Size Seven Shoes

So the whole experience of trying to buy Coldplay tickets for their upcoming concert in Malaysia was terrible. And. as you might expect, we came away from it 2 days later still empty-handed.  I suppose the only thing to do to soothe my disappointment would be to tell you a bit about how Coldplay came to matter to me back in the day. Hopefully by the end of this tale, I will have felt a bit better about things and perhaps move along to other more positive matters... My earliest attachment to Coldplay's music came during my uni days. The season where I spent a huge chunk of my time predominantly alone, traversing books in the library, fretting over insurmountable assignments, and reading the Bible everywhere and anywhere that I found myself around the campus as I killed time between classes.  Those were the days that I would need to take long drives from home to campus on my own. So it was just me and my music in the car. And it came to be back then that Coldplay became one of m...

I think the time has come to talk about things that matter on a deeper level.  Enough years have passed in between. Patience and prudence have remained, and yet, the much hoped for resolution has not arrived.  But should we only write when we have all the answers? I don't think that should be the way. Not at all.   So let me muster just a little more courage and gather up a few more thoughts. I promise authenticity shall reek through all the upcoming posts.  Stick around, beloved Reader.     

 There's something about love that people don't seem to talk about much. And that's the fact that loving someone often means needing to stretch yourself a little to fit into their world because every one of us is so different.   Each individual's perspective, interests and preferences in life is so very unique that it's quite likely that what your beloved is passionate about does not equate what you are personally into.  And that can be a pretty tough thing to navigate, honestly. For one thing, you'd have to take time to convince them to take an interest in the stuff you like. Then there's the arduous task of learning up the things that they love too. It's especially hard if those involve areas that you aren't too keen on if left to your own devices.  Anyway, this is just a short post to bring this up. I guess it comes to mind because I had to spend part of my evening yesterday indulging my eldest son's interest in robots.  Do you have trouble ke...

 It's been at least 4-5 months since my last paid writing gig.  While I wouldn't say it's like the most important thing to me right now to engage frequently in freelance work, it does feel rather odd to not have it in the picture for quite a few months now. Well, the MCO period was another one of such dry spells, but I suppose with things currently in a more or less normal state, it feels all the more unsettling than it did during the extraordinary times that was the pandemic.  Although... to be honest, I think it's rather tough to be working on anything with a deadline right now with the way my daily schedule is managing my 2 boys.  In the absence of work, there are actually plenty of other things to be done, honestly. For instance...  1. Organise the home, throw out the unnecessary clutter 2. Put that chapbook in order and actually try to self publish it  3. Organise my writing portfolio 4. Do all the craft projects I've been stalling 5. Plan and execute ...

I was famished and waiting for food when I started working on this a few days back. What better thing to do than to look up a  writing prompt and to try to craft some quirky prose while killing time and trying to stave your hunger eh?  I'm totally out of practice and this is probably more trash than treasure, but here's to sharing the process of things and not being too concerned about perfection (something that's frankly quite hard for me to do, most of the time *sigh*).  I suppose I will refine this later on should it turn out to be fascinating enough that I can't leave it alone.  For now, I guess I'll just leave you with this tiny piece of fiction. And hope that I'll have something more compelling to offer the next round.  Enjoy (if you can heh).  *     *     * Quite the Reward Every writer need s a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, your character rescues a creature that turns out to be a powerful being. (Source:...

Why, hello there.  Essentially this blog was more or less closed off and left for dead.   So why am I here then?  Well, the story goes that after ages and ages of being away from this space, I'm actually considering returning to this spot to revive this blog of mine.  Why so?  Well, because my Wordpress blog has somehow sprouted ads and they are of the kind that irk me. I doubt I shall have any control over what appears in these ad spaces within my own blog unless I pay for a subscription.  As horrid as it may sound to admit that I'm not keen on forking out any moola to sustain my blogging habit, it is pretty much a reality for the time being. Especially since I'm not exactly earning anything right now and it seems pretty indulgent to want to spend on a blog that I tend to be inconsistent in upkeeping.  Of course, the other option is to perhaps head off the grid completely for now and not bother about maintaining an online presence/voice. I mean, ...