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When I Open My Nostrils and Close My Eyes

Coffee beans, a hint of lime, freshly bathed babies, the ocean at sunrise, D&G on Dad, Mommie's moth-proof cupboards, my favourite p...

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Clairvoyance Canned

I can predict the silly things in life so well. An anticipated phone call, a certain look or gaze, a 24-hour waiting period just to hear tho...

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All and Sundry... on a Monday

Washing down chicken spring rolls from the friendly neighbourhood Chinese restaurant with green tea from the friendly neighbourhood mom. I h...

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On Our Bodies We Share the Same Scar

She lives on disillusion row We go where the wild blood flows On our bodies we share the same scar Love me, wherever you are... Wire to Wire...

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Hello Goodbye

I'm reading the newspaper on a warm Sunday morning. The water clogging my feet tells me I'm standing in the same old puddle but, for...

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Windancer

Finally the windancer finds her rhythm and suddenly she begins to move. Almost unconsciously her feet start to pick up the beat and deftly, ...

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Transcend

Waking up at dawn and falling asleep long after midnight. What happens in the in-between? Toss and turn. Dream and burn. I've been sleep...

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Message in a Bottle

Dear X, Twelve years have gone by. I remember telling you that I thought it was the last time we would ever see each other. We were saying g...

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If you found out that you were dying who is the first person you would call? What's the next thing you would do? And finally, which one ...

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Monday

I was just asked by my senior citizen neighbour to reduce the volume at which I play my music. And it's way past 9 am! I quickly turned ...

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From the Archives

This is something I'd written so long ago that it almost seems like a lifetime has passed. I can smile about it now because this person ...

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People Who Live in Glass Houses...

I am amused! It's not often that people comment on my blog posts and now all of a sudden I see a spurt. It amuses me even more to see th...

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I'm in movie heaven. I've watched some awesome movies since the weekend and still have loads more where they came from. Vicky Cristi...

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Delhi 6 is plain painful to watch...

...if you're not from Delhi. And if you are from Delhi or have lived there at some point, then the movie is just excruciating from what ...

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Help

Can anyone recommend a good Fatih Akin movie to watch? I've already seen Head-On and really liked it. I can afford to buy just one DVD ...

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Why My Heaven Will Never Have A Place for Ms. Carlisle In It!

Back in the good old 80s when Friday evenings meant watching my girlfriends jive with each other in our school gym while I played resident D...

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Love of My Life

Love of My Life

He's been with me on all the happiest and saddest occasions this past year. And even though he does not belong to me, I know I belong to...

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Whoever said age is just a number clearly could not count!

After a couple of days of exchanging text messages and late night phone calls with the much talked about and highly recommended younger man,...

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Bittersweet

Baby boy is a week old and I still can't take my eyes off him! Her name is Pillow and Kay says she would be perfect for me. I know I wou...

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I Have...

... turned a year older and probably a whole decade wiser. ... done something that I NEVER imagined I would. NEVER. ... realised how unfair ...

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