'Cause Pigs can Fly

First of all; I hear a lot of things. I don't always listen in, but most things said around me somehow remain in my mind. Today, on my way home from work, it was raining and dark. Which meant that I couldn't read and all I could do was whatsapp a friend. So I was sitting there, in the middle of two ladies, who insisted on using their travel time to speak with their special someones. Now the lady on my left is happy with her man, so there was no issue there. But the lady on my right, a recent addition to the staff transport van was breaking up with her man. She had an issue with him, which she explained very well. The issue She felt the communication between them wasn't a two way communication. She complained tht she had to always call him, and he never started conversations with her. My first thought was, "leave the man. If he can't be bothered to start a conversation, he's not worth it." Then I realized that I did the exact same thing. I never start conv...

The Nation Free It is our responsibility and duty to promote change when there is a need for change. Many of us know of causes worth fighting for, and enjoy taking part in the process of making a change. When Obama said, “Yes, we can” emphasis was put on the word we. Look at the world, there are billions of people living on Earth. If you take a country, there are million there. A state or province has thousands. A town has hundreds. A neighborhood has tens and a house has a handful. And that handful is made of individuals. Thus the world is a canvas with pin-point dots on it. The canvas may seem like one splash of paint, but if you start taking each of those points away, the canvas will soon be bare. Thus every one of us makes a difference even though sometimes, it doesn’t seem that way. We feel so insignificant, even though we aren’t. This is why change demands the efforts of each individual. At first, no one spoke about homosexuality and people didn’t dare demand the recognition of...

Promises, we all make them, we all break them. I stopped making promises sometime back, when I realized that making a promise ties you to something. And when you fail to fulfill this promise, you feel like you have betrayed someone. You have betrayed your self. Then you feel guilty and ashamed. You can avoid all these emotions and feelings, if you stop making promises. But people have promised me things. Even when I've told them not to. The promise of love Quite a few of my friends have promised to love me forever. It seems so easy I guess, to love someone. But to continue to love them, even when you really get to know that person, that's what's difficult. So none of these people kept to their promises. They promised me love and a forever. I got neither. The promise of friendship A friend promised me that he'll be my friend until death parts us. But what he actually seemed to have meant was that he'll be my friend until I tell him there's no place in my ...

Confession : I love romantic comedies. And romantic movies. And I always end up close to tears. *Walks away in shame* Now that you know my dirty secret, here's my issue about such movies. (From now on they'll be known as RC for Romantic Comedies and RM for Romantic Movies.) May include a bucket load of spoilers. You have been warned! Friends with Benefits is amazing. It's lame, funny, cute and just, amazing. What happens is that there's a girl and a guy and they decide to be FWB because its fun, like playing tennis but there's no emotional attachment that a relationship forces on people. So they keep doing the deed but end up falling for each other. With a really cute ending, the two go on an actual date and admit they love each other. Easy A is another cute RC. The girl pretends to have spent the weekend with a guy just to avoid her best friend's invitation to spend time with said friend's nudist parents. Soon the girl finds her self pretending to h...

Yesterday I noticed the moon, it was a mere whisper. A loud whisper yes, but it wasn't the usual moon that boasted about her existence. She was humble. And much like the crescent moon and star found in Islam, the moon had company. Let me tell you, the sky didn't need to be black for it to be beautiful. With a not quite midnight blue color, the sky was beautiful. But most of all, the moon and that star. Slowly though I noticed another star. And then another. It had taken me sometime. More time that I wish to admit. Maybe, if I hadn't looked any longer, I wouldn't have seen those other stars. They would have gone unnoticed, by me. People are like that. They go unnoticed, they remain in the background. They shouldn’t but they do. They can either shine as bright as those bigger stars or planets. Or like the moon, they can steal the light of another, or rather, share it. However, not everyone has it in them, to shine. Not all of us have that quality. And so others s...

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Have you ever wondered why god is male? Or why no religion was discovered by a female? If it because we are less intelligent? Or because the truth often leaves us befuddled? Is that why females are often in the background? Left to be seen but not heard. If you think females belong in the kitchen, do you know what a still very hot and greasy spatula feels on your naked skin? In fact, this is why they say, females live longer. Because the kitchen is where the knives are. some slightly sexist jokes for you to enjoy! All joking aside though, females are yet to steal the show because of one reason. We are too busy keeping the world alive. Have you ever had to take care of your home during your mother’s absence? Let me tell you, its torture. Suddenly you realize the morning cup of coffee doesn’t magically make itself. Your breakfast needs preparing. Clothes need to be washed. You realize that when they say mothers should be treated like gods, they are underestimating the...