A Cup of Ginger Tea and a Moment of Quiet As I write these lines, I am sipping warm ginger tea with honey that my mum made for me. I am still healing from a bone fracture and while the body takes time to recover, I feel deeply fortunate to have her gentle care nearby. […]
A quiet page, a noisy mind The other night I sat down with my notebook, exhausted from training and buzzing with a hundred unfinished thoughts. Work tasks, triathlon schedules, messages I hadn’t replied to, it all felt like a noisy room in my head. I opened a blank page, wrote “Okay, what’s bothering me right […]
It was a Monday night, around 10:23. The kind of night where the rain had been pouring for hours, the air felt cooler than usual, and all I craved was a bowl of hot soup. That’s exactly what I did after work – gathered with colleagues at a small local spot, laughing and sharing dumplings […]
The Power of Pen and Paper I love writing. In an age of constant noise, swiping, and scrolling, journaling has become my way of pausing—of listening inwards instead of outwards. It’s a practice of returning to myself. Over the years, I’ve experimented with many types of journal prompts. Some were simple reflection questions, others were […]
It’s raining outside. The kind of soft, steady rain that creates a peaceful rhythm, the sound of which fills the room and adds a sense of coziness to everything around me. There’s something magical about sitting inside, warm and safe, while the world outside is transformed by rain. It’s a feeling that has always comforted […]