By: thenarhh September 6, 2019 Reflectionadvice, Inspiration, Life, Mental Health, Personal, Positivity, Prose, Reflection, space, Writer, WritingLeave a Comment

Asking for What You Deserve

It was at a Gloria Jean’s. We had a blueberry cheesecake and iced mocha to share — not that these details were important. There were other important things, like the imminent sob-fest I was entering. “T”, I began. “I really think I’m going to fail.” The last word came out in a ragged breath, leaving my lips…

By: thenarhh May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 PoetryEmotional Anguish, Emotions, Life, Poetry, sad, Self, Writer, WritingLeave a Comment

Bursting at the Seams

though I am so full I am so empty / bursting at the seams / walking along those beams.

By: thenarhh May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 ProseArt, Creative Non Fiction, Creativity, Family, Fiction, Love, Narrative, Original, Prose, Sadness, Story, Writer, WritingLeave a Comment

We Suffer [PROSE PIECE]

He breaks into half, splintering across the silence when his son speaks again. | an original

New Coat of Paint

Outer order contributes to inner calm — Gretchen Rubin I know understand why they say that having a messy desk is the key to some form of disorganised, chaotic, downward spiral of a downfall – because we human beings understand the world we live in by windows – our own eyes, our own sight –…

A Shut Down Necessary

I’m feeling the lowest I’ve ever been since…my last worst-I’ve-ever-been, and that’s because I kind of have been neglecting the idea of taking measures to not neglect my mental health. Ooh. Double negatives and double negligence. That can never be good.

Where was Charlie?: Pulling together a Winning Sum

Charlie Lim (@wherewascharlie) and Jasper Tan (@vilecorpses) have been two people that I admired for a long time. And I was having a long (re: shitty as hell) day, thinking that I’d end up living life as a zero-sum game. I’ve listened to Charlie Lim before – he’s a fixture on my Spotify ‘favourites’, ‘quiet’,…

By: thenarhh November 12, 2018November 12, 2018 Inspiration, MusicArt, Beautiful, Life, Local talent, Melody, Music, New Music, R&B, Singapore, talent, Writer, WritingLeave a Comment

THE WAY THIS GOES IS [PERSONAL]

Like she’s trying to sweep remnants of sharp-as-glass pain under a thick carpet.

TAKE ME TO MARS by pop!SUGAR

pop!SUGAR signs off their email with Yours SUGARly. Has there been a more perfect band-brand dynamic? pop!SUGAR had reached out to me prior to the release of their debut single, “Taste the Rainbow”, which charted on the Spotify playlists of New Music Friday Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Vietnam. The trio’s first…

now.

2018.2: Let’s Get This Bread

Launching TALKING GAME on Medium,

Wrapping up Finals

Video Production

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Asking for What You Deserve

By: thenarhh September 6, 2019

Reflectionadvice, Inspiration, Life, Mental Health, Personal, Positivity, Prose, Reflection, space, Writer, WritingLeave a Comment

An Unorthodox Take on Taking the Risk

By: thenarhh September 2, 2019September 2, 2019

Inspiration, ReflectionAnxiety, Life, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Mind, Personal, Positviity, Student, WritingLeave a Comment

When someone tells you to take the risk, you usually take it seriously and think: What do you need to do more to step out of your comfort zone, what you need to push to redefine the limits you have set for yourself. I’ve learnt that taking the risk can also mean stepping back and closing certain doors.…

half-finished complete

By: thenarhh June 1, 2019

ProseAnguish, Life, WritingLeave a Comment

He woke up to the news that she had jumped from her flat on the seventh floor in a central location of their nation. She was gone. What else was gone was an emotion — there was a notable lack of anguish surging from him; no tears and no externalization of the breaking of his…

Upon Closer Inspection

By: thenarhh May 30, 2019

ReflectionLife, Personal, Problems, WritingLeave a Comment

There’s a jacket tossed over her knees, but her knees still feel the bump-and-grind of the table, the underbelly of its cold surface, gliding across her thighs. The fleece of the jacket isn’t enough to prevent that squeamish feeling. She knows that there are wars and famine and military violations; heroes stripped of dignity because…

Bursting at the Seams

By: thenarhh May 28, 2019May 28, 2019

PoetryEmotional Anguish, Emotions, Life, Poetry, sad, Self, Writer, WritingLeave a Comment

though I am so full I am so empty / bursting at the seams / walking along those beams.

We Suffer [PROSE PIECE]

By: thenarhh May 13, 2019May 13, 2019

ProseArt, Creative Non Fiction, Creativity, Family, Fiction, Love, Narrative, Original, Prose, Sadness, Story, Writer, WritingLeave a Comment

He breaks into half, splintering across the silence when his son speaks again. | an original

New Coat of Paint

A Shut Down Necessary

Un-Mask Monday

By: thenarhh January 21, 2019January 21, 2019

Reflection, World Positivity2019, Inspiration, Life, Life Lessons, Lifestyle, Personal, Quote, WritingLeave a Comment

“Happiness is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them.” The above quote featured against a zen backdrop of a koi pond on my Momentum dash. I was most obliged and intrigued to save this quote (by “Unknown”) because of the immediate disagreement I had with it. Why is happiness defined by your…

ORANGECOVE: Officially Infinite

ORANGECOVE released We Are Infinite on November 23rd. This has been the only time I’d willingly listen to people drag out the syllables of the word ‘Infinite’, because ORANGECOVE does it hella smoothly – the song is one of the best chill tracks I’ve heard this year. Let me tell you why I’d want the moments…