Reflection

"Irritate others with truths and their defense shall make you glow"

Pearls are formed when irritants make ways into mussles, clams or oysters, which coat them with layers of fluid as a defense mechanism, giving them a lustrious appearance

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All of Us Die

All of us die - this is what everyone, regardless of religions, political views and socio-economic conditions, would know and agree with....

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The Implications of Materialism

When I expressed my belief to people that a meaningful life is not a life of material pursuit but rather the opposite of it, I often...

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The Irony of International Development

When I was returning from a 22-month backpacking trip in 2010, I was only sure of one thing – I did not want to go back to the...

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Multiple Realities

One of the first lessons in Anthropology/Sociology is that we view the world by standards inherent to our own culture, known as cultural...

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Research for Change

Before and in the beginning of my postgraduate study in the United Nations University in Tokyo, I misunderstood environmentalism to be...

Pearly Wong

pearly419@gmail.com or pwong7@wisc.edu

"Irritate others with truths and their defense shall make you glow"