diary Archives - Marianna Cao

Visual Diary of My Semester in Europe

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This goes out to the little girl who I nearly crashed into on the street and her mother. I was going for my nightly jog, in a very light drizzle, and was just desperate not to feel alone and so unanchored and so unwanted. I had a really bad day, or rather a really bad… Continue reading Dawn Will Come

Masking My Insecurities

Thank you masks for the freedom you have given me. Masks have played an important role in stopping the spread of Covid-19 and suppressing the number of new cases in Singapore. As we progressed through the phases of re-opening, we regain certain freedoms. Personally, I have gained a particular freedom I never knew I sought… Continue reading Masking My Insecurities

Opening the Cracks

For a very, very long time, I believed that feelings had to be repressed. Feelings were not for me. Emotions were for ugly people, as Willam Belli once said. If I’m being truly honest, I thought that they were synonymous with weakness; I thought that a feeling was a crack in a foundation and too… Continue reading Opening the Cracks