Galaxy Garden
Galaxy Garden
Helen Chong
Hello! Welcome to my personal blog! I am Helen Chong, a Millennial queer, autistic and visually impaired Malaysian Chinese person who goes by they/them or she/her pronouns. This blog is available in the following languages: English, 简体中文
Latest Posts
Grandmother's Death Anniversary and Tomb Sweeping Permalink to section 'Grandmother's Death Anniversary and Tomb Sweeping' # We had two busy weekends in a row, due to Qingming Festival and my paternal grandmother's death anniversary....
Eid al-Fitr 2026 Permalink to section 'Eid al-Fitr 2026' # Happy Eid al-Fitr to those who celebrate! While I am not a Muslim, I live in a majorly-Muslim country, so Eid al-Fitr is an official holiday, though here in Malaysia, Eid Mubarak...
I was officially diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) on 30 November 2024 when seeing an eye doctor, then I wrote a post about living with RP in December. On 12 March 2026, 15 months after my initial RP diagnosis, I went to see...
International Women's Day and Women's March Malaysia 2026 Permalink to section 'International Women's Day and Women's March Malaysia 2026' # Happy International Women's Day! International Women's Day also means the day the annual Women's...
It is March now, and today being March 1 also means it is Zero Discrimination Day. Returning to School After Lunar New Year Break Permalink to section 'Returning to School After Lunar New Year Break' # After taking one week off to...
One of my uncles is taking care of our family durian plantation, with a dog he rescued as a stray a year ago and named Bak Baan after the mahjong tile 白板. My parents and I met Bak Baan for the first time in 2025's Lunar New Year. When we...
Preparing to Celebrate Lunar New Year Permalink to section 'Preparing to Celebrate Lunar New Year' # This was the final week before Lunar New Year! As per tradition, my family and I have been preparing to celebrate Lunar New Year, by...
My Student Showcase Presentation Permalink to section 'My Student Showcase Presentation' # My school, 42 Malaysia, just held a roadshow event on Tuesday and Wednesday. Two weeks ago, I and two other classmates were invited by my school's...
Preparing for Student Showcase Presentation Permalink to section 'Preparing for Student Showcase Presentation' # I mentioned in my previous weekly recap post that I and two other classmates were invited by the campus staff of my school,...
Inspired by the weekly and monthly recap posts by other bloggers, I decided to start writing such form of blog posts myself as a way to share what I have been up to, and interesting things I have discovered. Quarterly School Gathering...
2025 is coming to an end. I do not typically plan new year resolutions, because the older I got, the more aware I am of how unpredictable the future can be, and unexpected things that can disrupt our plan can happen anytime. That does...
Having to endure an unscheduled water supply cut that lasted more than a day was not in my 2025 bingo card, let alone having to experience it twice in the same year. In late May, my house experienced the longest unexpected water supply...
On 6 October 2025, I returned to school by officially attending the core programme of my local campus of 42 the computer science school, after having passed the school's 26-day bootcamp named the Piscine in May. On 16 October 2025, I...
19 September 2025 marks the first anniversary of my membership of omg.lol, a web platform consists of various services. Happy omg.lol Birthday to me! 🥳 On this day in 2024, I joined omg.lol after successfully bidding a lifetime...
Ever since I met my uncle's dog, Bak Baan, for the first time in late January 2025 during Lunar New Year, seeing Bak Baan has become what I look forward to most when we visit our family's durian plantation, for which my uncle is the main...