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…
Yesterday I made the spontaneous decision to put together a short clip from some snippets of recording that I had taken during my travels these past months. It was a joy to do this kind of work: handling artifacts that represent fond memories, exercising a sort of creativity that has been absent in my life…
The other day I read a blog post by former Guardian columnist Oliver Burkeman that gave me an enlightening sort of realization. The idea that he was suggesting is quite simple, yet transformative for how I do things now. And so I wish to relay the idea to others in hopes of perhaps lending a…
Today as I physically relocated myself to a new place I had lots of thoughts on my mind. I had outbursts of emotions too, though they are too personal and too hard to capture in words for me to fully describe them here. Let’s just say what I have planned in the next few months…
I am a woman in her 20s, so inevitably body insecurities routinely plague my mind. Somehow despite all my efforts to build up self-confidence and a resistance against media messages about the ideal kind of face or body to have, I still once in a while break down under the toxic beauty standards perpetuated by…
Blogging has become one of my favorite activities this year, after I made the commitment to express ideas just as regularly as taking them in (mostly via books). Blogging isn’t quite like my experience with journaling, which is private, self-oriented rather than audience-oriented. I have noticed that my voice in journaling and blogging does not…
This is a rant about a topic very close to my heart that coincides with some of the events happening in the world at the moment. In a way one can say this issue has been around for a long time, and there’s no doubt it will continue to plague human society far into the…
“Aesthetic” is a word I have seen thrown around a lot on the internet these days, and you might have too especially if you’re part of the tumblr/pinterest/instagram crowds. Being “aesthetic” or “aesthetically pleasing” often means abiding by a set of visual concepts or patterns that appeal to the eye and/or represent a certain subcultural…
It has been a while since I last published a blog post that isn’t a book review. At the start of this year I sort of made a promise to myself (though no pressure) to dedicate more time and effort to blogging and sharing my thoughts publicly with others. I already keep a journal and…
In 2022 I will be turning 25 and as much as I resist the thought, I’m feeling like this is meant to be a significant milestone in my life. From what I’ve seen among my friends, I (we) need to either visibly struggle with a quarter-life crisis or otherwise transform into a fully functioning adult…