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ambition pt 2
When I first told my friends I wanted to start a business, their first response was: Why? But you’re an engineer. You don’t have the skills to start a business, much less run one. I used to get so upset with comments like these. I thought they were demeaning my ambitions. Until I realised, they […]
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i used to do a lot of math too
Yesterday, I wrote about how I used to a lot of writing for fun. I forgot one thing I used to do a lot too, and that’s math. I used to work on Math just for fun. It was the easiest subject for me, and it’s the one I miss most. So, to incentivize myself […]
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writing and other things I need to relearn to do again
I used to write a lot. Not the kind of writing I do these days, but the kind of writing that made me feel happy. I know how this happened. A few years ago, a hype around writing long, inspirational articles started to build up. The kinds that could theoretically cause a paradigm shift in […]
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Priorities
As a teenager, I used to put my family and friends in the last position. I prioritise my time to study, to advance myself in class… to learn new skills. And then, I found myself at 16 in a lonely place. I didn’t know who I was, what all my achievements were for, and if […]
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i am quite introverted
Yesterday a client from KL was in Miri for an event. A lovely couple. They told me how quiet Miri was compared to KL, and how the quiet was enjoyable. I agreed. “I love it here. It’s quiet enough for me to spend most of my time working,” I told them. To be honest, all […]
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i miss the waters
One thing I really loved about my old job was being close to the water. If you asked my mother, she’d say it’s because I’m a water dragon. I used to laugh at that. But the older I get, the more sense it makes. I probably am a water dragon. And I love water. Today, […]
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the privileges we have (but are blind to)
As a Chinese girl growing up in Southeast Asia, I always thought Americans were the richest people in the world. But YouTube didn’t exist then. I didn’t know you could be homeless in the U.S. These days, I – and everyone else with YouTube access – probably have an idea of how poverty looks like […]
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excuses lead us nowhere
I sometimes write on Quora. I want to write there more often, but I’m a little too lazy to commit. So I write sparingly – a few bursts of answers a year. So it surprised me a little when I got a new comment on an answer I wrote three years ago in 2016. Three […]
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i should be in my karate class tonight
but I still feel too exhausted to do it. Sleeping on a hospital floor for one night is more tiring than I ever imagined. Eight years ago I would have gone, but these days, I try to listen to my body more. When it tells me it needs to rest, I let it rest. I […]
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lazy
I’ve been quite lazy today. It’s a Monday, yes. But it happens. I need a nap.