17 April 2025
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17 April 2025

The key message is that when we are more willing to aware of the surrounding environment and ourselves, we will never lose the ability to learn and adapt, and see life is full of options.

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Four Mothers
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Four Mothers

Four Mothers is an Irish movie about an author called Edward who recently published a fiction about two men reflecting some current social structures. His publisher wants to arrange him for a book tour in the US.

The comedy movie also reveals some social phenomena that I can think of.

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Why Apple Notes?
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Why Apple Notes?

I used to be an Evernote user to record my ideas, collect information, writing and figuring out what I should do next (sorry I don’t want to use the term “planning” because I am not filling my schedule and I am a flexible person) until 2020 when they released an unusable update. I am only using an app which is preinstalled on all my devices: Apple Notes.

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Trips to Myanmar, 2016
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Trips to Myanmar, 2016

I made my first Myanmar visit when I was visiting Chiang Rai, the border of Thailand in early 2016, realising that there were a 24-hour walk-in visa (I called it the "entrance fee" because no papers or documents were issued, and the border officials only took my photo with an iPad.) After a 2-hour walk in Tachileik, I had a rough idea of having another trip which came true in September the same year.

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On uncertainty
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On uncertainty

When the earthquake strongly struck north Myanmar, many of us were shocked that Bangkok, the capital of Thailand with increasing number of skyscrapers, was also greatly affected. Tall buildings oscillated and even collapsed. People there escaped to outdoors to stay safe.

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On rebranding Korean Air
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On rebranding Korean Air

…branding is not an easy task but an ongoing process. Branding is much more than creating a logo in a few seconds because your logo has to fit in as many circumstances as possible…

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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl was a movie watched December last year. It’s a story which begins with the body of Shula's uncle Fred found by Shula, who is a girl from a middle-class family (living in a big house, having her own Benz car as well as international social connections), bringing about the issues of unfair male-dominated societies and traditions in Zambia.

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