Sharon Chau
daily espresso XII: bullshit jobs
One of my favourite books of all time is by David Graeber, provocatively named Bullshit Jobs: A Theory. As the self-explanatory title...
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Sharon Chau
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daily espresso XI: the French are rude?
One of my bosses was in a meeting where I was taking the minutes - and he’s a big potato, so I was sat all prim and proper, afraid even...
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Sharon Chau
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daily espresso X: meta espresso
For my tenth (finally after much procrastination!) daily espresso, I wanted to do some meta investigative work. One very cool feature of...
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Sharon Chau
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daily espresso IX: tiger parenting vs DINK
At work, my team asked me who I had had lunch with. I replied that my sister Helen was opening a new American bank account at HSBC, which...
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daily espresso VI: beach please
Today was family beach day, which Helen and I had been looking forward to for a while. We were going with our family friends, who owned a...
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daily espresso V: book fair and Hong Kong politics
Last night, I went to the Hong Kong Book Fair with one of my besties and fellow book lover, Gwyneth. The fair is a massive event hosted...
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daily espresso IV: bamboo ceiling and racism
Yesterday, I had a nice chat with one of my best friends, Trevor, an incredibly clever economist who has an equally clever blog (check it...
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Sharon Chau
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daily espresso III: working hard vs hardly working from home
I was sent home from work a couple of days ago because someone from the office had caught Covid, and my manager was unfortunately a close...
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daily espresso II: why my family data plan disproves the collective action problem
My family shares a data plan, where we have 20GB per month between the four of us. There is some control over the distribution of data...
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Sharon Chau
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daily espresso I: porn vs erotica
I’ve made a summer resolution to post on my blog every day. The reason behind this is simple: I’m currently paying for a website which...
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