Marsha Maung: I write. I love. I live

I've been reading like I've never read before. The past week was just me with my nose buried in one book after another. I read John Grisham's Camino Winds and it was...er....not as expected? I mean, it was awful. It was.  So, I am not going to share what I think about it here.  After the disappointing and confusing fiction novel by Grisham, I decided to pick something light instead - The Flat Share by Beth of Leary. Sounds like a rom-com I can enjoy without too much judgment.  The Flat Share - Beth O'Leary It was a good idea.  The premise was a little weird, granted, we don't have a bed-share practice here in Malaysia. I don't know of anyone who would be willing to share their flat/bed with a stranger they've never met, really. Not even when I am really desperate for money.  Putting personal 'thoughts' and 'common sense' aside (please enlighten me if this is common in your country or culture), it kind of makes sense for a (male) nurse who wor...

I read 2 books in 2 days. It's sooooo overboard.  Granted, I have a tower of books yearning for my touch by my bedside but still...it's kind of OTT . I guess it has to do that my little break from work is ending and I thought I needed to scram and cram. I will post the reviews after this because they're of different genres and I have polar opposite opinions about each of them. I have also been speaking to quite a few people about work and life and am slowly putting pieces of life back together. Isn't that nice? Yesterday, the tasks of 'TikTok' video and 'new article' flashed red on my Trello board. It means they are overdue and I have been procrastinating. Bad. So I did them all day and into the wee hours of the morning. I am testing out various content platforms so, if you're a friend who suddenly saw a barrage of video updates from me (on Facebook and Instagram , mostly), now you know why. Working on consistent content, text and/or vid...

Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash Looking at the news, I can get very disillusioned.  I go from a puffed up piece of video on how people make millions on the internet (without having to do an hour of work) to people falling for love scams .  I bumped into this little nicety on TikTok a few moments ago and thought I'd share it here before heading out for dinner with my mom. You can see how matter-of-fact the writer of the message was and the emotions building up for the recipient.  And the message is simple too.  @toachieveyou This was incredible. ❤️ | @kye_man ♬ original sound - AchieveYou For me, it was the sudden photobombing of the pelican that did it for me.  Have a splendid (rest of the) Sunday, people, 

Can you believe it? I didn't even take a picture of this. This is so sad...😢😭 Cooking at home, something I used to actively and religiously advocate for It's been closed to a year and a half since we smell did cooking in the kitchen. Work took over my life and I don't really know it happened. I've always been an advocate of clean, healthy living and eating...and it makes me sad.  I have a fully-equipped kitchen and used to cook every single day. I was so fired up about cooking that I have my own recipe-sharing page on Cookpad where I share my simple recipes to encourage others to cook more at home.  I made something really something yesterday and the response I got from the boys was..."Wow, I smell something from the kitchen!" I felt so....overwhelmed.  Realizing that I have given everything, above and beyond, to the work that I do, there's a reason for me to feel proud too. This is the journey I want to embark on now that my boys are grown up. But not a...