by johnhongclarinet | Mar 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
I received a lot of nice feedback from my previous post, and received a lot of names superior to my previous iteration of “30/5/20” to name this series. I really liked the suggestion of Taste/Bite/Eat[ref]Thanks, Vinita![/ref] because It’s...
by johnhongclarinet | Mar 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Hi! I’m currently on vacation, so no new long-form posts for the next two weeks. After the insane Steph Curry NBA game on Saturday, I had some great thoughts lined up about sports, but my limited focus has hampered me from giving it justice.[ref]Turns out...
by johnhongclarinet | Feb 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
I MAKE IT A POINT to surround myself in the highest-stakes environment I possibly can. I realized early on in grade school that my self-motivation wasn’t there, for whatever reason, unless the environment around me pushed me forward. (It would be a while before...
by johnhongclarinet | Feb 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
HI, READERS! A lot of you I know. But I think I know even less of you, which was not necessarily the case before last Monday. I wrote a piece last Monday on Gustavo Dudamel and his disappointing role in the Super Bowl halftime show that I quietly shared on my personal...
by johnhongclarinet | Feb 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
ON THE SURFACE, IT’S A FEEL-GOOD STORY: Dudamel’s project, the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA), performed alongside pop giants Coldplay, Bruno Mars, and Beyoncé at Super Bowl 50’s halftime show. When the story broke a couple weeks before the big...
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