Vancouver — “Date a girl who writes – who spends her money on books and devouring them, while already thinking about writing the reviews at the back of their minds. She is lost at times, thinking of the right wor...
Balok — A self-reflection, I must say. I have been speculating on ‘what’ and ‘where’ I want to be, today and in the future. We all shifted through life
Dallas — Keep it up, brave little dude.
Vancouver — “So in future, if I want to discover any certainty, I must withhold my assent from these former beliefs just as carefully as I withhold it from obvious falsehoods. It isn’t enough merely to have noti...
Fort worth — We spent a few months holed up in the studio, recording our first full-length album, and it’s been about four months since our last live show. After that much time, I get a peculiar mixture of nerves ...
Fort worth — I felt like getting out of the house, so I strolled around the neighborhood with the X100T in hand. Out and about, with the evening air turning crisp and quiet, I heard music and feet thudding on a w...
Kankakee — I never realized how short life was and how fast it was going by….I think that’s just normal teenage feelings.
New york — I was walking to work when I saw a guy sitting on the doorsteps of a building. As I got closer I saw another guy. But when I reached him I noticed it was a mirrored wall and there was only one guy. ...
New york — You look at her and you’ll probably see an old soon to be senile lady that just seems sorta…meh average. But I’m just like damn this is HONYs life. She looked at me like she wanted to strangle me...
Los angeles — we met just before society began it’s well rehearsed day, no expectations were discussed, just pure human interaction was what we could count on, although we continued to see each other. somewhere...
Prophetstown — So I was so bored, and llama’s happened to be one of my favorite things. I am in love with llama’s. So I searched hi and hi.co came up. So I wrote this little thing so, GO LLAMA’S!
Ahmedabad — I had an invitation from Times Now during the Pulse price rise to come as one of the panelists to debate this issue. This came after two of my back to back interviews in Rediff and WSJ on the subject....
Fort worth — After having taken some time away from Hi, I’ve come back, and this building is back as well - freshly restored and renovated for living and commercial space. I am disappointed at times by the pace o...
Hong kong — I still remember the day you asked to get into a relationship with me. I still remember how you made me say it. I still remember that blog both of us had started. I still remember Christmas 2014. I s...
Duluth — I hit “Enter” listening to the scrape, scrape of a snow shovel clearing the sidewalks of ice from the last snow-rain-sleet of a winter slush storm. I’m now retired and rent, so someone else does the s...
Ho chi minh city — Finally I am here again in Saigon after nearly 2-month vacation. Good time with my family make me just don’t want to come back to this crowded city. Anyway, I have relaxed enough. Going to graduate so...
Hong kong — I might be too fast to generalize in this sketch. A bit tooo fast. But, I do know that one thing that repelled me from MUNning (doing Model United Nations) is the amount of hostility I found in people...
Aireys inlet — This morning God turned on one of his better sunrises. Glorious. Of course, as an atheist I’m not supposed to use the word God, apparently because I don’t believe in Him. I find this kind of relig...
Saskatoon — I have a weight goal, it’s to stay in the range of an ok BMI. I’ve always fallen short of it. Not because of an eating disorder, though one could call it that. I can’t chew anything because my jaw is ...
West hollywood — If the time machine wasn’t just wishful thinking. I would go back to our sweet beginnings, Spending days where it felt so natural. Days with no animosity, no anger, jealousy or regret. No despair,...
Saskatoon — I have to admit that I didn’t read much in my youth. I was embarrassed by my dyslexic mind, and I was too afraid to ask for help. When I started wearing glasses, religiously I might add, my world chan...
Ahmedabad — I woke up this morning early to record an Audio Blog with my pet Percy. Made my entrance to the room where he is sleeping. Oh did I tell you Percy is the Indian Parakeet that we are caring for? He ha...
London — It’s always good to be reminded by someone to stop and reflect on things you can so easily take for granted. A familiar view on a walk to or from work is a simple but powerful example of this.
Bainbridge island — A gas tank nearing empty and disdain that can’t be controlled, you fold Pulled by the desert’s cold into a bar saturated with stovetop grease Your expertise is in affliction and in marrow of the dis...
Accra — When I was a child, I realised I was invisible. I was a terrified, quiet girl who blended into the background. At home, I soon came to know that guests seemed to prefer my sister to me. At first I co...
