CAMBODIA: My Happy Heartbreak

PART II OF A THREE PART BLOG ON INDOCHINA April 2018. Siem Reap, Cambodia. I read somewhere that heartbreaks do not only happen when you’re hurt or in pain, it also happen when you’re happy and delighted. Your heart can break for sad moments and it can break for wonderful moments too. Cambodia, this place…

Vietnam: Simply Saigon

PART 1 OF A THREE PART BLOG ON INDOCHINA MARCH 2018. Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam (aka Saigon) was the first of the three countries that I visited in my tri-country trip in Southeast Asia. This was by far, the most chill trip I have ever had with no strict timelines and just making the most…

Malaysia: Love at First Hi!

NOVEMBER 2017. This one’s out of the plan purchase. Just a travel planned out of a random conversation on the upcoming APEC holidays in the Philippines. It was a super long weekend that you just would want to travel and be somewhere else rather than home. Malaysia seemed not to be the right place for…

What Matters Most

When you don’t matter to people who matter to you, make them feel that they matter even if you don’t. Show them you care no matter what. Tell them they’re important despite that. Make them feel special even if you’re not. Because in life, what you give doesn’t need to be reciprocated. What you can…

Uncontrollable

How can I be this vulnerable? This will surely get me in trouble. Why do I keep on being in this bubble? And cause my emotions to rumble.   A lot of questions I have been pondering on Ever since we both had the connection My heart has been on a revolution Against my brain’s…

Wonder

So I met you Our eyes locked Your face turned red I was shocked   You looked simple And genuine too I saw you smile I began smiling too   We started talking Conversation seemed unending One topic after another As spontaneous that couldn’t be better   It was a fun moment for me Never…

Visitor

I have a frequent visitor Always knocking on my mind’s door Has been with me everyday And has never been away   Even in my sleep And after I weep You were there standing In the corner, smiling   I wanted to hold you I wanted to feel you But the moment I take a…

Fear

Why do I always retreat, Without the desire to fight? Why do I always fear, Of the pain I would bear?   Sometimes I think I’m such a fighter When all along i’ve been acting like a quitter I become so afraid of the pain And disregard the memories I would gain   I’m afraid…

Taiwan: The Love That Never Was

JULY 2017. My trip to Taiwan was something that I never thought would happen that time. I was on the perspective that I would be visiting one country a year, which I already did just last March when I visited South Korea. But hey, another country and adventure wouldn’t hurt right? And besides, I will…

Drowning

Sometimes it doesn’t feel real When you are about to heal And all these things that you feel Would make you fall from a hill   I don’t like this If only I could run from this Why did I even allow myself To drown in this danger of bliss?   I opened my own…