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Yong Yee Chong
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Does My Mister Have a Happy Ending?

The South Korean television series reminds us to live with dignity no matter how absurd life is, with the help of Albert Camus. — My Mister (sometimes titled My Ajusshi and 나의 아저씨 in Hangul) has been on my Netflix feed for the longest time. I have to admit that the still shot of the leading actress (as shown in the picture above) is not too convincing when I came across it. The auto-play…

Movies

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Does My Mister have a happy ending?
Does My Mister have a happy ending?
Movies

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Fourth Wave

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Save Your Tears for When Your Mother Dies

How “Crying in H Mart” made me cry for reconciliation — 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…

Stopasianhate

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Save Your Tears for When Your Mother Dies
Save Your Tears for When Your Mother Dies
Stopasianhate

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On Something

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On My Father’s Softness

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…

Relationships

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On My Father’s Softness
On My Father’s Softness
Relationships

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Fourth Wave

·Sep 18

Home is Not a Place

My reflections on where I was born and how I learned about roots — A few months ago, I brought home 《流俗地》and other books to pass to my 79-year-old aunty. Fast forward to about 2 weeks ago, she returned the book to me when I arrived home. She told me that the Malaysian author has won the year’s biggest award and I was keen…

Family

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Home is Not a Place
Home is Not a Place
Family

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Fourth Wave

·Aug 14

What is the One Thing that Matters Most to the Women in Your Community?

In search for the answer, we came together — I had the pleasure to participate in the inaugural Medium Day. On the evening of August 12, 2023, Patsy Fergusson, Aza Y. Alam, Suma Narayan, and I talked from the hearts, of the women we identified with, trying to answer the overarching question. Our time zones span from GMT+10 to…

Medium Day

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What is the One Thing that Matters Most to the Women in Your Community?
What is the One Thing that Matters Most to the Women in Your Community?
Medium Day

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Fourth Wave

·Aug 11

Call Me by My Name

From Virginia Woolf to Orlando — A name or an identity? — Adeline Virginia Stephen. Does it ring a bell? To understand the institution behind this name-changing experience, I turned to some evidence hidden in the academic aisles. According to a research in 1994, only 2% of US women retained their last names against the patronymical norm. …

Women

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Call Me by My Name
Call Me by My Name
Women

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Fourth Wave

·Feb 15

All the Lovers in the ̶N̶Light

Life cannot be proofread by others; we can only read through it in earnest — I thought I was going to read about solitude, misogyny, and romance in the city. Fuyuko Irie was more than a person living with solitude. Solitude could be a personal choice. In a different way, loneliness may be forced on to you due to your nonconformity and hostility (loneliness due…

Book Review

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All the Lovers in the ̶N̶Light
All the Lovers in the ̶N̶Light
Book Review

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Fourth Wave

·Feb 4, 2022

You Pick Up a Bunch of Spring

A poem modeled after lyrics of Winter Sleep by IU — Today is the first day of Spring on the lunar calendar. I have been itching for words after spending days in my stuffy chamber being a vintner of academic journals. 😫 Four lines were chosen from one of IU’s latest releases — Winter Sleep. Being one of the most prolific…

Culture

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You Pick Up a Bunch of Spring
You Pick Up a Bunch of Spring
Culture

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Fourth Wave

·Dec 30, 2021

You are my winter (너은 나의 겨울)

A message from nature and a reminder to change — During the weekend of December 18-19, 2021, multiple cities in Malaysia were hit by the worst flood of this decade. On that Saturday night, I saw a photo of Hallasan, the highest mountain standing in Jeju Island, South Korea, covered in snow. The people in Seoul enjoyed themselves in the…

Poem

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You are my winter (너은 나의 겨울)
You are my winter (너은 나의 겨울)
Poem

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Fourth Wave

·Dec 12, 2021

Reflection of You Is More Than A Sorry Story

How this dark melodrama cooked up a storm called “The Price of Everything” — I am not entirely sure how many Korean TV series I have consumed since May 2020. I am pretty sure that I have not come across a story as ravaging as Reflection of You. To make things worse for the audience, the acting of the leads were super convincing. 😰…

Netflix

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Reflection of You Is More Than A Sorry Story
Reflection of You Is More Than A Sorry Story
Netflix

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Yong Yee Chong

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I am a sport scholar who writes about personal stories and intersectional identity.

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