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say hi to reminisce

i remember the past
too much these days
and i won't lie that
i kind of miss it

it's the way of life that
i've known for 3 and a half years
it's not easy to forget
and im a little confused
is it selfish of me to want
to forget the past?
or atleast make it bearable
to remember

i felt so alone and lonely
when i was there

disconnected

everyone's so busy with
their lives and im stuck

i've lived a jetpack
and fastpaced world
when i was there because
it required alertness
and relentless moving

in the middle of it all,
i just stopped completely
i didn't know why i was
doing it anymore

i didn't even like it
some aspects were interesting
like the media and getting published
but it fades away pretty fast

it wasn't what i expected

and it took me 3 years to realise that.

now whenever i remember
what i used to do there's
this certain melancholia
filling my heart that's
bordering on nostalgia

i won't be able to be a photojournalist anymore
i won't go to isolated places
to see growth and development
all the memories i've had were precious
and to be honest, i wouldn't have
it any other way even if i did
end up leaving.

old memories will be replaced by new ones
im holding on to that.

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say hi to gah humbug

if i stay here at home
i know i'll never get anything done
and i really want to study and
do my own research and read
but i can't do that here

everything's so noisy and open
i want to study in a secluded corner
all alone and completely quiet.

but ofcourse the lack of coffeeshops
or any other shops for that matter
is annoying.

there's nowhere else i can go

.

you know that feeling where

you stuff yourself with food,
 
do dangerous things,

mutilate yourself

just to be able to feel something,


anything.


to fill that void of emptiness inside

and it's hard
so hard
to desperately find ways

to feel anything

other than pain

but that sickening emptiness in your core

never disappears


it just stays there like a gaping hole,
scaring anyone who dares
to come close


say hi to what is up today

there's something about today
that makes me want to retreat somewhere
i woke up and i thought,
'oh my god, i feel like dying'
and now i just want this day to end

i want to do nothing
and be nothing

i hate it when i feel this way
nothing is better than nothing

i just want to sleep somewhere
and die a little 

say hi to what's inside my bag


1.  Sunglasses are VERY important to me. How else am i going to survive in public places?
2. I usually keep receipts in my bag instead of throwing them away. It's a sickness really.
3. FRUGURT. Enough said. I keep one in my bag incase I get bored or hungry.
 4. Red journal. Small enough to fit into any bag. I find it helpful to be able to record the day's events.
5. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. I'm still in the process of reading it. I usually bring it everywhere I go for coffee breaks.
6. Pink Phillips earphones. I can't live without music!!

say hi to star gazing

it started out while we were drinking
we thought about a lot of things
i was still carrying a heavy load
that i should have dropped a long time ago

as the night got deeper
our conversations became more meaningful
as everyone started to leave
we sat facing each other
cross legged and smiling
on top of our terrace
as we thought about life
and how far we have come

we fagged out on marlboro blacks
which made me smile because it
smelt like cheap lucky strikes

we laid on the ground
and looked at the stars
and the shining full moon

we started asking the questions
we were too afraid to ask
about life and death
cosmos and stars

in the middle of it all
came a shooting star
which we immediately wished on

it is time to give my self importance
its time to trust myself
its time to live my life

thank you
thank you
thank you

i will never forget this night
and the things we shared
with each other

you're right


life is wonderful.

say hi to rainy days

it's a rainy afternoon
and im eating spicy cup noodles
while listening to pizzicato five

painted my nails blood red
and drew a few faces
im going to miss this

woke up to someone screaming outside
spent the whole day lazing around
and reading horror mangas
while drinking tea




say hi to words


I used to really write a lot
I enjoyed writing and making up dream worlds
That I wish I lived in

People said that I was good at it
And I believed them
But to me writing has always been
And always will be a form of escape

I write for the sake of writing
But I can't even bring myself
To touch a pen and open a notebook
These days

I'm afraid of writing
It's where everything got fucked
It's where I find solace
But now I can't bring myself to write anymore
I'm afraid that I might not be good enough for it
Which is fucking ridiculous because I never wrote stories to please anyone but myself

Maybe one day I'll find the courage to write again.
I miss it.

say hi to the end of the beginning

i feel irritated
like i can't stand being with people
i don't want to deal with anything
i can't deal with anything and everything

last night
the world came crashing down on me again
i thought everything was alright now
but when you stretch a rubber to its limit
it's hard for it to stay the way it was before

i've been to hell and back
and it was a pleasant stay
now everything doesn't mean anything

change everything
delete all traces
self-actualize

where do i begin?

