Omar Tsai

So ever since COVID and the crazy quantitative easing that has occured by many governments in the world, we now see an out of control inflation rate. Of course, it affects all of our daily lives - from the rising food costs to the gas we use. Rent is also at all time highs right now! I'd like to address a few key points in this article. What is inflation? What is causing inflation? My thoughts on inflation So what is inflation? Inflation is very simply "a persistent rise in the average level of prices over time" - Bank of Canada . The results of inflation are increases in prices such as food, services, and housing. You can see this anywhere, from the increased rent prices to your average meal going from a couple of bucks to now 10-20$ on average! This sounds terrible! Why do we need inflation then? Well, that's a great question! A good amount of inflation has helped shape the modern world - from average wage increasing to easing international trade, inflation is almos

I used to think that making and publishing music was as easy as uploading a youtube video. I make some sounds on the keyboard, mash them up, and the click upload. I could then publish to my favourite music players such as Youtube Music and Spotify. What I've learned these past few weeks could not be further from the truth. So around a few weeks ago, I started to become serious in taking on making some music as a hobby. I intially looked up how to get started using reddit, finding out quickly that I needed to choose a DAW (digital audio workstation). Of course, I look up what DAW a beginner like me should use and I'm bombarded with a TON of options. I initially tried out Ableton as that seems like it was really popular. However, quickly I switched to FL Studio as I liked the interface better with the piano roll UI.  Luckily, I still have a teeeeeny  bit of music theory that I remember from my piano days so I'm not a completely terrible composer. That said, I've watched o

Motivation This week, I've been trying to understand the meaning behind knowing oneself. What does that even mean? Throughout my life, I've seen monks and famous people preach that one must medidate and think. One must always have some time reserved for thinking.  Here's what I've come to understand from my short while of trying to understand this question - and evaluating how far I've truly come to understand myself. First, as an anime fan I'd like to show off a quote by one of my favorite characters from Naruto: Itachi. " If you want to know who you are, you have to look at your real self and acknowledge what you see ". My findings Now what I'd like to talk about is that this is a very simple question - who am I ? I've come to a list of questions that come into my mind and I'd like to share them here. Why/When/How does one get angry? Why/When/How does one get upset? Why does one do things they do? (What are the motivtions behind your acti