My Life Story

Hi everyone! Today I'll be writing a bit more on my life story.

I was born on April 23, 2005, in Houston, Texas. I've never lived anywhere else, so it's been many years of bluebonnets for me. 

I took my first steps at around a year old, my first word was "mama," and I frequently switched between speaking English & Chinese. As a kid, I participated in countless activities. From ballet to Chinese school to watercolor and sketch classes to piano and Asian dance, I kept pretty busy, but none of these really stuck. When I was five, my brother, Owen, was born, subjecting me to a constant state of annoyance, but he can be nice sometimes. 

Most of my elementary school days are a blur, but I attended Quail Valley Middle School and still believe it was a few of the best years of my life. I met many of the friends I'm still close to today, began participating in choir, and overall just had a lot of fun as I think those were the years I was most true to myself. 

During middle school, I also began visiting China annually over the summer to participate in summer camp, where we toured various historical sites and learned martial arts and how to fend for ourselves without our parents. As we were pretty young, we learned to do so in odd ways, such as using a hairdryer instead of the laundry machine. 

Undoubtedly, I think high school has also been very fun and formative. I joined debate, which really helped bring me away from my shyness and also introduced me to advocacy, politics, and an amazing group of people. I'll never forget how much fun our freshman year was. 

 

I also became active in student government, remained in choir, started various leadership and advocacy initiatives, ran an advice column, started an internship under a county judge, learned to drive, and more importantly, discovered my love for Taylor Swift and boba. But the most memorable part of high school will always be the social events and going out, whether it's school events or trips with friends. If I had one piece of advice for high school, it would be to keep your live photos on, regardless of the sacrifice to your storage. It's worth it to get to relive pieces of your life (and to get better photo shots). 

 

(just cider in the video, promise).

As for the future, as always, it is uncertain, but after I graduate in May, I'll most likely be attending the University of Texas at Austin and studying both political science and psychology. Accordingly, I'm still between whether I want to become a lawyer or a psychologist, but I'm hoping time will give me clarity. I do hope to get married, and ideally, I'd have two kids (hopefully daughters). I really like the names Madeline and Lila. In the perfect world, I'd be married by my mid-twenties, and since I've always been worried that my parents having kids in their mid-thirties was a little late (honestly, now I'm realizing it definitely was not), I'd want to be done having kids by the time I'm 35-37, but we'll see how that aligns with my education and career. I hope to retire when I still have the energy to travel, but I'll likely do so in my mid-fifties. I feel like I haven't traveled much even within the US (though seeing New York, California, and Las Vegas has been pretty nice) let alone outside of it, so I hope to do so more when I'm older, especially after retirement. I'm visiting Europe this summer, so hopefully that's the start! Lastly, I'm pretty unhealthy with my lifestyle (constant boba/fast food runs, minimal exercise and water, negative sleep), so I wouldn't be surprised if I died early, but I'm hoping to last until my late 80s or at least until the files from the 3 Identical Strangers study gets unsealed. 

See you next week!

KY