• Even if I now saw you only once, I would long for you through worlds, worlds. - Izumi Shikibu
• So maybe this time, love doesn’t kick down the door—doesn’t rattle the windows or plant weeds in the flower garden. Maybe you can’t smell the smoke because, for once, nothing is burning. - Ashe Vernon
• You wrap your arms around me and it's like you're the patron saint of touch as well as soft sunlight and soothed dogs. - Chen Chen
• And so, as the light died, we put our mouths on the least lovable, the too-full, the easy-bruised, we shouted, I choose you, and you, and you, and you, and canned that hunger, and spooned it into our mouths on the coldest days. - Franny Choi

• Take a little time to slow down.
• The past you got you to this point in life. Well done.
• You're doing more than well, and you'll continue to do so.
• I may not be there to witness your achievements, but please remember I'll always be proud of you.
• You are cared and loved.
• Take your time to see the joy in small things. (You are my small thing)
• A happy Nadine equals a happy Regar. Keep your chin up and always be happy, will you? :)

Nadine, my Daylight.

I had talks about lifetime with various people but there's only one name that I will remember as the one I desperately wish to have known forever with. One doesn't immediately forget how connection aren't made with time—they are made instantly, in the slightest second from the very first meeting. And I would argue that although time will eventually fade our memories, that moment alone will be the only thing I'll hold onto about you. That sparks flew from a girl that breathes in colors, back in 2022.

My Nadine, my tender hearted Nadine.

Days with you may be fleeting, too short for my own liking, and I have the world to curse on for that. But in those very moments, we existed. We existed and we loved, and we lived ; and God, I would never trade any second of it for anything. For a forever with you beyond that, maybe, but that is the privilege of other Regars and Nadines, who ...

• Day x of wishing for Kimukatsu to open a branch in your hometown.
• Please be mindful of where you put your glasses.. put it somewhere you can clearly reach, okay?
• Have a water bottle on your table, take breaks and don't forget to hydrate.
• Every few hours, close your eyes and take off your glasses. Massage your nose bridge a little, it needs rest from holding up your glasses too, sweetheart.
• Put your gadgets away, far from you when you sleep.
• Vitamins, Nadine. A shitty sleep schedule must always be balanced with good doses of vitamins.
• Sleep. Earlier. (I'm also trying too)