Relationship

In May, my girlfriend and I start preparing to move to the UK. Moving out is challenging, especially when moving to another side of the world. It involves numerous tasks. One day, my girlfriend complained about my working style. It lacked transparency – she could not understand my progress or our plan. “You have been a project manager / Scrum Master for a long time,” said my friend during our video chat, “It’s time for you to apply your PM skills in this life project.” Indeed, I tried many skills and techniques while I was working at the office. Life is also one of the “products”. Those techniques might work in managing my life. ...

In 2020, I moved away from my parents’ home and started living alone. During these three years, I learned to live alone, cook my own dinners, and fix the problems at home. Now my solo living is coming to an end – I moved to a new flat and started living with my girlfriend. Flashback to the day before I started living alone, I talked to my girlfriend about my move. Since I didn’t have any experience living alone, except when I lived in the university dorm where almost no housework was required, I had to train myself by living alone before we could proceed with the next stage. ...

I have been inviting friends to my home ever since I started living alone three years ago. I love hosting them and making them feel comfortable in my home. In today’s world, people heavily rely on social platforms. Instant messaging is convenient, but it can be difficult to tell if we’re truly connecting with others. Are we talking to real people, or just chatbots? Additionally, social platforms often present a filtered version of people’s lives. How about their true selves We probably can never know. ...

Twenty-something years ago, there was no internet access in typical households. When I finished my homework, I often called my friends via the home phone. The phone calls usually lasted 15 to 30 minutes. Then, it was my mother’s turn to speak to her friends for another 15 to 30 minutes. When feature phones started to become popular, many mobile phone service providers offered a promotion plan allowing users to send a certain amount of free SMS messages to others who were using the same service provider. We switched to the same service provider and kept texting each other day and night. There was a limit on the number of words per SMS message. I still remember how much effort we made to make our texts concise. ...