Window Metal birds high upDescendingAscending Feathered birds outside my windowChirpingFlapping Mornings are a-callingEvery day in this sacred spaceLifting the veil of nightCurtains up revealing delight Soaring DippingPivoting RivetingI love the theatrical panoramaThat plays outside my window Affords me time to museTo dream and wonderTo pen down ditties or random haikusDoodle and ruminate Just inside of … Continue reading My Metrical Musings #270
It's been a while since I talked about my youngest son C with autism, and what's been happening with him. So here goes. Three things happened in these past three months that has meant new milestones reached for him. Autism Milestone #1 - Attending Gym Sessions Source: Writer's Album (2026) One was him attending free … Continue reading My Son’s Autism Milestones: Gym, Buses and Handphones
Things I Can't Shake Off Things I can't shake off. Weather woesNoises tollBusy beesOther's seeInsects DirtAlone nessNeed to be always doing something More things I can't shake off. Restless nessIgnor anceLoud train passengersUpside-down slippersLoose stringsFloppy skinsFriends who turn 180 and leave Still more things I can't shake off H.U.M.I.D.I.T.Y.Piercing screamsThoughts rushing withinWhithering staresCruel commentsBlown away … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #269
The following post first appeared here on Christmas Day 2025. It chronicles my "Delights Project" over the past two years and how this simple personal project helped me learned to slow down, appreciate, savour and re-live small and unexpected delightful moments of my life. When I posted it on my Facebook shortly after Christmas, I … Continue reading My Delights Project: Two Years On And Counting!
Art By The Sea Who knew a walk with a friend by the seaWould offer up more than sea salt and breeze?That's precisely what happened this Monday mornMy friend and I stumbled upon a lawnOf wooden art pieces still not quite doneWe wandered around them and realized someWere still being formed with identities unclearWas a … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #268
It was Wednesday, 14 January 2026. Across the island, students were returning to their secondary schools to collect their โNโ and โOโ level examination results. So was my son. Him who's all16 going on 17. I had missed out on being present when he collected his PSLE results back in 2021, when he was 12 … Continue reading Nearly Two Decades On, I Finally Get To Witness My Son Receiving His National Exam Results!
Delights Galore It's hard to describeWhen delights descendBut when it comesYou're never the same! Like me this morningMeeting strangers over coffeeWithin half an hour we were deepInto sharing our life's longings Who could imagine suchSerendipitySo unexpectedSo divine? Who would have thoughtAt my ageI'll still experience connectionsSo rich so sublime? But I did And I'm gratefulTo … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #267
I've been waiting a long time to write this post. Finally, the moment has arrived, and I can't wait to voice out my joy! After many seasons of watching my all-time favourite singing competition on TV -- The Voice -- I finally encountered a singer whom I knew, the instant he opened his mouth to … Continue reading Discovering Beauty #1: “The Voice” Sharpened My Instincts For Beauty
Mea Culpa Mea Culpa Mea Culpa Mea CulpaI tried so hard to tell him Mea Culpa Mea CulpaSomething's wrong with me, not them The friends that I thoughtWere mine foreverDisappearing, leaving me to falter They never actually leftThey just promised nothingIt was all my wishful thinking Mea CulpaMea CulpaI realised it's all my fault Mea … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #266
Happy New Year! It's been over a month now since I took my annual year-end writing break. But something's a little different about this recent hiatus. I didn't miss writing as much as before! Blogging consistently over the past eight years, I've always looked forward to a new year of creating and writing whenever January … Continue reading What Will My Writing Look Like In 2026?
