LIVING in a boarding house can teach one a lot about the real meaning of independence. As early as first year high school, I learned practical lessons like budgeting my whole…
Read MoreYear: 2004
Encounter with a cop
I will never forget my first day on the job as a 'newspaper reporter' exactly 16 months ago. It was the second day of my two-weeks training and I was feeling…
Read MoreA midnight tunnel visit
Scary thoughts were running through my mind as we picked our way deeper into the tunnel. What if the statues would all come alive at the stroke of midnight? Or what…
Read MoreA burned tongue is no fun!
Do you know the feeling of sipping really hot coffee or chocolate that it burns your tongue so bad? Opps make it thrice that bad. We were attending this regular weekly…
Read MoreBattle with a cockroach
After staring at the computer screen for seven straight hours, I went home to my rented room at around 4 o'clock one morning, anticipating the prospect of uninterrupted sleep since it…
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