Humans of phide
Amil Shah
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK - MEANING
When I embarked on my first year at UCSD, I was convinced that becoming a physician was the epitome of everything that I had hoped to achieve in life...
Clifford Liu
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK - A SMALL DIFFERENCE
The amount of suffering that exists in this world is immense and seemingly insurmountable. Living in the U.S., we are often sheltered from the vast inequities...
Ben Tam
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK - PRESENCE
During spring break of 2016, I had the pleasure of serving the community of Vienna, Virginia, a poverty stricken neighborhood with a group of passionate individuals who are motivated ...
Vanvan Nguyen
ACCEPTANCE
I believe that happiness is ever-changing. For a long time, my favorite quote about happiness was always: “happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting what we want, but rather of appreciating what we have.”...
Simson Hon
TRAVEL PLANS
I really don’t want to travel around right now for two reasons. One: I would want to travel once I can sustain myself financially; go to a destination, buy my clothes and other essential needs at that specific place and once I leave donate them...
Helen Cheng
MY WALLET PICTURE
In my family, we don’t give each other sentimental gifts but I wish we did. My most sentimental object is something I found in my parent’s room...
Shannon Zhang
CYPHER
I’ve always been a hard-headed biology student. I love science. I love structure. To me, that’s safe because science is methodological, calculative, and expected. There’s always a hypothesis, experiment, and results...
