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爱你到月球

原来努力不一定拿第一名终点线等待的您不是什么赢家而是泪汗洗涤后留下的萤光努力得来的不是以往追求的金银之泛滥而是失败后也挥一挥衣袖然后站起来的信仰不求重赏的归来只盼海洋容得下我的梦想海鸟与我对诗说理它有多少的情爱金银财宝人脉兵役换不了海水的轻盈不要收敛你的善良向太阳爷爷述说你的灿烂与月亮嫂嫂卖弄你的才华对星星说你有多爱她和他输了青春也要博爱这世界世界快乐告急所以请奢侈你的年华千千万万的期待也不要弄丢了大家的初心没有了一些但换来了你我的嘉年华 #I have sent out more job applications. While awaiting my convocation, I am turning my thesis into a book. Other ongoing works include a scoping review manuscript and a…

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Maintaining Personal Hygiene for Better Mental Health

When we are sick, we tend to neglect our hygiene. It’s the same when we are busy. Yet, hygiene is very important, because it is actually a form of self-care. These days, I have more time in my hands since finishing my PhD studies. So, it’s time for some boost-up in terms of personal hygiene. Before this, my mind was just too busy to pay attention to all this. When we are busy, we always do…

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We're all prisoners

Day in day out, we grind for the next trophy in life Faces after faces, we connect and step back with a tolerate heart Time slips through the cracks and relationships take immense patience to maintain We want the best resources and team members to appear atop the pecking order We hope for someone who can go with us to everywhere as we wish, even if it is not a favourite place for all One…

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Let's register for The Art of Meditation Global Summit

Hey, Just a quick note to share something I’m excited about – the Art of Meditation Global Summit starts January 23rd! It’s a free 8-day online event with 55+ incredible meditation teachers and experts! Join me, it’s a unique opportunity to discover techniques to deepen and transform our practice. Photo by Mikhail Nilov on Pexels.com

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Christmas is a bridge

Christmas is here. It’s time to revisit the happy moments, count the blessings in everyday life, and make goals for a life with the fewest regrets possible. Happy moments remind us that we have lived. Blessings make us think that life is not all bad. New goals help us to reframe our perspective to move closer toward our ideal self. We would like to say that life is wonderful, and everything…

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The route to the bright side

I was thrilled when I received the call, which is the green light for me to proceed to my thesis seminar. Things are moving quickly from now onwards, because if the seminar is to be held next month, my thesis submission will be very likely to be in the following month. I have been working hard 7-8 hours every day, including weekends, in these two years. When I am not working at it, I am very…

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Inner work

In these two years, I have been working on my PhD consistently. When I was advised to think twice before submitting my thesis, I hesitated yet making the final decision to improve it. It is taking longer than I have expected. Here is what has happened recently. I spent almost one whole year to work on a review paper together with my supervisor. Then, we have been working on it on and off since…

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Just tired

I felt a bit light-headed a few days back. I usually work out for 30 mins every morning before resuming my PhD work except days when I goes shopping with mum in the morning market. Such is the blessing if you’re a full-time PhD student with flexible work hours! But, these few days, it has been different. Instead of doing the normal exercise routine, I take the easy way out by switching to…

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单言双语

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Reminders for myself that worth sharing

Reminders for myself that worth sharing

Lately, I am in love with this app called Motivational Quotes. It sends me some booster doses of motivation everyday that serve as good reminders for myself which I think worth sharing with you all. I am not going to quote them verbatim but just to give you an overall picture of my thought processes resulting from using the app. It’s so brilliant that it can really know what I need to hear right…

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Hold the in-betweens

With the cases of COVID-19 soaring high, suffering is constantly in our perception . It’s heartbreaking. I do not want to be a cheerleader spreading toxic positivity nor a hope-stashing pessimistic painting you a bleak outlook. So are you. Let’s just hold the in-betweens, like what’s written in this poem. I am afraid of failures, yet I am future-sighted to try ceaselessly I make shameful…

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Alone, yet not lonely

Alone, yet not lonely

After one month of staying home, of not going anywhere, my mind is quiet enough for me in reaching out to my own voice. When we are around many people, many individuals or many voices, we can mistaken others’ voices as our own! Voices are here and there, this and that. They go like this: You should do like this. You should talk like this. You should own this. You should eat like this. You should…

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2022 for ourselves

2022 is a hopeful year for many. With the vaccination rollouts in many countries as a shared effort, the cases have dropped incredibly. There are still countries who are struggling. In my home country, things feel more and more normal. However, there are countless people who are trying to pick things up after a massive flood. For me, personally, it’s a year to reconstruct myself. Let 2022 be the…

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Diary Entry #Dec2021

This month, I feel like I am standing on the highest end of the mountain, feeling the cooling breeze on my face while holding the flag of victory planted there with just my one hand. At the same time, I am looking far from the perch towards an even higher, multiterrain mountain in my sight. There will always be higher mountains which you need to start from the zero point. At least, you are always…

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Diary Entry #Nov2021

Life is getting busy this month. My school is reopening this Monday. For a few weeks, I have been buried in lesson planning and adjustment following the sudden announcement of school reopening. I was also exploring some online resources for teaching ideas to prepare corner time materials. Having hybrid lessons is the trend now. The same for our school. Undeniably, I have butterflies in my stomach…

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Diary Entry #Oct2021

It’s okay to be sad sometimes. Remember to see a mental health professional when the sadness is getting out of hand and spilling over your life, simmering your psyche boiling to explosion. It is more mentally efficient in the long term when you allow yourself time to sit with your sadness and let it talk all out. Silencing the sadness makes you numb and you will be most probably walking around…

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