I never thought I’d experience different kinds of grief in 2025. They say that 2025, the Year of the Snake, is the year of shedding. True enough, I had a lot of shedding done — not by choice. It left me with no choice but to face it, and all of it was painful in … Continue reading Grief: Through my lens
I thought grieving was just like being sad, cry and then that’s it. You move on, like nothing happened. Like it’s the most normal thing. Cry when you remember and then continue on your day. That’s what I thought, that’s how it felt like when I was 12. Little did I know, losing the very … Continue reading Side by side with grief
New Year’s Eve — the beginning and, at the same time, the end.Looking back on 2025, it has been a tough year. It hasn’t been all bad — I am still grateful for the good — but it was emotionally charged. I never thought that gain and loss could be experienced in such a short … Continue reading New Year’s Eve: the reflection
Look at that face! Who wouldn’t fall in love with that face? Like, look at that! He was so tiny. Those sad eyes (that’s why he mostly gets away with a lot of things). He looked so meek. So demure. So fragile. Till we took him home. It was like a bloody different cat. He … Continue reading Things Escalated Quickly
It’s so fluffy I’m gonna die! Those big eyes — those eyes looked pleading. He deserves the world, the love, the everything. He too has the same eyes as Yoda. Theo’s story He was fostered by these two lovely ladies. Theo was found by the vets somewhere, I think. He was thin and a bit … Continue reading 2 = 5: We Were Just Supposed to Get One
So where were we…. The idea of having our very own cat was tempting. I thought about it hard. Deep within me, I wanted my own, but at the same time, I still wanted Max to be my friend. He had been great company, after all. Out of curiosity, I searched — and that’s where … Continue reading 2 = 5: The Baby has arrived
It has been a while since I last posted here. Life happened. Three years is a big gap, and within those years, a lot unfolded — the good, the bad, and the in-between. Coming out of the pandemic was something else entirely. I grew used to the new normal back then. Working from home was … Continue reading Coming home
2020 hasn’t been the best year for everyone. It was especially difficult, stressful and was a big change. New normal was introduced such as social distancing, wearing mask and believe it or not washing hands as often as possible. As we have now entered 2021, we are still experiencing the remnants of 2020, having said … Continue reading 6 Things I’m Looking forward to this year
Blogging, I’ve first heard of this word quite a number of years ago. It was quite of a grey area for me when I first heard it, the reason for that? because I am not confident in my own writing. I get self-conscious about my grammar, punctuations and all that English technical stuff. You see, … Continue reading Why I started my Blog
2020 has now ended, wow it has been an interesting year isn’t it? Lot’s has happened this year, I feel like 2020 is just a hell of a year, no one expected it but we all tried and lived with it. Living with COVID19 has been extra challenging for everyone - the world came to … Continue reading A Look back at 2020
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