The sound of my alarm wakes me to the blur of the day. I rotate my head, stretch my shoulders and pull myself to sit up for five minutes. A new day. It’s time to start a new day. My current thing is to do a Wordle, a Sudoku, and a Wordle Waffle in the morning.

One of the things that blew my mind in my twenties was, “‘No’ is a complete sentence.” You’re telling me I can just say “No”? And everything will be fine? I pushed it to the back of my mind and let it simmer there for a few years, gently stirring it once in a while:

My parents brought me to Singapore in 1994. I remember nothing of that day. I remember nothing of that time. My mum says I never threw a tantrum about the shock of moving.

I let myself home, ready to call it a day from holding it all together. I notice Amma is not in the kitchen like she usually is. I find her in their bedroom, like I expected

The first thing you should know about travelling back home is there will always be a part of you that is nostalgic for the life you could have lived if you had stayed. It romanticises it. Idealises it.

You saw the title, I’m sure you can get a rough idea of where this is going to go. Tamil movies in 2021. Jai Bhim is currently declared as the best Indian film, it missed an Oscar nomination by *that* much.

I don’t know if it’s the effects of social media but I feel the conversation and politics around feminism are gaining more traction than ever, with extrapolating views on what a woman should look like and be like.

Oh, hello! You’re done reading part 1 and you’re here for Part 2 and essentially, more tea about me and my life? Well then, welcome and please get comfy as this is going to be another LONG read!

So the day after my birthday last year, I placed an order for the Circles DNA Vital Test. I’ve been pondering this test for a long, long time.

Hello my friends, happy 2022! *cue I don’t know about you BUT I’M FEELING TWENTY TWOOOO!* I’ll stop with the clichés now please don’t click off the article.