I love all forms of communication – written, spoken, digital or physical – especially those where there are exchange of thoughts, ideas, and jokes. However, as the means of communication becomes cheaper, faster, and easier, its quality dissipates. Proper conversation is few and far between – most people just send short and abbreviated text. What …
“As wonderful as science is, culture also teaches us how to eat”, Michael Pollan explaining the French Paradox. Perhaps the secret to the the French slim figures -despite eating rich food – is dining slowly. I miss dining in brasseries by the pavements in Paris, strolling by the Seine river with a Berthillon ice-cream in …
Doings things gives me adrenaline rush, which in turns makes me want to do more – it’s almost like a drug. But time is always a limiting factor; so even my leisure time has turned productive (?!). What do I do on Instagram? Learn Japanese from Gudetama, my favourite lazy egg. What I’ve learned: yaruki …
“A tenet of journalism is that “the reader knows nothing”. As tenets go, it’s not flattering, but a technical writer can never forget it. You can’t assume that your readers know what you assume everybody knows, or that they still remember what was once explained to them. The principle of scientific and technical writing applies …
“There’s not much to say about the period except that most writers don’t use it soon enough.” – William Zinsser And I am a speaker who uses few full stops #chatterbox 😂
“If travel is broadening, it should broaden more than just our knowledge of how a Gothic cathedral looks or how the French make wine. It should generate a whole constellation of ideas about how men and women work and play, raise their children, worship their gods, live and die” – William Zinsser How true. …
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It’s so liberating to know that you don’t need or want many things…or at least less than what you think. I am still trying to reduce my belongings by half. I just packed a box full of things I no longer need or want. I aim to only keep things that serves a purpose and/or …
Seven years today: I guess banana has always been my fruit of choice whenever I hike and that I’ve always been fascinated by food (in an esoteric way). Beijing was fun! When I visit next, I shall: 1. Eat strawberry bing tang …
This is genius. I was never into contemporary art but Christoph Niemann (@abstractsunday), the illustrator of The New Yorker, is changing my mind. Also the brain is a curious thing. This image, in a split second, transported me back to an obscure museum in Brussels which I don’t even know I …
“Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ‘Is this the condition that I feared?’” – Seneca I’ve always wanted to try this: eat the cheapest food for a month, and ask myself if …
