My roommate and I started off the conversation talking about how being an older or younger child can affect your personality, and then we further examine our classmates in the program to reinforce our theory and arguments. In the end, I found it very interesting how everyone's interactions to each other evolve through out the year. We gradually adjusted our behavior and reactions to accommodate others'. As my roommate put it, we are almost at the final stage of growing, which is the stage one has to determine what kind of person he/she wants to be and start to develop towards that personality until the age of 27-ish. And that is why this is an interesting year because this is the stage where everyone has a pretty solid and established value, but the same time still flexible enough to adapt new ideas. There were a lot of conflicts at the beginning of the year, but now everyone has sorted it out and become a part of the community. Everyone has certain behavior and certain role in the community and we are all affecting each other's values. Cheers to friendship!

April is filled with birthday celebrations and final studio project! 1. Getting more people to try bubble tea! 2. Marielle's Bday sushi crawl (Photo credit: Cecilia Garcia) 3. Catalonian Sant Jordi 4. Stephanie's Bday surprise (Photo credit: Cecilia Garcia) 5. Gio filling up the purple ballons 6. Spring BBQ session 


Shoutout to my friend Linjia's blogs! She has technically two blogs, one for cooking (!) and one for traveling! Feel free to check them out! ​http://linjiachang.tumblr.com/post/143257266709/data-shows-that-most-of-the-foodporn-tags-used-in

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They Didn't Need To Be
By Daniel Padilla
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To AW.
 
“Take my hand,” she said.
​He took it. As she felt his hand clasp hers, she started walking.
She walked him through everything.
She walked him through all the things.
She walked him through all the time.
She walked him through the pretty and the ugly.
She walked him through the sweet and the salty.
Through the sour and the bitter.
​She walked him through the happiness.
The smiles. The warmth.
Through the sun and the light.
Through life.
She walked him through the sadness. The frowns. The cold.
Through the dark and the somber. Through emptiness.
He walked with her. Beside her for most of the time. Sometimes, behind her.
But never letting go of her hand. He looked at everything. He inhaled as he took it all in, then exhaled.
He felt better.
​He was reminded that he was not the only one who had ever felt as low as he currently felt. 
“Thank you,” he said.
“Thank you for existing. Not only in the universe, but in my life.” 
They were not happy, but they didn’t need to be.
​They felt how they needed to feel.
​They knew they were not alone.

Big shoutout to Daniel, Steve, and Astha ! My bro Steve just opened up his own blog, which he includes his works and photos and most importantly, some of his thoughts!! 
​http://stevesheng.weebly.com/
​My friend Astha also updated her blog so go get that positive energy now!
​https://positivelyours.wordpress.com/author/asaxena6/