Posted in Current Affairs, Religion on Dec 31st, 2008 1 Comment »
”Once you have given your bottom dollar, better things come your way.” I once read about the story of a man who had gone to a theater at Grand Ole Opry. After the show, he had gone to the backstage and ask a famous actor for an autograph. He had no paper to write on. [...]
Posted in Current Affairs, Travel on Dec 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
Today, I am enjoying my brisk walking in the sunshine, walking through the noisy and hurried crowd of departing passengers at the kerbside of the departures entry. Then I pass by the arrival area. There, the throng of people are waiting for their acquaintances. For their friends. For their families.
These are everyday occurrences here at [...]
Posted in Memoirs on Dec 18th, 2008 1 Comment »
Everyday. For the whole month of October, I holed up in a room with only a generous view of the outside as a companion. From the view I can see only the cars parked in the kerbside. The cranes slowly tilting like a clock in the distance. And a handful of passersby walking by, unmindful of these pair [...]
Posted in Literature on Dec 12th, 2008 2 Comments »
I watched.
Amazed of the cold faces
Of concrete alighted
Bursting in an orange flame,
as the dust wafted
In the chilled morning air.
There in the distance,
the cadence of sleepy
glazed eyes of towers
Sparkles like goblets
Scraping the sky.
The narrow street
Came to life, one by one
Bloodstream of people
Slowly lining up the busy
Artery of the city.
Soon this numb feet
will drag along
with the [...]
