Wander 〰
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Life Changes in the Ordinary Instant
I finished reading The Year of Magical Thinking a couple of days ago and it made me think about all the negative “Ordinary Instant”(s) that cause us to lose our balance and spiral out of control such as the death of a loved one, company wide layoffs, or the end of a romantic relationship. Some…
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Tsunami
on ordinary days when life feels light and carefree, my mind wanders to a time when we existed ignorant of the future unaware of the past an imperfect bliss. In these ordinary moments when I think the current has corrected itself I’m hit with a tsunami of longing jagged memories strewn on the shore.
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New Zealand Road Trip 2022
My big annual adventure trip was to New Zealand with my two high school friends. Below are the notes taken by Gloria, the magnificent scribe. Re-reading these moments are hilarious and also make me miss my BROTHERS. See my Spielberg video moment at the end! Fri Sept 23 Air New Zealand is the most superior…
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2022 in Book Quotes
As the year comes to a close, I picked one favourite quote from each of the 52 books read and organized them by theme. Be my friend on Goodreads so we can peep each other’s reads throughout the year:) A small tweak on this for next year – I will start a working document to…
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What doesn’t work is working perfectly
Food for thought: What if what doesn’t work out is the best thing that could have happened to you? We have this silly idea in our head that because something doesn’t go according to plan, that means we have been fucked over. Seeing the world from our myopic point of view means we have limited…
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Garage Sales
We had a garage sale yesterday and I made two observations: People actually come to these things We are ego-centric, emotional and meaning making machines (in the best way) As people trickled into our driveway, it dawned on me that I’m not built for garage sales. I wasn’t mentally prepared for people to haggle with…
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Magic
Random thought as I was jogging today with my brother while listening to a Spotify playlist called “songs for romanticizing what li[f]e would be if i was a girl in the 1880s”…magic is something you create. Each individual experience is a sliver of magic, so atomic and weightless that it feels insignificant, unimportant. But each…
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The introduction
Wiping my palm sweat on my freshly ironed pants, I realize I’m next in line. Would my word be humorous, or interesting, or dross? I had no idea but the incipience of my reputation was on the line. I could either emerge victorious or suffer a slow death of chagrin. I could see others of…
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Lucille Street
Finding out through instagram that his client was involved in a $10 million drug trafficking business wasn’t the surprise he was anticipating. And what was it with Ali? This wasn’t the time to worry about personal matters, but they were best friends since elementary school. She was brilliant, one of the city’s best attorneys and…
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Sweet Chemistry
The first time I met her felt like nectar flowing through a bee A complex, natural reaction simplified into an infatuation, a chemical transformation Her treacly saunter, saccharine and unbothered replayed in my mind a thousand times an indelible golden sunset Diction Treacle – a thick, sticky dark syrup made from partly refined sugar; molasses.…
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