Thicker Than Water

My brother, Tunposi, has moved abroad for school, in the same country as my older sister. The house is quiet. If he was still home, his presence would fill the silence of my parents cocooned away in their room. I’m the only child left at home now, in an awkward stage where it feels like …

Overthinking: My Virtue And Vice

"To me, the act of scrutinising a detail over and over is as normal as breathing. I mean, who doesn't think about the food they'll eat at a restaurant they'll be visiting in a week? Who doesn't think back to conversations held years ago? There, away from the pressure of the expected back and forth, I can finally craft the perfect and most satisfying response." Read More...

Journal Entry 02: A strange journey

Adulthood has been a strange journey to embark on. I had thought that the age of enlightenment was eighteen. I thought that once I turned that age, I would finally feel secure in myself and have my life figured out. But eighteen came and went in a rather insignificant fashion. Then nineteen and twenty arrived …

Your beauty does not require perfection

I think that people are beautiful because of their imperfections, and not inspite of them.I came to this conclusion as I was scrolling through Instagram, and saw a video of an acquaintance beaming, working as she usually always is, on a photoshoot. She was staring earnestly into her camera, directing her subject with a wide …

Journal Entry 01: I Want What I Can Not Have

Sometimes, I miss the rigidity and schedule that school offered me. I miss the safety that came with knowing that a certain action would cause a due reward. I knew that if I studied hard, I would get good grades in my exams. Working life is different. There isn’t a direct correlation between my work …