It was around 1:30 in the afternoon. I had been enslaved in the kitchen for the past hour or so in haste of having lunch ready before everyone’s stomachs started to growl hungrily in complaint of my procrastinating ways. Amidst the curry brewing on the stove, the rice cooking on the burner next [...]
Archive for June, 2006
A new life
Posted in A Day in the Life of, Spiritual Reflections on June 26, 2006 | 8 Comments »
A grotesque friendship (contd.)
Posted in Literary Indulgences on June 22, 2006 | 4 Comments »
In the snippets of online conversations we had once the internet graced our lives, she would certainly talk about him. A desperate love, it seemed. I could only shake my head, couple my remarks with a tad bit of reproachfulness, and laugh. Eventually, that’s all I did – laugh at her. [...]
A grotesque friendship
Posted in Literary Indulgences on June 19, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I have no recollection of any signs, of any symptoms that could have forewarned me of this disaster. Perhaps I shouldn’t view it as a disaster, but I can hardly help myself, for in my eyes, the gravity of the situation dictates it being nothing short of a disaster; a complete mess of her life, [...]