i think i have never really written an explanation for the title of this blog. considering our upcoming move to singapore in a few days, perhaps it’s about time.

transposable elements, or jumping genes, are DNA segments that move from one location in the chromosome to another point. much like cutting-and-pasting text from a part of a document to put into another. in the process of transferring, or transposing, it cause changes in the genome, especially since the cut is often not precise, bringing bits of its neighboring sequences each time it moves. i don’t want to get too technical, but i guess, even with a over-simplified explanation as that, one can see the parallelism of these mobile genetic elements to my life as a wanderer. from asia, to europe, and next week, back to asia. with each move, i am no longer the previous me, and to a minute extent, i guess the places i’ve left are also no longer the same without me.

cut. severed. and yet surprisingly, i’m taking a lot of germany with me.

speaking of cuts, our telephone line will be cut in a couple of days. the next time i blog, i’ll be in singapura.

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