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DIY Mushroom Patch Bell Jar
The Christmas before COVID hit I was given a succulent in a bell jar because I had requested a “leafy green plant” for my office Christmas secret Santa gift. The succulent died shortly after I got it, but not before it was poached by a co-worker who assumed that I had abandoned my plant. I…
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Brother
You wondered once ifA poem I wrote was aboutYou ‘Tofu’ it was delicately calledA nickname for someoneSpecial, who tickledMy senses Appalled when you askedMe that question. I said‘No, it’s not you’ Never suspecting youWould be hurt. How was I supposedTo know what that questionMeant? All of my life I didn’tKnow that wordsWere not enoughTo convey…
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“ I’ll Be Back” (Deep, low growl, Austrian accent)
I am reading a book now – it’s called, ”Show Your Work” by Austin Kleon. I found out about this book from a YouTuber, Ali Abdaal who has a very lucrative and active YouTube presence all the while holding down a full-time job as an M.D. He was talked about how he was really inspired…
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Michelin Star Pumpkin Soup
What you see in this picture is a humble bowl of pumpkin soup which I am happily consuming right now even as I write this blogpost. The title of this post belies how simple and easy it is to cook it. A friend of mine who has rather bougie tastebuds came by for dinner the…
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No Say
When I was born, my parents sought the help of a Chinese naming expert to give me an appropriate Chinese name. Neither of them spoke mandarin particularly well – a legacy of their unique family histories . Even through my Father came from a Chinese speaking family, his father decided not to “put all the…
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Using Humor to Disguise Fear or Terror
“Oh, Peter, of course I understand. And I approve. I’m a realist. Man has always insisted on making an ass of himself. Oh, come now, we must never lose our sense of humour. Still, I’ve always loved the tale of Tristan and Isolde. It’s the most beautiful story ever told – next to that of…
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Why David Bothers Me
As a mature Christian, I find it unsettling that after all these years, the biblical David still really irritates and annoys me, and I would daresay even outrages me. As much as I try to put this conflict in my heart to rest, I still find it very difficult to accept that he has such…
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Tongue
In 2015 while I was raising $10,000 USD for a Kickstarter to create my debut album as a Singer-songwriter, a friend of mine asked if I could cover ”Tongue” by R.E.M. It was a reward for one of the higher pledging tiers. I gladly covered the song, never really wondering what it was about, thinking…
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The Beloved
A long time ago, there lived a girl in a castle. It was an ivory tower, tall, pale and lonely. Encircling the castle was a huge and thick gray wall, dark and foreboding. It was made of heavy grey bricks so closely melded together it seemed to be one gigantic monolith. No matter how far…
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What Are Champagne Problems?
As I reflect on the different facets of my relationship with my ex-husband, and the nuances of abuse in our relationship, and as I consider all of the ways I was complicit in keeping the charade of a relationship going with him for 10 years of my life, I have been listening to Taylor Swift…
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Letting Go To Create
I wrote this song in a cab on the way back home from town: Life is a song That is to be sung You don’t go back You don’t go back There’s nothing wrong With being weak Take it slowly When things look bleak No need to be afraid About what people think Darling don’t…
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Rambutans
Ever felt like a relationship you had was like a stone in your shoe? What does it mean? How do you make sense of it. What’s really going on? Is it your fault?
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Lone Tree
Where do you go for safety and strength? Where do you go to find renewal and hope? I turn to Christ, the author and perfecter of my faith. The same comfort, hope and strength and power He gives to me is available to you too.
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Facets
How many lives can you leadHow many languages can you speakHow many worlds can you live inHow many stories can you tell If you live in a shell How many times can youKeep learning the same lesson? I would rest easy ifI knew you were mine to keep But you’re a childOf the universeFree and…
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How Do I Let Go?
