Strange times

This last few weeks I was starting to miss my Instagram account.  I love photography, and taking pictures of things like nature, sceneries, or anything I can find deep meaning to. I am used to sharing my pictures on facebook, but I was starting to thing I wanted a wider audience for my next themed-project. I had quit instagram after I lost my iPod, right on my last year of high school. So after two years I logged in for the first time. 

And well, it didn't feel very good

Day #4: Your view on Religion

This is a very sensitive topic to discuss and I'm not really the right person to write about it. But I'm just going to explain my views and experiences.
I attended a Christian school for about 6 years at a young age. There was a teacher there who had inspired to me to so many levels. He was a great role model and also believed in each of his students' potentials. He also said that religion is a ''relationship with God''. And I agree, this is what religion should be.

I know that many people nowadays prefer to not be associated with anything religious. I wouldn't call myself religious either, but I do believe in God. I don't have regular prayer times. but I always set aside my time to actually pray and talk to God about my worries and also thank Him for everything I've been blessed with. It works like meditation for me. After praying I feel more relaxed, and I get the feeling that Someone is watching over me and everything will be alright. Religion is mostly about blind, and honestly I really don't have much to say.
There are many religions out there in the world with different ideals. And also there are people from the same religion with different takes on what they believe in. I strongly believe that nobody should be discriminated for what religion they follow.

I once saw a post on Tumblr. It was a very thought-proving comic that suggested that perhaps life on Earth would have been peaceful if there were no religion. That would mean no wars nor terrorism

http://www.stanleycolors.com/2013/09/imagine-john-lennon/

A world like that is a dream come true. But I believe that we, as humans, would be lost without the guidance of a superior being. From experience, I know for a fact how lost I would be without God in life. No matter how many times I screwed up, He is the one who sends me a second chance. When I needed help, it's God who sends it. We would be nowhere without God, whether you accept it or not. I believe that we could still achieve a peaceful world like the one in the cartoon by simply being peaceful to one another. Call me naive, but it's that simple! Every kind of religion is out there, in books, media, priests sharing their spiritual message. Let each religion advertise itself. There is no need to stamp on them or alienate someone whose beliefs are different from yours. Ony children would ever feel the need to defend that their taste is better than the other children, but even they would eventually grow out of that attitude.

But you know, it's 2017. Let's start by getting discrimination out of the way, because I am sure that there is no holy rule in the world that ever said that it's okay to kill a man because they won't accept your religion. No, that's just sick!.
War and terrorism is immature and really not helping whatever cause they think they are fighting for. Although as a child I used to wonder what kind of world would it be like if we could see God and we all had the same religion? I just could not understand why there were so many religions and people believing in different gods. And I felt angry and sad when I found out that people who worshipped the ''wrong god'' would go to hell. So in what way are we supposed to actually know which is the right one? You would say your religion is right, then he would say that it's hers, and then she would disagree, and so on.

Let's love God and each other first.

Making friends at uni

It's been a long time I haven't written for my Uni tag. So today I'm here, ready to talk about a few things I've observed at uni so far. Perhaps one of my biggest concerns before my freshman year started and something that almost everyone worry about: how to make friends at uni. Things are about to get really deep here so prepare yourself for a really long read. Oh, and no gifs this time. :p

January 2017 update

Hello again dear readers! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
Wow, so much time has passed. Honestly, I can't even be bothered to feel guilty about not coming back here. I had so much to do!! My exams are still ongoing so I have to keep this short and get back to my revision real quick.

Day #3: Your Top 5 Pet Peeves

from the 30 Day Blog Challenge

1) People on public transports who sit across from me with their phone.
With the way most iphones are designed, it looks like the camera is pointing at you. You would never know whether they are taking pictures of you! It annoys me so much.



2) People who for some reason or by accident scratch their nails on pages of a books, or blackboard surfaces.
Can I murder you already?




3) When I lend a book to someone, and they have bent pages, or roughed out the edges and corners of the book.
What have you done to my children, how dare you? My books are like Horcruxes that have a piece of my soul, so if I lend you one, you're probably someone special.



4) Texting Etiquette
I get really annoyed with people who don't text back or reply quickly. I know that there must be valid reasons, but ugh.
Also, I never care about spelling mistakes, and I usually let even the most basic of grammatical mistakes slide. But, I don't care how much in a hurry you were. If you send me a ''k'', I will kung fu you to k.o.




5) Someone stares at you when you're eating.





I have more pet peeves, but I don't really think about them so much. That's why I don't have a proper list. Sorry for the boring post.

Day #2: Where you would like to be in 10 years

from the 30 Day Blog Challenge

In 10 years, I'll be 30. Wow. I guess I've never really thought about that far. When I hear the age 30, I picture myself as granny-old, but it's not really that old, right?
But no, I don't really know how things would be like after 10 years. Not to make this post depressing, but I used to think I would die young.
Anyways, here are a few things I can view about my dream future. There is no ranking. I'll just write as I think about them:

1. Have an awesome job
2. Be insanely rich. bwahahahaha
3. Earn enough money to support my parents.
4. Buy a house for my parents
5. Live in my own apartment with my very own huge library!
6. Own a pet (still undecided on a puppy or a cat, since penguins are apparently not allowed as domestic pets.) 
7. Graduated from med school
8. Travelled to Japan and Korea
9. Volunteering abroad
10. Travel to aesthetically beautiful places for a nature photography project
11. Published a book or two (!)
12. Can play piano and violin

This post is really nothing serious, and I'm writing it in a rush. I've listen a bit of my goals and a bit of my bucket list. I had to look at what other people wrote about this same question. A lot of them had written about getting married and stuff. Who knows? Maybe I will, or not. It's not something you can plan. If I find someone special, good for me!

Mainly, what I wish for myself in 10 years, is to be someone happy and successful at doing something I love. Something that would make my parents beyond proud of me, 'cause nothing in the world can make me happier than that. I want to surround myself with people who believe in me and get rid of all the negativity in my life. I hope to be a much more mature adult by then, who can make her own decisions. I want to advance in my career, but also accomplish things around my hobbies, like music, photography, and writing. I also want to give back my gratitude to the world that has made me happy by volunteering. Perhaps in Africa or in any other third world country, where help is needed. 

10 years is a long time, so I can only predict this much so as not to hold my expectations too high. I look forward to see how life will treat me! 

And I wish you all the best with yours.

^_^ 

p.s.- Also, I hope this shoes will be a thing by then. 

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day #1

(Before I start, I just want to say that I will writing up these challenged like some sort of ''diary entries''. So like, discussing the topic as well incorporating a little bit of what's going on in my life at the moment. Ugh, I'm not sure how this will turn up, but I hope you'll enjoy reading them! ^_^ )

Day #1: Discuss your current relationship/being single

I had started writing this post during Halloween weekend.
And I don't know... I just wanted stay in bed all day and watch a really sad movie that will destroy me to tears.


Which is so unlike me. I'm usually quite hyped about Halloween and celebrate it with Tim Burton marathons...
I'm not sure I can recognise my emotions right now: I feel tired but I am okay with it. I don't feel like quitting or giving up any of the activities keeping me so busy. In fact, the feeling of accomplishment is really overpowering the depression that sometimes sneaks its way into my mind. Or maybe I'm just getting old...
So yep. Back to this challenge, and let me use this opportunity to talk about a few facts people say, real quick: