I could never really pinpoint what I felt about myself. Early this year, I had a rather unpleasant experience involving several life-changing events that left me feeling lost. But I wanted to commemorate this moment in my life, where I felt liberated from all my responsibilities and expectations all because I went on an impromptu photoshoot with a stranger.

I started to notice things I never did before. Well, I mean I did see them, just never paid attention to them. For some reason, everything has became a metaphor.

The photoshoot was done at Bukit Antarabanga, my childhood home. A landslide happened there back when I was 10 and I had to evacuate through a path dug out by rescuers at the time with my family. It was a surreal experience to be back here, especially after seeing everything nearly destroyed. The government did rebuild the place into a beautiful park, after nearly 10 more years of hard work!

Something clicked when I was there, made me feel like even during the worst moments of my life, we can always rebuild and make something beautiful out of it.

The human mind works in mysterious ways. You just need to see the sun shining in the morning to feel energized. A blue sky makes you feel happy you're alive.

Shoutout to the stranger, sj , who eventually became one of my closest friends ever! Not sure if you'll see this (yes i secretly edited it again after showing you) but I'm really glad I met you!