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  • Broadway, here I come!

    I’m high above the city I’m standing on the ledge The view from here is pretty And I step off the edge —Broadway, Here I Come from Smash. I’ve previously discussed how being brought up under Chinese tradition generally results in an obstinate tendency to refuse to admit failure and how it leads to an…

  • No Day But Today

    We have massive news…and – before you even think it – no, I am not pregnant and we are not having a baby. -_-; The past year or so has really been a whirlwind for me. Not long after I was done with my audit busy season, I found out I was going to the…

  • Remember Me

    Okay, so this is not actually the first song we wrote. The first song we wrote is still in too terrible a shape to be released for public viewing. Here is the second song we’ve written instead. Jonathan was struck by inspiration and composed this beautiful piece of instrumental music a few weeks ago for…

  • The “I Might As Well” Trap – Confusing Sunk Costs, Incremental Costs and Opportunity Costs

    If you’re a fairly easy-going person, chances are you’ve used the phrase “Oh, I might as well” before. Once or twice usually isn’t a problem. It becomes a problem when once or twice turns into every so often which inevitably becomes every time. “I might as well” is probably one of the reasons why I’m…

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  • A Tale of Two Generations

    Recently, Sarah and I have been working on the opening number to our show, which is tentatively titled Graduation Day. Planning to do our opening number tmr @MTFmusicals's Factory Salon tomorrow w/@AdamGwon – a fan since I saw Ordinary Days @darlotheatre! — Deborah Lau | Paper Tiger YouTube channel (@DeborahLau) March 26, 2015 We recently…

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