Sketches

This is Raff.

Raff has recently discovered some new interests, including but not limited to handing out flowers to random people on the street, looking at pictures of gerbils, passing out at the gym, memorizing obscure songs, reading once a month, skateboarding, accidentally burning himself on the coffee machine, and swimming in random bodies of water.

This is Sofia.

She is obsessed with the stars. We are not talking about the celebrity sort, but luminaries of the celestial variety.

This is Belinda.

And this is Belinda with her handmade collar. Ms. Shin is a little upset that she didn’t think to go to Belinda when she decided to be RBG (the late US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg) for Halloween last year.

This is Bernard.

There are students who carry around more than one cell phone (so I’ve heard); he carries around more than one computer. He has his ASUS notebook for coursework, and his Samsung Galaxy S6 lite Tablet, complete with stylus, for art.

This is Alex.

If you think you hear Frank Sinatra crooning in our halls, chances are good that it’s Alex and his portable speaker. Music is life, and Alex seems to have a track for everything. “Most moments of my day to day [I] have an album playing,” he tells me, whether he’s making noodles, grocery-shopping, or on a walk. “Scenery is the bonus.”