Tiny Thoughts : Tiny Dot

If you feel insecure about people reading your blog, might as well make it a private blog or 'by invitation only', after all, you write to share with the world. What's there to lose? * I'm back healthy, woohoo! ...

Doodle : Inside a Hoarder's Drawer

I promised myself to recover by tomorrow so that I can go to work. I can't pretend that I'm enjoying too much time at home, nothing is fun when your body movements are limited. Plus it's summer, I'm sweating all the time at home. Here I compiled another old illustration of mine, when I was too rajin to draw every single things in my drawer. I've had this since 2 years ago. Haaaha. I didn't realized...

Doodle : AF

I'm still stuck at home. So I tried to digitize one of AF's doodle of himself. Even for this simple stroke took 3 times resting after every several minutes because my neck is not fully healed yet. My shoulders are still in pain. I'm bored. * *...

Little Stories 88 : Muscle Strain & Stiff Neck 3

Fourth day, all I can think about is the pain. I can't even focus on the movie I've been watching or the book I've been reading. I can't do anything much even though I'm taking painkillers to ease the pain. I'm bored and I don't know how to not do anything.  I finally went to see a doctor and he said all things that I already knew with his bored look. He gave me 2 types of painkillers,...

Little Stories 87 : Muscle Strain & Stiff Neck 2

The pain was unbearable yesterday so I only worked for half day. I told my boss that I can't focus on my work because it was too painful and I can't even lift my hands to put them on the desk. So how else should I work without using the computer? She asked me to stay at home and rest until I recover. An hour later, it became worse and I had to take a painkiller pill prescribed by the doctor....

Little Stories 86 : Muscle Strain & Stiff Neck

I'm having a stiff neck since yesterday. Muscles alongside of my neckline, shoulder and almost all my upper body are affected. It didn't stop me from having a usual day yesterday with minimal limited movement but today, at 3.30am I woke up. The pain was unbearable, I was stuck in one position : laying on my back with a low pillow. I guess I reached my critical moment, I knew it was quite bad. I...

Plant Project : At the Office

I put my 2 pet plants on my table at the office : Pothos and Philodendron. Among the easiest breeds to grow for indoor planting, the one you can find in the public toilet's little vases. I put it right next to me so they will always be in my reach. I turn the glass pot every few hours because those Pothos tend to follow the sunlight quite fast and I don't like how they stretch almost unnaturally...

Book : Books I read in the 1st quarter - 2015

It's quarter of a year! Here's a list of books that I've read for now : Pinball, 1973 by Haruki Murakami After Dark by Haruki Murakami The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris Damn Good Advice by George Lois Rework by Basecamp South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami Displacement, Travelogue by Lucy Knisley Underground by Haruki Murakami Red Dragon by Thomas Harris The...

Little House : Studio Apartment

It's another one-month+ before the wedding, I'm back at my hometown for good. I had an interesting life renting a studio apartment alone before actually committing to a life with an officially declared partner. Mihmihmih.  Now, is anyone searching for a small studio apartment ? * Description : The apartment is located right next to the LRT - Ampang line.  Around...

Little Things 183 : Understanding Certain Things

One of the student asked Mahzarin Banaji on "What are the benefits when we know and understand certain things?", in this case we were learning about social psychology.  I once told my friend about how interested I am in psychology and philosophy because well - I am forever interested in human kind. He told me about how meaningless it is to understand how the human works and how useless...

Little Things 182 : Wabi-sabi and the Idea Exploration of Its Meaning

I like the idea of Wabi-sabi, the art of imperfection, that I read from Rework.  It values characters and uniqueness, every scratches, bumps, asymmetries, cracks and things that we normally call as flaws. The Japanese embraced all forms of original outcomes, even with all the imperfectness. It doesn't end with physical looks, it also goes with the invisible parts like how it feels...

Little Things 181 : Coursera - Soul Beliefs

I'm currently taking a class from Prof. Daniel M. Ogilvie, Professor of Psychology at Rutger University on Soul Beliefs : Causes and Consequences. I'm at Module 8 now, answered 2 quizzes, reviewed several peer papers and submitted 1 assignment. I'm trying to finish this course and get the certificate of accomplishment for this one. I'm curious about the Coursera's verification method for...

Little Stories 85 : Old Aunt

I was reading Angela's Ashes when an old woman walked pass. She wore an old grey t-shirt, with black short and faded black cap. She had a really short boyish hair. She held a plastic bag and she walked fast. She stopped by every fence's pole, raised her heels high to reached the upper part of the pole, put something and went to the next pole.  Everyone was curious. We looked at her,...

Little Things 180 : Wandering Soul

I believe in good music.  Here is my carefully curated music playlist from my temporary Spotify account since last year : >> Wandering Soul << * * All songs are somewhat between mellow and relaxing.  I imagine being away from people when I created the playlist.  A serene solitary feeling.  I'm using this account for temporary use since...

Little Things 179 : Mass Media

When Mahzarin Banaji was asked about her thought on current state of mass-media in a Google Hangout session for one of the social psychology class I took, she answered something like this : "I am super excited with the huge possibilities of our current technologies. It may seems too much to handle because we can get input from our computer, smartphone, radio, television, the internet and so much...