the globe.

The Maxwell Street Market was smaller than I thought. As I walked closer, I saw a big steel structure of about 4 meter high saying “Maxwell Street Market”, and I thought it was going to start right away then. But no….

obama’s neighbour (i am).

Last Sunday, on the Bank of America Marathon Day, I went to the Maxwell Street Market. When I was waiting for my first bus just across the street from my street, I realised how much public transport schedules were disrupted…

trauma

I still can’t forget the faces of those high school girls in Singapore. They were listening to my story, and in the end of it one of them said she would never forget it. As part of Make Your Own…

in case of fire.

IF When there is smoke, there is fire. AND When there is fire, do not use the elevator. THEN When there is smoke, do NOT use the elevator. ELSE You might die.

a colony in mars.

If they’re talking about it already, it will happen. When the technology is available, someone is already doing it somewhere. A forward-looking man that he was, the idea of technology always enchanted Papa. He was the one who bought the…

being.

I was a teacher once. I wanted to be it once, and this was one of my very first wants. I don’t know if I am, still, underneath all my other beings. Then, I thought to be an artist, not…

no days like these.

No please, no more days like these. I wish for a lighter air to breath in, and out, in.

Ivyleaguer.

He’s an Ivy League lawyer who doesn’t believe that a mere middle class can fly the world even when she does so in economy class he insisted she must be an heir. An heir she is, of all the stories…

fair.

When an art fair makes me doubt my being an artist, as much as I love the third day of people, I question myself: how can I call myself an artist if I don’t get these objects? How can I…

1965.

Another year has passed, and here I am, yet a year further from 1965. The further away I am from 1998 and all those years of losses. The further from the reason I am here, but never further away from…