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“Can there be anything that we write that is strictly non-autobiographic?” is the question I asked myself. Almost every-thing that we write will draw upon personal experiences; thus, all writings can be autobiographic in the broadest sense. Cao Xue Qin draws upon his family history in Dream of the Red Mansion, where his grandfather, Cao Yin, was the playmate of Emperor Kang Xi whom then promoted him to Commissioner of Textiles and Silk.

I want to continue my autobiographic journey after the completion of my first themed autobiography describing my six years of undergraduate and graduate studies in Melbourne. However, it is a daunting task and I had struggled for a long while with regards to which format to use.

Not a skillful writer of prose and narratives, I have always like poetic style for its directness, conciseness, and perhaps even, obfuscation to some extend. Why not use it to compile my autobiography then? This is the result.

Treat this as a compilation of poems I penned if you will for I am not interested to put things in chronological order but as a reflection – penning events and feelings as they come to mind. At the end of the day, it will be the reader’s job to piece all these anecdotal events and feeling together.

The only aspect of my life that I will not focused on is the six years I had in Melbourne when I pursued my undergraduate and graduate studies. That stage of my life is so important and yet focused and concise to me that it is a separate autobiography on its own: Ling, MHT. 2013. Six Years of Melbourne: July 2002 to April 2008. ISBN 978-1-304-41694-0.

  1. Autobiographic Verses 1 to 100
  2. Autobiographic Verses 101 to 200
  3. Autobiographic Verses 201 to 300
  1. Cleansing the Hidden. July 04, 2025.
  2. The Elder Path. June 26, 2025.
  3. Dual-Purpose Lightship. June 26, 2025.
  4. Lightship Approaching Destination. June 26, 2025.
  5. Not a Goal, But a Marker. June 24, 2025.
  6. 常青园. June 20, 2025.
  7. 吾曰. June 13, 2025.
  8. 候熟之林. June 10, 2025.
  9. Certainty of the Orchard. June 10, 2025.
  10. Financial Stability Day. June 07, 2025.
  11. Why I Tell You This.... May 30, 2025.
  12. Nature is Abundant. May 26, 2025.
  13. Garden of Abundant Harvest. May 26, 2025.
  14. 天地不急. May 24, 2025.
  15. 三年了. May 22, 2025.
  16. Ample Abundance. May 22, 2025.
  17. 自在行. May 20, 2025.
  18. 活迹如流. May 19, 2025.
  19. Sage of Inner Fire. May 19, 2025.
  20. Abundance. May 18, 2025.
  21. Splitting Earth. May 13, 2025.
  22. 焰心词. May 12, 2025.
  23. The Monastic Scholar. May 12, 2025.
  24. 水多福到. May 12, 2025.
  25. Legal Deposit. May 12, 2025.
  26. Frozen Joy. May 12, 2025.
  27. Harvest. May 11, 2025.
  28. 归田吟. May 11, 2025.
  29. Simulacra Rendered. May 11, 2025.
  30. A Tale of Two Archives. May 09, 2025.
  31. A Shelf Against Forgetting. May 08, 2025.
  32. 退隐志. May 07, 2025.
  33. The Edge of Pause. May 07, 2025.
  34. 100 Manuscripts in 20 Years. May 07, 2025.
  35. 蓝天白云. May 03, 2025.
  36. One Third Down the Home Run Track. April 30, 2025.
  37. Enjoyment Spending. April 21, 2025.
  38. Dropping the K. April 01, 2025.
  39. 46 之愿. March 30, 2025.
  40. Last Week of 45. March 29, 2025.
  41. Once and Only MPH. March 26, 2025.
  42. 诈降的蟑螂 2. March 25, 2025.
  43. L1R to L2. March 10, 2025.
  44. FIREd at Level 1R. March 08, 2025.
  45. 十小时睡眠. March 02, 2025.
  46. March 2025. March 01, 2025.
  47. 兜底. February 16, 2025.
  48. 重聞故所. February 04, 2025.
  49. 四十六岁. February 01, 2025.
  50. 雨天不断. January 19, 2025.
  51. 2025. January 01, 2025.
  52. 扶持. December 06, 2024.
  53. 思念. October 11, 2024.
  54. 人生自旅. September 21, 2024.
  55. 中秋御花园. September 12, 2024.
  56. 诈降的蟑螂. September 05, 2024.