother, I had the idea of finding a school in America to continue my education instead. This throwaway thought snowballed into a last-minute search for potential candidates for schools I could join until eventually, I found Northwood as one of the options. It was chosen after a week or so of painful deliberation between a few schools that had also accepted me.
Looking to the future, as I have mentioned beforehand, I am terrible at predicting my own. If I had to concoct a plan on the spot on what I would like to accomplish, it would be to get into shape a little bit more, expand my vocabulary and range of writing styles, and be a better student. Generic, but then again, I know better than to remain reckless underneath the grimace of fate.
As shared with Hamish Riddell ’26. Photo by Mr. Michael Aldridge.
