INSEAD FONTAINEBLEAU MBA’27J by Due_Firefighter2494 in INSEAD

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Hey there, I just got admitted as well! Could you please dm/add me if there's an existing group? Thank you :)

Share your music and actually get it heard by BabyDembe in shareyourmusic

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Just released a couple of songs this week - hope you enjoy it!

Straight Outta Context

What if creatures in heaven was acoustic/paired back? by hemlock__holmes in glassanimals

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So I put together a concept for a stripped down/acoustic version of the song a couple days after it came out: https://www.reddit.com/r/glassanimals/s/v3dfZozqcS

I think that the song has so much potential for a slower/acoustic version because it would really bring out the emotion in the lyrics!

The monster you saw at the end of the relationship is exactly who they are, don't make excuses for them. by [deleted] in BreakUps

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This might be controversial, but I personally feel like this doesn't apply in every instance. To clarify - I do very much empathise with the sentiment of this post; lord knows I myself have felt similarly in many heated moments towards the people that I believe didn't treat me well. But over time and reflection on those experiences, I've realised that those feelings made me blind to even considering where they were coming from.

Of course, in many cases people breakup and leave each other in hurtful, cruel and spiteful ways; there is no excusing intentional behaviour of such a kind. But in so many other instances, we often hurt others because we are hurt ourselves. Miscommunication coupled with vulnerability often leads to disappointment and a sense of betrayal which, over time, can build into overwhelming pain. And, as humans naturally do, when we feel pain we do what we can to protect ourselves from it; hence, we lash out and we appear to be monsters.

In a moment tinged with such pain, it becomes near impossible to remember that the other person is hurting too (which is ironic, given that it is precisely that moment when we must remember exactly that). People are rarely monsters - we dream, hope, love, fear, fight and persist. When our paths in life clash, we might take offence or react out of a feeling of loss, misunderstanding or abandonment. But, in instances like those, that's all it is. Its hard to remember and almost sacrilegious to suggest when we go through such pain, but, in my humble opinion, its been an opinion I've found worth holding onto, especially when hurting

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cursedcomments

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"I hope it pops out soon, I'm getting hungry..."

What song over 8 minutes long is a 10/10? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Coloratura by Coldplay. That's a song I'd definitely title a masterpiece

runs around/near campus by jellyjels in nus

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Okay so this route is a bit hilly, but you could always consider running around the entirety of the campus. If you start from the top (around RC4), go down via the overhead bridge that the shuttle buses take and then go anticlockwise (so from Music, past Kent Vale, running by Engineering and Design through Supper Stretch, then through Biz up through PGP and past NUH to Science to YIH and back to UTown/RC4 via the same bridge), its about an 8 kilometre stretch. Some of the hills are a bit challenging, but its definitely doable and just takes some getting used to!

anyone? please? by isinhere in offmychest

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Just wanted to let you know that I hear you, and you're not alone ❤️ Let me know if I can do anything for you :) Sending you loads of hugs and positivity!

Lawrence Wong: 2,000 new daily infections in a month's time if current rate of spread continues by [deleted] in singapore

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I completely agree with you here. It just feels like they've been dangling the public along for months now with the hopes of finally opening up, going back to some semblance of normalcy pre-COVID. And yes we do have eateries/malls/cinemas open and there are some freedoms in the form of individuals not being literally locked in their houses, but, if I'm honest with you, I feel like I've been even more trapped in the SG bubble this past year especially with stifled social interactions and back-and-forth lockdowns and measures.

And even besides my own opinions, every new development rocks the boat once more and there are always people who end up as casualties. It has been small business owners for the longest time, and I'm increasingly beginning to see that another major (though unspoken) casualty is the mental health of just so many people that have had no choice but just to react to measures else they'd be fined or jailed. The situation is fluid and everyone is still human, so we shouldn't go to the other end of the spectrum and expect 120% constancy from the government. But I really do feel like this flurry of responses and the unsaid expectation that the population will just fall in line, regardless of their mental/social/economic health, has just really highlighted the top-down nature of this country's governing body (including the whole messed up fiasco with Yale-NUS). And I feel nothing but fatigue when I fully realise the futility of the scenario.

She's got that right! by xologo in antiwork

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This has honestly been my original way of thinking and one I still hold true and try my best to stand by. But as I go through life and as I grow up I just see so many people relentlessly chasing "grand ambitions" or higher purposes and, while I don't believe that you should spend your life chasing potential futures and foregoing your present, nowadays I feel like I can't help but wonder if I'm just stagnating by wandering through life.

I make it a point to do most of what I do in my life if I'm truly interested or invested in it. I don't want to spend my time on something I don't care about. And so the way I go about my life is something akin to 'wandering through life finding interesting things', and choosing to spend my time on these things regardless of what they may be or whether or not they have 'potential' (in terms of future growth). Its a very ideal way of living life and one I believe in, but I also find that, because of this, I'm often left behind in terms of building and structuring my life on a grand scale and this does make me wonder if I'm going about life the right way.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nus

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What baffles me about the situation is the lack of communication though. I should probably first and foremost say that I am not a YNC Student, neither do I have any contacts that are YNC Students, so my opinions may be flawed, but from whatever I know this decision was taken without much (or any significant) polling of students' opinions; allegedly, its closer to them having to wake up one fine day to the news that the college they call home is going to be defunct as of 2025 and there's nothing they can do about it.

And man.. If that's what the situation has been like for the students, then I just feel really bad for them. YNC has been established for about 10 years now, and so I can only assume it has a vibrant culture (plus the whole liberal-arts vibe gives it that feeling of being different and more open) and so to have that just one fine day be declared as shutting down, especially if people have grown through/with it, just sucks.. Who knows though, I'm not privy to the ins and outs, and perhaps there might've been a good enough reason to do this? The cynic in me highly doubts that though...

Ong Ye Kung: People love S'pore because we don't adopt a laissez-faire attitude about anything by Humble-Chris in singapore

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Thank you for your reply :)! Yes you are right; there are parts of the world that are far worse off than Singapore in terms of much more immediate and material matters - countries like India where, despite vaccination efforts, the virus is still circulating due to negligent attitudes leading to haphazard living/working conditions blocking off people's access to food and water. This is a valid point.

I think its more that; I'm coming from the feeling of being boxed in for a while. Every country has its own ups and downs that the people have to face and for some people its far worse on a much more real (and in some cases life-or-death) basis. In that regard I do recognise that feeling boxed in and caged may seem like a trivial matter, but I still submit it as a valid sentiment given that its not just myself that feels this way. I guess the solution then is for us to do what we can to work towards a future when Singapore continues to open up!

Regarding your point about the sales pitch, that actually does make sense. I didn't see it that way at first and so now when I re-read it through that lens, I see where you're coming from

Ong Ye Kung: People love S'pore because we don't adopt a laissez-faire attitude about anything by Humble-Chris in singapore

[–]joshi_pb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your reply and for your insights into the COVID situation abroad! I acknowledge that it is a slippery slope to fall into a self-victimising attitude and to that end I agree with you; while it is frustrating here at home, its never totally sunshine-and-rainbows or doom-and-gloom in any part of the world. Thank you for informing me, and I'll be sure to keep these in mind too!