December 2011
No year’s spared from the good nor the bad. 2011 was no different. It has been an amazing learning journey for me because in more ways than one I’d stepped out of my comfort zone to get through different set of challenges, and greet new opportunities. And through these experiences, I met even more amazing people. That said, I foresee many, many magical, lyrical, and beautiful things...
Hamzah
I remember how you cared for me when I was young. The flat in AMK, with the tin toilet door and brown/green-speckled floor. You brought me on a lot of adventures in your white Ebara truck - the company you’d been long serving. We’d go to places my parents never brought me to like Mustafa Centre and Tekka Market. Just sheer coincidence that these are Indian-dominated areas. You...
“I told him I’ll get married tomorrow. Will you … marry me?”
*pause* silence ensues
“Tomorrow? Why wait for tomorrow? Why not today?”
You should’ve just said “Yes!”, sister. You should have.
I can’t get enough of this performance. The audience’s participation proves that no matter how heartbroken you are, you’ll never be alone. I’m still in great awe at this visual concept, and I think I’ll always be.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
“Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.”
- Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil.
I believe there’s a reason why events take place in our lives, whether we like it or not at that point in time. I don’t agree that blessed are the forgetful, because how blessed are you really if you forget even the happiest of times? Often there are things in...
We’re all no one til someone thinks that we’re someone
til then...
I’m bulletproof, nothing to lose
Fire away, fire away
Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, fire away
You shoot me down but I won’t fall
I am titanium
Only You
Looking from a window above It’s like a story of love, can you hear me? Came back only yesterday I’m moving farther away, want you near me All I needed was the love you gave All I needed for another day And all I ever knew
Only you.
Always the people that make the place. I miss you.
Love doesn’t have to hurt to feel good.
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When it doubt, glitter it out!
– Lily Martinez, Fashion Designer for Barbie