Never trust someone who is good with words

We often think that people who are good with words are effective communicator, but as a polyglot, I have to disagree with the entire statement. You see, I learnt my so-called mother tongue not as a […]

Planet #10616 {part 4}

Suddenly, Lilian couldn’t see anything. The whole world just… logged off. When Lilian was a kid, she used to close her eyes and “look” at the world through her eyelids. Sometimes she saw nothing. Sometimes she […]

My pain in tourism

One of the things about tourism that inherently pains me is when the locals try to make money off of their mountains and beaches. I mean I get it. You need money. But really? You’re telling […]

The Zombie Fungus and the Bee {part 1}

Convergent evolution is truly a simple yet beautiful theory: if different living creatures are facing similar stress from their respective environmental conditions, sometimes they would adopt the same strategy to overcome those obstacles. For example, both […]

Confession letter to my soulmate

Rach, When I was young, I was obsessed with the farming games on the computer. Farmville, Happy Farm, Harvest Moon, Stardew Valley. Being a farmer was one of my childhood dreams. My “perfect life”. Then my […]

Planet #10616 {part 3}

A middle-aged woman with glasses walked into the hall. Dr. Herat was a small woman, but the way she walked emanated such energy that most people were aware of her presence as soon as she opened […]

The two-faced pole

Vallace was a big town, with about 50,000 residents, well built roads and semi-automatic water supply.