Worthiness of love and the male-loneliness epidemic.
A reflection on how men learn to treat intimacy as something to earn, and why loneliness deepens when affection becomes tied to usefulness, status, and performance.
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Writing & Reflections
A collection of essays on design, technology, and culture, alongside professional notes and career learnings.
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Why 'potential' is comforting.
On the quiet relief of being almost something, and how imagined futures can feel safer than the exposed work of becoming real.
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Do we have ADHD, end-stage screen addiction...
A messy look at attention, overstimulation, willpower, and the uneasy question of whether modern life is breaking focus or exposing old habits.
Why we love "Reaction Videos"
Why watching someone else feel something can make media feel communal again, even when we are alone with a screen.
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Why things feel less special once we achieve them.
On anticipation, arrival, and the strange emotional drop that can follow getting exactly what we said we wanted.
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Childbirth is Immoral and Inherently Selfish.
A deliberately uncomfortable argument about consent, suffering, legacy, and the moral assumptions behind choosing to create life.
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Overthinking
On rumination, control, and the loop where thinking starts to feel like action.
Updates and Reflections
Shorter notes on work, learning, and the moments that changed how I think through people, systems, and creative practice.
University
Singapore
Moving to Singapore for University
Notes on settling into a new country, building routines from scratch, and noticing how independence feels different when every small decision is suddenly yours.
Internship
Cloud Company
Four Months as an 18 year old tech Intern
Reflections on learning inside a real engineering culture, asking better questions, and understanding how large technical systems are shaped by people.
Gap Year
Retrospective
My Only Regret After Taking a Gap Year
A look back at the space between school and university, what the time gave me, and the one thing I would have treated more deliberately.