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Long Weekend, A Little Rambling & My Lack of Gratitude

The day I discover IG filters It's almost mid week to August..argh. I am in the midst of a long weekend, which sadly will come to end by tonight. Just did some cleaning up of my room like throwing many things away because someone is going to come and fix the fibre box or something. So I need to get rid of a lot of junks.  At the same time, I am also catching up on orders. As I am typing this, I was rather cheesed off with one of the buyers but I also try not to lose it and act calmly because I don't think it will solve the matter. Speaking of which, there is no resolve in it as I don't want to trouble myself with posting the item as the person herself is not making any effort to pick up the item even though it has been days including the long weekend. There is always some darn excuse and because of that, I don't want to go to the post office, even though I could, just to make up for her tardiness. But as I always tell myself, life's like that, and there is...

In Competition with Ourselves

Gosh I am such a sloth this month but there are times I hustle hard and stay committed. But it's hard. Can I just roll up into a ball like a cat and do nothing and self clean? lol.. What you see above is my journal which I have been faithfully writing so that I can recall the things that I have done and should have done. Overall, it's a process to clear my head and to write down some opinionated pieces based on what I see or read. I have always been writing but it's quite sporadic and this time, decided to dedicate time to journal. However, things can't change and our lives can't improve if we don't do something about it. Someone I know of, has big dreams, most a little far fetched, but failed to even want to take the small steps right now to improve the current situations. Because in the mind, it keeps thinking, oh I am better than this..but for how long, are you going to be stuck in this stagnant state and rely on people's sympathy. We are sucked...

Happy July! Mid Year Check-in With Goals

Time flies past so quickly and now we have reached the 2 nd  week of July. I think it is time for me to reanalyse my goals or to create new ones. Life is about living, being inspired but at times, we also give in too much to laziness as an excuse to being tired. We still have to get up and do it, make the day worthwhile and also be grateful for what we have. Because often, we focus on things we wish we have that it kinds of make us feel rather miserable because we felt that we are just cruising through life aimlessly. There were a few things going on last week already and it was only the start of July. My mum had a health scare after a meal of lontong and cold drinks. Lontong is a coconut milk thickened spicy soup with rice cakes and veggies. It is a popuar dish but for me, I avoid food that contains coconut milk. Over the years, you just learn to live without food that is not good for you in the long term. Anyway about my mum, she suddenly complained about breathlessness ...

The Taiwanese Drama I was Hooked On: HIStory 3 Trapped

Meng Shao Fei Tang Yi Jack Zhao Zhi Trapped poster The last scene where both couples were shown together The End First of all, my apologies that this is going to be a long ass post. For the last couple of months, I have been watching this Taiwan drama faithfully and I look forward to Tuesdays and Wednesdays like why can't the time can't go any faster, lol. I have anticipated this drama since December and it may not be everyone's cup of tea but it was widely popular including going international. Even though it had been publicised as a BL (Boy's Love) drama..no explanation needed for that, but it still had a serious central theme and it was unlike other dramas I had watched that relied on fan service. Meaning, mostly doing actions or saying things, often cringeworthy but for the sake of viewership to lure us innocent but hungry fans in, haha. Also, sometimes while these dramas can be very sweet, funny and touching at the same ti...

Happy 1st June & Walking in Geylang Bazaar

First of all, we have officially entered a new month which is June. Almost half way people! Gosh, does time really fly that fast? What have we achieved so far? If we are barely scratching the surface with our goal motivations, let us move forward and fight on to make things better for ourselves. Anyway, we are also coming to the end of the fasting month. All fellow Muslims, if they are in good health, are to fast for one whole month because it is said that with fasting, we learn patience and also learn about the difficulties the poor experience when they lack of food and drink. So in return, we become more generous and giving when knowing about their plight. In short, this is a good month to restart and become better Muslims and hopefully, our good deeds will go beyond the holy month.  As part of the fasting month, there are many bazaars that were being held that sell things in preparation for the Hari Raya and also for the break fast. Temptations of food were aplenty and ...

Beauty is Subjective

Photo by  Lisa Fotios  from  Pexels I recently watched a youtube video by a local content creator and she was sharing how she normally spends her days, now that she is back in Singapore to visit her family. While each day is unique, she typically divides her time between spirituality, work, healthy and family and friends. Each one is pivotal in the running of her life and being productive. I think that is a great way in how you spend time and make the best use of it, rather than just wasting time on social media which uh..most of us are guilty of. Me especially, lol. Anyway, what caught my interest to write this blog post was a shopping trip she had with her sisters. One of her younger sisters liked this blouse with banana prints on it, which in her opinion, was pretty questionable, prompting her to ask if she thought that looked nice. Her sister confidently said 'Beauty is subjective'.  Well, she is right. I honestly never thought of phrasing it that way th...

The Psychology of Being Poor

I recently watched this documentary on CNA Insider and then found out later that it was actually from a few years ago. But still, it gave the viewers a glimpse into the lives of those people living in rental flats, their struggles in life and how they were coping on government's welfare and social services rendered to them. Although this was a throwback series, the reality still remains that such groups of people do exist and by knowing more about their situations, we open up our minds and be more grateful that some problems we have in life, are not as big as compared to theirs. Surprisingly, most of the comments weren't so nice by putting the blame on them that they brought this situation upon themselves. Honestly, I was also surprised why they had so many children, or keep adding to the brood, when they were already struggling to feed the children already. Imagine, having 7 children, on a $800 pay check and the fact that if he didn't work, he won't receive inco...