Nimna's Bubble

The song "Sorry, I'm Happy" by DAVICHI, holds a special place in my heart. I was in 9th grade when I first heard it. As I watched the music video, I fell in love with it instantly. The song is about a girl who has broken up with her lover, and how she's trying to find happiness again. However, the meaning is not quite the reason why I love this song. The music video is about two friends traveling in beautiful Budapest, the capital of Hungary. They laugh & goof around, talk to strangers, eat good food & have lots of fun. Watching it made me want to travel there with a best friend, and I still dream of it whenever I listen to this song. Every time I go home late at night, I listen to this song. As I'm looking outside the window, watching the hustle of the city, all the city lights at night, I pretend that I'm traveling in Europe. It's such a beautiful, overwhelming feeling. The melody gives me this feeling of ecstatic happiness, and it makes me want ...

  I didn't have any idea about what it means to have self-love until a couple of years ago. As I'm growing up into an adult, I keep learning about it day by day. To me, self-love is accepting myself as I am. It's not the easiest thing to do, and I don't think I'll ever reach a state of loving myself 100%, as it's a really idealistic state. But every day, I try. From things like my curly hair which gets messy all the time, and my face which often gets scarred from acne, my habit of overthinking every small thing, and from every insecurity I have I try to find reasons to love myself. I think I've grown into a person with much confidence, compared to the past.  Self-love isn't about being selfish, though it might seem like that to some people. What I've realized is the more you find value within yourself, the circle of people you associate yourself with gets smaller. The people who secretly took advantage of your previous state start accusing you of bei...

  I celebrated my 21st birthday on February 22nd of 2024. So, I decided to invite my friends over for lunch. It was planned to be held on the day after so on my actual birthday, I went grocery shopping with my dad to buy all the ingredients we needed. The next day, I wore a pastel green frock with white flowers designed on it. Then with a couple of my friends, I went to the Rajapaksha Park in Negombo to take some pictures. I was going for a cute picnic kind of vibe, and the greenery of the park blended with it beautifully. While one friend was helping me with the pictures, others surprised me with a bouquet of flowers. I loved it so much, as it was the first time someone had gifted me flowers.  We spent about 2 hours in the park and went home as the other friends had already arrived. I was so happy to see some of them after a long time, and even my long-distance friend visited me. We decorated the table for the cake cutting with some sweets and other snacks. As everyone sang t...

  Feeling nostalgic over small things in life is a normal state that everyone goes through. When it comes to me, being nostalgic feels like a personal character trait of me. I always find myself reminiscing about my life as a kid & especially, my teen-hood. For me, nostalgia is divided into 2 parts: life before the pandemic & after it. Up to 2019, it's about the things I used to eat, watching High School Musical & other teen movies, songs I listened to while daydreaming about the person I liked, reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and all the fun stuff I used to do with my friends. Every now and then, I turn the pages of the old diaries of my 13-year-old self and have a good chuckle. I also went through the typical emo phase every teenage girl goes through, and it's so fun to remember all the stupid & cringy things I used to do & say. I adore that version of myself so dearly, and I desperately wish to return to that time. Because that period is the only thing I ca...

  I can't consider myself a very stylish person, but I do care about it to a certain extent. Every year when I look back on the pictures that were taken the previous year, I can spot the mistakes I made when it comes to appearance. Recently when I did a wardrobe clean-up, I ended up throwing away so many pieces of clothing that were piled up in there for so many years. Most of them were bought 4-5 years ago. My taste in clothes was absolutely horrible as a teenager. Over the years I've learnt my lessons by cringing as I look at my old pictures. So here are some tips that I figured out to recognize my personal style. 1. Trends  Trying to follow various clothing trends was one of the biggest mistakes I made as a middle schooler. Most of those trends didn't suit my body type or skin color. Following trends didn't make me look like a stylish person, instead, they made my appearance bad & made me insecure. Instead of buying the trendiest piece on the market, it's imp...

  As a university student, I hardly have free time to waste. But when I do, I'd like to do nothing & just lay around. Some might say you should find a useful hobby to do in your free time. But I think it's okay to just do nothing sometimes. Once a week, I take a day to make myself into a sloth. When I end up sleeping 'till the afternoon, it automatically becomes an unproductive day. Because after I wake up, I have no energy to do anything even though I just got hours of sleep. I mostly just lay on my bed, on the couch, and sometimes even on the floor, watching random videos on YouTube. I mostly listen to crime podcasts. I know I've had enough of screen time when my eyes start to hurt. Then I switch to my adult coloring book while listening to music.  Sometimes I do karaoke, but I get bored really quick. I also play games & watch my comfort shows over & over again. And when I feel too lazy to move a single muscle, I just stare into space & do nothing. Som...

  Traveling by train has become a daily routine for me since last October. I take the 6.30-morning train to attend the university every day. It's been the thing that I look forward to most. My first mission after getting on the train is to find a window seat. It isn't very crowded at 6.30, so I usually have no problem finding the perfect seat. Then I plug in my headphones and play music while enjoying my ride. This is actually what makes the journey fun. The morning breeze hits my face & I get to watch the beautiful sunrise most of the day. It feels so refreshing & never fails to bring a smile to my face instantly. I even have a separate music playlist for train rides & I listen to it every day, & most days I enjoy the ride so much that I don't even notice that I've arrived at my destination. Traveling by train is less of a hassle compared to the bus, & it's less exhausting. However, it can be quite bothersome on rainy days as the trains get late...

   I love playing games online to kill my time. There are thousands of games on the internet that match your tastes. My preference is games with simple interfaces. Games that have complex interfaces overwhelm me easily. I love replaying games I used to play as a kid, no matter how simple & childish they might seem.   Papa's Wingeria from Papa's Cooking Game series is my favorite game at the moment. Just like any other cooking game, I just have to take the customer's order & prepare a plate of delicious chicken wings. I really love the animation style & the music of it.   The City Island series is also really fun for me. I'm currently playing the 6th one from the series. My favorite thing about that is, how easy it is to earn money from all the commercial buildings compared to other versions.   Angry Bird is another one, and I'm playing the second season right now. The interface & the music have drastically changed compared to older versions. Thou...

    Out of all the movies we've watched in our lives, we all have that one movie that made us go "I think my brain chemistry just changed". To me, it's the movie 'Little Women' , 2019 version by Greta Gerwig. It's adapted from a classic English story by the author  Louisa May Alcott that most of us grew up reading. It follows the story of four March sisters Meg, Jo, Amy & Beth who navigate the challenges of growing up during the Civil War in America. It's a story about the complexities of sisterhood, adulthood, love & ambition that left a lasting impression on me.   As a girl, all the characters of the four sisters feel really relatable but Jo March's character hits a little too close to home for me. She's the tom-boyish second sister who's the heart & soul of the story. Her ambition & passion to be a writer, her fierce persona & the will to live her life the way she wants have empowered so many young women including my...

     Participating in my first-ever outdoor concert event was one of my biggest challenges in 2023.   It all started when my friend contacted me saying that a friend of hers was looking for a female vocalist for a concert event. So I contacted the said person, and it turns out he was a keyboardist for an acoustic band called "RAVANA". Apparently, the concert was due within a week, and their current vocalist was unable to participate. I felt this might be a great opportunity to gain some experience, so I agreed to join them for the event.     However, there were some challenges I had to face. First of all, it was supposed to be an outdoor concert, meaning I had to actually perform on stage & actively entertain a crowd. That wasn't something I'd ever done before, and I have performance anxiety to a certain degree. You can't just stand there and sing a song; you have to interact with the crowd as much as possible and make them want to sing & dance with...

Everyone feels negative emotions as humans. But we often stigmatize such emotions and judge people when they express them. We tend to justify anger & sadness, but when it comes to jealousy or being envious, we suppress them because we feel ashamed & guilty for having those thoughts. We hide those feelings, not wanting to be the 'jealous guy' & refuse to acknowledge them. And we unknowingly end up projecting those feelings towards others, & harm them with our words & actions. So how do we get rid of these 'negative feelings'? In my opinion, there is no such thing as negative emotions. But there are negative actions that can be a result of an emotion. Even chasing too much happiness can be a problem for someone's growth. For example, if you quit a challenge the moment you feel stressed, you won't be able to live a fulfilling life because you are missing out on opportunities to make your life better. And feelings like anger can be a cause of a g...

  One of my favorite memories from last year is being able to watch the concert documentary of my favorite artist Agust D , also known as SUGA from BTS. He's a powerful rapper, a genius songwriter & a producer who's known to create heartfelt music with deep meanings & express raw emotional aspects of life & mental health struggles. The movie is about his concert tour 'D-day' which is based on his first album 'D-day' & his previous projects 'Agust D' & 'D-2'.  The decision to go to the movie came at the last moment because I didn't have anyone to go with. Luckily I found a friend through Instagram who was also planning to go to the movie alone. So I booked my seat next to her. We went to the PVR cinema theater at One Gall Face Mall. I was so excited because I'd been wanting to watch the movie so bad, and this was the first time I got to meet my friend, Sayuri. We bought some snacks for the movie & went inside the t...

  I don't consider myself an ultimate anime fan, but once in a while, when I stumble upon a good one, I immediately become obsessed with it. Romantic Killer is by far the best anime I've watched. Given the animation style and the plot, it is definitely the best modern romance anime. Romantic Killer   is originally a Japanese manga  series written and illustrated by Wataru Momose, which was adapted into an original net animation & was released on Netflix in October of 2022. The series revolves around the main character Anzu Hoshino, a high school girl with zero interest in romance, and a wizard named Riri who's trying to drag her into a series of real-life events that resemble typical rom-com dating games & movies.  Anzu's character feels so relatable to me personally. She's a no-nonsense, independent, blunt girl living her best life with her 3 obsessions; video games, chocolate & cats. The only kind of boys she's interested in are her favorite video ...

One of the crucial things you start to worry about when stepping into adulthood is money. The first big-girl  job I had was in February of last year. After lounging around and doing aimless things after my A/Ls for almost a year, I felt the need to be a responsible adult and try to take care of my things at least until university started.  So, I went to an interview for a bookshop near me and luckily, they hired me right away because they were short on staff. Under the supervision of an old worker, I started my training right away. The work was pretty easy & I worked from 9 am to 7 pm. In the first week, I worked as a sales assistant, and I had to learn about all the types of stationaries & books that were available in the store. Then I became a trainee cashier in a short time. It was a big responsibility because I had to handle the money & settle all the cash reports at the end of the day. There were small mishaps here & there, but since I'm a quick learner I ...