books
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The End of an Era
This year, I skipped my regular birthday blog. I will also be abandoning the annual year-end reflection post. These things don’t speak to my heart anymore. Continue reading
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Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
Now you see me, now you don’t. I’m tired of putting up a front. You show me your trophies, of course I smile. For you I’ve gone another extra mile. Know that every cheer I give to you, Bits of my heart further break in two. Every day’s a challenge to act I’m strong. Still… Continue reading
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Vulnerability is Not Weakness
Falling in love with our Day Two, I believe, is something everyone should learn. I read on my Twitter timeline someone saying we’re not in an “information age” but rather an “entertainment age”. So living in the entertainment age, everyone’s become more interested in the problem and the solution/the happy ending, but people these days… Continue reading
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How to Attract Synchronicity Into Your Life
Ever since getting in tune with my life’s purpose, things from the past and present became clearer and more significant to me, such as why I worked as a teacher earlier in my career (to understand the feeling of serving people), why I had to get sick (to motivate me to live a healthier lifestyle),… Continue reading
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Do You Celebrate Your Small Victories?
Sometimes, a small step in the right direction can require as much as courage and faith as doing something big. Without taking small, tiny steps, a toddler could not learn to walk. Without small bricks put on top of each other, there would not be a house. Without the small seeds and saplings, a forest… Continue reading
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What are Xenobytes?
Last Monday, I revealed the schedule on what type of content arrives on what day on this blog. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday were listed as “xenobytes/poetry” day. If you’ve been a little observant, you might’ve noticed the posting pattern before the revelation. Now the question is: what are xenobytes? Continue reading
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Are Writers and Readers Secretive?
When I read a book, I get transported to a different world all by myself. Immersed in a new setting, I get to know characters I wouldn’t expect to meet in real life. I shape the characters in ways I prefer, sometimes obeying the writer’s commands and sometimes not, giving myself full control. Anything that… Continue reading
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The Bagel, the Fool, and the Lucky
“The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.” — W. Somerset Maugham Continue reading
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‘The Lion Eating the Sun’ Table of Contents
The ‘Pokémon Sun’ and ‘Moon’ games introduced 88 new Pokémon in the franchise. The ‘Lion Eating the Sun’ had 88 poems. This parallel was not a coincidence. Continue reading
Xeno Hemlock 