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Day 4 – 30 March I call this first quiet Monday during lockdown ‘the sound of silence.’ Yes, just like in the song popularised by American rock band Disturbed. Since the beginning of the lockdown, I’ve been sharing on Facebook video songs close to my heart to add a positive note to all the tragic…
Day 3 – Sunday, 29 March I can hear the anguish and concern in my mother’s voice every time we Whatsapp call. She suggested keeping a lockdown journal during these challenging times, and I may take her up on the offer. I’m in two minds about it, though. A journal is quite an intimate endeavour….
Day 2 – Saturday, 28 March There are no luxuries or time to waste this cold autumn morning. Outside, the sky is blanketed by thick grey clouds, predicting rain showers in the late afternoon. My husband and I need to be at the hospital at 7.15 am, where I am scheduled for a quick medical…
Day 1 – Friday, 27 March I wake up with birdsong and almost no traffic sounds from the main road across the residential complex where we live. The smartphone home screen shows 7 am. By now, my husband would have already had his morning coffee and left for work. Instead, we share the coffee ritual…
“Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” When I first heard it, I agreed with Forrest Gump’s credo in the same-titled movie, and it wasn’t only because of my chocoholic tendencies, or Tom Hanks playing such an unusual but highly likeable character. I have always…
How do you see romantic love? Is love a one-way destination to the one you perceive as your soulmate, or it is more like a ‘moving goal,’ one that resembles so much the passion and obsession you crave throughout your life? And if it is the latter, what are your chances to a long-lasting epic…