"From the middle of my heart” is a reference to a new Radwimps song. Radwimps, the Japanese band that did the music for the well-loved anime films Your Name and Weathering with You. In May 2020, they released a song titled kokoro no naka. It means … [Read more]
Life after a layoff
They said it had nothing to do with my job performance. COVID-19 hit the startup hard and the CEO had to redo the entire business strategy. But it still sucked to be laid off. One other guy and I were the only ones who had to go. Everyone else … [Read more]
I got laid off amidst a pandemic (Birthday 2020)
Note: My birthday isn't today. It's this month. All names have been changed. The stories are (mostly) told in order. Kenneth Late March. A Monday morning. Kenneth, my manager, was the one who dropped the bomb on me. “There’s no other way … [Read more]
Go getter
Yasuko* “When I first moved to Singapore, I went to a lot of meetups”, Yasuko told me. “What sort of meetups?” I asked. “Language exchanges. There were folks who wanted to learn Japanese, and Japanese speakers who wanted to brush up their … [Read more]
Show myself
I know that “Into the unknown” is the theme song of Frozen 2. But I prefer “Show yourself”. In the “Show yourself” sequence of the movie, Elsa enters an ice cave with trepidation and excitement. The source of The Voice, which has been calling out … [Read more]
A new beginning
New Year’s Eve, 2019 I sat in a dim and spartan hotel room, about two thousand metres above sea level. We were holidaying in Taiwan, and for this leg of our trip, we spent a night up in the famous Alishan mountains. We arrived on New Year’s Eve. … [Read more]
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