Self

One sentence to sum up my 2025: Burnout is real. I learnt the hard way to not take this matter lightly. Here's a reflection piece as I look back at my 2025.

As 2024 draws to a close, it's a chance for me to reflect on my experiences this year. Here's my 24 takeaways!

I went to Thailand again this year, but it's my first time visiting after I started to learn Thai. And it was such an eye-opening new experience!

I was reading a book titled: "Unseen, Unheard, Undervalued" by Dr Janina Scarlet, and I found myself reflecting on my childhood experience of being unheard.

I finally donated all my hair in April 2024, after waiting for too long. Here's me sharing my experience, thoughts and feelings regarding my hair donation.

Earlier this year, I decided to donate books and stationery which were still in decent condition. Little did I know, donation took this much work!

As 2023 draws to a close, it's a chance to reflect on another year of growth. Here's my 23 takeaways this year!

I started learning Thai officially in April! Here's some thoughts and reflections on my learning journey from these past 5 months ...

In May, I realised that I was spending too much time on social media and felt frustrated with myself. So, I decided to log off from it, and my life felt boring.

Here's my little rant and reflection on the imbalance in sharing household chores within modern families. Can we do better?

As 2022 draws to a close, I reflected on the past year and thought about my key takeaways! Quote: "Difficult roads lead to beautiful destinations."

You’re 19, waiting to start university. I’m 23, in my final semester. Here is my dearest message to you, on academics, friendships, community and relationships.

I’ve used several online dating apps, such as Hinge, Coffee Meets Bagel and Bumble, for almost a year and I’m feeling burnout already. These are my reasons ...

I started writing publicly on Medium via the username @andrea-makoto. In Sept 2022, I decided to create my own blog!

In today's world, we seem to have grown impatient. We can't wait for long and always seeking that instant gratification. I'm worried for myself.

I relate a lot to Taylor Swift's song "Nothing New". Sometimes, I have an achievement, but that proud feeling dwindles later on in comparison to others.

Which do you prefer? After using a few dating apps for a few months, I thought it would be quite fun to compare two that I have used most often: Hinge and CMB.

I sat in my hair salon and recalled the very first time I told my hair consultant I wanted to grow my hair longer. Here is my entire hair growth journey.

Hold your horses, snippets of personal & contentious thoughts ahead. (By the way, we can agree to disagree.)

In the past, I was very closed off from the idea of online dating because of the attached negative connotations. But over time, I changed my mind and saw the positives of online dating...

Online dating: What do we really know? Well, I “dabbled” in online dating for a month, and here’s what I took away from my experience.

I got Covid-19 on March 2022 ):

As 2021 draws to a close, it is important to look back at the past year and reflect on how much we have learnt and grown. Here are my 21 takeaways this year...

Self-pity is unhealthy and self-destructive. Here is how I shut down some of my own pity parties and thus regain some power over my life.

Friendship has always been important to me. But as I grow from my early childhood to university years, my perspective on friendship keeps changing.

When I was younger, I remembered wondering how much better my life would’ve been if I wasn’t a girl. It took me 20 years to finally be comfortable as a woman.

I am on my own journey of breaking out of my childhood prison and dealing with stereotypes and expectations, like how to be a girl, daughter, sister and more.