I hadn't read Camus for a while. A decade now; almost two. (It somehow confuses me to be able to talk about the past in decades and not years.) I remember him well as he was the first author whose books I bought at Kinokuniya, the bookstore I always found too high-end, but that carried... Continue Reading →
For the longest time I have felt like writing here on edonn.com, but life got in the way. Specifically, I was too busy changing jobs. After close to eight years at Study Group I decided it was time for a change, and so here I am now at Vonage. Leaving Study Group was one of... Continue Reading →
This has been an interesting year, and I wish you a great last day before we move into 2021. No matter how the year has turned out for you, I'm sure it has been "interesting", good or bad, filled with stories.
"From Monday to Friday," I tell the wife, "I'll be doing 100 push-ups. And Tuesday, Thursday, and I think Saturday, 100 squats. Oh, and I'll be aiming to run 20km per week." She looks at me like I'm mad. "What for? What'd you pushing yourself so hard for?" "I gained three kilos since the lockdown,"... Continue Reading →
An unforced error is a missed shot or lost point (as in tennis) that is entirely a result of the player's own blunder and not because of the opponent's skill or effort often happening because of impatience; inattention; or taking unnecessary risk. In other words, completely preventable. Life, I find, comes in peaks and troughs.... Continue Reading →
Yes, sometimes I feel overwhelmed. How could I not when I have to juggle kids while going 110% at work thanks to Covid-19? Who'd think a pandemic could complicate our lives this badly? It doesn't make it any easier that I also feel this invisible weight of fear for my own and my family's health... Continue Reading →
Reading When to Rob a Bank (by the authors of Freakonomics) and there was this little passage on plastic wrappers on fruit and food in general. In my mind, there was no doubt that that was a symptom of excess, and that it was undoubtedly a bad thing. But Levitt and Dubner (the authors) made... Continue Reading →
This past week has been difficult. I caught a stomach bug. It was awful. I thought I was strong. I was wrong. Throughout the week, I kept thinking: I would pay quite exorbitant amounts of money just to feel healthy again. But alas, money don't make the sick feel any better if they're not well... Continue Reading →
There was a metaphorical knock on the door that prompted me to look up from the busywork I was deeply involved in. Who was it? My first instinct was to turn him or her away. "Get lost," I wanted to say, but held back. I opened the door and saw the blurred face of what... Continue Reading →
Today was an awful day. It started with me waking up a little later than hoped. I'd planned to go in earlier, get a head start on the tons of work I'd left outstanding from the previous day. But by the time I managed to get to the station it was peak and the trains... Continue Reading →
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