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See you on the other side, babe

on July 19, 2022

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A Long Walk

on February 01, 2022

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Left Behind

on February 26, 2020

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In each season

on November 26, 2019

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on the hunt

on November 19, 2019

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8 Books for August the 9th

on August 09, 2017

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Poo

on June 24, 2017

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alone at Bras Basah

on January 17, 2017

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Cave of forgotten dreams

on March 27, 2016

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Not for a memory

on February 29, 2016

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Song to a lost Malaya and a different future

on July 26, 2015

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beware numbers and noise

on November 15, 2014

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The Union Cafeteria

on October 13, 2013

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Walking through his Republic of Daydreams

on April 20, 2012

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stamp on it

on April 19, 2012

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on the slow lane

on June 26, 2011

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the wise and the foolish

on April 19, 2010

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truth or dare

on March 29, 2010

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culture coming out of your s/pores

on March 24, 2010

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applause

on February 21, 2010

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Here's looking at you, kid.

When you look at the lifeless body of someone, they never quite look like themselves.

Saying goodbye

Sleeping J, portrait circa 2006. When archiving images of J recently, I discovered many photographs and drawings I made of him asleep. This is probably quite typical. Your partner, when asleep, will look extra adorable. If not for work, I can spend my mornings just looking at his sleeping face. Of course these sleeping portraits are like death masks. Friends you always ask how am I doing. The concern is sometimes embarrassing. I am definitely doing okay. God has been good. The feeling of gratitude is real. I am blessed with friends, family and both purpose and provision in my work. Many people dealing with the death of a spouse are supported by much less and deal with a whole lot more - young children, ailing parents, a loss of income or subsistence. This is also how I try to keep self-pity at bay.

On Failure

first Amps photo together - taken on Polaroid 2001 It is inevitable that we all experience failure.

Taiwan Number 8

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