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June 9, 2026 10:36 PM
Leveling Up
I did another V2!
That's exciting! You're leveling up!
Like a pokemon?
Yeah, like a pokemon
When I climb, I don't really care about trying to puzzle out the solution before I get on the wall. If I flash something, that means it was probably too easy for me. I feel the most accomplished when I finally top a climb that I was struggling on.
Like when I'm finally able to get through a climb that used to feel impossible just to do the first move
Or a climb that felt impossible to top
Or a climb that I saw so many people do with ease, but it took me many many failed tries over several weeks, until I finally found the beta that worked for me (the day before it got reset!)
June 8, 2026 9:25 PM
harry styles and chill
Ever since I made Harry Styles, I've become a big Harry Styles fan. He put out an album earlier this year, and I was SO excited for it. Like I was counting down the days to its release. I hadn't done anything like that since high school. I have thoroughly enjoyed Kiss All The Time, Disco Occasionally, but my favorite is still Harry's House. It's just such a chill vibe. And after listening to a bunch of Harry Styles music, I was inspired to make a playlist: harry styles and chill.
It started with just a few chill Harry Styles songs with pretty harmonies, little to no percussion, and a touch of sadness. Then I expanded it to include some songs from other artists. And maybe I'll still add more to this in the future, if I hear a song with the right vibe.
June 3, 2026 1:30 AM
"Being inefficient is my form of luxury"
Simone Giertz is like, my favorite famous person, and she made an instagram post that really resonated with me.
I must get it from my dad. He's always saying to take time, don't rush things. And he takes it farther than I do. If I'm dealing with a task I hate, like paperwork, I definitely want it to be over as quickly as possible. But any time he mentions more paperwork, he always says "whenever you have time." I've never filled out the paperwork too slowly for him.
Wanting the luxury of inefficiency is one of the reasons I quit my job about a year and a half ago. But then I took on two volunteer jobs and I felt the need to go go go to hit my deadlines. And I have spent much of the past year and a half kind of unhappy with that initial decision to quit my well paying job.
So, it's June now. Life is still a little overwhelming, and I have some complicated feelings towards certain aspects of my life. But I think I finally feel happy that I don't have a normal job right now. Yeah, it's taken almost a year and a half to feel this way. And while this isn't one of the reasons I quit, the number one reason why I'm glad I'm not working now is because I'm not forced to use AI.
I did quit my job to be able to work on my projects. My own projects. The Space was not one of them. What Teochew Say was not one of them. I'm still very much committed to them, but I needed to prioritize my projects over these. My own journey in learning teochew. My food blog. This blog.
Just this past week I spent 5 days working on a site revamp for flailing in my kitchen. I barely did anything for The Space or WTCS during those days. But I did practice my teochew every day and I also exercised almost every day. And that all ended up being perfectly okay. I finally got to implement an idea that I had many months ago, and it was so nice to just work on something where I didn't have to worry about what anyone else thought.
I did laundry yesterday. For most of my adult life, I actually really enjoyed doing laundry. I loved folding clothes. But in the past couple of years I grew so tired of it because of how much laundry I was doing. It felt like the hamper would get full in two days, and there would often be some sort of issue with the shared laundry in the building. But I did laundry yesterday. And it also felt okay.
Yeah, I still have bad days. But a cat on a card reminded me that that's okay too.
May 15, 2026 12:57 PM
prioritizing myself means deprioritizing everything else
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i'm still trying to find the right balance
May 9, 2026 6:10 PM
the confidence of a white man
I was invited to be on a Women in Tech panel for one of NCWIT's Aspirations in Computing event. The organizers provided a list of questions to answer, to talk about my experiences in the field and to give advice to the young students. But the main purpose of the event is that it's an awards ceremony for high schoolers that are involved in technology, who have already shown great promise and accomplishments at such a young age!
When I was in high school, I had no idea what I wanted to do for a career. Sure, I did well in school, but I didn't even think about college until the summer before senior year. I hadn't done any computer programming yet. And these kids, they're leading computer science and robotics clubs, and they're teaching other kids about programming.
What advice would you give to a woman studying computing or tech today?
I looked through your bios, and I have to say, you're all doing such great things and are already so far ahead of where I was when I was in high school. I don't think you really need my advice. So I'll just say something that my little sister has told me (and I hope this is appropriate) but sometimes, you just gotta approach things with the confidence of a white man.
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