jessa

Reflections on becoming

  • Sometimes, stories just want to be told

    You might have wondered how I can keep writing about anything. Because for sure, I must be using some system to keep this blog alive, right? My initial plan for this blog is to write daily, which could be about work, life, and the future. How did I end up with these main categories? After Read more


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  • Hello, goodbye, and hello again, Instagram

    In 2017, I entered the world of Instagram. That’s seven years after its launch, so you can say I am a late adopter. My colleague at work encouraged me to be in the space, and I bought into the idea. After creating my account and accessing its main feed, the experience felt like I opened Read more


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  • De-stressing over the weekend

    While drowning in a week full of mental load (because that’s simply what my job is mostly about), I thought about spending the weekend walking around campus, as a way to de-stress. So when I pitched the idea to my husband during the weekdays, I was surprised by his quick response because, from what I Read more


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  • Craving relief from this mental ache

    For months, I felt like climbing over a steep hill. Pushing myself upward and forward demanded not just physical power but mental agility. The intellectual demand is almost making me mental that what I keep feeling these days is discomfort (sometimes extreme pain) in the frontal lobe area of my head (or at the back Read more


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  • The time I felt like I was in a movie

    Going to the Chimei Museum from Tainan City via train also meant that we would drop off at Bao’an Station. And you know what? I felt like I was walking into a movie when I stepped in and out of that train station. The ambience was unmistakably nostalgic, like time traveling to a serene and Read more


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Reflections on becoming

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