Migratory Birds

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This is a short poem about the experience of moving countries. It was performed as spoken poetry in Newtown in October, 2025.

Pixel and Google Photo’s Predatory Practises

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It’s August 12, 2025, yet more things came to light that truly reveal the predatory nature of Google Photo’s practices. Quick Background: I switched to a Pixel in mid 2024, I purposefully went for a 512GB Pixel, knowing that Google’s cameras will be creating large photo files. Unknowingly, google automatically backs up my photos to … Read more

Great Food At Little Shops

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I found myself marvelling at the wonderful food I’ve had on my recent business trips. An Cafe Vietnamese Street Food – Brisbane An Cafe Vietnamese Street Food – BrisbaneAt this small vietnamese shop, I’ve had the best chips(fries), ever. Of a standard thick cut, it is so soft on the inside and crispy (but not … Read more

Dealing with CyberBullying in the 21st Century

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In 2024, I conducted a research project on cyber bullying against adults. The project report analyses real-life and serious cases of cyberbullying campaigns and how it was dealt with in different scenarios. My project aims to provide the public with tools to approach the internet safely. I was moved by the distressing case of Amanda … Read more

Google, Do better!

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I’ve grown increasingly frustrated with some of Google’s practices, particularly when it comes to their Pixel devices. Last year, I switched to the latest Google Pixel, because I wanted to stay within the Android ecosystem. Unfortunately, the experience has been disappointing for several reasons: If it weren’t for Australia’s VOLTE regulations, I wouldn’t have needed … Read more

The Egg Game

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I created a command-line egg game in C, where players can discover the optimal cooking time for boiling an egg. I’ve designed a dozen endings depending on how many minutes the egg was cooked. Motivation I love eggs, so I decided to make my first coding project based on something I really like. Research I … Read more

War on Stink Bugs 2

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A step-by-step guide on getting rid of stink bugs or bronze orange bugs for Australian home gardeners, especially for lemon trees!

War on Stink Bugs 1

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“Know thy enemy, and you shall prevail.” – Sun Tzu.

If you’ve had the pleasure of owning a lemon tree or a citrus tree of some variety in Australia, you may also have had the displeasure of encountering the stink bug – or the bronze orange bug.

Cooking Experiments

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I started reading Salt, Fat, Acid, Head written by Samin Nosrat, a book about mastering the elements of good cooking. The first chapter is on salt, including the types of salt and properly salting. Including how time, heat and water affect the activity of salt (osmosis and diffusion). The book further talks about how salt … Read more

On Purpose and Goals

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I recently saw a snippet on Youtube about a neurologist talking about how the adult human brain becomes fully developed after the age of twenty-five and will then focus on tasks that are essential to survival. When attempting to learn something new (e.g. new language) is considered irrelevant to survival, the tasks will “become” more … Read more

The Silver Snail

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A silver snail sauntered up to a werewolf sleeping under a tree, and started making fun of him. The werewolf woke up from his nap. Annoyed, he reached out a claw crush the snail. Seeing this, the snail quickly retreated back into its shell. As soon as the werewolf touched the silver shell of the … Read more

The Importance of the Past

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Today I’d like to discuss the importance of the past. When I was a teenager, and I read the blurbs on the books that talk about digging into the mysterious past of the protagonist, I wasn’t exactly interested. What’s so interesting about the past? Last year, older and supposedly wiser, I went back to the … Read more

On Improving Life

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The best way to improve your life right now, is to take care of yourself. Sometimes, we take care of others more than ourselves. But we ourselves are the source of all happiness and goodness – it must be the excess from our happiness that overflows into other’s cups. We are our priority. With our … Read more

城市规划即风水

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大家好！如果你告诉年轻的我，我的第一篇博客文章会是关于城市规划的，我一定会用一脸困惑的表情看着你。不过，最近我对这个话题产生了浓厚的兴趣。

On Choices and Habits

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– Inspired by the book Atomic Habits. 1. The Power of Habits and the Choices We Make The power of habits is not a new concept. We observe it every day e.g. Jane always checks Aldi, Coles and Woolworths before making a purchase; Josh has a coffee every morning. However, we think less about how … Read more