#reflect

Gandalf taken by a Balrog in Moria surprised Smallsteps, as he had been a staple character through the Hobbit also. However, even at that point she was working out ways he may have survived and suspected

The picture is of my gym locker padlock. It is a three-wheel model, which means it has 1000 possible combinations. Considering it has to protect a gym bag with an inhaler in it, that is good enough. In

Goodday Everyone. I applied for a job and a few days later, I was called for an interview. I went for the interview, and after everything, they told me that I got the job. I was happy because getting a

Who is to be held accountable? In Australia and Finland (and I assume many other countries) private gun storage laws are quite strict and require the gun to be stored unloaded, behind lock and key, and

The show must go on...

One of humanity’s greatest struggles is the fact that we are almost never “at peace.” The ceaseless search for comfort, novelty, protection, and sustenance has been—and always will be—the foundation of

"If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all" _Thumper While I agree with the sentiment that we should be kind to each other, I also believe that this kind of mentality has been

Don't fight it, but work with it. I never get properly diagnosed but my brother's children all of them has ADHD and was treated right away. My brothers and mother who got diagnosed made me curious if it's

There is a very particular nostalgia in being a mom of adult children. It's not sadness because they've grown up. On the contrary. One wants to see them move forward, become independent, build a life and

Smallsteps and I watched A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough, and I found it really good. It was released in 2020 when David was a young 93 years of age (he is 100 now), and had footage of him back

Have we truly given this question deep thought? I think that if we always kept this question in mind, some things in the world would be very different. Being human implies having a life—being alive, with

This will be a weekly Sunday hangout between friends, where everyone else is also invited to join in on the conversations. A Sunday party for Hive users to interact and just talk crap about whatever happens

Perhaps, it is time to purge and really start anew, to make room for something better. As I am writing this, I am also waiting my laptop to be completely purged so that it is ready to be sold. My old laptop

It has been nine years since our career paths separated when I decided to resign from the company.

There was a lot of renovation going on at Danny's restaurant last week, causing me a lot of stress. Which is fine, predictable. It got me back to one of my all time favorite albums, "The Dream is

I never met my grandfather on my father's side, as he died well before I was born. However, back in Malaysia he worked as a postmaster, a post office manager in their Malaccan town, and during Japanese

My Dad used to be a strong person who never gave up in life. He was my role model in life. Seeing him I have adapted manything in life. He also taught us many lesson of living life happily and one important

We Talk Friday (WTF) This is a semi-regular series that I will run on Fridays to hold discussions on a current topic from the week gone. The aim is to keep them light and conversational, though some might

In the last month, I did a lot of changes within the company administration. I worked on my excel files in a way that allows the administrator to save 5h per week. Yes, it's that much. I was amazed. Especially

I have a meeting this morning in the city and sitting in an almost empty café in a shopping centre, waiting. While I have been here, there have been several app delivery people come and go, picking up