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  • Early Morning Thank You Post

    I woke up feeling extremely grateful, and I think in the past week I’ve felt the guiding hands of God for sure, but the people that have been nudging me, or pulling me along.

    I am extremely thankful for my Temasek Polytechnic friends – lectures, seniors, friends, juniors, and basically the whole group that pulled through together over the years. I have no idea how or why anyone would stick with me through my years of being a horrible human being, but everyone was really too kind. Maybe not, but at least to me, I felt and still feel comfortable asking for help. It’s such a journey to go through life with creative people, and I truly cherish my years with them.

    All the art and creative people sprinkled into my life. They truly colored the whole landscape of the world for me. And a lot of the times, I just hope I was colorful enough to add color into their lives too. Thank you for being there, and for being willing to share your life with me.

    The Perfume fan group honestly was a very interesting part of my life, and it’s a group I still enjoy catching up with every now and then. I guess in many ways we’ve grown up and hopefully not past Perfume, and I guess we had connected then because we saw life different from everyone else’s paths. It’s great to see everyone stabilizing in life one way or another.

    I’m thankful for the Christian groups I walked with over the past years. It was amazing getting to meet other like minded people, and to be spurred on to do more in my Christian ministry and in life. I think my church groups had played a huge part of forming a space for community, and I wish it could be shared with even more people.

    My parents for sure: I don’t think I could ever ask for a better set of parents, and many people enjoy finding my parents to be their guiding posts too. I know I’m the person I am today because they let me be at the right times, and they pulled me back at the right times. That takes a lot of careful consideration, and I hope to learn it well for my own child.

    My Wife!! who has been the most patient over our 5 years of marriage so far. I’ve learnt a lot about grace and patience, and also about how to work on impulses at different times. Creatively, Clarice also has been really impactful on how I consider a direction or approach. If you see my artwork becoming more clear, usually Clarice is assisting with some comments there.

    What a strange post to come out of me today. I just felt the need to really write some thanks out. Maybe one day I would write my own “Boy” like how Roald Dahl did.

  • 1989

    It’s my birthday, and it’s been 32 years since.

    There’s many ways to think about it, but one of the things I’m really most thankful for today and this time is really how much I’ve been seeing myself grow in the past few years. It’s been extremely reflective this past two years, and I’ve been learning many things about myself, and the things and events that have made me who I am today.

    I’ve always thought of my current age as a comparison against all the other people who became famous at my current age. Like when I was in my twenties, I thought about how Taylor Swift was so famous and doing so many things. I thought about the Christian writer Joshua Harris and how he started out writing by then already. Of course, we wouldn’t necessarily say that life was so so much better for them, but I was still kinda envious.

    I still think that now, and it’s one of the things that motivate me to keep on at what I do. I still think that I wish I had that world wide level of fame. I don’t say it much, but it’s something I do consider.

    But in the past few years, I’ve understood a different kind of life set out for me. Maybe I might not be that famous person who has changed the world. I’ve seen that I’ve changed the lives of the people around me, in little bits, or in large parts. I’ve seen that I’m a friend, and that I’m not necessarily the star, but these aren’t bad parts at all. Maybe they’re actually the even bigger parts.

    I don’t have to wish for fame anymore, because just being me, I’m kinda famous already. My friends all know me, and that’s fame enough. Might sound like a compromise, but I am truly happy for all the friends that I’ve gotten to know over my 32 years. Some longer than others, but I am thankful for all of them. They are the best people in the world, that fame will never understand. My friends are so directly important and precious to me, that I will really miss their presence if it were taken away.

    So even though I still think about what world impact I could do and change, I still know that at the end of the day, I’ve already achieved that. I know that I have close friends that love and cherish me for all that I am. I am super thankful for that, and I’m glad I don’t have to think if they’re here for my money or my fame in itself, but they’re just here for me. That’s awesome.

    I’ll be here for them too. Or there for them. I’ll be with them. Because I know that all of it matters, and it’s been really an amazing journey with all of them.

    The most of all being Clarice, who has really changed me in the biggest ways. At 32, other than my parents, I don’t know anyone else more loving to me than she is.

    Maybe one day this will be a speech, but a speech for my friends, who have stood by me all this time. They’re the best, and I really wish I had more time to write these things, but I’m off to spend more time with my family, and friends too.

    What a life I’ve gotten to live. I am so thankful to God for carrying me through all this, and to all the friends He has given me. So so so so so thankful.