say hi to shift

i feel like i made the right choice
but right or not im going to where it makes me happy
if i stayed any longer i really feel like im
going to kill myself

the course was great
but i dont feel like i belong
i've never fitted anywhere good in my life
i hate it

its kind of weird to study psychology
when i myself am a nutcase

but i want to understand
why i am the way i am
and why people are the way they are
and why we hurt each other
when we're suppose to love

change seems like a soft haze
i hate change
i want everything to be constant
but maybe it's time
to let go of things
and start anew

say hi to liyang




more old pictures from liyang beach. miss the waves and that little cave!


say hi to cut


bought new sunglasses
the type where you can cry 
and no one would know

i walked around my old school 
and cut myself deep just to see
if anything comes out

the bright red trickled down into my palm
as i kept walking while my tears fell
 i brought my hand up into the sky 
and licked my wound just to see how it tastes like

it tastes like iron and loneliness
like metallic rust on an old volkswagen bumper
left out in the rain 

i went back to the convenience store
where me and my friends would go
when we were still in highschool

i bought fresh milk
and drank fresh tears
with the sleeping cat beside me

a punk boy sat beside me 
but i was too engrossed in my book
or atleast i was pretending to
i don't want to interact with anyone
when im not stable enough
for fear that they'd find me crazy

he left with his motorcycle

my mother called 
she's with dad travelling somewhere
and asked how am i
i pretended to sound cheerful
and said i was fine
as the tears fell from my eyes

it's hard
it's hard
it's hard

i don't know what will happen to me 
today,
tomorrow
i'm not even sure if i'll be around long enough
to get a cup of coffee next week

i feel like im going to snap any second
i feel strained and tired and useless
the thread that's holding my sanity is about to break

whatever happens, happens

say hi to 4:35 pm

the raindrops keep falling hard
splick splak
and along with it
goes the beating of my heart
it feels overwhelming
but strangely comforting
at the same time

how can something
that gives you great joy
cause you so much pain?

it's scary how love can change people
it's scary how people can change
but
it's even scarier when you
change yourself to match
the people you love

sad hallows eve


i had an ipanema boy moment in bali
i was waiting for the sunset but it never came
i left before it showed itself to me

there was a peaceful kind of feeling
or was it melancholy?

im turning black again
cuts all over
 rotting flesh

being like this is like carrying a scary monster
on your back and it squeezes your heart
until you can no longer breathe
it whispers venomous words
that leave you paralyzed



it's halloween
nothing special
im already a monster


say hi to i want to rot inside your skin


life has a funny way of torturing you
all alone with your thoughts
like a flower in bloom
when exposed to unfortunate pressure
gets crushed 

leaving nothing but their scent
against your palm
 and their juices between 
your fingers


i am waiting for that hand
to crush my insides
so i can go on living
as a wilted, weightless, worthless flower.

please allow me to die in your hands
so that i can rot inside your skin
and i will forever be with you
영원히.

say hi to 12:32 am

just got back from bali
so tired
and cold
i want tosleep wrapped
in a warm blanket tonight

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say hi to my balsam flower

my balsam flowers just bloomed! 
it looks so pretty and it reminds me 
of snapdragons. 

it's called touch me not for a reason! 
i guess it takes after the owner 
i need to transfer them to a bigger pot






say hi to meteors

i remember the time where we would go on school immersions
and we would go to very isolated places

we would need to climb 7km before reaching a certain community
or walk for 10km
and even if those places were high up a mountain
and very hard to get to
it was so beautiful
fireflies would glow at night
because there was no electricity
the sky was filled with stars
you feel like you could reach your hand up and touch the sky
meteor showers were abundant

and i remember thinking
how i've never seen such a beautiful night sky

it looked ethereal and untouched
nature at it's rawest form

Orionid is coming but it's raining hard

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say hi to somewhere

i want to go somewhere
to look at the sky
to breathe in the fragance of flowers
and see the butterflies fluttering around

or visit a temple
and climb a hundred stairs or two
and make a wish when i reach the top

or go somewhere where it's quiet
and just be

i long to go to a place i don't even know exist
i want to get out of here so bad
but there's nowhere else to go
and nowhere else to be


i want to get lost with myself
and make beautiful memories
and listen to good music
and feel the air wrap itself around me


is that too much to ask?

say hi to feelings

don't you think feelings are scary?
it can make you do things that you would never do
carry you away, drown you, make you feel high
it scares me how much our life depends on how we feel at a moment in time

numb is a feeling too
it's a feeling of not being able to feel
no matter how barren and empty it is

eat your words
swallow them into fruition
and blissfully choke on them

are you happy?