My Chinese name is Weiyu Lin , and go by Will for these years. I had this name in the middle school when I was first asked about my English name. It was at a time when I was fascinated about the movie The Pursuit of Happiness that Will Smith starred in it. In a instant, I replied, "I am Will; My English name is Will". Ever since, I did not bother to change it.
Today is the second day of this semester, and I gratefully took this essential technology class, which required me and delighted me to start this blog. The first assignment is to write the self-introduction.
I am from a small town in China named Ma Wei, which literally means " the tail of the horse", because my little town is at the beginning of a river. It is located at the southeastern coast and right opposite Taiwan. (And it's not close to Canton or Hongkong at all). How small is my town? I could walk everywhere that I cared to go within 30 minutes. I spend most of my childhood with my grandpa. He had the first television in his whole neighborhood thirty five years ago, which became a public cinema at that time. Thirty five years later, his house remained, and he was gone. In 9 years' stay with him, we hardly talked, because we did not share the same language. He spoke the dialect which is totally different from the mandarin, yet transmitted enough affection from the gesture, the eyes and just the presence.
I would drag myself back from falling into too much details. Unearthing childhood memory is such a spontaneous thing to do.
So finally, I left my tiny town at the age of 11 and lived in the dormitory in the middle school in a big city Fuzhou, before I had my own apartment at 13. At my 18th birthday, I came to United States of America.
Next question is my campus activities. I would have my own club this year: Club of Mind. It's an idea sharing program that lets students inspire each other (like TED talk). I also did the performance art. Last semester, I did the performance art Artist is Present, by Marina Abramovic. I sat in the chair immobile for three hours while anyone can sit opposite me and look at me through the eyes. It was life-changing.
The "secret fact" that I wrote in scavenger hunt stick note is: I am a traveler that went across China, Tibet, Nepal, U.S. and Mexico with many hitchhiking. Here is my journal that I posted in one traveling website. You may not recognize those characters, but there are photos! http://www.mafengwo.cn/i/1071811.html
My computer background is limited to the basic use of Microsoft, the common computer usage, and the most basic programming that I learned in high school. I did not really begin to use computer until 16 years old.
If you ever want to chat with me or subscribe to Club of Mind, you could reach me at wlin@trinity.edu. I am tired right now and have to stop writing. I would take a little nap before the sunset comes down to San Antonio. Have a beautiful day.
