writings on the wall

Insecurity 2

I think I will restart my daily writing because writing helps me clear my mind and calm my soul. I have been feeling restless all day today, even though I ha...

unstructured time is wasted time

I have seen this theme mentioned quite often in productivity books and videos - unstructured time is wasted time. Even free time, if left unstructured, you m...

My first tennis lesson

The highlight of the day is definitely my very first private tennis lesson with a coach!

spiralling into the void

I used to think people who say they have “anxiety” are just people who can’t handle stress and don’t manage their time well. And that it’s just an excuse to ...

Conflicts - Reasons and Resolution

When I was out running today, my pace was slower than usual. This gave me more mental energy to ponder about things (running fast requires more mental energy...

Thinking Thoughts 2

I think a key to be able to thinking more deeply about simple matters of life is to first cut out distractions. And the biggest culprit would be the endless ...

Banana Leaf and Overeating

My mum and I went to pick up my sister from her university after her morning classes. We wanted to try out a banana leaf restaurant located in the nearby ho...

Wall Climbing with Emily

Today I met up with Emily Tan and we went wall climbing together at One Utama! Neither of us had climbed before and we were both excited to try it out. I had...

Discovering a New Author

I was tidying some boxes of old things when I opened one and found some chinese books that belongs to my mum. A book with the title 《小姐小姐别生气》caught my eye be...

Thinking Thoughts

Today is a day where I didn’t do any thinking, that is why nothing comes to mind now and I don’t know what to write about. Not thinking is a bliss because yo...

Friendship Breakup

Ending any relationship is hard. Letting go of anything that you have put effort into and means a lot to you is hard.

Learning a New Sport

My shoulder aches from hitting the golf ball 150 times. I am wondering maybe my technique/posture is still incorrect and dad hasn’t noticed it. I think it wa...

A Call With an Old Friend

Today was another turbulent ride of emotions for me, and I didn’t like it. Whenever I have relationship related problems (be it friendships, work mates, fami...

Moods and Mess

I am in such a mess now (psychologically) and I am not sure what I should do. I am not going to write out reasons here because they feel a bit too private to...

Learning to Play Golf 🏌️

My dad brought me to a driving range today and I finally go to put some basics that I learnt from Youtube videos into action! Dad also gave me some pointers,...

I Love Swimming 🏊

I finally went swimming today! I have been dying to go for a swim since I came back and the weather here is always perfect swimming weather. ☀️

Importance of Logging

I think logging our daily lives is important. Our brains are not capable of capturing all the details of the events that happen every day, thus only snippets...

Time Flies When I Code

Time flies when I am coding. I really love coding. I love writing lines of code and googling how to make things work and reading lots of StackOverflow’s wher...

A Normal Day

I finally found the perfect time to run - about 7pm in the evening. When the sun has almost set, the temperature is cool and running feels good again. I mana...

Changes and Temptations

Today is the first day in a while that I don’t feel like a mush! This shows how big and quick a difference uninstalling Netflix and Instagram from my phone m...

Bad Habits and Good Habits

“Good habits are hard to build but easy to break.” I will add another one: “Bad habits are easy to build but hard to break.

Being watched and doing housechores

One thing I don’t really like about being at home for a long stretch of time is the feeling of being monitored for what I do. When I am away from home, I am ...

Kdrama and Romance

I have just finished binging a Kdrama called “What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim”. It is a very cliché romance Kdrama about a successful young vice chairman of ...

Insecurity and Affirmation

In a brief moment of reflection while mopping the floor today, I came upon a realisation that I have always been someone who craved words of affirmation. For...

Overthinking and Waiting

This is a very bad habit of mine - overthinking and over-analysing social interactions and then comparing my situation with that of others. Recently it has b...

Scrolling Instagram Makes Me Unhappy

Today I uninstalled Instagram from my phone because I suddenly slipped into an unhappy void while aimlessly scrolling the app. Recently I have felt this way,...

The First Post

this is the first ever post. this will be used for testing purposes.