I used to be worked up on my goals, hustling extra hard, going late nights putting all the hours. I was really laser focus in achieving them. But this year, after all that I've gone through in the last few month and last year, I think it's time for self-care.…

Quitting HousemanshipIn my previous blog article, I shared about my thoughts on work and how we are starting to see a shift in the nature of work, from being merely as a means of survival to having a more spiritual meaning.Ever since the pandemic lockdown, many employees have more autonomy…

We have come up with terms such as The Great Resignation, the 'turnover crisis', or the YOLO economy to describe this phenomenon of employees leaving their job that has been spreading like wildfire across the globe.

I've been contemplating about this decision every single day for the past 4 months. And to be fair, this has been one of the biggest, hardest decision that I've ever made. Because I know, once I quit this career

#1: Everyone’s journey is unique, everyone’s pace in life is different. Never force or rush things. Respect divine timing. Learn to balance between the need to control and the natural flow of things.  #2: “To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, day and night, to…

I’m not always the nicest when I’m exhausted. Because when I’m exhausted, I’m not the easiest to be around, I’m not the easiest to love. I get angry easily. I become reactive, I say things I don’t mean, I hurt the ones I love, I isolate myself while deeply craving…

15 hours a day, 6 days a week, 5am until 9pm. This is my current reality, although quite frankly it hasn’t quite sink in.After the creative high that I experienced in 2020 working on a business, this so called “9-to-5 job” (5-to-9?) made me realize the one thing that drains…

Working night shift tonight. Had some time on my hands in the morning for some reflection. Feeling a bit bogged down, still making mistakes…beginner’s mistakes. Inadequate, incompetent, discouraged. Still very much trying to get a hang of things, and training myself to learn actively. Putting a strain on relationships with…

A patient today confessed to me the real reason behind his high blood pressure. He presented to the hospital complaining of right-sided numbness over both upper and lower limbs. It was sudden in onset and occurred upon waking up in the morning, however it resolved spontaneously 30 minutes later. It…

Two staff nurses in our ward got infected. Both had been vaccinated. However, they were in close contact with three unknowingly Covid-19 positive patients.Apparently, we’ve been working in that ward for almost one week straight — running around, touching patient’s case files, and working in close proximity with one another…

As Ray Dalio once said, “Pain + Reflection = Progress”. Lessons exist for us to grow into our truest and highest potential. Hence, here are my top 12 lessons in 2020.Lesson #1: No one will ever fully understand you, but those who truly care will try. Sometimes it’s best not…

The ships are calling for me set sail into unchartered territory called — housemanship.After almost 2 years of hiatus from the medical world, finally it’s about time that I return to it.A few months after completing medical school in 2019, I was actually supposed to start my duty as a…

Being in a relationship is more than about falling in love. It’s beyond celebrating anniversaries, giving gifts, date nights and feeling butterflies in your stomach. The thing is, we live in a society that glorifies romanticism. Too often we’ve been fed with misinterpretations of love by the media — from…

[JOURNAL ENTRY ##]DATE: 29/11/2019TOPIC: 5 THINGS I NEED TO CHANGE/STOP DOING IN 20201. ENVIOUS OF OTHER PEOPLE’S SUCCESSROOT CAUSE: Insecure of my own achievements and self-worthMANAGEMENT: Be supportive of my loved ones, guide them to be the best version of themselves. Remember that it will come back to me eventually.…

It’s been awhile since I updated this blog, and now I miss writing. As I was looking for topics and materials for my new blogpost, I came upon my older journal entry back in November 2019 and I was suddenly filled with a nostalgic rush. I realized how much I’ve…

I really believe that, in order to live a meaningful life, we need to have a set of systems or structures as a backbone to keep life in order. It’s crucial to have values or principles that we can live by and fall back to during tough times. This helps…

For a long time, I always feel a bit odd. While others prefer to go out every night, I choose to stay in and read a book in the comforts of my quiet home. While others had large groups of friends, my pack was always small, and would usually consists…

One thing I’ve recently figured out is: I haven’t have it all figured out.I used to look up to my parents, thinking that they’ve everything under control. But now, I realized it’s all probably an illusion.Even at 25, behind all the achievements, smiley faces and picture-perfect posts on social media,…

The Orang Ulu community will always have a special place in my heart. When you’re one out of the 25, 000 Orang Ulu population in Malaysia, you form a tight-knitted community where almost everyone is related to each other, one way or another.Us girls in our traditional Orang Ulu costumesAs…

The thing about discovering new books from random genres is that you get to embark into a fresh, unchartered territory, a world previously unbeknownst to you. And I have to say, reading “The God Delusion” paved that way for me. The author, Richard Dawkins is a brilliant evolutionary biologist and…

One evening, I decided to play our favourite song on Spotify. As expected, the rush of emotions came flooding in and old memories flashed right before my eyes.Have you ever met someone in your life, and wondered what it would be like, had you not met them at all? What…

Assisting in a mastectomy procedure.My time in medical school had been a fair share of high highs and low lows. Over the course of 5 years comes a series of eye — opening experiences and impactful life lessons, but here are the top 5 lessons that I would like to…

I’ve always seen 2019 as my year of self-discovery, self-growth and self-healing. The road ahead of me is still long for sure, but I feel like I’ve learnt so much in just a span of 1 year; some I had to learn the hard way while others came more easily.…

“I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.”Words by the brilliant physicist of all time, Albert Einstein.Suffice to say, I believe those words deem to be true for that day has finally arrived.Today in the 21st century,We welcome a…