Finally, 2012. We started off the new year with an intimate gathering with some close friends, followed by a relaxing getaway. After the most intensive semester yet, I took a short but much needed vacation with my boyfriend to The Poconos this week, where we rented a small creekside cabin. It was extremely secluded, but [...]

If you are interested in the intersection of typography and anatomy, you can find me with my thesis thinking cap on here: thesis.cherylyau.com I will be hoarding all sorts of photos, videos, links and quotes… and as I am trying to organize my thoughts, feel free to ask me questions to challenge me and throw [...]

My first year of grad school is finally done. Phew. Because these last eight months haven’t been easy, I’ve grown incredibly close to the nine other like-minded students in my class. Together, we’ve cried over personal essays read out loud, then had weekly post-crying class drinks. We wrote odes to objects, memorized design history flashcards, [...]

Yesterday was the first day of spring, which means I have finally survived my first winter here. A classmate recently told me: “if we make it through this winter in New York, we will have made it in the world”. Somehow the last three months have been extremely difficult, but I can’t say I wasn’t [...]

When I started this blog a few days into 2010, I wanted to keep track of thoughts and progress. And I’m glad I did… because it turns out, 2010 was one of the most turbulent years yet! I started off the new year in Toronto, not quite sure what to do. I sent in my [...]

Often you have a plan, but life will disregard it and have a plan of its own. While I was a Faculty Peer Mentor in school, we were taught about resilience during one of our training sessions, to help our younger year mentees cope with the aftermath of our university’s three-month strike. It was quite an [...]

Along with the new blog, I have also launched a new portfolio on the Internet! I have been meaning to update the website for a (very long) while, and with a great deal of help from Payam, I was able to do so over the holidays. The new portfolio is much more organized, has larger images [...]

So I am 10 days late, but at last, I have overcome my fear of CSS and started a blog as I promised myself I would. In a recent reflection I sent out to my dearest and closest friends, I was convinced 2009 was a rewarding year that laid down the foundations for a wonderful [...]