The downsides to being extremely beautiful, intelligent or wealthy might make you grateful you’re just Joe or Jane Average.
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What Chekov’s Dog Taught Me About Purposeful Creativity
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“Kashtanka” — Anton Chekov’s short story about a dog with two masters — is a fable about the conundrum of the creative life.
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What Kim Kardashian, Nike and the Dalai Lama’s bowing to political correctness says about censorship in the Information Age.
Continue readingLunch Break
A summer afternoon in the life of a Hongkonger.
It was time for Kenny’s lunch break. His bony buttocks, which had been parked in a cheap IKEA swivel chair since 8:35am, felt numb. His eyes ached, and when he closed them, he could still see the bright light of his computer screen emanating from the back of his eyelids. The photo of his wife and two young children, thumbtacked to a corkboard in front of him, was lopsided, so he straightened it. He dislodged himself from his cubicle and made his way out of the building.
Continue readingWhat Do You Mean I’m INTENSE?!?!
Positive and negative implications of the term “intense”.
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Hongkongers simply don’t identify themselves as Chinese.
Continue readingNot All Women Are Meant to Be Moms
On peer pressure, late-life motherhood, and why I won’t be having a baby in my forties
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