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Unhappy Anniversary to Mask Wearing

1,749 ViewsA year ago, it was the start of my mask-wearing journey. It was my last evening in New Zealand and I wore the mask moments before leaving my accommodation to enter the private hire car (Ola) which brought me to Auckland International Airport. It was a lonely departure but the situation back then couldn’t

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The hobby I hardly ever share about

2,358 ViewsCan you believe that it is going to be March soon? When mid-march comes, it will also mean that 1 year has passed since my ‘gap year’ and gosh, COVID is still around to haunt us. While going through the diaries of my younger days, there was one aspect of my life that I

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Random musings while flipping memories

1,491 ViewsI usually try to plan my writing with a purpose (though sometimes I digress until I can’t recall what was my initial objective) but for today, I don’t really have an agenda in mind. It is the Lunar New Year Weekend (Fri – Sun with half-day on Thursday) but due to the COVID restrictions,

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Thoughts on solitude and the future

1,837 ViewsWhoops. I’ve been working on this post since 2020 and suddenly realised that I have not finished this piece. 2021 – 11 days in – how are you feeling about the year? Not sure which part of the world you’re in but back in my home country (Singapore), it had been raining non-stop. The

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2020 – the lost year

1,685 Views2020 – how do I begin with writing a concluding post to document the most uneventful year of my life? Looking back on 2019, my post was titled 2019 – It’s okay to live the life you wished for which had been inspired from the book by Haemin Sumin. One year ago, my life

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Unhappy Birthday to You – COVID19!

1,700 ViewsIt’s sad to be reminded that something important is having a ‘birthday’ (or perhaps 1st year anniversary) and instead of being merry about things, there are certain things in life we would like to be bitter about – and COVID-19 is certainly one thing that falls into the basket of goods that we wish

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Lessons for myself – understanding being

2,355 ViewsI’m not sure how this post will turn out to be but it is something that I would like my future self to reflect upon, when the right moment comes upon. Just some background information, this had been a really heavy week for me, in terms of emotional thinking as I spent 4 days

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