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I'm still black, and you're still white, and maybe heather grey isn't such a happy colour after all.

Fate fell short this time, smile fades in the summer

Fate fell short this summer -

I wholeheartedly looked forward to my first 9-6 pre-adulthood quest, but the tables turned on me. I've officially faced my first adult woe of not being entirely agreeable with the most authoritative being in the office, which unfortunately also happened to be my direct head... I think it's also one of the rarer occasions in my life where painful static sparks would fly while rubbing shoulders with another being. I don't usually let it happen, and it's an awful feeling. Then again, this has taught me a whole deal on my patience threshold. (Nts: Should probably start some yoga lol)

And I've learnt a lot about walls this summer. I once knew someone who was always so open to trust anyone - something uncommon in this society. I thought that social walls were always there to start with, then it starts crumbling down as you get to know someone more. He said, "It's different for me. I don't have walls to start with. I let people come to me, then I start building them up over time if things don't go well." Curious, I thought. A few years down, I realised that I was the same. A lot of shit has happened over the past few months. Things are a tad more complicated now (not that it never was), and I'm sorry things had to happen this way.

Not my best summer, but Singapore will always have my best human beings :')

My babies, my popo, my fam.

    

My anchor (and driver).

My favourite people :-)

(Well I would have totally included another pic of the boys but problem is we never ever have pictures tgt)

(Hajar's non-halal cake LOL)

My friends #1.

My friends #2.

("More boobs, more likes")

My colleagues. To Kahina, my French daredevil. To Cyndi, my admirable young professional. To Ian, the one who knows everything. To Jiawei, the cock-talker. To auntie, the motherly janitor.

And a lot of girl fun :-)

Some have sad tales to tell.
Others keep them
safe
and
sound
and
forever

muted.

As true as the sunrise

  

  

     

  

Corn Exchange / Salford Quays, April 2016

One day, wherever I stand and whomever I stand with, I will look back and know that I've fulfilled the greatest yearning in my life, and that is, to have held something true.

I am the mountain, I am the sea, you can't take that away from me

Formby Beach / 1 April 2016

I ventured on a spontaneous day trip out with Leti to the cold, lifeless beach of Formby on April fools. It would have been an otherwise pleasant jaunt if it wasn't for the weather that dampened things - both literally and figuratively. We shivered vigorously throughout lunch while having our onigiri picnic amongst the trees in the wild. Guess the joke's on us? I had fun being a joke :-)