Allan Shen
@fulunallanshen.bsky.social
English Education and Community Development Volunteer for Peace Corps Mongolia. Former senior news writer for The Daily Princetonian.
🇺🇸 by choice.
The opinions expressed here are mine and don't reflect those of the U.S. government or the Peace Corps.
🇺🇸 by choice.
The opinions expressed here are mine and don't reflect those of the U.S. government or the Peace Corps.
Everyone has elite ball knowledge today. @immaculategrid.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Everyone has elite ball knowledge today. @immaculategrid.com
Visited Hu Shih Memorial and missed @yuanyiz.bsky.social by a few days!
Also, Hu Shih’s brandy flask goes pretty hard.
Also, Hu Shih’s brandy flask goes pretty hard.
January 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Visited Hu Shih Memorial and missed @yuanyiz.bsky.social by a few days!
Also, Hu Shih’s brandy flask goes pretty hard.
Also, Hu Shih’s brandy flask goes pretty hard.
I saw three advertisements featuring Shohei Ohtani in the ~5 minute walk between my hostel and the metro station in Ximen.
He’s actually just everywhere.
He’s actually just everywhere.
January 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I saw three advertisements featuring Shohei Ohtani in the ~5 minute walk between my hostel and the metro station in Ximen.
He’s actually just everywhere.
He’s actually just everywhere.
Demographics can be so visible: there are kids, babies, and pregnant women *everywhere* in Ulaanbaatar, but hardly any on the streets and alleys of Tainan.
The difference between fertility rates is so apparent.
The difference between fertility rates is so apparent.
January 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Demographics can be so visible: there are kids, babies, and pregnant women *everywhere* in Ulaanbaatar, but hardly any on the streets and alleys of Tainan.
The difference between fertility rates is so apparent.
The difference between fertility rates is so apparent.
YouTube Rewind 2014 was released ten years ago, when I was still in middle school. It doesn’t feel like that long ago, but this was before Obergefell v. Hodges!
I look back upon it as the peak of 2010s internet pop culture. It’s like an anthem for Gen Z.
youtu.be/zKx2B8WCQuw?...
I look back upon it as the peak of 2010s internet pop culture. It’s like an anthem for Gen Z.
youtu.be/zKx2B8WCQuw?...
YouTube Rewind: Turn Down for 2014
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December 12, 2024 at 7:58 PM
YouTube Rewind 2014 was released ten years ago, when I was still in middle school. It doesn’t feel like that long ago, but this was before Obergefell v. Hodges!
I look back upon it as the peak of 2010s internet pop culture. It’s like an anthem for Gen Z.
youtu.be/zKx2B8WCQuw?...
I look back upon it as the peak of 2010s internet pop culture. It’s like an anthem for Gen Z.
youtu.be/zKx2B8WCQuw?...
Power outage in the middle of making dinner. Wonderful.
December 4, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Power outage in the middle of making dinner. Wonderful.
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23000 days ago (December 13, 1961), Mickey Mantle agrees to a 1962 contract with the Yankees worth $82,000. (That’s about $850,000 in 2024 dollars.) It’s the second-highest salary in Yanks history, behind only Joe DiMaggio.
December 2, 2024 at 4:45 PM
23000 days ago (December 13, 1961), Mickey Mantle agrees to a 1962 contract with the Yankees worth $82,000. (That’s about $850,000 in 2024 dollars.) It’s the second-highest salary in Yanks history, behind only Joe DiMaggio.
Update: many classrooms in the school now have these boxes where the phones are locked up. A kid somehow opened the phone box without a key (!) and my co-teacher is annnnnngry.
November 30, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Update: many classrooms in the school now have these boxes where the phones are locked up. A kid somehow opened the phone box without a key (!) and my co-teacher is annnnnngry.
One of my Mongolian 9th grade students asked me if Elon Musk is the president now.
November 29, 2024 at 1:46 PM
One of my Mongolian 9th grade students asked me if Elon Musk is the president now.
