
“Why are you going out alone?” That’s what my mum said when I lived at home and headed out by myself for some “me time”…

Growing up, I never liked moving cities. When I was a kid, I sobbed at the airport in Malaysia after getting off the plane from…

I’m a summer-loving person. Don’t like the cold and tend to avoid traveling to places that are shivering through winter. Maybe that’s why I’ve never…

I’ve never been one for celebrating my birthday. The last time I blew out candles on a cake and had Happy Birthday sung to me…

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