About me:
If you ever happen to find yourself walking down the hallway of the second floor towards the sixies on a Tuesday afternoon, from 2:30pm to 4:00pm, you may see me sitting in front of a collected group of passionate students, leading a meeting about our upcoming show called “Asian Night.” I am the Co-President of three clubs here at Boston Latin School, my most active one being A.S.I.A., or Asian Students in Action. I pay a lot of attention and effort to these clubs because I treat them like my very own beloved possessions. A large fraction of why I adore my clubs so much is due to the amazingly dedicated student body that I work with, and the events and activities that we meticulously create, and see other participants happily enjoy. Right away, you can tell that a majority of my life is spent thinking about my clubs and how I can always improve and stabilize them. Like how basketball or piano can become a big part of your life, I believe that this school has given me the opportunity and privilege to explore these extracurriculars and view them as part of the definition of my identity. Coalescing with this attribute, my musical interest as a violist also exhibits my character and passions in life. If in my free time I am not doing any of the listed above activities, you will most likely find me going out for food and beverages with my friends and family. Not only do I value my academics, I feel that my social interactions and connections are essential to a meaningful life, and that is why I genuinely try to maintain lasting quality friendships over numerous, temporary ones. All in all, I would describe myself to be a dedicated member of the community and an outgoing friend of sorts.
Aside from my many commitments on a daily basis, I also have this long term aspiration I am aiming to achieve in the near future, and that is opening up my very own drink shop with my sister! Inspired by Classical themes and architecture, I hope to be able to start a coffee shop somewhere in Boston, relating to the prominent gods and goddesses of Greek and Roman mythology. However, this is only one task in the so-called “Five Year Plan” that I developed with my sister. By 2020, I would like to accomplish the many goals I have set in motion beginning in 2015. In the next five years, I would like to not only own a drink shop, but also to purchase a new home to house the family members from Vietnam I am wishing to immigrate to Boston. I understand that these dreams of mine require much preparation and many steps before being accomplished; however, I tend to believe that “whatever I can imagine, I can conceive” and that has held true for almost everything, whether or not it was a direct correlation. So, in a sense, you can either perceive me as an extremely motivated and passionate person with high expectations in terms of achieving goals, or a complete nutjob with no sense of his own limits. You might wonder why I feel as if all these duties fall upon my sister’s shoulders and mine, and that is perfectly sensible to ask. But I think the only true answer to that question is repayment. Still fresh in my mind, my maternal grandmother passed away in April 2015, just several months back. Not to dwell too much into this subject, but I can say that what I took from this incident was to value every minute of my life and make sure every second is worth it. And so, my sister and I decided to define worth in relative terms to what our beloved grandmother would have wanted us to do, not in place of her, but alongside her. Truly a blessing in disguise, her death became a catalyst for me, helping me cross through the threshold and enter into a new perspective of maturity. Now, we all have dreams to validate and wishes to bring to life, and they all add up to who I am today: a systematic, organized boy with a mind filled up entirely of creative ideas and dreams to be accomplished.
And now, I will end with a quotation I find very fascinating:
"I've always found that the most beautiful people, truly beautiful inside and out,
are the ones who are quietly unaware of their effect."
- Obsidian (Jennifer L. Armentrout)
Aside from my many commitments on a daily basis, I also have this long term aspiration I am aiming to achieve in the near future, and that is opening up my very own drink shop with my sister! Inspired by Classical themes and architecture, I hope to be able to start a coffee shop somewhere in Boston, relating to the prominent gods and goddesses of Greek and Roman mythology. However, this is only one task in the so-called “Five Year Plan” that I developed with my sister. By 2020, I would like to accomplish the many goals I have set in motion beginning in 2015. In the next five years, I would like to not only own a drink shop, but also to purchase a new home to house the family members from Vietnam I am wishing to immigrate to Boston. I understand that these dreams of mine require much preparation and many steps before being accomplished; however, I tend to believe that “whatever I can imagine, I can conceive” and that has held true for almost everything, whether or not it was a direct correlation. So, in a sense, you can either perceive me as an extremely motivated and passionate person with high expectations in terms of achieving goals, or a complete nutjob with no sense of his own limits. You might wonder why I feel as if all these duties fall upon my sister’s shoulders and mine, and that is perfectly sensible to ask. But I think the only true answer to that question is repayment. Still fresh in my mind, my maternal grandmother passed away in April 2015, just several months back. Not to dwell too much into this subject, but I can say that what I took from this incident was to value every minute of my life and make sure every second is worth it. And so, my sister and I decided to define worth in relative terms to what our beloved grandmother would have wanted us to do, not in place of her, but alongside her. Truly a blessing in disguise, her death became a catalyst for me, helping me cross through the threshold and enter into a new perspective of maturity. Now, we all have dreams to validate and wishes to bring to life, and they all add up to who I am today: a systematic, organized boy with a mind filled up entirely of creative ideas and dreams to be accomplished.
And now, I will end with a quotation I find very fascinating:
"I've always found that the most beautiful people, truly beautiful inside and out,
are the ones who are quietly unaware of their effect."
- Obsidian (Jennifer L. Armentrout)
Nhan Truong