Tag Archives: worry

Worse Case Scenario

Posted on September 6, 2022 by bookjunkie

Many passages in Salman Rushdie’s Autobiography ‘Joseph Anton’ stood out for me, but this passage in particular. He would not live his life by the worse-case scenario. That would turn him into their prisoner. He was nobody’s prisoner. Salman Rushdie … Continue reading →

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Always Regret Reading the Headlines in the Straits Times

Posted on September 3, 2022 by bookjunkie

All it does is to give me intense anxiety. Why is there never any good news. It’s all gloom. It’s all about money and it feels like in this country (and perhaps many others other than the Scandinavian countries) you … Continue reading →

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Time Well Spent vs Time Badly Spent

Posted on November 23, 2013 by bookjunkie

We all have a fixed amount of time and at the end of it we all die, so I’m reminding myself to not waste a precious second, if I can help it. It’s spurred me to make this list. A … Continue reading →

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Happiness Gift that Banishes Negativity for a While

Posted on March 25, 2013 by bookjunkie

I need an off switch for my mind. Here I am, awake at 4am and unable to go back to sleep due to worry. What better to do than to compose a blog post. Haven’t been updating the blog lately … Continue reading →

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Hollow

Posted on August 7, 2012 by bookjunkie

I don’t even hope for happiness. All I hope for is peace of mind and no more of this zero self esteem. It has plummeted so low and I feel like a total failure. I just have to keep writing … Continue reading →

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Exploring how to Find Inner Peace

Posted on October 15, 2011 by bookjunkie

Wow. What Jim Carrey expresses is something I have tormented myself with as well. Wish it was easier to live in the moment rather than to worry about future events that haven’t yet occured. Sometimes things we imagine will be … Continue reading →

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Emotionally Draining Day

Posted on September 10, 2011 by bookjunkie

It’s been a hard day. I’ve been on a mental emotional roller-coaster. I feel so drained right now. Glad that one of my loved ones is ok for the moment and I hope out of the woods soon. Someone close … Continue reading →

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Singapore Coolness Featured in the Telegraph made me think of the Income Gap

Posted on April 25, 2011 by bookjunkie

Full article titled, Singapore: from old colonial to new cool and you can read it here. It’s all very lovely. Singapore is beautiful. Gorgeous architecture, the works. I feel proud when we are featured and lauded in the international press. … Continue reading →

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How Do I Make Money on a WordPress Blog?

Posted on March 28, 2011 by bookjunkie

I have been pondering this, since I don’t think I can go back to working 9-5 which is more like 8-8 pm at least in a Corporate job in Singapore. I also realized that my true love is writing and … Continue reading →

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A Minimalist, Serene Life

Posted on September 18, 2010 by bookjunkie

I feel frazzled, stressed and poor, by a consumerist society that is continually telling me what you need to own in order to be happier. It made me wonder if there was a healthier way to live.  Well there is. … Continue reading →

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