Sonia Wong

Wanting a life of a lot of connections and chosen families

But it’s getting harder as you get older.

Tho it’s a trope in this kind of stories, we pointed out how weird the protagonist didn’t try to leave the town in Junji Ito’s Uzumaki.

But it can be a reflection of how adaptable people can be. People can witness unreasonable and unacceptable things again and again. They will get used to it and stay a witness without reacting.

dislike when people equate Asian American books with Asian books.

Many books by authors in the Asian diaspora just give me his weird feelings. Partly because some of them often romanticise their cultural roots and misrepresent Asian culture and people in Asia.

Quotes from The Moomins and the Great Flood

The world is not a problem to be fixed with one great battle. It’s a difficult, complicated place and we must learn how to be in it. Only bravery and kindness will do.

The new episode of Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know with Atul Gawande

https://youtu.be/aZmQJ9rKC6s?si=LOYtBmPtrMuFaenu

Not trying to be arrogant but I do take pride in how I came across international issues. Learning about global issues from research, often from the perspective of those who are less advantaged and from the perspective of solving longstandin

Why do some HK people think others have the right to complain only when they have it worse than us? Yes, we’re being treated in a wrong and unjust way. But why does it mean people in other places have to keep their mouth shut if the wrong they suffer isn’t as bad as ours? We want things to improve for ourselves. We should measure against the ideal,