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Continue reading →: SeaWaves gently touch my feet as we walk along the shore, and I don’t mind. I feel the tingling sensation of the water moving past my feet, my skin tightens. Still, I don’t mind. This, after all, is our favorite place. This is our most-loved activity — walking side by…
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Continue reading →: Memories and FeelingsTen years since graduating from the university, and here I am with thoughts of numerous events that I could swear all still feel like yesterday. However, questions about those exact memories of the past keep me up at night, somehow. As someone who doesn’t have a great memory, the emotions…
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Continue reading →: Take a LeapDreams and taking action are entirely different things. It seems that it’s always easy to dream of things for the future, yet the steps in getting to them bring more weight than concerns. Still, there are also some drams that are seemingly impossible to even think of for ourselves. Or…
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Continue reading →: Writing PracticeHere. My hand is here. Just move a bit closer. Kindly hold my hand. Yes, I know. I am sorry that I have cold and tiny fingers. The years ate the strength out of me. I just want to hold your hand. My hand is cold but I will try…
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Continue reading →: A Period of LonelinessCan a person live alone? No communication, no connection with anyone else. Such a dreadful thought if you would ask me. I never really thought that I would feel the loneliness of being alone. This is not merely because of my singleness but the actual experience of being on my…
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Continue reading →: Binge-Watch to RealityIt is the lack of inspiration. It is the lack of proper motivation. Maybe it is the lack of time. Whichever the reason may be, right now, they are merely excuses for me. There has been ample time for me to read books or watch an interesting film again once…
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Continue reading →: What have I been reading?Twenty-twenty-three (2023) has come and one of the resolutions I wish to work on is that I get back to reading. So far, there are a couple of books that I have started. Sadly, I have only finished one (the other one is a short story) so far as I…
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Continue reading →: Being on a Slump: Is there something that is too long?In a breath of air, 2020 has gone by so quickly that the memory of the time is a blurred chapter in my life. I know I had been busy, but with the lack of many physical interactions with friends, all the passing days seemed bleak. When 2021 was over,…
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Continue reading →: Peace for a Worrier: From Lockdowns to Living AgainHave you ever had those days when you cannot stop thinking about a task at hand, a bill you need to pay before it’s due, a conversation you just had with a colleague or a friend, and many other events that may have happened in your day? You are not…
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Continue reading →: RECAP: A Year in Japan“Why live? Life was its own answer. Life was the propagation of more life and the living of as good a life as possible.” -Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles This is a few weeks late from my actual first anniversary of living in Japan. I haven’t written much about anything…
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