It is indeed a funny yet wonderful coincidence that my on going and upcoming adventure in Palmerston North matches exactly the order of publication of my favorite tetralogy by Ilana Tan. Her adventure in the fascinating literature world started with Summer in Seoul, followed by Autumn in Paris then Winter in Tokyo. While I don’t…… Continue reading Summer, Autumn & Winter

A girl came upon a fisherman at the water’s edge and watched as he cast his net into the wide, open sea. On closer inspection, she noticed how all the knots that usually held a net together were unknotted. “Why do you throw a knotless net into the water?” she asked. “I want to catch…… Continue reading Two Fishermen

HELLO PEOPLE! ❤ How is everyone doing? It’s good to be back and finally have everything settled. Okay, maybe I am still adjusting to the new pace of life here but to the very least my internet is up and running. I am no longer disconnected from everyone else. Twenty days left before we transition…… Continue reading Aloha

I breathed a sigh of relief when I checked my inbox this morning. That unexpected e-mail which graced my inbox on a cold Wednesday morning last October, the apprehension and anxiety that followed as I nervously waited for the result of the test as well as the confirmation. It has finally come to this. It…… Continue reading Official

人生中的遗憾， 如影随形，一直存在。 它存在记忆里， 存在你的身体里， 存在你每天的生活里。 但遗憾， 从来不会因为逃避， 不会因为忘记而消失。 让我们好好活下去的方法就是去面对遗憾， 扭转它，打败它。 坦然以对， 让遗憾不再是遗憾。 -唐家妮

November. For the past two years, I eagerly waited for the arrival of November. It marks the start of festivities. It draws an end to another hectic yet fulfilling academic year. It means going home. It means seeing Mommy, Daddy, Noona, Wawa and Zuzu (and everyone else at Jakarta). It used to symbolize that I…… Continue reading Hello November

All good things must come to an end.. Apple Music has brought so much joy in the past three months that at a point in time, I truly forgot that the free trial session will end eventually. So it did last night and I can’t fully conceal how upset I actually am right now. No more…… Continue reading Apple Music

Dear Drw, Hello from the other side I must’ve called a thousand times to tell you I am sorry for everything that I’ve done But when I call you never seem to be home Hello from the outside At least I can say that I’ve tried to tell you I’m sorry, for breaking your heart But…… Continue reading Hello

…and one day when you randomly pop by, I will be enveloped in numbness and an absence of feeling so deep that the bottom will be lost from the view. (Haruki Murakami) 6 months and counting.

Oh, Buzzfeed. What do you know about me? If fifty different shades of grey exist, maybe there are at least fifty different shades of introversion as well. At least I got two! While the result of Buzzfeed’s quiz may not be the most reliable source ever, it was still a good fun reading it! “You…… Continue reading 50 shades of introversion?