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Enough Idleness to go around

Yes, nowadays there is enough idleness to go round, or at least it appears so. I agree with the person who divided the weekdays into big weekends (formerly known as weekdays) and small weekends. Some days, there’s more activity than others but still, things are slower than they were at the beginning of the year. […]

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Concerned and Calm

How do you emphasize that something is urgent or important? You simply say it is, you say it in a different tone or you just keep saying it. The past few weeks have been pretty reflective, looking at all that’s happening around the world. I’ve gone from wanting to know to what’s happening, to being […]

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One Year and Counting…

Before starting I had many What Ifs: what if it’s not good enough? what if I fall sick? what if we can’t combine it well with my other commitments? what if I get kidnapped? Of course, some of these things happened, I did fall sick a couple of times but got well in time for […]

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Living with Strong Ideas Loosely Held

One of Mark Twain’s popular quotes goes like this “If a cat sits on a hot stove, that cat won’t sit on a hot stove again. That cat won’t sit on a cold stove either. That cat just don’t like stoves.” I agree with him, and thinking about this again, I decided to extend the […]

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Cheers to 3+ years of writing

“You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.” ― Octavia E. Butler I wasn’t sure I wanted to write this, but a few recent conversations made […]