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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. 常青园. June 20, 2025.
2. 吾曰. June 13, 2025.
3. 候熟之林. June 10, 2025.
4. Certainty of the Orchard. June 10, 2025.
5. Financial Stability Day. June 07, 2025.
6. Why I Tell You This.... May 30, 2025.
7. Nature is Abundant. May 26, 2025.
8. Garden of Abundant Harvest. May 26, 2025.
9. 天地不急. May 24, 2025.
10. 三年了. May 22, 2025.
11. Ample Abundance. May 22, 2025.
12. 自在行. May 20, 2025.
13. 活迹如流. May 19, 2025.
14. Sage of Inner Fire. May 19, 2025.
15. Abundance. May 18, 2025.
16. Splitting Earth. May 13, 2025.
17. 焰心词. May 12, 2025.
18. The Monastic Scholar. May 12, 2025.
19. 水多福到. May 12, 2025.
20. Legal Deposit. May 12, 2025.
21. Frozen Joy. May 12, 2025.
22. Harvest. May 11, 2025.
23. 归田吟. May 11, 2025.
24. Simulacra Rendered. May 11, 2025.
25. A Tale of Two Archives. May 09, 2025.
26. A Shelf Against Forgetting. May 08, 2025.
27. 退隐志. May 07, 2025.
28. The Edge of Pause. May 07, 2025.
29. 100 Manuscripts in 20 Years. May 07, 2025.
30. 蓝天白云. May 03, 2025.
31. One Third Down the Home Run Track. April 30, 2025.
32. Enjoyment Spending. April 21, 2025.
33. Dropping the K. April 01, 2025.
34. 46 之愿. March 30, 2025.
35. Last Week of 45. March 29, 2025.
36. Once and Only MPH. March 26, 2025.
37. 诈降的蟑螂 2. March 25, 2025.
38. L1R to L2. March 10, 2025.
39. FIREd at Level 1R. March 08, 2025.
40. 十小时睡眠. March 02, 2025.
41. March 2025. March 01, 2025.
42. 兜底. February 16, 2025.
43. 重聞故所. February 04, 2025.
44. 四十六岁. February 01, 2025.
45. 雨天不断. January 19, 2025.
46. 2025. January 01, 2025.
47. 扶持. December 06, 2024.
48. 思念. October 11, 2024.
49. 人生自旅. September 21, 2024.
50. 中秋御花园. September 12, 2024.
51. 诈降的蟑螂. September 05, 2024.
52. 文青日. August 11, 2024.
53. 黄汤引伤. July 27, 2024.
54. Thirty Years of Farming. June 08, 2024
55. Farming Life. June 07, 2024.
56. Degradation. May 01, 2024.
57. 图书馆. April 20, 2024.
58. 铁罗汉. April 15, 2024.
59. 跑步为了吃. April 10, 2024.
60. 唐僧肉. April 10, 2024.
61. 铁观音. April 10, 2024.
62. 菠菜三蛋. April 09, 2024.
63. 清明 2024. April 07, 2024.
64. 吃. April 06, 2024.
65. 四十五的窘迫. April 06, 2024.
66. 卸下名利. April 05, 2024.
67. 人生何意. April 04, 2024.
68. Experience the Moment. April 04, 2024.
69. Humidity Kills. April 03, 2024.
70. 四十五岁庆生2. April 02, 2024.
71. 45 岁了 2. March 31, 2024.
72. Public Library. March 31, 2024.
73. 45 岁了. March 30, 2024.
74. Twenty Year. March 26, 2024.
75. 50 不系. March 25, 2024.
76. 半退休愿. March 21, 2024.
77. 一年思牛2. March 21, 2024.
78. Simulation of the Real. March 18, 2024.
79. 无生法. March 17, 2024.
80. 四十五岁庆生. March 17, 2024.
81. 三军待命. March 15, 2024.
82. 吃包触感. March 15, 2024.
83. 梦机械白蛇. March 14, 2024.
84. Lakshmi Rudraksha. March 12, 2024.
85. Secondary School Meetup March 2024. March 09, 2024.
86. 白桥度水火. March 09, 2024.
