<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Lusu Mwah]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's go beyond the box. Come along with me on the journey of my life through my lens, into my thoughts, and then down into the valleys of my heart <3]]></description><link>https://www.lusumwah.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 23:04:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.lusumwah.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Life After a Biotech Degree: Your Guide to Grad School in Japan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Choosing to study biotech for my undergraduate degree was one of the best decisions I've ever made. It allowed me to tap into a molecular universe I had never imagined before, quenching my curiosity whilst equipping me with the tools to one day solve mysteries in uncured diseases. That was the goal I had before pursuing my degree. You may have a similar or slightly different goal, but I believe the biotech degree is well-rounded and robust enough to satisfy our goals, despite the slight...]]></description><link>https://www.lusumwah.com/post/life-after-a-biotech-degree-your-guide-to-grad-school-in-japan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68941f1ce597530529f2fcaf</guid><category><![CDATA[Grad School]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 06:38:55 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lusu Mwah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is a Broken Soul]]></title><description><![CDATA[Faces at a Festival Who amongst us is whole? Let them pick up a stone and judge us all.   What is it like to live life with a heart unexpressed but praised for its mysteriousness? That is a question for which its answer I will never know. My soul meditates on things too complicated. It thirsts for a connection that my generation mocks. We rave over individuality but conform to ideals that make clones of us all.  Our intentions are buried beneath fear. Fear that we mask as nonchalance but call...]]></description><link>https://www.lusumwah.com/post/here-is-a-broken-soul</link><guid isPermaLink="false">687b83541c88fb1454d99026</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetic Reflections]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2025 11:51:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d09c76_c60d69990a1d44b092e42178c4ee2027~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lusu Mwah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Weight of Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Heart Like Mine I love too much, and that’s the issue. Or is it?   If you were to walk the path I have, you would notice that the choices I had were to die or to love. It would have been easier to die. I contemplated it, metaphorically and literally. I was enticed by the relief it would bring as its lullabies would sing me to sleep. But for some reason, I’d choose the weight of love. Over and over again.   Forgiveness would strip me of the entitlement I thought I deserved. The fortified...]]></description><link>https://www.lusumwah.com/post/the-weight-of-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">686bb2ba9843a7afff06580c</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetic Reflections]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:52:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d09c76_5f8dd4fc8a5440d89a1e04c2f44c2923~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lusu Mwah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unfinished]]></title><description><![CDATA[An unfinished art piece, for an unfinished project. An unfinished project, by an invaluable heavy heart... weighed down by the gravity of scars— no, stars, encountering a transformation that will lead to a supernova. But here I am, unfinished still Unfinished, like a thought at the tip of the tongue, like a dream interrupted by an alarm like a life that never knew love. Unfinished. A poem I wrote around  February 3rd 2025]]></description><link>https://www.lusumwah.com/post/unfinished</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6799951a3abb928033842041</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetic Reflections]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:42:29 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lusu Mwah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pursuit of Perfection]]></title><description><![CDATA[Perfection is a mirage that burdens the souls of many. It is an idea imposed that consumes and leaves a valley of dry bones. It is a lie that we try to attain for our pride. Self-portrait " I will never be perfect." I would remind myself as tears navigated the crevices of my face. These words, in one form or another, rang true and would dissect any wholeness. "If I attain this, I will sustain that." The calculus of perfection had me solving for Collatz conjecture, forgetting the fact that I...]]></description><link>https://www.lusumwah.com/post/the-pursuit-of-perfection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67d37cd8d1228a36c72d93f0</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetic Reflections]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 04:51:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d09c76_eaff7d082af0468d91177edead665cb4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lusu Mwah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Sickness of the Heart.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lord, my heart drowns in sorrow's tide. How long must your children have to suffer and hide? Twisted are the hearts of Men! They only look out for themselves and wound innocent children. Children who must now take on roles they weren't meant to carry at such a tender age! A sickness plagues my generation! A SICKNESS OF THE HEART. People's intentions are only for their pleasure. They serve themselves as gods of their own! The pearls they cherish, bright yet hollow Are chains of pride they...]]></description><link>https://www.lusumwah.com/post/a-sickness-of-the-heart</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67a2c06d5b810ca457d61c3b</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetic Reflections]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 03:16:14 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lusu Mwah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wrestle on!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey guys, Today's post is slightly different from those I have been uploading since the beginning of this new year. It's currently 10:04, and the sun is shining ever so brightly, warming the room, my hands, and my face. I am present in this moment, and it is very enjoyable. For that, I am grateful. Sometimes, one gets caught up either in the past or the future, and one does not realise the importance of the now. I would say that I was caught up in the past. Overwhelmed by it all, it...]]></description><link>https://www.lusumwah.com/post/wrestle-on</link><guid isPermaLink="false">679043f1b30613c67f971097</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetic Reflections]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 06:37:24 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lusu Mwah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rhythm of Fear]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jeopardy The waves are crashing onto the edge of the boat. Enough to make my heart dance out of sync. This is a rhythm I am unfamiliar with but know all too well. I try to tell myself to breathe and that all will be okay. But will it? I change my focus from the waves to the sky, but still, I see the same hue of blue as the sun whispers goodbye. How will I make it through the night? The winds grow loud and furious like monsters of the abyss. Fear sets the tempo of this rhythm, and my heart...]]