What’s up with yoga?
â± I think there’s something interesting about how yoga went from being a spiritual way of being to becoming a commodif
precise
The Philosophy of Logical Atomism (1918-19) Lecture 1: Facts and Propositions By Bertrand Russell (The following articles ar
Tools I use
I’ve been meaning to write reviews of all the tools I use. Chat / communication tools HipChat â This is what we use as
Baby abandonment
People are usually quick to demonize the mother in these situations. It’s interesting (and sad) to me. There’s a v
bestof @visakanv hacker news comments
Singapore Is Taking the âSmart Cityâ to a New Level Writer’s block What is your writing process like? slack as ̵
Politics and the English language [2016]
The following is my attempt to update George Orwell’s essay Politics and the English Language [1946] for modern reading.
Lord of War [2005]
WIP Lord of War is one of my favorite movies. It’s not like I watched it once and thought “Oh my god this is the b
Before Midnight [2013]
Spoilers ahead. Before ‘Before Midnight’ The first time I watched Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, I was in Penan
taste is the beating heart of all creative value
This post is a work-in-progress. It’s really just a set of notes for now. I’ve been finding myself sharing it with
Life Basics
Haven’t written in a while. I feel a little tired and bored of the 1000wordvomits project, like it’s not going any
One must imagine Sisyphus LOL-ing
Life, particularly in modern civilization, is an absurd circus. Weâre all clowns living in boxes trying to amuse ourselves w
Travel
I’m not much of a traveller. I’d like to change that. So far, I’ve been to… Johor, Malaysia Batam, Ind
Fitness
I’ve developed an idea in my mind about how to use my blog moving forward. I want it to be an extension of my mind, that
The Body Is The Mind
From reddit thread about walking around during phone calls; This is a specific case of the general phenomenon. Lots of people
Pondering the heat death of the universe
(I wrote this in 2013 in a a conversation with a friend, and decided to tidy it up a little and publish it for future referenc
Advice for a JC1 Kid
“SO, do you have any advice for a JC1 kid? :p Like a “dear 18 year old me” kinda thing haha” Sure, you
My journey from underachieving student to moderately competent adult [2016]
An older friend told me that a parent wanted to talk to ‘learn about my educational journey’ and ‘understand
referrals
I like making referrals whenever I spot the opportunity to, and I rarely care about the benefit to me (unless it’s absol
life-summary
1990 â Born 1994 â St Hilda’s Kindergarten 1997 â Opera Estate Primary School 1998 â Burnt hand 2000 â St Hild
How To Self Regulate
I think the solution to the problem of self-regulation will begin with really little things. If you suck at self-regulation, y
1000 index
self-observations 0408âââtendency to talk in explanations â I get neurotic when I try to explain everything, includin
writing
0546 â the future of my words 0543 â writing as joyful self-correspondence 0533 â the next steps of my writing journey 0
Guilt is a feeling that should inform action, not paralyze
Originally 0532. Guilt is a feeling. Itâs often a legitimate feeling, and itâs a signal from the mind/body that something
word vomit notes
Practice Stoicism (0010) Keep your identity small (0094) Avoid heartbreak warfare (0006), petty arguments (0076) Be random fro
Words are vessels of meaning; to investigate words is to discern meaning
I have loved letters and words for as long as I can remember. I love their shapes the way a painter might enjoy the smell of p
Sex is ubiquitous â and it’s shamed and policed as a tool of social control
Sex: http://slutever.com/sex-is-normal/Â Clever use of pictures to communicate. Bloomberg â Has internet culture ruined love
history is an underrated source of insight
I think history is interesting. It’s like binge-watching old seasons of current affairs â we get to go through a lot
Advice To A Younger Self: How To Manage Yourself
1. Hit the gym. We live in the real world and physical strength has real benefits. Get fit and you’ll look fit, and peop
Bookmarks that I often share with friends
Disclaimer â I find these reads interesting. I don’t necessarily agree with them. #Bestof / Most Shared These are li
beware self-flagellation
Hereâs something thatâs taken me a long time to be able to identify and an even longer time to express succinctly: Very of
How to build and maintain communities
This blogpost started out as a bunch of notes and links, and I found myself sharing it with people over and over again so much
We are all miseducated + need to rethink education from scratch
We are all miseducated. My education journey 0129 â future of education 0461 â we are all miseducated â accepted it and
Surprises reveal the limits of our expectations
I started smoking again. Thought I would’ve quit for good. (Quit again in 2016) people are stupid. keep assuming that th
Meditation is mind-maintenance. If you believe that the mind is important, meditation is, too
Clear the gunk off your windshield so you can focus on the present moment, what’s in front of you right now. Jon Kabat Z
Rocky
I’m listening to the Rocky soundtrack and getting quite emotional. Recently watched movies 1 through 6 in anticipation o
the body is inextricably intertwined with the mind
I’ve been overwhelmed in recent times with the realization that I don’t really know my body as well as I thought I
7letters
Cinema. The intro scene was too long. I donât need to stare at a pretty malay woman singing for 3-5+ minutes. Maybe at least
Why do hard things? It’s about the people you meet along the way, including a better version of yourself
I’m somewhat intellectually convinced that it’s worth doing hard things in life, but I don’t always live as
Why do I argue with people on the internet?
