Thursday, June 18, 2026

An hour of Russian lit to make my own problems look small

 

Getting in an hour of Russian literature before sleep.

This is my special treat for sticking to my routine and studying early this morning. Honestly, it’s a struggle against my own patience, and I mostly just find myself staring blankly at the screen having a full-on existential crisis about whether to keep going or pretend I never started oh, and the imposter syndrome definitely creeps in.

So I just laugh at my own downfall.










Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Russian

 

My first Russian song

My first time singing along to a Russian song without getting tongue-tied. Actually, scratch that, my mouth definitely got confused a few times, but I kept going anyway till I finally ate up the pronunciation. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐








Thursday, June 11, 2026

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

(ㅅ´ ˘ `)♡

 


Hello! It’s been 6 days since I last wrote. So today, I just wanted to share a quote I came across years ago. It didn’t really mean much to me back then, but now it’s pretty much my north star. ⭐

“Nelson Mandela once said, ‘If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.’”

 

 

 

Also, here are some songs I enjoy listening to, one is in Korean, one in Bahasa Indonesia, and one in Khmer. 🤍








Seriousness and playfulness

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