Life
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Letter no. 45
Dear reader from the future, Can you imagine a place filled with life-sized puppets to imitate a place filled with people? I just turned 30 and am already at a point in my life where I am considering raising my own family. I have even started to miss the children my husband and I still… Read more
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Our tendency to procrastinate on meaningful activities
How much information can I still absorb before becoming saturated? Or is procrastination an indicator that I have been consuming trivial matters? Because if I have been taking in information that are valuable and beneficial, shouldn’t they move me to take action for a cause? How many miles could my fingers still scroll before I… Read more
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Climate action: from the individual to the corporate
Looking back, I remember how we were to live by the reuse, reduce, and recycle campaign as a kid. However, as I grew up, I learned many untold stories about how not all plastics are created equal so not all plastics can be recycled. After reading a seven-year-old article as part of my Learning for… Read more
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Late-night musings #22
When my husband agreed to let the stray cat—who chose us as his furr-ever home two weeks ago—live with us, our daily routine changed. Instead of feeling transient since I lived in the metro, having a cat in our marriage home made me feel grounded—the same feeling I have towards my childhood home. And I… Read more
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Space trash 🛰️
When you bring the image of Earth to mind, what first comes into your imagination? Do you imagine it like this? If you do, I’d like to tell you that we think the same. But after reading this news about space trash from the Washington Post, I started to rethink what Earth looks like from… Read more
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The high price of materialism
The video about “The High Price of Materialism” is one of the resource materials shared in my Learning for a Sustainable Future course. It reminded me of how intrinsic values thwart materialistic urges by realigning your priorities outward instead of inward. I’ve also joined the Bible Project’s Weekly Playlist on the Sermon on the Mount,… Read more
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“Never had the opportunity to go far”
One said to another, “I’ve heard you’ve been traveling the world! I’ve always wanted to be in all those wonderful places, but I have never had the opportunity to go far.” But who decides what opportunity comes along your way, anyway? I could remember all the days and nights I spent daydreaming about being “somewhere… Read more
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