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From the monthly archives: October 2006
I was having a conversation with a friend, someone who believes in another God. Now usually I steer far, far away from God in my conversations with friends (unless they’re from church, because you know lah how church-goers like to incorporate church-speak into their vocabulary, but a bit on that on another day)…
So… [...]
…just like you.
I had to go and rewrite my entire biodata, because I’m grown up now, and I want to leave the angsty minishorts behind. I can’t deny the past, I can’t say I cringe at it either, but I’m glad I made all the mistakes I had to make to stand where [...]
I’ve been reduced into a non-existent, third person, talked about ‘her’ in both my mother’s and boyfriend’s lexicon. I’m not sure if it’s a good thing or a bad thing… well, I suppose you’d could say there’s two sides to this. The good news is, the relationship that I wanted to nurture between Eric and [...]
I’m going back to work tomorrow.
Sniff.
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I realized something quite a while ago, that real, real writers, never had the cheek or guts to admit that they could write well. Most professional writers have some kind of inbuilt radar to withstand flack and shit from brickbat throwers, and they survive them [...]
Seeing that I was feeling down, the boyfriend decided to give me a monkey to cheer me up when times are bad. ‘Cos you’re a monkey too!’
I’m too old for soft toys really but I can’t help loving them.
Oi and the camera was a gift from Eric too!
