My polaroid photo album because it has pictures of people, pets, lived experiences that made me happy when I was struggling with life.

And my Lord of the Rings Medal that I received when completing a work-out challenge from a company called The Conqueror Challenge. I was going through a breakup and was dealing with depression that time; depression made me rot in bed all day with no motivation to do anything. But I still needed to get my body moving, so I paid the company $50 to help me motivate me to work out because I wanted the medal; it has a really nice design and I’m a LOTR fan. Now, I view the medal as resilience.

Oh, thank you for this interesting perspective! It’s kind of rare for me to hear people to say that they like their jobs because many of them despise what they do because (most of the time) of unfair compensation and unfulfillment in life. Also because negativity shows up more often on social media.

Being single makes me happy. I used to want a bf because of loneliness but after my 1st relationship, it traumatized the hell out of me. 2 and a half years of crying myself to sleep. Never fucking again. It made me scared to date people because I don’t want to feel that much pain ever again. Also seeing and growing up with parents with a unhealthy relationship made me wanna reconsider if I wanna find a bf and get married.

I so much calmer, happier, and more content than ever. I proved to myself that I can rise above the hell I survived and be okay by myself. I was able to find new friends, develop new hobbies, learn a lot about myself and the world. I like being single; no one is cheating on you, no stress, no drama about a partner. I am at peace.

Yes. I was in an unhealthy relationship that wasn’t making me happy. I had to decide to let him go and let him heal his depression/life issues alone in his own way which was the right thing to do (I tried encouraging him to go to therapy, but he didn’t want to). Or stay in the relationship trying to fix him because I loved him so much that which was how I felt (I was the fixer of the relationship trying to patch his wounds). He told me he wanted to break up with me first because he knew the relationship was taking a toll on both of us due to his depression, family, and financial issues.

Being annoyed by my friends who can’t put their phones down when I’m trying to talk to them because they are doomscrolling on TikTok. Oh and disliking the brainrot that is on TikTok and Instagram. Just hating TikTok.

Terrible Reddit experience; I still wanted to answer questions because of boredom just not on Reddit. Long story short, I experienced a romance scam/sextortion where a Reddit user manipulated me into sexting him by being my “friend” and he knew I was at a vulnerable place in my life because I told him that I was healing from a breakup since I genuinely thought he wanted to help and get to know me—he figured that I was lonely and hurt. Thankfully, I was quick enough to stop the convo before he threatened me to send him money or other things. Lesson learned.

Hollow is a song title by an EDM artist named Dabin and has themes about loneliness, emptiness, and inner turmoil. Also depression makes me feel hollow. V is the first letter of my first name.

Here’s the song: https://youtu.be/K-AD0iMs_ak

Arduino Elegoo starter kit. It’s a kit for beginners who want to learn robotics. I wanted to learn programming for fun since I recently took an interest in electronics/engineering because I wanted to craft things that move and build R2D2 and BB8 in the future. But to do that, I need to learn the fundamentals.

Taekwondo

Vincent Van Gogh, Hong Sung Dam (Korean Minjing Artist; I’m not sure if he endured a hard life himself, but he did make artworks depicting the emotional turmoil Korean people endured due to oppression, dictatorship, and unfair human rights. Look up artworks: 10:20am April, 2024 (2016), Sound of the Last Breathing (2016), and Night Shift)

Might as well include every Hobbit and elf in the Tolkien universe to the list, too! Living in The Shire would be nice :)

I told him that I liked him more than a friend a couple months ago. Ended in a friend-zone 💀 . We both agreed that it’s best for us to be just friends because of timing. He works a lot and does school full time, so he’s not gonna be able to prioritize me. I (still) find him attractive, but he helped me dodge a bullet in saving me from another heartbreak.

The ability to not give a fuck about what others think about them, showing people close to them that they care about them and tries to help out anyway that they can, showing appreciation when someone does something for them.

I see these qualities in my (guy) friend which is why I had a crush on him. Also he kinda looks like Leon Kennedy sooo…👀

Samwise Gamgee, Gandalf, and Aragorn from LOTR. Or just basically every sage/wise archetype character in stories. Need their wisdom to help me get thru life to prevent me from falling into another depressive episode.

R2D2. Would like a robot friend that makes funny beeps and boops sounds so I won’t be sad 24/7.

Leon Kennedy from Resident Evil (game), Dante and Vergil from Devil May Cry (game). They seem cool and are badass.

Ohh. Whoops, I misread your question. In that case, also no. They usually use words to tell me to keep close majority of the time when I was a kid. I wasn’t the type of child that would run off whenever I wanted because I would listen to them (their scoldings, warnings about stranger danger). As I grew up, they trusted me enough to let me wander around at an event we were at or something by myself because they knew when and where I would report back. Basically, I was responsible enough at a young age.

No, not that I remember. It’s not that they don’t love each other; they do. It’s just that they show it differently through actions rather than physical touch. My parents are Chinese; physical touch isn’t that common in East Asia. And their parents (aka my grandparents) didn’t show them love through that way, so I grew up mostly receiving love through actions, too like my mom buying/cutting fruits while I’m studying.

A friend of mine got me interested in playing Tamagochi (Paradise). You can get the latest release on Amazon, though it’s more expensive than older gens.

Idk if you like building stuff, but I collect cardboard from packages and turn them into 3D weapons. I do the same with recyclable trash. I take garbage and make art out of it, usually making sci-fi spaceships. And I put them on display around the house. To me, it’s very fun and my absolute favorite hobby.

Nichijou! It’s wacky, funny, and out-of-the ordinary slice of life anime. Anyone can watch it.

My hobby is building cosplay weapons/props or just building shit in general. I get to look at the thing I made and go “holy shit, I made that with my crafting skills and my own 2 hands!”. I made Guts’s sword from Berserk before and I get to swing it around. I tend to enjoy hobbies that requires hands-on work the most like woodworking, helping my dad fix engines/car/boat stuff, playing with legos, and such.

It challenges my creativity because I also like doing prop design in visual development/drawing/illustration. So when I design my own weapon(s) and I can make it into 3D art for display. My whole room will be filled with cardboard swords and guns one day.

Any (shounen) anime opening/ending songs- One piece, Naruto, Fairy Tail, Angel Beats, Noragami. Yu-Gi-Oh (dub) doesn’t have any lyrics, but it still goes hard AF even after 15+ years.