I ramble…
Before I wrote my review of Twinings’ Cold Infuse, I hesitated for a while. I started off reviewing the teas I owned – which were mostly flavoured teas – and have been slowing moving to straight teas as I learn to appreciate the nuances and differences between them. Right now, I think it’s about 50-50… Read More In Defence of Flavoured Teas
I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing, but I temporarily lost my phone twice this week. This never used to happen because my phone would always be by my side, but since I’ve become more and more comfortable leaving it for longer stretches of time, I’ve also found myself losing… Read More Breaking the Smartphone Habit: Week 4
In the past, I was sort of aware that the library had programmes but I never really bothered about them. That changed after reading Briana’s post about how libraries market their programmes. Her discussion post prompted me to check out the event portal for the NLB, which is how I found this event: A Librarian’s… Read More SingLib Talks: A Librarian’s World – In Defence of Self-Help
Now that the third week is over, I’m finding it a lot easier to leave my phone behind. I used to bring it everywhere, but now I’m more comfortable leaving it at home for short trips to my grandparent’s place (goal: be like my dad and leave it for an entire day without missing it).… Read More Breaking the Smartphone Habit: Week Three
Alright, it’s time for the Week Two update! The numbers for this week are definitely a skewed because I just came back from Hong Kong and the lack of data there meant that I was using my phone much less than normal. Still, this week has been interesting. It’s not really related but I was… Read More Breaking the Smartphone Habit: Week Two
The first week of my smartphone detox is over and it’s been interesting. I don’t know if there’s a term for this – smartphone tic? – but I’ve picked up and put down my phone so many times. Thankfully, I’m starting to stop myself, but the habit of looking at my phone whenever I feel… Read More Breaking the Smartphone Addiction: Week One
I talked about this in my review of How Not to Fall Apart, but my mental health hasn’t been too good lately. The glass wall that isolates me from the rest of the world has been appearing a bit more frequently and I’ve been wanting to cry and generally feeling like the whole world hates… Read More Breaking the Smartphone Addiction: The Start
I like to think of myself as a serial optimist when it comes to online communities. Apart from blogging, I’ve also been in WriteOn, Google+, Wattpad, 500px, and Dayre communities (apart from the usual Instagram/Facebook/LinkedIn networks). And since I’ve moved to WordPress, I’ve started following people using the WordPress community “Followed Sites” section, which it… Read More When Should You Leave An Online Community?
Subtitle: A response to the Buzzfeed article (sort of) So here’s the thing. Unless I’m following a series, I tend to be really bad at remembering author’s names. In general, I try not to judge books based on their authors either. But, there is one exception: I don’t read anything by Kathleen Hale. Even if… Read More Why I’m Still Uncomfortable with Kathleen Hale
Last week, my cell group had a pretty emotional discussion. Well, I say emotional but really most of it came from me/was me being emotional. Since this involves mental health, which is something I’ve been pretty open about here, I felt like this is a good place to process everything. By the publish date, you… Read More Mental Health and Christianity Shouldn’t Be Complicated