Spring has sprung!

It is one of life’s joy to step into spring from the edge of winter.
Faris, 2023
As I was growing up, the term adrenaline became popular. Or at least I became more aware of it in writings and shows. “When the adrenaline starts kicking in…” was one of the phrase that I remember. Nowadays, there are more variety of hormones that has ‘become’ mainstream. One of it is the dopamine. Dopamine…
My father-in-law passed away about two years ago and my mother-in-law passed away not long after. They had been living near/with my brother in law, who recently announced that they are storing or giving away some of the belongings to my late parents-in-laws. I saw some pictures of the belongings and led me to think…
This report from Amnesty UK highlights that genocide is done on Gaza and Palestine. It is disheartening to read but I applaud the writers. Against the perpetrator, may Allah met justice on you. Hollywood has always been showing the brutality of WW1 and WW2, showing how people did bad things at that time. That time…
I felt a bit slow today while working, in the sense it took me quite a long time to digest certain part of my work. I also joined a study group and by the end of it, I was partially lost. My colleague who conducted the study group blissfully explained points that I was struggling…
I use a todo list, and among the tasks on it are the things that I planned (or more likely hoped) to do when I go for holiday in Malaysia. One of it to visit my father’s grave. Today I was reminded of the task, as I had hoped to go back to Malaysia during…