Reading books, particularly fiction, makes my whole world a little bit more creative. Sometimes, it even feels as if I’m in my own tailor-made story. As in… the situations I get myself in are so ridiculous, it has to be a novel. Right? Welcome to MCM, where I share some stories that make me feel like I’m the main character in the most plot-twisting, page-turning book of the 21st century.
In order of latest to oldest. Enjoy, readers!
Issue #3
An Electric Meet-Cute
Summer of 2024. One of my best friends from boarding school, Marianne, managed to get us the gig of a lifetime at Electric Picnic, one of Ireland’s largest camping festivals. Chappell Roan. Conan Gray. Kneecap. All for free. The only thing required of us? Work at the popular breakfast and lunch pop-up stall in the centre of the Jimi Hendrix campsite. The one and only… Sausage Experience… “read more”
March 16th 2026
Issue #2
I got bleach-shamed by my twin?
This MCM is occurred, unfortunately, pretty recently. As a matter of fact, just last year, I’m focused hard on my lab work, when I look up and see someone I recognised. For context, I lived on campus for my first year of uni, and this guy was basically my neighbour – we lived a couple of townhouses away from each other. Add that to being in the same course, boom, we were practically family (if family never spoke to each other apart from a couple of, “Thank God I’m not the only one late!” greetings)… “read more”
March 8th 2026
Issue #1
So… I just cat-called a boy into a minor heart attack.
Alright readers! Welcome to NEME’s Main Character Moments section (crowd screams, cries, lifts their babies in joy)! In a nutshell, MCM is a collection of real-life situations that just make me question if I’m living in a romantic comedy (minus the ‘romantic’) or as Y/N in a fan-fiction thriller. I’ve been holding some of these mini stories for years, and for the first edition, we’re time-travelling back to a situation I don’t think I’ll ever forget… “read more”
March 8th 2026