Never in a million years did I imagine I would cry while doing leisure reading. For a few days in a row, I found myself totally losing it reading Crying in H Mart on the couch, in the comfort of my home. As I reached Chapter 10: Living and Dying…
And how it shaped my worldview
I woke up to a pleasant surprise this morning. Finally, with a bit of luck (and was still confused about how the system works), I received the notification about my first COVID-19 vaccination that will happen this week. It took me a while to…
“What exists, exists so that it can be lost and become precious.” — Lisel Mueller
They are not coincidences when movies or stories with the label of Greatest of All Time start the first scene with a funeral. It is the end for the dead, but those left behind have…
The cosmetics entrepreneur Nur Sajat was charged after she dressed in women’s attire during a religious event in Malaysia. Born in 1985 as Muhammad Sajjad Kamaruz Zaman and now identified as a trans woman, she was reportedly fled to seek asylum in Australia. This case did not see the light…
The secret chord of life is hidden, somewhere in the stars.
It has been more than a week since the last chapter of Lost (인간실격) hit our small screens. For people who cherish this work of art, there was so much careful deliberation between moral and desire, life and death…
Being a disqualified human is heavier than reality
They met each other at the end of the road, at least that’s what they thought it was. Would she bring her incomplete self to the grave? Was he going to find salvation by rescuing a suicidal 누나 (noona)?
A proxy, that’s…
Title in Hangul: 눈 딱 감고 낙하 (close your eyes and fall)
The fundamental premise of this poem is rooted in Gang Jae’s search for meaning. The ongoing TV series, Lost (also titled Human Disqualified, 인간실격) is messing around with our innate attraction to tragedy, romance, and meaning. …
Written at a time when pain is visible
Someone once famously said, “pain is inevitable, suffering is optional”. If you are a Stoic, you might have learned how to accept it instead of fighting it. However, there is some pain so relentless, that once coming into our lives, it takes…
For whom, we become who we are, if someone is indeed waiting for us?
You might see becoming as a process of finding your own voice, just like how Michelle Obama did it in her memoir. For David Foster Wallace, becoming might be a life-long experience. As grey hair constantly…
When my tennis 🐐 Roger Federer missing out on his favorite Grand Slam, the Wimbledon 2021 and now on a prolonged rehab to get back to the Game he has graced, I was fearing the worst for him and for myself 😕. …
