I don’t often identify myself as a person of Chinese descent, because there’s such a complicated history between mainland China and Taiwan. To be completely honest, I spend very little of my time thinking about being an “Asian American” because of how little that identity actually influences me, yet I feel that having spent my formative yearsContinueContinue reading ““Leftover Women” of China”
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Director’s Reel
An old reel from the end of 2014 Director’s Reel from Samantha Yu on Vimeo.
Photos of me on sets
Photos taken by me
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”
Prove Me Wrong
My deepest and most painful wounds have all been a result of church ministries. For a better part of my life I have felt the emotional and mental torture and anger brought about by ministries and towards ministries. And honestly most of the time even towards God. About his sadistic ways of calling us to doContinueContinue reading “Prove Me Wrong”
Where I Belong
If you asked me 5 years ago, I would say that I have always thought that I was going to stick it through in NYC for the rest of my life. Sometimes I really don’t know anymore. Having lived away from the city for a while, I have come to see how vile and poisonousContinueContinue reading “Where I Belong”
Hope is Alive
Sometimes I am asked why and how I’m so positive all the time. Between the amount of pep talks I give myself and how I handle losses and failures, I always think about and prepare for the worse, but I leave no room to take “no” for an answer. Part of me is amused byContinueContinue reading “Hope is Alive”
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