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so, my cousin is in jail right now
We used to be so close as children. Each time I went back to my parents’ hometown, we would play together. He used to do a lot of Michael Jackson impersonations (the funny kind). We jumped on our grandparents’ bed together when they weren’t looking. He was one of my favourite cousins. I enjoyed myself […]
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why do we worship rich people?
We love sharing the views of billionaires about the world. As if, simply by being rich, their views are the best. If someone much poorer were to go against the views, have their own view, the instant remark back would be: “Well, do you have a billion dollars?” Yet, billionaires have mainly one thing proven: […]
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a productive week
I started off the week really week. I’d just come back from a weekend trip. I had less around six hours of sleep a night on average. I was falling asleep at work. It truly felt horrible and I wished I could feel better. I had a ton of work to do. A ton. I […]
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Writing daily for 15 days straight
It felt like forever but on checking, I’ve only written for 15 days straight. It felt a lot longer than that. Either way, I’m happy I’ve kept up with this experiment of mine 🙂 It’s starting to become my little online diary. This is both a good and bad thing. I see myself go from […]
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one thing I like about my father
is that he’s brazen. When I was a kid and got bullied, he went to the bully and told him off. He stood up for me. Then the kid stop bullying me. When I didn’t dare to break the rules at the hospital last week to see my sister, he asked the guard for special […]
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a second chance
I used to hate giving people a second chance. I always thought: if they could have done it better, they would have. But my mother always told me: give them another chance. I used to think this made my mother a big pushover. “They had their chance already,” I would tell her. But two days […]
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I’m not a feminist
… at least not in the form it has taken on today. I don’t believe every woman will be happy with the exact same things. Some women want to be married, some don’t. Some women want to stay at home and be close to their children, some women want to stay in their office and […]
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When more is not always the answer
Upgrade your car. Upgrade your house. Upgrade your friends. And then what? Change your clothes. Switch out your old watches. No more budget inns for you. And then what? Most people dream about going from economy class to first class. But what happens after that? More of the things we like now isn’t the answer. […]
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a few of the many times I got rejected… and why I wouldn’t change anything
rejection is never easy. when I was nominated to be snow white in a school play in primary school and got rejected because I was… too fat. I cried for many weeks. when I applied for a scholarship in high school and got rejected because I was… a foreigner. I cried again, for months. when […]
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Meeting new friends
I always love meeting new people. Just spent 3 hours with a lovely new friend. She’s a lot nicer than I imagined, and that’s rare 🙂