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Giants legend Brandon Crawford announces retirement: A three-time All-Star and four-time Gold Glove winner, Crawford left his mark on the Bay Area during 13 seasons.
Giants legend Brandon Crawford announces retirement
A three-time All-Star and four-time Gold Glove winner, Crawford left his mark on the Bay Area during 13 seasons.
dlvr.it
November 28, 2024 at 2:45 AM
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My Mongolian co-teachers and I have begun to ask students (7th and 9th graders) to put their phones on a desk at the beginning of class. They are distractions in classrooms everywhere.
November 27, 2024 at 10:13 AM
My Mongolian co-teachers and I have begun to ask students (7th and 9th graders) to put their phones on a desk at the beginning of class. They are distractions in classrooms everywhere.
I don’t recall seeing *any* rumors about Blake Snell and the Dodgers. The last time I was this shocked by a free agent signing out of nowhere was when Zack Greinke signed with the Diamondbacks.
NEWS: Two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell is signing a five-year, $182 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, sources confirm to The Athletic.
November 27, 2024 at 4:48 AM
I don’t recall seeing *any* rumors about Blake Snell and the Dodgers. The last time I was this shocked by a free agent signing out of nowhere was when Zack Greinke signed with the Diamondbacks.
"I think it's hilarious that it would be easier for me to move to the U.K. for a year — with no job offer in hand — than to stay here [in the U.S.]" — from a very talented Canadian friend.
November 24, 2024 at 4:01 PM
"I think it's hilarious that it would be easier for me to move to the U.K. for a year — with no job offer in hand — than to stay here [in the U.S.]" — from a very talented Canadian friend.
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Other corvids are nice too. 🪶
November 23, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Other corvids are nice too. 🪶
Finally got myself a set of these Cyrillic keyboard stickers! However, one of the many things that make Mongolian a tricky language to learn is that Mongolians often type in Latin letters instead of Cyrillic, which makes it impossible to use Google translate.
November 23, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Finally got myself a set of these Cyrillic keyboard stickers! However, one of the many things that make Mongolian a tricky language to learn is that Mongolians often type in Latin letters instead of Cyrillic, which makes it impossible to use Google translate.
Reposted by Allan Shen
2024 PitchingNinja Award for Most Eye-Popping Curveball. 😳🏆
Winner: Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Winner: Yoshinobu Yamamoto
November 21, 2024 at 12:14 PM
2024 PitchingNinja Award for Most Eye-Popping Curveball. 😳🏆
Winner: Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Winner: Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Having just graduated, I'm now interviewing some students who are applying to Princeton for the next undergraduate class. It's really surreal to be on this side of the process.
November 21, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Having just graduated, I'm now interviewing some students who are applying to Princeton for the next undergraduate class. It's really surreal to be on this side of the process.
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This is the story of what followed—and what I learned about love, grief, and the stories we all need. 8/8
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind
Bobby McIlvaine was 26 when he died in the attacks. Two decades later, his loved ones are still grappling with the loss.
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2024 at 6:13 PM
This is the story of what followed—and what I learned about love, grief, and the stories we all need. 8/8
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Baseball's cultural reach is simultaneously unparalleled but also so limited.
I see more Yankees and Dodgers hats in a day than NBA jerseys in a week, but I have yet to meet a single Mongolian who knows that the LA/NY on the front of their hats actually mean.
I see more Yankees and Dodgers hats in a day than NBA jerseys in a week, but I have yet to meet a single Mongolian who knows that the LA/NY on the front of their hats actually mean.
November 18, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Baseball's cultural reach is simultaneously unparalleled but also so limited.
I see more Yankees and Dodgers hats in a day than NBA jerseys in a week, but I have yet to meet a single Mongolian who knows that the LA/NY on the front of their hats actually mean.
I see more Yankees and Dodgers hats in a day than NBA jerseys in a week, but I have yet to meet a single Mongolian who knows that the LA/NY on the front of their hats actually mean.