Losing Touch

I.III.IV LOSING TOUCH I’m not the most spiritual person out there, but if there’s one thing I’ve always appreciated about myself, it’s that I’m almost always in touch with my inner self. When I feel like I’m losing touch with myself, there’s a ritual I usually do. I turn off all the lights, light some candles and incense, put on […]

Myself

V.I.VI MYSELF It was still all very new with Marco. Right when we felt we were heading somewhere, the world seemed to have suddenly turned against us. What? I’m being overly dramatic? Okay, okay, sorry – I’ll tone it down. When I received the news I’d finally be going back to hospital, I realised we couldn’t be around each other […]

Off to the Races

IV.I.IV OFF TO THE RACES I remember dreading having to go on a date. All the small talk, the playing hard to get, the thrill of the chase. Then there’s the whole waiting for the right moment to ask them out and having to decide where to go. Then, of course, comes the much-awaited, much-dreaded day – along with the […]

Pride

IV.I.III PRIDE read on the doe With these new insights, I decided to give dating another try. The ‘not looking for anything serious but open to anything’ kinda dating. Up until that point, my love life had been very simple: the boring single phase with the occasional hook-up, the six-month relationship with Pedro, and the only-looking-for-fun, single phase. Whilst not […]

Budding

II.I.V BUDDING Swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe… Girl, boy, girl, boy. Man, this was getting confusing. There’s a way to talk to girls and a way to talk to guys. And talk, talk, talk I did, but I knew that sooner or later I was gonna have to go out with a guy if I wanted to really give this new […]

F.O.D.

II.I.IV F.O.D. Back home, I was busy with my summer job, helping around the house, and taking care of my dad. Everything was normal. Only now, there was something constantly humming at the back of my mind: “You know… I did stuff… I did stuff with a guy! Am I okay with that? Is this something I wanna be doing […]

Metamorphosis

II.I.III METAMORPHOSIS 2017… what a year. That year I learnt how to live. How to really live. That year, all those comfort zones holding me back went out the window. That year, the ball started rolling at hyper-speed, and I kept riding it like a pro. Lemme backtrack a bit… One of the best things about studying medicine is the […]

Reignited

I.I.III REIGNITED They say that ignorance is bliss. They also say pineapples shouldn’t be on pizza. Or that downing an entire can of whipped cream in one go is bad for you. Clearly ‘they’ is an idiot and ignorance is not bliss. What I’m trying to say in all these convoluted terms is that if I’ve learnt anything at all, […]