Senses & Scribbles

Image credit: Netflix At last! The long-awaited fourth season of Stranger Things after 3 years have been released on Netflix. Fans (including me) are making noise around the world in joy to finally get to watch the next battle after El and company defeated the Mind Flayer at the Starcourt Mall. Avid fans’ patience in waiting has paid off as Stranger Things 4, Volume 1 surprised its audience with its longer runtime of almost horror and gruesome-themed story wrap up. The Duffer Brothers thus continue to allure viewers with wonders in every cliffhanger left at the end of each seven episodes. The thrill continues to roll at different settings: Hawkins, California, Russia, and the Upside Down. Dustin and Mike were left at Hawkins spending their school hours as members of the Hellfire Club (a Dungeons and Dragons club) led by Eddie Munson. Meanwhile, Lucas attempts to pace himself up to gain popularity by joining the Hawkins High Tigers as a basketball bench player while in a romantic conu...

  Photo source: https://pixabay.com/photos/forest-princess-cinderella-5584131/ O nce upon a time, I was a girl who admired Cinderella because of her untiring kindness to her abusive stepmother and stepsisters, sweet child-like voice, and most of all, her gracefulness and beauty that caught her Prince Charming’s attention during a ball. I had dreamt that someday I will also meet a guy like Cinderella had to whom I will cherish my life. Then one day, I grew up and my expectation didn’t turn out well. A fairytale love story that shaped my view in life until my teenage years was a ruse. I realized the Happy-Ever-After I had aspired as a little girl was nothing but diminishing. I can’t help laughing at myself because of such silly childhood ambition. Being prim and proper is intangible to being a princess, but constant kindness and dependence is a questionable character I saw in Cinderella. There were undiscussed gray areas of being a Cinderella that the disparity between expectation v...

  Just a book lover’s perspective Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Every time I go to the mall, I usually bring myself to the bookstore and stay there for approximately an hour grazing books with interesting titles and covers and sniffing its pleasant earthy smell that touches my strange yet serene memories somewhere in my thought. Books make the most memorable company and it’s easy to tell why: it’s because they exhibit wonders of existing in a different life apart from the mess of reality. I will always love reading and I will daresay books are enough to keep me happy, surviving, motivated, and most of all nurtured. I keep growing because of reading and I will continue to be. Reading inspires me to write and to share my perspective from it. I’m typically asked why I don’t get bored from reading, and I admittingly like such prying questions because I also used to return the curiosity to them by asking back what’s wrong with reading and spontaneously advising them to try it too. ...

  Know the best ways how to become your BEST version I mitation is cheap. Yes?  You try so hard to look as better as your idol by copying his or her attitude, fashion style, and self-presentation just to fit into what society dictates appealing. Well, do you feel comfortable behaving that way? What did you gain from it? Why do you do such?  Photo by Shwa Hall on Unsplash Have you ever thought of the noteworthy benefits you will acquire if you wholly accept yourself for who you truly are?  Have you ever pondered how wonderful you can be if you begin appreciating and loving yourself right at this moment?  If that is so, start becoming your genuine self. Everyone will always admire and praise the original one, not the fake. Imitation is temporary, so why settle for less? Do you get my point?  Authenticity means high quality and most probably to last and be held esteemed. Authenticity is beautiful because it does not pretend or hide but shows all the goodness ...

College is not that super struggle. You just have to find effective ways how to manage your college life from the very first day until you graduate. Do not absorb the mundane line, “College is difficult” because it’s usually said by those who haven’t yet figured out how they will survive college. You want to succeed, right? I believe that college is difficult BUT manageable.  Photo by Jeswin Thomas on Unsplash College is another new level of life-challenging experience you must go through and survive. In college, you are your self’s opponent. So, you need to work things out regardless of whether it goes the way you want or not, yet remember that what’s important is that you gained self-growth throughout the journey which will guide you to achieving your dreams and plans right after.  If you are a college freshman still checking out how you will deal with new faces, environment, and educational system (be it online class or face-to-face), then you should continue reading this....