Learning to ‘like’ again on Mother’s Day

In human psychology, a healthy relationship between a mother and her children is vital for the latter to enjoy a positive environment when growing up. To signify how important this connection is, a lot of cultures around the world have created celebrations for this particular relationship. Nowadays, most of us under the influence of globalisation have decided to follow the tradition of the United States to celebrate it on the second Sunday in May. This year, we celebrated Mother’s Day on May

May 16, 2022 | BY William Chan

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To the greatest: a short collection of memories

A loud crash broke the silence in our living room a few nights ago. My cherished coffee cup, which had slipped out of my hand, lay in pieces. Efforts to find a worthy replacement proved to be difficult until one night after work, I came home to an unfamiliar dark blue mug on the drying rack. “It’s for you”, my mom, half asleep at the time, said. Upon hearing this, I realised that she had taken time out of her already busy and exhausting schedule to buy me a new mug despite not asking for

May 16, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Seeking your own place

Living in a place that is surrounded by millions of buildings, do you like that? For me, absolutely not, however, we have no authority to change the city. So, what can we do? For me, I choose to seek a place that belongs to me for a short time.Years ago, I found a place in Macau: Coloane, which is comfortable and allows me to put all the pressure and irritation away for a while, especially after days of work. When I stay in Coloane, I can say the time that I stay there is my own time, no work,

April 25, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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McTavish Bench

After the snow had concealed the ground for almost six months, on the first day of spring when the ice melted, most people rushed to the Lower Field to soak up the sun for a sense of warmth, yet my first instinct was to go to Rue McTavish and lie on my favourite bench.During my four-year degree course at McGill University, I spent most of the time on McLennan Library’s first floor writing essays or on Redpath’s second-floor catching up on my reading. The memories created in the libraries

April 25, 2022 | BY Prisca Tang

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What do the stars say about you and your week?

Last time I skimmed over my daily horoscope in a newspaper, it told me that I would have a romantic encounter at a gym. At that moment everything started to make sense – the reason why I have not been able to meet anyone in Macau is because I have never been to a gym!According to Co – Star, a popular astrology app, my sun sign is in Cancer, moon sign is in Capricorn, and my ascendant is in Sagittarius. Even though I don’t exactly know what the signs represent, I still enjoy reading what

April 4, 2022 | BY Prisca Tang

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Horoscopes: a sceptic’s point of view

When I was working as a student-librarian, one of my main responsibilities was to sort, staple and stamp newspapers before they went to their respective reading areas every morning. Aside from taking quick glances at the headlines, I could not help but take peaks at the horoscope sections of certain newspapers, attempting to see what fate supposedly had in store for me. Was it luck? Were any of my friendships in peril? Was fortune finally within my reach? At the end of the day however, all I

April 4, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Comfort in autumn’s cool weather

Feature by Rui Pastorin       Macau is currently experiencing that time of the year where humidity is rampant, leaving everything feeling wet and unpleasant. It is uncomfortable, and perhaps discomfort can be arguably carried across the city’s weather conditions in general: the hot and humid summers that can leave you drenched in sweat everywhere you go, the freezing winters that can dry your skin, and the rainy days that test your patience as you wait helplessly in

March 28, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Comfort in rainy weather

Feature by Prisca Tang       “Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day”, is a nursery rhyme that children sing when it is pouring during their play time. The misconception of rain being an unideal weather has been rooted deeply in people’s minds since they were young. However, I believe rain is innocent because it represents grace, it is humans’ most sensory interaction with nature and it is the gentlest whisper from heaven.The Chinese idiom “雨露均霑”

March 28, 2022 | BY Prisca Tang

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Media in its physical form: ownership & sentimental value

The way we consume and purchase media has changed since the inception and availability of digital media. For virtually every show or movie in mind, there is a streaming service, while a digital selection of books is widely available after a Google search or in online stores. Digital media is ubiquitous, but there are aspects that make its physical counterpart irreplaceable and, in some cases, even better. This, I believe, is mostly seen in the aspects of ownership and sentimental

March 21, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Digital power is unstoppable

According to the Cambridge Dictionary, the adjective “digital” is defined as “recording or storing information as a series of the numbers 1 and 0, to show that a signal is present or absent.”Since the digital revolution that began after the Second World War, the foundation of our world today has been more and more digitalised, and usually it is represented in binary codes, rather than a physical world of steel and concrete.In terms of its etymology, the ubiquitous English word

March 21, 2022 | BY Victor Lam

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Is reality based on memory nothing but fiction?

In The Matrix: Resurrections, when Neo lost his capacity to discern reality from fiction, Morpheus asked him, “Are memories turned into fiction any less real? Is reality based on memory nothing but fiction?”. This scene got me pondering if our memories are even reality? The word “nostalgic” is often positively connotated, because when we recall those kinds of memories from the past, we tend to reconstruct them into benevolent scenes. However, during the constructive process of

March 14, 2022 | BY Prisca Tang

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Documenting memories

As life goes through its beginnings and ends, there are undoubtedly changes that we see all throughout. We may say ‘hello’ and say ‘good-bye’ to many or we may move on to different settings. In a world that continues to shift, the role of documentation, in my opinion, becomes increasingly important as it becomes a means to store memories that we want to hold onto. This can be in terms of documenting memories we create through moments, places and people.From my understanding,

March 14, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Against: ‘No pain, no gain’

A friend of mine was venting on her relationship problem one day, and she said that her parents disapprove of her boyfriend because “he will never earn as much money as her father” – a billionaire. Meanwhile she, herself, does not need to work to enjoy her family’s wealth that, according to her mother, others cannot accumulate in several lifetimes. This incident fully convinced me that there are gains that do not require one to experience any pain.If you had asked me this question a few

March 7, 2022 | BY Prisca Tang

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Do you agree, ‘no pain, no gain’?

For: Ula Cheang – university freshwomanI agree that “no pain, no gain” is a process that everyone has to go through in order to achieve their goals. I believe every achievement connects with the effort that needs to be taken. Moreover, if one is unwilling to put in any effort, the goal cannot be achieved at its finest. We often see people being successful and rich and think “I wish I were him/her”. However, we do not see their pain and the process before reaching their goals. For

March 7, 2022 | BY admin

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