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Privilege, a reflection from my trip

I landed in SFO yesterday noon with a uncontainable smile on my face, despite the 17-hour flight. In all honesty, with all the logical reasons I can name for my love for…

Reconciling paradoxes

I could get used to this. Sitting at some remote location (alright, Phuket is not that remote) typing some words, having woken up at the break of dawn. This was the life…

Distance and darkness

It has been almost a year since I was last back in Singapore, or any part of Asia. If left to my own devices, I might have never consciously chosen to leave…

The beauty of being human

Imagine for a moment, if you had super powers, an eternal life, and you lived in paradise. Everything is perfect. Sounds beautiful? Try to imagine that vision for a while much longer,…

The power of 8 minutes

I have begun to instill a new habit for myself – which is to bring my kindle on my very short commute to work everyday. The BART ride is 8 minutes and…

Focus and starting my own snowball

I finished reading Snowball a few days ago, one of the quotes that struck me was, “What factor did people feel was the most important in getting to where they’d gotten in…