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ASUTOSH VARIAR
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Asutosh Variar
Sep 30, 20232 min read
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a city of sights and smells. It's a wonderful view into a society that promotes hard work over all else. I had the pleasure...
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Asutosh Variar
Jul 16, 20234 min read
Bali
Bali. It's the vacation spot you hear about all the time. However, does it really live up to the hype? I traveled to Bali for a few days...
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Asutosh Variar
Jan 3, 20231 min read
The Five Stages of Grief
While I've heard of the five stages of grief, I've never found a personal analogy that really works for me. However, today is the day...
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Asutosh Variar
Dec 11, 20223 min read
Clean UAE
With everything that's going on in the world, what we need less of is litter. Not traditional litter, like paper cups or tissues, but the...
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Asutosh Variar
Dec 2, 20223 min read
The Great Blindness
The Great Blindness is a novel written by Shivangi Menon Sreekumar and published by Samasya Publications. When I was given the...
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Asutosh Variar
Nov 3, 20223 min read
Making a blog with Jekyll and GitHub Pages
Jekyll, for those of you unaware, is a Ruby static site generator, although describing it as such is hardly doing it justice. Basically,...
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Asutosh Variar
Sep 18, 20224 min read
The Attic
Hey, everyone! Been a while, hasn't it? Well, vacation's over, so, without further ado, let's jump into The Attic. Another day in the...
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Asutosh Variar
Jul 4, 20222 min read
Diplomathon and other MUNs
MUN. Those three letters alone may invoke fear in your heart, but for 2 days in April, I got to take part in the Diplomathon MUN 2022 and...
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Asutosh Variar
May 6, 20221 min read
Surprisingly Comfortable: Camping
A few days ago, I had my first camping experience. It was in the Moon Lake area. I have to say, camping is a lot more comfortable than I...
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Asutosh Variar
Apr 19, 20222 min read
BreakTheCode 2
Over the past month and a bit, I've been patiently waiting for and participating in BreakTheCode 2. I had a blast playing it, so why not...
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Asutosh Variar
Mar 13, 20222 min read
Y2K
To me, one of the most fascinating tech phenomena was Y2K, also known as the Millenium Bug or the Year 2000 Bug. It tells the tale of...
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Asutosh Variar
Feb 15, 20222 min read
The Call of the Void
Some say that planets are the nurturers of life. They coddle that which touches their surface with warmth from a large molten heart....
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Asutosh Variar
Jan 23, 20222 min read
Lock and Key: The Downward Spiral - Review
You've probably at least heard of Sherlock Holmes, world renowned detective. Staying at 221b Baker Street from 1880 to 1904, he solved...
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Asutosh Variar
Jan 14, 20222 min read
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Spoilers)
The third book in the Harry Potter saga is, to me, one of the most interesting. It expands upon the world of the first two and manages a...
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Asutosh Variar
Jan 11, 20221 min read
Wadi Abadilah - Beauty at Every Size
Wadi Abadilah. What a hidden gem. The name itself may be confusing, but sometimes, the strangest of names hide the most dazzling of...
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Asutosh Variar
Dec 24, 20211 min read
The Seven Summits: The Transition Point
Recently, I visited the Seven Summits trail in Fujairah. As stated in its name, the trail consists of seven peaks, each representing one...
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Asutosh Variar
Dec 19, 20211 min read
Productivity
Increasing productivity is something we would all like to do. Do more, earn more, feel like you’re accomplishing more. But this is a...
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Asutosh Variar
Oct 1, 20211 min read
The Afterlife - The Chasm and Council
The Chasm – a place where they cast the most wretched of new arrivals; those deemed too unworthy to live. It emanates a red glow, but...
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Asutosh Variar
Sep 10, 20215 min read
The Afterlife
I woke up lying down in a field of grass. I got up off the ground, the unique scent of dirt and grass all around my body. The field...
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We write out what we don't know about what we know.
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