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Written by: Zany Lynn
Category: Articles, Essays & First Person Journalism
Created: December 13, 2017, 8:35 am
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I am sitting on the porch watching the sunrise once again. Beautiful. The cock crowed three times this morning. Grandma will be up again to do her usual routine, swinging or rotating both her wobbly, flabby arms. After which, she would offer three joss sticks to the gods of the heavens, "Tee Gong".

The roasted coffee aroma permeates the kitchen I have grown to love. It is simply alluring. These sights remain vivid in my little mind like photographs at the gallery of my life.

Strangely enough, despondence transmits me back to these happy moments; so needful for me as I re-navigate and sieve through debilitating times. I still remember Grandma lovingly well, her smile, her laughter and her signature nuances. Oh I miss her so. Why do we even have to grow up, and so quickly at that? Grandma's ubiquitous influence can be felt throughout each turning point of my life.

Kindred spirits? What are they? Some folks simply piss us off for no apparent reason. Other times you meet another you have no qualms laying your life down for. Mystical, is it not? I believe our happiest moments are hidden somewhere in our innermost being, waiting to fulfill their ardent purpose. Must say the first six years with Grandma have not only ignited my truest self but she had illuminated what-so-ever counts.

Walking these streets in Shibuya today have brought back glimpses of little me running along the streets. I capture images of my happy-self like snapshots of some obssessive photographer hungry for Kodak moments. Without a doubt, I need to uplift "me". I cannot let myself down. Tokyo will always be special to me. Mythical in many ways because this is my very first visit to Japan.

As I daily struggle between the cracks of two worlds, I am still that jolly little girl who used to chase yellow butterflies in Grandma's sweet little Eden. I don't think have ever left Kovan Eden. I remain forever eight. It was the happiest year of my life.
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Book-venture

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Written by: Zany Lynn
Category: Articles, Essays & First Person Journalism
Created: December 10, 2017, 7:57 am
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Have you ever experienced one of those days when time is what you have and time is what you loathe? Today must be such a day indeed. Peeved.

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Hour Glass

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Written by: TwistedMind
Category: Articles, Essays & First Person Journalism
Created: October 19, 2017, 7:16 pm
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Whether others believe in me or not. I am trying to fix the things that you keep bending. Such as the promises that you never took to consider.

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Dear Friend

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Written by: TwistedMind
Category: Articles, Essays & First Person Journalism
Created: October 20, 2017, 10:43 am
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Dear diary,
I’ve kept you on the shelf were the morning sun hit against your purple polished cover. You were new and strange... So fascinating.

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No Good Deed

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Written by: 19williamsh
Category: Articles, Essays & First Person Journalism
Created: October 5, 2017, 5:52 pm
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“Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make, makes you”

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