Content warning: mentions of suicide, abuse, and contains spoilers for the Korean show Extraordinary Attorney Woo on Netflix. I want to make it accessible even for those of you who haven’t seen it, but hopefully won’t be revealing too many plot spoilers that would ruin your enjoyment of the show should you choose to watch … More The Extraordinary Representation of Extraordinary Attorney Woo
It’s been more than 5 months since I last published anything to my blog. Of course there are reasons for that. One of them being that I’m working now rather than unemployed and looking for work, so I don’t have as much free time and having new content for potential employers to look at isn’t … More 2021 Year End Summary
We’re now sitting at over 14 months since the pandemic shut down everything in the San Francisco Bay Area in March 2020. I feel like I’ve gone through a whole gamut of emotions and experiences since it started. There’s been a lot of feeling of disconnect from the life I had prior to the pandemic. … More Nostalgia Reigns the Longer This Pandemic Lasts, Or Why I’ve Been Missing Malaysia Recently
Whilst I’ve been unemployed during the pandemic, the excess free time has afforded me opportunities to think more deeply about certain issues that impact my life. Especially considering 2020 was an election year, and we saw how social media impacted the 2016 election. Social media has been my primary way of connecting with friends for … More The Social Dilemma, Social Engineering, and Ethics in Social Media
Content warning: discussion of emotional abuse, manipulation, trauma, and other similar/related topics.Word count: approx. 18,000 (pace yourself). After making our way through Avatar: The Last Airbender, my kids and I moved onto The Legend of Korra—a rewatch for my 14yo and me, who watched it Aug-Oct 2020, but the first time for my 10yo. I’ve … More The Value of Critical Thinking While Watching The Legend of Korra with Children, and Discussing Relationship Dynamics
It’s funny, it wasn’t until I was figuring out the title of this blog post after watching the pilot of Kenan that I realised this truth: The only network TV I’m watching on a week to week basis right now is from NBC. That wouldn’t be true if Supernatural hadn’t recently ended its 15-year run, … More I don’t Watch Much Network TV, but When I Do, it’s NBC: Kenan, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, The Blacklist, Oh My!
N.B. This post contains spoilers for Avatar: The Last Airbender (should be obvious from the title, but still better to be safe). I write this with the intention of it being an interesting read even if you haven’t watched the series, and don’t mind spoilers. I came late to watching Avatar: The Last Airbender. I’d … More Thoughts After Watching Avatar: The Last Airbender Twice During the Pandemic
I have at least 4 draft blog posts of various states of written-ness. What I prioritise can change at the flip of a light switch depending on the day. I did intend to blog more, once I returned here in October, but other things came up and were prioritised first. Maybe I’ll eventually get back … More To Sum Up the End of 2020
I’ve never been an “avid” gamer, but I grew up on video games, and I know enough. My first console was the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System), which I still have but not sure if I’d be able to get work with the TVs I have (and also because it’s from Australia and I’m living in … More The Pandemic Let Me Game Again (And How Interests Can Connect Relationships)
Back in 2016, I picked back up my interest in comic books, after essentially re-watching everything from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. At the end of the year, I discovered Cape and Cowl Comics in Oakland, and after only a few trips to the store, I realised the owner was super friendly and it was wonderful … More 2017 Comics, Graphic Novels, and Trades
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