Overcoming Yourself
“If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky Last year, I learned a valuable lesson in overcoming myself. As I mention here, 2021 was not … Continue readingOvercoming Yourself
Author: Mia
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A writer | researcher | lecturer who also a tech-addict and internet-junkie
The Evil Patch
At the beginning of this year, I was told to clean my working space. Over the years, I have filled my workspace with small trinkets and memorabilia. A lot of … Continue readingThe Evil Patch
Everywhere but Nowhere
My body doesn’t feel like mine anymore. It feels like somebody else step up and take the steering wheel, while I’m moving back as a passenger. It moved automatically to … Continue readingEverywhere but Nowhere
You are Your Own Standards
It’s already 23 days into the new year. How’s 2022 been treating you so far? Are you still sticking with your annual resolution standards or already throwing them out the … Continue readingYou are Your Own Standards
Tell Them of Battles, Kings & Elephants
A Book Written By Mathias Énard I went to the bookstore again after what seems like forever, and I bought this book solely just because of the cover. That one … Continue readingTell Them of Battles, Kings & Elephants
Hideo Yokoyama Books Review
Hideo Yokoyama is a Japanese mystery novelist. He has three novels translated into English: Six Four, Seventeen, and Prefecture D. Actually only two novels since Prefecture D is a short … Continue readingHideo Yokoyama Books Review
Renaissance Humanism
Humanism was a significant intellectual movement in Europe during the Renaissance period. Humanism itself is a study derived from the belief that God had given options to humanity. So, humans … Continue readingRenaissance Humanism
The Great Depression Era: Learning from the Past
Great Depression is a period from 1929 to 1939 where the world economy plummeted to the worst situation ever. Originated from the United States, after the stock market crash in … Continue readingThe Great Depression Era: Learning from the Past
The Bullies in Us
Einstein once said that the world would not be destroyed by those who do evil. But by those who watch them without doing anything. We often see negative comments by … Continue readingThe Bullies in Us