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128. Who was someone who wanted to be like you when you were younger? (06/21/2023)
William or Andrew
At no point in my life do I think I was ever somebody's role model. However, the closest thing I had was William or Andrew. They did look up to me for advice in certain areas of their life.
Disclaimer: I am 75% sure that this happened because my memory from 3-4 years ago is all over the place.
Let's start with William. It was during 2019 when I met him. I was the current A.S. Representative for my AGS volunteering club. He was a new student to SMC and was eager in getting involved in the club. I would often give him advice such as joining a committee he was passionate about, running for a council position, talking with current board members to have a better expectation of the positions' requirements, and being more social overall in a club. I would tell him to make his icebreakers more unique during club meetings. Instead of saying his favorite food is Korean food, he would say its beef bulgogi in Korean BBQ with his friends at Koreatown. Instead of saying his favorite hobby is exercising, he would say he loves running on the Santa Monica Pier at night. Maybe he wanted to be a council member like me organizing events and presenting at meetings to hundreds of students every week. Sadly, he didn't win the council election nor the appointment. However, he became involved in the Chemistry Club and organized events there.
I met Andrew in my first semester at UC Berkeley in Spring 2022. I met him at Asian American Association (AAA). He was in one of the parties they hosted and he seemed like a really cool dude. In almost every event I went to, he was there as well and we got along pretty well. We were also in the same Stat class because we went to the same tutoring session after class. I helped him out a lot in the lab sections because he had trouble with the R code program. While I was in the international student housing with my friends, we also ate lunch together sometimes. I ended up giving dating advice to him to ask out the cute cashier girl at the cafeteria. He was nervous about talking to the girl because he liked her. I told him something about how in the end, it doesn't matter much. We all have fear, but we have to find something important that we do it despite our fear. Our job as guys is to let the girl know we like them and their job is to give a yes or no. Somehow, whatever I said made him sit next to her and ask for her Instagram. Somehow it worked and he was all smiling when we he came back to us.
I still have a lot to improve on both myself and my teaching skills.
