Little Things

You know what, after doing this for so long - I finally realized that I’m so much better at writing down my thoughts on paper rather than to have to type them. The only reason I do this is to have a digital copy that I can access anywhere at any time. The joy we have with technology, just at our fingertips. As I was saying, I find it much better to keep track of my thoughts on paper because I have been staring at the screen for the past 15 minutes trying to think of what I should write but to come up with nothing. There were a few titles in my head but I can’t seem to find related content to pin them. That’s why I decided on this title. I haven’t lived for very long but I do know that we will meet all kinds of people in this short lifetime of ours. For me, I personally believe that they are here to teach me lessons - those that are better having to learn the hard way, because humans just never learn when it is done the easy way. Here’s what I would tell myself had I the chance t...

It started with a song as I was paying attention to the song lyrics and relating to it, that made me feel kinda lost. Made me question myself; What is my purpose in this world? What can I contribute to the world when I have this once in a lifetime chance to live in this world? You know there's a saying "Are you living or or just existing?" - that phrase always hits home. Ever since the day I saw this phrase, it feels like my brain has decided to keep it safely enclosed in a box at the corner of my mind - and decides to open the box occasionally now and then to scare me a little or maybe to remind myself to LIVE instead of 'just existing'. Ideally, we would all prefer to be living rather than to just existing right? Some of us may dream a little bigger when it comes to making our mark in this world, perhaps it involves leaving a legacy behind for the future generation to see. While there are some of us who prefer living a life that we enjoy, treasuring every m...

As you can tell from the title, hello to the third post of the year since the start of my new year resolutions to post something once a month. For those who may not know, the phrase 'three time's a charm' simply means when something is attempted for the third time, luck is sure to result. Well, let's hope this too will work its magic - you'll never know if you never try.  Speaking of which I'm sure you noticed, there's a big change in the layout (after so long) as well as the link. Just felt the need for a change to happen because the girl from Neverland (what I call myself) needs to grow up now. One thing I kept is the background of the ocean - of which I'll never get sick looking at it and I love how it looks in this new layout. One thing for sure, I'm not done making changes to this place yet. Let's wait and see, shall we? I've got nothing special planned for this post to be honest and I'm just typing whatever that comes through...

This phrase is definitely one of my favourites, one I hold dear, the one that is always a self reminder. I know, realistically both expectations and disappointments are inevitable but I like to think that it is our decision when it comes how we choose to handle it. For most of my life, I’ve always been living up to other peoples’ expectations - how to be a better student, a better child, a better sibling even a better lover - a constant battle of who and who is always better than me. I guess you don’t realize such things when you’re too busy striving and working hard to please everyone around you. Maybe your thoughts are like mine - if they are happy, then I am too. Funny how I never once ask myself - why don’t you do things for yourself? To be a better version of yourself, for your own sake? (Oh well, we were all foolish once.) With time, it was too late to realize how deep of a grave I had dug for myself and that how little sunshine left that I could see. I thought someone w...

Can’t believe it’s been two years since I last blogged. Figuratively speaking, it’s about 730 days of me missing in action from this space. It wasn’t entirely because of the fact that I’ve started living and acting like an adult, but it’s more of the fact that I feel burdened with the idea of writing things for the stats, the likes and for attention. Ever since my last post, everything that I have written after just never felt good enough to be seen. It didn’t feel as genuine and the words didn’t come as naturally as before. I ended up deleting all the drafts I had written because they weren’t good enough and it was frustrating to keep seeing them.  Eventually, I stopped writing entirely and just focused on writing in my journal instead - at least I didn’t feel any obligation to post them anywhere. After being on a hiatus for two years, I feel like I have a responsibility to keep this blog alive rather than to having to create a new one. Trust me for I’ve considered using othe...