Well, hello again.

How many years has it been since my last post? Let’s see.. I believe it has been 14 years?

Today I went down the rabbit hole and rediscovered this blog where I used to write a number of posts. Reading them again now, I find them most cringeworthy as anyone from this age and time would quite immediately agree.

So I did what I had to do - I unpublished them all. No way on earth am I letting those go public 🤣 Sorry but you’re not reading any of that. 

Pheww! Old times 😆

But that aside, I retain a larger part of me even after years have passed. For one, I still love writing. Only this time, it’s in the form of journaling. I now own a leather journal and at least two fountain pens, each filled with different coloured-inks that I carry around all day, every day, in my bag. 

TRAVELER’S Notebook Passport size in Camel and some of my fountain pens

At home, I have in my drawer a growing collection of inks, mostly Diamine and two bottles of my newly-acquired Pilot Iroshizuku inks. They say once you try Pilot Iroshizuku, there is no turning back - and they are right, that which is most unfortunate for my wallet.

Diamine ink collection - they’re perfect or beginners.

Pilot Iroshizuku Syun-gyo and Ama-iro

That is to say, these are my companions in journaling that has made the journey so fun and meaningful. I have taken up writing as my daily habit, an essential part of my day and it has become a way to channel my innermost thoughts regardless what they’re all about. An outlet to express my creativity. A placeholder for the days that are yet to come. And ultimately a place for the emotions that don’t belong anywhere else.

And at the end of the day, I flip the pages and read them and think about all these past events of my life. How some of them didn’t really matter in the present, but a spur of the moment. Some are lessons learnt and the rest is mostly my deepest thoughts which I keep to myself only.

Have I got better at writing? Not at all. But I love it and I need to do it and that is all that matters. 🙌

Hello again.