We all know that what we do not have we will covet and prize more than what we already do have. It’s a strange instinct that drives us to complain about all the problems and inconveniences that plague our everyday lives. Our government is corrupt and oppressive, our economy is flailing and inflation is killing...

  Picture by Jenny Audring Dear Noelle, I’ve been flipping through my old diaries and thought of you. All those endless words, poems and prayers for you, about you, with you. I realize after so long, I still miss you. How’ve you been? It’s been a long time since I asked you that, and I long for...

Here’s a hypothesis that I have: It shouldn’t be too hard for you to think of somebody in your circle of acquaintances who has either learnt to play a classical musical instrument or has taken up ballet at any one point in their lifetime. Nor would it be any more demanding for you to pick...

‘By a man’s finger-nails, by his coat-sleeves,’ said Sherlock Holmes, the legendary consulting detective, ‘by his boot, by his trouser-knees, by the callosities of his forefinger and thumb, by his expression, by his shirt-cuffs – by each of those things a man’s calling is plainly revealed. That all united should fail to enlighten the competent...

Though already sick of the jibes people make about my ‘nerdiness’ and ‘owning the library’, I still couldn’t help spending my free time in the library. A conducive study environment is very important for studying, and this applies to every single person out there. Well, for me this environment happens to be anywhere else other...

Eyelids drew back slowly, fluttering slightly as the lines of life sharpened and the colors of the world took focus. At least that’s what was supposed to happen. Instead, a dimly illuminated tofu surface came into sight. For the past few days, he had been contemplating that blank façade for the near entirety of his...