Life
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Where our money goes
It’s funny how we convince ourselves to give into buying stuff because we deserve it, that we’ve earned it. That the hard work we’ve put into it should be paid back, so we pay ourselves with more stuff (and perhaps more food than we generally consume). But did you forget that our hard work was Read more
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Is being helpless something you learn?
You might say that your circumstances have shaped you and made you who you are today. Well, it would’ve been inspiring if you meant it that way. But if who you are today meant seeing yourself as having no power to change your circumstance, you might see yourself helpless and a victim of it. But Read more
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What climate change looks like in the daily lives of ‘ordinary’ families across the world
Is climate change real? You may not feel it every day, but others around the world do. It might be even challenging for you to bring up climate change in daily conversations yet, it is the reality of some people who are the most vulnerable, “those who are often left to shoulder much of the Read more
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Challenging the status quo
One afternoon, I was waiting for a taxi on a busy street. It was so busy that it gave me the illusion of ‘taxi abundance’ in the area. And as minutes came and went, I started to feel the tension between challenging the status quo (staying where I am because I’ve already spent time doing Read more
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Should you ditch the old model and buy a new one?
It really felt nostalgic having my dead smartphone again in my hands. It felt unusually bulky than the keypad phone I’m beginning to get used to. And this is the time to take it out from its grave. Because my work and lifestyle is way much intertwined with how I connect to mobile devices. I Read more
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