(background music playing “Little Life”)
14 years. It’s been that long since I got myself into photography. And for a long long time now, my camera has been an extension of my emotions and thoughts. I love to capture those raw moments that go fleeting by and usually taken for granted. When I’m behind my camera, through the lens, I get to look at most precious things that sometimes not enough words can describe them and create life and love stories though my images that hopefully will last a lifetime. And through this journey, I’m grateful I’ve crossed paths with different wonderful people I get to connect with, some have become life long friends, many repeat clients or just get in touch with.
Today’s just a random spike of inspiration to write, I thought I’d pop out here again on the website. But in case you’re new at following my work, I’ve been sharing my latest little stories in square posts via my instagram page.
And if you’ve known me for a while too, I’d like to deeply Thank you for every inch of love and support , spreading kindest words about me and my work and even the little time you decided to pause (from scrolling your social feeds) and read at my little thoughts from now and then.
This isn’t a year end post yet though (or could be). I used to get the time to do that before but that urge to write up longer than a paragraph seldom strikes me now. A lot has happened in these past months — mostly mundane yet grateful days, slow and steady living my little dreams of coastal life, some bad days in between, some overwhelming, some exhilarating and lately some heartbreaking.
True enough, not everything you see in social media these days reflect most of our realities. In fact, most of them is just a little fraction of our lives. Yet no one really knows for certain what the future holds. We get off track but we can always get back up and refocus. And we remind ourselves to keep going, thriving, riding the wave – even when we find ourselves in a dark place — and live as much with little to no regrets, being mindful and intentional with how we spend our days because again and again, life gets shorter especially when we don’t pay more attention to what we already have. We just try and keep trying to adapt, stay teachable and learn to set healthy boundaries in all our relationships. Gracefully embrace changes that sometimes go outside of our control and then let go of things (even people) that no longer align with our own life choices.
My 11yo daughter surprisingly reminded me, too – “There’s always a reason why things happen the way they happened, Mama. Don’t overthink. Don’t get stuck. Take another step.”
Wish that’s been easy but it is what it is, was and what will be.
If and when the Universe continues to align with me though, one thing certain I remain passionate about is to keep doing what I still do now with my photography – and continue finding the simplest joys even in the most ordinary – like this small patch of wild flowers growing in my neighbourhood every springtime.
Thanks to Pixie, I taught my now 11yo daughter how to operate my camera so she can snap some proper photos of me sometimes. *not all came out blurry thankfully now compared before 🙂
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