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I thought I’ve made it a tradition to write about my birthday in this blog, just like Eid. But apparently I haven’t. Probably because my past 2 birthdays were a bit sad. I was either being depressed/burnt out, or had to deal with the aftermath of a divorce. However, somehow, last year I told myself …

Since this is a TS stan blog now…

… I think being able to move on from Exile and Death by A Thousand Cuts to Paris and Begin Again is an achievement on its own. …on a Wednesday in a café

Sakura land

If you won two free plane tickets, where would you go? Japan, of course. Partially because I’d like to meet my classmates again. Classmates whom I can only partially remember. Whose last names I never know. But also because one of my best friends is actually living there. And because it’s my & my other …

Another difficult prompt

What's your definition of romantic? Romantic is all the Zoom calls we had when we were separated by the pandemic. It is the long walk under the rain on a winter night to see the glimmering city lights. It is the Christmas dinner that we cooked together, from the simplest to the most complicated. It …

The smartest guy at school

Write about your first crush. Oh this one is fun to write 🤭 He was the smartest person at school and we were classmates for years. I think at some point we even shared the desk. He was also funny. I think I have always been drawn to such people. We both liked Sherlock Holmes, …

Residency

Describe one of your favorite moments. This one is difficult because I have many. But I think the recent one was when I had dinner with my best friend, and he told me that he got into a residency program (to be a specialist 👨🏻‍⚕️). Words cannot describe how happy and proud and grateful I …

Promovering — my PhD graduation ceremony

a.k.a. one of the best days in my life On 12 May 2023, or approximately a year after my PhD thesis defence, I finally had my doctoral degree conferment ceremony, or promovering. This has been something that I so much looked forward to. It was a quite fancy event, you have to dress up in …