Our Lady of Naju
On June 28th, my family and I, along with pilgrims from around the world came to Naju, South Korea, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Our Lady of Naju’s weeping tears. The event was an excellent opportunity for my family and I because we were curious about the future Saint, Julia Kim, and seeing the…
twenty-five
The jubilee year which happens every 25 years is here! To turn 25 the same year is an incredible blessing. This year, I’ve been brought back into my faith, living life fully alive in Christ – receiving sacramental graces that I once neglected. It is indeed the best year of my life so far. I…
Anniversary
God gave His first commandment to man, be fruitful and multiply.” The three highest loves in order are love for God, love for your children and love for your husband or wife. As a family of six, my parents have indeed multiplied as God had commanded, and they strive to maintain the order of love…
Secret Change of Heart
So the cat is out of the bag – I did law school. A secret I kept from many people in my life, including my family. I didn’t tell them for three months with some I told after six months. I was planning to keep it a secret till I was ready to reveal it…
Mayflower
This year in the month of May, a ship set sail to find new horizons – a birth of freedom in the search of the unknown. It came as a surprise that someone like myself, a person who would rather explore in their own imagination than to explore the world, departed from familiar soil to…
Sutured Heart
December is the month of reflection before the new year… unless we want to make the same mistakes. I like to describe it like the period after a break up and before a start of a new relationship – the previous year was messy but it had its good points too? But the challenge lies…
Jar of Emotions
A stationary existence full of life. Between myself and the jar, we are separated by glass. When I am alone in the silence of the night, I stare at the jar. I wonder how it would feel to be alive. What would it feel like to feel? Tempted, I stepped through the glass. My heart…
Universe of Man
What drives you? For the last four years, I was driven by extrinsic motivation to complete my nursing and midwifery degree. In other words, I pursued the degree at the expense of what gives me satisfaction and meaning in life, or so I thought. I felt the need to be validated by my family and…
Blog: Winter Picnics
Cherished memories wither with winter. Like a naked tree deprived of its lavish leaves, we’re stripped away from the façade of our younger years. 20th of June, 2020 Days are lived with a false sense of entitlement to the life we live, and to the future ahead of us. 10th of July, 2021 The limitless…
Blog: Sunflower Festival
Kalbar, Queensland. 10th of April Sunflowers! What else can I say? They’re beautiful and brightened up our day.
Turning 22
Creativity is multi-faceted – it’s about problem-solving, creating new ideas and exploring the unknown. The downside of this is that innovation can be a bit “mad”. Duality is at its core, acting as both a catalyst and an inhibitor. Thus, the root cause of confusion in the individual is almost always, ‘am I creating more…
Pegasus Mountain
Without realizing, the beauty that I cherished as a child has influenced the beauty I see in the everyday. This ‘beauty’ was not physical but abstract and relational. The story of a boy and his grandfather in ‘Green Grow the Mountains’ by Ichisaburo Sawai has remained with me since childhood. It filled, at the time,…
Blog: March Baby
Happy birthday to a very special friend born in March. You are forever maknae and baby sister to me – Love Noelle M.
The Finale
The finality of a finale is, at times, anything but final. Within the fine print are grey sentences riddled with incomplete thoughts, generalized statements, false premises, blurry emotions and hyperboles of the past, lingering in memory. Yet, the unknown is willing it into existence. Gaps become deeper if they aren’t filled; the silence between two…
True Love
A tangled mess or a web of red, how love thrives is in its dwelling in everything. In 2021, I fell into my own rabbit hole of non-fiction books. All of which were about people describing their loss and grief of a loved one, and they inspired me to look closely at this specific type…
Blog: J&T
What a passionate kiss… and yes, they finally got married! After physical separation and postponed celebrations for the last two years, the couple has officially tied the knot. Their love story is an inspiring one of triumphant perseverance. And I already felt blessed to witness one wedding but to witness two weddings the past two…
Blog: D&B
Their wedding was last night! It was a memorable night that met the heightened anticipation of the guests and, as expected, plenty of tears were shed. Congratulations to the bride and groom again, and I hope you enjoy these photos I took from my point-of-view as a guest. The 6th of February, 2022. The Glasshouse…
Journals: On Authenticity
How can you be more “authentic”? Let’s say you’re an artist and one day, you find yourself miserable and lonely, so you create paintings that depict your sadness and trauma. I’ve seen this often and I find that negative emotions fuel the creative person and bring out their desire for self-expression. Those feelings were authentic.…
Valentine
Makeup and photoshoot inspiration for Valentine’s Day! Model: Marga Sy. Marga and I also have a shared instagram for makeup, performance and art. Check it out here: https://www.instagram.com/creative_.outlet/ or Type in Creative_.outlet on instagram.
Blog: My 21st
I had a photoshoot with a photographer whose work I love then I hosted an apartment party with some of my girlfriends! My friend, Sophia, decorated my cake last minute and it looked amazing!!
Journals: 21 years of my diary.
A hand-picked collection of raw journal entries I wrote from April 15/2000 to April 15/2021. God knows what’s best for me. I thank you God (2008) Today, I’m really grateful for my parents. My fight with Mom opened my eyes. I have a generous Mom and Dad, and I feel that they make me who…
A Colorful Gift
Whatever comes her way, she shines from within. This photoshoot occurred in 2020 as a gift on her 22nd birthday and it was inspired by her gentle heart, ethereal beauty and her ability to gracefully overcome trials. Moving from her home away from her family to come to Australia to live with my family is…
The Debutante
The growth of a woman as resembling the seasons. A debutante is, in Philippines, a young woman who turns 18. Inspired by The Four Seasons by Alphonse Mucha, this project reflects her growth into womanhood through a personification of spring, summer, autumn and winter. With time as a major factor in growth, this project depicts…
- Our Lady of Naju
- twenty-five
- Anniversary
- Secret Change of Heart
- Mayflower
- Sutured Heart
- Jar of Emotions
- Universe of Man
- Blog: Winter Picnics
- Blog: Sunflower Festival
- Turning 22
- Pegasus Mountain
- Blog: March Baby
- Euphoria
- The Finale
- True Love
- Blog: J&T
- Blog: D&B
- Journals: On Authenticity
- Valentine
- 2019 Australian Bushfire
- Blog: My 21st
- Journals: 21 years of my diary.
- A Colorful Gift
- The Debutante
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