After years and years of English classes, essays, papers, and exams, I still couldn’t imagine myself as a writer. That is, before I started realizing what writing means in the real world. The kind of writing we’ve been taught in school is academic writing. The thing is, I am not very good at it, and [...]
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Spam hardly get to my inbox anymore, but in the early days they were VERY annoying. I still remember having to sort through dozens of emails everyday only to find 2 chain letters (remember those?? I wonder if I could make a chain blog post.. spread this link or you will not [...]
I’ve been using stickK for a week now (via Freakonomics), and I think it’s pretty interesting. So what does it do? Here is a short excerpt from their FAQ section:
stickK helps you achieve your personal goals through “Commitment Contracts.”
After signing up with stickK, you will be able to create a contract obliging you to achieve [...]
Take-out is one of the greatest achievements of industrialization thank to division of labour.
It’s fast, it’s convenient, it’s delicious. Heck, it’s pretty cheap too.
I can order a bento box from the Japanese restaurant just a few blocks away for just 6 to 10 bucks. I’ll get teriyaki beef (or chicken), California roll, tempura, [...]
Material wealth does not equal happiness. Studies have shown that beyond a certain level of income, money doesn’t make much difference anymore. We have all heard of stories of billionaires living in misery because they sacrificed everything, and also those who are have nothing but living in perfect harmony.
But do we really believe in [...]
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