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My 30th Birthday
(Sharing what I posted on my Facebook) Thank you, everyone, for your birthday wishes. Yesterday was my 30th birthday. Today, after I post this on my Timeline, I head to the Army-designated hotel to start the new journey. I thought of posting a thorough reflection on my past decade, but the past week has been… Continue reading
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Is optimism in a hopeless situation simply BS?
As an early teen, I was disturbed that society puts so much emphasis on optimism. Many inspirational speakers justify this by saying thoughts and attitudes are the only things we can control in dreadful circumstances. However, this does not explain why we should control them in a positive direction. After all, there are many things… Continue reading
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On 放心
I feel like literature people might know this, but I wonder if anyone knows when the negative connotation of “放心” became predominant in Chinese. 1. I remember studying Mandarin for the first time many years ago. I was struck by how words related to 心 often share the same underlying meaning, yet with a drastically… Continue reading
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A request to my professor and Ph.D. friends who (are planning to) teach in university
This has lingered in my mind since day two in Taipei, yet I’ve been too lazy to write about it. But as my friend K pointed out, this event bears a pedagogical lesson, so I decided to share it with my friends and acquaintances. If you don’t want to read the long prelude, skip to… Continue reading
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Would I have been satisfied with my life if I had never left Korea?
I decided to sit down for several days and think this out. Here’s what I’ve got (Content warning: lots of f-bombs): I. To me, Korea seemed to be the site of endless fuck fuck games. Grades are curved so that someone must be losers even if everyone’s getting passing grades. Even if you survive this… Continue reading
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Being a teenager; swinging like a pendulum (Yet another introduction;
I had planned to write this series chronologically, but I realized there’s no need to go in order. As a child, I had concerns, but those were trivial ones. So, if I start this series from childhood, I might digress most of the time. For now, this short statement about my childhood would suffice: Though… Continue reading
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Series Introduction: Recounting My Intellectual Journey
Since I made this blog—or even before I made it—this blog has been on my mind every day. Even as I was doing pull-ups in a park, I thought about writing for this blog. But where should I start? I made a post asking myself and then switched it to private. Even before I was… Continue reading
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A Casual Musing on Fate and God
I’ve had this topic in mind for over a year, but I never had time to sit down and organize my thoughts. As my general examination is over and I have no business working with unethical people anymore, I suddenly have all time to meditate on it. — Though I’ve been exposed to various religions… Continue reading
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