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Friday, November 22, 2024

Chasing Happy by Adelle Chua

The girl with the typewriter

“What would we say to our younger versions?” At age 17, at the home I shared with my grandmother and uncle, I grinned in front of an instamatic camera upon finishing an assignment for my English class. In front of me was a manual Olympia typewriter – a hand-me-down from my late mother. It was where I learned to type. I was a university freshman and I felt the world was...

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The girl with the typewriter

“What would we say to our younger versions?” At age 17, at the home I shared with my grandmother and uncle, I grinned in front of an instamatic camera upon finishing an assignment for my English class. In front of me was a manual Olympia typewriter – a hand-me-down from my late mother. It was where I learned to type. I was a university freshman and I felt the world was...

Cleaning to death

“It’s realistic, practical, kind, and considerate.” Holidays afford us time to rest and...

Shifting the shame

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Come as you are

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