Random Shiny Things

Myself

As I woke up in the morning
All I saw of myself was nothing.
I looked in the mirror
And I realized that I was ugly.

The face in the mirror was not myself.
I was fat, short and ugly.

I tried hard to smile,
But my smile faded away.
Me, myself and I -
I looked horrible.

I told myself that I was not pretty.
I felt pity.

Something was wrong,
But I have to be strong.
I wanted to be someone else
But I realized that I have to be
Myself.

People told me I was fat
But that’s just their facts.
Even if I was ugly,
I have a motive - 
I realized in the end
I wanted to be
Myself.

I am pretty
And I don’t feel pity.

Nary Ngoc Emma Edmonds-Yap

Baby gymnasts - their little faces!

Tea plantation, like velvet sprawled out carelessly under the sky

These are even more hideous in rl. They were nestled in among the roses, like frozen tarantulas

Big as a plate!

At Rose Centre, an hour’s climb up and ten minutes down! A field of cosmos beckoned

How is there a Starbucks in Cameron Highlands and no bookshop??

Lakehouse at Cameron Highlands - basically what Basil Fawlty might’ve dreamed of for his retirement

Good and pretty accurate piece - Sarah Chhin, quoted in it, is a remarkable woman. I’ve met her a couple of times and her work is super helpful.

Dazed and drunk though we look, its just the iPhone flash. On the bus to Cameron Highlands for our honeymoon (give or take a decade!)