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photos can be portals

recently I found some old family photos that I hadn’t looked at in a few years. of my parents, and their parents and even one of my great grandfather (who had amazing cheekbones….) and a lot of photos of young me. there was one of my grandmother standing in front of her school with classmates and just looking Exactly like herself only younger and even cheekier and maybe quieter than she is today and I loved seeing how she dressed herself then knowing she is a Recovering Shopaholic now and basically I feel close to her when I remember and tell a story of her. (She is the diva standing 5th from left)

@twisted_swan

May 8, 2024

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A hard drive my great uncle gave me

I know it's not cloud but it's something similar. This hard drive goes missing like every year. It's got old footage of my life in Thailand, going about our days in my home town. My dad weren't good at keeping record of me as I was getting older. I rarely have photographs of my younger self. The videos are like vlogs (mind you my great uncle was like 70 at the time), of him visiting us and going on little adventures with every one—my 3 siblings and my dad included. They feature awkward moments like when I didn't want to be filmed or me being captured right after I was crying. I love looking at them and seeing me interact with my siblings because I don't get to do that now. I love to see me at the beach pointing out a sea cucumber and doing a demonstration for the camera. You see, I don't have the best relationship with my dad and I moved out of home very early. So even seeing him on an old camcorder helps me to forgive him. He looks like just any other person being a dad for the first time. I'm not quite sure why I leave it around so non-chalantly since its a very important piece of history for me. I am scared of it a little bit. Every time I do a big clean up and stumble upon it—you can find me on my laptop going through every second of it. Then it goes again into the abyss somewhere. Until we meet again.

@3ddy

May 13, 2025

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Going through old yearbooks

Currently going through them and seeing the people that I liked, the people that I hated, and the memories I forgot all about. Can't wait to show them to people when it is 2069 and I am in a rocking chair on a porch in Victoria Falls as I regale them with stories about people whose names I can barely remember.

@ngaatee

Sep 23, 2024

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Fake pngs

With the checkerboard at the back? That’s right. I love using them unironically. And I love pictures of rocks.

@undiagnosedflu

Feb 22, 2024

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finding the right people

And you’re set for life (with the added effort of maintaining it). I used to try to surround myself with people who I thought were cool and also tried so bad to fit in. I still do feel conscious about that sometimes when I front for a person I place on a pedestal or really am infatuated with (in a platonic way). I’ve also had friends I get easily frustrated with who point out my mistakes as jokes but I’ve realised are super flawed and insecure. It becomes a relationship where you slowly turn into a projection of them. (I’m not sure how to phrase it). And I’m the kind that forgives very easily the moment someone is nice to me. Howeverrrrr… over the past few years and more so over the past year I found a group of people I could be open and comfortable with… and I have to say an open and fulfilling relationship with the right people and friends will make you a much better person overall. I’ve also been so inspired by the circle of friends I’ve got now. It’s not necessarily the friends who always ask you to go out to shop or hang but the friends who you do things with and talk about anything with. Gratefully & Gratituously, I love my friends.

@undiagnosedflu

Feb 18, 2024

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Chicken tikka masala

If you like Indian Curry… this is a one up. Alternatively… Butter Chicken. My go to when I have prata with a side of Lassi and Coin Prata.

@undiagnosedflu

Mar 8, 2024