87. Maha-Shivratri 2024. March 09, 2024.
88. 湿婆舞. March 08, 2024.
89. 一年思牛. March 07, 2024.
90. 乾财道. February 10, 2024.
91. Rejection and Reclamation. February 05, 2024.
92. 虚己以游世. February 04, 2024.
93. 碧螺春. February 03, 2024.
94. 凤眼中串. January 28, 2024.
95. 无电邮的早上. January 18, 2024.
96. 麻辣锅. January 12, 2024.
97. 活在半. January 11, 2024.
98. Limitless Library. January 07, 2024.
99. 六一醉翁. January 07, 2024.
100. A Better 2024. January 02, 2024.
101. 该往. November 28, 2023.
102. 阅六一居士传. August 27, 2023.
103. 阅秋声赋. August 22, 2023.
104. 绝魂丹. August 11, 2023.
105. 牛弟弟百日. June 29, 2023.
106. Overlapping Stars. June 16, 2023.
107. 死灰之木. June 16, 2023.
108. Decisions. June 14, 2023.
109. Ode to Banana. June 12, 2023.
110. 香蕉. June 12, 2023.
111. 香蕉麦. June 11, 2023.
112. Latte at 10 pm. June 10, 2023.
113. Shitty Ground. June 06, 2023.
114. 美好的一天. June 02, 2023.
115. 军符. June 01, 2023.
116. 晨雨. June 01, 2023.
117. 善恶. May 30, 2023.
118. 万众一心. May 29, 2023.
119. Sage Powers. May 29, 2023.
120. Levels of Consciousness. May 28, 2023.
121. Thieves of Happiness. May 27, 2023.
122. 书和咖啡. May 27, 2023.
123. 随游. May 26, 2023.
124. 不系舟. May 22, 2023.
125. 8000 Days. May 14, 2023.
126. Oneness. May 13, 2023.
127. Let It End. May 08, 2023.
128. 牛弟弟七七. May 07, 2023.
129. 牛弟弟三七. April 10, 2023.
130. 换籍. March 24, 2023.
131. 悼念牛弟弟. March 23, 2023.
132. Melbourne, Maybe Soon. March 18, 2023.
133. 细雨佛牙寺. February 28, 2023.
134. The Tree. February 15, 2023.
135. Canopy. February 14, 2023.
136. 失眠. January 27, 2023.
137. 静坐. January 24, 2023.
138. Mortgage. January 07, 2023.
139. Zero. January 06, 2023.
140. Lost. January 05, 2023.
141. 禅莲静榭. January 02, 2023.
142. Black Aromatic Coffee. January 02, 2023.
143. 静思. January 02, 2023.
144. Grounding Myself. January 01, 2023.
145. 晚风. January 01, 2023.
146. 水月. October 15, 2022.
147. 故人. September 17, 2022.
148. 人生. August 25, 2022.
149. 离合岁月. August 09, 2022.
150. 诗两百. August 09, 2022.
151. 卤猪脚. August 09, 2022.
152. 咸蛋. August 06, 2022.
153. 润粥. August 06, 2022.
154. 欢送宇涵. August 05, 2022.
155. 老友. August 05, 2022.
156. 观望. July 21, 2022.
157. 放下. July 17, 2022.
158. 冲劲. July 13, 2022.
159. AutoX. July 10, 2022.
160. 多串. July 10, 2022.
161. Writing Proposal. July 05, 2022.
162. Monday. June 19, 2022.
163. Blue Heelers T-Shirt. June 18, 2022.
164. 无患子. June 18, 2022.
165. 五月. June 14, 2022.
166. 房有蟑螂. June 02, 2022.
167. Maybe A Chapter Closed. May 17, 2022.
168. 望壬子. May 10, 2022.
169. 泡姜. May 03, 2022.
170. 小宝宝. May 02, 2022.
171. 核桃串. April 29, 2022.
172. 蜜蜡. April 13, 2022.
173. 叔夜. April 10, 2022.
174. 轮回. April 10, 2022.
