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spill.

Painting is the only tool that could ever twist open the bottle of emotions inside of me. Words that I've never dared to blurt, actions I've restrained myself from taking, they have been so hard to control. They amass like a relentless tide day by day, and finally when they surge up to the rim of the bottle, teetering on the verge of eruption, that is when I know I need to go confide in my source of solace. It does it so easily for me, to finally let out all the dark secrets I have, spill them onto the blank expanse of the canvas, like a cascade of shattered glass and water. With painting, all of the raw emotions, the words left unspoken, can finally be free from me, without hurting anyone close.

#emotional #thoughts #sad #painting #spill #writing #original #poem #inspirational quotes

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A breathtaking moment

There was a point in my life where I felt that my breath was truly taken away. It was not by a particular relative or friend, nor was it a fiery sunset that captured my eye, but it was by my dog, one that I genuinely poured my heart and soul into taking care of for the past 10 years. She was the loveliest partner I knew and ever had, always at my side during the moments where I felt down, and was my guiding light in the darkest of times. Amongst the beautiful memories we shared, one particular brief moment of time stood out to me, and it truly stole my breath away. It was during her last and final year with me, in the simplest of moments.  “I’m home,” I declared, as I unlocked the heavy wooden door of my small apartment. Just like any other day, I was greeted by my pet dog Luffy, tucked beside the sofa, where her resting basket was, lazily lifting up one dog ear as I stepped into the house to greet her. Luffy, in her big 10-year-old Labrador manner, rose up from her bed and pattered towards me slowly. I leashed her gently and we stepped out of the house to go on a walk together. 

It was a particularly gloomy day. The ominous clouds loomed over the houses, threatening to spill anytime. We went to our nearby residential park, which was completely vacant and silent, except for the occasional noisy rustling of leaves due to the gusts of cold wind. As we went along the trail, I was starting to feel the fatigue from being in school all day. All of a sudden, I was forced out of my reverie, as Luffy suddenly stopped in her tracks, making me almost trip over her body.

“What’s going on, Luffy?” I asked, as I noticed that Luffy was staring at this particular large tree in the center of the park for quite a while. The tree stood in its glory, in the most famous and notable part of the park, its massive trunk reaching out with tiny branches, grasping onto the lush green leaves, creating a massive green shelter akin to the shape of an umbrella. I remember overhearing from old residents that this tree has been here for nearly 100 years, but other than its long history in this country, this tree was nothing special to me. I was left thoroughly confused with Luffy’s silence and unblinking stare at the old tree.

All of a sudden, she started running towards it, barking as maniacally as possible, like a hungry buffalo. Caught off guard, I let go of my hold on the leash, and a wave of shock immediately overcame me.

“Luffy, wait!” I shouted, instantly chasing after her. Luffy never did act this way. She was usually a calm dog; nothing ever fazed her in her 10 years of living. Even during our daily walks in the same park, she never paid special attention to the big tree. That is why, the fact that she was overly enthusiastic today piqued my curiosity. 

She kept on barking, her voice reverberating through the quiet park. Scratching at the bark of the tree while desperately trying to stand on her two feet to get up, her once-neat coat ruffled was now messed up by her frenzy. 

Finally I caught up to Luffy, panting for air as I crouched down next to her. 

‘What is it that you’re looking at, Luffy?” I tiredly asked, as I watched my dog slowly soften her barks while still insistently glaring up the tree. I sighed.

Curiosity was like a devil, urging me to just take a quick peek up the tree to satisfy the burning question of “What is going on?” 

So, naturally, I raised my head up, and the cat was out of the bag.

Woah. 

A wide crowd of small crisp white birds, perched on top of the branches of the trees, were looking down at me and Luffy with a sharpness in their eyes, standing tall on their branches, as if we were just lowly servants to the king’s throne. Their pearly white feathers were brought out by the green of the leaves, and their beaks and eyes were a murky black. 

I was absolutely shell-shocked for a moment. Never have I thought to see a whole flock of Duarian Starlings occupying the entire space of a tree, let alone even see a bird perched on a tree nowadays! To a measly teenager like me, we could only ever see such birds through our science textbooks or at the bird park. Moreover, his urban environment was unsuitable for wildlife with the heavy traffic in the mornings and late evenings, with frequent loud horns audible everyday, so to see birds, let alone countless of them, was just insane to me. That moment left my mouth gaping wide open, and all of my wandering thoughts about my bed and food instantly vanished. It was a truly breathtaking moment, where I just stared at the mother birds feeding their chicks, and the birds lightly chirping as if they were having a conversation. I felt so at peace, looking at them.

Soon, soft thunder rumbled through the skies as raindrops slowly started to pelt down the pathment. With no umbrella and Luffy not budging from her spot, I was left with no choice but to sit under the tree and wait out the rain.

