C'est ma vie...

I rarely share with others my family stories, but things have changed. I now feel more comfortable opening up about it. So yeah today I will share some of it! The thing that would usually capture people's attention about my mom is that she is a single mom. She always tells me and my sister that she is not a good person, that's why she ended up divorcing my dad. But I don't think so, I think she is a wonderful woman, and life has taught me a lot about it. I'm currently taking a gap year as some might already know and how lucky I am to have a supportive mom like her. Nevertheless, we quarrel a lot, especially when my sister and I are very stubborn. Clearly, I know that it makes her really uncomfortable, particularly when she cries. She is mostly busy and sometimes feels weird when she gets time to relax because she always tries to balance between her work, freelance job, and taking care of us. Nonetheless, we always feel we are loved no matter what happens. As you can see...

Mình rất hay self-talk để giải quyết những vấn đề khuất mắt của bản thân. Dần dần việc ấy trở thành một thói quen đối với mình. Thế nên mỗi lần mà có việc gì đó phiền muộn hay lo lắng mình lại sẽ ngồi trờ chuyện một mình vì mình cảm thấy rất thoải mái khi có thể nói hết ra trăn trở trong lòng. Mỗi lần có gì hay, thú vị mình thường sẽ nhắn tin cho mọi người hay đi nói với tất cả những người mình gặp. Nhưng rồi COVID-19 đến, đa số chúng ta đều phải ở nhà và giao tiếp thông qua màn hình điện tử. Vì thế mà mình thèm nói lắm rồi, thèm được giao tiếp vui đừa cùng người khác. Đặc biệt trong tình hình các bạn đồng trăng lứa của mình đã học đại học nên chúng nó cũng rất bận, nên nhiều lúc mình cũng khó kết nối với bọn nó.  Nhưng mình tin vào luật hấp dẫn mọi người à! Nó đã kéo mình đến gần hơn tới những người bạn cũng đang gap year như mình. Và rồi podcast này ra đời khi hai linh hồn của bọn mình gặp nhau đúng lúc. Xin mời mọi người thưởng thức podcast MILLION LITTLE LOVES của Yu và Chee. C...

Being in a family with only girls and being involved in debating, never have I thought that one day I will get scolded by men. So this morning, I was sitting in my room, running through my stuff as usual when my baby sister came in and told me our slippers were disappeared and so did her bicycle.  I guessed it was the condominium management since they have been really annoyed with the fact that we put our slippers outside. So I did as I can think at that time, I called my mom, and told her things happened. Then 5 minutes later, she called me back saying that the chief manager guy was really rude, he shouted back at my mom and did not take responsibility for his action. Angry as I was when I saw someone was scolding my mom, I went down to speak to him. And yet, as calm as I was, the man kept shouting at me rudely, speaking nonstop, and never bare an intention to even listen. I felt helpless at that moment and told him at least he had to let me speak. But hell no! that man kept on. T...

I have participated in this Numerology course recently. I will write more about what I learned later on. But now I want to tell you one thing I have been doing to improve my life, and you can too.  My mom always told me: "Don't take things for granted.". Well, despite listening to it every day, the meaning of the sentence never crossed my mind once. Participating in this Numerology class, I was required to do a series of exercises to learn about gratitude and the power of it. (It is in Vietnamese, so if you are interested you can find it here ). The exercise was inspired by a book called The Magic of Rhonda Byrne. (I have not read it yet, but I am definitely going to). Every day, I will need to do small exercises that will enhance my gratitude, such as write down 10 things you are grateful for on a daily basis, be grateful for the amount of money that you have and the opportunities that come to you. Also, what surprised me was that gratefulness can be expressed even bef...

 Recently, I caught a cold, so literally, I was lying in bed for 2 days and binge-watching Goblin. I know that the movie was old, but at the time it was broadcasted I was not interested in it at all. I had to confess that I didn't watch the movies episode by episode but sometimes I tour it faster or watch it at 1,5 speed on my Netflix. :)))  In the movies, people were fighting for things they want. We saw so many different perspectives of humans, some want to die to end their suffering, others want to live to chase things they have not achieved. In any aspect, they own have their stories that worth listening to. Every simple, happy moment was portrayed authentically that make me reflects again on my life. Standing on the verge of my teen crises, I guess this was exactly what I need in order to move on and to cherish every moment I have in life. This K-drama reminds me that I am living and makes me feel lucky to be in this world, to sit here, to write this post, and to watch th...

"Everything happens for a reason" What happened today makes me believe in it.  I had a reunion with my friends for blood donation. Sadly, I couldn't donate mine. But we did had a joyful lunchtime, a vivant conversation after a long time between old friends. We were trying to catch up in each other lives and I personally love it.  Later we went to the library to take a nap there while one went to her Calculus class. Before she left, she insisted on going to the University of Technology since the campus there was lovely. So, I texted one of my friends and asked whether he could be our tour guide or not. He agreed and said his class ended at 3 so we would meet then.  Once my friends found a comfortable place to sleep, one of them did not have any motivation to go anymore. Suddenly, I received a call from my friend in UoT and said his class finished early. So after a couple of minutes fighting whether to go or not, we decided to go. Although it was 15 minutes since he...

Bonjour tout le monde, Luôn có hai mặt cho một câu chuyện. Sau khi tiếp xúc với nhiều người thì mình cảm thấy bản thân mình luôn có điều gì đó tiêu cực. Trong khi đó mình rất thích được tiếp xúc với những con người tích cực, mình cảm thấy sự tươi vui của họ như lực hấp dẫn khiến mọi người muốn tiếp xúc với họ nhiều hơn. Thế nên cái challenge này ra đời với mục đích mình muốn thay đổi bản thân. Mình cũng muốn nhờ cái này mà ăn mừng những thói quen tốt nho nhỏ của mình. Vì một lần mình từng nghe anh Fususu nói, chúng ta thường không ăn mừng cho những việc tốt, thói quen nho nhỏ hằng ngày như dậy sớm chẳng hạn, thế nên ta mới mất hết động lực mà xây dựng nó. #Ngày 1 23/11/2020 Hôm nay mình bắt đầu lại với cuốn planning của mình, mình ghi mọi thứ cần làm ra nên hôm nay của mình khá là productive.  Bonus thêm quả buổi sáng nay mình có cảm thấy uể oải nhưng đã mở nhạc lên múa may tay chân trong vòng 1 tiếng để giúp mình tỉnh táo. Đúng là thể dục như một liều dopamine 💓 #Ngày 2 24/11/202...