buy now pay later

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Buy now, pay later, or BNPL, is a type of installment loan. It divides your purchase into multiple equal payments, with the first due at checkout. The remaining payments are billed to your debit, credit card or bank account until your purchase is paid in full. These plans can come with interest and fees, though some plans, depending on the provider, charge neither. How does buy now, pay later work? During checkout, you’ll see an option to break up your total purchase and pay a smaller amount now, instead of the full balance. If interested, you’ll fill out a short application directly on the checkout screen. It may ask for… Read More

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“watermelon” symbol

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We’ve been seeing the fruit featuring in social media posts across the internet ever since the the Gaza invasion began 20 days ago. As of today 6,546 Palestinians have been killed, including 2,704 children, and over 17,000 people have been wounded so far in ongoing Israeli retaliatory strikes. (asianews) The watermelon is a massive part of Palestinian culture, featuring in many dishes and crossing into the art world where it has become a symbol of resistance. The red, green, white and black coloured fruit held in hand, depicted in art or posted as an emoji has also become a way for Palestinians and their supporters to protest against Israel. The… Read More

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Goshiwon

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As we all know, South Korea is a crowded country, with more than 50 million people. Approximately 90% of that land is mountainous, meaning that people had to use the space available in the most creative way to fit everyone. A Goshiwon, also known as an “off-campus dormitory” is no more than a small room with everything you can find on a normal house, needed to live. In these small rooms you can find a bed, fridge, TV, and not always but sometimes they also have a bathroom. Rent prices in South Korea can be expensive so a Goshiwon is a solution to this, they can be small but so… Read More

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The Courage to be Dislike

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How do we live a happy life and achieve real happiness? The Courage to Be Disliked paperback has sold over 3.5 million copies, and is a Japanese phenomenon that shows how to live a life and achieve real lasting happiness. It’s already an enormous bestseller and based on Alfred Adler’s philosophical tenets. He believes we can all live happy and fulfilled lives without worrying about the past or future. It’s also written by an award winning professional writer, Ichiro Kishimi and writer Fumitake Koga. In the book, Adler’s philosophy is that all problems are interpersonal relationship problems. To live a happy life, we must be able to accept ourselves as… Read More

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the oldest developer

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An 87 year old grandmother from Japan, learned coding at the age of 81. Her name is Masako Wakamiya. Masako Wakamiya realized that there were no applications, especially game applications, that seniors could enjoy. Then Masako Wakamiya approached young game developers to make it. But they rejected it. And said that they didn’t know what the elderly people were asking for. So, Masako Wakamiya had to make it herself and she really did it herself. At the age of 81, Masako Wakamiya learned how to code so she could make games for seniors. The games application is called Hinadan and has received a rating of 4.9 and more than 100… Read More

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