Life Observed (Part 5)

1. I learned that Japanese people ask about your blood type to understand your personality. Cool.

   
   

2. Mechanical keyboards look cool, but they're annoying.

   
   

3. No one stresses me out more than the men in the TV show Mirzapur.

   
   

4. Daffy Duck from Looney Tunes once said, “Sometimes you have to treat people wrong to treat yourself right.”

   
   

5. There’s power in silence, and in saying, “I don’t know,” when you truly don’t.

   
   

6. You’d be surprised how many people still lack basic manners.

   
   

7. Number 7 people are known to be loners, and I couldn’t agree more. 

   
   

8. Going to the temple in the morning unlocks a transcendental level of peace.

   
   

9. “Death is not a punishment. It is freedom.” – Kalki

   
   

10. All this while, I believed it was people who changed, but I realized it wasn’t them. It was me. I changed.

    
    

11. Doing what makes you happy and prioritizing your well-being is difficult sometimes, but it’s crucial.

    
    

12. Doing the right thing is never easy, but you do it anyway. Remember that.

    
    

13. Weddings are exhausting.

    
    

14. “...Zeus, in a moment through his lust, was so completely overcome at the sight of Hera (his wife) that he would not even go into the hut, but wanted to lie with her on the ground, declaring he has never been in such a state of rapture before, even when they first met one another.” 

    
    

15. I lose hair faster than I lose weight.

    
    

16. So many unfortunate incidents have been happening lately, and the only thing I can do is pray—pray for closure, for light, for peace.

    
    

17. Navaratri is one of my favourite festivals.

    
    

18. The song, Maattram Ondrudhaan Maaraadhadhu always gets to me, especially the line, “Nanba, ellam konjam kaalam.”

    
    

19. There’s a difference between taking inspiration and copying. Know the difference.

    
    

20. Letting go of people, or the idea of them I’ve unconsciously held onto, has been painful, yet liberating.

    
    

21. What may seem best for someone might not truly benefit them. Sometimes, it can cause more harm than good.

    
    

22. Revelations often come to me while I’m driving or in the shower.

    
    

23. Met my relatives after three years of no contact, and safe to say that they haven’t changed one bit. Some people never evolve.

    
    

24. “Detachment is not that you own nothing. Detachment is that nothing owns you.” – Mahabharata

    
    

25. Writing is how I make sense of things.

    
    

26. I low-key enjoy having ramen on a random Tuesday night at Family Mart.

    
    

27. Firecrackers should be banned. I said what I said.

    
    

28. “The more I see of men, the more I like dogs.”

    
    

29. Still waiting for someone to ask me to do a podcast with them.

    
    

30. Was it a dream, or did I actually see God?

    
    

31. It’s 2025, and people are still talking about other people’s clothing. Pathetic. Grow up.

    
    

32. Jealousy is normal. It becomes a problem when you act on it.

    
    

33. There are too many evil people in this world.

    
    

34. The term ‘Feminist’ is still widely misunderstood.

    
    

35. “But it needs immense courage to go alone on a path leaving the whole crowd on the highway.”

    
    

36. I’m a vivid dreamer.

    
    

37. You can forgive and not forget, and that’s okay.

    
    

38. You're entitled to your own opinions and beliefs. It only becomes a problem when you impose them on others or expect them to conform.

    
    

39. Why are people still making racist remarks and only apologizing after backlash? It’s tired and embarrassing.

    
    

40. “If you suffer, you think you suffer because of others. You suffer because of you. No one can make you suffer. That is impossible. And even if someone makes you suffer, it is your choice to be in suffering through him.”

    
    

41. Don’t think I’m into this whole marriage thing. Might stay single forever and be okay with it. Or maybe I’ll meet someone. Who knows? Either way, I’ll be fine.

    
    

42. I know pain. I’ve known it my entire life.

    
    

43. Why darken someone’s skin instead of just casting a darker-skinned lead? It baffles me.

    
    

44. “How can you know yourself if you don’t accept yourself? You are always repressing your being.”

    
    

45. I still have days when I feel like my life isn’t worth living.

    
    

46. Forever in my sad girl music era.

    
    

47. Not everyone is blessed with a happy, healthy family. If you are, consider yourself lucky.

    
    

48. Watched Meiyazhagan, Amaran, and How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies on the same day, and cried my heart out. But How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies broke me the most.

    
    

49. Want to know people’s true intentions or get rid of negative energy? Wear Moonstone on your right hand. Thank me later (based on personal experience).

    
    

50. Obsessed with my traditional clothes and jewellery.

    
    

51. Food for thought: “If you had 30 seconds alone with the person who hurt you the most, what’s the one thing you’d finally say?”

    
    

52. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?? I ask myself this at least 200 times a day, or I’ll have “SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP” running repeatedly in my head.

    
    

53. I’m at a place where I no longer care to explain myself. You either get it or you don’t, and I’m completely okay either way.

    
    

54. I’m looking forward to my 30s.

    
    

55. “Why is the pressure to 'be the bigger person' always placed on the person who was wronged?”

    
    

56. Coffee shops and bookstores will always be my comfort places.

    
    

57. Someone once said, “You’re not lazy, you’re depressed”, and nothing has made sense since.

    
    

58. Have you ever been treated like you were invisible? That shit hurts. Especially when it comes from people you know.

    
    

59. Sometimes I’m scared that history will repeat itself, that I won’t be any different from my parents.

    
    

60. Most of my thoughts are dark and self-deprecating. You probably wouldn’t notice, because I’ve learned to hide them.

    
    

61. I told Amma I wanted a coffee machine, and she got me one for my birthday. My heart. Sometimes the only support system you need is your family, and I’m grateful for mine.

    
    

62. “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy