I turned 24 today. It was the quietest birthday so far. It was slower than the 21st, which then seemed like the slowest it could get. I kept the tradition of crying in the 48-hour window before the birthday gets over. But it was birthday at home after three years, so I am not complaining. … Continue reading 25
You might have got the sweet smell conferred upon you by my default system, but you are the most bitter fragment of my youth. Has anyone ever told you how stupid you are? Continue reading Buried Alive
I need to cut down on the ‘hmm’ moments in life. ‘Yes’ and ‘no’ leave you in a much better position. In almost all contexts. ‘Hmm’ with an ellipsis, ‘hmm’ with a question mark, the I’m-wondering-what-to-do/say ‘hmm’, the I-don’t-agree-with-you ‘hmm’, and all the other ‘hmmmms’ just suck! Oh, this one with the extra ‘m’s is … Continue reading Screw what others think!
So a friend retweeted what another batchmate from SRCC tweeted about. He mentioned, among other things, that the use of letter M in economics is for ‘income’. From whatever little I could recall (and also considering that I do still use a lot of such abbreviations), I thought it was Y for income. And I … Continue reading Itchy
I do not know if it happens with you, but some words always make me feel good in a strange way. They do not necessarily have to have a relevant context. Maybe it is just the way they sound, or maybe it is some scientific sub-conscious connect. I don’t know. All I know is that … Continue reading Words That Turn Me On
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