Category: essay
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The Equinox and 26.5 Degrees Celsius
Surprise! During the equinoxes, day and night are equal all over Earth. In the northern hemisphere, it happens around spring and fall, while it’s the opposite in the southern hemisphere, collectively known as Equinox.
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Chilling Surprises
‘Maybe they didn’t mean to steal it. Maybe someone liked you and pretended to find the bracelet just to strike up a conversation.’ The hypothetical ‘someone’ was already taking shape in the theory.
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Subscription Economy
But, increasing subscribers is tough. There’s a lot of competition, and the curation logic that decides main content exposure isn’t public.
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Place
No matter what anyone says, when she looks back as she gets older, she’ll probably think it was a pretty cool decision. Way cooler than buying a bicycle, investing in stocks, or starting a mediocre YouTube channel. 🚴♀️📈📹
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‘Katsudon’ and ‘Sakedon’
Manpuku means ‘completely full’ in Japanese, but it’s also the name of a rice bowl restaurant on Songridan-gil. I discovered it while cycling around on a weekend. There was always a line stretching over a block outside, catching my eye.
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The King of Solo Play – 2
We were talking about laziness, but suddenly, she’s bragging about her hard-working nature… But I couldn’t lose today, so I dug through memories of efficiently getting work done. Meanwhile, she kept talking.
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Master of Solo Fun
Usually, this would lead to ‘Seeing myself smile, I wondered what I was doing,’ but it was unexpected. Had it been the usual, I could have dominated with ‘You’re not doing too bad!’
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Conspiracy Theories
The difference is, all those friends have incredible focus. I have Netflix too, but I can never finish a single show properly. As we chatted, we started discussing the woes of lazy folks like us.
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No Encore Requests
Back in 1999, the journalist and his wife were obsessed with Broccoli, You Too’s debut album, and their daughter was born in March.
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In Love with Blue Bottle
As I poked around alleys trying to get back to Han River Park, hunger struck. A café with wide-open windows caught my eye. Inside, I ordered coffee and browsed my usual forums on my laptop. Someone had posted, ‘It’s the weekend, I want to fall in love.’