murphy’s law

I can think of three ways this could go wrong.

First, Ma would see my caller ID (which in the first place assumes she still keeps her daughter’s numbers in her contacts) and naturally she’d go limp, prompting Pa to take my call instead (again, another assumption whereby he…

Big city, bigger ego

Her biggest fear is being faceless in this city.

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 She changed her name to Jakarta a few months ago, after graduating cum laude and being offered a paycheck that promises middle-managerial position after 3 years. Her new place is smaller than when she still went…

Easier like this

There are many questionable choices he’s made in his life, but in this moment, nothing has ever felt more ill-timed.

His head is still halfway in the toilet bowl.

“Asshole,” the voice calls out again. He can hear a pair of heels clacking against…

I wasn’t lost but I was scared

For the first 16 years of my life, I almost never took public transportation. My mother drove us everywhere, because she is many things at once and most certainly a superstar. I grew up getting from point A to point B without questioning the why, the how. From home to…

When the body grows, does the heart try to keep up?

Instead of saying, “I don’t want to grow up,” how many relationships do you reckon we could’ve salvaged had we said, “I am comfortable in this space that we’ve built, you bring out the best in me and losing you is a scary thought.” When we…

it’s not so bad when you’re around

He looked pathetic: a peach yoghurt on his right hand, eyes staring blankly to his blindingly bright laptop screen, sitting in the middle of a dimly lit bedroom, in his sweatshirt adorned by buffalo wings sauce drippings and disgusting beer stains.