Photo by Cathryn Lavery on Unsplash Loads of articles will tell you to journal so you can see your progress and at some points, it becomes too technical. It’s takes a lot of discipline to be tracking journalling and not get distracted at the same time. Well, for me it is always a emotional dumping ground so I […]
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The secret (or maybe not)
Photo by Hailey Kean on Unsplash “To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” Nelson Mandela I got a secret, but telling this secret means the person will know that the trust is broken. I am not sure when is the […]
Percubaan dalam belog dalam Bahasa Malaysia
Photo by freddie marriage on Unsplash Inilah kali pertama saya berbelog dalam Bahasa Malaysia. Sudah lama saya tidak menulis dalam Bahasa Malaysia. Biasanya saya akan menulis dalam Bahasa Malaysia kalau saya ingin berkomunikasi dengan pegawai-pegawai pihak kerajaan. Mengapa saya ingin cuba belog dalam Bahasa Malaysia? Percubaan ini adalah satu cara untuk memerah minda saya supaya saya tidak hanya […]
Reading
Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash It’s been more than a month since I left the my university friend’s whatsapp group. Leaving the group felt weird. I have been friends with them since the university days and we have fun times together. Of course there are times I was quite toxic but we somehow just make things work. […]
And it triggers again
Photo by Hailey Kean on Unsplash There are days that I move on after my mother in-law fiasco and the things that she hurt me before does not hurt as much. Today, I am reminded of her nastiness. My husband sent a whatsapp image from his father. This is a Microsoft Word wedding invitation. As the couple’s first […]
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The crunch of the research
Photo by Angelina Litvin on Unsplash And today I am doing the hardest thing of the research that is literature review. Oh, have I mention that I have to manage my emotions and expectations at the same time. Will I able to submit by September? Will I be able to graduate? What will my father say about me […]
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Starting anew | Doa kami
Photo by Drew Hays on Unsplash Sometimes it is hard to come out from the certain state of mind. It is hard to take people’s advice sometimes or when I take their advices, it does not make sense to me. Today is day 2 of listening to Dr Guy’s videos on both his website and youtube, and I […]
Acceptance after grieving
Photo by Lindsay Henwood on Unsplash After accepting the fact that I might have to extend one more semester and venting out yesterday, I feel a lot better and I am able to progress. While I hesitated with some parts of the finances, I have decided to splurge on Dissertation Mentor by Dr Guy E. White. I stumbled […]
Grieving process (May 2018)
Photo by Thought Catalog on Unsplash It has been an emotionally draining week and I can’t share it with most people for these reasons: I am fully focused on my studies and I am not working. In that aspect, I don’t have a license to “complain” since I am only a “student”. I am out of the industry. […]
Writing and loneliness
Photo by Chivalry Creative on Unsplash Writing slumps I am in my slumps of writing. I have clocking around 3-4 times a week for free writing, mindmapping, throwing everything in, randomly creating categories and hoping those categories stay so that I don’t have to rewrite everything. It’s very hard to say if I am making progress. I have […]