175. 小黄牛. April 10, 2022.
176. 仰山涛. April 9, 2022.
177. Positive Day 5. March 6, 2022.
178. Positive Day 4. March 5, 2022.
179. Positive Day 3. March 4, 2022.
180. Positive Day 2. March 3, 2022.
181. Positive Day 1. March 2, 2022.
182. 1049 Days. February 26, 2022.
183. 重组柏香. February 26, 2022.
184. 双月. February 10, 2022.
185. 心忧. February 10, 2022.
186. 四老六样. January 22, 2022.
187. 贵哥结缘. January 19, 2022.
188. 菩提老三样. January 1, 2022.
189. 华姐. October 31, 2021.
190. 补疫苗. October 31, 2021.
191. 三搭. October 23, 2021.
192. 18 Months. October 23, 2021.
193. 九月十八. October 23, 2021.
194. 风阳. October 22, 2021.
195. 牛生日. October 22, 2021.
196. 天热的咖啡. October 19, 2021.
197. 宝宝吃早餐. October 17, 2021.
198. 燕麦. October 16, 2021.
199. 失联的朋友. October 10, 2021.
200. 择易. October 10, 2021.
201. 持名. October 10, 2021.
202. 择串. October 07, 2021.
203. 桃核串. September 17, 2021.
204. 墙上草. September 26, 2021.
205. Quiet in A Group. September 02,2021.
206. 刘老牛. August 26, 2021.
207. 失眠夜. August 14, 2021.
208. Retirement. August 01, 2021.
209. 闷热. July 26, 2021.
210. 六道木. July 25, 2021.
211. 18 Months of Uncertainty. July 25, 2021.
212. 端午节. June 14, 2021.
213. 文玩. April 10, 2021.
214. 蛋花粥. March 31, 2021.
215. Morning Buzzer. March 31, 2021.
216. 自训. March 30, 2021.
217. 四十二之愿. March 30, 2021.
218. 四十二. March 30, 2021.
219. 除夕夜. February 11, 2021.
220. 年关回想. February 10, 2021.
221. Synchronicity. January 17, 2021.
222. 2020 冬至. December 21, 2020.
223. 赠年糕玉. December 19, 2020.
224. 雨阳雨. December 17, 2020.
225. Beach. December 11, 2020.
226. 铁鼠大雪. December 07, 2020.
227. 三十路. November 30, 2020.
228. 知己. November 15, 2020.
229. Lunch With An Old Friend. November 14, 2020.
230. Same One. November 13, 2020.
231. 莲花同住. November 11, 2020.
232. 平点. October 10, 2020.
233. 证享. August 04, 2020.
234. 极乐学府. June 30, 2020.
235. 等待. June 19, 2020.
236. 景星回府. June 17, 2020.
237. 千年之隔. June 16, 2020.
238. Where Had We Gone Wrong. May 15, 2020.
239. A Good Virus. May 03, 2020.
240. 盟誓. April 27, 2020.
241. 新缘再逢. April 11, 2020.
242. 六日日升. April 11, 2020.
243. 庚子疫. March 31, 2020.
244. 闭门泪. March 29, 2020.
245. 送弟回国. March 13, 2020.
246. 异乡弟. March 12, 2020.
247. 爷爷善举. February 09, 2020.
248. 异乡除夕. January 27, 2020.
249. 日落西海. January 16, 2020.
250. 何为. January 16, 2020.
251. 枣红籽. January 15, 2020.
252. 够了吧. November 22, 2019.
253. 自在. November 21, 2019.
254. 世家沦沉. November 20, 2019.
255. 三十之后. November 19, 2019.
256. 此时的娑婆. November 18, 2019.
257. 三条鱼. November 17, 2019.
258. World of Dreams. November 16, 2019.
259. 空劫色变. November 16, 2019.
260. 人间百态. November 04, 2019.
261. 静态. November 04, 2019.
262. 你我. October 16, 2019.
263. Flow. October 15, 2019.
264. Humpty Dumpty, Why. October 11, 2019.
265. Being a “Big Brother”. October 08, 2019.
266. 夜静俗声. October 07, 2019.
