Balance is second-nature. Will is a hawk, lithe presence peering down from forty feet above. The walkway lies – a gorge, a crevasse, splitting the …
Terminal Velocity
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Hawthorne Academy
Do not speak unless spoken to. Do not show weakness. Be the best in every aspect. These are just a few amongst the multitude of …
palpable
take me home. to the one i had all my firsts, the cocoon of nostalgia that cradles the remnants of my earliest years. colourful murals …
Sepet Sounds
There is a video of me, from when I was maybe two or three – I am wearing a blue dress that drapes a little …
Sunway Spotlight: Chinese New Year: Red Lanterns, Good Fortune and the Year of the Dragon
It’s that time of the year again—the time when red lanterns adorn the streets, lively music is blasted from speakers, and lion dance troupes grace …
Pixels & Fajitas: A Tale of Growing Up on the Internet and Chili’s
When I was young, young enough for the Internet to have solidified itself into something worth taking up space in our lives and before its …
Bone Flute
Henry Vaughan placed his two cents on the subject of childhood and penned a wistful melody of the loss of heavenly innocence and the burning …
Beers & Skittles: Cupid’s Secret Diary
THE CHRONICLE OF VALENTINE’S DAY Let’s rewind the clock to ancient Rome when Valentine’s Day wasn’t all about roses and chocolates but had its origins …
Beer & Skittles: Living Through Screens?
The Challenge Faced by Society Today “As I close my laptop, the coldness envelopes me suddenly; its harshness greeting me unpleasantly. Around me, dozens of …
The Four Lecturers You Will Meet in University
The Chill One – The first indicator is that they are not afraid to make NSFW jokes in class; they may even go as far as to swear a few times here and there. You will know for sure that you’ve found one if they don’t mind you addressing them by their first name, sans titles (though, try to tamp down your Asian reflex to scream at that suggestion, as you may startle them). Once you’ve ascertained you’ve met a member of this species, you may safely proceed to study for finals with lecture slides, only referring to the textbook to explain a diagram every once in a while. This species is one that has good faith in students to be academically honest, so go ahead and reference that paper, the one which you only read the abstract of – they won’t notice.