Dear Chicago,  Planning to travel to America has always been a headache for me. The customs, the procedures, oh so many! I have visited quite some countries in my life and none had the drab dull dragging problems  while getting a visa. Yet, you did, America. You annoy me. But, I got through and gotcha! When I stepped into the O'Hare, the overwhelming...

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Academic writing sounds socialistic. Being told what to write so that everyone is just like you. You are told that you are free to choose, but only from items in the basket they provide. Ugly words like ‘models’, ‘quantitative’, ‘results’, ‘literature’ and ‘conclude’ build up a rigid house in my head. A restaurant that doesn’t innovate. An artist that doesn’t create. A repeating...

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Games are simple. Their goals are defined. And you know how you would end up eventually. Mostly not dead. I wish life was too. Life, world etc has already been compared to games and plays. There is truth in those statements. We are each born into a culture. With prefixed perceptions and ideals. We are taught that the ideals that you are born...

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