"Living Each Single Day"

I've been slacking and I'm not proud of it. Life has so much to offer and yet I just prefer to snooze, lol. I haven't been writing in my journal because I finished the last one and forgot to buy a new one when I was at the shopping centre where the shop was located. Many shops close earlier than the usual 9.30 or 10.00pm timing because of the virus going on here so people go out less. But I dunno, the malls still don't seem too empty because we Singaporeans still can't live without our food and shopping, haha. So when I don't write, I feel like I lost a bit of direction in life. I mean it's not a guarantee life will suddenly improve if I write because there are times when I still kinda fall back to the bad habit. It's just that at least I have the time to reflect while writing so that gives me some perspectives in life, rather than have my mind clouded with so many thoughts. Recently, I have been following a few Malay Muslim ladies online and they...

In my previous post, I was writing about me grappling about loneliness and to be completely honest, it didn't quite go away and sorta got amplified instead when I started watching this Taiwanese drama. I was curious about how these two characters, who ran into each other through some weird situation where one was being chased by the baddies. But the second episode showed that they could be related where they  have the same father and that he was the long lost sibling. I highly doubt that I would run into some random handsome Korean Oppa who knocked into me in the midst of being chased, lol. Anyway, the actors playing them, including the token Korean guy, were all good looking and it's probably a click bait for greedy viewers like me. But you know what, that is the world of fantasy, where we imagine it to be perfect at least in our minds and these dramas act out our fantasy of being swept by a good looking hunky kind of guy. No? It's just me? Ok moving on. One writer...

Last weekend, I felt a pang of loneliness. I don't know what overcame me but I didn't really feel good about myself. Is it because I suddenly crave for attention or that people have not been paying attention to me that I felt lonely. I never had a problem with being single or without companionship but about that time last weekend, I somehow felt that sense of emptiness in me. I know I used to feel as though there truly is something wrong with me that I don't get attention from guys. But I have overcome that and chose to do things that matter to me and just lead life as per normal. However that weekend, the emptiness sank in hard. Days have passed ever since then and I just live day by day. Some days aren't perfect and smooth sailing while some were pretty alright. I chose instead to focus on making this day better than it was yesterday and to be grateful to be given another day to live. On the topic of loneliness, I watched a drama recently which honestly, I had...

Hi Im back! Actually I want to start writing regularly but the year didn't start off well for me. Sometimes I find that I am falling down the rabbit hole but I am slowly trying to find my way out of it. I had a small bout with a nasty cough. Ok actually, it was pretty bad because I lost my voice at one time, lol. I could barely speak and if I could, it would come out super hoarse.  I realise that I haven't taken much action in my life, like as though all those 'goals and aspirations' just flew out of the window barely two weeks into January. When I had to move on to the next checkpoint to learn more new Spanish words and sentences, there was a test to be done that would not tell you the score, whether you are right or wrong, but it would determine if you get to move on to the next stage. It was hard. I could barely answer the first few questions and I wanted to give up. It was like I knew those words and phrases but I just couldn't make them out. Because I ...

Happy New Year! I have been writing on this blog for years. But my style of writing changes over the years. I still enjoy writing, and write almost every day though nowadays, I mostly write in a journal where I get to decorate the pages and stuffs and I can also share about more things. To be honest, I wouldn't want to read my posts from way back then because it kinda showed my level of immaturity, lol. Sometimes I tried to act smart but well, I didn't think I was, haha. I thought I wanna change my style of writing but I think I just do what I do best. Sharing stories, interesting reads or things I have watched and perhaps, we can learn a thing or two from them. I am no motivational writer but if I can share things that will be useful in our lives, then I wouldn't hesitate. It's still a personal blog overall so come in and just enjoy the read, and hopefully I don't offend anyone in the process. If I do, please do forgive me! Last weekend, I went to ...

It's interesting to get to know how different people lead their lives. Some are doing well in life, some barely coping and there are also some who lead such unbelievable lives, and the envy of many people who can only dream to have even an inch of what they have. Everyone's motivation in life is different. What works well for one family may not be as such for another one. In social media, people mostly try to show their better side, often curated lives and of course they won't show the behind the scenes where they bust their a** hustling, working from one client to another and through late nights. Even if what they perceived to be vlogging a 'day in their life', which is like a video diary of what they do for that day, they may only choose to show perhaps less than half of what they normally do. During this Christmas season, I actually used to enjoy watching this series on Youtube called Vlogmas, a daily or weekly style of vlogging by people who don...

Talk about 'essentialism'..haha...use the lights sparingly Lately, I watched a video about how the book on Essentialism impacted her life when she read the book in the past but when she went to Korea, it kinda went out the window and she started to buy many many things that caught her fancy. So it made her feel guilty because she spent a lot on things. Her husband, on the other hand, was a more careful spender and tried not to buy a lot in Korea. And he can use the same thing for many months, let's say a pair of shoes, until it had holes and instead of buying a new pair, sent those shoes for repair. Someone I followed on IG, had a posting on her shoes, which was the only pair she had been using for the past 2 years. It started to have a hole that got bigger and bigger and the soles were totally worn off that she often slipped. One day, her friend, whom she had been using as a pillar of support like literally, just had enough of her slipping and sliding especially n...