Photo by Oscar Keys on Unsplash Today, I saw this quote from Writing your dissertation in fifteen minutes a day. “Sometimes writing a dissertation is a bit like having a serious, but not mortal, illness: it takes enormous energy to sustain life, you have to take very good care of yourself so you don’t collapse, and your defenses—in […]
Monday
Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash I have not tracked if I am blogging every Monday, but if I am, that means that I am feeling the Monday blues Anyway, just a recap of last week: I feel a lot less stress these days. I have only progress only 1-2 hours of work in my life and as usual, […]
Misread
Photo by Ryan Stefan on Unsplash Today, I am listening to Kings of Convenience and I do miss their soothing and pleasant music. Brings back a lot of memories of my university years. Approximately ten years later, I am listening to these songs again and I relate to these songs even deeper than last time. I feel so […]
Stuck
Photo by Daria Nepriakhina on Unsplash It’s the end of July and here are my progress so far: Managed to write 50% of my literature review. Managed to rewrite my logic 5 times and for now it is ready to go. I will tweak along the way. Finish 4 out of 5 mindmaps. One more to go but […]
Therapy
Photo by Thought Catalog on Unsplash Today, I read about a safe way to recover from emotional abuse. If you ask me about my relationship with God, it is not great. I am doubtful, and I am half-hearted. I am aware I am practising partial obedience. I have been struggling with my relationship with my in-laws. I have […]
Freedom
Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash First, read this article on freedom: https://medium.com/personal-growth/freedom-is-not-about-speaking-up-but-choosing-to-be-silent-c4bfb76e87a7 I love reading articles on Medium. It is often thought provoking and it helps me to reflect on self. Hence most of my articles on li is all about my weaknesses. Lol. People write uplifting stuff while I write my struggles. This blog will never hit […]
Walking
Photo by Claude Piché on Unsplash My daily battle everyday is dealing with my emotions. I used to hide them but after marrying to my husband, his family poses a bigger challenge as they are even more emotionally charged than me. I struggle to want to talk with them because it seems to go down in some downward […]
When CNY becomes judgements in family
Photo by Cami Talpone on Unsplash Note: This post was written in 19 July 2016 as “Greatest Wedding Regrets.” It’s been almost two years on since my husband and I have read more articles on psychology and often fought through the logics. We have been praying together for things that we do not have control on. Our marriage […]
I survived the mother in-law trauma
Photo by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash Note: This post was written elsewhere on 1 June 2017, when I was slowly healing from the trauma of my mother in-law’s abuse. I can’t say that I am healed 100% but I am slowly moving there. I have also changed my husband’s sisters name to the characters of Hai Kinn Xin […]