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Kathy Xu

Coldplay concert wins — the science behind it

At the recent YSEALI Environmental Summit I had the privilege of attending in Chiang Mai, we enjoyed a most interactive and inspiring talk…

5 min readFeb 23, 2024

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Coldplay concert wins — the science behind it

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Kathy Xu

Modern Love

I have become pretty obsessed with a particular podcast, Modern Love, a spin-off from the same name column of the New York Times. Maybe it…

7 min readDec 10, 2023

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Modern Love

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Kathy Xu

Breakthroughs

I have always been slow at picking things up as a child. It didn’t help that I grew up with a really cool brother, whom I love with all my…

4 min readNov 30, 2023

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Breakthroughs

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Meanders

In your twenties, I thought you were supposed to be making every possible mistake you could ever make in life already, in order to prepare…

5 min readSep 28, 2023

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Meanders

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Kathy Xu

World Wildlife Day Symposium and the notion of timing in life

Over the last weekend, I had the humbling honour of being one of the facilitators at the NParks Youth Stewards for Nature program youth-run…

5 min readMar 10, 2023

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World Wildlife Day Symposium and the notion of timing in life

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Kathy Xu

On the empowerment (and disempowerment) of language and narratives — who has control of the…

I appreciate the new followers to my blog and am heartened by your lovely comments on my (what I thought was mostly inane) posts. Thank…

5 min readMar 2, 2023

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On the empowerment (and disempowerment) of language and narratives — who has control of the…

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Kathy Xu

Back to the blue, post-pandemic

I went on a lone SCUBA diving trip to Sipadan and Mabul islands in Borneo, back in June. I didn’t tell many friends and family members…

5 min readOct 17, 2022

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The beautiful art of bare-handed fighting

A group of students from a French International school in Singapore were recently called out on by the general public for “fighting” at a…

4 min readMay 22, 2022

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The beautiful art of bare-handed fighting

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On veganism and saving (ourselves, not) the planet — What it takes

It’s Veganuary! And before you start hurling stones in my direction and write me off as yet another Nazi vegan hypocritical activist who…

5 min readJan 7, 2022

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On veganism and saving (ourselves, not) the planet — What it takes

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Kathy Xu

Swelling with pride

It was pretty exhilarating going for a football match at the National Stadium again, albeit a very different National Stadium from the one…

3 min readDec 19, 2021

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Swelling with pride

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Kathy Xu

Kathy Xu

Love scarred heart that’s still very much in love with life and all creatures great and small (especially the ones in the ocean). Irritating idealist too? Yes

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