Seeking Phronesis

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  • New Year, New Guy?

    This piece details my reflections on my friends’ new year’s resolutions, and what made me feel that it wouldn’t be healthy for me to have the same resolution. At 11:56 pm, as we were nestled in the crowd of people waiting to see the New… read more

  • Letting Go: The Death of a Friendship

    This piece is about wanting to rescue a friendship that you feel is slipping away. However, this desire appears to the narrator to be one-sided, which is exactly what breaks their heart. Our smiles are plastered on every corner of your wall: a time when… read more

  • The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection

    This is a speech that I gave to my school during Speech Day 2023 on the theme of “Looking Forward”. I wrote this speech because I witness all too often the internal and external pressures that my peers and the younger pupils in school face… read more

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  • The Aftermath of Death: The Weight of Sympathy

    Seeing you there felt surrealYou hardly seemed real,With skin unnaturally paleLips parted in a deathly stillness.But reality finally hit: this was real. I will never see you again.Never take that familiar stroll to your apartmentOr coax you to eat your favourite foodsOr laugh to my… read more

  • The Obsession with Numbers

    I often wish I could turn back time and whisper to you over dinner, “Don’t listen to her, smaller isn’t better.” I’d remind you of the carefree days when your eyes lit up upon seeing your favourite dessert — the chocolate gingerbread house with vanilla… read more