Hiya! I am Chai.

I keep this blog to enjoy writing, sharing, and reflecting on my life experiences, both for my future self and anyone who is curious.

I hope you discover something on my blog that resonates with you.
Nice to see you here. Thanks for stopping by!

Besides the posts below, I occasionally write weekly notes.

  • Today I read two posts about the New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Arden and her government’s response to the COVID-19 crisis. A praise: Three reasons…

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  • Pandemic thoughts

    It’s been two full weeks since I started worrying about Covid-19 pandemic. And we have three weeks of lockdown ahead. Like many of my generation,…

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  • And so are your customers! Bummed to receive this patronising text from my LPG provider just before the lockdown. I don’t even need a gas…

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  • Books I read in 2019

    Here is the list of books I read in 2019, lifted from the Todoist Read project. ♥️ are the books I enjoyed and learnt the…

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  • A while ago I noticed that I am receiving texts only on my iPhone, but some texts don’t show up in the Messages app on…

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  • Twelve on Twitter

    Twitter helped learn a lot of things despite aggressively pushing its preferences at times. This post is my tribute to Twitter.

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  • 2019 Workouts

    Exercising is one of the foundational habits that I wanted to incorporate in my life. In 2014 I found a colleague who is passionate about…

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  • What’s in your soap?

    A few weeks ago I was listening to an episode of the Rework podcast titled Lab Week. At [00:02:23] I heard this: We three live…

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  • Outlook app issues

    I finally removed the Microsoft Outlook app from my phone. It still keeps freezing and getting in my way. The Outlook tech support person was…

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  • ✅ Wunderlist

    Microsoft is finally shutting down Wunderlist. Glad that I moved to ToDoist earlier this year. A few years ago, Microsoft acquired a calendar app called Sunrise that…

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