Be You!
WHO AM I?
Hi, my name is Emily Tsai, and I am from Alhambra, California. My family and I moved to the United States in 2005. Therefore, for the first half of my life, I grew up in Taiwan. Fast forward years later, I am currently a senior at USC. I am an accounting major and will be starting my career in the Assurance practice at PwC. I am interested in the entertainment industry as well as forensic accounting. I had a slight exposure to both of my passion and interest through my past internship experiences. Therefore, I plan to chase after my curiosity by starting my career at the TMT team at my firm to explore the entertainment industry. I tend to be bold in reaching my goals and taking risks at opportunities. I think this aspect of my personality best mirrors my mom. My ability to stay calm and laid-back is similar to my dad. I think I am unlike both of my parents in the way I make decisions. I tend to be spontaneous and going after my gut. Due to this, I sometimes give my parents a hard time just because my decision-making style differs from them. However, I tend to set my own expectation rather than operating under everyone else. I have very high expectations for myself in terms of my career and aspirations. As a 1.5 generation immigrant, I have witnessed the hardship my parents have been through to give my brother and me a better life. As a result, I want to do my best to reciprocate the sacrifices they did for me.
I don't particularly have one specific role model. However, I think a lot of my friends and peers around me fulfill that role. My best friend Ailsa is an example of that. Ailsa had a similar background as me, and she is one of the hardest working people I know. At the age of 24, she is a successful consultant that received an early promotion while maintaining a humbling attitude regardless of her amazing accomplishments. My friend Jonathan, who works a full-time job and attended USC full-time, rarely complains about his responsibility but responded, " you got to do what you gotta do. "It's people like them who I admire the most. They have a great understanding of the value of hard work while remaining positive, humble, and ambitious in life.
I believe I have a deep connection with the spirit animal of wolves. Wolves tend to be family-oriented and they are loyal to the pack. I truly respect the value and bonds they uphold as animals. Not to mention they also live in the snow, similar to myself, I enjoyed the cold a lot more than hot. I believed I connected with the Jasmine tree as my nature kingdom. It reminded me of my childhood in Taiwan. Base on my birth certificate, my sun sign is Capricorn. My rising sign is Sagittarius, and my moon sign is Aquarius.
Hi Emily. I think it is so amazing how many interests you have and how you are not closed off to anything. Most people see one path and stick to that because it is more predictable, but it is so much more daunting to being open and encourage change. I loved hearing about how you are still connected to your childhood in Taiwan from the Jasmine tree.
ReplyDeleteI like the font you used, and your title for the blog and this post. Your writing is both readable and relatable. I love that you described yourself as 1.5 generation -- I think that means that one of your parents was born in the U.S. I describe myself as second generation, but because one of my grandparents was actually born in the U.S., now I'll describe myself as 2.25.
ReplyDeleteYour grammar and word choice has a slight flavor of ESL, but I tend to consider that as "writing the way you speak," and don't count it much against you in graded assignments. I WOULD, however, recommend that you use grammar checkers to avoid having anything count against you.
Examples from your writing above include: "...I've first handly witness" (I've witnessed first-hand) and "Wolf tend to be family-oriented" (Wolves tend to be... -- you use "they" in the next sentence, so keep it plural). If you can find a way to get Grammarly to work with your blog, that should help. I can't always get Microsoft Word's grammar checker to work the way I want.