I was on the bus yesterday, going to my physics tuition, when I happened to look out the window and see this big banner in front of a roadside shop, in plain view of all who passed. Across it, in big letters, was written “BUY THE BEST”, and below it, in even huger letters, the …
Category: Views and Observations
Just Another Thought
On a certain Tuesday evening, the sky swirled with the grim colours of an oncoming storm — layers of heavy grayscale clouds, allowing only a muted glow to show through where the sun should be setting. The flock of bipeds scurrying about on the surface was barely bothered by this. Barely flustered, barely moved. Barely …
Colourblind
I was watching this movie called Wondrous Oblivion on TV. It was a movie against racism, against the differences imposed on the basis of complexion, where a white family and a black family learn to love each other. During a scene showing the members of the black family listening to the white kid recite from …
Raindrops
Shoptomi He stared listlessly at the slow, crawling raindrops. They were slipping over the surface of the glass, falling silently to the sill. Pat, patter, came more drops. A momentary circle of water on the glass, then a small round drop as the shape tightened. Then the journey to the window-sill began. Some of the …
Snippets Again
I hate going to sleep, did you know that? Tomorrow’s my girlfriend’s birthday. We aren’t having an underground party with DJ. We are having — you guessed it — nothing. We can’t have anything. Her parents want to deny I exist, and mine reciprocate it. Tell me the last time you let the rain …
One Life 