Angelita Chew

Hello! I wasn’t totally sure what topic to cover so I figured I’d talk about something that’s been swirling around in my mind the past few days. Are you an emoji/emoticon user? When I say emoji/emoticon I mean things like 🫠😱🥰, or :p <3, or evenヾ(*'▽'*) and  (」°ロ°)」. I am an avid user of all of the above when I text. However, despite my constant usage of them, I never considered the variety of interpretations an emoji could have. Whenever I text someone, my brain naturally inserts different expressions that I think fit whatever I'm writing. After sending a message with emojis or emoticons, I rarely stop to think about why I sent that particular emoji or how the other person/people seeing the message might interpret it. I honestly assumed that everyone had a generally similar perception of the quadrillion emojis on our keyboards nowadays. It was recently brought to my attention that this is not always the case. In fact, I found out that even my friends and I have had en...

  The other American Like Me stories that I read after the 1st post have continued to resonate with me and my experience as an Asian American. Joy Cho for instance listed a variety of very relatable comments and stories to what I have experienced with my family. I really appreciated hearing the perspective of another Asian American woman who had a similar experience to my family in that her parents came to the United States to study at an American university and stayed for a better life. It was similarly interesting to hear her stories about having more “American” meals. I especially related to her comment about eating duck that her family had bought hanging in some window because I know it can be a controversial dish for some Americans who have not seen or eaten duck before. Another part of her story that resonated with me was her comment about we’re going to justify her grades and the fact that a minus is still good. In many Asian households including my own, any grade aside fro...

  "Smooth like butter, pull you in like no other" A crash course on all things K-pop If you understood the reference in the title, you are one of many global music consumers who have been exposed to the “Korean wave,” or Hallyu, which refers to the explosive growth of Korean pop culture ranging from music, dramas, games, and food in recent years. Maybe you were even one of the 3.9 million concurrent viewers on BTS’s “Butter” video premiere on YouTube, which broke the Guinness world record for the most viewers in May of 2021 (Suggitt). If you didn’t recognize the reference, no worries. That just means this K-pop crash course is for you. But who am I to lecture you on this topic? After all, I only started listening to K-pop a year ago and this is only my 3rd K-pop research essay this school year. While my passion for my music has led me to spend more time than I would like to admit learning about K-pop instead of doing my other work, it has given me the opportunity to share som...

  Smooth like butter, pull you in like no other Your crash course on all things K-pop/K-pop 101 guide If you understood the reference in the title, you are likely one of many global music consumers who have been exposed to the “Korean wave,” also known as Hallyu. Maybe you were even one of the 3.9 million concurrent viewers on BTS’s “Butter” video premiere on YouTube, which broke the Guinness world record for the most viewers in May of 2021 (Suggitt). If you didn’t recognize the reference, no worries. That just means this is the perfect crash course on K-pop for you. But who am I to lecture you on this topic? After all, I only started really listening to K-pop a year ago and this is only my 3rd K-pop research essay since coming to USC in the Fall (I love open ended prompts). While my passion for my music has led me to spend more time than I would like to admit learning about K-pop instead of doing my other work, it has given me the opportunity to share some of that knowledge with ...

  Smooth like butter, pull you in like no other Your crash course on all things K-pop/K-pop 101 guide If you understood the reference in the title, you are likely one of many global music consumers who have been exposed to the “Korean wave,” also known as Hallyu. Maybe you were even one of the 3.9 million concurrent viewers on BTS’s “Butter” video premiere on YouTube, which broke the Guinness world record for the most viewers in May of 2021 (Suggitt). If you didn’t recognize the reference, no worries. That just means this is the perfect crash course on K-pop for you. But who am I to lecture you on this topic? After all, I only started really listening to K-pop a year ago and this is only my 3rd K-pop research essay since coming to USC in the Fall (I love open ended prompts). While my passion for my music has led me to spend more time than I would like to admit learning about K-pop instead of doing my other work, it has given me the opportunity to share some of that knowledge with ...