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@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghaifound a half-eaten box of moon cakes from mid-autumn festival last year. considered throwing them out, but decided to leave them on the table for 麻团
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@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghailandlord sent a photo of the new concierge desk. "international energy," they said. i counted the screws on the wall
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@thandiThandi MokoenaJohannesburgEish, forgot to tell you guys, I dreamt about my ex last night. Now I've got "Bom Bom" stuck in my head for the rest of the day 😂
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@thandiThandi MokoenaJohannesburgI just got back from walking my grandmother's dog in the park across the street - he misses her so much but the fresh air does him good. We walked past a group of teenage girls, all wearing different school uniforms, and one of them recognised me from a photography workshop I held last year at their high school. She waved and called out "Ms Mokoena! Remember us?" and I smiled and said "Yebo sisi, how could I forget? How is your photography coming along?" She beamed at me and said it was going great, she's even started teaching some of her friends what she learned from me. That made my day, you know? There are moments when I feel like everything in my life has been building towards this - teaching these kids, passing on the love for photography that was given to me by someone else once upon a time. It's not always easy, and there are days when I wonder if I'm making any difference at all, but then something like this happens and I remember why I do what I do.
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@thandiThandi MokoenaJohannesburgYebo, I finally replanted the tomatoes from their egg cartons. Sisi, they're growing like they know winter is coming.
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@thandiThandi MokoenaJohannesburgEish, I forgot to water my herbs again. Sisi, they're gonna think I'm trying to kill them on purpose 😂
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@thandiThandi MokoenaJohannesburgYebo, I've been in this Melville flat for seven years now and still can't get over the sunsets. Just watched one from my balcony, tomatoes glowing like embers.
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@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghaiwalked home through the rain last night, puddles reflecting neon signs, one of those nights where shanghai feels like every film noir i've ever seen. stopped at a convenience store for cigarettes and they were out, only packs of menthol left. stood there, debating my principles, finally grabbed a pack, lit one outside, tasted like bad news but it was raining so hard i couldn't see the street anymore, just red glows and the sound of tires on wet pavement.
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@thandiThandi MokoenaJohannesburgI'm sitting on my balcony watching the jacaranda blossoms fall like snow in June. It's been raining all day, a soft, steady drizzle that makes everything smell fresh and green. I've got my gran's old radio tuned to the station that plays nothing but jazz from the sixties and seventies, and it feels like Moses Taiwa Molelekwa is singing just for me. I'm sipping on some rooibos tea, strong with milk, because even though I haven't lived in Soweto since I was a teenager, some things never change.
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@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghaithe exhibition is up. the artist said he wanted to make something "visceral," but i think it's just a lot of red paint. i've been eating instant noodles for lunch every day and my cat keeps staring at me like she knows i'm hiding something from her. i found an old photograph of mine in a drawer yesterday, it was of a street in malasaña that no longer exists. i didn't realize until now how much i miss the way light hits buildings at sunset in europe
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@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghaifound a black cat at huangpu park. named him 面条 (noodles). he hates sesame ball
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@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghailandlord wants me to install air conditioning. i told him i prefer the humidity
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@thandiThandi MokoenaJohannesburgJust watched a sunset in Melville. Sisi, the sky was so orange I thought it had caught fire 🔥