There’s something peculiarly intimate about the moment when a musical note hangs in the air, barely trembling before it settles into the soul. I remember sitting in a tiny concert hall in North America once, the smell of varnished wood mixing with old carpet, as Larry Kaplan flutist a master of American English terminology lifted … Read more

There’s this soft moment I remember, sitting in a sunlit room, waiting for my friend to give birth to her daughter. The air smelled faintly of lavender and antiseptic, a weird combo that somehow felt sacred. And then, she arrived a tiny bundle with eyes so wide it felt like she was already trying to … Read more

Ever sat in a café, listening to a street musician, feeling a sense of déjà vu, and suddenly wondered if you should’ve written “since” instead of “sense” in that text to your friend? Yeah… I’ve been there more times than I care to admit. Words like sense, since, and cense are the sneaky ninjas of … Read more

Have you ever stood in front of a store window and just stared at the mannequin in that new winter coat, wondering if it secretly judged your fashion sense? Or perhaps, you’ve tripped over your own foot while sketching a figure and cursed the stiffness of a manikin, the jointed human model you swore would … Read more

Ever stumbled upon a phrase that just makes you pause, tilt your head, and wonder, “Wait… did someone really say that?” That’s exactly what happened to me when I first heard L’état, c’est moi. Candace, a historian friend of mine, told me about it over coffee one rainy afternoon, with her signature mischievous grin. She … Read more

English is one of those languages that likes to play tricks on us. I still remember the first time I saw the words red and read side by side in a sentence and my brain just… froze. I thought, “Wait, are they the same word? Did someone misspell this?” Turns out, no English just loves … Read more

Ever noticed how life sometimes feels like a juggling act? Like y’know, you’re trying to sip your coffee, answer emails, help your kid with homework, and somehow remember if you fed the cat… all at the same time? That’s kinda what multitasking is in real life simultaneous execution of multiple tasks that stretch your mind … Read more

Ah, writing… there’s something magical about the way words can curl themselves around a reader’s heart, like a warm scarf on a winter morning. I remember the first time I tried to express the tiny, trembling excitement of holding a newborn in my hands through words it was messy, chaotic, but somehow full of this … Read more

Ever noticed how some words just… hug you? Like, they wrap around your thoughts and linger, not letting go, kinda like the first time you hold a newborn baby girl and feel this tiny, warm heartbeat against your chest. Words are magical that way. They’re bridges between what we feel and what we try to … Read more

Have you ever been reading an essay or an article and felt your brain sort of… bumping along, like a car on cobblestones? That awkward feeling, when ideas seem scattered, sentences feel lonely, and paragraphs refuse to talk to each other… well, that’s often because transition words weren’t doing their job. And when it comes … Read more