It all started last July. I was cleaning up my LinkedIn profile and account as I planned to look for a short-term job before the impending relocation could happen. If I had not been working on the nearly abandoned LinkedIn account, I would have missed the great opportunity to connect with CARA Unmask co-founder, Bernard.… Read More Announcing exciting changes and introducing something new
Sometimes, the baseline vanity is your salvation in a depressive mood; your first baby steps on the journey of recovery in mental health wellbeing.… Read More When Vanity is Your Salvation – MOVED to Lis Writes
Smiling for yourself when days are gloomy can chase the moodiness away and replace it with acceptance and instant relief. … Read More Smile for yourself – MOVED to Lis Writes
It’s been a couple of rough weeks since I returned to Singapore. Apart from the reverse-culture shock, things just haven’t been going smoothly with most of the services that I require. Things have been especially trying for the last couple of days as plans are being stalled and would need a massive overhaul. The Dark… Read More Daily Compassion
Shaking Things Up My life would be incomplete if I start to fit into the “normal” or “usual” range. Let’s say, I have a built-in shaker that randomly shakes my life up, sometimes in a underrated big stir. I had a plan to thoroughly soak up my birthday that is marinating in the autumny atmosphere of yellow, orange… Read More Bloody Birthday in Denmark
Stereotypes are Just Categorization I don’t mean to bring up the race topic but it is the highlight in this post. I am Asian, and in many ways, my behaviours are shaped by my cultural background. Stereotypes are not necessarily a bad thing, they are just categorizations in the mind by creating mental heuristics.… Read More I Am Asian
There is a philosopher in me, and it should not come as a surprise. I am an idealist and would die for a good romance. The basics of philosophy highlight the emotional self-awareness – the philosophical movement of romanticism. Although it opposes the rationalization derived from sciences to explain nature, such notion is seemingly fading.… Read More The Promise
I saw a quote the other day about depression and anxiety, it goes like this: “Depression is when you really don’t care about anything. Anxiety is when you care too much about anything. And having both is just like hell.” An image quickly developed in my head and I made a sketch out of it.… Read More Tortoise and Roadrunner – Depression and Anxiety
Although everything bizarre in my life has just recently happened on that fateful vacation in February, but the desire to live a fuller life takes precedence over wallowing in cheap misery. I had a lecture to attend yesterday – and I do hate classes on weekend. After class, I went to a shopping mall to… Read More Memories are not always emotively entailed
Quirky Missy 