the first linestrokes

"Memories are like books. Some became our favourites. Their paragraphs, lines, dots are carved in the back of our mind. While some, the less-favored, left dusted-stacked under our beds. Being forgotten.

Writing the memories down is like creating the bookshelf, the safe haven for our memories to always be readily within our hand reach. 

Because we, as a human, tend to forget things. We need the writings help."

I used to have a keen interest in writing things when i was in an elementary school. I still remember vividly how much i liked to spent hours daily, writing things down in my old mauve-with-lock diary. Telling what i'd been through, how much i liked the newly released Spongebob the Movie, or how devastated it felt when i lost something that i hold dearly. 

I don't remember how or when i ended up putting my favourite diary under my bed along with any other long-lost books and stopped to write. Maybe it was around junior high school, when i rather chose to keep and share my memories with people that i was close with. 

A big mistake, truly. Because people come and go in our life and they eventually brought my entrusted memories along with them (perhaps inside their suitcases that were already long-gone too).

So here I am, bracing myself, trying to put habit into writing again. It is not an easy task because I'm no longer used to it. But as I grew older I recognized the importance of writing, not only to keep the memories alive, but also to learn putting my thoughts in reflective ways. My very first writing (after deep comatose) and other writings that will follow might be far from perfect but i do hope you could also enjoy or gain something from it :)