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August 31, 2026The best shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2026: my tier list

2013

April 30, 2013Ratios and momentum in Messud
April 7, 2013Kampala

2012

December 2, 2012beachcombers in the bulwark
December 2, 2012The best New Yorker articles, ever
December 1, 2012My favorite New York Times articles, ever
January 28, 2012The View From a Hill
January 2, 2012Tasteless

2011

November 7, 2011Week 20 and Week 21: Marginalia and The Novel
November 7, 2011The end of Peter Writes
November 6, 2011Epic Poem #1: The Sex Bear
November 5, 2011Non-profits in the Philippines: Overview of development work
October 25, 2011The curse of having 1,000 unique visitors in one day
October 25, 2011Spring Cleaning at the Lu residence
October 25, 2011Lips too tight
October 25, 2011Aboard the Greyhound Express: Accident and an Audi
October 24, 2011the paisley dirt hole
October 24, 2011Week 19: Bookstore magic and Quora inflation
October 24, 2011Tidbits from Yale
October 23, 2011Sunshine of the spotted mind: Notes on my phone
October 23, 2011How to reverse myopia
October 23, 2011Astounding words, phrases, and sentences
October 22, 2011Yale and its humanities
October 22, 2011The pilgrimage from the dessert desert
October 22, 2011My hometown in Tonggu, China
October 22, 2011My first (and last) colonoscopy running journal
October 22, 2011Anton Chekhov in the Philippines
October 20, 2011Gone: A poem inspired by Anne Carson
October 17, 2011Week 18: Hangin' out with Siri
October 13, 2011Life is Friends, by Jeanne Martinet (Miss Mingle)
October 13, 2011Day 11: First tournament experience: 8th place
October 11, 2011Running Diary: Michael Jordan scores 64 points against young Shaq
October 11, 2011Day 9: The Simple System
October 10, 2011Week 17: Online time is inversely proportional to offline purpose
October 7, 2011Day 5: The unbearable lightness of being
October 6, 2011Day 3: Re-centering
October 5, 201190-Day Poker Challenge: Day 1. Rotten teeth and mental beats
October 4, 2011The 90-day Poker Challenge
October 3, 2011Yale's Argentinian Pears
October 3, 2011Links, Week 16: One McIntosh apple, puffing hard
October 3, 20119-9-99: My autobiography
September 30, 2011Off campus, online
September 29, 2011Leaving Yale, Part 3: I must pee.
September 29, 2011Knit and Tonic
September 28, 2011Harvard Business School and Kennedy Science Club: the joys of experiential learning
September 25, 2011Links, Week 15: 77 hours and a top-ten list
September 24, 2011Red-light district conversations: Old, fat white men in Manila
September 22, 2011Yes, and: Enablers and the people who love them
September 21, 2011Peter Lu in lists
September 19, 2011Links, Week 13: 88 hours online, for one essay
September 18, 2011The red-light district in Manila
September 16, 2011Life Rhapsodies: What I learned when I learned to play guitar
September 16, 2011400-pound beauty: Part 1 & 2
September 15, 2011How do you overcome the fear of failure?
September 13, 2011100th post: MLK, pushups, and a push for breadth and height
September 12, 2011Tribute to Philip Levine: Eggs and Bread
September 12, 2011My first Friday night in Manila
September 12, 2011Links, Week 12: Full week in Manila
September 12, 20119/11 Reflection: Peter Lu
September 7, 2011Alcohol and Peter: the 4-year relationship.
September 7, 20116 years in journal entries: my life in high school and college, unfiltered
September 5, 2011The sap dries quickly enough
September 4, 2011The 2007 - 2011 Yale class rankings
September 4, 2011Maroon City
September 4, 2011Links, Week 11: In transit
September 3, 2011Intermission: First impressions from the Philippines
