Dance like no one's watching

Saw in my calendar a reminder for ABC’s birthday on 3 Nov. Felt a little sad, then wondered if I should stop the recurring reminder, but then decided this may be a good way to remember friends who have gone ahead.

Gave in in the end. Used connectors in AI. Decided to give up some personal details and increase social engineering risk for efficiency and convenience. Sigh.

I haven’t enjoyed socials for a while now. Felt like a chore. But dancing at French Bean’s wedding after party, I felt joy again.

A dance legend passed today. Thank you for the dances, Carlto. I will always remember your spirit.

Oh wow. I was randomly clicking some old posts when I saw something I wrote on 19 June 2003. I completely forgot about that incident but I mentioned I was worried about his drinking way back then. Is this your way of saying goodbye? 🫂 I really hope you’re in a better place now.

Was awashed with regret when I heard of your passing today. I guess I always thought there would be a “later time” when we would catch up and having met DO recently after 10 odd years, I really thought we would all arrange something this year. I was glad to hear that you recovered from […]

사람들은 나이가 들수록 옛 친구들과 다시 연락하고 싶어 하나요? Senior from hall reached out on Instagram and suggested meeting up. Second hall senior to do so in the past 4 months. Initially felt a little unsure since I haven’t seen this senior since graduating! But then again, why not?

I think this is likely to be my last post of 2024. Would have liked to post more regularly but these days (compared to 20 years ago), I don’t use the laptop for personal reasons much… and I really hate writing long posts on the hp. Just concluded my last Korea trip of the year! […]

조금만 수정하면 더 자연스러워요: “지난 2주 동안 한국에 있었어요. 왜냐하면 학원의 Cultural Immersion Program에 참여했어요. 매일 아침에 3시간 반 수업을 들었어요. 그리고 오후에 회사에 다녔어요. 너무 바빴지만 재미있었어요.” 아주 바쁜 시간을 보냈네요! 새로운 경험을 통해 많은 것을 배웠을 것 같아요.

At episode 19/24 of this K drama. Realised I like people who are considerate. Don’t think that’s a typical main trait people cite when asked about what sort of people they like? Well, that’s a main one for me. For sure.