I wrote this because I wanted to make sense of a habit that I have, and to modify it so it serves me better. I think the impor
The XAB method â Get person X from point A to point B without overextending yourself
This is a draft of a blogpost I’ve been meaning to write, articulating what I’ve learned from a few years of being
The media is critical to how we make sense of ourselves and our reality
Why does this post exist? I think the media (in all its forms) is a very important part of what it means to be human. It’
Schools are powerful, outdated tools of social programming
Why does this post exist? I haven’t been in school in over a decade, but it had a debilitating effect on me and I want t
What makes something “authentic”? It’s about passing for others
The goal here is to explore what we mean when we say something is ‘authentic’, ask who gets to decide, and how we
How to facilitate interesting interviews / conversations
If I were an interviewer. 1: I think it’s important to get all the preliminary questions out of the way ASAP. Most dialo
Making sense of my childhood and how it shaped me
I was born on June 6th 1990, in Singapore. George HW Bush was President of the USA. The Berlin Wall fell, East and West German
Procrastination is a solvable problem
On putting things off [HN] I’m very passionate about the problem of procrastination, having suffered terribly from it a
Movies
Movies I really loved and would rewatch Lord of War â depiction of bleakness of arms industry Moneyball â I really appreci
Movies I’ve watched and liked
Movies I really loved and would rewatch Lord of War â depiction of bleakness of arms industry Moneyball â I really appreci
TV shows I’ve watched and liked
blog >Â reviews > TV TV Shows that I really loved, recommend and would rewatch Arcane Andor The West Wing â great conv
Creativity is just connecting (and remixing) things
Everything Is A Remix (Full Video)Â [30 mins+] How To Steal Like An Artist, by Austin Kleon (Google him for Twitter). P
Motivation is anything that compels you to take action
Hello, World Finished Not Perfect [1:30] Why Do We Fall [6:13] Unbroken [5:57] Dream [6:20] Les Brown: You Gott
Stuff I’ve written about writing
Stuff  I’ve written about writing: Minimum Viable Content Copywriting Content Anxiety “Do you have any writing ad
An oral history of the games I’ve played
What’s the first video game you ever played? I’m not entirely sure. I recall watching my brothers play games on th
boredom is a 4-part bug of the mind; it can be resolved
2023 update: I ended up writing Introspect in part because of my obsession with this question. I feel like I have a good han
Quotes I’d like to be reminded of
2023 update: This feels like a very dated post now. I think my goal moving forward is to weave all my favorite quotes into my
Muse
Muse, Live in Singapore, 2015. I remember being a bit amused by some of their lyrics, but it’s one of those things that
“What are you passionate about” might be better framed as “what are you willing to suffer for?”
A younger friend told me that he gets asked this question a lot, and that he doesnât know how to answer. So he asked me how
ambition
Jayne asked on facebook, “what are your dreams and ambitions?” I could talk to you for hours about this because th
Gattaca [1997]
Gattaca. I figure I might as well post a bunch of the movies I’ve been watching. I got around to watching it at last bec
Psychological Self-Help: How To Stop Procrastinating
If we begin with the notion that procrastination is not the basic “problem” but rather an attempted “cure
Psychological Self-Help: Types Of Procrastinators
Types of procrastinators It may help to think in terms of two fundamental kinds of procrastinators: one tense and the other re
Psychological Self-Help: The Emotions Of Procrastination
In recent years, most psychologists have come to believe that the act of procrastinating can best be understood by identifying
Psychological Self-Help: The Process of Procrastination
Procrastination is a strange phenomenon. Its purpose seems to be to make our life more pleasant but instead it almost always a
Cebu [2015]
I went to Cebu in March 2015. It was a pleasant experience. Hung out in Ayala Mall. Bought some books. Ate Lechon. It was real
Annual Checkups
Jan 1 2010: Inflated sense of self-worth Nov 18 2010: Resolutions for 2011 Jan 1 2011:Â Mandatory New Year Post July 5 2011: W
todo
(feb2015 draft of a page from @1000wordvomits) I think one of the things that keeps me procrastinating is the fact that I have
Fulfilling Old Promises
I think one of the things that keeps me procrastinating is the fact that I have this long history of unfulfilled promises. I&#
List of resources for procrastinators
I’m going to go through all of this one by one, distill them to their core principles and condense all of them. Procrast
ev williams, xoxo 2013
A journey on the information superhighway â evan williams Hello friends. I want to talk to you today about the Internet, jus
Hello, World: We can fix this.
