Edward The Long-Nosed

A trip to a luxurious resort. All expenses paid. Doesn’t that seem wonderful? Well, read on to know more about what two days of free luxury can do to you! GO Plus is a project conducted by the company I work for, and employees are sent once in their ‘work-lifetime’ to attend a two-day, two-nights package at a resort where you have fun with twenty other employees doing activities that teach you different values. ...

February 26, 2017 · 2 min read · 400 words · Zoheb Rahiman

A random thought on thoughts

This is the hardest thing to do of all. The waiting. The languishing. The pausing. Isn’t it time for voice responsive technology to take over the world by storm? Shouldn’t we be talking to our computer by now to tell it what to do? Thinking something. Typing it out. The incessant drum of keys. The constant rumble of thoughts being pounded in by the necessarily debilitating slowness of my fingers. Are forty words per minute sufficient to curb the inflow of thoughts? Definitely not. What about fifty? What about a hundred? ...

February 21, 2017 · 1 min read · 189 words · Zoheb Rahiman

ATMs and Me

Automatic Teller Machines. Any Time Money. These are what these horribly useful machines are called otherwise. People go there and put in small plastic cards in exchange for cold hard cash. Amazing, wasn’t it ten years ago? Well, these form a part of everyone’s daily life nowadays. Well, almost everyone’s. Not me(sigh). ATMs seem to have an innate hatred towards this poor soul whenever I try to cross the path of an otherwise harmless square box in a hole. Whenever I come near them though, they tend to have a life of their own. ...

February 16, 2017 · 3 min read · 603 words · Zoheb Rahiman

Surprises

Do you remember the last time you put your hand in your pocket and found a long-forgotten piece of chocolate? Imagine my surprise when I found a full bar of CRUNCH in my jacket pocket on my way to class! I tell you, it’s the most wonderful feeling on a cold, dry winter evening. Tra-la-la-la la-la-la la! I love chocolate! I love the snow that’s coming down on me later tonight. I love life!

September 17, 2015 · 1 min read · 74 words · Zoheb Rahiman