Goddess, I Am.

And so dewy Iris flew down from the sky on saffron-colored wings, trailing a thousand different colors across the sun… - From Virgil’s Aeneid

You know what they say: birds of a feather, yada yada yada. Well, everyone knows I'm a strange girl, so it's only perfectly natural that I'm surrounded by strange people. Read the rest of this entry »

Here's a fact that I've never spoken of before: much of Thailand terrifies me. It has nothing to do with the country's current political unrest, or scary Thai wannabe kick boxers who beat people up for no reason, or even Thai food, which is scary enough as it is. No, my fears are far worse than that. Read the rest of this entry »

My new job has me helping kids write their college application essays for US universities. These are rich kids with hefty trust funds, yes, but they’re also kids who want to make something out of their lives. It’s fun helping them write their essays because their lives are so incredibly colorful and interesting. Most of them are still about to start their senior year in high school, but they’ve already accomplished so many things that most adults will never be able to achieve in their lifetimes. It made me think about myself in high school and what I was up to, which was pretty much no good. Here’s how my college essays would’ve looked like if I had the same opportunities as they do. Read the rest of this entry »

Disclaimer: Be warned! Not for the fainthearted.

I don’t photograph very well. I never had. Through the years, however, I have since perfected the angles and poses that enable me to be captured at my very best. Still, I’m yet to achieve a hundred per cent success rate, as is apparent from these horrid images: Read the rest of this entry »