Tony's stash of textual information

Yeah, curbing my intake of coffee is torturously difficult. But I make effort.

Here are drinks that I use as a substitute.

Once again, I visited a Japanese-style tavern in Singapore, named Toku Izakaya.

And I met Taki-san from Kamakura, Japan. Taki-san has a 5-year-old son who is enrolled in a kindergarten near Clementi Woods. Taki-san has only been in Singapore for five years.

And, I met a regular customer at the same izakaya, once more: Mr. Erkka from Finland. Today Erkka had his hair in braids.

What is a poet? A person who suffers from poverty And in his emptiness He sees A gem in the dirt And shines the gem for all

But don't forget that the gem came Because you are poor

Just saw Boram Um, David Crosby and Cole Torode at Dough. It's their day of rest, today.

I asked Cole how he deals with burn-out and being jaded. (He's been in the coffee industry for 15 years).

He suggested finding an outlet for your negative energy.

(Written after reading Phyllis Chesler's “Letters to a Young Feminist”, Letter Twenty-two: Letter to a young feminist, who happens to be a man, who happens to be my son.)

You're stronger than I thought. I have been delusional and ignorant to think you were weak. Forgive me for that.

I went to the graveyard And saw two pigeons

One chased the other Cannibalism or courtship?

What have I accomplished since the first mention of Covid appeared on the web-pages of news corporations worldwide? I write the below words to help me keep track of the goings-on in my life so far.

I make this list to help me make sense of the information that is swimming in my mind.

1. Boon Lay – Service-crewwoman Cai Yan
2. Chinese Gardens – Barista Samantha
3. Commonwealth – Barista Grace

I list both the positive and negative attributes that other people have noticed in me.

(I have heard these with my own ears, over the past few years, especially after COVID occurred.)

1. Resourceful
2. Kind
3. Generous

Trigger warning: this article contains scenes of violence and childhood trauma.

Growing up through childhood trauma, TONY had always wanted to escape from his family. This trauma would follow him through the years as he slipped into depression and alcohol addiction during university.

But as Tony wandered and lay aimlessly in Chinatown in the middle of the night… God reached out to him. This was the start of Tony’s road to recovery, as he discovered the love he had longed for all this time was to be found in Jesus.

I am a victim of child abuse.

Growing up, I experienced physical and emotional abuse from my parents, who were always very strict with me.

While I recognise that some of these rules and restrictions were for my good, I found that my parents’ reactions and way of implementing these rules were often out of hand.