I think this hypothesis is supported mostly by experiences rather than scientific research: people change. No one stays the same forever. While we consider the big palpable changes terrifying, we ten…
Read moreI like to think that there are certain things in life you ought to leave to chance, like when you set your heart on something but your gut tells you otherwise, or when you stop depending on the inter…
Read moreI still can't believe that I have been posting on this blog for almost five years now. For me, this blog has been a good online friend whom I talk about book reviews and some personal thoughts wi…
Read moreJune turned out to be a non-fiction month for me—who would have thought? Instead of picking up something that had been long perched on my reading list, I went to the library and finished the two book…
Read more"Depression is also smaller than you. Always, it is smaller than you, even when it feels vast. It operates within you, you do not operate within it. It may be a dark cloud passing across the sky…
Read moreSome things are meant to be in your life for a lifetime; some are meant to only be there for a while; while some are just not meant to be—that is life for us.
Believe it or not, it is now June. Half o…
"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things…
Read moreAfter a month of not reading, I am finally back with another wrap-up. However small, reading is still reading. I must say it's good progress, reading-wise.
1. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo (Plea…
I must say that writing another post, meaning finishing yet another book for the month, is quite unexpected. After more than a month of being in a slump, I now crown The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie …
Read moreI wasn’t sure before but now I am: I was in a reading slump for almost two months. It took me a month—I repeat, a month—to finish Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo. Last night was the first time I fin…
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