The Complaint Criteria
“How was Orchard City Kitchen?” I asked Claire. “It was ok,” she said. “What happened?” Her response told me everything I needed to know, but I wanted details. Her boyfriend Erwan jumped in, “It...
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The Benefits of Not Complaining
For Lent this year, I decided to give up complaining, playing online chess, and watching chess videos. (Spoiler alert: I failed miserably.) In the beginning, the no complaining bit felt easier than when I...
What is complaining, anyway?
Three weeks into Lent, I can tell you that giving up complaining is much harder than giving up dessert. I can also tell you that some people don’t seem to understand what I meant...
What I’m giving up for Lent
Even though I essentially grew up going to church, Lent was never a big part of my upbringing. That is to say, I never went to church on Ash Wednesday and got ash on...
I recall Nahm in Bangkok (your rec.) a great value. Delicious and memorable, but not life changing. But I doubt…