Random : May Things (just a picture post)

KL Illustration Fair 2023 : View this post on Instagram A post shared by azreenchan (@azreenchan) -Brought Sofi to play at Kidzoona IOI:Yes, that's my brother in full Baju Melayu swimming in the ball pit, while I read a book at the side.-Found this at the Ma...

Random : End of May Post

 The books I consumed :Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (recommended*)No Happy Ending by Nora McInernyGood Girls Don't by Mara WilsonCassandra Speaks by Elizabeth Lesser (recommended*)Transit by Rachel CuskHappening by Annie ErnauxYasmin, How You Know?To Paradise by Hanya YanagiharaAnxiety by The School of Life (recommended*)Wandering Souls by Cecile PinC. G. Jung: The Basics...

Little Things 265 : The Freedom of Choice

 Last week's question: is it possible that people these days are more anxious because we have the freedom of choice? Here are the writings I found on the topic:1) The Dizziness of Freedom, by Soren Kierkegaard, the dizzying effect of looking into the boundlessness of one’s own possibilities. Without anxiety, there would be no possibility and therefore no capacity to grow and develop...

Little Stories 250 : Omg the Muscle Strain & Stiff Neck are back

 Hey heyyy, it's back guys!My first muscle strain & stiff neck incident since 2021. I woke up this morning and I can't move my upper body. I have several reasons to blame: whether because of the accumulated stress since early this week, I already felt it tense up yesterday but I managed to finish up 3 sketches and 2 illustrations (in the same pose - for several hours), then I went out running...

BB - Sofi almost 4

She makes up her own songs, she prefers to play with people, she loves colouring a lot, and she still loves to organize her stuff, Sofi loves makeup and plays dress-ups, she loves shiny-glittery-princessy things, she loves people, she is very friendly, but she has a hard time communicating due to her speech limitation. She is clingy with me and a bit of a drama queen, maybe because she still...

Little Things 264 : Let Me Share with You a Secret About Running

I want to share one of my good methods for recovering from a broken heart. Heartbreak is a unique kind of pain, it hurts but you can't see it, some studies even show that it actually activates the same areas in the brain as physical pain. Whether it is from a major life crisis, death, breakup, any kind of loss, or dealing with a serious illness. The pain, you don't have to explain it to people, it...

Random : May Post

On Running :That morning I ran again and it felt good. I haven't run early in the morning for quite a while. Whatever problems and pain I had were all forgotten during the run, it was just running bliss. The morning mist, the playlist, the cold, all just perfect. I can't believe it was that special. I started running at 7 am and ended the run by 8 am when it started getting hotter. I ended the...

Little Things 263 : Not Quite OK

My friend texted me several times over the past few weeks, at one point, she noticed that I chose not to reply to her texts and asked whether I didn't want to be her friend anymore.I texted back saying that I'm dealing with a life crisis at this moment, and I couldn't possibly be a friend, right now. She didn't reply back. I truly can't reply to her texts, emotionally I'm not capable of pretending...