waiting for my self to grow up
I had Atul Gawande’s “Being mortal” in my kindle library for a long while now but I’ve only read it a couple of weeks ago. I wasn’t even sure what is it…
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what does it take to hang on
[tw: suicide] Saw from an acquaintance’s feed that the author Baek Se-hee had passed away at the age of 35. The cause of death was not published, but considering her history and…
questioning the prevailing narratives
on reading The Dawn of Everything
2025: may I have an uneventful year
Last year I wrote that I wanted to be able to do one pull up. This year, I just want the year to progress uneventfully. I first started using the word “uneventful”…
the ability to see our selves as who we are
My tcm (traditional chinese medicine) appointment a couple of weeks ago was postponed because my physician was sick. I thought it would be fine to go a couple of weeks without, but…
endure: book notes and thoughts
In recent years I’ve begun to develop an interest in the concept of endurance, be it psychological or physical. This is a response to a combination of recent world events, the imminent…
how we were loved profoundly influences how we live and love
a personal review of “A general theory of love”
precarious health, and bringing the whole self to every encounter
I had another health episode this past week after our penang trip. I have a habit of measuring my heart rate and heart rate variability every morning when I wake up to…
my strange relationship with time
I have a strange relationship with time. On one hand, I have time anxiety: the fear that time will pass too quickly and I’ll run out of time. On the other hand,…
born to run: thoughts & learnings
It was actually a misunderstanding. I picked up the book, “Born to Run” because I thought it was a book on the science of running – how we are naturally evolved to…