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Lightning Does Strike The Same Place Twice ( At First Sight - Part Two )

Is love at first sight truly possible? (7 weeks later after the first encounter) Driving towards cell, I turned the question over my mind for what seemed to be hundredth time. Will she be there? Outside, our country's hot sun had long since set. A grayish sheen of haziness was visible through my sight, and aside from the cars burning rubbers on NKVE, all was quiet. It was beautiful and warm. A 'Heart Go Yonder' kind of warm - the kind of temperature that holds you like your mum did, when peace comes in a quiet breeze, and air begs to be taken in lungfuls. It was a lovely day at work, a day that I look at my student's assessment, a day that nourished. And I was lying on my bucket seat, listening to some slow numbers, my windscreen serving as a magnifying glass in the still of the night's moonlight sonata. The moving leaves above the parking lot were sifting moonlights; the stars looked like a thousand diamonds in a dazzling dance. Mmmm, it was beautiful. But ...

Change

"You ready to change?" I said to myself in front of my bathroom mirror I don't mind if people can see a “few lines on my face,” or the slow decline of his early '90s heydays. I went to my bedroom and slipped into my comfy pants and a grunge, worn D2 t-shirt I owned since high school. It was remarkable now that I thought about it. Considering how crazy it was when I was younger. It seems like just yesterday I started college and got to know new people. And now I'm 28, facing the cold, hard truth. Thinking back, I supposed I could have done more. Memories trailed behind me, the good ones and the bad ones too. I should have done better in life, if only to be sure. Besides, I had no idea how to go on with my life. Loads of decision making. I wish there was an answer for the fatigue , which reminded me again that I was falling behind in my own resolution to lead a healthier life. Eating better, exercising, sleep regularly, stretching: I'd planned to start a...

Nicknames

Nicknames are cool. My best friend growing up was bestowed the name "Kumar Lai" by our group of friends because he was the only Indian dude who speaks Cantonese and hangs out with mostly Chinese cats. Over the years, his titled morphed, but the roots have remained. He now goes by "Blackie" though some of his friends calls him "Kumar Lai." Even in our late twenties, I still call him by this moniker. My another homie in our fraternity earned the nickname "Budak Keecii (Little Boy)" for some reasons not worth mentioning, but sadly the name that was stuck was "Joshua 'Lala' Lui," for some reasons not needing explanation. Fortunately for Josh, high-school was only five years, and his nickname didn't follow him (though the small boy frame did) A nickname is sometimes considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can also be a form of ridicule. Some of my homies have endured, even exploited, their unusual physical...