I made a decision to log out of my Instagram account, uninstall the app, and go on indefinite hiatus today. There are two reasons mainly. One, is that I decide to place myself within some personal crunchtime towards submitting my thesis in all its entirety. I am happy that this is going well so far, […]
Category: Psychology and Philosophy
The point of writing
I guess I have come across this before but I was recently made aware (or reminded) of from Stranger Things 3 of what is called the Baader-Meinhof effect, or ‘frequency illusion’— the effect that happens when you start seeing the same things in succession after being mentioned to you, or encountered upon it the first […]
No more self-erasing
I have been having body aches for the longest time, and judging from how long I often sit working in front of the computer, I guess it has to do with some muscle tension in my shoulder and arms area. I haven’t gone for a massage for the longest time as well so I called […]
Don’t dismiss humble acquaintance
I finished Normal People by Sally Rooney today. It’s still not for me, for the very same reason I wrote yesterday. And that’s OK, not all books work for everyone! Moving on. A good friend visited me in my city the other day and we had a lot to catch up about (and stuff our […]
The dark forest of the Internet
Parkinson’s law — the idea that work expands to fill the time available for its completion — means that if you give yourself two weeks to complete a task, then the work will find a way to complete itself within two weeks, even if taking some extra metrics out of the calculation (emotional labour, stress, […]
On The Good Place
I just sat the other day thinking, “Man, I miss The Good Place.” On Malaysia’s Netflix, the series is only available up until two seasons — and suffice to say, I have watched them all. During my trip to Melbourne, I got too excited upon finding out that Season 3 was already up on Netflix […]
Against hyperthymesia
I just finished reading a book called Filling the Void: Emotion, Capitalism & Social Media written by Londoner Marcus Gilroy-Ware, which is yet another critique (I am saying this because this seems to be the pattern of my reading materials for the past two years, given my research concentration) of social media and the society […]
Puff of smoke
I have taken to watching more documentaries on Netflix this month — well that is until Black Mirror’s Season 5 is out! — and one of them is a mini series of documentary called Explained, which is produced by the people at Vox. Each episode talks about a variety of topics — for example astrology, […]
Data issues, racist photography, and Korean grandmas
Today I edited another 4000-word document, wrote over 1000 words, and had a late lunch of teriyaki chicken and a bowl of miso soup. Despite all of these achievements I haven’t managed to think of something to write here for the day, so I thought I’d share what I have read (and still reading) before […]
On reading, the aging population, and your mum
So I just finished reading Oliver Sacks’ book of essays called Everything In Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales (of which I just talked about in the previous post). Another essay of his, called Reading the Fine Print caught my attention. Sacks started by telling about his frustration when he asked for a large […]
