Ringing up a friend on gloomy times just to say “Abu” and hearing the laughter on the other end before you hang up amazingly fills the heart with sheer joy. You’d think it ridiculous wasting airtime and a few bucks on overseas calls just to speak your heart. But no, it’s not ridiculous nor a [...]
In search for Love In The Time of Cholera (G.G. Marquez’s), bus 239 from Capilano Mall in Marine Drive took me back to the blissful place on 3rd Street where I found Bus 9 To Paradise in the “candy shop“. The shop’s a paradise in itself with hundreds of books stacked on high shelves and [...]
$15– the price of happiness. Cheap? Sure is. For that amount you’ll be nourished a lifetime provided the nutrients derived from the nourishment is well assimilated. Happiness is… when I blow money on “these” things. I found the sources along 3rd Street, adding more and more to my ‘bedmates’ (If you’re not in my network, [...]
When something gets too hot to handle, the pain too difficult to endure, man’s survival instinct gets the better of him… he run away from the offending threat. Instead of resolving a conlict, we simply walk away from it, letting go of an opportunity to change. We’re depriving ourselves a chance to grow when we [...]
I have to congratulate myself for downing 1082 ml of water within a couple of hours. Quite an accomplishment for me who could go on a week or two without drinking water unless I take Advil, tea, or coffee with it. okay, okay, I cheated! That 1082 ml water had 2.8 g of white and [...]
