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10 Things I’d Tell my 20 Year Old Self
About a week ago, I recalled this list I read from Serena Dyer (Wayne Dyer’s daughter). I was 21 years old, doing little with my life except consuming personal development books/blogs/forums/videos, and cooking meals for a household. Serena was 29 years old at the time, and she had written a blogpost of 29 things she…
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One Year of Bullet Journal Journey
A year ago, I sat in the public library and opened my first Moleskine notebook, with so much excitement and nervousness. I had shelled out my birthday money to buy an A5 Moleskine notebook, a Staedtler fineliner pen, and a twelve-inch ruler – which at the time, with very little disposable income, felt like such…
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Why it is Never About ‘Balance’
Many people have one word they would like to remove from the language to make the world a better place. Some good ones I know include the words ‘luck,’ ‘deserve,’ ‘try,’ ‘blame,’ ‘hope,’ ‘want,’ and ‘perhaps.’ Language is indeed important in shaping our thoughts and hence creating our worlds, so it pays off to choose…
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The covid diary: moving forward from the pandemic
This is the fifth draft I’ve written in attempt to write something about the Covid19 situation in London since March. I outline, draft, tweak, scrutinize for hours on end, resulting in all but zero posts in the last five (five!) months. So today, my mission is to write – no outline, no final destination, no…
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London, after a year of living here!
Just over a year ago, I sat in the EVA Airways VIP lounge, having porridge (well, congee, since porridge in the UK means oatmeal), waiting for my flight. I felt so nervous and uncertain about what was going to happen next, as I was about to board a one-way flight to London, knowing literally nothing…
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Life Lessons 2019
It’s officially the last month of 2019, and I really wonder how that happened. It was just yesterday I was in Taipei preparing (and worrying about) my move to London. At the same time, when I look at who I was at the start of this year, so much has happened that I wonder how…
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Three Books I Read This Year
It’s the halfway mark month of the year, and this year has been flying by like no other. With that said, I’ve also accomplished much more than I have this year than in any other year. I think part of it has to do with having pushed myself to be out there a lot more,…
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Elite Cafe Westin Dining Experience in Taipei
A few months ago at the end of 2018, I had the opportunity to exquisitely dine at the Westin Taipei – once at the Elite Cafe, standard Western cuisine, for a full five-course meal, and another at Liu Yuan, Shanghaiese fusion cuisine, for an impressive nine-course meal. The experience I’m writing about here is my…
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Okinawa trip, and the fragility of life
In November last year, I took a trip with my mom to Okinawa to visit her older sister, who lives there. From when I was young, living in San Jose, I remember receiving large boxes from my Japanese aunt (she is Taiwanese, but married to a Japanese) with goodies from Japan, especially the Shiroi Koibito…