Europe 2026
Abdul from Emirates says “Maja official music – you must be official!” and I laugh cause I forgot that’s the name I invented for myself when I started my music career. “I just wanted to be real” I tell him. He said “I’m going to do something for you – I’m gonna give you a […]
Europe 2023
My Filipino Gemini friend hugs me goodbye at the corner shop knowing i won’t be around for a while. “I’ll text you” she says. “I’ll send you pictures,” I say. Qantas reminds me I have to check in. He said “Europe will gorgeous this time of year.” We hadn’t spoken for five years and I […]
gold coast fire
A mum rubs her daughters back at the Chinese restaurant and I feel bad I’m not home with my mother in this moment. Its been a year since I’ve been in this exact location at the Gold coast and I wonder if I’ve gotten older or wiser or just older. I walk into the condom […]
What died didn’t stay dead
My immigrant family spent Australia day watching a DVDs from blockbuster every year. My brother and I knew the words to school of rock off by heart but we’d always pick to watch it. We didn’t really associate it with anything other than a day off. I wait for my students to get back to […]
Ode to my exes
It feels like i was the last to find my person. “Where is he?” Charlotte York said “I’ve been dating since I was 15.” My fifteen year old boyfriend was a stoner but we bonded over Arctic Monkeys and being intellectuals. We always disagreed politically and made out after school under a tree until we’d […]
Agnes
The two millenials behind me don’t make me proud to be a millenial. I reminisce about my Agnes waters trip whilst listening to their conversation about Indonesian earthquakes that they’re so enlightened by. Before I left, my piano student said “it gets more conservative the more north you go” and I said “I’ve seen the […]
Island life
When I came back to Queensland, I ran into my old piano teacher at the shops. She said “I’m married!” and I said “that’s great” and shows me a giant rock on her finger! She said “what about you? Are you seeing anyone?” and I say “no no one” somewhat embarrassed to tell her of […]
Frost on my windshield
There is frost on my windshield of our 1984 Mercedes. It was quite a popular car at the time. It’s mustard and there is a divider in between the seats my brother and I used to ride and call “horsey!” It is 1997 and I am four; adorable with bangs. My Christmas present that year […]
Drugged up and fluey
Drugged up and fluey,I’ve been wearing the sweatpants for ten days, My mind is in a haze, foggy, confusion I’ve been out of action and I feel like I’m losin’. I’m disconnected from my instrument and I’m questioning what the next thing is and how to proceed, Cause all the fire signs in me are […]