on letting go:
Month: February 2014
“…because what’s worse than knowing you want something, besides knowing you can never have it?”
(image credits to Levitated Art) on being a teenager experiencing unrequited (romantic) love.
“I love my love.”
(image credits to Tiny Buddha) just when I thought I’d lost my love for choral music and choral works, this lovely piece came along into my life, and refuses to leave. it’s stuck in my head and I can’t wait to sing it in June with the alumni. give it a listen. it’s so tragically…
“why should I leave you, to wound myself upon the sharp edges of the night?”
(image credits to Wallpapers For Me on WordPress) When I go away from you The world beats dead Like a slackened drum. I call out for you against the jutted stars And shout into the ridges of the wind. Streets coming fast, One after the other, Wedge you away from me, And the lamps of…
sonnet 130
(image credits to Haley Ferretti on Blogger) My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips’ red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask’d, red and white, But no such…
“there is no plan. all is hazard. and the only thing that will preserve us is ourselves.”
(image credits to New Horizons Dorset) when I was younger, I always had strong faith in my future self to plan things out, and once I entered my first of two years of pre-university, I thought I had my life’s journey all planned out:
Open Letter to Pastor Lawrence Khong
Originally posted on Indignation – Singapore's GLBT Pride Season:
(Written by Rev Miak Siew on Facebook, Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 5:33am. NB. The webmaster is unable to post or reply to any comments.) Dear Pastor Khong, I wrestled at length how to reply to your statement. I believe you spoke out from your own firm…
“there was a par…
“There was a part of me that I lost when I was seventeen; I can’t get back.” — Life Is Not A Waiting Room, Senses Fail
“whenever you feel like criticizing any one…just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”
(image credits to owner via link in clickable picture) no, I wasn’t feeling deep when I decided to write this post. something happened at work today that really made me think long and hard about how my academic journey has been so far, and the opportunities I’ve been beyond blessed to receive. let me start…
postcards from far away 