I ramble…
I was looking at Longreads when I came across this post titled: “Reading Doesn’t Have to Mean Keeping Your Books Forever“. As someone with issues getting rid of books, this title intrigued me. The article, however, was more of an introduction to Freya Howarth’s long-form article: “How to Nurture a Personal Article“. The first part,… Read More Discussion Post: How Curated is Your Personal Library?
Last month, I talked about the many stories we hold and mentioned that I want to talk about the need for space for people to make (writing) mistakes. This is mostly because my own writing is filled with things that, if I did them again today, I would do differently. This is really a view… Read More In Defence of Writing Mistakes
I have been thinking (again) about diverse stories. This post was sparked by a book I saw. It’s based on a Chinese painter that sounds absolutely fascinating – but the story synopsis sounds extremely orientalised. Couple that with Dior’s recent appropriation of the Chinese mamian skirt (which was honestly infuriating mostly because credit was not… Read More The Many Stories We Hold
Being late to a lot of things, I’ve only recently read a 2013 New York Times post called “Whither the Hatchet Job?” (Link to the archived version, since you might run into a paywall). If you don’t intend to read the entire article, here are the last two paragraphs, which I think do a decent… Read More Discussion Post: What is Your Relationship with Negative Reviews?
I don’t know if learning from online courses can be considered a hobby, but if it is, then… I think this has developed into a hobby (if you can call this a hobby). It started with me signing up for free MOOCs, and ended with me actually having bought several courses! Why are they so… Read More Why I Love Online Courses + How to Decide if a Course is Worth Buying
Happy New Year everyone! On paper/computer screens it seems like we’ve left 2020 behind but in real life, not much has. Singapore entered Phase 3 (groups of up to eight!) a few days ago and we’re likely to continue that for a while. This year, apart from continuing my two 2020 keywords to consume thoughtfully… Read More Keywords for 2021
Hello! It’s New Year’s Eve! 2020 has honestly been such a strange year that I was a bit scared about writing your post. I knew that I had keywords that I wanted to follow for this year, but I have no idea how well I’ve followed them. So I went to my Keywords for 2020… Read More Year in Review: Life as a Whole
I don’t know if it’s the areas of the Internet that I hang out in but I realised that I don’t really see many generalist blogs. Most of the blogs I follow tend to fall into a certain niche: book blogs and tea blogs being the main ones. So I’m wondering, what is the best… Read More Discussion Post: How Niche is Your Blog?
Disclaimer: in Singapore, the number of cases diagnosed daily has dropped since our lockdown/Circuit Breaker. Things are slowly opening up and I am writing the post in the context of a society that’s in pandemic mode but also trying to find its way back to normal. If you’re living somewhere where COVID cases are still… Read More Mental Health Monday: The Pandemic is for the Long Term, When can I act Normal?
I hope everyone’s been doing okay obeying the circuit breaker/quarantine/shelter-in-place/movement control orders! It’s pretty amazing how many names can be given to the instruction “don’t leave your house.” While I have been reading (and have quite a few book review drafts waiting to be posted), I find that the most calming things I can do… Read More Mental Health Monday #5: Calming Hobbies