expect

sometimes i wonder.
i don’t expect it of someone else.
i realize it’s not possible.
so why must i be expected of it.
sighs.
—
haha in other news, the music video for Thriller was a little disconcerting.

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heartless

some people think that i’ve become heartless.
that i feel that i don’t need people anymore.
living my own perfect, stuck up life.
i don’t know if that’s what you think
but if it is
i hope you’ll tell me why.
why can’t people just be more direct
and not leave you second-guessing
what went wrong
—
maybe i’ve been more cautious
but honestly, i still [...]

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friends

In the business of everything, I sometimes forget that I’ll be gone in 3 months time, in a new faraway land, distant from the familiar faces of home. For all the coldness I may have exhibited, deep down inside I’ll really miss every single person I’ve come across – especially in those 6 years of [...]

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growing up

two primary school girls, one question – that’s what it took me to realise that the years have passed me by.
“have you heard of Westlife?” one asked the other.
“of course, who hasn’t?” i thought rhetorically.
but then i realised, that time’s passed, a new era has dawned – one where Westlife has become a thing of [...]

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you’re no superhero

sometimes i grow up feeling like i can save the world.
i look around me, there’s so much pain and sadness ):
broken people
broken families
broken dreams
i wish i could help them all
and i feel guilty that i can’t help everyone.
and i feel bad that i’m not in an appropriate position to be there for some
and i feel [...]

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smile

when the Spirit surges through
the winter of the soul breaks into
the vibrant warmth of spring anew.
once our hearts were cold
but Spirit ignite us once again
to love and to care
to pray and to expect
to sing and shout with exuberance!
it can only be the Spirit’s work (:

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why He puts people in your life

why Lord. why do you place people in our lives -
just to take them away?
so that we could learn to love
so that we could be a blessing
and when it ends
so that we could all turn back to you.
—
the mantra ‘friends forever’
doesn’t quite always work out
—
it’s ok for people to come and go
that’s the way life [...]

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