So, for the next 30 minutes or so, Luffy and I sat next to each other, dry and right under the tree, staring out at the downpour gushing down on the park and raindrops illuminated by tiny glimpses of the sun, with the flock of white birds, sharing this quiet solace together for a while.  In the end, the breathtaking and unusual view of the birds still have a special place in my heart after so long. That was one of my most memorable and favourite memories I shared with Luffy. Now, everytime I enter the same park, I sit at our same spot, reminiscing about this particular memory with Luffy. 

- written by yoon

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#short story #original story #personal rambles #language #poems and poetry #dogs #breathtaking #beautiful #wonderful #ilovedogs #cute #fluff

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thoughts (´▽｀)

green tea + honey is actually one of my favourite drinks.

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hypothesis #2: some milk have the same consistency but have very different tastes. the milk have different amount of lactose put into the milk such that the taste changes??

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hypothesis #1: when you eat more lemons, your tongue will grow to have a resistance towards the sourness, so that the next time you eat the lemon, it no longer tastes sour, but rather just a bit sweet and a little sour.

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Manga vs Anime (bnha ver.)

Is it just me or do i prefer the bnha anime version more than the manga version?

i think the voices of the characters play a really key part in bringing out the characters personalities even more in bnha, which is why i feel the anime is better.

not that the manga is not good (i mean it’s literally the backbone of the anime), but the animation makes the plot and action come alive, and the colours used in the anime makes the costumes, the scenery, the atmosphere in the anime makes the anime version look more bright and fun

the plot is a 10/10. even though there may be clichés here and there, the plot still has many interesting developments that i always look forward to. especially the character + quirk developments from class 1A, i mean look at how much bakugou and todoroki have grown!

still, big respect to the manga author for creating such a wonderful manga, plot, storyline, and of course - the characters. the artwork is also especially nice. i really love how each character looks unique, and have their own style and quirk! the backstories of the main characters are not boring too!

the contribution of such a creative story really makes life more interesting, and it gets me going as i have something to look forward to to satisfy my thirst of content and action.

i still like the anime more than the manga though. (sorry kohei horikoshi)

#bnha bakugo katsuki #bnha midoriya #bnha todoroki #bnha #rants #thank you #anime over manga sorry #needmytea

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Mixtures

“yay!! mixtures !!!”

Basically, i was curious(and bored), and tried to create new drinks/food (which gordon ramsay would NOT approve of) by mixing them. So today I’ll be arranging my impulse creations from the scale of Not bad, to Absolutely Horrendous, to a wonderful Disgusting-Just-Do-Not-Try :)

**for fun**

Top #1 Mixture (Not so bad)

Ingredients: Green Tea (non-sugared), Ribena syrup (basically blackcurrent berry syrup that you put in water so it sweetens)

Rate: 7/10

amazing. wonderful. awesome. mind-blowing.

it tastes very cool actually

although i got 3 marks off 10 (yikes) since i can’t consume it in huge amounts. it took a lot of suffering and braincells to realize that this is not very healthy to consume copious amounts of (like i can only take ¼ cup of the mixture without having a stomachache. pain.)

still very cool though. will try again.

#2 (Bad)

Ingredients: Plain yogurt (main), Honey, Strawberry jam (or any other jam)

Rate: 5/10

it actually tastes pretty nice compared to the other ones i’ve made but uh it barely passes in my opinion JHVHASAHSBA sorry. plus the plain yogurt is too plain (and i hate plain yogurt, it’s just not my jam [lmfao see what i did there?] ).

well, if you want to sweeten your plain yogurt then try this, you might like it, you will never know :”)

p.s sorry yogurt fans:0

#3 (Still living i suppose)

Ingredients: Original Coca-Cola, Green Tea (sugared)

Rate: 4/10

just!! too!! sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and too!! gassy!!! (looks at coke*)

that’s all.

if you want a sugar rush and higher diabetes rates (kidding) then i recommend you to mix it. don’t say i didn’t warn you.

#4 (Absolutely Horrendous)

Ingredients: Instant Custard + Strawberry jam + Honey (The Combo That Will Never Let Me Live Life the Same Ever Again)

Rate: 0/10

it took a big 180 degrees turn from bad to absolutely horrendous.

well,, let’s just say i was planning on making a honey + jam tart for cooking class in school. unfortunately, my teacher required all of us to add custard into our tarts as a must-have ingredient, which led to me adding instant custard into the tart, and then layering honey and strawberry jam onto the custard itself as the filling for the tart. i baked it, and then tasted it after the whole cooking session. the tart crust was absolutely fine, but the filling tasted like sweet sugar and a no-flavour ashy pile of mush (aka the instant custard). the jam and honey totally neutralized the taste of the custard and it just!! feels, and tastes. awful.   (ㆆ_ㆆ)

the combo was disgusting. i absolutely loathe it now and i’m never putting strawberry jam, honey and instant custard together anymore. it was a mistake (ㆆ_ㆆ).

