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Neither here nor there: Adulting is difficult

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Neither here nor there. Friday, 28 October 2016. A phase of life in which one is expected to make choices based on "the right thing to do"; where one is expected to be mature and access emotions only sparingly, in only certain spaces; where one needs to know one's place and grand-purpose-in-the-huge-scheme-of-life. Idon't know how to adult. I'm trying to. I'm learning to, via trial-and-error, but I can't help but feel that the only thing I've been achieving is.failure. But adulting means to turn that tho...

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Neither here nor there: March 2016

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Neither here nor there. Friday, 25 March 2016. Communication can get pretty tiring. Whenever I talk, I am attempting to connect. For every time I fail to connect, I'm that much closer to just giving up talking altogether. I hate it that I haven't met someone who when I stay quiet, he/she just knows what's on my mind and can empathize enough to know the right things to say or not to say at the point in time. Yes, Sakinah has reached the point where she says she wants to get married. But now I can't help b...

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Neither here nor there: December 2016

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Neither here nor there. Sunday, 11 December 2016. I think sometimes, as children, we neglect our parents beyond our own knowledge. The only time we actually pay attention is when we have to face the inevitable oncoming of death. I think my grandfather's passing in September was lesson enough for me of how I should be focusing on my parents. I feel kinda sorry I'd been spending my time and energy on things other than them, to be honest. I'd like to think of this holiday-getaway as a reset button.

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Neither here nor there: Choose your emotion wisely

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Neither here nor there. Tuesday, 5 July 2016. Choose your emotion wisely. The Sun has just set and it marks the start of a new month in the lunar calendar - the onset of Syawaal (= Eid). However, this Syawaal has just started with a new beat in its step, depending on how you choose to look at it. لا يكود أهل المدينة أحدُُ إلّا انماع كما ينماع الملح في الماء. None plots against the people of Medina but that he will be dissolved (destroyed) like the salt is dissolved in water. And there are two ways to cho...

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Neither here nor there: July 2016

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Neither here nor there. Wednesday, 27 July 2016. The Hijabrella girl of Singapore. Give me a moment to quit cringing at the sight of this shot, and let me explain the mix of feelings I am currently harbouring for about 48 hours now. If I could wrap up and summarise (summaries have never been my forté, my ex-boss would know that too well haha) all that's floating in my head, it would be this:. I now know how animals on exhibition feel. But I'll just say I feel a bit exposed and violated. And ' oh its you!

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Neither here nor there: November 2016

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Neither here nor there. Tuesday, 1 November 2016. Rigidity that forgot the Spirit of Faith. The rigidity of bureaucracy steals a person's sense of humanity and sense of faith. So what if you're the governing body placed in-charge of facilitating faith-conversion. When you can't even fulfil your purpose? Here's a hashtag for you: #youhadonejob. Seriously, you had one job (it's all stated in your name), and yet you couldn't do it right. So if you're not one to read rants, I will caution you first. The test...

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Neither here nor there: October 2016

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Neither here nor there. Friday, 28 October 2016. A phase of life in which one is expected to make choices based on "the right thing to do"; where one is expected to be mature and access emotions only sparingly, in only certain spaces; where one needs to know one's place and grand-purpose-in-the-huge-scheme-of-life. Idon't know how to adult. I'm trying to. I'm learning to, via trial-and-error, but I can't help but feel that the only thing I've been achieving is.failure. But adulting means to turn that tho...

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Neither here nor there: Somewhere along the way I lost my purpose

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Neither here nor there. Sunday, 17 July 2016. Somewhere along the way I lost my purpose. I think it was probably a month back or so, when I was finishing my final module (ever) in NUS, that I lost my sense of purpose and I actually wasted more than a month's time on wasting my body away. That's more than a month's time which I will never get back, and it coincided with Ramadan :(. I read a little line that wake me back up:. I'm afraid I'll miss having my own free time. People tell me to istikharah. Why a...

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Neither here nor there: May 2016

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Neither here nor there. Tuesday, 31 May 2016. What warms my heart: encounter at the neighbourhood mosque. Let me start of being absolutely honest: I would never have thought myself as a regular mosque-goer, some 7 years back because of bad experiences with certain congregants in the past. The mosque has, oddly, turned out to be a place more than for worship over the past year - I actually say with confidence that I find my community there. Actions), and I always seemed clueless. I don't quite recall what...