(Written after reading Phyllis Chesler's “Letters to a Young Feminist”, Letter Twenty-two: Letter to a young feminist, who happens to be a man, who happens to be my son.)

You're stronger than I thought. I have been delusional and ignorant to think you were weak. Forgive me for that.

My friend (whom I met at church) introduced me to a book by Lewis Hyde, titled “The gift: how the creative spirit transforms the world”.

I was interested in learning about the failures of democracy, anarchism and communism, respectively.

It occurred to me that I am coming across stories of menstruation frequently.

I have just read Kuo Pao Kun's “Keynote Address at the Southeast Asian Theatre Seminar on War”.

I have skimmed too few pages to understand the book fully, but one thing stood out:

Reading the first few pages of Joel Mokyr's book, “The gifts of Athena: Historical origins of the knowledge economy”.

Published in 2002, this book highlights an obvious phenomenon in 2022:

Recently I noticed that many employers are hiring in Singapore.

Just a few examples:

I read in the news that Twitter wants to double the size of its engineering team, at its regional office in Singapore.

And a popular bakery is hiring a baker.

And a photography-focused organisation is hiring a Trainee in Arts Management, through a four-month contract.

But I read in Charles Eisenstein's (2021) book – titled “Sacred economics, revised: money, gift & society in the age of transition” – that jobs are obsolete.

As someone residing on the island of Singapore

Today I finished reading Rania Abouzeid's non-fiction book,