Autism. It’s often described as neurodivergence. A disability. A spectrum of difference in communicating, connecting and more. Beyond just a label, it invites the empowering journey of self-acceptance. Another day at the Faculty of Astrological Studies Summer School, I feel the lunch hour din engulf me. Trapped in my seat as I pick apart what’s…


Growing up in a Chinese Malaysian family, I’ve been told studying science, landing an office job and getting married in that order is the road…

“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…

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