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My antidote to mind-numbing content: the humble essay
April 15, 2025
In search of respectful writing (starting with myself)

How to set recurring Lunar Calendar event on modern calendars
January 25, 2025
💐 Ever missed a loved one’s memorial date because it’s on the Lunar Calendar?

New Year Resolution (2025)
January 1, 2025
I’ve decided to do something new: share ALL of my knowledge online.

11,000 meters above sea level
October 17, 2024
Night. Over 11,000 meters above sea level. I was on a flight from Bangkok to Vienna, Austria. Something caught my eye outside the window.

confession of a narcissist
September 20, 2024
I like to point out when people make excuses. It feels right, I'm helping them. Until: "I've noticed that you make a lot of excuses" - a friend of mine told me.

not knowing
December 17, 2023
An introspective entry; my thoughts on the unknown, mental wounds, and how to deal with all of them.
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A handcrafted blog in the age of AI
July 6, 2023
I sometimes find myself hating AI-generated content. It feels like a waste of time: the writer of this piece is trying to fool me into doing something, so much that they employ the biggest companies on earth to help them.
2020-07-29
July 29, 2020
Tôi thấy bà tôi ngồi sụp trước cửa nhà tang lễ bệnh viện 354. Tôi đoán, bà cũng vừa nghe tin ông mất.

Toronto
January 13, 2020
I was sleeping. Like everyone else in my place.

Free time
October 21, 2019
Today someone asked me what I do in my free time, and I couldn't answer. Suddenly I realized, the idea of free time hasn't existed for me for a while now.

How Ditching the Social News Feed Led to My Most Productive Year
January 13, 2019
If you feel, life was much simpler and more care free back then, you are not alone. The long term effects of information overload are just kicking in for this generation.

Near death experience
December 27, 2018
For a moment today, I thought I was going to die. 7PM. Walden Galleria Mall, Buffalo, New York. The stores were still crowded, as people tried to enjoy the last of the holidays. I was walking with a friend, about to leave the place.