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Everything Everywhere All Together

I recently watched Everything Everywhere All At Once — a crazy, chaotic, beautiful mess — and walked out of the theater feeling both overwhelmed and strangely at peace. This movie is unlike anything I’ve seen before. To put it into words would be like trying to explain colors to someone…

Everything Everywhere

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Everything Everywhere All Together
Everything Everywhere All Together
Everything Everywhere

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Jan 1

2022 Year in Review

It’s officially my fifth ‘Year in Review’ on Medium! I started this silly tradition back in 2018 when I was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, eager to record every milestone, achievement, and major event that happened. For some reason, looking back at what I did in the span of 365 days —…

2022

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2022 Year in Review
2022 Year in Review
2022

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Dec 28, 2022

Rainbows

I know they say people are like seasons And there are reasons You have to let them go Like leaves that change colors Or creatures that shed skin Caterpillars will turn into butterflies And sometimes we just… outgrow But I’ve been thinking about the forces that determine who stays and…

Reflections

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Reflections

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Sep 23, 2022

A Lesson in Charisma from My Sweatiest Self

The first time I took Soul Cycle I cried. The last EDM song was crescendoing to its climax — the tempo edging faster and faster, the beat growing louder and louder. My two feet were pumping so hard I could barely catch my breath. Just when I thought my legs…

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Feb 7, 2022

On Yoga

I didn’t know what I was missing Until I started breathing Not air but gentle lightness The kind that’s soft and freeing Inhale, through the nose Exhale, release These cues that were once just words to me Have become my body’s rules Mind body connection Means more when you breathe into it I can’t explain this magic in words The flow is my conduit A channel that links my ego with my spirit My pain next to my pride Insecurities stretched so thin against my strengths Where would I even hide?

Yoga

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On Yoga
On Yoga
Yoga

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Dec 27, 2021

2021 Year in Review

When I wrote my annual review last year, I thought 2020 easily took the cake for “the craziest, most unpredictable year.” Looking back at 2021, I think we experienced our fair share of wild, unprecedented events that will go down in history. We started out with Capitol riots, the Delta…

2021

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2021 Year in Review
2021 Year in Review
2021

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Oct 27, 2021

Turtle Love

In Chinese, a sea turtle is called “hai gui” — 海龟 But “hai gui” is also slang for immigrants who leave their homeland Crossing oceans in pursuit of a better future Seeking education in a place they can’t understand Many return to China after graduate school Clutching their master’s and doctorate…

Family

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Turtle Love
Turtle Love
Family

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Sep 28, 2021

Cancel Culture Made Me Cancel Myself

It’s been half a year since I shared a Medium post, the longest stretch I’ve taken without writing something. In truth, I’ve tried many times to write again, approaching various topics from recent life events and personal matters to pandemic-related things like WFH fatigue, my growing TikTok obsession, and venturing…

Self Reflection

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Self Reflection

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Mar 26, 2021

When will it end?

Day after day, story after story, I learn about another Anti-Asian hate crime. Another restaurant vandalized, pedestrian mugged, elderly person kicked, punched, slashed, or pushed to the ground. …

Asian American

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Asian American

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Mar 24, 2021

Just a Draft

Linger for a little while with me In this space between Sick and sentimental Coughing up old habits Like searching for daylight in darkness And stars in a city night Is it toxic tenderness Or wistful nostalgia That keeps these crossed out names In the corners of an untold story Last chapter’s pages Turned Tainted Twisted Crumpled in my hands

Poetry

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Poetry

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Alina Tang

Alina Tang

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28. // Finding my voice through indie films, inspiring souls, and my innermost ramblings.

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