About Me
👋 Hi there, my name is Matia Lee and I'm a Systems Design Engineering student at the University of Waterloo! Below is a collection of everything that makes me, me. I really hope you enjoy reading through it! If you have any questions or would like to connect, please do not hesitate to reach out here!
Me!
Astronaut training
Engineering just made sense.
My first robotics competition
My grade 5 science fair bottle rocket project made with on old m&m tube, propelled by Alka-Seltzer and water
My Hobbies
Apart from when I'm in school or when I'm working, I'd say my time is distributed towards two main things:
My passion projects
I'm always looking for new things to learn, new projects to build, new ways to "deepen my bag." When I embark on building a project, I try to build something as personal as I can – making sure it's something that I'm passionate about. I figure if I'm going to be investing hours into building something, why not just make it an extension of who I am. This has allowed me to create some things I genuinely care about and am genuinely interested in. What I especially love about my projects though is how I can actually see improvement from one project to the next. Whether that be better design judgements, a deeper understanding of what I'm doing, or simply just cleaner, more readable code. A more detailed insight of what I've done and my motivation behind creating them can be found on my projects tab!
Film
My obsession for movies – or films is deep rooted in childhood nostalgia and superheroes. Of course, as a man with class, my favourite movie was Spider-Man 2. My mom bought me a cd of the movie (which I still have), and it would be the only movie that I watched. I remember running around the house making "thwipping" noises, climbing on the couch pretending to fight Doc-Ock. This love for movies continued. I specifically remember each summer blockbuster, my dad and I would reserve tickets for whichever movie was releasing at the time. It became tradition. We went from watching the first phase of the MCU movies to watching the disappointment of the multiverse saga. But still, it was the act of watching movies and spending time with family that I cherished above all. Also, as I grew up and watched a lot more different genres and types of movies, I fell in love with the artistry of films. Each movie I watched, I gained a deeper appreciation for the story or message that the directors and writers were trying to tell. I fell in love with the aesthetics of cinematography, I fell in love with the "holy shit" feeling after watching a really good movie, and of course I fell in love with putting my friends on to good movies and being able to share that feeling and spark communication. Hopefully one day in the distant future, I can direct my own short film! Right now, my favourite director is Wes Anderson and my favourite studio is A24. You can look through a couple of my favourite movies in the movies tab, and read my two cents on them.
This might have been where my love for superheroes began 🤔
