Anna Truong | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 1st year
Have you ever sent an embarrassing text message to the wrong person? What was the message?
I’m not embarassing; I never have embarrassing moments. JK. I don’t recall anything at the moment, so I say no.
If you could make a rule for a day and everyone has to follow it, what would the rule be?
If I had to make a rule for a day, it’d probably be that we would have to go back in time to the days where there was no technology, so that people would be able to interact with each other rather than through a phone/computer screen.
If you could be any kind of shoe, what would you be and why?
I’d be those nice ass Gucci shoes because I’m too poor to even walk into their store. I’ve always wanted to go inside, but apparently I’m not qualified enough. In SF, there’s a Gucci store downtown, and whenever I’m with my friends, I always tell them to go inside with me, but they tell me that it’s not possible. But one day…
What's the most expensive you bought and why did you buy it?
I buy a lot of things. I bought my trip to “Canada” which was actually a trip to China and Canada, but we don’t talk about that… but if we’re talking about materialistic, singular things, hmmm, probably my camera. I bought it on black friday, but it was still expensive. :( Since I’m going to Japan next year, I thought it’d be the perfect time to buy it. Plus, I’ve always wanted one.
Would you rather live where it is constantly winter or where it's constantly summer and why?
Aw man, that’s hard to answer. I like summer because there’s no school and I can do whatever whenever, and sleep in, but I like winter, so I’d choose winter. Winter is grate (fite me). It’s the holiday season and I love the holiday season. I love Thanksgiving (very thankful for everyone in my lifeu), and Christmas (I love gifts), and definitely Lunar New Years (moneyyyy!!!!!!). (I consider Thanksgiving to be part of winter)
What's your biggest challenge in college so far and how did you overcome it?
I think my biggest problem in college right now is procrastination. Ever since junior year of high school, I have been procrastinating little by little, but after coming to college, it has gradually gotten worse. I used to sleep at 11pm, but that has been pushed back to 2-4am and I still have to wake up at 9am everyday. Not only that, but I feel as if my senioritis has not ended yet. Although I have a lot more free time, and therefore should be able to learn the ability to time manage, I tend to prioritize fun over academics and things that I should prioritize, I push back until the very last minute. But most of all, I just really do not like the idea of “studying”. In my head, I set a day to study, but something would come up or I open my notes and then all of a sudden I am sleepy. So instead, I choose to take a quick nap which I believe would give me more energy to function later, however, when I wake up, the rest of my day is gone. As the days go on, my priories get blurry and all of a sudden it’s the morning of the test, and I still haven’t studied all the material. I do fine on the test, but it’s always that slight regret of “oh, I can do better if I just studied more”. And that’s how it is for me right now. I don’t do bad, but it’s not great either, and it’s not like I don’t know what I’m doing… I just have a tendency to not feel like studying which is really bad. And, I am working on that. I think a good start would be to get more sleep and find some motivation.









