I celebrated my birthday recently. Been contemplating whether to write a post or not about it since if I write it here, I’m leaving a cyber trail and exposing myself to cyber security issues where malicious actors might steal my identity. Then I remember that you can buy a list online (not even on the…
The title seems to allude to a real war, but really, it is just the different dates Muslim celebrate the date of Eid and marking the end of Ramadhan, together with the disputes it ensues. I’ve rarely experienced this because in Malaysia, there is only a single point of authority. A representative of the Kings’…
Insert picture of chrysanthemum. I used to dislike things that play on the idea of being a romantic especially in movie. An example is the movie Hachiko where the dog faithfully waits for his master everyday at the station. Other generic examples are basically any other Korean drama series. Yet it is always the things…
Malaysia lies on the equator and although all my life I’ve thought that it’s normal to have sunshine the same amount during the whole year, there are more people that is more familiar with seasonal aspects of the year. Spending two years in the UK, I have come to grasp (a bit) on the seasons…
I’ve been reading quite a few posts in a Facebook group mentioning or asking for opinions on moving to the UK, i.e. migrating from Malaysia and I thought that I would write them down here. This is more for my own records, as opinions change and it would be interesting to read it in later…
It is one of life’s joy to step into spring from the edge of winter. Faris, 2023
I’ve been a bit unwell recently, so in an excuse of resting and recovering, I’ve been scrolling a lot on Facebook. One of my bad habits while scrolling the newsfeed (which is a bad habit in itself) is to read the comments, especially watching a video or reading a post that sounds hard to believe….
Recently I listened to this podcast discussing about coaching and it struck me how coaching is like having your family behind you, most of the time. To be clear, coaching here is not the sport coaching where a coach teaches the team the game plan and shouts from the sideline, but this coach talks about…
I’ve read somewhere that advice not asked is advice not needed. In other words, there are nagging and preaching words. I try as far and as often as possible to avoid giving them. Luckily my friends quite often asked me about my opinions and suggestions on certain topics such as techs stuff, so I am…
Hello there, Assalamualaikum and I am back again. I was surprised, and quite glad that someone messaged me asked why a link to my website was not available. I wasn’t surprised because the link was down, since I knew my site was not renewed since last year, but rather surprised because someone actually clicked the…
