One of the only few areas I’m qualified to do a “recapping” for 2022 is reading, as usual. I made some “resolutions” earlier this year to try to change things up a little from before and approach reading with more intention. Essentially, I managed to evade book ratings altogether (not giving ratings to books I…
I am a self-proclaimed non-doer who has a strong tendency to think things without acting on them. There have been so many occasions of me getting galvanized into the possibilities of doing things only to give in to the inertia that blocks any concrete actions from materializing. Whether it’s an undertaking for my own sake…
I am back living amidst the chaos of an urban lifestyle, with its ceaseless soundscape, topsy-turvy traffic, and the far-from-ideal graciousness of people when interacting with strangers. There is a certain comfort in blending into all this chaos – only the truly extraordinary will stand out. Most things just get submerged into the hectic, overstimulating,…
Kinda long rant ahead. Excuse the informality and the semi-incoherence. It occurred to me just now how much the landscape of social media has changed over the years. I started using Facebook some time in 2008, Instagram in 2012, never really got on the Twitter train, and still actively avoid TikTok like the plague (pardon…
Oh the irony of going from preaching a calm, intentional, and carefree lifestyle to whining about being neck deep in a crisis. I usually use this blog to work out my personal problems on the intellectual front, but I don’t necessarily intend to showcase any sign of panic especially as I go through these problems…
There is an idea which I come back to again and again and again on this blog: how we are taught to live our lives under the pressure of meeting certain standards (frequently impossible ones at that) prescribed by society. I am not alone in experiencing the burden of such pressure, and at the risk…
Once in a while, I find myself recalling certain aspects of the world wide web that are no longer in existence. It’s not that I wish these were still available today, but they often bring back memories that are just pleasant to pull out from the back of my mind. I am clearly too young…
Let’s cut to the chase. The Roe v. Wade overturn by the US Supreme Court is an atrocity and a terrifying insult to the sovereignty that women have over their own lives and bodies. Ever since the news broke and even way before that, many have articulated their arguments against this decision way better than…
Each day we wake up and the first thoughts passing our mind probably concern something like our career, our relationships, our worries and insecurities, or even trivial stuff like what we are to consume during the day. It almost never occurs to us that even in our own existence we are so tiny compared to…
Ever since we were born, we have been fed a certain sense of solidity and discreteness when we perceive the world. Nouns are assigned to objects and items, and even to abstract phenomena that somehow can fit in a certain box to help pare down the complexity of the world into a few simplistic interpretations.…
I just got back from a kickboxing class and guess what, my hypoglycemia had started acting up 5 minutes into the lesson as I was only warming up with some light running. My whole face went pale, I started sweating profusely while feeling cold chills all over my body, I could barely hold myself upright…
This post is going to be me rambling about all the reasons why I am low-key terrified of entering the workforce that exists outside the boundary of my university campus, and why I just wish I could stay sheltered in this school environment forever. Note that by “staying in school” I don’t just mean “being…
Weather is kind of a big deal, though it’s actually trivial in almost every major life decision. Weather happens in the background and is never a factor when we pick schools or choose life partners or decide on quitting a job. Weather offers a mere backdrop to our daily lives, and it never gets registered…
I wouldn’t be the first to admit that my attention span has dwindled to an average of just roughly three to five minutes at a time, because anything requiring my full concentration for longer than that will just receive the same fate: my interest in the thing drains out and my mind wanders to something…