That Split Second

Once in a while, you get that split second moment when everything literally stops, the world slows down, you hear your heartbeat so loudly from your chest, you feel your breaths, you watch the world from outside yourself, in utter disbelief that the world is moving without you entangled in it -- that is the very moment when your life changes, when things become extraordinarily spectacular. That split second is coated with both fear and excitement, you can't explain it but you're both afraid and elated at the same time. It's that moment where you pick up your pencil when you're taking the board exams, it's that moment where you hold the wheel of your car for the first time, it's that first intramuscular injection that you have to give to a crying baby, it's that moment when you know in your heart that the things are changing, moving, forcing you to let go.

If you have a moment to make things extraordinarily spectacular, would you take it?

Christmas Rush

It's that time of the year... when traffic is so bad it hurts. Seriously, somebody should tell the road diggers at our place that it is not reasonable to do waterworks/roadworks/anti-flooding repairs during this time of the year because everyone is outside, rushing to go to the malls, shopping for gifts, buying exorbitant amounts of food, attending Christmas parties and just being outside.