These days have been so, so tough and I'm not even kidding. The last one week has been so stressful I was this  close to breaking down. Six weeks into internship and it's evident that everyone wants a piece of me but no one actually genuinely cares about my well-being. But in the end, I am but an intern so it's probably understandable why I'm somewhat responsible for lessening the burdens of the other editors. And then there are times when I feel like I'm not part of this family simply because I'm not providing for myself. I'm turning 22 this year but I still feel like 2 to my family. I can't even decide what I want to wear for Chinese New Year because what I want to wear is 1) too inauspicious according to my mom and so 2) my mom doesn't like it. I went on a journey to find the right top to match my skirt but everything was done in such a haste that I now not only dislike that damned skirt, I also don't intend to wear it anymore. These little th...

This weekend must have been one of the craziest I've had since a long time. Although internship takes up half my day from Mondays to Fridays, I make it a point to never  work overtime and to meet my friends once a week (at least). I don't know about others but I, for one, cannot stand facing the computer 8-9 hours a day. Not only do my eyes get tired, I  get tired too. Oh, and not to mention how stiff my back becomes that no amount of stretching will make that feeling go away. I know I'm most productive in the morning and maybe  2 hours after lunch but to say I'm diligently working throughout that 8 and a half hours is a stretch. Sometimes I just have so much work to do that I'm doing everything at one time but accomplishing nothing. Yet, I continue to feel uselessly stress and even dreamt about work twice (or thrice) last week. I'm just so thankful I'm done with my first snippet and while I still have 2-3 other assignments on hand, everything is g...