Blog
39 pieces, 2021–2026.
2026
The "I" in "Alive"
What stands out to you the most in that word? She asked The avatar I had created Mira I had named her For the mirror she would hold up To anyone who talks…
2025
For The Ones Who Tried
How do you measure a life? Do you measure it by the numbers In your bank account Your numerous achievements Your red ledger book of wins? Or in the chance…
2024
Memory, love, loss and longing in “After Yang“
Official “After Yang” Movie Poster I’ve been studying cognitive neuroscience as part of my M.A program in Clinical Psychology at Teachers College,…
"MERMAID" KICKSTARTER LAUNCHED!!!
YOU CAN NOW PLEDGE! ◡̈ Dear Friends, It's 22nd July and I've officially launched the KICKSTARTER for 'MERMAID' my 2nd Singer-Songwriter Album! You can…
New York City
The City of Dreams Photo Credit: Deborah Lee The spirit of a city, any city is important and can often be felt. There's a unknowing presence and sense…
Mirrors
Introduction: "Spiegel im Spiegel" meaning 'Mirror in Mirror' in German captivated me (and still does), not just for its hauntingly beautiful melody, but…
2023
Mr Grasshopper
There was a really ugly and intimidating looking grasshopper lurking around my sweet basil plant for about the past two days. Hello intruder … whatcha…
Look For The Glimmers
So today, even though I have yet to check off my list long list of to-dos, I wanted to take a couple minutes to write this blogpost. And this picture that…
A.I and Fiction
Can A.I ever come to write good fiction? As I have read a number of articles on ChatGPT and thought at length about A.I functionality and its ethical…
Anger - The Five Letter Word
For most of my life I believed that anger was a bad emotion and that I should “discipline” it out of my life — meaning that I should never express my…
"Home" is when you stop lying to yourself
I’m a singer-songwriter and the the official title of my debut album is “ Home .” (See Footnote 1) It is titled “Home” because making music creates a…
The Power of Solitude
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach,…
High and Dry
“High and Dry” by Radiohead was the anthem of my late teen years and my 20s. It came back to my life again and again in various ways and took on different…
2022
If
If I could take away those Two deep lines between Your brows I would You lie there In your pink uniform Dreaming harried dreams Playing out all the drama…
Are You Good Enough?
Feeling Inadequate? I wanted to write about this topic because I think many people, especially in Singapore, where I come from, suffer from this feeling…
My Favorite Hymn
Some of the best Christian music out there was written centuries ago. My favorite hymn is “Before The Throne of God Above.” I made a cover of it many…
Time Underwater
I wish we had more time together Things would look so different underwater When you consider all the ways This tale could unfurl Can you imagine a…
Wet Market
I remember it well, Trailing behind you Suffocating in The heat and stench, As slopping water Mingled with the blood Of freshly gutted fish Splashed…
Stories
We live in stories The ones We inhabit In our heads The ones that we Tell to each Other To give understanding And hope To remind ourselves There’s…
2021
When Time Runs Still
When time runs still Tomorrow With hours to kill and more to follow Where will you be? The night is long And the days blend The season’s gone With the new…
Mangoes
Ripe with a Malfeasance That threatens To engulf me Whole Round, full and yellow With that lingering Scent An inviting sweetness To bite Into juicy flesh…
Wonderland
If I can bring it back to mind This is how it must have looked like, When I was a child The cotton candy, the pink, The lights, The cool night air On my…
City of Angels
These streets are marked with sadness The alleyways and boulevards, This city of Angels and Devils Where opulence and poverty rub shoulders And sex is…
Quiet
What are all these words? Why all this noise? Why do people keep on Talking without saying anything? I just want to hear your heart The steady beating I…
Breathing In and Out
There were things about him That I breathed in And things that I breathed out There were things About him I could see And things that I could do without…
You Sought A Woman, You Found a Soul
Edith Södergran: The Day Turns Cool I. The day turns cool towards evening… Drink the warmth of my hand, my hand has the warm blood of springtime. Take my…
Jukebox Player
You talk about your glory days Matron Maxwell, who mentored you England and MGS, like they Were one and the same Conflating past and present You can…
Daenerys
I know now why she burned cities down I feel the fire of her dragons breathing down on me The righteous anger that was never seen heard or felt that was…
DIY Mushroom Patch Bell Jar
The Christmas before COVID hit I was given a succulent in a bell jar because I had requested a “leafy green plant” for my office Christmas secret Santa…
Michelin Star Pumpkin Soup
What you see in this picture is a humble bowl of pumpkin soup which I am happily consuming right now even as I write this blogpost. The title of this post…
Drive My Car
I went to The Projector on Tuesday this week for the 7:30pm screening of “Drive My Car" which won "Best Screenplay" in the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. It…
Using Humor to Disguise Fear or Terror
“Oh, Peter, of course I understand. And I approve. I’m a realist. Man has always insisted on making an ass of himself. Oh, come now, we must never lose…
Why David Bothers Me
As a mature Christian, I find it unsettling that after all these years, the biblical David still really irritates and annoys me, and I would daresay even…
Letting Go To Create
I wrote this song in a cab on the way back home from town: Life is a song That is to be sung You don’t go back You don’t go back There’s nothing wrong…
Lone Tree
A solitary silhouette You stand, Against the stark backdrop Of azure blue And feathery white clouds What makes you prevail In this sun-scorched earth…
Listen
I rediscovered recently on an older blog of mine that I had forgotten about. My entries in that blog really spoke to me and reminded me of the person I am…
Home
When old memories, creep up On you like that And when dust filters Through the light And the past is Captured. In a tiny capsule It follows you back Into…
How Our Brains Trick Us
If I told you that we all are living in some kind of delusion to differing degrees at any one point in time, would you believe me? The reality is, each…
The Culture and Civilisation of The Merfolk - An Allegorical Tale
One day as I lay in bed I saw a picture in my mind’s eye - I was swimming alone in the depths of an unknown ocean. My hair floated around my head in long…