My goal is to quit procrastination. I managed to quit smoking. I believe that I can quit procrastination, too. I will figure i
Office Space [1999]
Office Space, my first movie of 2016. Really enjoyed it. Wish I watched it 10 years earlier, though I probably wouldn’t
Tweets from 2010
run was totally worth it. body is a furnace. ear drums are pounding. fresh night air tastes so good. cut 2 minutes off my 3.6k
My Answers To Mark Manson’s Life Purpose Questions
http://markmanson.net/life-purpose 1: What is your favorite flavor of shit sandwich and does it come with an olive? (What pain
Boyhood [2014]
I was crushed when I first heard about the existence of Before Sunrise, the movie. It was what I thought nobody had done prope
Why I Am A Marketer
This is a quick and dirty draft I wrote while at work. Thereâs this Italian guy on TED- Ernesto Sirolli who said there are t
Why should we blog?
It’s always been self-evident to me, but let me try to spell it out. A blog is the intersection of conversations and boo
The Tao of YungSnuggie
I loved YungSnuggie so much that I pulled out his best answers, formatted them a little (tried to make it easier to read witho
words that are pretty and useful
puerile magnate marquis credo quasar savant vehement ostensible irrevocable celestial sobriqueted veritable pervasive eviscera
A year of content marketing.
I started work at ReferralCandy in February 2013. It’s easily been the most interesting, exciting and challenging year o
seth godin
CHOOSING COLOR: People desperately want to believe stories. Even if that story is just a few drops of ink on a plastic sheet.
Notes from Seth Godin’s talk at Google
I was watching a talk that Seth Godin gave at Google in 2007. It was uploaded on jul 16, about 3 weeks after the first generat
notes from Anthony Robbins TED talk
Immersion why, what is your motivation today? invisible force of internal drive emotion is the force of life effective people/
notes from 4 hour body
Ginger & Sauerkraut for muscle experimentalists keep theoreticians honest- Michio Kaku Separation of expertise means both
The Mundanity of Excellence, by Daniel Chambliss
(Visa: Full text available here. I edited this one a little for readability. Left out the footnotes.) “Olympic sports an
Notes from “The Story of Your Enslavement”
Fear of death and future loss. Threats only work on humans. Farming of humans = most profitable and destructive. Reaching its
“thinking about future”, february 2007
“My father is now bugging me to get a scholarship with the RSAF. It does not interest me at all. I have no interest in t
Stuff I wrote down while watching A Conversation With Elon Musk (and Salman Khan)
I wrote this while watching Salman Khan having a conversation with Elon Musk, this is what stood out to me. Thought I’d
Bum-a-cigarette app idea
Here’s an idea I had as a person with a problem that’s not being solved efficiently. I who started out as a veheme
bach, reddit
[â]Rhapsodie 26 points 4 days ago Bach is ANYTHING but mechanical. In fact his music is so emotional sometimes it makes C
Deep Purple [2013]
I can’t remember how/why exactly I ended up watching Deep Purple in 2013. They were playing at Star Theater at Star Vist
What makes a story great, by Marcus Geduld
Originally posted on Quora. Marcus is a Shakespearean director and one of my absolute favourite people I’ve had the priv
How to survive NS
Here is something I’ve wanted to write for a long long time but have been procrastinating on because I visualized someth
“See you when I’m forty years old”, by Xavier Koh
“Rule of Thumb: When you find yourself carelessly engaging in envy of people who seem to be ‘living the life’
Your frustration is valid, but your response isn’t helping you.
Visakan Veerasamy’s answer to: If you could write a 10 note to your younger self, what would you say? Your frustration i