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World War Trade

My monitor’s red LEDs have never worked harder than they did in the final days of last week. No, my screen isn’t broken– but global trade just might be.

If you’ve been off-grid (or hanging out with penguins on a remote island), here’s what happened: President Donald J. Trump declared “Liberation Day,” slapping sweeping tariffs on nearly every country. It was like Oprah shouting, “You get one! And you get one!”– except instead of car keys, every country’s exports got slapped with customs bills.

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Let’s Do The Twist

It was sometime last week and I was in the car when I reached over to grab my phone on the front passenger seat. That’s when I heard three satisfyingly crunchy cracks from the right side of my neck, near the base of my skull.

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MKK

I’m probably what you’d call a very extroverted introvert.

I can flip the social switch when needed. I’ve been known to lead conversations, crack a few jokes and even (genuinely) enjoy myself in group settings full of strangers. But it’s a strange contradiction– while I do love meeting people and hearing their stories… I overload very quickly. After too much time “peopling”, I start to feel like a phone on 2% battery, frantically needing a charger and a quiet corner (preferably my man-cave).

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School PTM: Flash and Stress Edition

Parent-Teacher Meetings today aren’t anything like the ones I had growing up.

I recently attended the end-of-semester PTM for my youngest daughter. The process began a week before the actual day, when parents had to log in to reserve their time slots with the various subject teachers– on a “first come, first served” basis. It felt eerily similar to logging into Shopee at midnight during the 11.11 sale, desperately trying to snag that elusive RM1 microfiber screen cleaner.

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Who’s Your Uncle?

It wasn’t the first time someone called me “Uncle,” but somehow, standing at the butcher’s counter a few days ago, the title hit me like the twist ending of The Sixth Sense.

I was innocently asking for an inch of pork belly when the butcher called to his wife, “Please bring out the nicer pork belly for Uncle.”

Uncle.

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Scamming the Scammers

Have you been getting calls that go, “I am calling to inform you that your resume from JobStreet has been received. Please contact me via WhatsApp”?

Normally, I’d ignore this obvious scam. But yesterday, I decided to have a little fun.

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