I realised that I’m the kind of person who frequently says something of a foolish nature out of anger or unhappiness and then regrets it almost immediately. This has gotten me into trouble before, and I reckon that if I don’t stop this habit, one day I will really get myself into some serious situations.
I [...]

Why We Should Thank Our Enemies

My mother has been frequenting a religious centre where she takes religious lessons and attends prayer sessions. She spends a considerable amount of time there. There are 2 other regular attendees who take the lessons with her. For some reason, my mom tells me that they have been giving her the cold shoulder lately.
My mom [...]

How I got to travel often (aka How I managed my finances)

If you noticed, I used past tense ‘got’ in the title. Yeah, this means that I will go travelling less often from now. Because I am not able to sustain such expenditure anymore. Over the past year, although I no longer enjoy the income that I had in the past, I was still able to [...]

Respect for Professionalism

I remember some time ago I read a newspaper article about the problems a dentist faced at work.
He was unhappy with his job as he felt that people treated dentists as second-class doctors, when they actually have similar qualifications as normal doctors.
He mentioned of customers who went to him for dental checks and yet doubted [...]

I am shocked at how some people in this world can make friends with money. They value money above everything else, and can put aside integrity, morals and values in order to make more money.
Ok, so I would like to make lots of money too (who doesn’t?). But at least I am not obsessed with doing [...]

Happiness is an option…

… and most of the time it is made up of the smallest things in life, for example: having a favourite food, spending quality time with loved ones, watching a good TV show, etc.
They are the activities most of us do everyday, but why are some people still living in misery despite being able [...]