a day is too short to enjoy it all
when the night falls
why do I need to go to bed
for the work will return again
let us enjoy this moment a little longer
for excitement is what we hunger
6.24.2022
Category: Poetry
Epiphany
one of these days is like winning a lottery.
you say the right thing, think the right way,
and most importantly, you get work done in time.
you are on an adrenaline rush,
you feel what Rocky would feel winning a fight
but the details, preparations, and training matters
keeping your head down and practicing matters
perhaps we just work towards one day
that will make everything worthwhile.
6.23.2022
Keyboard
dear keyboard, thanks for bearing with my incessant keystrokes.
it’s not that I have a bad feeling towards you.
it’s just that I have a deadline that is too close for my health.
Rather, I am grateful for your faithful service.
We’ve actually made a great work together, you know.
I look forward to getting more of those done with you.
I’ll also make sure to clean up the dusts under each of your key.
See you tomorrow.
6.22.2022
Weightlifting
weightlifting is a performative art of an audience of one.
you are both the performer and the audience.
how you lifted the weight matters;
the posture, muscle fiber, breathing proper
all matters when it comes to lifting weights
you may fool the others, but not yourself
with each promise delivered, confidence builds up
honest labor does not lie; it adds up
weightlifting is a performative art of an audience of one.
be honest with your own.
6.21.2022
Window-shopping
yes, there is a tacit mutual understanding
between the part-time storekeeper and I:
I am here to buy nothing but for window-shopping
still, thank you for your kind welcome with formal “hi”
Yes, your hand-made recycled wallets
and bags could be my great friends
but there’s an erroneous zero at the end
of your price tag, my man
so maybe next time when we meet again
do offer an affordable price, my friend
6.20.2022
Hymn
a harmonic chorus is harder to achieve than it appears.
understanding when to pause,
how long to drag a note, or where
may be different among choir members
you could say they all have a unique personality
than to frown upon their cacophony
a harmonic chorus is harder to achieve than it appears.
6.19.2022
Marinated crab
it was a delicacy, the marinated crab meat.
cracking open the shells was harder to do than it was with lobsters
yet sliver of plum flesh was worth the work.
sweet yet spicy, salty and buttery,
it was a delicacy, the marinated crab meat.
6.18.2022
Parenting
I sometimes imagine what it would be like to have myself as a kid;
a young kid, who depends on me,
who asks me for stuffs that I don’t want to buy,
and who rebels against what I believe in.
maybe I’ll get upset,
maybe I’ll try to persuade the kid,
or maybe I’ll try to manipulate the kid.
so when I see my own parent
be so real with me,
be so honest with me,
and be so pure-minded with me,
my fists melt in gratitude,
my head bows in humbleness,
and my heart swells in love.
It is true:
I am grateful for my parents.
6.17.2022
Cognito
When I close my eyes, in darkness,
between memory, imagination, and sensations,
‘presence’ exists.
chest rising and falling as I inhale and exhale.
the sound of air flowing in – and then out.
the muscle aches, the weight of body,
the silence — they all exist.
this, is the real ‘now’.
exist in the real now.
6.16.2022
Again!
No more worries about reputation!
Look only forward,
learn from broken experiments,
extract data from experience,
and charge on!
there’s no time to cry
but to try again!
6.16.2022
Ralph with Coffee 
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