></description><link>https://www.lusumwah.com/post/the-rhythm-of-fear</link><guid isPermaLink="false">678747775b11dd3b825b983c</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetic Reflections]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:14:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d09c76_dfc497e524894ae291cc90b27cfd4143~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lusu Mwah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hearts' Place]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Thinker, The heart is a complex organ, and its concept even more so. It wants, desires, and burns. It hopes, loves, and breaks. Life is the experience of the heart. However long, however short. Our biological hearts have a specific place in the body, positioned for a particular purpose. What of our conceptual hearts? I find that I have placed my heart in a billion places in hopes that that was the specific position for a particular purpose. But Alas, it suffocated. There are things we...]]></description><link>https://www.lusumwah.com/post/the-hearts-place</link><guid isPermaLink="false">677a6a9f02be392c9261dfee</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetic Reflections]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 03:16:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d09c76_e51ac119b4d04e1db031fd3baeda0c19~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lusu Mwah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Girl and the Sea ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Girl and the Sea Dear Thinker, It is the first day of the New Year, and I have a whole bundle of emotions as I look into the vast possibilities that await me. The cold breeze stings my ears, and my mind is yet to stop as the dopamine influx urges me to dive. I am right at the edge, overthinking, overanalysing, criticising, reflecting, processing. What should I do to make me better? How can I be the best version of myself? If I work myself until I am all but bones, does that mean I did...]]></description><link>https://www.lusumwah.com/post/the-girl-and-the-sea</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67752e982232decda575c0e6</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetic Reflections]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 13:51:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d09c76_c32b45782ba140ff9b32687ddf50cbe8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lusu Mwah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Get into Graduate School ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deciding to pursue a Masters or PhD is an easy choice to make. However, working on your Masters or PhD is one of the most challenging...]]></description><link>https://www.lusumwah.com/post/how-to-get-into-graduate-school</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6687a60b2f958ce2ed4618bc</guid><category><![CDATA[Grad School]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 01:11:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d09c76_d12a5486347240818d8092cf4b97595e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lusu Mwah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm Back, and I am here to stay!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello World, it has been a whole minute. I completely forgot I had a blog until two months ago. Since then, I have been working to get it...]]></description><link>https://www.lusumwah.com/post/i-m-back-and-i-am-here-to-stay</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6620d4458c88d97fdd8c1030</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:14:54 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lusu Mwah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Spend your study time breaks]]></title><description><![CDATA[This will be very short. Today I will be telling you how to spend your breaks in between your studies. There a number of ways you spend...]]></description><link>https://www.lusumwah.com/post/how-to-spend-your-study-time-breaks</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5cb7169b58179d001523731c</guid><category><![CDATA[From 2019]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 13:06:07 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lusu Mwah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[EXAM/TEST SELF STUDY TIPS. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Self Studying is a crucial part of any form of education. One should at least read once a day to acquire new knowledge. It can range from...]]></description><link>https://www.lusumwah.com/post/exam-test-self-study-tips</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5cb2ea393d763e0015e3bf79</guid><category><![CDATA[From 2019]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2019 09:06:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d09c76_ce5f5dabfcc74c9aa0b0c70d03a67d57~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_810,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lusu Mwah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to spend your time like an Introvert...that I am. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are 24 hours in a day and yet here I am posting this so late in the day. Why? Well, that is a story for another time. Right now I...]]></description><link>https://www.lusumwah.com/post/how-to-spend-your-time-like-an-introvert-that-i-am</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5cadedb50204460015ffff91</guid><category><![CDATA[From 2019]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2019 14:09:15 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lusu Mwah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The STRESS Faced by a College Student. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is about to get serious. As most of you reading this already know, school is sometimes stressful.  In college, the stress just...]]></description><link>https://www.lusumwah.com/post/the-stress-faced-by-a-college-student</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ca9d0daa9133d0015de3445</guid><category><![CDATA[From 2019]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2019 11:06:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d7a1383a03d94e84b23329b61b5ddb64.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lusu Mwah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Useful Study Apps]]></title><description><![CDATA[When it comes to finding the right applications to stay organised, it takes a long list of trial and errors. I am the least organised...]]></description><link>https://www.lusumwah.com/post/5-useful-study-apps</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ca40f1e1c0f5100158894f1</guid><category><![CDATA[From 2019]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 02:37:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d09c76_726167ead89f4afbb7019fae7dcafcdd~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_720,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lusu Mwah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[MEXT Scholarship Japan ]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you are interested in studying in Japan and you want a scholarship, you might want to consider the MEXT scholarship. The MEXT...]]></description><link>https://www.lusumwah.com/post/mext-scholarship-japan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ca0423edc6693001505b80d</guid><category><![CDATA[From 2019]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2019 05:06:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d09c76_c39b8e19cb60450ab21d981a0fe99281~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lusu Mwah</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>