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am i the same girl?
you wake up in the morning. coffee, journal, planks. walking the dog in the park. being late to your 9.30 am. one day after another. and somehow, suddenly you realise your life has had drastic change. it was a random Saturday and i was still in bed when L. called me. ‘let’s go to Japan’,… Read more
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there was a will, but not a way
where there is a will, there is a way, they say. but sometimes things don’t go the way we expect. and it’s hard to accept. you wish this, you get that. like in sex and love. sometimes you want them to like you for your brain. but you just get night dates instead. when you… Read more
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finger the rice
‘i eat rice every day’, K said. ‘i grew up in Pennsylvania but my parents are from Cambodia. i was the only brown girl in high school. rice is roots for me’, she said. ‘i have never been that much into rice’, i said. and suddenly i thought if not being into rice means i… Read more
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growing pains
A. called me. ‘my grandpa passed away. he was 98.’ we went to the beach and walk 10 km to vent the pain. ‘i like my life in Melbourne. but i should be in the UK to say goodbye to him. i knew we are far away of everything, but today i realised how isolated… Read more
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cathartic chaos
four fridays ago i was tired and about to take a rain check. ‘i had a terrible week. i need some sleep’, i said. ‘come on, will be fun’, F. said. T. texted me as well: ‘has been a while. we NEED to catch up’, he wrote. i have no personality left, c’est partie pour… Read more