Jeana Lee

From this simple reconnection to Korean culture, I caught a glimpse of what could’ve been if I hadn’t run away.

If only you would stop / Just for a minute, / To try and get a glimpse / Of something beyond yourselves 

It took me 20 years to want my culture back. A culture I had so actively sought to lose since middle school. 

I dream of being exactly where I am. Waking up to gray skies wrapped in light pink sheets. / I’ve replaced the cool coastal wind for pulsing still air, / Quiet boys in gray hoodies for young men in suits.

You say I’m a classic belle. You have no idea how badly I wanted to hear that. An affirmation that I am not the mess I perceive myself to be

Days spent in idleness are the best of times / not a waste of time / I can’t recall the last time I’ve spent a day / in complete idleness

No one, not even the smartest individual, can get anywhere in life without the ability to face challenges and to persevere through them.

Amid UC Berkeley’s eucalyptus grove lies a weary-looking building. Steam billows from its stacks; the sound of churning machinery reverberates across the grove.

Halloween, just like anything else in our society, comes with social pressures. Too often we allow these pressures to define ourselves.