Today, I am taking part in the short story writing contest by @calluna. I hope you like it! This is the prompt to the story contest: This week, I am looking for a story inspiring by the concept of a world

Wild Rose, you have grown in my head It hurts so much that I wish I was dead You left wounds that will never heal But taught me how it feels to feel Tell me if I should love or hate you Before it's to

Strange day, today... Clouds everywhere, rain here and there and this unique smell in the air of water evaporating on the warm tar of the roads. It provides the setting for this strange and unreal feeling

War is a perilous affair With death and destruction converged it. With this destruction and death, it is quiet surprising how often we go to war. From the beginning of time wars have raged on from

Time for me to take part in another SBD give away contest. You can never have enough of these.. :-) If you like to take part as well please click here, host is @felixxx. ... and here it is, my entry:

The other day, @whatsup told a story about her encountering a mouse in the kitchen. Commentators of the story suggested to turn the situation into a writing contest in which the same situation is told

Yesterday I wrote a story about an ongoing battle I've been having with mice in the house. Here is the Story, "I Have To Burn Down The House", by @whatsup  I walked down the stairs and rounded the

I want to cry. But I don’t have enough tears. For each story, article, poem or play that I remember, the dam in my eyes threaten to give way. I wish it is all a bad dream. If it is, then it is a dream

Whenever I hear people talk about trust, my ears perk up.  I'm always interested to see other people's views on the topic. Trust is a most vulnerable subject. And many people equate vulnerability

My son Timmy and I just finished celebrating Star Wars day. For the uninitiated, May the 4th has become a holiday for geeks like my son and me. Many years ago, someone far wiser and geekier than I figured

When you are as young as I am, almost all paths are still open and ahead of you. It means, you have a lot of choices to make. In other words: Welcome to my personal decision-matrix! Me, shying away from

Just about an hour ago, I was walking back to my apartment when I was called over by some police officers. They interrogated me and for a moment, I was scared that I was going to spend the night in a cell.

Does one come before the other? Does a person need to be happy to be truly free? It would seem so. Does someone need to be free to be happy? Well, if you're not free at least in your mind, then how can

This is one of the scenes in my life I'm most familiar with. From even back when I was aged in single digits. A little fact about myself. I've lived in the same house for my entire life. It's the only

I would say one of the best things about being in Taipei is exploring the night markets. They are so ingrained into the culture here and fit into the Taiwanese way of life perfectly. Being one of the oldest

My last post came with a rather negative undertone, which is why I thought I should swing the pendulum to the other side with this one. That's why I will tell you a bit about the pleasures that come with

I discovered a new technique at the grocery store today. It's always annoying to get the grocery cart that wobbles or drives rough in some way. So lately I've had this thing where I eye them down and try

The inherent human “negative bias” is a byproduct of our evolution. For our survival it was of primal importance to be able to quickly assess the danger posed by a situation, an animal or another human.

Hi Open Mic'ers! For some reason I have had this song stuck in my head for a few days and so I decided to do a slower, more melodic cover of it. I hope you guys enjoy my interpretation of this iconic Britney

Some mornings I get to the studio and I’m so overwhelmed that I'm basically useless. Today it was like this and from experience I know to immediately make a list and get out all the things circling around