'Cause Pigs can Fly

Every girl, even the least girly of them, pictures her wedding even before she knows what love is. The fairy tales all ended in some grand wedding and we were brought up believing that that is how our story would/should end. No one ever told us that after a day of looking pretty, the wife is then expected to cook, clean and whatnot for her husband. Slowly, girls stop dreaming of the perfect wedding. Instead they focus on something more possible; the perfect man. (Now men, if you are reading this, do not think this is in anyway one of those posts written for a specific person. And if you fit the description, please do not get your hopes up. I have a list, but I don’t actually want a perfect guy. Or even an imperfect guy. Or anyone.) So first on the list is; no drinking, smoking or doing drugs . I know I sound boring but, drugs are dangerous, cigarettes make you smell like rotten vegetables and alcohol is deceptive. I don’t want to be a nanny to anyone, I don’t want to b...

The Nation Free "Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take of themselves,” is something my granduncle lives by. He believes in saving every cent for a future none of us have been promised. Whenever he meets us, he inquires about our savings. We lie and tell him we make sure that not a single cent goes to waste. The reason I can’t save money is simple. I do not like money. Whenever I talk about my ideals and beliefs, people tell me I can have such beliefs only because I’m still too young. They tell me that ten years from now, I wouldn’t be able to live by things that I believe in now. Maybe they can say such things because they’ve been there and done that. Maybe years ago, they too had dreams, they too had beliefs. However, life came in the way and they were forced to forego those beliefs. They think that my age, and the fact that life hasn’t made us deal with serious blows keeps us from being realistic. However, we aren’t dreamers because we are young. We have...

I’m not going to deny that I’ve wished I was born a boy. Men seem to have it so easy! Still women are lucky too. We just don’t want to admit it. A friend was talking about how lucky we are to be females. If nothing works out, we can always just get married and depend on the man. The males have no choice, they must study and work. Ever heard a son being told, “It’s okay Putha, if you can’t find a job, just get married to a nice, rich girl”? Now one of the best things about being a girl is bum shorts and shorts in general. Let’s admit it, a man should never wear shorts that are shorter than knee length. Boys can, like small kiddos, not anyone else. It’s disturbing! But females. Ah! Those glorious shorts! And clothes in general. We can wear guy colours and girl colours. We can wear guy clothes and girl clothes. We can wear any length. So a female is gaining weight, no one would dare say it to her. A guy, on the other hand, isn’t so fortunate. Hello! They have no feelings ...

Yesterday was hectic and tiring. Work wasn’t stressful but I had some things on my mind, which means I stressed my self out about nothing. Then the tiring journey back started and I was reading Perks of Being a Wallflower on the iPad while chatting with someone who people should pay me for being friends with. No, he’s not some difficult person you want to punch every time you see him. He’s an amazing person and we talk about the lamest things on Earth. Yesterday we were arguing about How I Met Your Mother and how it could be compared to the oh so sappy love stories by Nicholas Sparks. Needless to say, I won the challenge. Anyway, swiping through facebook and twitter and iBooks, I was slightly depressed. Rereading Perks, I was now at the last few pages. Where Charlie is depressed and it’s so difficult to read about another’s depression and not feel sad about it. Then I realized it’s been ages since I left work, it was dark out side and I look outside to realize we are still in Well...

You know how you are happily having a bath in the night and then, the power goes off. You have three options. Stop bathing, stand/sit still and wait for the power to get back on Look for your towel, hopefully cover your self and go find a candle Take a risk, complete your bath in the dark I always go with the third option. It's risky, let me tell you that. Having used the office washroom without a properly working light at least five times, I can be considered an expert on the issue. I've had to use... umm... a petrol shed bathroom and the only light I got was from a phone, which I tried not to drop anywhere. So what happens is that you've used that same old bathroom, with the same old floor plan for years, and you think you can figure it all out blindfolded. But as soon as there's no light, your mind forgets where the fixtures were. So you try not to slip, because we all know that falling in the bathroom is utterly painful. And you look for soap and try to turn...