Category: 4. Live Less Bad
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Year 2020, Happy List
I like to look back. There is no LinkedIn-proper reason, just nostalgia. This year, I added a “Happy List.” I think after 2020 we are permitted to be trite and cheesy in the name of universal happiness. Pardon the brags- those are intentional. Learn to Type “Colemak”I decided to type differently. I regretted it, because…
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I love WAVE 4
Hong Kong is officially in Wave 4 of COVID-19. Schools and gyms are closed. There has been a lot more untraceable cases this time. No dine-in after 6pm. Yes. Fourth time. I hate working out at home, because it’s all about maintaining. When I go to the gym, all workouts lead to “gaining.” It could…
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Backpack Buying 🎒
I spent months trying to look for a new backpack. My old Fjallraven was destroyed. There were two big holes in the bottom of the computer compartment. One of them was repaired and then broke again. Zippers were coming off. The bag was exceptional in terms of usability, weight, and capacity. I liked the clamshell…
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做就，斡旋。
在回顧2020年的過程中，我與忽略了很久的詞語，「斡旋」，乍然重逢。 從2000年開始，世事感覺越來越混亂。我知道，理智和歷史提醒我們，現在的情況肯定不是最壞的。但當我們每刻每秒都被爭論、慌亂、矛盾、和荒誕支配時，實在很難不感到絕望。 然後，我開始想起兩個英文動詞：facilitate, mediate.。我在尋找方法，活用自己的能力，為改變現狀而出一分力。而我的強項，就是facilitate和mediate。而當我在幻想如何向香港的朋友解釋我的意願時，想到了「做就」和「斡旋」兩詞。 究竟我們還有機會回到較理智、更包容的社會環境嗎？事實很可悲，因為今天的動盪，並不是因為一小撮無知、心術不正、或心懷不軌的人所造成的。這是發生在歷史上最多人得到文明、財富、教育的時代。換言之，現在的狀況，是最理智、理論上最包容的時代的產物。那試問，我這個平凡無奇的人，憑什麼可能改變這條大洋船的航道呢？不被她的漣漪淹死就該還神了。 唉，所以啊，能對得住自己，能向我的兒女交代的唯一做法，就是盡力而為。而我這刻覺得需要嘗試的地方，就是育成一個能做就大家互相斡旋的社會。 如何去做呢？
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A Week To Remember.
Nov 21st to 27th, 2020. Winter Fair, where 400+ people showed up. I was in charge of pasta. Made two sauces, and they tasted good. I got to use the full size kitchen at the school. Everything was so much hotter! I felt useful. The school is coming alone, albeit all the challenges, albeit the…
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What’s Keeping Me Up At Night 😨
The 2020 election did not resolve this crisis of legitimacy. It found two Americas, very evenly divided, and at war with one another. Andrew Sullivan Our viewpoints. My wife’s and mine. The world is polarised. But I am not sure if she and I would agree on this. We are more susceptible to influence than…
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Why These Cliches Make Life Worse And Then Great
The purpose of life is finally obvious. It is not fun. It’s dull. It’s not romantic at all. Not something we would see in a super hero movie. The purpose of life is to go through it, raise some human beings, do some good, do less bad, and see what happens. But we lose sight…
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Confidence
“When I realized that I was smarter than my parents, I felt tremendous shame for having thought that.” Steve Jobs Some say confidence comes from evidence of us capable of doing things- hard things, good things, mundane things. Some say confidence is to be attached. Some say confidence is to have all the holes inside…
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Why Meditate?
I started meditation in 2012 when the Headspace app was launched. Since then I have stopped, restarted, struggled, changed many apps, attended a 10 day silent retreat. Now, I meditate daily, and I am confident to say that I will be practicing meditation for the rest of my life. So why do I meditate? I…
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What Were Steve Jobs and Hitler Doing When They Were 44?
Hitler became the chancellor of Germany in 1933 when he was 44. Jobs officially returned as the CEO of Apple at the age of 44. I am 44. The moment we existed high school, age started to become irrelevant. It was as if, at the moment of graduation, the line of age just elongated and…