Short Stories - Part 2

TIME


Time's always pressing me to use him properly. He's the only thing I really have, that I can call my own, and bully around as I please. I didn't inherit him from my parents or buy him from a shop. I'm given him as a gift. And of late, I've been abusing him real badly, no wonder he's complaining and making such a big fuss. ~~ K,k, I promise to use my planner properly and come home early every Wed and Fri so that I can spend time with my sis, attend the family dinner, and make time for Christian Education classes and CG meetings and BLOG. I also solemnly swear on mandarin oranges and lychee that I will come back home early on Sundays and recuperate.

POLITICS


The following conversation has been edited for clarity. Names have been kept anonymous for the sake of privacy

"I read your blog the other day and saw that you supported Obama. Why ? "

" I think he deserves it. I've listened to his speeches over CNN and read his policies. Besides I hate Bill, I'd never support Clinton "

" Because I think Obama would not make a good president. Clinton would make a worse one, but Obama would still be bad.You should support the Republicans"

I'd write more about the conversation but can't, it's linked with some very personal things and I didn't ask the permission of the people involved to post it up. Safe to say, it was a throughly enjoyable conversation. I saw a spark in someone that I've never noticed before. - - - I actually respect you even more than I did before. And I hope we'll always be friends even if Obama does win the election.


MATTERS OF THE HEART

MK, if only you knew how much respect I have for you, and how sorry I am to have to distance myself from you, but I really cannot stand what you've become. I can't stand the change in you, I want the old you back. But then again, I've changed a lot since the start of our friendship. Perhaps it's time to move on.

CN, if only you knew how much disdain I have for you right now, and how angry, stupid, used I feel. I wish I never took that first step to get to know you. I rather have kept those words/feelings secret, to have never started the friendship. Because those brief moments of happiness we had together brought nothing but pain in the end. And now, I don't feel any love for you. Only grief. For the time wasted.

CT, I'll wait. If I have to wait for you, I will. I always have a place for you in my heart. No matter what. ' The first cut is the deepest' is how the song goes, but to me, it's the first love that's the deepest.