Saskatoon — “Where did you get that part of your personality?” “Which part of my personality?” “That fiery part of your personality. Where did it come from? I mean for someone who grew up small and sick you cou...
Bainbridge island — Among the things I’d rather forget Is the wind chime you made Out of grandmother’s kitchen knives The same ones we used to set the table at Christmas Are the ones you used to chase the opossums G...
Saskatoon — I grew up with a rare medical condition so my childhood did not involve things like sleepovers or riding a bike, I honestly barely had any friends. My childhood was full of hospital beds, PICU nurses,...
Saskatoon — I wrote this poem a few months prior to my PTSD diagnosis. I was dealing with a lot of emotional stress, and that was paired with the toxicity of the relationship I was in. It is quite safe to say th...
Bodega bay — I wanted to burn everything the day I saw this sunset.
Bainbridge island — Last night at the bar I ordered a beer and while waiting for it I felt the gaze of the man sitting next to me. I turned to him, met his eyes and he said, “You look like you’re 14.” My posture stiffen...
Arnold — This view. I remember it so vividly and so intimately from when I was a kid. For over a decade, my dad and uncle brought me, my siblings, and my cousins here every summer to go camping, and sometimes...
Aireys inlet — To say I rejoice in my first cup of coffee is no exaggeration. Within 20 minutes I go from bleary, grumpy, teary and tired to bright, energized and ready to meet the day. I suppose the sun rising b...
Vancouver — “As we all know, the surfeit of distractions available on a personal computer these days can make it exceedingly easy to get nothing done. There’s the constant haranguing of emails, the intrusions of...
Accra — These days there is a lot of talk about depression everywhere. A lot of campaigns that raise awareness and erode stigma. Campaigns that tell you its okay to feel like this, you’re not alone, there are...
Saskatoon — My best friend, MH, and I spent every weekend together when we were young. The only time we strayed from our routine was in the unfortunate occurrence of illness. From the ages of 8 to 14, I would pho...
Kennett square — Although the air temperature was comfortable while wearing a few light layers of clothing, the ground was still cold. Fortunately I have kept a packaging for a perishable gift from our friends. I used...
Shibuya-ku — I was invited to view a 1:1000 scale model of Tokyo today. It felt … liturgical. Like bearing witness to a holy object. It was WEIRD — let’s just say that — the response I found myself having to thi...
Saskatoon — “Darlin’, don’t you, stand there watching, won’t you come and save me from it. Darlin’, don’t you, join in, you’re supposed to drag me away from it.” (Sedated; Hozier) Nothing about it was healthy...
Lahore — Well, most of my judgments are based on books, stories and novels. They might not be real, but the characters are. So here it is on the plate, about what I learnt; We judge people on their past - we d...
Bangalore — Hey Guys! Hope you all are doing well. I failed in some subjects in exam, but my friend passed it all. Now he is an engineer at Microsoft, and I am the owner of Microsoft -Bill Gates. The great min...
Kihei — …I haven’t abandoned this place. It’s where I come to write when no one’s looking. To project onto the scrim of the web any image that has captured my fancy and my device’s lens; and then to reflec...
Bradford — The first question West Yorkshire people ask is, ‘Was it a Bradford fire?’ Meaning not Was it in Bradford, but was it deliberately set to solve the problem of a large redundant building standing on l...
Ilford — Redbridge Radio Cars and Snaresbrook Cars have been helping people get around and about for over 45 years. We offer convenient, reliable and safe transport. We are the most popular Minicab company and...
Ahmedabad — Never understood the concept of smart cities. I have never seen one. May be because I am not a frequent international flyer. The cities that I went to, Bangkok, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, New York, Washing...
Burnaby — “Commencement speakers are always telling young people to follow their passions. Be true to yourself. This is a vision of life that begins with self and ends with self. But people on the road to inner...
Aqaba — “We travel to bring what little we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed.” This thought has been with me whenever I travel ever s...
Hong kong — The wind slashes through the steel window, and dashed into every cell in my body. It’s quite unusual to get a 6 degrees Celsius in Hong Kong nowadays, with tiny ice cubes falling from the skies and ic...
Null — When I was expecting, me and my other half were so excited. All of a sudden before my due date I got labour pains n was rushed to the hospital. We all were very excited. Finally at 7.26 Am was son was...
Lewes — Sarah is a girl I met when I lived in Arizona Sarah had been a good friend of mine for a few years before her incident and so when I had heard what she went through I became very consumed by the topic...
