Categories

This page lists all the current categories of this blog. Each category reflects a different area of day-to-day life, based on personal experiences, thoughts, and observations. Whether the topic is food, travel, health, relationships, technology, society, or the environment, each post offers a unique take — sometimes serious, sometimes light-hearted, but always honest. Click on a category to explore the related posts.

Family and Relationship

This section explores real-life challenges in family life and relationships — not the picture-perfect kind, but the complicated, emotional, and sometimes painful realities. It is about honesty, respect, conflict, and care — and what happens when those things break down or are taken for granted.  Please follow the link “Family and Relationship” to access the contents under this category.

Food

This is not a collection of secret family recipes or miracle meals that will help you live forever. It is simply a set of personal observations on how something as basic as food has turned into a modern-day circus — fueled by celebrity chefs, social media influencers, and ever-changing food rules. Humans still cannot agree on what to eat… or what not to eat (yes, including potting mix). Food used to be just food. Now it is drama, branding, and confusion. Please follow the link “Food” to access the contents under this category.

Technology

This section is not about chasing the latest gadgets or cutting-edge breakthroughs. It is about real-life experiences where technology, instead of solving problems, ends up creating new ones — often needlessly. From confusing updates to broken features and missing buttons, these are stories of everyday frustrations that come from tools that were supposed to make life easier. Please follow the link “Technology” to access the contents under this category.

Travel

Well, this is not your usual list of top ten beaches or hotel reviews. The posts under this section are simple reflections from actual travel moments—sometimes amusing, sometimes thoughtful, but always grounded in lived experience. You will not find glossy brochures or influencer-style wanderlust here. Just a few honest thoughts from the road, the bus, or the side of a quiet highway. Please follow the link “Travel” to access the contents under this category.

Workplace

I began my career before the age of Google, when computers were rare and the internet was unfamiliar to most. Back then, handwritten notes, typewriters, and multitasking office secretaries were the norm. Over time, typewriters evolved into computers, and the workplace transformed into something unrecognizable — where even basic tasks now require formal requests and layers of approval. In this section, I reflect on my personal experiences, observations, and thoughts about how the workplace has changed over the years. Please follow the link “Workplace” to access the contents under this category.

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