by Melanie Martinez
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| Photo source from Tumblr |
Here’s a story about boy meets girl. Boy falls for girl, and girl falls for him to. They got married and live a comfortable life in the suburbs. Girl got a big job working as a secretary for a big company. Boy got jealous and started to accuse Girl of being unfaithful. Girl became defensive; Boy hits her so that she would shut up. Girl has to live with the scar for almost a week.
Now here’s another story. Boy goes steady with Girl who he loved since high school. Boy lost his job and had to stay home for a while. Girl got frustrated, started to call Boy unpleasant names and threaten him. Boy goes into depression due to him feeling worthless.
Which scenarios do you find serious and needs to be reported? A or B?
WRONG. Both scenarios are bad. But the question is, where can they go from here? Most Malaysians refuse to report these acts due to the fear of being judged, being called weak and also shame. What would the society think? What about their family? And for some reason, what about their spouse's/partner's family?
Lets break the stigma and move towards being able to save yourself from abuse, regardless if its physical or mental, even if you’re a woman, a man or even children. Everybody deserves to be happy and everybody deserves freedom.
By The 1975
Hey hey!
Have you ever been in a situation where your level of boredom and frustrations are out of this world that you've decided to bake baklava cos' it's oh so yummy? Me neither.
As I'm currently on my soul searching/cleansing/wasting money that I don't have activity, I've brought myself to the famous land of Sydney. It was quite a warm, lovely weather, unlike Canberra. (Which I went last month and was freezing my ass off!)
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| Me with my 'tourist pose' |
I went to the Sydney Opera House and walked along the Sydney Harbour. It was breathtaking! Took me about 15 to 20 minutes walk from Darling Harbour but it was worth it. Reward myself with a nice Salty Caramel Milkshakes from Guylian.
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| Happy face around seafood delights. |
Sydney Fish market is a must go place! Went there for breakfast and had my very first fresh out from the sea seafood! Below is exhibit A.
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| Look at that monstrosity!! |
Ended my day with a quick dip at Bondi Beach. Saw my 1st topless bikini girl there. Very interesting. Ahaha!
Have a wonderful day y'all! Xoxo
by Merriment
How strange life could be sometimes. How little things that you've appreciated would start appreciating you back! However, I do sometimes feel the need to hold myself back. To not let myself devour on the sweetness of temporary things. But is it temporary? Imagine if you've been wanting to fly your whole life. You've been waiting for that one moment to have that courage and own yourself a pair of wings. When you've been given that pair of wings, you try it out, and off you go! You'll feel like you have been reborn, rejuvenated.
But the moment you land, you start to worry.
What if this pair of wings doesn't want to fly anymore? What if my body grows bigger, and my beautiful wings won't be able to carry me? What if...
Regardless, that feeling of being able to fly, be free - makes you believe that its OKAY. That there is a possibility of getting abandoned by your own wings, but there is also a possibility that it'll stay with you forever. It'll eventually become a part of you when you least expected. And when that happens, are you still going to think it's gonna be temporary?
Nobody knows how to predict the future, but it is best to let it be a mystery. And that, is the best feeling a human being could ever experience. From my point of view at least.