How we raise the future

When SARS broke in 2003, I remember being scared. As a child, I saw flashes of nurses in hazmat suits and climbing death tolls on the telly but life carried on relatively normally. It remains a blip in my memory. 17 years later, we’re dealing with another coronavirus but processing, reacting and handling it in… Continue reading How we raise the future

2019: A year of figuring out (and getting) what I want

I didn't make any New Year's resolutions. Why not? Because it's easy to put together a tidy list of agreeable goals, but then surprise birthday parties happen (say no to cake???), your favourite yoga studio shuts down (hello disrupted downward dog) and new targets at work mean longer hours and takeaway (sorry kitchen, maybe next… Continue reading 2019: A year of figuring out (and getting) what I want

Before receiving a quality education

Oh podcasts, little packets of brain food that make my morning routine an enlightening tooth brushing. On a Sunday afternoon, I was listening to Freakonomics Radio, more specifically Stephen Dubner's conversation with Facebook CEO and founder, Mark Zuckerberg who is now known as the bad guy currently embroiled in a data privacy conundrum (see Cambridge… Continue reading Before receiving a quality education

Making mistakes

"I can thank her training for a lot of those things. But one thing I never learned was how to fail. I was always too afraid of the consequences. So even today I'm not good with the unknown." This post by HONY (Humans of New York) touched a nerve long out of practice.  Throughout my… Continue reading Making mistakes

#carewithcaose: dabbling in Quora

The question: How do I get over the fact that I’m ugly? I’m an 18 year old guy. I’m ugly, short, and a socially awkward person. I feel sad all the time. I have no friends. Don’t tell me things like “you are beautiful” or “inner beauty is more important”. I know I’m ugly as… Continue reading #carewithcaose: dabbling in Quora