5…4…3…2…1…BLASTOFF!
My mind races as I think of my entire life ahead of me.The whole world as I knew it was evolving, but something fundamental was always going to be the same. Just as no one heeded the warnings about communist expansion, no one heeded the warnings of global warming. Due to our own race’s selfishness, climate change had completely taken over our Planet Earth. Continue reading
In She I Love
She comes home, muscles aching, and all she wants is to sink into a mountain of blankets. Before she can relax though, she must tend to her daily chores. I try to read my mother’s face, it is nearly impossible to determine what new troubles she has encountered today. Continue reading
“First of all, Susan, thank you so much for your help.”
The voice from the receiving end of Walkman tape is accented, soft and timid. I clutch my headphones connecting to the clunky machine, my heart thumping in my disbelieving ears. I’d been rummaging through the dusty confines of my garage for an empty tape to record my Spanish oral essay, but I never expected to find something like this. Continue reading
Elia Chen
It’s 2004.
A girl hunches over her desk, scribbling over a piece of paper. She dashes back home, almost skipping giddily, her heart light. After a rapid series of knocks, she holds up her drawing.
“Mommy, daddy, look at this drawing. This is what I want to be!” she says. “A firefighter.”
Silence.
No one moves. Continue reading
Lily Zhou, 8th grade
“One morning, the night…night-ing…”
“Night-in-gale.”
“Night…in…gale.”
“Read it again.”
“One morning, the night-in-gale met the inchworm….Do I go on?” Continue reading
今年6月是一年一度的父亲节。硅谷回音为了更好地增强亲子互动，弘扬中华文化，赞美我们的父亲，感念养育之恩，与新城中文电台AM1450合作，一起主办了一次极其有意义的活动：父亲节征文有奖比赛活动。 Continue reading
Words I Never Said
You know, my dad has never been good at verbally expressing his emotions, or more accurately, his love. To be even more precise, his love for me. However, no matter how much I deny it when I’m angry, I know it’s always there. Continue reading