Crescent head — I’ve been reading Wallace J Nichols’ BLUE MIND (the science of just how awesome water is and makes us). I’d saved it for a recent road trip on Australia’s Eastern seaboard; the ‘Aussie must do’ of a N...
Aireys inlet — This is the solution. It is called the sun. It shows up every day and just works. —Attributed to Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors.
Saskatoon — The other day I was at a friends place late in the day and I was helping her clean her place. While I was cleaning I came across a pair of cute pyjama’s and I held them up and said that they were cute...
Saskatoon — I don’t like to dwell on unpleasant things, though in this case, I must. I have anxiety, and it’s not something I try, overly hard, to hide. There are things that cause me to break down, and it’s a ve...
Saskatoon — Today I started volunteering at an elementary school. I have been volunteering at this school for almost three years and I love it. My career path has changed, who I am as a person changed, but once a...
Manchester — I remember that first call on a cell phone with a strange vividness. One of those moments in life that sears itself into your mind — you remember the very instant, the weather, the pitch of blue in th...
Ahmedabad — Ashok Kumar Yadav. The long and mature name may not suit this young boy from Bihar who skipped school to reach Ahmedabad to sell Fresh Juice. He is assisting his elder brother who has taken another st...
London — The primary factor distinguishing perimenopause from menopause is menstruation. Women in perimenopause are still producing estrogen and having periods, whereas, women who have entered menopause have n...
Dewey beach — Moments do not end. There are no significant events in our life because there is no such thing as the concept of one singular event that can be spotted out of an entire lifetime of living. We have bee...
Lucas — It was a sunny weekend, just after noon. My brother was coming home from God only knows where he had been earlier in the day and I believe my mother was outside when she saw the strange sight and call...
Cebu city — Whenever I go to crowded places I usually don’t over-think about who the real people are and who the “robots” are, but I can’t help having deep thoughts past midnight. Life is full of mysteries. How s...
Bayreuth — On my way to work, minus 13 degrees Celsius, a hot coffee to-go in the hands. This is the way!
Salford — Facebook friends know I post pictures of signs in an album, I Know What They Mean But… Signs written to mean one thing but read another. You know …. Customer Wrapping Table. If Your Height Exceeds ...
Bainbridge island — And it’s overwhelming to be finding it within the context of a new job, new people, new input and expectations and relationships. After spending the better part of four months alone I got into a groov...
San francisco — The Evolution of the Photographic Posture: Part Six And again, the iPad 2, a tablet made by Apple Inc. in 2011 owning a front and a decent back camera, changed the photographic posture to a somehow a...
London — Moments earlier, I shared the frozen footpath with a fox, a palette of rust and frost. We locked eyes for a brief second, before the animal turned, unperturbed, and with a light swish of its tail, dis...
Bainbridge island — It’s refreshing to see that wonderful people are making it in the world and are happy with the lives they’ve created for themselves. They’re magnetic, proof that beauty is an inherent part of our evol...
West hollywood — I would bet you if you walked into a public establishment in 2016. 8 out of ten times you wouldn’t even be greeted by anyone unless that is their job. No “Hello” or, “How’re you?”. Instead, you’d see...
Saskatoon — There are many firsts in life, and you took a rain-check. for almost every one of mine. All of this strife has destroyed me. I’m a wreck. Sure, my first steps were observed by you, but at my h...
Saskatoon — A year ago, my claim to fame was my inexperience. I had never seen an airplane up close, and I’d never been on a trip. My best friend, HG, took me on my first trip out of the province. We caught a fli...
Melbourne — It’s a well know fact that 79% of Earth’s surface is water. What people don’t know is that only 1% of all water is drinkable. The remaining 99% is either salt water or frozen, which means that we cann...
Green bay — When it’s cold, I can see exactly how crooked my glasses are. Because they become clouded by the condensation of warm breath. Two sheets of ice blocking my vision. I walk down the street, noting wher...
Calgary — I looked outside at the snow-covered ground. Beautiful, I thought, staring at the snow that was still falling. With a pang, it hit me that this was a nightmare to some. The cold, and the dark, and the...
Calgary — In early January of last year, it was dull. Everything seemed numb, no feeling. I was anti-social, cooped up in my room, hiding. By the time it was April, my best friend was dating the most popular gu...
