About
Arlin Emilio
- a middle-aged food service worker
- lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Filipino-Canadian
- fiction writer, poet
- pianist, songwriter
- has Asperger’s
- a passionate lover of classic literature and classical music
- considers Ludwig Van Beethoven as her musical hero
- admires Emily Dickinson, JD Salinger, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, Oscar Wilde
- greatest inspiration: her little brother, Jiji, who passed away at two years old (year 1983)
- ultimate heroes: her parents, her sister, her maternal grandparents
- forever muse: her niece, Sage
- greatest achievement: having a niece
- greatest dream: to be able to define “success” on her own terms
- weakness: being a recluse
- strength: extreme focus and concentration
- forbidden: romance
- secret: clairvoyance
- friends: none
- recreation: reading, watching movies
- motivation: this blog
Life and other Absurdities: What to Expect
- work in food service
- highs and lows
- people
- light and darkness
- surreal, interesting, intriguing, aggravating, otherworldly
- confessions, opinions, observations
- honest, raw drafts, unfiltered
- truths
- surreal, spiritual, universal
- real-life drama and comedy
Publication:
Daily & Once a Month for Blog Entries
Image by: AE