good people
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The Starry Sky
We don’t usually get to see a starry sky. Well, there will be few visible stars here, but not too many to lie down and admire like it used to be when I was a kid. Back then we used to lie on the rooftop often. Eventhough our place and surrounding is not as polluted as the city, we live close to airport, naturally air pollution and light pollution is inevitable on certain days. But yesterday, I am not sure if its the calmness after the rain and cyclone that the city faced last week, I accidentally noticed too many…
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To Be Grounded
What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months? I have always felt like I am losing my grip with life. Even after a life-altering event that seemed to put me on track, I still have a part of me that is not healed. The next six months will be challenging for me, as I try to figure out how to be stable and grounded. I need to learn how to stop depending on others, stop hurting myself, quit anything that drains my energy and motivation, stop giving more than I receive and stop getting hurt…
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Purposeful travel is a lesson
We are really close to saying goodbye to 2019, and still, I had a regret that I have attended only one volunteer work. Smh. And then, a friend, who I made while volunteering for a marathon run posted an “A planting event”. It’s not a typical NGO event though. My classes for this semester just ended, and my study holidays just began, I thought as “ah, what a nice way to study through travel.” Do you know how a solivagant is born? There are many ways. I’ll let you know one way on how a solivagant is “forced” to be…
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A basic travel opens door to meet good people
Train travel has always been comforting for me, stemming from my dad’s early train trips with me and his work in the railways. Meeting different people – from school kids to retirees – has always made my journeys eventful.
