* merely human *

The Japanese Modern Classic: The latest book I read was The Ruined Map by Kōbō Abe. I gave it two whole weeks. Halfway through, I was stil...

When someone dies, yes, their physical form ceases. But their energy? That doesn’t just disappear. The impact they had, the love they gave, ...

  Dear MC, You left me four days ago. Yesterday was supposed to be your birthday. You didn’t wait for your big 60th celebration, instead, th...

I have this one friend (at this point, this is my one and only friend). We meet regularly, we exchange plans, books, thoughts and ideas. MC ...

Last weekend was an emotional one. I cried so much processing over a news, I just needed some distraction to keep my mind active, so here ar...

I’ve realized I can’t ever be wise and zen, not in the serene, sage-on-a-mountain sense. As much as I’ve tried to learn and manage the emoti...

Last night, I watched Pedro Páramo on Netflix. I remembered watching @emmiereads  on YouTube, she talked about this haunting, beautiful bo...

Why la, kan. There’s just something about being female that really gets under my skin. Every single month, I go through seasons. Like the mo...

I found another library. I’ve been wanting to check this one out. Yesterday after work, I stopped at Abdullah Hukum and quickly walked to th...

  Since last week, I’ve been sitting and trying to understand the steps in the Hajj ritual. It started with making a zine to compile the con...