As I encouraged/scolded/nagged my kid for the umpteenth time to study for his "听写" (the Chinese equivalent of an English spelling test) I couldn't help but think to myself what a waste of time it was. Don't let the pointlessness of what I thought this exercise really was show, I thought to myself. With my... Continue Reading →
For the past few months I've gotten quite into the groove of using AI for work and life. The more I use it, the more I start seeing the rough edges that, if one isn't careful, can cut unexpectedly into real life. One of those edges I've found is its "lack of humanity". I know,... Continue Reading →
It's been such a long time since I last wrote. I suppose I could blame my change of jobs, which has taken up a lot of mental bandwidth. I suppose I could also blame how my writing catharsis leans heavily towards AI/LLMs now (e.g. ChatGPT). Writing tends to be quite fungible for me, scratching the... Continue Reading →
For over 20 years I'd used the run/walk running method I learned from a book by Jeff Galloway. It'd kept me injury-free (the one time I got a bad case of plantar fasciitis was when I stopped run/walking), and has been something I've preached to anyone and everyone who would listen. Then six months ago... Continue Reading →
This past month or so has been really exciting for me. Among other things, one of the most exciting has definitely been my dabbling with (and then diving head first) into Generative AI (GenAI), or more specifically Large Language Models (or LLMs, which you may know as "ChatGPT" or "Gemini"). I've been avoiding GenAI for... Continue Reading →
Bit by bit it was replaced, slowly but surely. What was black was now red; what was left was now right. (And what was right had now left.) It reminded me of the Ship of Theseus: were we still us, with all that had been changed? Unnoticed at first, something felt... off. But finger on... Continue Reading →
So I'm back from a run and I'm feeling tired. I asked myself: how long more? I asked myself: what's the end goal? I asked myself: and then what? No answers. But a thought: man this is just like life, we just keep going and going, waiting for... Then another thought: I swear I wrote... Continue Reading →
I'm generally not one who believes in the supernatural, but the I Ching as a divination tool has proved pretty useful to me in recent times. The first time I had consulted it (via free, online I Ching divination sites that you can find dozens of via a simple search), it was mostly out of... Continue Reading →
While on a run I, feeling a little jaded, a little tired, started thinking how nice it'd be if I didn't have to run. Then I caught myself, and laughed a little at the absurdity of that thought. Running has brought me much joy, and it is through running that some of my finest insights... Continue Reading →
After my run as I was cooling down and just thinking (as I'm wont to do during and after runs, especially after), I thought back to how I used to often write poetry back in the day, when I was in the university doing my undergrad. Back then my poetry-writing often followed runs as well,... Continue Reading →
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