Author Archives: Annie Tao

Purchasing textbooks should not cause one to feel bitter or indignant. One should not have to rhetorically ask, “That’s the USED price?” And after the transaction, one should not be forced to eat cereal for breakfast, lunch and dinner for the next few weeks. If you are suffering from any of the above symptoms, then […]

Let me tell you a secret I have never told anyone. When I was in the first grade, I peed in my pants. In school. During class. On my chair and then onto the floor, where the urine formed a telltale dark spot on the carpet. Thereafter, I went the way of Hester Prynne, except […]

Former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once said, “A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.” Now, if you were to choose some great […]

What does road rage have to do with Hurricane Katrina? My father’s experience with it provides the answer. But first, you’ll have to meet my good ol’ dad. He’s a mild-mannered civil engineer. He isn’t of the thrill-seeking, risk-taking ilk. And there’s nothing wrong with that. It must have been only 5 a.m. in my […]