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School life during this pandemic feels very much like a Chutes and Ladders game.

When David Ige issued the stay-at-home order and HBA transitioned to online learning, I suppressed my elation. I finally got to sleep more and spend less time on homework. Despite the boredom and lack of human interaction, self-isolation did not bother me until I learned that my dad needed to file for unemployment insurance.  Like …

No one expected a global pandemic to happen this year. However, we are in this predicament right now. The coronavirus has made its way across the whole world, infecting thousands of people, and hospitals are either overflowing with COVID-19 patients or preparing for an influx of them. Many nurses, doctors, and health care workers are …

A girl stares down at a journal, scrawls a few lines, and turns the page. She looks comfortable, wrapped in an oversized sweater and a pink scarf. Outside, snow drifts, framing a cozy winter village with warm yellow lights all aglow. An orange cat perches on the windowsill, and you can almost hear its contented …

Christmas music evokes images of crackling fireplaces, steaming hot cocoa, and, most predominantly, snow thickly frosting the roof of every house in the neighborhood like white icing piped on fresh gingerbread. In a part of the country where sweater weather is when the mercury drops to the low 80s, one has to wonder if Christmas …

High school students attached to their phones via a pair of earbuds has become almost as ubiquitous a sight as the smartphone itself, which has morphed into a modern version of the Sony Walkman of the 80s. Nowadays, teens are more likely to be listening to music privately, publicly. They stream mumble rap while they …

In my previous blog post, I ranked five different store-bought brownie mixes to see which one was the best for its price. If you have time on your hands and are willing to put more effort into what you put on the plate, you could go the homemade route. Though it takes longer to make …