The screen door bangs behind me. The grass is soft under my feet. I am almost tempted to touch it and feel its wetness between my fingers. The wind is cold against my face, drying the tears that keep on flowing from my eyes. Thunder rumbles. I shiver. I’m so scared. But I walk on. [...]
I broke my self-imposed vow of sobriety a couple of nights ago. No special reason. It actually started the night before that, when a friend invited me to ‘Talkin’ to a Stranger’, a bar I used to frequent a lot because it was so close to where I live (a 5-minute walk). Over a plate [...]
For the record,
You’re one of few whom I loved most:
I felt unique and precious each time
You held me close–your eyes
Ready to pierce holes in my soul,
Before a smile blooms on your face
And we’d laugh, and I’d lay my head
Against the base of your neck,
Where I’d smell the fabric of your shirt
And hear your heart beating [...]
So by this time it’s common knowledge to those who follow tennis that Roger Federrer is this year’s Wimbledon champion, in turn capturing his 15th grandslam title and a page in history for beating Pete Sampras’ record of 14. But before anything else, let me just say that I’m not a big follower of tennis. [...]
Whenever I travel outside of Cambodia, one of the first things that I do is satisfy my cineaste heart. There are no cinemas in Cambodia that show English films. I have to make do with DVDs that I regularly buy from my friendly neighborhood (pirated) DVD shop. So soon after arriving here in Kuala Lumpur [...]