267. 咖啡. October 05, 2019.
268. 沙滩步. October 04, 2019.
269. 合花. October 03, 2019.
270. 川流静池. October 03, 2019.
271. 往事反腾. October 02, 2019.
272. 历练. October 01, 2019.
273. 十二岁那年. September 30, 2019.
274. Shifting Vibration. September 29, 2019.
275. The Road Behind. September 29, 2019.
276. 诗词颂. September 29, 2019.
277. 犀牛角紫檀. September 21, 2019.
278. 十七年. September 09, 2019.
279. Half Life Ago. August 18, 2019.
280. 人生戏剧. August 17, 2019.
281. Worry Not. August 11, 2019.
282. 不乱之心. August 11, 2019.
283. 榴莲. July 21, 2019.
284. 多宝彩串. July 14, 2019.
285. 离尘. July 13, 2019.
286. 人生核味. July 11, 2019.
287. 因果. July 03, 2019.
288. Anemic Decade. July 03, 2019.
289. Ebony Wand. July 01, 2019.
290. 人生一时. June 29, 2019.
291. 八问悟空之初. June 01, 2019.
292. Goodbye, Josh. May 01, 2019.
293. Expectations. April 16, 2019.
294. 国清三隐. April 08, 2019.
295. Stoa. April 08, 2019.
296. 转缘. March 17, 2019.
297. 缘起. February 13, 2019.
298. 999 Days. February 07, 2019.
299. 生肖之哲. February 06, 2019.
300. 存钱点滴. February 06, 2019.
301. 对饮. February 06, 2019.
302. Tea at New Year. February 06, 2019.
303. 林伟忠印. January 16, 2019.
304. 金庸三世酒. June 10, 2018.
305. 论酒. June 9, 2018.
306. Melvin's Wedding. May 12, 2018.
307. 见半生照. May 1, 2018.
308. 金刚台. April 9, 2018.
309. Colin in Lost. April 8, 2018.
310. 不惑. April 6, 2018.
311. The World My Nephew Faces. April 4, 2018.
312. 戊戌狗年. February 18, 2018.
313. Grandfather Died. January 25, 2018.
314. 参石. January 17, 2018.
315. Five Years of Maciej. January 17, 2018.
316. Phil's Visit. January 1, 2018.
317. Countdown at Budi's. January 1, 2018.
318. Melvin is Back. December 29, 2017.
319. 木化玉. December 28, 2017.
320. 金丝玉. December 28, 2017.
321. Surya's Christmas 2017. December 24, 2017.
322. 论玉. December 24, 2017.
323. Ethan Baby at Reunion. December 24, 2017.
324. 弥陀颂. December 22, 2017.
325. 德俊的丸. December 22, 2017.
326. 配雎鸠. December 20, 2017.
327. 盼猫. December 20, 2017.
328. 饮酒思故友. November 12, 2017.
329. 老海石. March 20, 2016.
330. 射雕靖. March 19, 2016.
331. Coconut Seed. March 17, 2016.
332. Sims Drive. June 21, 2016.
333. Melvin Mooted. June 21, 2016.
334. 乙未中秋. September 27, 2015.
335. 争江山. April 23, 2012.
336. Enterobacteriaceae. October 2, 2009.
337. 人滩. June 17, 2009.
338. The Balance Un-Tipped. April 9, 2009.
339. 六年返回情. April 1, 2008.
340. One More. June 14, 2004.
341. End of Supported Years. May 19, 2004.
342. First Motar Shot, and On-going. June 13, 2003.
343. Churned Limbical Notes. June 6, 2002.
344. In 48 Hours. June 4, 2002.
345. Ongoing. June 3, 2002.
346. One in a Million. February 23, 2002.
347. Fly At The Speed Of Light. February 15, 2002.
348. Eagle's Cry. January 31, 2002.
349. Joy of Lion. January 31, 2002.
350. Greatest Teacher. May 5, 1999.
351. Possession of Treasured Wine. February 2, 1999.