Growing up, I was a pretty confident kid. But this confidence didn’t come out of nowhere. It started with the classic tale of other kids teasing me at school, whether it be about my hair (I had a pixie cut at one point), or my weight, the way I spoke broken Arabic/Malay, or how I …
I’m in this rut, and I can’t seem to get out of it. Every time I try, There’s this unforeseen force that pulls me back into doing nothing. I don’t know what to call it. Is it laziness? Is it procrastination? Is it depression? I feel trapped by it, Suffocated even.
Before we get started with these film review series, I just thought I should explain what it’s about. Basically, I’ll be reviewing a bunch of movies (past and present), and its story from a psychology perspective. I started doing these reviews because of a class I took back in university, but I thought it would …
You’re at home on a Friday night, kicking back while watching your favorite series, when suddenly you decide to go through your Instagram and you see a picture of your group of friends just having the time of their lives, taking a dip in what seems to be the clearest blue ocean water that you’ve …
Growing up, you’d always hear people around you telling you to try as many things as possible until you find something you’re really passionate about. So while you’re in the process of growing up, you’d dabble in several things to see if anything sparks a fire within, and of course there’d be that one kid you …
Three days (or four depending on where you’re reading this) from now, yours truly will turn the big 2-0. I’m officially saying goodbye to my teen years, and if you had asked me six years ago I’d be jumping up and down, but truth to be told 19 year old Aziza is beginning to feel somewhat …