The “Asians in the Library” panel at UCLA Law, followed by a Third Culture Kid Perspective

Part I: Background

“Too soon” does not begin to describe the following video that was posted shortly after the tsunami that hit Japan on 11 March 2011, which was posted by UCLA undergraduate student Alexandra Wallace on Youtube, shortly before being pulled on Sunday night, but not before mirrors of the video were posted and numerous reactions erupted.

Mid-April review, Part 5/5: “Khmericans?”

Here we are with yet another event from UCLA’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies, this time with their colloquium, “Are We Khmericans?” based on a study of the largest community of Cambodians in the United States, Long Beach, California.

Mid-April review, Part 4/5: Legacies of Violence in Southeast Asia Conference at UCLA

On April 15 and 16, UCLA’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) held Legacies of Violence, a special conference on human rights issues in Southeast Asia. Being one of my key interests, I went there to listen to the discussions that had an emphasis on Indonesia, Papua, Aceh, and Timor-Leste.

Mid-April review, Part 3/5: Indonesian Culture Night and Worldfest

Indonesian Culture Night and Worldfest on April 10th and 13th respectively were one of the reasons I love living near my old alma matter at UCLA, as well as makes me wonder why I didn’t do this as much when I was an undergraduate.

Mid-April review, Part 2/5: New Admit Day at UCSD

One year ago I was hung up on getting into graduate school, and it seemed too far and impossible to achieve with my GRE scores and the chaos that was hanging above me as my life was falling apart. Whether I was on the east coast or in Manila, San Diego just felt like it was always far away and impossible to reach. Even when I was physically there on campus at UCSD, it was not farther from me, but further, the metaphysical, metaphorical distance that separates people, because I just felt it was impossible to be there.