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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

“I never spend more than one hour in a gallery. That is as long as one’s power of appreciation persists.” - The Razor’s Edge #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

In love with the Chinese word for Thank You - Xie Xie. It's the cutest thing, makes you want to thank people 😄

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I didn't read for the last 10 days and it feels like deviating from the marked trail and getting lost in the forest. #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The hard truth is that all the optimism, dreams, wisdom, courage and determination go out of the window when you're in the middle of a bad health flare. All I can do is to tread water to not sink further.

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Tried Dragon Fruit for the first time. Here are my important thoughts - Taste: Not bad, not too sweet, hits the right spot. Texture: Like a Kiwi. Nutritional profile: Great! Anyone can have it. Looks: What a color! All other fruits would be envious. Name: Just the coolest ever!

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

No one is going to come between me and my coffee.

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Duolingo says that the French word for happy is ‘content’ and I think that's beautiful.

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Got emotionally fatigued with all the deaths and suffering and bad news on my usual sub reddits. Decided to visit r/cats as a safe and cheerful option. First post: Cute cat pic. Second post: Young cat being put down due to uncurable issue 😞

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

There are two types of people in the world - those whole Tokyo and those who love Kyoto. Iykyk.

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Had a hard-hitting realization that almost all your friends were your friends (only) because you added something to their social profile. It's so deeply ingrained in their subconscious that they don't even realize it.

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thought-provoking just doesn't cut it anymore, I am looking for evolution-provoking books 😊 Next read - The Razor's Edge #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It was sad to read through The death of Ivan Ilyich which dealt with the pain and suffering of end of life matters. Yes, the protagonist had regrets about living his life wrong, but one way or the other, I think everyone feels the same. It's his physical suffering that just rattled me #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's hard to leave a place behind where you have built beautiful memories. More bitter than sweet. You don't know yet how the future would be, but the past has been great.

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Took me much longer to finish reading Steppenwolf. I feel the book's message is truly powerful but it kept getting lost for me in the whole fantasy world narrative. Some reads are probably better with weed :-) Anyway, my takeaway is to dance and laugh more! Tolstoy next! #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.” - Steppenwolf #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“The universe is a cruel, uncaring void. The key to being happy isn't a search for meaning. It's to just keep yourself busy with unimportant nonsense, and eventually, you'll be dead." BoJack Horseman isn't just a good dark comedy show, it's my perpetual support system to feel less alone. #TVSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

None of us intellectuals is at home in reality. We are strange to it and hostile. - Steppenwolf #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The recycling center is placing too much trust on my ability to distinguish aluminum from steel

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I can't believe that older generations didn't talk about what a wild, turbulent and distressing ride peri-menopause is. Grateful to all who worked hard to bring in awareness. It doesn't mean that we have solutions, but at least a hypothesis of what the problem could be. #dailylife

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke - Steppenwolf #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"Whoever strives in endless endeavor, Him can we redeem." - Faust #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Watching LIB Sweden where a girl does carpentry, boxing, dancing etc, outside of her regular job. I am wondering from my couch what it feels like to have energy. I had to move mountains today to do dishes. Dealing with health issues is hard. Sending best wishes to all who are going through it.

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My book is ready for pick up at the library. Yayyyyyyy!!!! This will be my first Tolstoy. Why do I feel the horizons are to get widened, or am I expecting too much?! #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“ Yes, I understood the invitation to madness and the jettison of reason and the escape from the clogs of convention in surrender to the unbridled surge of spirit and fantasy.” - Steppenwolf What a prose! #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

For the first time in my life I had the courage to work out in front of the gym’s mirror. Watch out world! Me and my 5 lbs dumbbells are coming for you! What is the ‘first time ever’ you are excited about?

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Now attempting to read Steppenwolf #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Unbearable Lightness of Being was a difficult read. I was mad at needy Teresa, she didn't love Tomas. I shouted at Tomas for not leaving Teresa, laughed at the foolishness of Franz. The only character that made sense was Sabina. Life is meaningless anyway so just live in your void #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Sometimes weeks go by and you realize there's no one who asked you how it went. Even if you are surrounded with people, are they really curious about you? The night time loneliness hits different. Maybe the whole life will go this way and no one other than me will know how it went. And it's ok.

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

No better joy than going to the library and picking up your new book #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Purged my old diaries and entered into a new side of existence crisis. The confidence and ambition of achieving all dreams was just the arrogance of youth. Old friendships have faded away into oblivion after promises of being friends forever.

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"But when the strong were too weak to hurt the weak, the weak had to be strong to leave" - The unbearable lightness of being #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Excited about my next read - 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' by Milan Kundera #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The Tunnel was an interesting read. Deep glimpse into the psyche of obsession and emotional dependence. This kind of toxic 'love' is an abyss, once you fall, it's difficult to climb out of it. Worse, you don't realize you're into this free fall till the hit to absolute rock bottom. #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

"Usually the feeling of being alone in the world is accompanied by a condescending sense of superiority. I do not fear solitude; it is almost Olympian." - The Tunnel #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

"Even when you think a person hasn't the slightest trace of vanity, suddenly you discover it in its most subtle form: the vanity of modesty." The Tunnel by Ernesto Sabato #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Finished reading the Tartar Steppe. My takeaway - Drogo preferred the military routine on an isolated fort over facing the responsibilities of real life. Fear of change is THAT hard. The promise of potential glory and the illusion of youth kept him hooked. So many lessons learned from this. #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Things that I look forward to - 1) Coffee in the morning 2) Books in the night 3) Music all day long

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My review of A Hero of Our Own Times - Impressive piece of Russian Lit. You have a protagonist who is self aware but cures his boredom by treating people as experiments. Intelligence without purpose isn't meaningful. But was it his circumstances or own will that made him this way? #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A girl to her long parted lover - “Perhaps that is why you have still loved me. Joy one forgets, but sorrow never.” A Hero of Our Own Times #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It's truly important to trust your body and remember your resilience while recovering. The mind makes the process incredibly hard. The tug-of-war continues. #FeverishThoughts

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Trying to find the positives each day. Currently in a 2+ hr wait at Urgent Care, but at least I can read my book

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Ah! The 5 mins after having my morning coffee when I feel everything is alright in the world and everything will be OK.

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"However large the heart, it hardens at last, and the soul becomes insensible" - A Hero of our own times #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I was just told by my friend that I don't have enough depth (ya right!) to read 'The Brothers' right away and I should dabble with other Russian literature first, and when the time's right, I will get to reading this epic. Wow, a book so iconic that it is the barometer to review people? #booksky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Now reading - A hero of our own times by Mikhail Lermontov #BookSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Reading Exhalation made me respect Villeneuve even more because he transformed a story of similar level into an epic in the movie Arrival. One of the few cases where I think the movie was better than the book. #BookSky #MovieSky

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Aurum Ahina @aurumahina.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Finished reading Exhalation. Appreciated the scientific details, however, I felt the stories didn't create enough tension/stakes for me to really ponder over the questions being raised. There wasn't a stance taken by the characters either which I can debate. #BookSky

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