It’s my pet peeve to read ‘Chinese eating etiquette’ articles that are aimed at tourists or people going to meet their partner’s Chinese parents for this first time, and yet written by white people for clickbait. They always regurgitate (regurgitate – and this article is […]
Unhealthy eating habit?
I never thought I’d become that kind of woman who cared about what she weighed. Magazines like Creme and Dolly were still really popular when I was a teenager, and I was lucky enough to grow up in the start of the ‘self love’ phase, […]
What lesson am I supposed to be learning?
“I love learning,” is my go-to line that I trot out in job interviews and conversations where I have to impress someone. And it is true. I do really enjoy learning. I like understanding new things, and I love that there is no pressure for […]
Why I relate to Bridesmaids (the movie).
It’s been about two months since New Zealand came out of lockdown now- caarraazzyy! If I was smarter I would’ve written a diary entry everyday of lockdown in case a museum or kid in the future has to do a history project and then they […]
In a dysfunctional relationship.
Before we all went into lockdown and travel became impossible, I had a major case of the post travel blues. However, not because I desperately wished I was in another country- in fact, the opposite. Daniel Sloss is this comedian that has a Netflix special […]
Singapore and Malaysia- went on holiday juuuust before lockdown
I was very lucky in that I went on holiday juuusstt as coronavirus was spreading worldwide. I went to Singapore and Malaysia in the last two weeks of February, when there were around 50 cases in Singapore and Malaysia, Italy wasn’t that crazy yet, and […]
Shittiest two weeks in isolation
Two worst weeks in self isolation.
Wash your hands and swallow down that casual racism.
With the coronavirus up and spreading, I’ve been seeing that a lot of people have heard some casual racism coming out. Personally I haven’t, mostly because I’m lucky enough to work at a very respectful workplace with a lot of professional people and have friends […]
Fingerprints on my laptop
Something I’m quite ashamed about is how I gravitate toward Taylor Swift songs. I can’t even admit that I like them, because I don’t really like her person. I just don’t find her very genuine, especially after that Kanye Kim phone call debacle. But this […]
How I deal with failure
I have been extremely lucky in my life that I have never faced significant failure. On the other hand, that could be because I haven’t taken huge risks and with great risk comes great reward, so I haven’t managed to get any great rewards either […]