Taty Writes

As the day ends and everything settles down, the streets quiet down and I get into my comfy bed, thoughts swirl around as if they have nowhere else to be. As usual, mine go to you, wonder what it would have been like had you stayed, had life given us more time. People often say… Continue reading More time

I recently binged watched the teenage drama Never have I ever, on Netflix, and even though some of the things the kids go through, there are some events that felt oddly relatable. In the age of online dating, I felt nostalgic watching people meet the old fashion way and going on regular dates. Sure the… Continue reading Never have I ever…

In my experience of Taiwan, How much is it? or a variation of this question is quite common. Whether they want to know how much my manicure was, or how much the trip back home might cost, Taiwanese are often interested in learning about the costs of things. At the beginning of my life here,… Continue reading How much was it?

So the other day my brother asked whether I wanted a Nintendo Switch for my upcoming birthday, and I said I didn’t really need it and probably wouldn’t play much with it. So he asked if instead, I’d like a new computer, specifically, if I wanted the new Macbook Air, I said sure, it’s cute… Continue reading I bought a Mac

I recently came across a post on Instagram about how we shouldn’t keep ourselves from eating the delicious traditional foods we grew up with on account of trying to be healthier, as there is nothing wrong with our food. While I agree with the fact that food is indeed just food, I am not on… Continue reading Eating

We all have such limited time on this Earth, we ought to make the most of it. As I was walking home from work yesterday, I saw blood smeared on the road, and then I saw the creature it belonged to. I’m not even sure whether it was a cat or a small dog, but… Continue reading Time

Three years ago I was on the verge of culminating my master’s degree. Three years ago I was being “dumped” by my university besties on account of being too toxic. Three years and five days ago, my father passed away unexpectedly from a stroke. No one had seen it coming, yet it couldn’t have been… Continue reading Fear

When I was in the third grade, my appendix decided it was time to come out, so it got infected, which resulted in nine-year-old me getting surgery. I remember being terrified, it was all so sudden, a simple coughing test and that was how they determined that I needed to have surgery right then. I… Continue reading Scars

By definition, an illusion is said to be a distortion of the senses, how our brain takes the data around us and creates a different story than what is really there. It’s so easy to fall prey to such a game, thinking up stories about what could be, instead of what really is. Perhaps at… Continue reading Illusions

Sometimes the world feels like a lot to handle, a lot to bear, a lot deal with, but then light comes through. A cleansing one, that heals and mends and breaks through the walls, renewing hopes and letting you see through the cracks. All isn’t lost, all isn’t sad, all isn’t torn, life moves on… Continue reading Forward we go