My dad is selling our house, the house in which I grew up in Indonesia. The house of pain as I like to think of it. I swear if you were there, you’d be able to feel unhappiness emanating from every corner. I haven’t been in that house in over 5 years and yet I…… Continue reading To Be Unholy
Year: 2009
For Goodness’ Sake
I have issues with religion. I really do. It’s never been my thing, mostly because I hate being told what to do and I like to think for myself. I know religion works for some people and all I can say is more power to them. But I’m not going to go into the heavy…… Continue reading For Goodness’ Sake
Sure Sign of Twitter Overdose
The thing about online presence and social networking is this: sometimes you get to read too much about someone. Their whereabouts, the music they’re listening, the food they are eating, are posted there on Twitter, and we really couldn’t care less about it. Yet when they’re absent and we haven’t seen any status updates for…… Continue reading Sure Sign of Twitter Overdose
Ouchie
We got our H1N1 flu jab on Friday. We came in half an hour before the clinic started but the queue was already twice the length of the hall, and it was a pretty big hall. Fortunately, there were about 6 or 8 arm-jabbing stations (for lack of better terms) so the line was moving…… Continue reading Ouchie
Blogging Under Pressure
I didn’t get the cold. As usual, an Advil, a Strepsil and a good night’s sleep fixed it. I’m really thankful for my immune system. I’ve been browsing property listings obsessively. The last time I did that, we ended up buying a house in another town. Not sure if it’ll come to anything this time…… Continue reading Blogging Under Pressure
Weathered
Yesterday, it was a beautiful, sunny, t-shirt kind of day. Today, it’s back to the grey, one-digit-temperature kind of day. I guess the change is a bit too much for my body because I’m not feeling too great right now. I hope this won’t turn into a full-blown cold. We went thrifting yesterday and I…… Continue reading Weathered
Uninterestingness
Pictures that I really, really like are usually ones that nobody else really care about. The picture above is one of them. Pictures I don’t really like, on the other hand, seem to be well-liked on Flickr. It’s weird. Maybe if I only posted pictures I don’t really like to my Flickr account, I’d become…… Continue reading Uninterestingness
Expired Memories
I shoot expired/out-of-date film exclusively because I wouldn’t be able to afford film photography otherwise. I like to check the expiration date on the film packaging and try to recall memories from that year. Today I shot and developed a roll of film that expired in 1992. So, 1992. I was entering my second year…… Continue reading Expired Memories
Good Grief
We buried Grandma D today. I hope those closest to her are there for each other. I’m sure they are. When my mother died, I had no one to console me. I grieved alone. Maybe that’s the reason that even now, 6 years later, I’m still mourning her death.
Long Day
It’s been a long day. Spent most of my time today at a funeral home for Troy’s grandma’s visitation, during which we got news that Troy’s aunt’s brother. who had been living in the same nursing home as Troy’s grandma, just passed away. “Someone is always dying here,” said grandma once when we went to…… Continue reading Long Day