Hi. I'm Seventh. In real life, I tend to jump from one topic to another in conversations. This blog is the same thing, except no one can interrupt me. Las...
One of the things I think I parented right was starting our Kiddo(11) late on screentime and online gaming in general, and then limiting it. He developed many hobbies and interests offline before he developed a taste for doomscrolling. When out, he likes integrating himself with other kids instead of choosing the screen. He is still up to date with the internet memes and latest roblox/minecraft…
There was a holiday disaster: Book: Flesh by David Szalay Here’s what happened: In 2025, only 2% of the books I finished were physical books. The rest were e-books on my Kindle or from Everand. And technically, it doesn’t matter as long as I’m reading, right? Except I had been in a reading slump like no other. My usual strategy of changing genres would normally work until it didn’t. I think I was…
I started receiving Reddit DMs from people asking for advice about a topic I had commented on a while ago. At first, I assumed it was just one person Googling, finding an old thread, and messaging me for more information. Fair enough. But after a series of new messages over the span of two months, I started wondering where they were coming from. So, I Googled my username and discovered that the…
Our standing date nights are always on Saturdays. Sometimes we have a destination in mind, but most of the time, we just roll the dice and see what hits our mood that night. The advantage of living near Kuala Lumpur is that you can decide to go out at 10pm and still have things to do. Or eat. There was a rave street party happening in the middle of the city. A government-sponsored one at that.…
In the 90s, our library didn't carry the chaptered English books I wanted to read and purchasing books can be costly. There was, however, a little store called "Rent A Book" which is what it was: you can rent the books. It was marginally cheaper I suppose because my dad would take me there every Saturday and as a voracious reader, I would finish all 10 books by Thursday. As a kid, he had taught…
I am self-aware enough to know that I have been using my anaemic episodes to fill in the lull in conversations, especially with new people. It's my attempt to be a “pick me” girl by telling people how I literally had to be picked up. Perhaps it is also my attempt to come to terms with how embarrassing the situation was. I should preface this by saying I do not make it a habit to pass out. It was…
52 Books in 52 Weeks Every year, I try to read 52 books. Even though for the last 3 years I have hit over 100 books, I still tell myself this year: 52 books. For 2026, I am trying to read more Sci-Fi and Horror genres. I am not even going to attempt by saying “This is the year I will like High Fantasy” because that is a big ask. We will try to fit it in at least one. As for romance, I have…
To be fair, I barely remember full episodes of Malcom In The Middle. It’s interesting how your memory decides to create its own fan edits from your favourite scenes but I do not remember the show having crude humour. I think I may have mistaken it for a Disney show(Even Stevens?) or maybe I'm just watching it from a different perspective now. When my 11yo kid pointed at it on Disney+ and said “Can…
Three. Zero. Congratulations to me. When I first got on dial up in 1996, my parents genuinely had no idea what they were exposing their 9 year old latchkey child to. The internet raised me because I was on the World Wide Web every single day. Ask Jeeves, Yahoo Answers, and LiveJournal taught me English and diversity. There was no supervision, of course. Rule34 was just part of the culture that you…