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 […]
Brain dump
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 […]
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 […]
One week after GE14
One week has passed after the 14th Malaysian General Election. Life just goes on as normal, but I have a lot of things to express, from my thoughts of the current politics and also sadly, how I left a whatsapp group because of differing views. I will try to break this down. 1. New Government […]
Farewell, Pumpkin
Photo by Thomas Millot on Unsplash The picture above is not the picture of my old car. I took some of the photos and it wasn’t great but do it to have some memories of it. Why I chose this image? Because the colour is the closest to my car, which I called it “Pumpkin.” Last Saturday, I […]
Multi-faceted me
Photo by Grace Madeline on Unsplash This is not a post about dissociative identity disorder. This is a post about me, and my struggles to be who I am. Admittedly it is tough being myself. Being myself means: Being a semi-intellectual. Sometimes I try to tone that down when I am with others but when someone takes things […]
Inoffendable
Photo by Grant Porter on Unsplash We could easily measure our success or failure by our education or lack thereof, bank account, job title, relationship status, or social media followers, but God isn’t measuring your life by any of those standards. He’s measuring your life by seeing what you can be trusted with. Accepting this truth frees you […]
Frail
Photo from Pixabay. Happy new year. I was listening to Jars of Clay song titled ‘Frail’ and I had this imagery in my mind walking through the paddy fields of Kedah. Walking alone, enjoying the greenery as far as the eyes can see and being free. Here are the lyrics: Convinced of my deception I’ve […]
When you come back
Photo by Joshua Sortino on Unsplash …I just don’t want to meet you. …I just don’t want to listen to you though I have my flaws. …I don’t want to force myself to do things which I am not comfortable with. …I don’t want to know where I have done wrong because I know I can never be […]
Managing emotions
This father is helping his daughter deal with her anger This father is helping his daughter deal with her anger Posted by Daily Mail on Thursday, December 7, 2017 This video is definitely millennial western parenting, where it is alright to feel all the negative feelings and make sure to move on from there. And […]