the age of enlightenment

It’s already nearly the end of September, and I can’t believe that 9 months have already passed. It’s crazy to think that next year I’m going to be a Year 10 student?! It still feels like I’m a Year 7 student, back in the old days of 2019. I never would’ve thought I would become…

Blurb: During a restless summer on the Italian Riviera, a powerful romance blooms between seventeen-year-old Elio and his father’s house guest, Oliver. Unrelenting currents of obsession and fear, fascination and desire threaten to overwhelm the lovers who at first feign indifference to the charge between them. What grows from the depths of their souls is…

Dear 2020 Lian, A lot of things have happened this past year. You struggled so much. You lost your identity, started showing signs of depression, cried yourself to sleep so many nights. You never knew that that would happen to you, and even though it was one of the toughest moments of your life, it…

Blurb: ‘Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness.’ The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptised Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, the father is married to the mother’s former nurse, the little half-brother isn’t allowed to…

Today I went on a 5 hour bush walk with my family, on the Mooney Mooney Creak Trackhead. Overall, it was really fun spending some quality time with my family and making new experiences. It was very exhausting, but the scenery and the McDonald’s at the end made it even better ?. Bush walks are…

I wrote a new poem last night, and there is also a soundtrack that goes along with it! I hope you like it, and please listen to the soundtrack while you read it. Also please don’t mind the explicit language ? Saying Goodbye Why can’t you be real? Why can’t you be there for me? …

Blurb: Crush (n.): a strong and often short lived infatuation particularly for someone beyond your reach… Darcy Barrett found her dream man at age eight – ever since, she’s had to learn to settle for good enough. Having conducted a global survey of men, she can categorically say that no one measures up to Tom…

I was feeling creative, so I decided to make my own academia inspired desktop wallpaper. I think it turned out pretty amazing!

Hard Life Update: School thought it would be a “good” idea to give out notifications for not one, not two, but FIVE assessments – all which are due next term. I already know that school is going to be stressful, so I wanted to make most of my holidays and actually be productive for once….

Blurb: Can a lover story with a perfect beginning survive a lifetime between two imperfect people? Then: The last thing Quinn expected was to meet the love of her life just outside of her fiance’s front door. A year after leaving behind their cheating partners, Quinn and Graham are in a perfect relationship that seems…