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The Oceans We Reach Across

It was the kind of scorching day where Rou Han expected his skin to blister and crack open. Along with the blessing respite that the holidays brought, he was suddenly…

echo July 13, 2022

Creative Hall Lifestyle Poems

Desire: A Poem Compilation

Broken By Haikal Swiftly, you broke me, Into pieces, my body, My heart, in two, Fragments, swept through. Dangerous for innocence, To play with nonsense. I lost the game of…

echo July 8, 2022

Creative Hall Echo-pella Music

Echo-pella: Songs To Feel Yourself To

Because sometimes you just need to feel sexy and beautiful.

Welcome to another edition of Echo-pella, readers! It’s now the middle of the year, July 1st. As you reflect on what you’ve done for the past 6 months, how do you feel? Do you feel accomplished? Happy? Or maybe it’s disappointment that you haven’t been yourself as of late? Maybe tough exams or social life has made you feel a bit down. In any case, what you need is a confidence boost. Something that recharges your brain and makes it say “I’m going to succeed”. In other words, you need something that’ll make you feel confident and even sexy.

Describing something as “sexy” doesn’t always refer to sexual appeal, by the way. It can also refer to something very exciting or appealing. And if that’s something that you feel the need to embody at the moment, we’ve got a playlist of songs for you to feel yourself to, whether you need a boost to your self-confidence, and yes, a boost in sexual confidence as well. It’s time to love yourself, people!

echo July 1, 2022

Creative Hall Lifestyle Self-help

What I Am: The Multiracial Experience

“What are you?”

This question is far from being unknown to many; an echo that has undulated across one’s recollection of memories and will most likely follow them into their next steps of life. It may seem like an odd query to direct toward another person, but in truth, it is hardly unfamiliar to multiracial or “mixed” people. In itself, the query is dehumanising but puts forth a paradox that may dominate the mixed person’s thoughts and settle down amongst various other doubts as they hesitantly tread the lines between their different cultural identities. Although frequently perceived in a positive light, the multiracial identity comes with its own unique psychological stressors, many of which lead to existential isolation—the feeling that your perspective or experiences are not comprehensible to others.

echo June 29, 2022

Creative Hall Lifestyle Self-help

Mental Health: Don’t Fight Alone

Disclaimer:

The following article discusses topics of a sensitive nature which may be disturbing and/or controversial to some readers. Hence, reader discretion is advised. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the article belong solely to the author and do not reflect Sunway University and Sunway College’s values.

Content warning: Mentions of self-harm and suicide.

echo June 27, 2022

Creative Hall Movies & TV Student Opinions

An Isolation of Intentions: The Villain’s Version

Why are villains so much more exciting compared to heroes? They have backstories and depth, character and intense imaginations. Most importantly, they are flawed, which makes them all the more…

echo June 24, 2022

Books Creative Hall Educational

May Sarton Said That It Was Okay: Turning My Isolation Into Content Solitude

About a year ago now I discovered the writer May Sarton and read her most famous piece of work titled ‘Journal of A Solitude’. It is a collection of her journal entries during her time spent alone in a small town in New Hampshire. Sarton was surrounded by nature and the tranquillity that her isolation has provided her, but there also came inner challenges as they do in whatever situation we humans find ourselves in.

It could not have been a better time for me to have discovered that book, I was at the point in my life where I have fully come to terms with the conditions in which I can grow and blossom. By finding the comfort and peace hidden in the crevices of solitude, it felt like Sarton was dedicating the journal to me, or rather in lesser vain, to people like me. It was a burst of quiet energy- solidifying my love and appreciation for solitude.

echo June 17, 2022

Love and Relationships Movies & TV Student Opinions

Loneliness: An Exploration in Art and Fiction

Although loneliness is often brought up when discussing isolation, they do not hold the same meaning. Isolation, as defined in the Cambridge Dictionary, is “the condition of being alone, especially when this makes you feel unhappy”.