My name is Yanfen Wu and I am an intended Digital Marketing major with a minor in Graphic Design. Truthfully, my career path is an unfathomable maze. I find it difficult to stick with a concentration, not because I’m intrigued by many fields, but because I’m reluctant to fail and restart. Currently, I am trying my best to suppress my inner pessimist, and following the ingenuous aphorism of carpe diem.
I was an avid reader when I was in elementary and middle school. I am honored to say that I have reread the whole book series of “The Boxcar Children” a stunning total of approximately fifteen times when I was in third and fourth grade. My older brother had made a face somewhere in between resignation and pure disgust whenever he had seen that I was reading “The Boxcar Children” for the umpteenth time. He had asked me if I were possessed by the devil, to which I insisted with the best possible diction of a grade-schooler that the series was a marvelous, unparalleled work of art that delved the reader into a different dimension.
After my episodic, possibly unhealthy obsession in that specific book series, I began to frequent my local public library. I ventured into the section of ‘manga’ (Japanese comic books) when I was in middle school. I could frankly spend my entire life talking about the beauty of manga, but what captivated me into loving it was its uniqueness and diversity in terms of genre. From my discovery of manga, my interest in actual novels spiraled downward into oblivion. Nearly a whole decade later, I am still helplessly and conceivably infatuated with manga. I’d say it both ruined and saved my life.
Presently, I would love to set aside some time to get into reading novels once again. I have always especially adored fiction novels because of their intriguing plots that embody fictitious, yet highly relatable characters. (I remember that I loved James Patterson as an author.) However, it is hard for me to manage some time to read as I currently part-time in a Library Services Center in Queens before and after classes, as well as on some of my days off. It is also an excruciatingly long commute from my home to Baruch because I reside in southern Brooklyn. I practically live on the train.
Lastly, my most scandalous revelation is that I have never read Harry Potter.
