Seraphim's Journal Entries | AYearAgo.Today

Do you share your vulnerabilities with others? Why or why not?

Yes and no. Yes The sharing of an occasional vulnerability allows for people who are close to you, to understand you better than say, an acquaintance or a co-worker. Sometimes, it's actually critical that they know about your vulnerabilities. In my case, I would be referring to my physical vulner...

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The First Amendment - freedom of speech, a blessing often taken for granted

Personal mobility devices - this is a very hot topic on debates in many countries. I have a colleague who knows a Singaporean and Singa-san (not the actual name) had shared with us a particular screenshot that I would have wanted to include in my entry. I mentioned briefly to them that I started j...

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What keeps you up at night?

That would be the neighbors. During this time of the pandemic, more domestic violence has been reported in my town and especially at the apartment that I'm staying at. The town has a special task group set up to address and deal with the sharp spike in domestic violence. Husbands beating wives, w...

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An unproductive moment in a productive day (a work-related journal entry)

Attended a Zoom meeting hosted by Mr Any Dong. General comments on speaker presentation: Speaker was acidic, annoying and used many repeated speech fillers e.g. "Okay? Okay??". He had a general obnoxious attitude towards his participants' queries and refused to answer questions specifically towa...

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Something that made me smile today

I've finally managed to capture my cat in the midst of him doing his business in the toilet. Such a poofy behind! Ever since he made a complete recovery from severe liver failure (only 10% of cats with his advance condition survive, thank God he made it!) and nasty blood parasites that was making h...

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Have you ever stood up for yourself in front of others that you didn't know very well

Yes. Years back, I was in a music shop, taking my time along the aisles to browse the latest music. I like taking my time in the shop and it is my regular go-to, a form of relaxation at the end of the day. This tall young burly man, whom I assumed was working in the shop came up to me and demanded...

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The worst job interview I had and what I learnt from

[Sharing on times before the pandemic and lockdown happened] The office where I am in has a few companies based around it. Usually, interview applicants are screened by me before I pass them along to the relevant companies / departments for the second and / or third interviews. I don't decide how m...

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A few small things that make me happy

Finally changed my mobile phone that is at least 3 years old to something more functional. I had not realised that I was operating at less than 50% efficiency when it came to phone-related tasks. Am still being wow-ed by the upgraded technology of the mobile phone. Quirks of an old person.I was pers...

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"Above all, don’t lie to yourself..." The Brothers Karamazov

"Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love." — The Brothers Karamazov As the w...

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My views on veganism

"Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. A follower of the diet or the philosophy is known as a vegan. Distinctions may be made between sever...

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Someone who is negative and I would like to spend less time with

The first person that comes to my mind right now would be ウサギさん. I will use the pronoun "It" and not he or she to obfuscate the identity of this person so that I will not embarrass this person should it come across this journal from the time of its online publishing. (さん denotes neither male nor fem...

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One habit that I would like to start

I would like to start keeping an online journal and / or offline journal. The goal is really to keep on writing. Way back when I was a kid, I used to dream of being a writer, to be able to publish my own short stories. I only imagined up to the part on paper copy publishing, since digital e-books w...

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