The Firehose Feed
This is a chronological feed of everything I’ve published.
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La Cocina is the place to be to enjoy good Spanish food with a view a sunset panoramic view of Subang Jaya. I meet owner and head chef Jeganathan Letchumanan and his wife, Zarmila Muniandy, to learn about how their restaurant came to be, and the yummy food one can enjoy at their scenic restaurant.
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The way you use AI to write essays could change your brain. Simply put: It could make you more stupid.
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So, there’s a name for the phenomenon I hate so much: Loud casting. “So how do we react when we experience others listening to their phones and other devices in public? About half of people maintain a British stiff upper lip and do nothing. The most common reaction for those who take action (cited by…
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Here’s a small start to start blogging about my community. First, I start with cafes offering yummy food: Here’s a sandwich cafe called iTOR.
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The pushback I received made me think about a way to re-clarify my message about digital gardens. The last thing I want people to think is that one is better than the other. I rather communicate the freedom digital gardening has given me, and how I’ve written so much more since taking this approach to…
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Digital gardens are a different way to present yourself on the Internet. Blogging is often see as a way to “brand yourself”. Digital gardens are less interested in marketing a personality but in sharing knowledge.
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To solve productivity problems, we tend to think that an app or a software can help us solve the problem. What we need to do to solve our productivity conundrums is to have clarity about our productivity problems and finding then finding tools that will solve it. In this post I show how I solved…
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A collection of fun posts about various stuff I found on the Internet. Some tech, some birbs, nerdy PKM Obsidian shares, and a dash of weirdo stuff. I always aim to make you smile, and promise not to share stuff about politics. There’s enough of that goin’ around!
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For years, I was fortunate enough to watch sunbird couples hatch their chicks right at my balcony. They’ve returned this year.
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My reflections and old tweets made during the first few months of Malaysia’s COVID-19 lockdowns or “Movement Control Order”.
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A guide that serves as a map to all the content I’ve written about finance over the years.
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You don’t have to live in Europe to experience the 15-minute city life. You can find that kind of lifestyle even in Malaysia.
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There’s something inherently combative about Western social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. The people there often seem mean-spirited, and the overall experience feels hostile. Chinese social media can be better due to stricter moderation policies, but you have to choose the right platform to dwell in.
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Light rail transits, walkways, BRTs, public busses … I’m really grateful that my area has all these and I am not forced to be car dependent.
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Today I’m grateful for: a) Malaysia’s abundance of good food b) The efficient public transport in my neighbourhood c) The ability to buy pricey bakkwa to treat my parents!
Elizabeth Tai 