It might not just be the reason they think. A couple of weeks ago, I was browsing my emails when I saw another email from Netflix begging for me to take them back. They told me they still had my selection of preferences. I was immediately reminded of an ex…

Do you remember what it was like to be in primary school? — I have a lot of unconnected memories; I probably couldn’t recount a single complete day. I’m sure if the case for most of us. Primary school was a long time ago. Memories are spotty at best. I remember emotions and faces. I remember often feeling sadness and frustration. …

A day trip to the beautiful Qing Cheng Mountain! — Labor Day is a Chinese National holiday. For me, that means less city and more green spaces. The longer I spend away from nature, the more fidgety I get. This one-day break could not have come sooner, and here is how I made the most of it! To complete this…

To be a great writer, you need to read excellent writing. Come check out some of my picks this month! I love to start my day by reading a couple of great articles. It’s the perfect companion to a fresh cup of coffee after waking up. I get to learn…

Is this just an acquisition or a battle for the future of free speech online? — It started when the world’s richest man paid nearly 3 billion to obtain the most significant stake in one of the world’s most popular social platforms. (EDIT)Although this article was published before the deal was finalized, Elon Musk has since achieved his bid to buy Twitter when the board agreed…

This is a quote I’m pondering today. ‘When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.’ — The Dalai Lama. Isn’t that wonderful? It’s difficult sometimes to do this. Sometimes we wait to speak rather than listen to genuinely understand. I’ve been guilty of this on many occasions. I don’t know if this has ever happened to you, but I have in the past told my own story to someone sharing theirs in a misguided attempt to empathize with how they were feeling.

Hi Globetrotters. My name is Niall. — I come from… Original I’m from Manchester in the UK, but I haven’t been settled there for over four years now. I currently live in Chengdu, China, working, traveling, and studying Chinese. I work as a… I’m a foreign teacher manager and teacher In a private school in Chengdu. Without a shadow of a doubt, it’s the…

Putin is driving away Russia’s best and brightest. What will that mean for Russia? — By instigating this destructive war, not only has Russia sacrificed its economic and military strength. Russia is also sacrificing one of its most precious treasures. A large portion of its best and brightest self-starters and highly educated. Its academics and its free thinkers are leaving in droves. Putin is driving…

The Hubble telescope has broken the record on the most distant thing we have ever seen in the Universe. So NASA’s Hubble telescope made a pretty exciting discovery. The light from a star reflected At roughly 28 billion light-years away. It’s the most distant object we have ever seen in…