Ada begitu banyak cara menghafal sesuatu: mengulang beberapa kali kalimat yang sama hingga tanpa sadar menempel di kepala, mengasosiasi sebuah kata dengan gambar tak beraturan, atau bahkan menyiapkan…
Read more2022... what a messy, flabbergasting ride.
A picture I took in Yishun, on our way back to the airport
If at the end of last year I pondered on how fast time glided past, this year, I instead try to dec…
In the bliss of a rainy December morning, I'm celebrating the completion of my Goodreads reading challenge: 25 out of 25 books read, thanks to Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth by Ric…
Read moreI personally think this picture perfectly captures how Christmas morning looks like in my headquarters: rain has been pouring continuously since I woke up at 6.30 this morning, and there is this diff…
Read moreIn between recovery and my excitement for Christmas that has been fully restored, I managed to finish the second book in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series yesterday: Percy Jac…
Read moreDecember has always been one of my most favorite months. Long-awaited at the end of a year, it manages to bring out the festive feeling even in the most humdrum things: I wanted to buy one apple-pie …
Read moreThe first time I got to know Percy Jackson, I was still in high school. I found out that my school library had the first five books in their neat though nearly untouched collection—quite the irony. W…
Read moreJust like always, I jumped into Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia without really knowing what this book was all about. Based on the word “monsters” in the title, I assumed that the main focu…
Read moreI know it's still a little early to call it a month, but let's face the undeniable reality: there's no more weekend left in November and you know how things go in the office. I think it…
Read moreAt the end of the recipient of two opposite news, people will usually go by the good one first. I'll follow the norm then—here is my good news: I'm free from COVID already; now the bad one: I…
Read moreMy third COVID experience has no telling symptom: my throat was sore, and that's that. It's honestly not what I was thinking when I wished for a longer holiday, but working from home surely h…
Read moreIf you knew me, you would know that I could be a bit of a coward sometimes. Big changes terrify me, and my confidence tends to fluctuate wildly depending on how I feel. It had been years since the fi…
Read moreWhen I first stepped into the dome of Garden by the Bay (GBTB), I knew then and there that that place deserved its own post in my blog. Having to pay around 40 SGD for the admission ticket to Flower …
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