Category: diary-logs
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Longest novel
In Search of the Lost Time, by Marcel Proust, is a gigantic novel, spanning seven volumes. It’s reckoned to be the “longest” novel ever written. No, dear readers, I haven’t read it myself yet. I have been listening to Alain De Botton’s audiobook, the creator of the foundation and channel “School of Life”. In Alain…
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Country to Retire in
Trip Tldr; Place(s): Hong Kong & Macau Currency: HKD (Hong Kong Dollar) + MOP (Macanese Pataca) Days: New Year’s 2024 I went on a family trip to Hong Kong and Macau for this new year’s, I like the culture, there is mutual respect between every individual. People are helpful and ready to engage, the parks…
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The Night Shot
Caught by thy dark beauty, I am engulfed by you, By the shine you radiate, I envy you, To have known people have reached you, I feel missed out on you, For the dark side of you I cannot see, I feel insecure around you, With each passing, you emerge from the darkness, I am…
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Eliza, The Subtle Art of and Me vs Us
Hey, welcome back! Thanks for reading my average recollection and insights of the last month! Books The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson I finally read it! I would embarrassingly admit that I was too prudent to read it. I felt this hyped book, I can’t read and saw a ton…
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Crying in H Mart and a Snoopy Day
Hey some life updates, chronological order not followed :p Life Updates: We got a dog at my home place, this Raksha Bandhan when I went home to meet my parents and brother. My brother came home with a golden retriever, with all the sweet happy moments comes the responsibility of taking care of a living…
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There are no prizes for drudgery! Ft. Morgan Housel
Disclaimer: I am gonna touch some sensitive topics, feel free to disagree on certain points. The books I read and started reading during this period – From Caitlyn Moran, I bring to you my insights from How to be a Woman. It’s an amazing “hear”. It acts as a torchbearer to my tumultuous dilemmas I had…
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Invictus and the Rime
It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishment the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. Invictus by William Ernest Henley. I listened to the The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere by Samuel Taylor Coleridge before I started scribbling this post up. Then couldn’t…
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Walking Home and other adventures!
Martin Garrix (+x) and the fiery stage! I attended a Martin Garrix concert this Thursday – 2nd of March- as Friday show was already sold out with a friend for the sake of my love for the song In the Name of Love, and as soon we were about to leave, they played this song.…
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Norman Doors
I am writing this post just before hitting bed, and the thought circling my mind is – “words to write, before I sleep, words to write, before I sleep” – a cover version of the original Robert Frost’s – Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I…
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Crazy things I did in 2022, Farewell 2022!
Hey! Welcome to my 3rd attempt at using WordPress, it is once again my first post. The tone used is casual ; ) I am cataloguing crazy things that I did or happened in 2022. For this post, the events do follow a chronology from latest to oldest. A Rooftop Dinner The Pizza Bakery: On…