Important Note: am not a professional taste tester but pls excuse my lack of description on the taste

And here comes #5 (Disgusting-Do-Not-Ever-Try)

Ingredients: Ribena syrup + Milk

Rate: I do not approve. Not worthy of a rate.

never again. i want to cry just from imagining myself drinking this mixture in the future. why did i ever try this. nope. i refuse. good. bye. i literally have no words to describe this.

im telling you, even the smell is terrible, and i ain’t even exaggerating.

in conclusion: syrup + milk is disgusting.

do not try at home. just do not. trust me. if you have ribena syrup at home, don’t put it in your milk.

i need a bucket. 

:)

 [ yoon ]

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ew i saw on your ig post that you said you dint want me to ditch u on discord like good sir what . you are the one that ditched me you smelly stanky stink you wont even come online n e more and since you now take 15 hours to reply me on whatsapp you better see this or else you little cloud-head

SOBBING RN DONT DITCH ME KAY

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The Eiffel Tower

praying i won’t get sued for this (i drew this)

#tour eiffel #eiffel tower

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JAEHYUN // LEMONADE - BEHIND THE SCENES

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AAAAA

jaemin // fcmm

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THIS IS SO MY COLOUR SCHEME I LOVE IT !!

JUST HOLDING ON //

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mmmm froggo <3

“Love is paying a visit to your grandma and coming home with enough delicious treats to last for the rest of your tadpolehood.” — Liber Vermis

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Art? (career choices at a young age) - confused edition

[ NOTE: all information I gathered were from Google and (might not be accurate!) ] :) enjoy! I took a career test on Tuesday, where I had to go through 11 sets of 5-7 questions on which job I would like and which job I wouldn’t like. In the end, I would get a three character abbreviation based on the RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional) code. What I got was a three character abbreviation - IAC - which stands for Investigative, Artistic, and Conventional, respectively.

- Investigative: one who likes to investigate, analyse, evaluate problems in a nutshell. - Artistic: one who is creative, leans a lot on imagination, and have artistic abilities. woohoo! - Conventional: one who likes dealing with mathematical equations, data and statistics in general. After getting my results, I have many recommended job choices that suit the received code best. The most common ones I saw were under the field of “Engineering”. From then on, I researched about the different types of engineers, ranging from the higher paid ones, to the happier ones (did you know, biomedical engineers have one of the highest happiness rates - 3.4 stars out of 5 stars), and to the high-in-demand ones. The thing about engineering is, it’s such a HUGE, BROAD field, it’s soooo popular, and it even pays quite well (to some extent!!). Jobs under Engineering are like the somewhat ideal type of job one would want to have. Good pay, somewhat-good life, and in-demand. However, my passion lies in the Arts. Art comes in many different forms, and its a wide field as well. Some examples are music, digital media, visual arts, performance arts, and many many more. My passion is for the visual arts. I really, really love drawing. Using ink markers to create an artwork, using colour pencils to blend, and even using digital art apps to draw is extremely enjoyable to me. I really, really love drawing, but I do not like drawing things that does not pique my interest, or if it’s boring and about the past. I like drawing, so as to properly express, show myself to the world through various the art forms. It’s like saying “HELLO WORLD!” Even if I receive a theme about (for example), “Partly Opened”, I would still try to put some of my elements into the artwork to make it unique and completely original (done by me). Every single artwork i produce is supposed to contain a part of myself :) The downside of my passion is, even if I do want to pursue the arts and go down the arts career pathway, it is like going down a totally opposite road (from Engineering). The pay is lower (from where I am), and without the amount of pay I wish to get, I won’t be as happy. If I go down the art career pathway, I would not enter into a college, which my parents wants me to go to. Furthermore, my weakest skill in Art is painting. My fundamentals for painting is just zero to none (i’m self taught ;), which results to me being worse than my artsy friends at painting [ cue sad noises ]. “Follow your passion,” My teacher said. But, teacher, what if my passion is something not very appreciated and popular? What if I don’t get a job with this passion of mine? What if I fall into the depths of poverty all because I wanted to chase my passion? Wouldn’t it be all for nothing? . . . In conclusion, I am stuck and confused, and I sort of need some help figuring out my career choices </3 Comment down some tips if you would (and can!) . . stay safe, stay healthy ~ yoon 

#jobs #job #career #art #confused #confusion #tips #questions #question #answer #painting #passion #school #college #needmytea

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jaehyun // nct life in gapyeong ep.5

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210802 vlive ◇ barefaced mark lee

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jumped in the cadillac <3