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Everyday Stories, Lived

Work

  • Letter no. 36

    Dear reader from the future, I have just finished my work assessment exam for my dream job today. What does a dream job look like? Well, at least for me, a dream job is something I’ve been aiming to get, and while in the waiting, I acquired all the necessary qualifications (both knowingly and unknowingly)… Read more

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  • Handmade

    There is beauty in things made by hand, done in hours of labor. You don’t see just the end product but the meticulous care and dedication to create it. To transform one into another out of creativity gives one delight. Read more

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  • Doing the bare minimum

    What does it even look like to do one’s best? In grade school, I was told, “Why settle for good when you can do best?” I carried that idea through the years and worked through life with that frame of thought until doing the best of my abilities became the norm. It’s like doing otherwise… Read more

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  • Estimating solar PV generation using PV-GIS

    If you want “free and open access to photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation potential for different technologies and configurations,” this resource is for you. When you click on the link, you will be redirected to the Photovoltaic Geographical Information System (PVGIS) webpage and get access to three tools: By indicating the address or latitude/longitude of your… Read more

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  • What universities are meant to do

    The Energy Change Institute is all about what universities are meant to do – they’re meant to take knowledge, they’re meant to teach people, they’re meant to learn stuff and they’re meant to work with the rest of society to take that knowledge and to disperse it. Professor Brian Schmidt, ANU Vice Chancellor (from the… Read more

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  • When opportunities find you

    The more I experience God’s grace and providence, the more I understand that idleness is a sin and its own punishment. To excuse oneself from striving to do the best just because the present conditions do not match one’s desires is like robbing oneself of greater opportunities ahead. So, working hard could also be a… Read more

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  • New tasks and headaches

    Ah, yes. It almost always feels physically painful when trying to learn something new. And the discomfort is so real that you want to reject new learnings and instead stay with what you already know, which feels comfortable. But the thing about rejecting new learning is that you remain where you are, even stuck in… Read more

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