Slow down and have fun

1,524 ViewsIt is the 31st of January and here I am finally typing my hugely procrastinated monthly post. Technically, I didn’t have to force myself to sit down and type something (for the sake of doing something) but over time I realise that having routines at times can keep your discipline in check. Fun fact

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2021 – did it even happen?

1,542 ViewsIt is the 31st of December and here I am trying to rush out my final blog post of the year. A week ago, I was working on my pandemic-travel post to the UK but somehow, I didn’t manage to find the time and determination to complete it. There are far too many distractions

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The post-pandemic travel planning

1,644 ViewsIs it okay to call it ‘post-pandemic’ given that there are still 2,000 to 3,000 daily cases? I don’t know what’s the situation for you in your part of the world but it seems to me that slowly but surely, the world is finally opening up, despite the still rather significant numbers which may

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How obsessed are you with numbers?

2,005 ViewsWhat is your obsession with numbers? Do they bother you to a fairly large extent or can you get by with life without paying too much attention to it? This is once again a random topic idea I thought about over the past week after I got a little irritated with how society and

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The search for a hobby

1,776 ViewsMy blog post title may sound a little weird to you but this was something that had been bothering me for the past few weeks. Alright ‘bother’ may not be the correct word in this context but I can’t seem to untangle myself from these thoughts across the past week. Today, we had to

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Celebrating a nation’s birthday – on repeat every year

1,690 ViewsHappy 56th Birthday Singapore – does this statement sound weird to you (assuming you’re from a different country)? Some of my foreign friends can’t seem to understand the obsession we (Singaporeans) have with our nation’s birthday and most of them refer to it as ‘independence day’ rather than a ‘birthday’. To be honest, I

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Possibly the month I want to forget this year

1,554 ViewsJuly started out pretty fine. Actually, I have been writing my July updates across 3 weekends already (with a different title and mood) but something happened yesterday which totally steered my whole emotions and mood entirely. To be fair, the first half of July was still pretty alright for me (reading what I wrote

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