Vietnam Trip Notes, October 2023Here are some entries I wrote on my phone or random scraps of paper throughout my trip to Vietnam. In conclusion, I think I want to be a…Aug 18, 202413Aug 18, 202413
a wild sheep chaseI was 21 when I visited a small town Limerick in a dreary December day two years ago. The group I was traveling with consisted of five…Feb 7, 202451Feb 7, 202451
to my little brotherI was supposed to have a little brother five years younger than me. My parents had even prepared a name for him – a complete three-words…Aug 1, 20233Aug 1, 20233
Every Way(wrote this in that unspeakable times during the height of the pandemic)Jul 30, 2023Jul 30, 2023
Doireann Ní Ghríofa and the Women’s Body: a Complex Site of Love, Shame, and LonelinessThis essay was a part of the course Contemporary Irish Writing which I took at University College Cork during my visiting semester in…Apr 2, 2023Apr 2, 2023
‘Bad Women’ during the Birth of Irish Free State: Pseudoindependence of a NationThis essay was a part of the course Women, Confinement, and Social Control in Ireland that I took during my visiting semester at…Apr 2, 2023Apr 2, 2023
[DRAFT] A little life of Tengo and his bodyI wrote this a while back, but never went around to finish it. It sat on my bookmark tab, collecting dust and guilt over yet another…Jul 19, 202130Jul 19, 202130
DetachedGrandmother was already dead for two months when I finally got the chance to go to her house. I’m no good with numbers, but I suppose the…Feb 8, 20211Feb 8, 20211
on starting to save myself and not the time“Man alone measures time. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear of time running out.”Nov 1, 2020Nov 1, 2020
Is a culture patriarchal, or is it unique?An in-depth review of a book written by Chinua Achebe titled Things Fall Apart.Sep 5, 2020Sep 5, 2020
On Being ColorlessColorless people are those with nothing special about them and tend to fade into the background, forgotten.Jun 13, 2020Jun 13, 2020
