Pearly

I tweet what I read.
Sometimes, I tweet my haikus.
Whatever inspires.

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Racing the red lights
from Kadena to Naha,
our island joy ride.

#Haiku #俳句 #하이쿠 #PearlyPensPoems #SetinJapan
#Okinawa #Japan #BorrowedMemories

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"What do you do when you can afford artisanal coffee and experiences, but not a mortgage? You want to have a work-life balance that reflects that basic reality."

Fair points from the @guardian this morning on my generation's views on careers...

https://t.co/ZeQeqjyFyi

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@TalkTalk hello, my Wi-Fi has not worked once since my go live date of 29 August. Remote engineering checks and being sent a new router have not worked. Can I finally please get an engineer to visit my home? Or please advise how to cancel my service.

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Agree with this assessment from @business on @netflix's advantage being its impressively global media selection. As someone who grew up relying on subtitles, excited at the globalization of shows. The power of multiple stories indeed! https://t.co/eA7JLLdcEJ

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Amazing tale from @stanfordmag on a friendship lost, recovered, and restored.

https://t.co/Npwv1RQ8VW

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Go Card! #StanfordvsArizona #ProudAlum

https://t.co/a3a6HenRc0

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Devastating read from @WIRED on the #hikikomori phenomenon, particularly poignant during day four of my ten-day COVID-related self-isolation period. Happy Friday. 😬

https://t.co/ZjqPpJxauT

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Love the videos put out by Beryl Shereshewsky on YouTube, she features plenty of unique foods from around the world. Including plenty of less-represented countries in English media. This video on Syrian cuisine is particularly special and heart warming!
https://t.co/xRlHfiJUu9

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Solid collection of reflections and lessons on 2020 from @markmanson and his readers.

Favorite quote: "Adversity seems to bring out not necessarily the worst in people, but the essence of people." -Jim

https://t.co/KjIsRToS76

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Serendipitously witnessing haenyeo coming out of the ocean with their catches on Jeju is one of my favorite travel memories of all time. These women are indeed an intangible cultural heritage. Heartened to read about efforts to preserve their songs.

https://t.co/NGqAsxcpYx

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First time sharing a YouTube video on Twitter, but I absolutely love this linguistic series (so far) from @WIRED on a tour of US accents. Hosted by @accentvoiceguy, it is well researched with cognizant aims at inclusive representation. #LinguisticsIsFun
https://t.co/sowctYa12J

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Reflection on dream jobs from the @newrepublic that deeply resonates.

"We should understand work as work, and that no job, no matter how much you love it, is an exception."

https://t.co/zgVRXzMCS1

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Thorough, intimate list of mostly off-the-beaten path holidays in Europe for 2021 from the @guardian. Sharing my hopes and dreams that I can take a few during this year and the next.
https://t.co/6ZfEERxyQp

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Striving to be bolder about writing and finally publishing my own work this year. Starting with a poem I originally wrote in 2015, wanderlusting as always. May this be a manifest of far more travels and less lockdown for us all in 2021.
https://t.co/JyXf1xYwnM

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Enjoyed stumbling upon this update from the @nytimestravel about the lives of people around the world met by the #52Places journalist. Always a good reminder 2020 was rough for us all, may 2021 bring new opportunities to reconnect.

https://t.co/ArKgAvXDE5

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Beautiful, heart-wrenching article in @GQMagazine.

Dementia is a particularly cruel disease. As someone whose grandparents have had similarly difficult adjustments, I marvel at the endurance and commitments often found in those with lengthy marriages.

https://t.co/Y79Yj84h0r

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"The most important element of our business, and probably any other business, is the strength of the team you have."

Interesting interview from a master franchisee. As an F&B manager in a past life, agreed that the team is what makes a restaurant!
https://t.co/ppmIqGY57x

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Interesting 'obsession' piece from @qz on Japanese whisky. As former frequenter of Tokyo's Whisky Library, this was a fun, quick read.
(And anyone near the Odaiba area of Tokyo in post-lockdown times, please do visit the Whisky Library. It's incredible.)

https://t.co/YfMPl3K4cC

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"South Korea’s gaming infrastructure and culture is what gives Korean kids the means to become the best players in the world, but the country’s structural inequality is...what drives them to go pro in the first place." From @jondottxt for @WIRED.
https://t.co/gFcLAu2odj

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Watching whatever James Bond film is set in Japan. He reveals that he has a first in Oriental Languages from Cambridge. As someone who inexplicably has a Masters in East Asian Studies, I approve. Hooray for fellow obscure academic brethren, fictional or otherwise. x

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I have loved Jeopardy ever since my first episode at age 5, and now that I am temporarily back home, I still regularly watch it with my parents. Nice write-up by the @ringer on speculating who may be the next host after the inimitable Alex Trebek. (#RIP)
https://t.co/gRycGH6KOM