I remember a vivid memory from when I was 10 years old. My best friend at the time, who was also 10, cooked her first meal. It’s a vivid memory for me because growing up as a young girl, I felt there was an unspoken rule that said I had to learn to start cooking […]
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Pregnant with her third child after having a boy and a girl, my mum had hopes that the child would be a boy. In fact, minutes after giving birth, she was still convinced it might have been a boy because in her words “she had no hair.” Alas, the ‘not a boy’ was me. I
I saw an Instagram post recently where the author was sharing that due to global warming and climate change, the earth could start spinning slower and days could get longer. The most liked comment on the post was questioning whether days were actually getting longer and I had to agree because even if it’s true,
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2021 was when I first came to the conclusion that I had a paradoxical personality. It just made sense. I could be the most outgoing person you know (as I’ve grown older I’ve really mellowed out) but at the same time, I could easily tire from social interactions. Case in point: during my service year,
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If there is something more than endings that I often find myself dreading, it’s beginnings and coincidentally, they always follow each other. For me, December always comes with a pressure, to reflect, to take stock and January comes with its own pressure of starting anew. But, this year I’m refusing to let the usual pressure
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My dearest gentle reader, As we pull the curtain on this 11th month and soon, on the entire year, I feel compelled to pour my heart out to you. No doubt, we could survive in this world all by ourselves but that wouldn’t be true living. Life is given its meaning because of other people
Self-reflection is something we often do as a way to gauge where we are in our lives and make sure we are not going off track. I often use to say that if anyone points out anything about me, I would probably already know about it because I love being honest about the things I
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So, I’ve realised why only a few people among billions seem to do great things with their lives. I don’t think it’s something that always applies but it’s definitely a big factor. So what’s the reason? Showing up is HARD! That is something adulthood has been teaching me lately. ‘God, I know there’s prophecy over
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I cried so much until I wanted to throw up, I have experienced sad things before but nothing like this. I then remembered all the times I had cried and it seemed crazy to have even cried over such petty things. Pain is different for everyone. I don’t think I know how everyone else has
Hey you guys. To be honest, I really don’t have anything in particular to write about but I just know I have to write. I’m so happy that one of the tag lines of this blog is that I write random things so if this post is random, I’m justified. *inserts crying emoji* Sometimes if
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