Who is Claudia Khaw?

What a loaded question.

I'm a lot. I'm many things. I'm more than what I am not. I am a storyteller, a lifelong learner, a journalist, a lover, a person who embraces her thin skin and sensitivity as a strength instead of a weakness, because empathy and softness in a harsh world can be a good thing. I'm a writer in more ways than one because I want to leave traces of myself with immortal words, living on for decades and centuries to come.

I'm Malaysian. I'm a magazine journalism student in the University of Missouri-Columbia. I'm a daughter. I'm a music lover.

I'm a constant reinvention with the same core idealist values.

For what it's worth, I'm an INFP, I'm a Pisces sun, Pisces moon, Gemini rising.

My name is Claudia Khaw. Kuh-loh-dee-ah Khaw. As in raw thaw, saw, law and paw. Welcome to my blog!

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the dilemma of being a writer / / rant, insight

Being a writer is problematic. And I don't mean all the technical errors and stuff--no, no. As excruciating as it is to realize you haven't saved one of your chapters, or having a really annoying and debilitating writer's block that has left your fingers pretty much paralyzed and confused, I'm talking about the reality check. Oh, the horror. Do you know how easy it is to say you're a writer? Oh, yeah, I'm a writer, I write blogs about cars. Yeah, I write fan fictions about K-Pop idols. I'm totally a nerd, I love writing one shots. Oh, I'm a writer, I love to write sad romance fictions and publish it on Wattpad to garner views! (BTW, the last sentence there is essentially the basis my "writer"hood is based on; what an impostor). Well, okay, maybe you do know how easy it is to claim yourself as a writer. Mm. I wish I could say the same. I only recently found out just how many people call themselves writer. I should have k...

i can't, help me // more writing rants

So, if you've read my last blog, you'll know about the whole writing thing, and the $100 bucks and everything. I agreed. Because I want the money. Sue me. And I'm a writer, I can just cough up some 10-chaptered 12,000 worded story right up, can't I? It can be shitty, I shouldn't care; good book, bad book, I get the $100 all the same. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ But noooo, apparently, I can't. I can't just write a shitty book. I mean, yeah, it's underdeveloped and shit, but I'm pretty sure all writers agree, when y'all start writing a book, creating them universes, and also all those little characters, they start doing crazy things all on their own. It's not just me, right? I just can't. Once, my English teacher told me to leave a piece of me in everything that I do, and that I do everything with passion. And I do, I really do. So, I can't just write something without putting passion into it. I'm a huge believe or doing what you love, lovi...

eat at 18 review // foodie

(Hello readers! Before I begin with the actual contents of this blog, I wanted to quickly say, wow, I haven't posted in such a long time, but I'm back now and I have a new idea for this blog; I'm going to start a new segment called foodie . Unoriginal, I know, but essentially, that's all there is to it. I love food, I love eating it, I love taking pictures of it, I love talking about it. Alright, so foodie is pretty self-explanatory, right? Therefore I won't waste too much time explaining what it is, and instead let's just jump right into it.) Eat at 18 is an extraordinary cafe located in the heart of Malacca, a state in Malaysia and just today I had the immense pleasure of visiting it and here is what I have to say about it. Malacca is a historical city and the famous tourist magnet known as Jonker Walk has a bunch of really interesting buildings, some of them dating back to the 17th century. A lot of these shop lots have very narrow entrances but are very...

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