IanG

You're right about the corrosive effects of guilt. There's a little more hope here than in some of your pieces, and that's good.

You wrote 'load' when you meant 'loud' but that aside its a convincing, well written piece. The declining town and the mismatch between memories and the present are very believable.

Coming from a country where the weather is notoriously fickle, I can relate to this. Well done.

This is a well written story with a convincing plot and likeable central character. I like the detail of them watching birds together. I'm used to dialogue in inverted commas, nonetheless I enjoyed it. Well done.

I like the way you spell out 'I'm fine' with initial letters of negative emotions.

No need to apologise for this piece, its a convincing evocation of someone starting a new school and there are only a limited number of basic plots. The ending should make people want to know more.
Perhaps you could've written English translations of the part that's in Indonesian, but don't let that small point put you off.

The gulf between practical father and artistic son rings true. So does his thinking that things would be different had his mother been there.

Good to know you're keeping spirits up at this difficult time.