Musings

Life's But A Trip

We are beautiful, limitless beings but we often get trapped in our limiting identities, roles, life experiences, beliefs, dogmas, and all...

Apr 10, 20211 min read

Eggs, beans and potatoes in the middle of the night, under the imaginary moonlight for company. Do the good win in the end? Or does the...

Apr 10, 20211 min read

Where do fruit flies come from? There were none just a moment ago, and then there were many, almost as if they had spontaneously appeared...

Apr 10, 20212 min read

Jack Chai, with a resigned expression after failing yet again to protest the futility of a bath. I don't know if there's a doggy heaven,...

Apr 10, 20211 min read

do the berries know they’re mouldy? do they know that I have forgotten about them; that they’ve been forsaken; that I had something more...

Nov 19, 20202 min read

Firecrackers destroying serene night skies amidst howling wolves and crying babies; everyone’s in a frenzy, imposing joy and ritual;...

Nov 19, 20201 min read

He never liked papayas- they were too slimy for his taste, but he felt the urge to get back at life somehow, so he yanked it off his...

Nov 19, 20201 min read

There once lived a renegade rat, who left the Pied Piper’s lair, because unlike the rest, he refused to believe that the cheese was bluer...

Nov 19, 20201 min read

This is a story about a hungry tree sparrow eating its daily breakfast, courtesy of the grumpy old lady who has a soft spot for birds. It...

Nov 19, 20201 min read

The dripping faucet stayed up late into the night, keeping rhythm, giving company to the kitchen clock that had trouble keeping up with...

Oct 17, 20201 min read

Some days are crap- you will burn your cookies; you will have no desire to do things that bring you joy; you will be confused about love;...

Oct 12, 20201 min read

Our neighbour’s dog, Daisy, went missing for five days. Everyone was rather worried because she wasn’t one of those street smart dogs-...

Sep 29, 20201 min read

I had a random craving of Hakka mian yesterday, and so I put my no-meat agenda on hold for a bit, and got myself a bowl, only I wasn’t so...

Sep 21, 20202 min read

I walked into a hair salon after almost a year. Last time around, I had to explain what I wanted done to my hair in a language I only...

Sep 21, 20202 min read

It's 10 a.m.; I find myself at the kopitiam I used to go to a long time ago whenever I needed to feel more than think. Some people look...

Sep 21, 20201 min read