Life
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Desires influence decision
Tick tock . . . Tick tock. . . I could watch the second hand go round and round, letting minutes slip into hours. When I finally snap out of it, one question echoes: “Did I make the best use of my time?” Character creates desires and desires create decisions. This truth reverberated on me… Read more
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Overcoming giants
Sometimes, I can’t believe I am already 30. This age seems like a dream, something I used to long for even before I truly understood what growing up means—I just want to be old and have autonomy over my life (freeeedom!!!). But getting to 30 was a process—facing giants along the way—making me realize that… Read more
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Fixed viewpoints
A year ago, a friend gave us a printout of an art piece framed in cardboard, which I leaned against the wall on top of a desk drawer. And for a year, I kept telling myself how abstract that art was because, until now, I still don’t understand it. Isn’t there some art that takes… Read more
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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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