Winter Extremities

The extremely expressive and melancholic introduction of Sergei Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, First Movement (Moderato), plays from his stereo sound system. While listening, he sits back in a comfortable sofa and his mind begins to form pictures according to the piece. To him, the composer was trying to convey an important [...]

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Taking off

Well, yours truly here will be taking off (double entendres intended) soon. After much hassle in Kuala Lumpur, he is finally going on a vacation!
But first, let me tell you some of the troubles and complications (which aren’t anything complicated actually) that I faced. Actually, a week ago, my aunt called me up from Hainan. [...]

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A good night – and a good dinner.

It was supposed to be a dinner with Gavin Khor, Jared Ee, Kei Fai, Khael Malik and Timothy Wong but at last Timothy had to pull out during the last minute (Tim! We looked forward to meeting you actually!). Anyway, I had much of a good time today. I’m downright happy that all went well [...]

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Why?

Can anybody explain why is there such an emptiness in my heart that I’m longing for it to be filled? Why is that whenever I fill it up with whatever I can, there’s bound to be emptiness coming up elsewhere.
People have been offering me these words when I tell them about my emptiness:

Fill it up [...]

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