How do I let goOf someone that was never thereA person that was not realA conceptI fell in love with And did 10 yearsOf my life with? Flesh and bloodDust specks all aroundHe sat in frontOf the computer screen He was mineMine to holdMine to loveMine to touch I was hisHis to useHis to plunderHis…
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The Child
Sometimes I feel like I am drowning Lord. I feel like I am completely overwhelmed by the depths of my emotions and the tears inside that are fighting to come out. Please help them to come out. I have gotten so used to suppressing my emotions that it is hard for me to cry. Lord!…
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My experience with denial in a 9 year long abusive marriage
I am in the midst of a highly contested divorce. My husband assaulted me violently on the 25th of January this year leaving me with multiple contusions on my neck, head, back, face and arms. It was not the first time he had used physical violence on me, but this time, it had a distinctly…
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The Culture and Civilisation of The Merfolk – An Allegorical Tale
One day as I lay in bed I saw a picture in my mind’s eye – I was swimming alone in the depths of an unknown ocean. My hair floated around my head in long and unruly strands, swaying with the currents as I breast-stroked my way through the waters. Before long, an area of…
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Too Many Dreams, Too Little Time…
What do you do when you have too many dreams and too little time? You blog and document every small step you take towards those dreams – perhaps those dreams will never come true, but writing about the process makes it all the more tangible and rewarding, regardless of whether the dream materializes or not.…
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Happy Pi Day!
Everybody! Happy Pi Day! This is truly a glorious day to celebrate, sadly it often goes by unnoticed and unacknowledged. I never knew about Pi Day until I came to L.A. The first few numbers of Pi are 3.14, which correspond to today’s date in America. Here, the date is written with the month preceding the date i.e. 3.14.17. In Singapore however,…
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Dear Anonymous Overseas SG Graduate who calls us “spoilt brats”
I am writing this response to an article that has been making the rounds. I think that it is important and necessary to address some key issues in the way this article was written and the message it sends out. This response was initially directed to him/her whom i will from here on call ‘Anon,’ However towards the end of writing…
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What Next Singapore?
It seems almost like Singapore has come to a standstill with the passing of the Nation’s very first Prime Minister. Many Singaporeans are still processing Lee Kwan Yew’s (LKY’s) death, reflecting on who he was and what he did for our country. Many are wondering, “What next?” This is a watershed in the political climate of…
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Inspired by a New Artist
I feel like I’ve been numb to new music for a long time…. I used to get really excited about new songs and artists that I would discover; I would listen again and again to their songs and sometimes, just even one song from their album, in particular, would be on repeat for up to…
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A new artist, his free music and the sad situation in the DRC
I discovered a new artist! He’s not “new” per se, he’s been around the block and has had a very illustrious career as a singer-songwriter for over a decade, I have only just recently found out about him on Noisetrade. Noisetrade is a music “exchange” platform whereby artists put their music out for free for a…
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Pets
Time flies! It’s already March of 2013. The last time I made a blogpost seems like eons ago, apologies for my long absence. I am currently putting the finishing touches on producing an animal/doggy song for one of my pledgers, who had specially requested to have a song written for his wife’s upcoming birthday. His wife…
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aahhhhhhhhhhhhh…….
You know that feeling you get when you finally finish something that had been hanging over your head for the longest time? Now you can finally sit back and relax, without that niggling sense of discomfort that eats away at your soul. Now you finally have license to chill. That is exactly how I am…
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Embarking on The Ship of No Return
I am all done with the outstanding projects that I had set out to clear up before starting on my debut album. It feels good to get all that stuff out of the way. Right now, as I consider all that I need to do to produce my album, I feel like I am staring…
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searching for: inspiration for work
I decided to make a post today as I’m running out of inspiration for music. Somehow it’s difficult to get down to music when at the back of your mind you’re worrying about money, about whether or not you’re worth your salt as a musician and wondering about whether or not you’ve got what it…
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Confession & Consolation: Getting Down and Dirty
Ennui, lack of motivation, depression, self-loathing and stagnation has led me to writing my first blog entry in a long time. They say catharsis is good, hopefully this will be the first of many more to come. Confession:I’ve been sitting on my ass for too long and letting the songs that I’ve written the past…
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