Hi.
I'm Alvin.
I study economics.
Sometimes I build things.
Most of them start with a question.

Usually after saying “hmm...” too many times.

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A future photo goes here. For now, just a room for atmosphere.

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Questions that
wouldn't leave
me alone.

I don't build projects because I have ideas. I build because certain questions refuse to leave me alone.

The projects are just what happened
after the questions stayed.

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What happens when a question leaves the notebook?

University made the questions louder.
Not cleaner. Louder.

Lectures, side projects, half-finished notes, and the slow feeling that economics was less a subject than a way to notice things.

Project trace: The habit of turning questions into systems

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Do ideas matter if nobody hears them?

I thought ideas were enough.
Turns out people matter too.

Campaigning taught me more than winning ever could.

Project trace: Student leadership

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Can a student build something useful?

Some nights became tabs.
Some tabs became projects.

Not polished at first. Mostly messy scripts, strange models, and enough curiosity to keep going.

Project trace: Chainstox Lab

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What does discipline look like when nobody is watching?

Most people think discipline looks exciting.
It doesn't.

It mostly looks like repeating the same thing thousands of times.

Project trace: Classical guitar

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What happens if I leave home?

I wanted to see what happened outside the classroom.
So I left.

Work and Travel in the United States. A summer with uniforms, strangers, bad sleep, and very real consequences.

Project trace: WAT in America

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What does independence feel like before it becomes a story?

Atlantic City was loud.
I was quieter than I expected.

Boardwalk lights, practical problems, and the kind of learning that does not ask for permission first.

Project trace: Atlantic City

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How big can the world feel in one afternoon?

New York made everything feel possible.
Also expensive.

A day of looking up, walking too much, and realizing ambition feels different when it has a skyline.

Project trace: New York

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What if the next chapter is not a conclusion?

Next stop:
Korea.

Still curious.

Project trace: Korea journey

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Some questions became projects.
Some projects became systems.

The lab is not separate from the story. It is what happened when the questions needed somewhere to live.

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