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In N’ Out vs. Shake Shack

Now that I have found myself on the west coast, the left coast, it’s only a matter of time until I get my hands on In N’ Out. The immediate question to follow is one that I anticipate eventually always comes up to those that have been on both coasts: Which chain is better? In N’ContinueContinue reading “In N’ Out vs. Shake Shack”

“The Imitation Game” Review

Benedict Cumberbatch has not slowed down in pumping up his resume since last award season, when he was part an ensemble of not just one, or two, but three Academy Award-nominated films (12 Years a Slave, August: Osage County, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug). This award season sees nothing less of his efforts. In MortonContinueContinue reading ““The Imitation Game” Review”

Into the Woods Review

Every now and then we all roll our eyes at the Disney conglomerate that consumes existing stories and “Disney-fy” it. But fairy tales and musicals, that’s Disney’s specialty, at least the classic ones, and Rob Marshall’s new “Into the Woods” is no exception, except that it is. Led by the incomparable Meryl Streep as theContinueContinue reading “Into the Woods Review”

Eye for an Eye

Any given ‘thesis’ project is supposed to be a reflection of the culmination of one’s education and work. 3.5 years ago, I entered into college with an ambition and dream too big to contain, and frankly I’m not even sure I knew how to handle it properly. Then I stumbled and fussed my way throughContinueContinue reading “Eye for an Eye”

Don’t Look Down: Senior Cinema Thesis Screening

For 4 years I have thought about the dawning of this day, the day when I would supposedly have made the most of my experiences in college as the culmination of my academic learning is manifested in the form of my senior cinema thesis film. It is completely ridiculous to think that the next pagesContinueContinue reading “Don’t Look Down: Senior Cinema Thesis Screening”

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When my family moved to Queens in August 2001, the most I’d known about baseball was the fact that my dad had gotten a broken nose from catching a wildpitch at our seminary’s softball game. But very quickly, over the years, my dad would buy my brother and I our first gloves, play catch withContinueContinue reading “2”

OIAF 2014 Recap

About a week ago, I strapped my backpack on, packed my duffle bag (and some food), and hopped on a van with 7 other students and our animation professor and headed north across the border to Ottawa, Canada. I was lucky enough last year to have also gone on the same trip/adventures to the OttawaContinueContinue reading “OIAF 2014 Recap”

Eye for an Eye – Indiegogo Campaign

Please check out the Indiegogo page for my thesis film this semester and consider donating to it. Any amount is welcome! UPDATE 9/25/14 THANK YOU SO MUCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS to everyone who contributed, donated, and shared the page. It really means a lot to us to have your support. We wereContinueContinue reading “Eye for an Eye – Indiegogo Campaign”

Aroma of Christ

“But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.”2 Corinthians 2:14&15 It always amazes me to thinkContinueContinue reading “Aroma of Christ”

By His stripes we are healed

Late Post from Good Friday/Easter reflections Every Good Friday, churches and fellowships across the world gather together in somber remembrance of Jesus’ road to Calvary and crucifixion, often times at these services we come before the foot of His cross, broken by the weight of our own sins and by the weight of His burden.ContinueContinue reading “By His stripes we are healed”