August 30, 2011Public transportation in Los Angeles
August 30, 2011My class schedule for this semester
August 29, 2011My summer at a publishing company
August 28, 2011Links, Week 10: Regression to the mean
August 27, 2011Trio: Poetry in Florida
August 27, 2011Kafka's Metamorphosis
August 25, 2011The Happiness Hypothesis
August 24, 2011Pledge of Allegiance: The story of my first crush
August 22, 20111-minute read: The Upside of Irrationality, by Dan Ariely
August 21, 2011Links, Week 9: Generating investment
August 21, 20114th of July, Investment banking style
August 18, 2011I'm leaving you, New York. But it's not you. It's me.
August 18, 2011Almost but Not Quite
August 17, 2011Stickers of the Bayou
August 17, 2011Inclination: A little plant story
August 17, 2011Healing Bells
August 15, 2011Cleaning Yale: My New Haven janitor, Sherri B.
August 14, 2011Moving Day
August 14, 2011Links, Week 8: Back home
August 12, 2011The real life afterlife: Sleep No More
August 12, 2011Afterlife, spoiler-alert: Me convincing you to see Sleep No More
August 11, 2011Entry
August 9, 2011Reflections on a Tiger Author
August 7, 2011Links, week 7: Milestones
August 5, 2011Castle Rock
August 4, 2011How to write a FOOT co-leader poem
August 3, 2011How I dress: The rise and fall of faux hipsterdom
August 2, 2011MLIG: Who am I? What the heck is happening?
August 2, 2011Bottle Service
July 31, 2011Links, Week 6: Struggling to maintain focus
July 30, 2011Jasjit, clean shaven
July 29, 2011At Columbus Circle, in the sketchpad
July 28, 2011Guitar for the win: Street performance tomorrow
July 27, 2011Zack Wheeler for Beltran: Too much?
July 26, 2011Love and other duds: agency, the chase, and the role of kismet
July 25, 2011HELP: singing lessons needed
July 24, 2011Links, Week 5: Return to baseline (free movies, Lego concentration camp)
July 24, 2011A lesson from street fundraising: How to approach strangers
July 23, 2011Street fundraising is like baseball: my first week in the majors
July 23, 2011Love and other drugs: a review, and bonus personal psychoanalysis
July 23, 2011Indecision: selfish interest versus small sacrifices
July 21, 2011Looking forward to Cupertino
July 20, 2011Fruit, flora, rainforest: nature in the Philippines (e.g. re-living Ecuador)
July 19, 2011What I need from a computer
July 17, 2011Links, Week 5: The slow death of my computer
July 14, 2011Street Fundraising: highs, lows, sadness, and excitement
July 13, 2011Books are not like shoes
July 12, 2011Loneliness in NY: Washington Square Park + Subway stories
July 10, 2011Links, Week 4: no time online
July 8, 2011No more computer: my one-hour rule
July 7, 2011Why I meet new people: Happy hour at the Yale Club
July 5, 2011Caterpillar Perfume
July 4, 2011Links, Week 3: What to do if you've graduated edition
July 3, 2011Times Square: Strumming on my guitar, with a Snooki sign
July 2, 2011Why I love Times Square: Pictures with strangers
June 29, 2011Wendy's poem
June 29, 2011At the bar, e.g. what happens when I drink, even sip alcohol
June 27, 2011Jayson and the Giant Beach: First Three Chapters
June 26, 2011Links, Week 2: Ivy League Pornographer, Influence-Meter, Catcher in the Rye Assassination
June 25, 2011The horror, the horror: Commuting from New Haven to New York
June 24, 2011"You're only as good as your last haircut": Rafael's, the best barber in East Village
June 23, 2011$4 dinners in New York City: Peanut Butter Jelly Time!
June 20, 2011Links, Week 1: Bro Bible, Guitar, Fairy Tales, Introverts and Adam Morrison
June 19, 20114 years at Yale
June 18, 2011So you want to write a short story?
June 17, 2011Exhaustion writing
June 17, 2011Eraser Knob
June 15, 2011Why this blog exists
June 14, 2011Archive of Previous Work