to live, to experience and to share
Happy New Year! It’s been awhile I didn’t update this space, while there were so many things had happened or came across in 2022. Somehow I was having a phase where I had a short self talk and decided to dismiss it. I was contemplating whether I should let my thought ramble to have some digital presence or should I just kept it to myself or perhaps just shared it with close friends.Not sure if it’s the age thing which […]
Sounds familiar? Or do you experience it? (From: Love for imperfect things. Penguin Random House. 2018) It can cause a great rift between friends, just because people are just comparing what they see from social media or forum or chat group. A friend used to tell me that someone was copying whatever they do in Instagram, blatantly in their face. Some said, imitation is highest form of flattery, but it can be annoying too. But again, at what cost we […]
Sometimes we know that we like something, but we don’t dare to express that we like it. Sometimes we don’t want to do it in front of other people. We are cautious when people are looking at us. Sometimes we protect ourselves at all cost, because we don’t want to be faulted, seen inexperienced or not perfect.But it’s usually just our ego. And there are much more than our ego. This is what I learned this week from my friends. […]
One of my Japanese classmate passed her N1 recently. To me, it’s like the pinnacle of mastering the Japanese language because I’m still holding N3 since few years ago and haven’t done my N2 again since failed to pass it around 2 years ago. I’m going to give it another go this year, but was distracted with other goals which also requires me to put sometime grinding experience, so hopefully next year I can take it. (No more excuses Kartika, […]
When I started to jog, I can only run for 2km. And I was super tired. I told myself, man, I don’t have the stamina to jog or jogging/running related activities is not suitable for me. On good days, I ran 2km or 5 laps of running tracks. But I told myself to run at least 3 laps and don’t walk. I hardly able to go beyond that distance. Either shorter or just meet 2km nicely.
Sometimes it’s easier to ask ourselves or being asked by someone else, “What are things which you don’t like” than “What are the things which you like” Eliminate those and to be more like ourselves. No?
That’s the title of a manga I’m reading right now. The heroine of the story, Miyuki is a tennis prodigy, capable of beating one of the top tennis players in Japan even while when out of practice. She has a pure heart and is devoted to her family above all else, but her desperation and the schemes of those around her quickly give her a terrible reputation as a “bad girl of tennis”. She lost the Cinderella Cup to her […]
You didn’t see it coming, did you? – Quicksilver Life is full of surprise, yes? No matter who wins or loses, trouble always comes around. – Nick Fury Let’s enjoy the moment and keep our feet on earth, sometimes the fights we have is because of our pride or selfishness. Human beings are fearful and in need of protection. But then, that fear can inspire them to do great things. – The Vision So, challenges can be a good thing, […]