It is hard to put into words as to what I'm about. Who I'm about.

Ever since I picked up a pencil at the age of 5 (or 4), I have always had the instinct to express myself in some form or manner, in ways that words and vocabularly cannot.

But my self-expressions grew: from drawing to colouring to writing (eventually) to publishing, even.

By the age of 13, I discovered Diaryland (if that was actually called that; iForgot) and started my first blog. Then came Blogspot. Xanga. Livejournal. MySpace. Wordpress. The list goes on.

And then a publication in a Malaysian short story anthology called Write Out Loud (I was 16 then). Then The Tudung Anthology. Then The Best Asian Short Stories 2019 by Kitaab. Then my first-even screenplay for TV. (Yes!)

So yeah, I'm not new to authorship at all.

But my point here is this: I'm not here to just tell a tale. I'm here to live through my words. And hopefully give a voice to many unsaid.

Mostly unsaid.



And if any of you want to see the rawest parts of my evolution, as a creative/artist/writer, feel free to dive into the rabbit hole that is https://honestlydead.wordpress.com/ (Sorry about the current shitty template; been meaning to get around to making it nicer-to-navigate ^_^).

That's who I am (too).

About-about: https://honestlydead.wordpress.com/self/ (circa 2003 until now).

P.S. I'm not just clairvoyant. I'm clair-many-things. "4w5" refers to an Enneagram archtype (mostly Self-Preserving). And my Sun and Mercury are in Pisces, Moon is in Cancer 7th House, Sagittarius is in Rising/Ascendant, Venus is in Aquarius, and Mars is in Taurus.

The correlations are there. (Happy psychoanalysing me :D #tralala #whatever)

Wanna connect with me? I'm @iamphoenixli on Instagram and Threads. (Follow if resonate! <3)

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The above rambling is written on 13 May 2025, MYT.