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July 25, 2025

What’s the story behind your nickname? “The determinator” – I was given this nickname by this really short guard I was playing amateurish, lockdown defence against at my local leisure centre. Yeah, he was the kind of player who had crazy handles and scored by laying up the ball instead of shooting it. This happened…
July 24, 2025

What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being? I prioritise my health over everything else in life because if I don’t do everything in my power to have good health, I might end up too poorly to do anything at all! I think there is good physical health and good mental health.…
July 23, 2025

What are your future travel plans? I’m fast approaching 35 and I’ve been very fortunate when it comes to travelling – I’ve been to so many places that have now shut down and will never open again, and I remember a time when the internet was not accessible on my phone so that meant everyone…
March 6, 2025

I take German lessons in the evening

I take German lessons in the evening and this week the countryside in my mind had no forest fires, tsunamis and hurricanes, all thanks to me replacing a bad teacherwith a good one, someone who likesto paint with words… What a difference that has made!I was a few grammar corrections away from telling the teacher,…
February 23, 2025

In the cinema

(reworked) In the cinema, before the advertscame on,she rested her head on my shoulder, and I couldn’t help but noticethe red-carpet-red seats around us. We held hands shortly after,and this became one of those dreamsI wishI couldhave againsomeday… Sigh Wan 18/12/2024 (original release) 14/10/2025 (reworked)
February 22, 2025

Maybe a diver

Maybe a diver whose toes are like talons on the edge of a platform would feel how I feel when I see Embankment station down the street on my way home from the office, the sky – a dark ocean blue. There are so many people going my way, the other way, crossing the bridge…
December 14, 2024

Going to bed early

The back of the sofaI rested my head on Was hard when I pushed down on itBut being quite new, it could still Push back. That night, Like so many others before it, And to come, I clicked away on the Amazon Firestick remote Like I was playing Sonic or Mario Just to find something…
July 19, 2024

They were all judges

They were all judges but unlike them in their dark suits,He wore a silk robe, hand-dyed, bluish grey, I would say a tad too big for him,And definitely too big for me. Come sit on the edge of my bed and watchShota try and beat platters of Nigiri and Sushi Rollswith rice, tuna, guts and…
August 22, 2023

Recovery

Recovery is the wave of texts That come in over time, Washing away the one from her. Our texts are in bottles out at sea, For someone to collect and Maybe ask themselves: “is it over?” Sigh Wan
August 22, 2023

She got in her car in a hurry

You cut through me when you Stared into my soul Before you left Without looking back Sigh Wan