The other day, while traversing a zebra crossing at a leisurely pace, a car almost ran over me. ‘Come on boyo, hurry up, will you? This isn’t a park!’ shouted the driver. Indeed! My foot had barely touched the pavement when the car vroom-vroomed, rushing past me at great speed, brushing my back ever so … Continue reading Hey! Slow Down!
Yesterday was my birthday. My twenty-third. The problem with that is not that time passes too quickly, but that it passes at all. As one birthday succeeds another they lose their significance and gradually acquire fatalistic connotations. Another birthday, another milestone on the highway to Lady Death... I can understand why children and people with … Continue reading Happy Birthday to Me!
Faced with an imminent cancer diagnosis, I see myself in need to change my ways to avoid extinction. I must make room in my life for healthy eating, regular exercise, a more focused blog, perhaps even some chemotherapy now and then. As you have already noticed, I’ve simplified the layout of this blog, going back … Continue reading The Time Has Come for Change
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