The more you think you know, the more that you don't know. This is my world, me, as whole.
Foreletter of #twentysixletters of #eLmar One year after being twenty-six years old, I realized something: ‘Wait a minute, I did NOT get it all by the time I reached 25, and yet… I was still alive. The world was still rolling.’ So, why did I internalize that I must be all that by age 25? When I could be 26, like … More Foreletter
“I am not even normal, not talented, nothing.”Growing up, I never thought about it that much. To be fair, I wanted to make a writing that came across as… fictional, magnificent. Yet, I found myself sitting in a public library in a faraway city that the childhood me wouldn’t even dare to imagine being in. … More Regretful 27
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– A Thought Catered from reading “They Call it Love” (Alva Gotby) Growing up, I wondered why women are expected to labour emotionally. Why are men entitled to sex, care, and nurture from women but not so much the other way around? Why does it only matter for women to fulfill their emotional spheres and that those outside this region are … More Can we – I – become heterosexual feminists (s) who refuse to conform to “gendered emotions?”
What you will see in this category are serials of raw takeaways on what depression actually looks like. No, it was not for a show. It is what it is. Every too often, depression got talked about in a grandiose thing… Like… Hmm, I don’t know what it is like. I guess, for so many … More Depression Raw Takeaway (DPT) – Prologue
“Gue pengen mati sekarang.”Marsa mengetik pesan itu dengan santai, seakan-akan itu hal yang sangat wajar. Seakan-akan ia lagi ngomong, ‘Gue lagi ngidam seblak.’ Spontan, Tami yang sedang bertukar pesan dengannya langsung menelpon. Meski awalnya malas, Marsha akhirnya mengangkatnya juga. Dan, benar saja, belum juga ia berujar kata ‘Halo,’ teriakan Tami lekas membahana, “Heh, udah gila … More Sampah – Sampah Ibu Kota – Prologue
A sarcastic personal diary Do you know what can be more terrifying than not having a date? I would say, “being 27.” I know that it’s not yet 30, but still, I can’t help but freak out. It doesn’t help that I live in a city with one of the lowest mean ages in the … More 14 Days
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One day, I woke up, and I was about to be 27. “It’s about time to let go. You will never make it.” As I just sprained my ankle 5 days ago, details became irrelevant. All I remembered was pain, neither a face nor a name. “It’s time. We have seen enough. It’s time for you … More 27
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“You look a lot like Song Hye Kyo, you know? How could you not see that? “Now, looking at you, you reminded me of Fridha Kahlo a lot.” I found myself stuttering. I couldn’t respond besides muttering a simple “Thank you.” You see, I have spent my whole life being told that I am ugly. … More Sei Bellissima
It is effortless to close and shut everyone away for the longest time when it gets cold. Let’s be honest; It is more manageable. At least for Garcia. For one, it is something much more logical than ever. Garcia is perhaps us. Our whole life, we were taught one should hide once things get tough. … More Open the Curtain
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