Inertia.
weighs so heavily
on the mind

Heftiness.
like an anchor grave
in the heart.

Fragile.
the dream that almost
comes to life.

No.
Not this flavourless.
Nevermore.

secret souls suffocate.

"Erotic love, if it is love, has one premise. That I love from the essence of my being - and experience the other person in the essence of his or her being. In essence, all human beings are identical. We are all part of One; we are One. This being so, it should not make any difference whom we love. Love should be essentially an act of will, of ( Read more... )

'What we needed were not words and promises but the steady accumulation of small realities.'
hmm mr. murakami, that's right.

Jo and I had an interesting conversation. I think that when we offer our love to someone precious and special to us, we unwittingly give a part of ourselves away. That part we can never possess it again; freely and consciously given yet beyond our faculties and will to take it back. What remains recreates you, changes your character; forms an ( Read more... )

I've been finding school a little hard to get by. An understatement.

But no, it isn't the school workload, even if promos are just around the corner (1 month?). Neither is it any social problem I'm having with my friends or relationships. Those I can handle; they are but short term obstacles to be and will be overcome by sheer willpower and belief. ( Read more... )

"man is both the slave and master of circumstance,
he is free to will it, but loath to accept its decisions.

man is the one to dictate his own fate,
yet he is but a pawn in the chessboard that is the larger scheme of things.

in the defining moment of his life,
man is the culmination of what he has been, what he is, and what he will be.

but what sets the ( Read more... )

No vice, no virtue ( Read more... )

Being at APLYC really helped me open my eyes that bit wider to the world around. It was then that I realised how fortunate/affluent Singapore was relative to most of our neighbours ( Read more... )