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Bainbridge island — There are days I’m made a mess of as a reminder that I’m not in control.
New delhi — Things change. Way too fast. One second you think this is it, what you and your life is supposed to be like, things are great and then BAM. Everything changes. Good changes, bad changes, they’re al...
Cape town — “They said, “You have a blue guitar, you do not play things as they are.” The man replied, “Things as they are are changed upon the blue guitar.” — Wallace Stevens I went down to the waterfront and...
Málaga — What´s the meeting of the souls here´s the seed who shines like gold The meaning of time, the heart of those with patience, courage and hungry of God
Montpellier — L’époque est triste, qui n’a plus à donner que le baiser du vide, la rumeur du néant. L’homme du préalable agit avec humilité. Il empoigne le désir par les cheveux sans en reconnaître la représentati...
Saskatoon — Life; full of change. Change, in my mind, is synonymous with “growth”. Every change I make, in my life, correlates with some way I’ve grown. I ended a 3 year relationship about 3 months ago, and I...
Somewhere — Let it play till its exhaustion Let me find the face I long to see O! With thousand and one veils Betray not your beauty Let saints and sinners wait in awe Let bazaar of desire close its shops Let fa...
Kennett square — I wish I could remember the name of the artist who expressed bewilderment of the hugeness of some works for the sake of hugeness. I think this was sort of in the same thought as: “There is nothing wor...
Mclean — I had seen him, and something deep down, and I’m talking very deep down, told me to go for it. There was no reason I couldn’t get a dog. I was at home enough to take care of one, and I wasn’t allergic...
London — While crossing the Euston Road on my way to St Pancras station to get the train home this afternoon I felt a compelling need to stop and take a photo. The sky is pretty clear now (after this morning’...
Aireys inlet — This Christmas I finally got started on my long-planned retirement project: rediscovering the music in my sixty year old vinyl record collection. I don’t know which is the oldest album but I’m prett...
London — For a few years now, running has been a bittersweet journey for me. No matter how much I want to be a runner and keep it regular, I keep getting off it. Then I go back in again. But then something hap...
Lahore — This piece of literature made me, no forced me to think about myself. Yes, many people charge accusations at me too. Many are not satisfied. But the point is how have I tried, not to just make them ha...
Mclean — A single tear fell onto my trembling lip, and slid onto my tongue and down my throat. I was at loss of words, frozen in time, that sharp moment of sadness and horror forever burned into my mind. We al...
Antipolo — “I don’t want to go to class today,” she said as she approached the classroom. This had never happened before. Whatever excitement she’d had when she’d chosen her outfit and run into my room to show m...
Mclean — The other day, my best friend came out as bisexual, she had been very afraid of telling her loved ones and it had been a big step for her as a person. I had known before hand and she had asked me to b...
Arlington — A lot of people eat. I just watched a show on national geographic channel on food. Yes, food. However, I realized that there is a lot more to food than if it’s good for you or not, or how many calorie...
Mclean — I’m sure you have heard the poems, read the stories, heard the people talking of snow. You probably dream of white wonderlands and angel like snowflakes falling on your front lawn. The little white c...
Kingston — The past couple weeks have been interesting for me and my family. It was Christmas, a time for happiness, family, and if you’re a member of my family a large dose of crazy. Christmas happened in the u...
Guatemala — He dejado los amoríos para aquellos chiquillos que recién salen del colegio. No ha sido fácil sentarme y ver pasar el tiempo frente a mí como cualquier otro segundo, no ha sido difícil tomar la decis...
Guatemala — I´m gonna start teaching, again. All my students wait for going back to school to meet their old friends, to know new ones, but some of them like going back because of their teachers. That is what a s...
Stowe — I sat in a dark room watching the glowing happiness stream from her eyes and mouth, which mocked me in an upturned smile. She would never know or understand the bitter sweet taste of her beautiful smi...
West hollywood — You will never read this as I don’t believe you lead with your brain nor use it. In fact, I don’t even know if there is one in your flesh. I don’t mean that in a belittling way. When we first met, you...
Itri — Years went by. At the time I could leave the hospital I was 16 years old. The day that supposed to be released from the hospital I overheard the doctors talk. They talked with the people of child serv...
Amsterdam — Obviously I know, but what fascinates me is how this human dance could be a response to almost any event - good or bad - the camera phones, the monopods and selfie sticks, press photographing the pres...