Year: 2022
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Good afternoon
We have a glorious afternoon today. Kuala Lumpur’s heat and the sound from the traffic down below usually makes me close my balcony door whenever I’m working, but I’m thinking that I can start open the door and letting the breeze in. Sidenote: I’ve been thinking of starting to do light exercises post-Ramadan, but what…
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After 2.5 years
When the pandemic raged on at the beginning of March 2020, one of my friends wrote on her social media timeline. “Please. Please stay safe and stay healthy. I can’t afford losing one more sweet souls. I can’t afford losing anyone of you.” To see our friends still safe and healthy is definitely a happiness…
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Connect. Now colored.
On last year’s Inktober, I made this (titled “Connect”.) That drawing is not super perfect (according to me,) but I really fond of the drawing as I made it while I remembered my friends as we were unable to meet due to the pandemic. I felt like the little mouse or the frog, we stay…
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Ramadan 101
Somehow I keep seeing articles/content on “non-moslem trying Ramadan fasting for a day” recently. I can understand that since it’s, well, Ramadan month and I feel it’s pretty neat too as folks learn more about Ramadan and have open and public discussion about it. So! This is for you all who are curious about Ramadan…
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Filbert speaks nothing but the TRUTH!
Ah, youth. I used to eat three bags of chips and drink milk directly from the jug while typing my final papers furiously — and got myself stayed awake with black coffee and cigarettes. “Amuse” is too far-fetched. “Stressed out” and THE NEED TO MAKE OUR ISLAND ?PERFECT? is all-time high. I’m okay with the…
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Stargazing
Living in the city means that stargazing is a luxury. And it’s quite sad to know that the only way to achieve it is through a game. But for now, it will do.
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Normal occurrence in a day of a parent’s text to school
Yes. A WhatsApp text message from me to the school at 7:30 AM in the freaking morning. We don’t pay teachers enough, man. This is one of the many weirdnesses they have to deal on daily basis. (Listening to Wira’s stories about his friends, it feels like I’m watching Netflix series with all the intrigues…
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Crisis averted
Tarantulas, man. When you are looking for them, they rarely appear. Then they just popped in out of nowhere. (And yes, this is from weeks ago. I just remembered it now.)
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Coda alla vaccinara
This is one of my favorite dishes in an Italian restaurant we frequently visit. It’s an oxtail with thick tomato, carrot, and celery stew, served with a dash of cream. You can ask for either saffron rice or mashed potato as the side. I always want to make this, but not sure if the kids…