Personal Stories

Di sebuah sudut tenang di Kampung Dua, Jl. Al Falah №52, RT 03/021, Jakasampurna, Bekasi Barat, berdiri sebuah rumah mungil bercat hijau dengan pintu dan jendela putih. Dari luar,

Ever feel like you’re trapped in a bad reality show? Yeah, me too. It all started innocently enough: I wanted my dental records. Simple, right? Turns out, asking for your own information can apparently unleash the kraken.

This isn’t just

Back then, you shaped your public life to please the church. You confessed certain sins, showed certain faith, acted in ways you knew would be accepted by your religious community. Your social survival depended on playing the role correctly.

Today,

As my stay on campus, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife winds down, the memory of my first day on campus flashed back. That very day, I resumed as a tabula rasa, with little or no knowledge about the campus I was

Alright, let’s dive into the world of reproductive health, shall we? Sometimes, our best-laid plans for preventing pregnancy can turn into… well, let’s just say they provide some excellent material for awkward dinner conversations. I’m talking about IUDs, those tiny

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Dear Reader,

“This isn’t an Organized Diary Entry.”

It’s written in the margins of my life—messy, raw, and full of the sharp edges I’ve collected along the way. Moments that bled, burned, and refused to be forgotten. Each chapter is

I’ve always been an insomniac. As a baby, I never took naps and my mom tells me that as a child I took forever to get to sleep. Literally hours. She would hear me reading at night, watching TV, counting,

I could never figure out whether my life pattern was more difficult or more boring.

Was I more foolish or more restless? More worried or more bewildered? Whatever it was, it was always beyond my understanding.

There was mention of

There’s the moment I just sat down and did nothing in my free time. However, there’s a corner in the digital realm where the words don’t just