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My relationships with people | Confessions T#1
Below is a confession of a former (accidental) misanthrope: I am a slightly extroverted introvert. When I was 10 years old, my teachers thought I was mute. ‘Why don’t you talk to your classmates?’ I didn’t reply. The truth was, I wanted to talk, but what would I say? I was in panic every time I approached […]
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What My Dad Taught Me
My dad lit up a cigarette and held it to my mouth. ‘Try it,’ he said. I was six years old. It was not a school day. Me, my elder sister and my brother stood at the balcony of our wooden house with my father. We were years away from learning about the effects of second hand […]
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How Many Saturdays Do You Have Left?
I sat in my room and cried. Nineteen years old, I had just moved back to Malaysia for the first time in my life. Dad could no longer support our family’s expenses in Brunei. How could he? He had spent his last seven years playing pool every single day and sometimes forgetting to pick me […]
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Daily Habits Make Us Who We Are
Every writer’s advice is not to wait for inspiration or motivation to strike, but to write every day. Giddens Ko, the writer of the book turned film, You Are The Apple of My Eye said that he has been habitually writing five thousand words a day since he started writing in college. The book he wrote was […]
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five good habits
I have a lot of bad habits (like not making my bed everyday when I get up, eating chocolates for breakfast and wearing unmatching socks). I want to have better habits. Good habits. A good habit is a habit people I like have. Here are five good habits. _#1_Make things simple I know, it’s […]
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when life says, No.
No one will tell you this, but I will. I hate being rejected. Any kind of rejection feels painful. I would act strong publicly, and then privately sulk and think about how the rejection proves how bad I am at everything else (I mean, that’s what we’re supposed to do right?). It’s painful, sure, but […]
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To Be Yourself
Sometimes I’m not comfortable being myself. I want to be someone else. Someone who can enjoy a night out with friends without getting tired (way) before the night ends. Someone who can make friends in a crowd. Someone who understands social cues better. Someone who enjoys small talk without having to go too deep every […]
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Motivation and Fear
A lot of people tell me about their goals. Most of them want to quit their jobs and become something “bigger and better” than a nine-to-five. (hold on one sec, I just want to clarify that there is nothing wrong wanting to have a nine-to-five, but sometimes people don’t want it. If you love it, […]
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What school is for_Blog #3
My graduation picture is right next to my bed. I pass by it everyday but don’t take notice of it. The only thing I notice is my clock. I graduated with a First Class Honours in Chemical Engineering. Here’s my degree. I wasn’t naive enough to believe that this degree would change my life. (It […]
