My Grey World

When I close my eyes, I’m there When I fly away, I’m there I wish I were there, my Jakarta.. Then I close my eyes and pray That soon I’ll find my way to place that I call home, my Jakarta.. (A snippet of lyrics of my yet-to-be-finished song) So. Last year brainwashed people attacked [...]

I am currently down with flu. I started coughing on Thursday afternoon. I thought it’s just a normal coughing, but due to the recent paranoia over H1N1 coming to Singapore shores, I decided to check at the school doctor. I didn’t go travel anywhere over the few weeks so he dismissed the possibility of H1N1. [...]

I remember years ago when I was in junior high school, I borrowed a book from the library titled (if I’m not wrong) “Kisah-kisah yang Menyentuh Hati”/ “Touching Stories”. It is said to be a book that compiles stories that are frequently referenced by priests/preachers/basically any religious leaders. I remember years ago I chanced upon [...]

Indonesian Chinese Chinese Indonesian Chindo Indochina Cokin Tong ngin Tionghoa Cina There are a lot of things people use to call me and similar people : a person of Chinese descent/ancestry who was born and raised in Indonesia. But in English-speaking world, I always choose to call myself “Indonesian Chinese”. Sometimes I don’t use it [...]

We get depressed. Of course we do. Things don’t always go our way. Right? Sometimes I find myself in a situation so depressing, I feel crippled to do anything. It’s all so impossible, and I’ll feel helpless. But now, I think, sometimes I depress myself. It’s not the situation that depresses me, it’s me. Me [...]

I started writing this entry around 1 month ago and forgot to finish it. I watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button some days ago (it was a midnight movie). I intended to write this after watching the movie but I was too tired. Anyway, this is not a review of the movie. If you [...]

Ok I have 27 minutes to finish this blog post (I started writing at 23:33 PM Singapore time). I’ve always hated the idea of making resolutions. Why should we? Why wait until new year to do/get new things? But then I’m changing a lot this year so I guess.. I’m gonna make a resolution for [...]

I know you’ll be like “Oh well, what’s new? Sylv disappeared without announcement and went back to post several trivial stuff.” Nothing new, I will say. Just let me tell you this : I’ve been writing, a lot. I’ve used writing as my way to channel my frustrations and whatnots since I was young. But [...]