Relationships
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Digital identities
It’s easy to judge others from a distance without truly knowing them because distance creates the illusion that they are unfeeling and disconnected from our shared humanity. No wonder we are tempted to be rowdy online where our online reputation seems trivial and disposable as we hide behind our glowing screens and are shielded from… Read more
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We feel like drifters again
I don’t know what went inside the mind of our little white furball when I put him in his travel backpack, along with his small black squirrel toy, and brought him outside to be carried away by a stranger to a cat-boarding house for the Christmas break. One moment, I roused him from his deep… Read more
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Late-night musings #23
Whenever I go back to where I began, I always think about why I decided to go away—the invisible hands that keep you from growing and seeing a kind of better you would always find elsewhere and never at home. At the same time, going back home also means I now know what I can… Read more
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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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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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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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